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This has been an incredibly stressful couple of months at work. A lot of difficult stuff going down. And yesterday was not a high point. I spent almost no time at all doing science and lots doing paperwork, compliance, and accounting.

Today started with me giving a test for my biomed class, so not my students' best idea of a fun hump day either. But one gal just came to my office to look at her test. Her face was stained from all the crying she had been doing. She has, shall we say, not been doing well in the course. At all. And, she expected nothing but bad news.

I got to show her the B she just earned, and she was through the moon. We spent a half hour looking over her exam, mostly as a well earned victory lap. She was giddy and gave me the biggest hug. She said I made her day, and that made mine.

This is why I teach.

F-88 concept car for your time.

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26 days until Christmas.
26 of you won’t make it.

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Thumbnail photo: my mom, dad, and me at my wedding in 1998. Mom passed in 2019 at the end of her battle with metastatic breast cancer. Dad was never the same after.

I’ve been in Indy over the last three and a half weeks helping my dad with his battle against Covid. We got him home, and he was getting better, but then complications made it worse and it was back to the hospital. Then, we went home again, but things turned south again. Saturday morning, we lost the battle. He coded, and they couldn’t bring him back.

I don’t really want to eulogize him here, though I may tell some of his stories later. He had some pretty jalop ones too, like the ‘47 Nash he bought for $50 and engine-swapped to get his first running car, and the time he got to aileron roll a Super Sabre.

Here is a goofy selfie we took two weeks ago after he got home from the hospital the first time. He was feeling pretty good but looking rough and wanted me to give him a hair cut. This is after the cut but before he shaved, thus documenting the closest he ever got to an actual beard. He said he was starting to look too much like me. The sun glasses were some cheap things from the 70s my mom left in the closet.

Goodbye, Dad. The world without you is already less than it was.

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Friends, opponauts, miscreants all! You have spoken, and you're voices have been heard! Your curators present to you the winner of the 2022 Summer logo contest, your champion...

...beach Uppu!

Production of the official Summer commemorative t-shirt shall commence immediately. Or rather, as soon as we get to it. Stay tuned for announcement of availability.

Your deity has spoken. Let it be so!

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@Shop-Teacher said in Aaaannnddd....school is closed again tomorrow:

@Chariotoflove It was highly ineffective. Mostly because most of the students did precisely jack fucking shit. I worked my ass off to make and hand deliver kits of materials, and most of them didn't get used.

Wow. So disappointing.

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@Shop-Teacher It’s even harder if you’re not lecturing. I’ve passed out kits ahead of time for students to use in the session before, but it sucks. I can’t imagine teaching what you do effectively that way.

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Precipitation will be over by tomorrow. Dallas should be sunny and cold, but above freezing by mid morning Friday. Saturday will be all clear. The highways will be fine.

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@ttyymmnn said in Aaaannnddd....school is closed again tomorrow:

@Chariotoflove said in Aaaannnddd....school is closed again tomorrow:

That's the problem

Well, yeah. Mrs Ttyymmnn works for a Major Texas University and while classes are canceled, the school remains "open." So those who can are required to WFH. So much for snow days.

Now, my kid's high school is closed and no virtual classes, which I don't get because they know how to do it. I'm not getting a tuition rebate, so I think I should be getting my money's worth, tbh.

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@ttyymmnn said in Aaaannnddd....school is closed again tomorrow:

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if I have any say in it.

That's the problem

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@ttyymmnn said in Aaaannnddd....school is closed again tomorrow:

@Chariotoflove said in Aaaannnddd....school is closed again tomorrow:

I'm driving down there Friday, and I expect the ice will be gone by then.

Should be long gone by then. In related news, I have canceled all teaching this week, so I'm open for lunch or whatever on Friday.

I'll try and get started early, so we have options. I'll text you when I leave.

Our school canceled in person classes, so I lecture by Zoom tomorrow. I thrive on student engagement, and it's so hard to do virtually with a class of 30. But I'm used to it from the Covid days.

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@ttyymmnn
Just another winter in TX.

School is closed here for tomorrow as well, which is probably a good thing, because they won't get things clear enough for tomorrow morning's commute. I'm driving down there Friday, and I expect the ice will be gone by then.

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@Smallbear said in ive mended a thing!:

@Chariotoflove Well, naturally. If you overdo it on your first try you might not get the opportunity for a second attempt!

I mean, as an experiment you could ask someone to push you into traffic and see if it mends things, but I think we'd all prefer that you stick around.

Because caution and good judgement are the Oppo Way!

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Sweet!

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