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Josiah is now on his tour of prospective alma matres, after he drove to Virginia with Tripp (to serve as the family rep at Tripp’s upcoming wedding). That means I have home-schooled Pippa with me without back-up.

So what did I accomplish yesterday? Well, I finished the laundry, fixed the recumbent bike, recumbent-biked a mile or so, walked the dog, went to morning prayer, caught up with Margaret, cleared some back email, went to mass, helped Pippa get her lunch, met with a student about my tutorial seminar on “Meaning and Ministry” (alternate title: “Truth, Beauty, and Information,” alternate alternate title “Offbeat Stuff AKMA likes to read that makes him think differently about ministry and communication”), dashed back to go shopping with Pippa (home economics class), forgot to take along a couple of checks I had meant to cash, wandered back to the office to prepare for a herd of entering students who were supposed to drift through for the second half of the afternoon, straightened up the office somewhat, set out the chips and the Zen Party Mix (who named that stuff anyway? I have a feeling that D. T. Suxuki didn’t scoff down handfuls of spicy rice crackers, sesame sticks, peanuts, and almonds in between “Ommmmm”s), waited for the stream of entering students, scoffed down handfuls of Zen Party Mix while waiting for students, had a nice sympathy visit from Jenni, which we spun into her fall advising meeting, had some more Zen Party Mix, headed home for dinner, defrosted some dishes of indifferent convenience nutrients, worked with Pippa on a Top Secret Project while watching Rocky and Bullwinkle, and collapsed in a heap.

Today, I’ll try actually to get something done.

Posted by AKMA at September 23, 2004 08:25 AM | TrackBack