I have tons of research papers to grade today for midterms. Essays are a lot easier to grade. I really have to tackle documentation and quotation issues with research papers, and that usually takes a little time. In addition, this evening, I have a fund raising event to go to. It's called Korks 'n' Kegs. It's a wine and beer tasting/auction. I donated a hand-knit, lace shawl I made a few years ago. I'd really like to see how it does. All the money that's raised goes towards fine arts' scholarships. It may not be a wise idea to drink after all the grading I'll be doing today, but I'll take my chances. Mari has told me that she'll let me know if I'm making an ass of myself. I can't help but wonder if she'll be able to discern the difference between my normal self, and my ass-like self.
Anyway, since I'll be sitting at this computer all day, and I won't be taking my usual long walks to and from the college, I decided to make Joey's early morning walk longer than usual. We walked to the 15th st. park, which is about a half a mile away, walked around the trail there that's three-quarters of a mile long, and back home. All went well until we got about four blocks from home. A loose black lab came bounding towards us. The dog looked friendly enough, but Joey can be pretty feisty, and you just never know. Even as I picked her up she was chewing that dog out. So, I ended up walking home with her in my arms and the lab at my heels. He finally gave up, when we cut through what used to be an alley to get to our back door all the sooner. Therefore, I got even more of a workout than I was expecting.
Speaking of workouts, I've been walking to work, but I've been concerned not really knowing what I'll do once the weather turns bad. If it's just snow, I'll walk anyway, ice and wind along with snow...well, that's just not doable. But Mari came up with a solution for me. She asked me to join her and her daughter McKenzie in a zumba class. She said it was an exercise-dance class. The scheduling was right for me and it sounded fun, so I signed up yesterday. It won't start until November 1st, but last night, I decided to really check it out. I found videos on the Internet. Oh my God!! I may be lucky if I can walk the next day. It looks like a lot of fun, but I don't know if this old body will survive. I'm sure you'll be hearing more about zumba in the future.
Well, I have to stop putting off the inevitable, and get to work.
Now you've got me worried. Guess I'll have to check out the videos too. Supposedly Zumba has been around since the 1980's, but unfortunately I was doing The Bump instead of Zumba. Tonight was fun, and the a-word was never needed, although hairless cats will never have the same meaning for me! I never really looked at the shawl until I got home.......it's amazing.....so intricately delicate. I got a bargain!
ReplyDeleteYou're so full of it. As I said, I would have given it to you. It wasn't that much of a bargain. I knew you were going to do this. I should have said something in advance. I planned on saying something in advance. But I failed in doing so, but thank you in recognizing the complexity of my work.
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