Monday, Busyday -- June 3

Mr. Frodo and Samwise, our stalwart felines, were spooked by something in the middle of the night and woke me at around 3:30 a.m.  Zombie-like, I tried to return to sleep, but gave up and settled in with book and coffee around 4.  The Paris Wife is fast reaching the climax when Hadley discovers what Ernest has been up to.  Thirty-odd pages till the end -- I'll be primed for meeting Paula McLain this Saturday when she visits Central Michigan University.

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Dawn arrived, sunny and energizing, so much so that I sailed through the exercise routine and by a little after eight was at breakfast and shortly thereafter, at chores de jour.

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First order of business was to scrape, sand and prime the ceiling of our front porch which had weathered a bit badly over the winter in spots.  The husband of a former colleague at Central Michigan University had a very unfortunate accident involving an injury to his eye -- a very good reason to wear googles, which I do, although it is the epitome of Geekdom, from afar.  

I next tackled some carpet shampooing which improved a heavy (human and cat) traffic area.  Mr. Frodo and Samwise kept a respectful distance, but later were seen to be sniffing around the carpet as it dried.

Finally, I organized my classic films DVD collection -- or as far as I could.  A while ago I created a computer inventory program, but that necessitates having the DVDs near a keyboard or vice versa, to add new entries.  So I put the titles in a rough alphabetical order, awaiting keyboard time.

I did get to the computer mid-afternoon and saw the announcement of the selection of Kathy Irwin to fill the position I vacated at Central Michigan University (Associate Dean of Libraries).  Kathy and I worked together at the Michigan Library Association.  (She and I have been presidents of that organization).  Three years ago, at an MLA annual conference we had an extended chat -- an hour maybe -- between sessions; little did I know she'd be following me to CMU!

 

Around 4 p.m. I splurged and took a rest on the second floor deck and got some sun on my limbs -- I don't tan very easily, so staging time in the sun is a must if I want to avoid a painful sunburn.

Friend John stopped by a little after 5 to drop by some music which I was looking forward to hear.   My early rising caught up with me after dinner and I retired early, boy cats happily crowding my legs and I drifted off to sleep.  

A good day!