Tuesday is Blah-day...

[byslantedlight]

I seem to be having one of those blah-days, even though I have lots of work to get on with, and there's lots of things to look forward to. Next weekend the clocks go forward here, and it will feel more cheerful again. Next Monday might be the end of lockdown here, and it will be lovely to be able to escape a bit (and finally buy some things that aren't essential, but would be very handy, like a metal bin of some kind to keep bird food in outside rather than in the way inside, and a clothes line in anticipation of the nicer weather, and curtain rods for my office shed so that I'm not blinded by the sun through my window when it's not grey like today, and... you know. Stuff. *g*) Then the weekend after that is the long Easter weekend, which will be nice even if I don't go anywhere.

And yet I am still sitting here today at my desk with hours of very dull reading ahead of me and glumping about it... *headdesk* - honestly, some days I just need to get over myself, right?! Let's have some pics of pretty things, and then you can tell me how you're doing!

Look - the sun's coming back! Someone also put up a nesting box in this old barn, and I almost always see the big ghosty-white barn owl flying around the field if I walk that way around sunset. And there have been some lovely sunsets - later and later in the evening.


There is blossom about!


And flowers springing up.


And lads always on the verge of stories in the background...

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[msmoat.livejournal.com]

Ooh, flowers! We have no flowers here yet, of course. Although we also have no snow. It has been unusually warm. It looks like I might have to just turn the snow blower on and run it till it runs out of gas before storing it until next winter. (Of course, having said that, there will likely be a 12-inch snow storm in April now!) And lovely barn owl! I think this new place is working out quite well, isn't it?

I am in my usual early spring-I don't-want-to-do-anything-at-work funk, but this time there's more of a problem because we've temporarily gone from single semesters to "modules" of about 7 1/2 weeks each. So, we're just staring module 4 and I have classes to teach. Ack. Must get motivated. (Even worse, we'll be having a module 5, May-early July, which will be totally weird. We have no summer classes and so that's the time for projects. Huh.)

Lovely lads to brighten any day, don't they?

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

It's so nice to see the flowers, I have to say! I think we really need those splashes of hope around at the moment!

Eep for having to waste the petrol in your snow-blower... you can't just leave it in and store it until next year? I'd definitely wait until after April though, either way - we can even still get snow over here in April! *g*

Eep for changes to your work too — is that because it's all gone online then? Or are you back teaching in person etc. now?

At least there's the lads... *g*

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

Sadly, the gas goes bad if it is left in the tank over the summer, and can actually cause some damage. So you need to either run it out or siphon it off and take it to br properly disposed of. I have to do ty hat with the gas I have in the can, too. I really hate having a small gas engine, but for a snow blower you really need it, and I need a snow blower for those jobs I can't handle with just a shovel. I am going to get an electric lawn mower, though, so at least I won't have to deal with gas and oil for that one!

Yeah, they moved to a "module" system where students would only take two classes per module to try to make up for some of the difficulties with online and distance learning. It's been a tough year. We've had some hybrid courses, but especially in winter most were online only. All my teaching has been via zoom or asynchronous. I'm tired of it. I do like being at home, and actually one-on-one consultations are fine via zoom, but teaching a class via zoom is unsatisfying. We are going back to semesters next fall, and hopefully we'll be back in-person then, too.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I'm soooo slow replying - sorry!

I had to look up about petrol going off - I had no idea! Oddly enough I've just been given a small electric lawnmower. I've never had one before, or even had a lawn that I needed to mow myself (though I strimmed vast swathes for my landlord last year!)

Ack for teaching via Zoom, I have to say I don't fancy the idea much either. I used to think it would be ideal to teach online, but having worked with examining teams online and in person, which isn't quite teaching but is close, it's sooo much better in person. Crossing fingers for you!