Thackeray and Calliope didn’t wake the household this morning, so I was nearly late to Student Link. I helped a student with a compare and contrast essay and marked some math homework. After lunch I taught my bridge class and then stopped at the market for a few things. I found out that my soy yogurt company is having production problems and so I could only get a few flavors. Everything else is out of stock with no known availability, which is very disheartening, but at least I was able to get enough for the next two weeks and I hope the company sorts itself out by then. I came home and had a student to tutor in geometry, after which Dr. Nell came over for the biweekly vet visit. Everyone is thankfully doing just fine.

rain falling
in the hot tub
teaching writing
and bridge
biweekly vet visit

I now have lots of books that one of the high school teachers has donated to catalog when I don’t have students to work with, so I won’t be bored. I catalogued two of them today and also marked papers, gave an exam, and answered questions from a couple students. I then went to my therapy appointment and came home to an afternoon of tutoring made more difficult by the fact that I got the hiccups and couldn’t stop them. It certainly made for an interesting session, but after my students left I managed to get them to stop. I usually manage well with a teaspoon of sugar, but I no longer have any sugar in the house. That will change tomorrow when I get some sugar into my medicinal remedy cupboard.

cataloguing books
marking papers
helping a student
trying to tutor
through the hiccups

I pinned all three of the graduation quilts this morning and also cut the binding strips so I am in good shape to complete them well ahead of graduation on June 13th. I plan to quilt them next weekend, and square and bind them on the following one. After that I read another novel and wrote its review. I have now written 22 reviews since I started on April 9th, and I have certainly found a lot of really enjoyable books which I would never have found otherwise.

pinning
three quilts
cutting binding
reading a novel
writing a review

I spent the morning alternating between doing my homework for my fiction writing class, watering the spots with new grass seed, and finishing the piecing of the third of the graduation quilts. I also sewed the backs and tomorrow I hope to pin all three. Then, in the afternoon I read another book and wrote its review, before starting on another book.

watering
new grass seed
a crow swoops past
finishing homework,
a novel, and a review

After doing all the usual weekly chores, I worked on the third graduation quilt. I have the top nearly pieced and I only need to sew the borders. I’ll probably do that tomorrow. I did a bit of work on the computer and then spent the afternoon reading a novel and writing its review. At one point I had all three cats helping me read!

Saturday chores
completed again
quilt top nearly pieced
reading a novel
writing a review

I spent the morning quilting and writing. A fellow blogger wrote a post with 10 really thought provoking questions and I wanted to answer them, 10 Questions While I’m Writing.  She is also writing a wonderful story in installments called After the Storm, and so far there have been seven installments.  The links to the earlier parts are at the top of each post. After the morning of writing, I went to my appointment with my osteopath, with a bit of anxiety since my pain levels were so high. I set off my TMJ for the first time in years, the result of trying to eat some dried fruit. That effort then sent all my pain levels skyrocketing. My osteopath tried a different gentler approach today, working on trying to lesson the pain triggers and we shall hope that it works. Certainly the session was much less painful. I came home expecting to have a student to tutor, but he must have forgotten. Instead I had a lovely afternoon reading and napping.  I am watching a classic Agatha Christie movie, Murder Most Foul with the incomparable Dame Margaret Rutherford.

a morning
spent writing
an osteopath appointment
reading and napping
watching Murder Most Foul

The school year is winding down and so I didn’t have nearly as many students this week at Student Link. It was almost boring and I ended up reading and playing solitaire for part of the time. The students have just two more weeks to get all their work in. I stopped at Minglement on my way home and thankfully this week my order was all ready for me. I was able to pick up six cases of edamame, four cases of canned pumpkin, and two cases of Boca vegan nuggets. I now have my freezers really full and so I’m sending the Amy’s dinners that I don’t seem to fancy anymore over to Anja’s as she, Paul, and Lukas really like them. That will allow me to use the freezer space more easily. I read and took a quick nap after lunch and then tutored three more students before my day was finished.

reading
and tutoring
running errands
more reading
and tutoring