Spring Break Day 5

 So I finished up grading today (I have an unusually large number of students who's last names start with Z). Could've done it faster but I really wasn't feeling it. Too anxious? Too tired? Too done? Overall, I'd say I don't feel as good as yesterday, though still much better than say last Saturday. My appetite sort of came back though? Maybe because I've dropped a bit too much weight in the past week and really need to get that up a bit more.

Anyway, I pretty much just graded papers and went through best case and worse case scenarios before doing nothing at all. Came home, ate dinner and played some extremely frustrating rounds of smash. First time I've played video games in a while, which I guess is another point against team anhedonia. I'll beat you yet. Did not finish my CV. Did not fix my bike (I really need to do that tomorrow, next week is rainy and the spare doesn't have mud flaps). 

Got an email saying that my Monday night class will be split across two days for the next two weeks. I don't want to celebrate too much because the reason is pretty unfortunate, but I did shed a tear of joy when I realized I'd be able to go to FHE again for two weeks. I guess I didn't realize how much that was affecting me. What a sap I am. Pine sap maybe, sticky and annoying.

Speaking of pines...

Rōgbad ūsiwl afāx mā. Mōnak yūyibth yōyup-yōyōp ūmpa faūtiúj "Yān ūmicph ūsiwl afāx mā". Mōnak ūhikn lāsaxiwlaī mā. Ziūjinkuc nātaríuy rōgbad? Ūbifw ōza saxiwlaī mā ūmpa bfowiw; mocīpmā swilaíuy rōgbad mōnak jinkaī mā.

I just don't want to make the same mistakes I made almost exactly 10 years ago, but I don't trust myself. (That emphasis was entirely unintentional but I'm keeping it because it works quite well)

As a complete side note, the idea of some hypothetical reader coming in and being confused by these sentences really amuses me. Like what could be so secret, so personal that I won't openly share it on this blog, a blog where I am very open about all sorts of sordid things. The fact I drop hints just makes it worse (but funnier to me).  

1: Not sure if that's the right word to use here but whatever

2: I went back on forth on a couple causative but yes, I think in the end this one has exactly the implication I want 

3: My hatred of interrogative pronouns is gonna be the death of me 

4: Pretty happy about this coinage

Spring Break Day 3

 I did not read Sickness Unto Death last night. Or today for that matter. I also didn't fix up my CV. I did manage to pull myself out of bed and go to the office to grade. I hate grading so much that you'll probably be seeing an On Grading post soon. My only pleasure is knowing that the students hate it as much as I do. Anyway after 4 hours of grading my brain was completely fried so I took a walk. I've never actually walked the area around my office so that was cool. Found a botanical garden like 3 blocks away that I had no clue about, despite being here for 2.5 years. Walked alongside the lake for a while and also tromped through the (wet and muddy) woods. So that was nice. Oh and I went up to the observatory. 

Aksīta yān wildasā lōbopāb ojūmah-ajumaíahat. Ūtiúj gundāy Wyīúu. Īn túuja āgfāt umladū. Yān gaxitpa. 

 Then I went back to my office to grade except I wrote this instead.

A brief to do list for my blog and myself:

 

• Update CV
• Finish grading
• Get data
• Respond to model questions
• Do that untranslatable words post I've been talking about for years
• Maybe write out my personal journey to where I am today (long term goal tbh)
• Figure out those songs?!?