Day 3 - 317 -- Upbeat Sunny Saturday

The surprise of the day involved sunshine -- lots of it. Forecasts had suggested rain with possible frozen bits in trace amounts. I headed out to run some errands at the mall. One store has just relocated to the other end of the mall with the checkout area in front of huge windows. It was rather blinding to stand staring into the sun and I'm sure the clerks had issues with the sun on the computer screens. I had time to look a bit at potential new phones -- seems the one I currently have from the previous century will not be supported in the three western provinces or the Gaspe. The latter isn't a major issue, but the western ones are where friends and family reside, so by next summer, I need a new phone for the calls west. I saw some nice ones and now just need to compare specs online and then get myself a Christmas present. The afternoon and early evening were filled with laundry and grading. We are at the point when grading is never-ending -- my hypothesis is that grading is self-replicating. I did manage to complete one set of papers and still have 52 from another class. There will be many smaller assignments in the last three weeks of classes, too.

For fun <smile> I signed up for a MOOC that runs the last 5 weeks of my courses -- not the best timing, but it is fun. The topics deal with culinary history of Royal palaces in England. The first two weeks dealt with Tudor kitchens for Henry VIII at Hampton Court and the Tower of London during Elizabeth's reign. The former explored food served at celebrations in the court and the  latter looked into food served for prisoners at the Tower and the slight changes in food availability with the expansion of the world in the 16th and 17th centuries. It takes some time to read and then construct comments, but it gives the brain a bit of a rest  in the form of a change in processing -- not grading <smile>.

The song shared today comes from an album that hit #1 on the Billboard 200 50 years ago today. It is a song that gave me my online nik. The tempo is upbeat and it is just a fun song. Enjoy!

Saturday's Child -- The Monkees