Day 4 - 9 -- Flat Out Busy

It has been a non-stop day and the next two look similar. The day began with a walk into work in very cold weather -- -16C. Luckily there was no wind until later in the morning when I headed out for class and gasped as the air hit my face. I was reminded of home today -- the cold, crisp air even smells different. It isn't -30 or lower, but it was cold. Forecasts tell us that it will warm to single digits below freezing by tomorrow afternoon. Another low pressure system sits behind this warm up, so we'll get rain and mixed precipitation over the following days.  Once into the office, there were many small tasks that had to be completed for lectures this week, setting regular student meetings for the term, trying to get my head around a proposal that is due by the end of the month, and finding ways to deal with potentially difficult discussions that need to occur this week. Once home I moved the snow off the car, moved that snow off the walkway I'd already cleared, pushed the snow left behind early today by the sidewalk plow, reheated supper and moved on to grading the final exams that I retrieved today from accessible learning. I got those up to date with the other pile, completed another couple of questions and set them all  aside for the day.

By the time I was settled down to evening grading, I realized that I had a tune stuck in my head. This became clear as I heard myself muttering 'grading, grading, grading' to the tune of this song. That made me smile -- and laugh a little. It is a song from long ago -- the theme song from an early television program -- but I do love it. I shared the full song recording and an abbreviated version that ran at the beginning of the show. Gotta love all those fresh faces from long ago. <grin>. Enjoy!

Rawhide -- Frankie Laine

Rawhide -- program opening them