 October was the month I scheduled everything that I would get to "later." Now that "later" is here, I'm crying because my calendar is so full. It wouldn't be all that bad except I lose an entire week to a conference and a couple of days to holidays and daycare closures. Next time, I'm going to be more cognizant of myself when I say I will get to something "later."
Here are the to three things I am focusing on.
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 I was reminded this week of how weird the U.S. education system is. When I was in elementary school, we lived in Florida. As a part of science class, we learned how to track hurricanes. We used pencils, rulers, and paper maps to draw cones of uncertainty and eye paths. We tracked every hurricane that hit the state of Florida that year - including Hurricane Andrew. This assignment not only taught us meteorology and a little math but also provided local learning. We moved from Florida to upstate New York in 1995. Up there, I learned about all the Native American tribes who lived there along with a lot of local revolutionary war history. The local Alachua county history I learned in Florida was no help here. Instead, we focused on Otsego county and New York. The U.S. is HUGE. It's important to not only learn national and international history, but state and local history as well. While most of my county history is lost to time, I appreciate that I was given the chance to explore it. This does make me wonder, however, how much is lost in our state by state system. I moved to four different states before I went to college. My K-12 educational experience was jumpy. Since each state has different rules, moving from one to the other means I got some stuff twice and missed other things entirely. I had the privilege of parents who filled in the gaps with books, trips, and conversations. Not everyone is so lucky. Now, with all the book bans and curriculum conditions (looking at you CRT scare tactics) I know that students in many states are being short changed. It's not fair that some students get broad and informed exposure to topics and skills while others are kept in the dark. Also, update from last week, my husband could, in fact, be bothered enough by the cobwebs. He took one for the team and cleared them out. 
 Hurricane Ian is awful. As a former resident of Florida, I keep half an eye on all hurricanes when they happen. This one, I watched more closely. My parents retired to Florida and I have a lot of extended family there. My in-laws live in South Carolina. I am thankful that everyone is okay and, so far, the main issue anyone has had to deal with is power loss and simple yard clean up.
Here's what was good in my week:
Changing things up here. I've gotten out of the habit of sharing what I'm reading in the current moment. Instead, every two weeks, I'm going to provide a roundup of what books I've been reading. I'll share basic details and a short snippet of what I think about it.    Thirsty Mermaids
Kat Leyh This was a delightful graphic novel that was parts heartwarming and zany. It's a great story of friendship and acceptance. Classic Calligraphy for Beginners: Essential Step-by-Step Techniques for Copperplate and Spencerian Scripts Younghae Chung I mostly perused this for the pretty pictures. While I find most calligraphy books are similar, I liked that this one chose to focus on two specific styles of calligraphy. The iPhone Photography Book Scott Kelby This is my current read. The author’s somewhat snarky attitude is getting to me, but the tips are sound. The book includes both technique and technical information and that makes the advice well rounded and actionable. It makes me want to get our there and take more pictures. *Titles shared here use affiliate links for Bookshop.org Changing things up on this weekly post again.
Instead of breaking down my projects by work/personal and then overarching category, I'm just going to list the top three projects I'm focusing my bandwidth on each week. I find that I can only really manage three major "things" at once but what they are varies from week to week. Here's what's on my list this week.
 Continuing my look at keyboard short cuts, another one I find useful is Ctrl+A. This is known as the "Select All" command.
Essentially, you click once on a page and can then Ctrl+A to highlight all of the material in that window. This is useful when you want to copy and paste things or delete a mass chunk of material. I find it faster than highlighting with a mouse. This command works in most document and spreadsheet programs as well as most browsers. It's been ages since I did one of these round ups! I finally got through a backlog of book related emails which added several titles to my list.       You can see my complete TBR list on Pinterest.
Items featured here are Bookshop.org affiliate links. Sometimes there are chores I just can't be bothered with. For example, this week, the weather turned cool which means we got to throw open all our windows. This is a glorious time of year and I'm glad it's finally here. What I am not happy about is that doing this reminded me of all the cobwebs that are hanging around outside. Our building has deeply inset windows. Spiders like to make their webs between the brick façade and window frame. This means each window has several clusters of cobwebs just staring me in the face. As the wind blows, the cobwebs smush and thicken. The spiders make more webs. Soon, I see thick strands and clumps of cobwebs every time I look outside. They're now starting to gather leaves. What I need to do is open the screens and wipe everything down with a duster pole covered in a towel. That will sweep away the webs and make our windows look cleaner. This whole chore would probably take me 15-minutes to do. I just don't feel like doing it. What chore are you ignoring?
We slept with the windows open last night and it was glorious. I have very much missed the crisp air of fall. Also, windows open means lots of savings on our electric bill and that makes me happy.
Here's what else was good this week.
You know how, when you get a knot in a muscle, it just bugs you until it suddenly lets go and you can move again? That's what my brain feels like with all of my tasks right now. I just need one or two things to finish up so that I can get the knot out of my brain.
This is what I'm working on. WORK
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