The husband has been away for work this week. He just texted that he was able to change to an earlier flight home and will be back for kiddo's dinner and bedtime. She's going to be so happy to see him! (I am also going to be happy to see him, obviously.) Here's what else made me smile this week:
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About once a week, I try to get out to do "roving reference." We're in a temporary location while the main library is being renovated and this is my way of putting the library where the students are. Today, I posted up in the student lounge. While I did answer a few questions, I mostly enjoyed seeing the students hang out with each other. Campus feels alive when there are students around. I greatly missed that when everything was online. Here's what I've been working on:
There is a tile floor in my office that is lots of little squares. The little squares are blue and yellow. Each color is clustered together to make larger squares that are each 8x8 tiles big. When I'm in that room, my brain always tries to make new blocks of patterns. This one will be 4x4 of both colors. That one will be a long row. Another will have a four quadrants. Another will be 75% of one color and 25% of the other. My brain can't help but see new shapes. I'm not sure if this my brain trying to amuse itself during a quiet period or some weird byproduct of spatial mathematics. I'm not bothered by it; I just think it's interesting that this is how my brain works. I notice it with wall paper and carpet designs too. Something about patterns makes my brain go, "Okay, but what if....?" Do you ever try to make patterns out of other patterns?
I just finished a packet of cream cheese and chive sandwich crackers. I know the filling is entirely fake, processed cheese but I don't care. I love the salty crunch. They make a great desk snack. Here's what else made me smile this week:
Murder Lo Mein Vivien Chien I started the third book in the Noodle Shop mystery series a few nights ago. In many ways, this feels like something I could write. That makes it seem approachable. I'm only a few pages into this, but it's like catching up on a conversation with a friend you haven't seen in awhile - easy and fun. I do get glimmers that this is following into the cozy mystery trope of the lead not being able to pick a "special someone" to focus on. I do find that aggravating after a few books. Also, I have been on a reading tear this year. I read Cradles of the Reich by Jennifer Coburn in less than a week. (Never good shake the Nazi ick factor on that one.) I read Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur in two nights. A friend and I went to her live show and I want to read everything she's written. This was her first book of poetry and it's a powerful call of womanhood. *Books shared here are affiliate links for Bookshop.org. This was supposed to be our first full week of childcare in the new year. Instead, our kiddo got sick at school yesterday and came home early. We decided to keep her home today as a recovery day. She's napping right now (which she definitely would not have done at school) and I feel vindicated in our decision. Aside from extra childcare, here's what I've been working on:
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