Day 14 since I was injected with the J&J vaccine

I watched this film today…

4/22/21. Thursday

10:00–10:30 – 100.5 pounds today. Up and I go downstairs to say good morning to the animal. She pooped near the front door.  I rub her tummy three times and we go outside.  She is still fixated on the bushes where the rat might live and I really just want her to go potty. She finally does her business and we return inside; coffee for me, cheese for her.

I go in the garage and the dog comes with me, but starts running around L.’s car.  Out of the corner of my eye, I think I see the back of a rat, maybe the tail???, near the drivers side of her car, in the garage.  If what I see is true, the rat is almost as big as the dog!  OMG.  I run inside with the dog and then open the garage door in the hopes that it will leave.

Upstairs and I’m stressed out.

10:30-1:00 – Blog posts

1:00-2:00 – I have chicken and roasted vegetables for lunch and read Small Animals.

2:00-3:00 – More Small Animals

3:00-4:00 – Shower. Lotion. Covid-19 uniform. I listen to The Daily.

4:00-4:30 – I wipe down my bathroom, sinks, counters, mirrors, clean the toilet…these days, I really hate cleaning.

L. leaves for work.

4:30-5:30 – Blog post.

5:30-6:30 – I have leftover salmon from B.’s house and read Small Animals.

6:30- 7:30 – Class typically starts at 6:00 on Thursdays, but I requested a Personal Necessity day a couple months ago, so class is canceled.  Unfortunately, it appears that I’ve taken the entire DAY off and have accomplished nothing of importance.

I take the dog for a walk. I listen to the Political Gabfest.

7:30-8:00 – I have 6 potato chips with carmelized onion dip and I think I’ve died and gone to heaven!

I sweep my patio. Gardening. I listen to PBS Newshour segments.

L. returns from work and tells me about her day. 

8:30-9:15 – In my office and I read the assigned pages from my French Cinema text in preparation for this week’s film, The Class.

9:15-11:30 – I watch the movie, take notes, and drink champagne.  The movie is over 2 hours long. It’s…okay.  The classroom scenes are too long and the exchanges between the teacher and the students go on and on. At 2 hours and 8 minutes, the film, itself, is just too long.  There is a turning point in the film when the teacher snaps and calls two 14-year-old female students “bitches” (“Closed caption” translates the word as “skanks.”).  The teacher isn’t fired, but there is a chain reaction that ensues, resulting in a black male student getting expelled from school and probably deported to Mali.

11:30-11:45 – I take a True/False quiz regarding the film and my textbook and get a perfect score.

11:45-1:00 – Our French Cinema Discussion Board posts are due by tomorrow, at midnight, but I have some other things planned for tomorrow, so I really need to respond to one of the prompts my teacher left for us tonight.  I prepare and edit a response, then post.

1:00-1:30 – I pull out the answer key for the essays that the students turned in on Monday and get everything ready for grading. I throw away several papers from the previous semester, as well as old Midterms and Finals.

1:30 – 2:00 – So exhausted and I take the smallest of naps with every intention of doing an Insanity  workout when I wake up.

2:00 – 2:30 – Up and I do the first 20 minutes of Insanity – Cardio and Resistance, but it is half-assed at best.  I’m pretty disappointed in myself.

2:30-3:15 – Night time routine. Bed.