Hyatt Place great place

I am in a room at the Hyatt Place in Columbus, OH, and it is really special. Living room with full double sofa, desk, free wireless, fast, too. Flat screen tv that is 40 inches comes with hookups for computers, even HDMI, audio, and older connections as well. King sized bed is very comfortable and roomy. Lots of storage and a small kitchen area, no microwave, but so many good restaurants, no need except for refrigerator for snacks, cokes, water. It is beautifully decorated. I wish it were my NY apartment. PF Changs, Macaroni Grill, sushi, and lots of stores around. Macy's across the street in a mall.
And since most people will be glued to the OSU Michigan game, or as they call it THE GAME, I can be alone shopping. :)
It is cold but not bad at all. No snow. 40's at night, 50-60 in day.
I think I want to live in a Hyatt. Also they have free continental breakfast downstairs. I am going down now to get a coke and a bottle of water for the room.

Writing is excellent for the vegetable garden and the flowers and even the weeds that I watered so that I wouldn't have to get to my writing. I even changed the sheets, washed all my dirty clothes, and read a cooking magazine so I could decide how to cook the beef I bought at the grocery when I went shopping. Why did I go to the grocery when I have plenty of food in the house? Okay, you guessed it, so I didn't have to start writing yet. I am still stalling while I write this explanation for why I am not right now after the laundry, watering, shopping, cooking based reading, and emailing my students, and my division head. Oh, no, I think I may have run out of things to do. Well, that's okay as long as Jan doesn't take too long to get home; I'll be hearing her open the garage door soon. And I do have to feed the cat by 6:00 PM or he gets cranky. I'ld better go check to see if he has enough food....Okay, NOW I can get to my writing. ....Oh, wait, I think I heard the garage door going up now....

London trip

Wow. It was scary to book such a big trip 4.5 months in advance, but it's exciting, too. We leave July 30 and return August 8. I hope it goes well.

Capital punishment

I do not absolutely NOT believe in capital punishment as it is inhumane and cruel. It is an old throwback to the biblical eye for an eye approach of revenge and retribution. However, I DO believe in capital punishment for burglary, absolutely the best revenge ever because they can't watch my 42" plasma or listen to my new iTouch songs or play the fun games I had downloaded, such as Spore and the racing game and the space shooter game. Now, I am not a biblical scholar, but doesn't it say somewhere, an eye for an iPod? Of course it does. Bitter about the burlarization of my house? Who me? Certainly not!

It's December 19! Hurray! We are off for 2 weeks, not that I won't go into work dec 29 to prepare for my spring semester class of which I have 3, plus lots of other stuff to do with the online degree program that we might offer in central America next year. But we are going to the beach for a couple of days to relax, and I need it. USF holiday party was today, fun enough, I guess. Enough people to talk to and enjoy joking around with to make it okay.
My office is being move to a different building in January so I'll have to deal with that as well when I go back, just over to the next portable building where the counselors used to be.

Work

I hate grading papers, but it has to be done. I will sit here and work until I can't see anymore just to have it over with. Working is not all it's cut out to be. :) I love to teach, just not grading papers. What students write is often insightful and interesting, but putting a value on it is a strain. They all do very well. I need more play, like Jack.

Pizza ordering

I just ordered pizza to be delivered by going to the website. Easy enough to do. The site said it would be 30 mins. Good. I even got to add changes to the left and right side of the pizza. I am hungry. Very good. Lazy, not even getting off my chair to get my phone, just type the site name and order. Fun. You can also order by texting the order in, but if you have a phone then why not just call. Kids would tell me that I just don't understand that. :)