shades of red

I have to go pick something up - I may be a few hours. Shop students, obviously that's a no on the 'Can we work on our project today?' question I got from a couple of you. No point in doing that until I get the materials you need in anyway, and that probably won't be until the start of the week.

I'm going to be back in the office tomorrow - finally. Start of term paperwork is piling up and various headperson-ly decisions need to be made; I can't dump it all on my co-headperson, or at least I'd feel like a really bad person if I did.

But I'm just there to do the administrative work. If you want to blow up your room or your roommate, or do any of the other thousand things that can require disciplinary action, I'm afraid you're stuck with Ms Munroe or the Professor. My door is not open.

And as for the team - don't ask when, because I don't know.

I just got a phone call, reminding me I had something to pick up at the music store. I've left it there longer than I thought, between the vacation and the earthquake and everything else... I'd kind of like to go get it, but I don't really want to head into town on my own.

Does anyone want to confess responsibility for the mess in the rec room? There appears to be a broken widescreen TV where there should be an entirely intact widescreen TV. The fact that there was no visible attempt made to clean up the mess made me think the culprits had a little accident and then ran.

Confessions can be made in private, if you'd prefer.

I won't tell you where we are - have to keep some of the mystery, after all, but we're back in the correct hemisphere, and should be home within a couple of days.

I have a number of pictures. Specifically, a large number of turtle pictures. (That should be enough to tell you one of the places we've been.)

I went for a run.
Did some school paperwork.
I programmed one training scenario, went over three tapes of other scenarios.
Marked some late assignments.
Some more paperwork.
Did an hour in the gym.
Watched a training run.
Debriefed after the run.
Wrote up my thoughts.
Read and commented on crossevaluations from the last run.
Did more paperwork.
Spent two hours in the gym.
Did a training run of my own.
Wrote up my own evaluation.
Watched the newsfeeds while I did some more paperwork.
Updated the threat database.
Did some more paperwork.

I just moved from one thing to the other, and... you know, every single one of them felt absolutely pointless. Someone needs to built a Scott-automaton to do all these things, because it would probably be more efficient. Or maybe I'm an automaton already, I don't know. I certainly feel like one.

... of in-house activity this weekend to keep people at least semi-diverted. The younger kids especially are starting to show the strain.

Anyone have any ideas? Right now I'm leaning towards some sort of movie marathon. I'd need volunteers to help supervise - obviously I've got a few additional demands on my time this week.

If any of my students want to see me, just stop by. I'll be back in classes tomorrow; sorry for the unannounced absence, although I gather you were very well-behaved for your substitutes. Thank you for that.

Anyone with anything leather-related, you may still want to go through Ororo or Alison. I still have some catching up to do.

I missed them, obviously. I'm sorry. I haven't been feeling all that well today and time got away from me. I'll email everyone separately to reschedule...

First of all, it's Sunday (and yes, I know that doesn't usually stop me from working through the day). Secondly, I like watching the Olympics, especially the winter games, and I haven't had a chance to do it yet this time around. So I think I'll assemble an appropriate array of junk food and camp out in the third-floor lounge with the big TV for a few hours. If anyone wants to join me, they're welcome.

Oooh. The luge is on this afternoon, too. To me, that's always looked like such fun.