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Saturday, November 22, 2025

compress, de-

This past week was an exhausted drag into fall break. Yeesh, Thanksgiving is a late one again this year, and it's been felt at the college by both students and staff. No classes all next week, but campus is open through Wednesday.

I worked in testing today with Sarge. It was a, thankfully, smooth and uneventful day. I have no tutees next week because of the break, so I'm in loaf mode since clocking out this afternoon. 


This week also featured another birthday for me. I've had a few now. Coworkers bestowed this card upon me.

For my birthday last year, I was given a piñata (empty). He still lives at the testing center, and we named him Felipe'

Here is Felipe', last year during December finals (he doesn't normally have reindeer antlers) guarding a few beverages - his designated job.

So it'll be a small paycheck next round, but I'm looking forward to the time off. No major plans, but I'll think of something. 

I also noticed the adjunct faculty whiteboard has been further adorned with decompressive thoughts, now that mid-semester is semester's end.


I'm hoping to get in some loaf time with good books - currentlly reading [The Wedding People] and am see-sawing on its goodness or badness - some nature time, and other chill pursuits. Tidying, that's always fun.


What's on your whiteboard?



9 comments:

  1. Oh my gosh loaf mode. That is brilliant. I'm currently in loaf mode, vegging out after a bunch of fun kitchen time.

    Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday!

    Our whiteboard is up against the hallway wall because we haven't found a new home for it yet. I like having them. Usually we list chores and then check them off. Also cartoons that we draw to each other along with funny-to-us, sayings.

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    1. Thanks for the birthday wishes!
      We have a small whiteboard for to-do's and a bigger one we sometimes do fun math problems on, nerds that we are.

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    2. I have a black board that I write math on too! Though it's metric math for formulas that I write. Funny.

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  2. Happy belated birthday wishes.. sounds a fun time with work mates. our white board has a list of things to do which we probably won't get done, but we're thinking about doing them!

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    1. Thank you, Chris. The job in testing isn't that exciting, but the coworkers are a nice bunch. Thinking about your list is better than nothing, right?
      For some reason, my anti-virus software blocks your blog from me these days.

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  3. Well Happy Belated Birthday!! I was reading the white board and on the top I read How are you decomposing? WHAT? I reread it and laughed. Honestly being an old fart and doing goofy things has become my M.O.

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    1. Omg, Peggy, I was sitting in a coffee shop when I read your comment and about snorted my drink out my nose - hahahaha! I should change it to "decomposing" on the whiteboard and see if anyone notices.

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  4. Watching silly films.
    Belated birthday wishes to you. I bet felipe is glad you didn't bash him to bits.

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    1. Silly films for the win.
      Felipe functions much better as a protector of beverages than as a pile of trash.

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