{"id":1280,"date":"2023-02-01T00:11:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T00:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/journal\/?p=1280"},"modified":"2024-08-10T21:42:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T21:42:44","slug":"end-of-january-2023-reflections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/journal\/2023\/02\/01\/end-of-january-2023-reflections\/","title":{"rendered":"End of January 2023 Reflections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-purple-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><em>31 January 2023<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The month is almost over. I will review what ensured, and think about what I want to do for February. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>To Do for February<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Chats. <\/strong>Touch base with Jeffrey and Rachel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Travel. <\/strong>High Sierra Camps. Enter Phantom Ranch Lottery? Consider Arizona. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Medical<\/strong>. Pursue neuropathy; get next PSA test; pursue chest discomfort.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Writing. <\/strong>Block out time to write. Consider K Carmody Writing workshop.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Exercise<\/strong>. Ramp up aerobic and strength\/stretching<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Technology.<\/strong> Set up new computers. Experiment with server or NAS.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Decluttering. <\/strong>Talk to CS about &#8216;Got Junk.&#8217; Take load of books to M&amp;Q; discard old media. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Recipes<\/strong>. Try something new. See if the <em>Carrot Soup with Miso<\/em> recipe can be adapted into a faux tomato sauce. Try miso soup and\/or seaweed salad.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Learning<\/strong>. It has been a little strange without the structure of taking a course at the University, but not in a bad way. It feels like I have considerably more time; but I am not having difficulty filling it. In part, I think, it is due to the reading dyads I am involved in, and my note-taking and summarizing practices around that: it as though I am taking 3 light courses with regular assignments and homework. <br>     I have also succeeded in sticking with a Coursera course &#8212; today, or perhaps tomorrow, I should complete the first course in the Swift sequence. This was pretty easy, although I find the instructor a bit annoying and also a bit careless, but I&#8217;ve found that it works to schedule the time to do it on my calendar. I did the free version, which keeps assignments and reading locked up, but this was straightforward enough that I don&#8217;t think I needed it. <br>     I also took an online course from Jim Wilson on the Geology of the Gunflint Trail &#8212; which I need to listen to once more and complete my notes on \u2013 and signed up for an in situ course in Grand Maris in June<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Exercise<\/strong>. Weatherwise, the month was a bit weird. More often than not, it was either too warm &#8212; meaning it was either slushy or frozen slush outside, or too cold, meaning below the teens. Both of these circumstances make it difficult to impossible to get outside to exercise. I&#8217;ve only done about 7 runs this month. It&#8217;s enough to keep me in shape, but I hope I can mange over a dozen for February. I am also keeping with the strength\/stretching regime, but am pretty sporadic with that too and I think did about 13 &#8212; and I do not have the excuse of the weather. I will shoot for 16 for February, which is four times a week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Writing<\/strong>. I&#8217;ve not done much on the writing front aside from the notes I do in parallel with the reading. There was a small stub on droplet condensation, and some reflections on perthetic textures in feldspars. Perhaps I should schedule a block for writing time (right now, the blocks are for either writing or doing whatever course I&#8217;m doing).<br>       &#8230;Just after I finished writing this, there was an offer of a (paid) monthly workshop by the person who taught last fall&#8217;s essay course; I&#8217;ve written for more detail about what the model is&#8230; this could be something that would work well for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Social. <\/strong>Pleasant chats are proceeding like usual, except that neither Rachel nor Jeffrey have contacted me to resume. I should reach out to both of them, although in Rachel&#8217;s case I have to say that I am not eager to return to Smellosophy. <br>     Went to Botticelli exhibit at MIA with KMS, New Standards at Dakota with K&amp;C, and brunch at Spoon and Stable with K&amp;C<br>      We&#8217;ve had nice dinners with Ulland circle, K&amp;C, S&amp;K, and C&amp;T. KMS has spoken of wanting to entertain some of the new faculty; and we also have, at various points, entertained the idea of having more than two people for dinner at once&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Miscellaney<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Medical<\/strong>. I did get the EMG done, though I will have to wait until my primary physician returns in late February to find out what the report says.  I also have a very minor but lingering discomfort in my chest that I should get looked into. Also need to get next PSA test. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>De-cluttering<\/strong>. Gave away a bit more stuff to the Epilepsy Foundation. It would be nice to make more progress in February: perhaps eject a bunch of books and other forms of media from the basement. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Technology<\/strong>. I do have the wireless situation sorted out, and two new computers ordered. I&#8217;d like to try getting some sort of server or NAS available on our home network. Decide on whether to switch to digital newspapers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Travel. <\/strong>I should think more about what (or if) I want to do re hiking in Arizona. In February I will hear about the High Sierra Camp lottery, hopefully with a positive result. Think about entering Phantom Ranch Lottery. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Reading. <\/strong>In addition to dyadic reading, I read <em>A Monstrous Regiment<\/em>, by Terry Pratchett, which I didn&#8217;t care for, and <em>Clean Sweep<\/em>, which is OK enough that I may try the next one. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Recipes. <\/strong>Made a good <em>Carrot Soup with Miso<\/em> recipe, and a not-worth-repeating <em>Halibut with Mushrooms<\/em>. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"># # #<\/h1>\n<p>Views: 8<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>31 January 2023 The month is almost over. 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