Well, things were at an Eleven on the Crazy Scale last week. It’s all good, all good. Just a lot.
I finished off a big research project for a foundation, and Edutopia published a Q and A that I did with Daniel Willingham about his new book, Outsmart Your Brain. Fun side story, I was a little nervous when I started that Q and A, because I had to manage unfamiliar Edutopia’s Zoom protocols, and they wanted me to ask very specific questions, so I flubbed the name of his book when we were talking. I asked him about his new book, Outsource Your Brain. At that moment, I wanted to outsource MY brain.
To publicize the article, I wrote did a little book review on his book for my newsletter, and that went viral. I am seriously the shiest person on social media. I want to tell people about my life, but only a managable number of people. When I get too much attention, I get rather nervous. You never know what random strangers are going to say about you.
Meanwhile, I sold three bookcases of brand new books to a local Amazon seller, which involved some coordination. $1,200 for a $55 purchase. Ha. Love it. I’ve got to package up two more orders for this morning’s mail. And here’s a book story from this morning (click for the thread):
While work stuff was at eleven last week, I got a call from our contractor. Two of our three bathrooms have completely fallen apart. Too damaged to repair, it’s a complete gut and replace situation. One bathroom is 60-years old, and the other is 40-years old, so I don’t feel too bad about it. We were on the contractor’s list for later in the spring, but one of his clients backed out and he needed to fit us in ASAP. So, Steve and I spent the weekend buying tile and faucets and toilets. I basically knew what I wanted thanks to compulsive Pinterest-ing, but it was still a lot of decision-making. I’m doing my usual thing — modern/vintage/Brooklyn — but I’ll share more pictures later.
And yes, I read a lot about the South Park episode on Harry and Meghan. Parody is always allowed in the US. Yay to the First Amendment.
Ian’s home this week, because his transition program is closed. So, I’m helping him coordinate all his college work — he’s an ace at the actual work, but sometimes gets confused with deadlines for his online classes. I’m still driving him around the county to social skills groups and therapists in the evening. The usual stuff, really.
In the next two days, I have to pack up for a long weekend skiing in Vermont and pack up the bathrooms., because everything happens on Thursday. Demolition of two bathroom and departure for Vermont. They might do a little work in my closet, so I have to relocate all my clothes. Because they’re working on our master bathroom, we have to relocate ourselves to the office bed for a month. Like I said, it’s all good — just a lot.
Apt. 11d 