8:35
    I don’t want to talk about the fact that it is 9-11, so I won’t. Thinking of going to the farm for tonight. Well, the fact is, I have to go at some point to pick up hay. Makes sense to go this weekend and stay over since no one else will be there. On the other hand I feel, as usual, like I have gazillion things to do here. Like: bring the shelves from downstairs up to somewhere, take up the carpet in the laundry room, otherwise make sure things are ready for the basement redo, finish getting the insulation out of the knee walls. Do I need to get it out of the attic crawl space, too? Contact people about easy-up tents for 10/10, contact mhc env group, go over anything else I’m supposed to do for that, getin tough with the woman from Barn 5. Actually, work should be somewhat easier this week. Well, not really easier since I must teach lab wed and thurs, but I will not need to spend time with setting up the equipment. I hope to be able to leave early Monday, after lecture, and not go in at all Tues. oh, damn, but Monday we have the safety meeting, and tues there are student seminars. I guess I will stay on mon and go in at the end of the day on Tues. Then wed and thurs I teach, and fri we have lab conference. Damn there goes the week. Sure would like to have time to card this wool I’ve been getting ready. I put some angora into the dye left over from my solar dyeing, and perhaps this morning I will take that out and set up some more batts to heat and dye while we are gone. I will bring the wool with me, I am finding that I need to flick the tips of a lot of it to get it ready for carding, so I can do that. And bring the hat that I need to knit for the Wellesley woman. The cowl is very nearly done!
    I started To Kill a Mockingbird yesterday, so I will be all ready for our meeting in a couple of weeks. There was a big email flurry about our meeting and I finally suggested we go back to our usual Sunday afternoon meet at a café idea. It works way better for me. I really don’t like going to people’s houses for the potluck thing. For one thing, I often can’t eat a lot, and it is more formal, we have to work out who is coming and all that, it is less easy to come late/leave early if one must. I just prefer the informality of the café. Of course there is always the debate of where since we are rather spread out.
    Damn, I am feeling really crummy and depressed. Don’t know why, I just want to: go back to bed, sit and do nothing, disappear…… I suppose once I get going I will feel better. Add to the todo list that I must deal with all the farm food that K picked up yesterday. I am very grateful that he did pick it up, as I was at work until 5:30. I hope I’ll be able to do it other weeks and don’t have to stay so late usually.  Oh, and I must write a student reference. And deal with L’s Promissory note for her loans. Damn damn damn.
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