The News from Here

7:30 am

                Tuesday lovely Tuesday. And ------ next week I will have to go into work on Tuesday because: IT IS THE LAST DAY OF CLASSES!!!! WOOOOO HOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! That does not by any means mean that I have no more work because I will still be grading, then on Sunday they will take the exam and I will be grading that. Still. It is woo hoo because things will be more flexible. Of course, in some ways it is the worst part of my job: the grading, without the best part: student interaction. Well, I can certainly offer to be available for study help before the exam.

                This Tuesday lovely Tuesday is not really going to be that lovely because of all the grading. I am slightly less than 1/3 of the way through the mass of lab reports. And tomorrow I will start getting a mass of barley assignments, but they are much easier to grade. And besides all that, it is raining which is a drag because it means I cannot sit outside to grade while rabbits frolic in their outdoor runs. Too wet for them. Maybe it will dry out later today.

                More bunny news: let’s see, I now have 1 litter of 5 that is about 5? 6? Weeks old. I have separated them from Mom, they are growing very fast and seem fat and happy. I have 3 litters (9 total) that are 3 weeks old. They are just leaving the nest box (hopping in and out) and starting to eat pellets, and bug poor Mom.  And I have 2 small litters of just 2 each that are now a week old. And I have a good range of colors – some white, some black, some of what I believe are called lilac, some nice brownish – probably agouti, one very clear fawn, another brown, probably another black (the little ones are still hard to tell).  I rebred the two white females (Angel and Chrysanthemum) and the fawn (Charlotta) that did not produce litters, so they may kindle in 3 more weeks.

On a not so good note, Bo, the French male I got in NY last year, showed one big glob of snot in his nose yesterday. I decided I would wait and see, but I have to gear myself, if he shows any more, to cull him. From everything I’ve read, it is the only way to go because pasteurella is so contagious. I most definitely do not want to lose him, but I will just have to toughen myself.

So that’s the news from C. Drive……

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