Today was a low-productivity day. I though it would be fun to keep track of the events of the day.
0630: Get up, take a shower.
0650: feed the dogs; put inside dogs out, outside dogs in.
0700: start the fire in the wood stove. I’m running late. The fire won’t start
0708: my students call me on Skype. I should have called them on Skype at 7:00 AM
0710: teach my three Skype students about lessons in my interactive storytelling course; specifically, Options
0810: end course, make tea, check political discussion site, respond to a couple of comments. Long responses.
0900: check fire. play a solitaire game
0930: work on Le Morte D’Arthur. Write two encounters based on Celtic mythology. Problem with saving data.
1130: lunch: yogurt with granola. Cookie. Read The Economist.
1145: clean shop. Collect pieces of trunk of dead cedar. Collect its slash and throw into creek ravine.
1230: walk in the forest with Kathy. Examine progress of clearing dead trees, discuss how to deal with other dead trees
1300: repair duck pond. Mr. Bear had climbed 8-foot fence, fallen into pond, punctured lining while escaping.
1345: ten minutes spent cleaning repair gunk off my fingers. Sticky stuff.
1355: answer some emails
1410: fill cart with firewood, bring it inside. Empty trailer load of firewood. Drive tractor+trailer to woodpile
1420: unhook trailer, drive tractor into forest, drag log to dirt trail for better access.
1430: tractor won’t start. battery is dead again. Must buy a new battery. Haul battery out of the forest to shop. Test.
1515: begin writing this diary entry
1530: reading; playing with the dogs
1715: work on another encounter about the Grail
1730: dig through books trying to find information on the original Celtic grail (wasn’t a chalice)
1830: nap
1915: dinner and TV with Kathy
2015: play a solitaire game
2100: email, clean office
2130: feed dogs, tend wood stove, insulin shot to old cat
2200: reading in bed about old Celtic mythology
All in all, this makes me look more organized than I truly am. I didn’t plan this day; I just moved from task to task as the mood struck me.