The two local high schools are having their baseball game here at our field and their parents were pounding white claws in the library parking lot. They tailgate harder than our students.

Pro-ish hockey coming back to the 'No! Wooo!! sports.yahoo.com/articles/fal...

All the faculty complaining about so much of their work being tied up in the Canvas hack (and not being able to access heir grades) need to stop blaming the institution mandates for stuff be be on Canvas. That never meant to not have a back up. I still use note all scores on a paper spreadsheet.

And this little dude has been hanging out in front of the library every night. He’s heard about our Godzilla mascot and wants to try out for the part. It makes me miss Steve even more.

Today’s text from Nephew #3

And now walking back to my car, I see all the golden hour grad photo shoots on the lawn. And the two resident geese are just photobombing them all.

I got to be on a panel tonight talking to students about being a first-gen student and hearing the other panelists, I’m realizing how much of my experience with that shaped me…

My annoyance with students parking in the staff lot was brought up on the faculty email list and had exploded. And today, a guy was out giving tickets. (Not that it’ll help, but maybe it’ll shut the faculty up)

I’m listening to the audiobook version of The Quiet Coup, and it is really interesting, but I may have to give up because the sound of the narrator breathing every other sentence is making me stabby.

I've been assigned (so far) the Fall course I usually teach, but there have been subtle things that are very clear I'm trying to be pushed out.

I know it didn't make the cut because full-time faculty who are skating with full salary but too few courses per year have been told they need to teach their full load (you know, do their jobs!), so the classes they slapped together for credit are the accepted ones.

Monday morning news drop: an important person in my academic department is leaving, and the super popular class I've taught in January for the last 3 years was not renewed for this January. Things are just so rosy and shining.

My garden has enjoyed this mild spring a lot. I’m enjoying that my garden is enjoying the mild spring.

Steve taught me on the ski slops when you think “just one more,” stop there without doing one more. And I should do that with iTunes. Because this was my one more and now I may never sleep again. youtu.be/XiMrrleH_hI?...

iTunes on random has hit NIN. That’s pretty peak for a Saturday. I’m going to bed on a good note.

I swear my itunes random is the most random. I break all algorithms youtu.be/V-rS174AUT0?...

I've had entirely too much bourbon for Pearl Jam's Black to come on random. "I know you'll be a star in someone's sky, but why can't it be mine?"

Noooooooooooo!!!!!

I brought that damn coaster back from Singapore. I’m not putting my ice water on it.

I actually needed a coaster, and went to grab one in the stack on my table and every single one has a memory and I can’t use it.

BOAT MILK LATTE!!! The last new ferry was named Karl (duh!), but I also liked Bay Gull. I hope that is still in the running.

Jack got his own room and Janet and Chrissy shared. They shouldn’t have had to split the rent even. /Three’s Company thoughts

So the rest of the night I’ll be pizzaing and mint juleping and watching Three’s Company. (I should change into my Regal Beagle shirt)

Zendaya approved! I’m so damn lucky to live here. I never take that for granted (even whem it pisses me off) www.kron4.com/news/bay-are...

Just walked down to get a half of a light bake pizza from the neighborhood coop, and the guy asked if I needed instructions. My man, not my first Arizmendi rodeo.

My great grandfather was super into horse racing, so roses and mint juleps have been a thing in my family. And I’m a sucker for tradition. (Rose from my mom’s garden)

Watching it now, and holy hell! Come from last victory!

I can’t watch the Derby live because I worry. I just hope all the horses finish safe and happy and they all get good snacks.

I do appreciate that the person who was going to try to California-splain California taxes to a lifelong Californian who pays California taxes and teaches accountants in California deleted that. Still saw the notification. And no, she is not partially right.

Ok, that was an odd diversion, but switched over to PWHL.

“They treat an injured handball player differently than an injured horse. Thankfully”

I mean, I know what I’m watching. Competitive handball. But why? Cause it was on and I’m stalling

Preceded by banter about the Kentucky derby being the only other justification of 12 hours of drinking leading to two minutes of action besides your honeymoon. What am I watching?

“One of the truly great things about the Kentucky derby coming to Churchill Downs in Louisville is that it raises the collective IQ when the horses cross the state line” —something I just heard in the commentary on… competitive handball

I love that when he jumps up on the float all the others are like “oh lawd he comin!” and scatter.

The sea lions at pier 39 are absolute treasures! Whenever I’m vaguely in that area I stop to see them.

An absolute unit! But I do wonder what brought him so far south to hang out with his smaller relatives.

Long live Chonkers!

I just saw a license plate that started 9YQC… the end of the series is soooo close. I really want my car to hang on long enough to get the next series. The first car I ever drove was my family’s 1982 car with 1BRS.

There is musak version of Watermelon Sugar at this faculty event.

Trump loves an adoring audience. Look closely at every member of his audience pictured here. 😂

There is some kind of pool party going on and I’m sunning to dry off after laps, eavesdropping on all the campus tea.

Related: she had gone by Francesca her whole life, but Yerba Buena had just renamed itself San Francisco, so they went with her middle name, and she went by Doña Benicia ever after.

Fun fact about Benicia, CA that isn’t about it being the state capital for a hot second: the founders wanted to name it in honor of Mr Vallejo, but the neighboring city scooped the name. So the chose to name city after his wife instead

A truly special person I’ll miss forever.

I’d known Steve since I was a student. He start at the library in my senior year. And then he was on the hiring committee that hired me as staff. And then again when I applied as a librarian. He took me skiing the first time (and times after). An almost daily presence for more than half of my life.

I lost my father and this almost feels like it’s been worse. I still have my moments where I just aching miss my dad. This is just blubbery. I don’t get it.

It’s been two weeks and I can’t think about him or see pics without crying. I don’t know why this one is hitting me so hard.

Made it through my friend’s memorial service without being a complete blubbering mess. Only a slight blubbering mess.