It’s spring, and Orthodox Easter was just a few days ago, so I decided to run a picture of Easter Past for Throwback Thursday. I took this one on my son’s first Easter, when he was a little more than two months old. He’s still cute, but now he’s six-foot-three.
Category Archives: College
Happy NaNo Camper
Woo hoo! I just hit my Camp NaNoWriMo goal for the month, and with a whole day to spare. Camp NaNoWriMo, which happens every year in April and July, is the more flexible version of NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, which happens in November. The November version is a challenge for writers to startContinue reading “Happy NaNo Camper”
The Next Dorm
Tomorrow is the final day of classes at my son’s university. After that comes exam week, and then freshman year is over and he comes home for the summer. It’s been a strange year, with a lot of back-and-forth when campus closed because of rising covid numbers and students were sent home, and when ThanksgivingContinue reading “The Next Dorm”
Back to School
I posted a few days ago that our quarantine was over and we could bring our son back to school. He had to quarantine because his roommate tested positive for covid, and my son chose to serve his quarantine time at home instead of in a dismal motel room arranged by the university. I wasn’tContinue reading “Back to School”
No More Quarantine
I posted yesterday that I was still waiting for the results of the covid-19 tests my son and I had taken, after he was possibly exposed to the virus at school. Finally, late last night, I received the results: We are both negative. He had already been tested last week, just after he returned homeContinue reading “No More Quarantine”
Still Waiting
My son and I had covid tests yesterday. Last time it took less than 24 hours to get the results, so I was expecting to have them by now. No such luck. Unfortunately, this time a lot rides on the results. If he’s negative, we are no longer in quarantine and he can go backContinue reading “Still Waiting”
Covid Update
I posted yesterday about my son’s college roommate, Justin, having tested positive for covid-19 Thursday afternoon — one day after Jon Morgan got his first dose of the vaccine. That meant Jon Morgan had to go into quarantine, too. He could choose to move to a quarantine space at school (actually, the Sleep Inn nearContinue reading “Covid Update”
Not Out of the Woods Yet
Damn. We were so relieved when my college freshman son got his first vaccine dose Wednesday. But Thursday, his roommate — who had been ignoring the university’s covid restrictions — tested positive. Jon Morgan hasn’t seen a lot of him lately — the guy’s been spending most of his time at his girlfriend’s dorm, includingContinue reading “Not Out of the Woods Yet”
Vaccinated!
I just came from getting my second dose of the Pfizer covid19 vaccine. Woo-hoo! It will be two weeks before I can say I’m fully vaccinated, but I am so glad to have received both shots. I’ve been impressed with the efficient way the city is running the vaccination clinics. The volunteers and staff areContinue reading “Vaccinated!”
Postcards From the World: Cool Stamps
Today’s featured Postcrossing postcard is one I received a few days ago from a college student in Hefei, China, about 300 miles west of Shanghai. The picture on the card (right) is cute enough, but what really blows me away is the magnificent stamps, above. The sender tells me the stamps describe “how ancient peopleContinue reading “Postcards From the World: Cool Stamps”
