Even though I'm planning on working much of the day, I always enjoy holidays where campus is closed. Not that I'm far from my office, so it's not like I have a big time saver with not commuting. Also, it's not like I'm more or less productive at home than in my office. But it is always nice to not really have to be in.
So today I've been getting some research done as well as preparing materials for class. The first homework I assigned involves using a computer program that I was under the impression that everyone had used before, so everyone is of course panicking and so I will spend a lot of tomorrow working on teaching the students how to use it.
In addition to that I am watching Dante go insane. He's had a couple of difficult weeks, given the packing and moving both C and myself to new apartments. Having C leave was difficult for him, and being in a new place is tough. C had suggested giving him a bath to freshen him up (it is time for his fall bath), but I decided to wait just because I didn't want to give him a lot more to worry about. I mean, let's just pile on the stress: Packing, moving, driving to upstate New York, unpacking, driving down to the city, unpacking, a lot of vacuuming, and dealing with living on the fifth floor of a walk-up building. Yeah, that's what I want to do, throw in a bath to just top it all off.
But back to the point, he's going crazy because of the fly in the apartment. The windows are open and a fly has come in, and Dante is just running around like crazy trying to catch it. I decided not to get rid of it because it's giving him something to do. The view in the apartment, while awesome for me, is not great for him because he can't see anyone or any animals. Now though, he just gave up on the fly. Poor guy.
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