Doubly Ironic Day

 

I forgot to mention that on Tuesday I felt a strong compulsion to wear the hoodie Travalon had brought me from Split Rock, and then the physical therapist said I was now his favorite patient because Split Rock is his favorite place, and he told me all kinds of cool stories about when he went to college in Duluth. Then he said I don't have to do my two easiest exercises anymore, but he replaced them with two really hard ones. He did say I got an A+ for my work, which is surprising because I was not that great about doing the exercises he had assigned the first time, but my knee has improved so I must be doing something right.

Today I worked on campus, and I took a long lunch to give blood. The phlebotomist told me to take it easy the rest of the day, and so did my FitBit, so I took the bus to the blood donation spot and back. In the afternoon I had a meeting, and the elevator that goes right there has been out of order for like nine months, so usually I just take the stairs. However, today I hunted down the other elevator in the building, since I was supposed to take it easy. It was a very productive meeting where at first people were just talking about how the ARTs are such a great idea, blah blah blah, and then it got tense when the committee chair got on their case for not having any shared governance representation, but by the end we were all happy because they agreed to a committee. The chair knows who he wants on it: me and two of my Union buddies. The person he definitely doesn't want is the guy who asks really strange questions all the time, who is going to be in an ART and would love to be on this committee, so no doubt he'll apply when the call goes out. There's a committee to choose members of all committees, so this guy won't be chosen. It made me feel like I was part of some back room dealings. There's something in me that loves politics, and also trying to make things better for everyone.

Two things about today were ironic: I didn't have time to take a walk at lunch because of the blood donation when the weather was so nice, and I was trying to take it easy but got 40 cardio load when my FitBit wanted me to only get 16-25, while on days that I'm trying to get exercise it says I only get like 30 cardio load. Maybe it's because I was on campus - I always get more vigorous time on those days.

Travalon has colored a picture for the Year of the Snake.

He says he will also soon provide a photo of his work in the Beatles coloring book, so watch for that.

Famous Hat