Love & Ire & Song
Frank Turner speaks to my soul. His music has been with me since I first discovered him (obviously) on a side stage at Folk Fest. He's been all over Europe with me, to University in Lethbridge, countless road trips all over western Canada and the North Western States, long commutes to work, painting a new house - everywhere.
I needed a few days away from this. I think the blog was reinforcing monotony in a dangerous way. Just a really clear reminder that I'm not doing much as I struggled to think of something to write about at the end of each work day.
Things have changed though!
I'm still working from home, we are still social distancing and isolating to various degrees. The province is starting the initial phases of a re-opening though. As I write this, people who just last week were working from home are commuting back at the end of the day.
I haven't decided how I feel about this yet. Re-opening is full of hope that we can return to a not yet normal, but more familiar maybe, lifestyle. It's also full of fear that this is all too early and we should have kept measures in place for another month. I guess time will tell.
We had a really great weekend. My brother self-isolated for over 2 weeks and full on quarantined for almost 10 days (save a daily walk outside) so that he could safely come for a visit to see the baby. It was nice. I've missed him and she had a blast. We video called a friend in Germany (Philip) while he was here. On Sunday we video called family in London (Paulo). It's weirdly comforting to hear the stories of others for me. Kind of like, if they're living through this too then it's all ok - I'm not sure how to explain it because that sounds wrong...
Anyways.
Work is going great. I've designed a full task that I'm really excited to roll out in 2 weeks. I think it's got it all - engagement, flexibility, creativity, multiple entry and exit points, personalization. I'm excited to see how it goes with the students. It's also really authentic to my teaching style so it's nice to have a bit of control and normalcy in that regard.
I'm hoping to be more consistent with updating this again this week.
I needed a few days away from this. I think the blog was reinforcing monotony in a dangerous way. Just a really clear reminder that I'm not doing much as I struggled to think of something to write about at the end of each work day.
Things have changed though!
I'm still working from home, we are still social distancing and isolating to various degrees. The province is starting the initial phases of a re-opening though. As I write this, people who just last week were working from home are commuting back at the end of the day.
I haven't decided how I feel about this yet. Re-opening is full of hope that we can return to a not yet normal, but more familiar maybe, lifestyle. It's also full of fear that this is all too early and we should have kept measures in place for another month. I guess time will tell.
We had a really great weekend. My brother self-isolated for over 2 weeks and full on quarantined for almost 10 days (save a daily walk outside) so that he could safely come for a visit to see the baby. It was nice. I've missed him and she had a blast. We video called a friend in Germany (Philip) while he was here. On Sunday we video called family in London (Paulo). It's weirdly comforting to hear the stories of others for me. Kind of like, if they're living through this too then it's all ok - I'm not sure how to explain it because that sounds wrong...
Anyways.
Work is going great. I've designed a full task that I'm really excited to roll out in 2 weeks. I think it's got it all - engagement, flexibility, creativity, multiple entry and exit points, personalization. I'm excited to see how it goes with the students. It's also really authentic to my teaching style so it's nice to have a bit of control and normalcy in that regard.
I'm hoping to be more consistent with updating this again this week.
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