Snowpocalypse Now Day 1

I found a German teacher who's available at a time that I'm free and who won't break the bank. So maybe I'll do it.

I bought a book on Germany and some German grammar and vocabulary books. The German books will take a while to get here because I bought them used.

I also bought some magazine holders.

Woke up and it's still snowing. I thought that it didn't look too bad, but then I noticed that you can't see individual steps at my neighbor's house. It looks like a snow ramp. It's amazing that things as small as snowflakes can cause a big mess. I'm snuggled up in clothes, a jacket, and slippers while I work. I'm wishing that we had a snow day, but we're working from home. Alas.

Mom called during lunch. She didn't have the chemo on Monday because her hemoglobin was low and she also had kidney issues. She had a transfusion, which helped her energy levels. Now she's trying to get an appointment with her oncologist soon to find out what the plan is. I don't know what to think about this.

Round 1 of the snow has stopped. It's hard to tell how many inches fell because I'm in a mobile home and am elevated. I've been faked out thinking that it wasn't much before. Weather.com says 11 inches!

Zara decided that waiting around on the kitchen counter for me to feed her wasn't working, so now she's in the office room blocking my computer monitor. Come on Mommy, get the hint! (Done.)

I read a Medium article about posting articles to LinkedIn. I was wondering what I could post ("dig your well before you're thirsty"), and it occurred to me that I could write articles about using our library system. Maybe I could parlay that into some consulting work when I retire.

Had some pizza. You know that it's cold when you open the oven and go mmmm when the heat escapes. I was today days old when I discovered that a pie server with serrated edges makes a better pizza cutter than a pizza wheel.

Took a nap and slept until 2 AM. I'm going to throw clothes into the washer and stay up until I can put them in the dryer.

Weather.com says that it's snowing again, but I don't see it.

Snow and Ice (Skating)

My getting up at 2 AM confused the cats. You were asleep and now you're awake, so it must be feeding time, right? I told Zara that if she ate now, she won't eat her breakfast, but she is not convinced.

And it's snowing again. It's been so quiet, and I realized that there are no trains or cars.

I got an idea for an article, "What I've learned from studying foreign languages". Now I need to figure out what I've learned!

I priced flights from Chicago to Berlin and Munich to Chicago. Not too expensive. (I'd take the train from Berlin to Munich.)

I got Culture Smart Italy and Culture Smart Germany on Chirp. I also looked at The Plant-Based Solution, but it has recipes, so I bought a print copy used on Amazon.

Still snowing when I woke up. Still really quiet. The cats are curled up in round balls. They do not approve of this weather. I kind of agree.

I know on what I want to write an article in LinkedIn (I typed KinkedIn, which is the alternative site :)) but I need to ask my colleague because it's based on a meeting that she ran. She said okay. Okay, I learned how to write an article on LinkedIn. It's very similar to Medium.

I have another goal: teaching a class on library systems administration (or about library systems) at Library Juice Academy. I don't have enough experience yet, but I'll keep that in mind as a goal.

It just occurred to me that after I get my programming certificate, I could write an inventory tool that works with our library system. The possibilities are endless!

The snow has stopped. Now to wait for my mower guy to dig me out....

I bought a poster map of Germany. I learned a lot of Italy's geography by having a map above my computer. And I requested a trial lesson from the German teacher, eep!

There's a lot of discussion about the future of LJ given its Russian state owners. I'm on Dreamwidth as days_unfolding also. Feel free to add me.

Hmm. I'm running out of steam due to my weird sleep schedule last night. I think that I'll go to bed early tonight, although not quite yet so that I don't wake up at 2 AM again. I should make some Italian flash cards and clean the bathroom. Or do some decluttering.

I did do some decluttering. But I turned the Olympics on to see what was going on and learned that the team men's short program skating was on, so I watched. Nathan Chen turned out an incredible performance. Then I watched mogul(?) skiing, which I've never seen before. Then they had the team ice dancing, which was great fun. (If I could skate, I'd like to do ice dancing, but you probably need to be an extrovert :)) Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue also pulled off an impressive performance. Now they say that there's more skating after the news. So much for getting to sleep early. The news said to stay off of the roads. You think?