May 2023 archive

Day 21,793

Evelyn Day 62 Hi folks! It is Wednesday, Hump Day, 17 May 2023. I better check to see if the guys are gathering online tonight. We might have a night off with one of the guys away on a cruise. I’ll get back into my virtual classroom in another couple of hours. Until then, coffee, …

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Day 21,792

Evelyn Day 61 Good morning, folks! It is Tuesday, 16 May 2023, and today is also the official two-month celebration for my first and only grandchild (I’m ok with the one for now, folks. I’m in no big hurry to get myself to the bottom of a pile of grandchildren). Yesterday was a good first …

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Day 21,791

Evelyn Day 60 Good morning, and welcome to the beginning of a new work week. It is 15 May 2023. First a recap of the weekend… We had a pretty busy weekend around here. Lisa had some graduation-related events on Saturday, then she had plenty of other work to keep her busy after arriving home. …

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Evelyn Day 57 Good morning, and Happy Friday! I hope this missive finds you well. It is 12 May 2023, and this weekend families will gather to celebrate our moms. My mom is in Clay Center. I probably don’t visit as often as I should. The weekends seem to come and go so fast, and …

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Day 21,787

Evelyn Day 56 Hi folks! (Good morning, Evie, when you’re old enough to read this, know that I am thinking about you and everybody else in the family). Today is 11 May 2023. I have the last day of my cloud security course with my training partner – the last day working West Coast time …

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Day 21,786

Evelyn Day 55 Hi folks. It is 10 May 2023. Yesterday was a pretty good day. My class is going pretty well. One of the challenges with this particular course is providing adequate lab time. In the past, it always seemed like the content on the first two days of class was a bit overwhelming, …

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Day 21,785

Evelyn Day 54 Hi. It’s 9 May 2023. There’s stuff going on in the world. Some of it is good, and some of it is bad. For me, there’s more good than bad, I suppose. My training partner and I got off to a pretty good start with our security course yesterday. It always messes …

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Day 21,784

Evelyn Day 53 Good morning! It is Monday, 8 May 2023. It is going to be a different kind of week for me. I normally teach my classes on either Eastern or Central time, and this week my class is scheduled on Pacific Time, so rather than haunting over to my virtual classroom at 7:00 …

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Day 21,781

Evelyn Day 50 Good morning, and Happy Friday! Today is 5 May 2023. It is “stop day” up on campus, as students get a break prior to next week’s final exams, and it is also Cinco de Mayo, which is an excuse to eat tacos and drink adult beverages with a Mexican theme. Last night …

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Day 21,780

Evelyn Day 49 Good morning! Or is it more appropriate to say “May the 4th be with you”. I have meetings starting in a bit, and you can bet there will be all sorts of Star Wars-related shenanigans, and I won’t be resisting. I have on an appropriate t-shirt – Grogu from “The Mandalorian” with …

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