Good morning! Today is 6 February 2023, and in the world today Turkey is in the news following a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that has likely caused the death of thousands of people.
This last weekend was exciting and fun. On Saturday, there was a baby shower for my daughter and her boyfriend, as we all anticipate the baby’s arrival next month. My sister and mom drove in, as did several of my nieces that live in the area. It was a lot of fun, and I lost a blindfolded diaper-changing contest with my future son-in-law.
This week I am back in my virtual classroom but as a student this time rather than the instructor. One of the things I try to weigh is the popularity of new classes relative to the number of available instructors, and try to address a need at work. To that end, a new security class is on the docket. There are other classes having to do with data processing, artificial intelligence, and business intelligence that are popular as well, but those are a little outside the scope of things I normally teach.
Tonight we’ve got a basketball game, and things have not gone that well for the Kansas Jayhawks in the conference this year. The Texas Longhorns are the team to beat right now, and they’re coming to town. The home team will have their work cut out for them – we usually do well at home, but we have lost at home this year, and Texas has been effective as the visiting squad on the road. I’ll give credit to Texas – they have adapted to the loss of their coach who was fired following a domestic violence incident with his fiance (who has retracted her statement).
I’m glad we don’t see quite as much drama in Lawrence as other programs see… at least not lately.
I’m going to grab some breakfast and start getting my head wrapped around the day. Learning is serious business around these parts.
I hope the world is treating you better than you deserve.
