Wednesday, April 03, 2024

I'm just over here

...with Max's heart-shaped schnoz, reading everything I can get my hands on, and grading all the things because it's that time in the world and in the semester.

I'm also taking hope from the "uninstructed" voters in Wisconsin today. I am not alone, and I hope our politicians will listen to us. In the meantime, there are people to love, work to do, and Arabic to learn.

It was an easy day today, overall--the peskiest thing was spending an hour in the car to drop off "meal-train" food. Usually, it would take 20 minutes, but the family had requested it at 5, so I got enmeshed in rush-hour traffic. 

Pic: Max (and Huckie behind him) keeping me warm, soft, and sane. 

(Forgive the lighting... Big A and Nu like a red palette for the rumpus room lighting. It's a bit like being in The Shining in the evenings.)

4 comments:

Nicole said...

That's some sexy lighting!
I will be interested in hearing about your Arabic learning. It seems like such a complicated language with the different alphabet.

NGS said...

I went to grad school with someone who was taking Arabic classes and I think every literal second of free time she had she was studying. Seems hard!

Gillian said...

Cute.

maya said...

Thanks, Gillian!

Nicole, Engie--Arabic is SO challenging! It has been two weeks, and I'm only now beginning to get a sense of what I'm looking at--alphabet-wise. I'd be happy to learn just the spoken language, but that's not how Duolingo does it. The plan is to get weekly lessons with a native speaker once we get the basics figured out.

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