Thursday, February 26, 2009

Congratulations, extra time and a text message

I thought I'd take note of a couple of things that gave me pleasure today:

  • Soon after I arrived at work this morning, I received a call from our College Secretary and had to laugh outright because she greeted me with, "So... are you going to give us a blowout on our next meeting?" She was referring to our committee's next meeting scheduled on 09 March and to the usual practice of treating friends when one receives an award--especially when the award accompanied by a cash prize!
  • My students in my 1-4pm lab class were done with their laboratory exercises a half hour before the end of the period. This meant I had more time to work on other things! Hooray!
  • Early this evening I most unexpectedly received a text message from my good friend asking how my day was. Having missed my weekly lunch with him today, this message--and the dozens more we exchanged tonight--was a most welcome and pleasant surprise.