Hiking + birthday

[luzula]

So I went hiking on Saturday afternoon by myself and spent two nights in a tent, and then came back this afternoon. I had 12 km to hike today (= 7.5 miles), and I wanted to catch a bus at 1 pm. So I started at 8.30 am, thinking I would have plenty of time. Wrong. The terrain was rough and hilly and the trail meandered quite a bit. I did catch the bus, but only because it was five minutes late! Now I am very tired.

I had quite forgotten that it was my birthday yesterday, and only realized it when my parents called me in the morning to congratulate me! It was nice hiking along and having people call/text me during the day.

Also, I was cold this last night--I wish I'd had my winter sleeping bag. My tent was all frosty in the morning, brrrr.

Now to catch up on the internet...

Comments

[glitteryv]

Happy belated birthday! I am glad that you had a good hike. :)

[luzula]

Thanks! A good, but tiring one. It was good to be made aware of the outside world...

[regshoe]

That sounds a fun way to spend a weekend! I'm quite familiar with failed attempts to time walking or birdwatching against public transport, so it's good that you just managed to make the bus :D

[luzula]

Yes, it was a very nice surprise to see it appearing after all, when I thought I'd missed it. Although there was a later bus, so it's not like I would've been stranded.

[chestnut_pod]

Happy birthday! A slightly late bus sounds like a pleasant little universal birthday present :)

[luzula]

Yes, definitely! Also later in the trip home when I was going to take a local train, there was an announcement that it was CANCELLED and we would have to wait for the next one, but five minutes later they announced that it was coming after all...

[jesse_the_k]

Oh that is a lovely turnaround.

[scribe]

Happy belated birthday!! Hiking sounds absolutely lovely, aside from the cold.

[luzula]

Thanks! Well, it involved some suffering too, but it can be good to remind yourself of the outside world...

Happiest of Birthdays!

[jesse_the_k]

What an excellent birthday present. I hope that the week continues to include many happy returns.

I saw this article and thought of you:

https://www.chronicle.com/article/5-Takeaways-From-My-Covid-19/248713

Perhaps the most important lesson from academe’s rapid shift to remote teaching is that there is no wrong way to salvage your courses during a global emergency.

This semester, if you (a) made a good-faith effort to identify what was essential for your students and (b) set up ways for them to keep moving forward, you did great. From what I’ve seen and read, faculty members around the world have been doing far more than just putting in a good-faith effort during the Covid-19 crisis. Most of us have moved heaven and earth to ensure some kind of continuity in our students’ education, even as we have spent our own days coping with emotional and personal strains we could hardly have imagined mere months ago.

Re: Happiest of Birthdays!

[luzula]

Thank you! : ) I just found out that we would have online teaching in the first half of the fall too. Auuuuugh, I have a new course then.

[china_shop]

Happy Birthday!! ♥

[luzula]

Thank you! <3

[hurry_sundown]

Happy Birthday, Luz!

*smothers you with kisses and good wishes*

[luzula]

Thank you! <3

[seascribble]

Mad jealous of your hiking adventures. Happy birthday! :D

[luzula]

Thanks! It was good but also involved some suffering, but that's how it goes. : )

[mergatrude]

What a nice birthday!

[luzula]

After being cooped up so much, it was!

[hyarrowen]

Happy birthday - and the late bus was obviously a little present from the bus company!

[luzula]

Thanks! A very nice present, too.

[cyphomandra]

Happy birthday!! and yay for convenient late buses.

[luzula]

Thank you! : ) There was a later one, so I wouldn't have been stranded, but it would've been a bit of a wait.