I have spent all day, other than a brief run to the county solid waste department to get a ton of cardboard recycled, sitting in the same chair, trying my hardest to not fall asleep and mostly failing. I’m honestly kind of amazed that I managed to make it out of the house before noon, to say nothing of the effort required to break down all the boxes, because there has been nothing in the tank since then. We’re going to Michigan tomorrow for Thanksgiving The First, of possibly as many as four, and five hours in the car is going to do me in regardless. If I was smart I’d get my lesson planning done; I was smart enough already to make sure that I didn’t bring any grading home this weekend, so I don’t have that to worry about.

I would like everyone to know that I did not watch IU lose their football game today, so you don’t get to blame me for it. My wife suggested yesterday that we watch it, and I think even the bare mention of me paying attention to college football again led to the loss. I apologize to all those who are suffering.