Happy New Year! I am trying to type that with as much enthusiasm as I can muster. I feel 2019 to the present day have been a blur. Covid this and variant that. I think everyone is ready for the pandemic to be over. I didn't stay up to see in the new year. I retired early; however, I awoke with the messaging from my daughter and then a pounding headache maybe an hour later that kept my sleep light and I never really did get rest. I will attempt to make-up for the sleep I missed tonight.
Our schedule at church is changing from 8:30 to 11:00. They are offering both online and in-person options. I suppose that is the new normal with just about everything. I think everyone here is happy to have it later in the day. I am such an early bird that I joked that this new time is going to interrupt my nap time. I have reached the age where I look forward to a nap on Sunday. There is something about Sunday naps that makes them different in my mind than a nap on any other day.
The fog of Christmas is passing and that is a good thing for me. Christmas is so loaded with memories that it makes it a love/hate time of the year. It also doesn't help that the temperature outside is 13 degrees Fahrenheit (-10.5 degrees Celsius). Speaking of the unique measuring of the US - can we (The US) seriously switch to the metric system? If you haven't used it and it is foreign to you, please get some exposure. It makes so much more sense than the Imperial system. If you think the Imperial system makes sense then try doing some calculations with it. You will quickly see how archaic it is when compared to the metric system. OK - I am off my soap box.
So - today I worked and got 2/3 of the way through the last module online. After I finish it I have an exam and this thing is wrapped up. My orientation begins on Monday evening and I have done this course, read a business case, prepared analysis, read a paper on group dynamics, and am ready to discuss all things. The sheer volume or rate of information I am trying to process has made completion a challenge. I have spent about 4 hours a day getting through it all.
Someone once told me that math is just a language to describe what is going on. I think that is true but I also realize the importance of understanding what is written so you don't misinterpret what is being asked. For me, that is the challenge. Interpreting what has been written.
Oh well - more tomorrow.
