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1. I haven't posted in awhile because I have been really struggling with fatigue since I got back from NM. I knew that I was going to pay for going, but I am a little surprised at the extent to which going to that conference wiped me out. I mean, I didn't *do* anything. I didn't sightsee or shop or do any extensive walking. I sat around the conference venue and listened to people talk; I sat around my friends' house and enjoyed their hospitality. That's it. And in the weeks since I got back, I have been so fatigued that essentially I have gone to work, come home and slept on the couch until dinner, eaten dinner, slept on the couch until bedtime, and then gone to bed at like 8:30. Really only in the last week has the fatigue lifted to the point where I'm not just napping pretty much all the time I'm not working.

I've also been having mouth issues since I got that crown put on at the beginning of February. I've had ulcers since it got put on and TMJ and my mouth has just hurt since then. Apparently ulcers are just A Thing some people get after dental work although I was never one of those people before; also they are A Thing that people with autoimmune disorders get. They are also A Thing people with celiac get although typically only when they are still eating gluten and they resolve once going gluten free. I did get accidentally glutened in February after the ulcers had already appeared but possibly that prolonged them. Anyway, just miserable and stupid.

So I have been feeling quite sorry for myself. I am very tired of being tired. I cannot explain how demoralizing it is to be tired all the time. *sigh*

2. Josh and I had our 21st wedding anniversary earlier in March. Our marriage can legally get tanked at the bar now. LOL

3.

Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses by L. Dee Fink

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I think this book is really interesting and contains a lot of really valuable information about how to structure courses outside of the traditional lecture model, but something about the way it is written did not hold my attention well. I think it's a me problem and not a problem with the book. IDK



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Minding Bodies: How Physical Space, Sensation, and Movement Affect Learning by Susan Hrach

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This is a very cool book. It's all about the science behind the intersection of cognition and movement and the way in which that should shape pedagogy. Lots of really great ideas here for incorporating movement into teaching, some of which are more doable than others depending on discipline, institution, and resources.



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4. And have some recs:

you're not a coward cos you cower by hellcat_jirel
The Witcher
Geralt/Jaskier/Yennefer
Season 2 Fix-it fic
It's possible this might be written by a certain fanlet of mine, ahem. :)

I've turned down every hand that has beckoned me to come by aphrodite_mine
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Constance/Merricat
Non-con
Delicious and dark and wonderful

Care for Delicates by gloss
Star Wars/Grumpy Old Men fusion
Poe/Finn
Just delightful