A Full Day

June 11, 2008 -- Kingston, RI

Here was today's schedule:
6:00 alarm goes off, crawl out of bed
6:10 Do some yoga in the dorm room
6:40 Shower, shave, get dressed
7:15 Get the iron from down stairs and iron a couple of shirts
7:30 Walk up to the Rams Den (the dining hall) for breakfast
7:45 Breakfast
8:10 wait for the van to take us to the Bay Campus
8:20 Van ride to Bay Campus
8:40 Begin classes for the day with a major module on assessing vulnerability to climate change impacts and hazards like erosion, flooding, habitat loss.
12:00 Lunch at the Mosby building nearby
12:30 return to the classroom and deal with a grant problem from home
1:00 classes resume and deal with assessing adaptation measures to deal with impacts from earlier in the day; tools for adaptation, communication (with a focus on developing better powerpoint presentations). Get group homework assignment
5:20 depart Bay campus for the dorm, make a plan to meet group to complete homework at 7:30
5:45 return to the Chi Phi frat house, grab gym bag and walk down to Mackel Field House, get my rec center pass, find locker room and change.
6:00 work out in the gym (5 min on the eliptical machine, 45 min weight lifting, 10 min cool-down and stretching) Sons would have liked the music selection in the weight room, loud metal. Not quite the same vibe as "my" gym. Sweat a lot.
7:00 shower and walk back to dorm
7:15 get down to the common room early in case group is getting started, drink a liter of water since I forgot to bring anything to the gym.
7:30 no sign of the group. Look though the big binders full of local information on activities, find the phone number for the Newport yacht club, plan to call to see about crewing for races. Back home the Duluth Yach Club race is canceled. The cancellation email says:
'Winds ENE 32 – 37; Temp 43 degrees. Rain; Small craft warnings. Gale warnings posted. And the bad stuff hasn't hit yet. DYC Racing will be canceled for this evening.'
7:45 give up on the group showing up and walk up the hill to the emporium to get food.
8:00 find some group members at the emporium just heading back to work on homework. I tell them I'll join them as soon as I eat. Get a tasty grilled chicken pesto wrap and more water.
8:15 Walk back to the frat house to meet the group. No group. Wait around, still no group.
8:40 give up on getting homework done. Return to my room to try to resolve the problem with getting onto the DNR email site (got some suggestions from the CRC IT guy this afternoon). My efforts result in lost ground. Wireless and network cable access denied again.
9:30 give up on email, blogging. Call home. No answer. Organize the pile of handouts and notes from class today and yesterday. Look over some materials, read a bit for recreation.
10:00 turn out the light, put in the earplugs
10:30 wake up from the conversation and laughter in the room next door. Try to get back to sleep, Noise and sore muscles keep me awake.
11:15 give up on getting back to sleep, fire up computer and the wireless connection lets me in! At least to some things. I can read the first page of my DNR email account but can't reply or look past the first 20 emails. Blog.
11:55 guys next door either leave or quiet down. Maybe I can get back to sleep.