Here there be bullets

Welcome to a Tuesday Night Edition of Bullet Posting...

• This morning, Neatnik had a really hard time getting out of bed. She tried to burrow deeply into her pillow to avoid being awakened.



• I think she stole this trick from Little Feet who frequently attempts to burrow through the bottom of her penthouse apartment.



• Burrowing into the very fibers of the mattress cover did not allow the child to avoid getting out of bed. When she did crawl forth from the covers, I noticed that Number Guy had let her go to sleep Monday night in her school gym clothes.



• Normally, I have Neatnik change into play clothes after school. But the kids are wearing their gym uniforms every day this week. Gym clothes, by definition, are play clothes.



• Fortunately, Neatnik owns a pair of plain navy blue sweatpants. I had her wear those with an extra long sweatshirt. Nobody knew the difference.



• All school gym uniform components have enjoyed the pleasure of a swirly bath and are currently tumbling about the dryer's warm interior.



• Well, yes, Neatnik does regularly sleep in sweats - that's what passes for jammies around here.



• I finished the second Madagascar Sock. The pair of them are sitting on the corner of my desk, awaiting their turn in the sudsy water.



• Finishing the sock meant that every needle in the house was bare. Naked. Entirely unclothed.



• Yes, it was rather on the scary side, now that you bring it up.



• Stop it.



• I cast on an SJ Gym Crew Sock for the Neatnik, now with even more pink.



• Well, no, not really. Actually, this pair will have slightly less pink than the last pair. Not sure yet whether it will have blue toes or just single blue stripes just before the toes.



• Has to have one or the other in order to keep the pairs with their proper mates come laundry day.



• The Box Tops for Education contest collecting continues. Thank you to each and every blogger who has sent or is planning to send us their unwanted Box Tops. Neatnik's school wants needs those Box Tops very badly. Anyone else who wants to chip in, please leave a comment with a way to contact you or shoot me an email.



• Classes over at the college have commenced for the spring semester. For those of you who find my students' emails amusing, get ready. I fear that there may soon be a bumper crop of interesting communiques.



• I explicitly told my students that they are not allowed to email me to ask what the homework assignments were. I write it down on the board and I tell them to write it down in their notebooks.



• Two students have already emailed me asking for the link to the online study questions.



• The questions are due tomorrow morning.



• I'm supposed to be ready to lecture and give a full tutorial tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock.



• I realized at 5:30 this afternoon that I had looked at neither the lecture material nor the tutorial since the second week of last semester.



• I remedied that little situation after dinner. Sort of. I kind of got halfway through the slides for chapter 2 and decided to wing it in the morning.



• We are looking at buckets full of wintry mix descending from the dismal grey skies tomorrow. It will probably result in a somewhat sloppy morning commute. It probably won't result in a snow day, though.

Well, there you have it, Tuesday Night Bullet Points. I should probably start thinking about shutting down the computer system and seeking some shut eye: I had a hard time getting out of bed this morning, too.

Try to stay warm, dry, and de-iced!