March 30, 1992

I finish the LSCA grant reports.  Sharon returns my Friday call, but there's really nothing I need from her.  She still can't work up much enthusiasm about her job and then reacts cautiously when I tell her how well Eve is fitting in.  We all like to hear that we're indispensable, I suppose.

Today's the first day in weeks, if not months, I've been able to work, walk back home for lunch, walk to the library again and then home for dinner.  We don't have a babysitter so I can't accompany JoAnna to the caniddates' forum.  I spend a brain-dead evening watching the Academy Awards presentations on TV.

April 2, 1991

Session 9 of my Basic Reference course goes well, though once again I attempt to cram at least three hours of materials into less than two hours.  If I teach this course in 1993, I really need to completely revamp the discussion questions.  I skip the State Street stroll and return to Middleton directly.  I don't even check for new Savoy Brown CDs. I have a chance to play with Eddie before going to the library.  At 4, I join other city officials to meet with Senator Kasten.  He seems impressed when I mention that my wife works with Broydrick.  I even have the chance to lobby him about LSCA.

I walk home for supper -- a fruit-and-yogurt salad -- and return to the library for an evening at the info desk.  I work on a revision of next week's ETN notes but don't make much headway.  I notice the the syllabus for 10 and 11 is a real jumble.

Eddie's up til past 11.  Finally I just put him to bed, and he falls asleep without fussing.

March 26, 1991

A rough night.  I can't fall asleep and it's my turn to get up with Eddie.  Again I have little time to review my ETN notes, but today my presentation goes wonderfully.  I feel completely at ease and comfortable with my material.  After class, I stop at the continuing education office to pick up homework assignments and then walk to GEF 3 (via the Madison Public Library to check the Montana entry in the new Encyclopedia Britannica) to drop off my LSCA rankings.  I share some follow-up comments with Frances and Peg.

In order to give Barb some more time on a gorgeous day, I take the afternoon off and watch Eddie, content to tape musical nuggets from the 60s.

March 22, 1991

I decide to work an abbreviated day -- five hours -- and spend all of my time reading and evaluating LSCA Title I grants in the Special Needs Public Library category.  Perhaps I don't take as much care as I should, racing through the narrative sections with abandon.  But I'm comfortable with the results and feel that even though I've been less than thorough, I've still been fair.  Most of all, I'm relieved to have this assignment out of the way.

I spend the afternoon taping the Rolling Stones before taking Eddie to the doctor and picking up Andy at daycare.  JoAnna goes out after work.  I fix supper for Andy.  Once she returns home, we order pizza out.  Eduardo's.

March 17, 1991

Once again I'm contentedly on the sidelines.  Andy and I watch "Honey I Shrunk the Kids", or "Honey in the Shrunk", as he refers to it.  We eat a late breakfast and it's a feast:  eggs, fried potatoes, ham.  We leave for Middleton around 1.  JoAnna drives and I use the free time to start reading LSCA grants.  I get through 6 of the 18 and then Andy wants to join me in the back of the van.  I read to him and then during the last ten miles, we exaggerate the effect of the curves.  Back home, JoAnna watched "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" with Andy while I keep Eddie company in the bedroom.

March 6, 1991

Andy and I stop at the library so I can inspect how well -- or poorly -- the rug has been vacuumed and pick up my materials for the LSCA reviewers workshop at the Concourse.   The rug looks fine, especially considering all the debris left behind the previous day.

After escorting Andy to the Puffin Room, I park the car in the McCormick ramp and then walk to Cleveland Lunch, picking up three newspapers along the way.  I order the usual:  ham and cheese omelet, American fries, bran toast, and coffee.  The waitress could have been Roseanne's retarded kid sister.

The LSCA workshop is informative.  Now to find time to review the 18 proposals.

Back at the library after a stop at Techline, I tread water until 6.  JoAnna and I are both beat, but Eddie won't let us go to bed as early as we'd like him.