Training Log Archive: barb

Watched "Mulholland Drive"

Biked hard out into Arlington. Easier back to school then work. Eventually I'll head home too.

Today I did the tulip lesson with some 3rd graders. It's remarkable the difference between them and the first and second grades. The kids in my group of 6 for the planting site selection outing organized themselves into different roles without me saying a word! Two recorded the features of the locations, two sketched the place, and two found the places.

I talked with Dan, a teacher at the school, who said he'd heard from the junior high teachers how great the orienteering field trip was. They apparently particularly liked that I did a lot of organization so that they didn't have to. I was relieved that the teachers weren't reporting the scare when some of the kids didn't come back out of the woods. Maybe I can get Dan to bring his kids orienteering.

Dan also asked me if I work and I said, yeah, full time, but I go in early to make up for my school volunteering.

In the 1st/2nd grade classroom, the 2nd graders know me from last year's orienteering (see photo below). So when they saw me, they were like, "yay! we're going to do orienteering!" I had to explain that I was there for science not orienteering, although we did in fact use a map of the school to show where we wanted to plant the tulips.

Work, school, work, home.

At school I started a Journey North tulip experiment with a class of first and second graders. We talked about the signs of spring, and spring coming at different times for different latitudes. We talked about good places to plant bulbs, and then walked around the school grounds to identify some locations. Next week they'll plant the bulbs and go online to record the location of their garden. In the spring, they'll record the date that the plants emerge from the ground, and the date they bloom. The website will show data from schoolchildren all over North America.

This was one of the more mortifying sessions, because while I'm pretty darn inflexible (physically, that is), today's exercises showed that off more than most.

What is G, one wonders?

C • 133 (and at least no longer cl... 3

Running is "really uncomfortable and every mile [is] a painful accomplishment"

C • Of all the things to gank from... 2

To Tufts. Heard Fritz Roth talk about yeast double mutant experiments and their interpretation. Really nice work. Stopped to buy tulips on the way home.

Results of my nutritional experiment:
* eating fewer things results in eating less results in feeling better, and gets rid of the bloating problem.
* eating fewer things and eating less is hard.
* bloating is brought on by overeating and possibly by milk, nuts, wheat, sugar, etc. Even honey on bread at night seems to have deleterious effect. Also it might help to eat more slowly and enjoy each bite to its fullest.
* I have a tendency to binge. But we knew that. Worst example is cookie dough.
* Working in front of the computer is associated with snacking. Hm, what can I eat right now?

Ran from Izzy's soccer practice to the school to check out tulip bulb planting areas for our Journey North experiment. And back.

Scrimmage with the few kids who showed up for practice.

Monadnock with a bunch of kids. Took lots longer but am recording the time when I do it solo.



Keegan (age 3) made it to the top, and down, on his own two feet. I have high hopes for Keegan as an orienteer, though I'm not sure his parents are on board yet.