WAHHHH I am having to read OSHA documents to determine how we handle things if they re-open offices and we want people to wear masks.

The CT Board of Regents has announced that almost all college summer courses will be online. For lab courses, like the one I'm scheduled to teach (maybe), the plan is to separate the labs from the lecture portions of the course, and open the buildings in August to do the labs all in a bunch, regardless of when the lecture was taught. Separate grades will be given for the two portions (again maybe, they aren't being very clear on that). They are also unclear as to which lab courses this would actually apply to, since they keep talking about upper level labs and in the same paragraph mention doing demos for intro labs instead, much like we're doing now.

So right now I have no idea if I'm teaching this summer (registration is open, but the response hasn't exactly been brisk), or when I'm teaching if the course does run, or even where I'd be teaching. Interestng times.

Got an official email yesterday saying, "No more overtime without prior written permission from the director." My 40 hours for this week have now just concluded, and the work laptop is powered off until Monday morning. No more extra effort from me.

The CT Board of Regents has announced that almost all college summer courses will be online. For lab courses, like the one I'm scheduled to teach (maybe), the plan is to separate the labs from the lecture portions of the course, and open the buildings in August to do the labs all in a bunch, regardless of when the lecture was taught.

It is apparently possible to send labs (I don't know what labs, I just heard "labs") to students at home! Which sounds crazy, but apparently is happening here.

I did get to talk to the one person, and we're going to come back to it next week, so I can legitimately say that to the big boss and not worry about it.

My niece did that in the before times for an online lab course, I want to say chemistry but I'm not sure. It was very cool, but was also something that was designed into the course.

I work on a Microbiology Lab that is "at home" as well as an Anatomy and Physiology lab. We contact with a vendor who puts together the lab kits and manuals and we make them take pictures and write lab reports and upload them. Of course, you have to be able to have a space in your house where you can, say, dissect a fetal pig or grow cultures without a pet or kid getting into it. It is also a HUGE amount of labor grading for the instructor because there is a lot of plagiarism in the lab reports because people put the answers online!!!

No more overtime without prior written permission from the director

The kids always worked overtime. Generally over 50 hours a week. Now they are required to physically work 32 hours and put in for 8 hours indicated in their time sheet as COVID time. They are loving it in the short run, but it won't be long before they miss the big paychecks.

DH went and got 3 boxes from the drive through farm store system. 1 box veggies (couple types of lettuce, tomatoes, cukes, zucchini, yellow squash, and a bunch of different peppers), 1 box fruit (pineapple, watermelon, and 2 cantaloupes), and one box of corn. Um, that is a lot of corn. Pretty sure I can freeze some since we buy frozen corn. But tonight dinner is cantaloupe and corn on the cob most likely! I already cut up a yellow tomato and ate it with a bit of mayo as a snack. Mmmmm, fresh veggies. Flat rate boxes, $10 each whether mixed or a box of all one thing. Easy peasy.

This week has been mad and I'm ready to fall asleep on the couch.

The exhaustion factor has been the worst. I don't nap and every day I really want a nap after waking up exhausted.

That reminds me- does anyone know how long a fetal pig stays good? I have one in my office that I abandoned a month ago (still packed in the sealed package....

wow that's a lot of corn. I can't remember the last time I had corn just by itself.

Sophia, aren't they soaked in formaldehyde? Anyway, the package probably has a "use-by" date on it.

I'm feeling bad now because I'd forgotten about Strega -- since I didn't cross over with her much, it went back in my mind that she was still out there somewhere. Shit.