21 cans of Cambells Cream of Mushroom Soup

I have 21 cans of cream of mushroom soup. This is a shopping story worth telling. I haven’t been able to find cream of mushroom soup for about 2 months so when I saw it this last weekend I bought 10 can of the reduced fat/low sodium kind, not my favorite but it works. Then I went to another store and found the regular kind there, so I bought another 10 cans (it isn’t like they expire). I used 2 over the week and then a friend who is leaving Doha gave me her extras, so I now have 21 cans in my apartment. Oh, I only have about 4 cans of tune left but I can find that any time.

Work has been busy. TAMUQ (Texas A&M University at Qatar) had our ABET evaluation this last week and we did great but it put me behind. So last week, and the first part of this week was spent playing catch up. I am currently adding ice to cool a reaction until I can put it in the cooler for the evening.

Oh, let me tell you my moments of brilliance on Sunday. So I wrote my quizzes for class, got everything out and I was ready. I gave my quiz to the students and they all did horrible, even my really good students! I told them afterward that they need to be sure to read the procedure I before coming to class. Then one of my students asked what lab we are doing so I told them that looking at the syllabus and knowing what lab is being performed would be very helpful when being prepared to class. I told them that we were doing the Phase Transfer Catalysis lab when then said that wasn’t the experiment listed on the syllabus. Oops, does anyone have a fork for my humble pie? I didn’t read the syllabus and I prepped the wrong lab. So, my awesome students did the catalysis lab and did a really good job. Then, oh yes there is more, I email my students for the next to tell them which lab we were doing. I went home, had dinner, read for a little bit and checked my email. A student emailed and asked “We have lab tomorrow?” I was thinking “OH. MY. GOSH. DON’T THEY KNOW THEIR SCHEDULE!” Until I realized that I didn’t know this student because I emailed the wrong class! I went to bed on Sunday hoping that I would wake up able to repeat the day and do it better.

So in 43 days I will be onto my next vacation. This one will be long, and cold. I finished my wool hat for Germany, my scarf is done, and Leigh is almost finished with my gloves. I should be ok if it isn’t too cold. I don’t know what my next knitting project will be yet, I think hats for my nieces (I already finished one for my nephew.). Oh, about the long part, I will be in the States from the 15th through the 31st of December. I have some things already planned, like doctor appointments, scratching the dog and playing with the nieces and nephew, but I would like to see lots of people when I am home.

Not much else is going on, other than me being a dunderhead. I figure I should start my US shopping list soon. I think I’m just going to go visit Fred Meyers for kicks, well, any store that has a pork section.