July 3, 2016

 I slept for nine hours last night and it was pretty satisfying. I would like to do the same thing tonight. I once again didn't really accomplish anything today. I am going to regret these days in the coming weeks when I am running out of time and super stressed out.

I watched YouTube videos and spent about an hour looking at Twinery.org, which is something I learned about at the conference. It is an open source program “for telling interactive, nonlinear stories.” So basically choose your own adventure stories. Someone at the conference used it for library instruction and I thought it would be interesting to use it for the freshman orientation I'm working on for my practicum. I still need to come up with the scavenger hunt questions, which is my current job, but I thought once that was done it would be fun to try and integrate that into a choose your own adventure type of story. I'm getting a bit ahead of myself, probably trying to avoid my current responsibilities, but I'm getting ideas for the future. I'm going to need more hours for my practicum and if I can get the scavenger hunt done I can definitely sink some time into creating a choose your own adventure.

I spent a lot of time looking at backpacks and bags today. I don't need a new backpack or bag (especially because I just bought a new bag that I really like) but it is apparently my new distraction. I also spent time looking into Penny Boards, which are small plastic skateboards. Over the past several months I have watched a lot of skateboarding-related videos. I've also been into skateboarding my entire life. But I have never actually skateboarded. I had one when I was a kid but I only ever rode on it down the driveway while sitting on it. My body would not hold up well to a fall and that has always been enough of a deterrent to not get on a skateboard. Recently, however, I have become more intrigued with the idea of getting a skateboard and learning to ride, as a form of transportation rather than something to do tricks on. I don't really need one for transportation but I think it would be fun. So every now and then I look. A Penny Board would be nice just for it's compact size (both the original or the slightly larger nickel board) but I also like the big cruiser boards or longboards. And there is also a regular skateboard. I'll probably never get one but it is fun to entertain the idea.

Now I'm going to go to bed. Tomorrow I actually need to accomplish things. I need to put in some time with my practicum and I need to write stuff for my classes. I've got discussion posts for my capstone, blog posts for my conference class, and a reflection for my practicum. At least a tiny fraction of that needs to happen tomorrow.