- Successfully removing the stopper and unclogging our bathtub drain
- The section of The Gifts of Imperfection on gratitude that reminded me to write this list
- Good meeting planning for our upcoming conference in May
- Spring Break giving me a week off of planning for class
- Several parts and tools have arrived in my lab
- Good conversation via Skype with a great friend
- Delicious food at the German Dinner sponsored by the Germans from Russia Heritage Society
- Good conversation at the dinner
- Discussion on the effects of television with the group at church
- Bringing snacks to church
- Asking questions at the final legislative Cracker barrel
- Speaking with my state senator at the Cracker barrel
- Discussing the final details of our siding project with the contractor
- Watching the final episodes of the first season of Timeless
- Time to relax over the weekend (Mar. 4)
- Watching Red Green with my wife
- Contacting my state legislators about bills I consider important
- My wife assembling our new water filter and softener
- Our plumber installing the filter and softener
- Successfully disposing of the salt from the old softener
- Crab buffet with my wife and physics colleagues in Deadwood
- Catching up with colleagues at the buffet
- Meeting and working with my colleagues new postdoctoral research
- Planning for the neutrino oscillations plenary and parallel sessions at the upcoming conference
- Yoga class
- Learning about a new pedagogy at a faculty development workshop
- Difficult but important discussions at the workshop
- New questions for me to think about at the workshop
- Physics lunch club at Tally’s
- The results of the Small Group Instructional Diagnoses for my class
- Planning for the advanced lab class in Fall semester
- Our new applicants for the Physics Ph.D. program
- Helping a student during my office hours
- Buying a used student laptop for home use
- Transferring knowledge of the radon monitor to the new postdoc
- Physics colloquium from one of our atmospheric physics grad students
- My wife used some of my ideas in her class
- The student art exhibit at the art gallery on campus
- Geology colloquium on hydraulic fracturing experiments at Sanford Lab
- Practicing in the tuba/euphonium sectionals for band.
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