Thanksgiving  2015

I understand Thanksgiving at Susan's house was a pleasant event.  Nancy's turkey was declared excellent, as was her homemade cranberry sauce.  But I was not there, having caught a cold the previous weekend which came on especially strong on the long holiday.  The big win by my Huskies in the 108th Apple Cup was a nice diversion, since I was housebound.  The only consolation for a UW loss would be the knowledge that my Cougar friends would be pleased.  Alas, the #1 WSU quarterback sat out to rest up for a Bowl game, and the Dawgs had 7 takeaways.  I did make it to the church to lead the Saturday Bible study in 1 Corinthians 12, but headed back to bed.  I'll keep my germs at home on Sunday.  So this messy cold will have shut down all four days of my Thanksgiving break.

Watching the Apple Cup on TV, I got my first look at the remodeled Husky Stadium.  The track where I ran my best race in 1973, a 9:52 two mile earning 4th place in the Metro League championships, is now gone. 

Nathanael took the train to Oregon to spend this holiday with Cynthia and her family.

I did manage to complete one task while laid up.  I prepared the special final exam for my one blind student.

November Exam Results With only one week to go, only 54% of my students have passed my new version of BUS 1700.  Seventeen students need to take an exam on December 7.  Overall, the term has been less stressful than I'd expected.  I look forward to teaching "my" course enough to have scheduled a summer section and a second winter 2017 section.  One student even scored a 961.  Word will get out that my course is not an easy one.

Baking Begins the Holidays Mid-month, I started baking cookies.  Double batches of Oatmeal Scotchies and Tollhouse cookies were shared with Annie and Susan, and with Chris Cotten in CIS, and Torrey Landgraf and Chad Steele in SAS.  It's my way of thanking folks who have made my job easier at work. I also took a tin of cookies to the staff meeting on the 19th. Nathanael has learned to bake bread, biscuits, waffles, and pancakes from scratch.  We came across a lot of stale flour, probably "inherited" from my mother.  I suggested he bake something and give it to the critters outside if it wasn't palatable, but Nate ate most of it.

We were surprised last month to see this proposed construction notice.  The Sumiyoshi apartments anchor the intersection on 100th Avenue NE and NE 10th Street, three blocks south of us and half a block east.  Now a huge five story apartment building is planned for this corner.  The Sumiyoshi was here when we moved into Bellevue 34 years ago. 

The expansion of downtown Bellevue is quickly reaching our near neighborhood.