To Virden

 The #1 heading West.

Old Virden Train Station.

Virden arena: alternate Wheat Kings rink.

How far Virden is from anywhere.

Saturday 6:36 AM

 It’s raining.  Hopefully, I won’t be impacted by it at work.  

My agenda today:  8:00 online class, a drive to Virden, an eight hour fundraising shift in Virden, a drive back to Brandon, 7:30 online class.

I’ll be missing the start of garage sale season.  But if it continues to rain, I won’t be.

From NGD:

	—Sólo las humillaciones le entreabren a veces a la
	humanidad las puertas de la sabiduría.
	—Sometimes only humiliations leave ajar for
	humanity the gates of wisdom.

Time for some Nicolás Gómez Dávila

 First aphorism I looked upon today:

—Hell is the place where man finds all his plans realized.

 The second aphorism I looked upon today:

—Stupidities spread at the speed of light.

I can say that I have realized some plans in my life and I’ll be darned if they actually worked out in my favor.  And I can say that I can attest to the second aphorism.

And then there is this from the Founding Questions blog:

…of course observing others’ behavior makes me wonder, reciprocally, about my own. Why did So-and-So do thus and such, which is so obviously stupid and counterproductive? If I can figure that out, maybe I can figure out why I keep doing thus-and-such, which is so obviously stupid and counterproductive…

Friday Morning

 That’s what the grass on my Mom’s yard looks like this morning.

I was stopped at a crossing for a brief moment on the way to work this morning.

Friday 6:07 AM

 Another long day.  I’ll pray fervently to get through it.

View from King George School

 No rain so far.

I had a brief nap at lunch.  When I woke up, I didn’t know where I was.

Thursday 7:12 AM

 Yesterday was too long a day.

Today, my student in Xinjiang had to cancel which was a bit of relief. I was able to do my reading and to plan my classes for the rest of the week. Just two classes tonight.

Wednesday 4:18 PM

 What a day I’m having? An online class in the morning; a full day of subbing; and four online classes in the evening.

Mucho dinero!

View from King George School

 View from the second floor.

That tree obscuring the water tower is unfortunate.

Behind the blinds is the Brandon General Hospital where my father died.

Top Fundraiser

 This was in the charity’s newsletter.