Haircut Day. Facial Hair Growing Back (I Know Abu...I Hear You Thanking Allah). TGIF. Payday. And Spring Temperatures.

Alright, hiking with the dog until 9:30 and then heading to the office for a day of organizing, observing colleagues, grading, and enjoying the peace and quiet of a hallway with empty offices. Hoping, too, to find a graduate student or two to help me assemble the Writer's Notebooks for the New ERA Writers grant. They're ready.

It's simply frustrating, though, that every step of the way is met with obstacles. Most of this remains because there aren't enough staff and support for such work. The few who do help me grow more and more frustrated at the lack of others to move the materials forward. I'm hoping to be phone-heavy with many today simply to say, "Come on, now? You know I work with K-12 schools and I have success with grants. Let me get these teachers paid. It's cruel."

I'm also happy that I visited Fade Factory, and lucked out. I thought I made an appointment with Jerry for yesterday, but in truth I made it for today. There's no way I'd make it today, and he just happened to have space. Wola! Hairs cut. And the goatee is back. I shaved it in Syracuse and Abu has been harassing me for a week. I know you want to shave it, but the rest of you have to look at you. You need to stop shaving it off.

I get it. But every once in a while it just feels good to completely clean the face. Alright Friday. Let's get this day going.