Nothing special to add today, more just a follow up of my post last week.

Virtual D&D night was a huge success! While I, and my group, much prefer getting together in person (and it’s far easier to control the flow in person), this is a great option since we can’t do that. It’s also giving me the opportunity to use some of what I’m learning in the online classes I’m taking to help shore up our online system and workflow. My goal is to really streamline the process and make sure feedback and metrics are gathered. I’m hoping to get one, maybe two, additional posts about codifying and improving this process so keep an eye out for those when I finish writing them.

And for those wondering:

Online Classes I am taking during this time:

• The Science of Well-Being, through Yale via Coursea

• Miracles of Human Language: An Introduction to Linguistics, through Leiden University via Coursea

• Teaching Online Classes via General Assembly

I know it’s not much but it’s helpful to keep things interesting when I could be just sitting here spending the majority of my time rewatching Buffy the Vampire Slayer for the 5th time (and trust me, if it wouldn’t rot my brain I would). Plus I’ve always wanted to learn more about Linguistics, as its the basis for so many things including programming languages. Initially I was just going to dive in and buy Syntactic Structures from a local bookstore but then I thought hey, why not learn from some educators first? I’ve got the time.

I’ve also started gathering all of my pictures and notes on virtual map making, so I expect to have that post up by the end of the week, quarantine schedule willing. I did just get enough yarn to make a sweater and I’m nearly done with a cowl so we’ll see which of the three wins this duel for my attention.

In the meantime, did you know that there’s a man out there who’s just doing things in a primitive fashion in the woods of his backyard and filming it? Easily the most soothing videos on youtube tbh.

That said, I will stick to my classical and film scores playlist to get my relaxation on.

ttyl y’all.

<3,

Steph