Cincy

Last night, we drove to Dan’s parents house in Cincinnati.  Dan wanted to spend a few nights with his Dad working on his Angelone Arcade project.

I got up this morning and had a nice 5 mile run around the neighborhood.  The weather is unusually mild right now, so it was a good run.  Then, I hung out with Katie and Cole, who had spent the night last night too.  Katie read me a story (she’s doing really well) and I read Cole part of a story (he was more interested in talking about the pictures than the actual story).  I also braided Katie’s hair.  Then, we had some lunch and Jess and Jeff came to hang out for a bit.

When they left, I spent the afternoon writing letters to the editors of various educational technology journals.  The professor I’m working on my article with thinks it’s a good idea to send query letters.  This is because when you submit an article to a journal, it can take as much as 6 months for them to get back to you and you are only allowed to submit to one journal at a time (ridiculous).  So, if you write to the editor and explain your idea, they can give you a “Sure, pass it on” or a “I don’t think it will work for this journal.”  It’s actually helpful to get the nos because then you don’t need to send them and wait for nothing.  It’s a good idea, but it took some time.  I’m excited to hear back, but of course, the editor could also just ignore my query.  Hmm.  We’ll see.

For dinner, Joyce made a yummy ravioli lasagna and then we went to The Cone for some ice cream.  It was a good day.