Brutkey

Prof. Sam Lawler
@sundogplanets@mastodon.social
Prof. Sam Lawler
@sundogplanets@mastodon.social

I need to stop staring at my screen, that was WAY too much Zoom today. But first, have some goats snuggling with their llama buddy.

2 black-and-white and one brown goat snuggled up next to a fuzzy brown llama, all laying on straw inside a barn. The llama is holding his head up with his eyes closed, like he's really appreciating the snuggles. A few more goats are visible in the background snuggled together in the corner of the barn. A clump of 5 goats all snuggled together laying on straw in a barn. In the background you can barely see the llama-and-goat snuggle pile from the previous photo.
Prof. Sam Lawler
@sundogplanets@mastodon.social

But the best part of the whole day is going to be the very last meeting (which I'll be completely exhausted for, but whatever): an astronomy light-pollution committee book club chat with Wesleyan professor Mary-Jane Rubenstein about her book Astrotopia! That will get me through the day

https://www.maryjanerubenstein.com/

Prof. Sam Lawler
@sundogplanets@mastodon.social

Today I have nearly continuous Zoom meetings from 9am-5pm, and my job during every single one of those meetings is to effectively yell/complain/inform about Starlink or Reflect Orbital. Achievement unlocked, I guess.

Prof. Sam Lawler
@sundogplanets@mastodon.social

8pm interview about the CRASH Clock. It is completely chaos in my home office, and I'm wearing a well-worn farm hoodie, and that's just how this is going to be! Might be a camera-off interview...

Prof. Sam Lawler
@sundogplanets@mastodon.social

Pretty sunset dog walk. It's still cold, but not nearly as cold as yesterday.

Pink sunset clouds above a snowy field and scrubby bare woods. There's a fluffy white dog happily running along a path toward the camera A view of the very bright pink and orange sunset clouds through silhouetted scrubby bare trees. The ground is covered by snow. If you look very carefully you can see a happy yellowish dog trotting along the pathway.
Prof. Sam Lawler
@sundogplanets@mastodon.social

Just sitting here at my desk, procrastinating on packing, and a very specific screw from one of the meteor cameras that I lost months ago just fell on my foot from somewhere underneath my desk?! WHAT.

Prof. Sam Lawler
@sundogplanets@mastodon.social

Trying to motivate myself to push through this last week of packing, getting animals set up into the lowest-work configuration possible, and a terrifying amount of writing and zoom meetings by looking at the weather in New Zealand. (The weather in Vancouver and Victoria, where I'll be spending a few weeks before heading to NZ, is a lot less motivating...)

Prof. Sam Lawler
@sundogplanets@mastodon.social
selfie (barely)

Check out my eyebrow-sicles! Follow me for more beauty tips!

(Spent a bunch of time outside in -25C teaching the farm sitter how to run the tractor and move hay bales to keep the goats fed and happy while we are away)

Close up picture of my face, but mostly covered with lots of clothes which are covered by ice crystals from my breath. I've got a stripey neck-tube covering my nose and mouth, totally covered with ice crystals, I've got ice crystals growing on my eyebrows and eyelashes, and I've got ice crystals all over the hood on top of my hat. In the background you can see snow on a tall wooden fence, and a blue sky above.
Prof. Sam Lawler
@sundogplanets@mastodon.social

Aaaahhhhhh I have so much to do in the next week aaaahhhhhhhhhhhh

If Reflect Orbital and SpaceX would please launch directly into the Sun instead of LEO that would really help make my week a lot more manageable. Also pack for me.

Prof. Sam Lawler
@sundogplanets@mastodon.social

Pretty! But really fucking cold. (Thermometer said -35C this morning)

Looking at a bunch of black, white and brown goats all squeezed together eating out of a wooden trough on the ground. In the background is a farmyard and a large barn, and lots of snow. The sky is just getting light for impending sunrise in an hour or so. A very snowy, frosty view of a snow-covered field with some scrubby bare trees. The sky is just getting light from sunrise. A large yellow barn with old peeling paint on the right side of the photo, with a clump of spruce trees silhouetted against the flat horizon and the sky turning pink and orange for sunrise.