March 3rd, 2026

Barb was mad at me because I would always look away when I am thinking and talking at the same time. Today I noticed that one of my mentees did the same thing. So, I started telling Barb about it, and I said, "You know what, a mentee did today." Then I looked up at the wall. Barb freaked out. She screamed, “What did you see?” I explained I was just looking up like my mentee did, and she said, “Oh, I thought you saw a cockroach.”

February 27, 2026

I came to bed, was reading my Scientific American on my iPad, and heard Barb laugh in her sleep. She claims that she never dreams, but that must have been a funny joke.

8 February 2026

Barb was addicted to Dristan because she couldn’t breathe through her nose due to her cold and her allergies. Eventually, the Dristan stopped working. So, she decided to go cold turkey and quit Dristan. She struggled for a few days with her Nasonex, but eventually she started to be able to breathe through her nose. She finally started sleeping well. On Saturday, she woke up at 6 am but thought that was too early to get up. So, she went back to bed and woke up again at 11:45. She had never slept in that late.