April 16, 2013

 No news on the potential kidney stone front. I guess that is a good thing but it also means I am back to living in fear. I am always kind of on alert because I know that at any time a stone can decide to start the journey out but I am getting better at pushing that to the back of my mind. When stuff like yesterday happens, however, I kind of have to go on full alert. I took my heating pad to work today just in case but didn't have to use it. I really want to exercise but I'm afraid to move around or exert myself too much because as mentioned yesterday, it is an inconvenient time for a kidney stone.

Today was fairly uneventful. At least from what I can remember. There were three state assessments and those were a joy as always. The first class was supposed to come in at 10:15 but I don't think they get out of gym until 10:15 so they didn't actually make it to the lab until after 10:30. That was kind of annoying. I sat in the lab and read my book to pass the time but it just seems like a lack of respect for me and my time. Life goes on.

The second assessment was originally bumped up to 1:00 because the teacher was supposed to be leaving for something at 2:00. The kindergarten classes switched their regular times from the afternoon (which was during a test) to 12:15 and 12:45, but I had to move them up to 12:00 and 12:30. And then the teacher ended up not having to leave but she decided to come at 1:00 anyway because she had already switched her schedule. I can understand that but I dislike testing. It throws off my whole schedule.

When I was walking to the lab this afternoon my para friend was sitting in the hall with one of the second graders from my old reading group. My para friend referred to me as Mr. [insert name], which confused the second grader because she was surprised I wasn't married. She was hung up on the 'Mr.' part, apparently thinking that changes when a guy gets married, like it does for a girl. She asked me why I was a Mr. and I told her I was feeling masculine today and then mentioned something about maybe changing it in the future when I meet the right person. She can be a pretty amusing kid but she is also one I wouldn't want in class because she can be a bit of a pain. There are so many kids that amuse the crap out of me but I wouldn't want in a class environment.

Tonight I made spaghetti for dinner and then planned on reinstalling Windows 7 on my computer because I need to clean things up. But I quickly lost the motivation for that because that is kind of what I do. I'm putting it off until this weekend when I can take a day to get everything properly backed-up and then have the time to get everything back the way I like it after reinstalling. I don't have a lot to back up considering Windows is currently installed on my small solid-state drive and I don't really keep anything else on that drive. I just want to double check everything in case I have missed something along the way. And then I'll get a fresh start.

Here's some stuff from The Book Of The Dead:

“If a man only writes well when drunk, I would tell him: Get drunk. And if he said to me that his liver suffers because of that, I would answer: What is your liver? It's a dead thing that lives as long as you do, while the poems you write live forever.” - Fernando Pessoa

“I am more and more convinced that our happiness or unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life, than on the nature of those events themselves.” - Wilhelm von Humboldt

“[Dawn “Gordon” Langley Simmons] once threw a coming-out party for her/his two dogs, where the pooches were displayed on velvet cushions, dressed in chenille, long gloves, and pearls.”

Oliver Cromwell was briefly abducted by his grandparent's pet monkey when he was a baby. The baby snatched him and took him up to the roof. People in the house laid out mattresses in case the monkey decided to throw him off the roof but they were eventually able to get Cromwell safely back from the monkey.