April 29, 2013

Today it was over ninety degrees outside. It is supposed to snow on Thursday. I want the snow. For years I went back and forth, saying my preferred season was the opposite of whichever I was currently suffering through. Now, I am pretty confident in my belief that I prefer freezing over sweating. It is much easier to warm up than it is to cool down. I like wearing hoodies and I hate being hot.

It was a fairly uneventful day. There were two MAP tests which went smoothly. I got all of those scores entered into my spreadsheet shortly after the tests and I did a little formatting on my spreadsheet. At some point the principal is going to get me state assessment and Dibels scores so I can start making note cards for each kid. I'm still trying to decide how I want to do it. I almost think it would be easier to do it as a report in Access. I might start messing around with that more seriously tomorrow. I haven't jumped fully into it yet because I don't know if the principal is going to have me print them off on actual labels to apply to note cards or if I am going to print them off and then glue them to a note card. That will change how I go about the formatting so I don't want to put in a lot of effort and have it not work out.

After work I went to Hobby Lobby for yarn. They still only have the two blues that I am using for my blanket, not the maroon or gold, but I wasn't there for that. I wanted to get yarn to make potholders for two of the teachers at school. The kindergarten teacher has given me two gift cards (one for Christmas and one for para/aide appreciation week), and the first grade teacher made me cookies for para/aide appreciation week. So I figured I would thank them with potholders because they are fun to make and they are also practical. I just have to remember how to make them. I want to use the waffle crochet stitch, which I can remember, except for the turning part. I am hoping it will come back to me when I start crocheting. I can almost guarantee I'll have to start over at least once.

My mom asked me what I wanted for my birthday and she mentioned paying for the Kindle I wanted, but she mentioned that this morning and I ordered the Kindle yesterday. So I thought about it today and I decided I wanted a new office chair for my room. Currently I am sitting on one that is only a seat. No arms or back. It is nice because I can sit on it cross-legged, which would be more difficult with arms, but I think a whole chair would be more comfortable. So at some point we are going to go to Staples so I can test-drive some chairs. If I was a rich man I would definitely drop hundreds of dollars on a nice chair because they look incredibly comfortable and I would be spending a lot of time sitting in the chair. But I can't justify that kind of expense at the moment so I am hoping the more inexpensive chairs are halfway comfortable. If I had the room I'd hold out for a recliner but I think I would probably spend more time napping than being productive. It's probably good I don't have the room.

I think I might be closer to becoming an adult, asking for a chair for my birthday. My twelve-year-old self would be flabbergasted. I should be asking for video games and toys. I already buy too many video games, though, and I really want a chair.

Tonight I didn't really do much. I called my friend to wish him a happy birthday and we talked for a little bit but he was working on building his porch so we cut it short and he is going to call me back later. Though I plan on going to bed soon so it might have to be tomorrow. I don't know if it was the heat today or what but I have been exhausted since this afternoon. I'm going to record my day and then go to bed.