Today at work, with the help of Google, I figured out how to put
shortcut icons on the desktop so they can be seen by all the users on
a computer. Yesterday I went from computer to computer, logging in,
and putting the icons that I wanted on the desktop. And then I
realized that I was just putting them on my desktop, since I was the
one that logged into the computers. Last night I was looking into it
and didn't get very far but I lucked out this morning and came across
a forum post that solved the mystery.
The Public Desktop folder still exists in Windows 7 but it is hidden.
All I had to do was unhide it, put in all the shortcuts I wanted to
show up for all users, change the folder option to read-only so
hopefully no one will be able to delete the icons from the desktop,
and hide the folder again. Doing this on over twenty computers took
quite awhile but I got it done. Now I just wish I could arrange them
how I want them.
I took a couple breaks from that task to do some random work for one
of the second grade teachers. I made some copies for her and then
cut out a bunch of squares out of construction paper. They weren't
perfect squares, which annoyed me, but whatever. Initially I was
stuck with a pretty poor selection of colors because I am an idiot.
The workroom is set up so there is a counter and cabinets along three
walls. On the left side underneath the counter there are a bunch of
slots with construction paper but there were about four colors to
choose from because they needed to be light enough to see markers. I
looked all over and couldn't find another stash of construction paper
so I worked with what I had. And after cutting all the squares I
needed I turned around to go and happened to glance to the opposite
side of the room as the construction paper I had been using. In
exactly the same, easily visible slots, was a bunch of construction
paper, in all the colors of the rainbow. I had been using bigger
pieces and directly across from that was the normal size paper. How
in the hell did I miss something so blatantly obvious? To avoid
looking like an idiot for only using three or four bland colors I
grabbed several different colors from the newly discovered paper and
added those to my stack of squares.
Awhile after that I took another break from the desktop icons work
and went and taped nametags on the desks for the same second grade
teacher. It was a little awkward because she was still teaching and
I was walking around with loud as hell packing tape, taping down the
nametags and trying not to distract the kids too much as I went
along. I was mostly successful. Not so much with the tape, however,
because I did a pretty awful job at that. It'll get the job done but
it is far from pretty.
When I had finished the desktop icons and the side projects for the
second grade teacher, I decided to get my MAP testing spreadsheets
ready for whenever that starts again. I am using the same format as
last year but I had to get rid of one teacher and add in the three
new ones. Then I typed in all the names and lunch numbers for the
kids in each class. I also created my cheat sheet the kindergarten
names and numbers for when they come to the lab. It was a whole lot
of typing, and there will probably be minor tweaks to the rosters
before testing starts, but at least I got the bulk of it out of the
way so I don't have to worry about it later. Student logins still
weren't working today but they should be good to go by Monday,
hopefully. I don't know if the format is going to change or not but
I am thinking of typing out all the usernames and passwords for at
least the younger grades so they can visualize it when they are
typing it out.
After work I took a short nap before eating dinner and getting ready
for the theater. I haven't been there in a couple weeks and I didn't
miss it even a little. It sucks the life out of me and I don't like
it. I need to just quit already. But I've said that for many years
now. Longer than most people will ever work there. And it is hard
to give up the free money when I usually end up doing the same things
I do at home, but get paid for it. Tonight I spent my time reading
and working on my cross stitch. I need to put more hours into my
cross stitch away from the theater, now that I'm back to only working
two days a week at the theater. But I'm on the last letter and there
is a better than decent chance that I will be able to finish it by my
sister's birthday.
When I got home I walked in right at the onset of one of Tanner's
seizures. Alfie was acting like an ass and barking because I was
coming in the door but then Tanner walked up all stiff, trying to
head toward the stairs to the basement because the bottom of the
stairs is on of his go-to spots during a seizure. Considering how
stiff he was he definitely wouldn't have made it down without falling
most of the way so I directed him away with one hand while dropping
my bag and taking my backpack off with the other so I could settle
down with him on the floor. At first it seemed like it was going to
be pretty mild but it turned out just to be a slow burn and it picked
up quite a bit. But he pulled through like a champ.
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