I exercised a bit
this morning. A very tiny bit, only about six or seven minutes on my
stepper thing, but that is way better than nothing.
When I pulled up to
park at work I was right behind my favorite substitute teacher. She
was messing around with stuff in her backseat and when I got out I
got her attention and she turned to show me that she had just spilled
her coffee all over the front of her white shirt. She was trying to
juggle two drinks and a big box of donuts. I took the drinks off her
hands and we walked to the building, catching up as we went. After
clocking in I cleaned her drinks off and then followed her down to
the lounge to drop off the donuts. I traded her the drinks for a
glazed donut and it was pretty great. I have been craving a glazed
donut for months, no joke, and that craving was entirely sated with
that donut. Food can be so much better when it becomes a novelty.
During work I found
a student directory template for Access so I am going to adapt that
to my needs. That will save me a lot of grieve trying to figure
things out in Access 2010, after spending so much time last year
figuring out Access 97. I already got pictures working, so they show
each student as I switch to their information. That took me so long
last year, and it involved a lot of coding. But I will still be
putting a lot of work into this new directory, even with the
template, and it is all kind of pointless. I think I was the only
person who used my directory last year. And the only real benefit
for other people was the phone directory I made using a report from
the database. That will probably be the only benefit once again.
But it is kind of fun messing around with it and it gives me
something to do with all my free time.
The drumming has
started in the music room, which is next to the computer lab. So my
usual BBC news was enhanced with a constant drumbeat. An incessant
drumbeat. Last year it seemed to go on for weeks and I am hoping
that won't be the case this year. At least it isn't during testing.
By far the worst
class in the lab in terms of logging in for the first time was the
second grade class today. They were all shouting and poking at me
and pulling at me. I felt very popular but that is not the kind of
popularity anyone desires. It was a madhouse. Many of them didn't
know how to spell their last names and a lot more of them didn't know
their lunch numbers. With the help of the sub and the para, everyone
eventually got logged in, even if it did take them twenty minutes. I
think the main problem was trying to help kids individually. I gave
the instructions to the whole group but that didn't go over well. In
the future I think it would be better to go one tiny step at a time
and not move on until everyone had gotten that far. I would like to
do it over again and I will probably get the chance next Tuesday when
they come back to the lab.
On my way home I
stopped and got gas in anticipation of my trip to see the new
volunteer kid. After dinner I found out that wasn't happening
because the kid was at football practice. So that's a thing now.
After tonight the practices should be shorter so our visits can
probably stay on Thursday nights but time will tell.
My panorama that I
had printed arrived today and it came out looking pretty good. It is
6”x24” and it is hard to believe it was taken with my phone. On
Saturday I think I'll stop by Hobby Lobby and see if I can find a
frame for it. I would prefer not to have one made but I don't know
how common that size is. I was thinking of getting a mat for it so
maybe that will help. Or hurt. I don't know.
I also activated my
XM radio when I got home. It makes sense that the radio has to be on
when the activation signal is sent but I didn't think about that
until this afternoon, after getting in my car this morning and the
radio not working even though I thought I activated it last night.
So I sat in my car, turned it on, used my phone to send the
activation signal again, and waited. Then I programmed in a bunch of
stations. At work I printed out a station list and marked the ones
that sounded interesting. I ended up picking more than the eighteen
slots available on my stereo but some of them were close together so
I can just scroll to those.
With all of my free
time tonight I played more Saints Row 4.
I figured out what my deal was last night and was able to continue
playing. I made a lot of progress too. Not only did I progress the
storyline, I finished the side quest for the dubstep gun (which is
easily my new favorite weapon in the game), and I collected a whole
bunch of the shimmering blue things needed to upgrade my superpowers.
Progress.
I
also ordered a new keyboard today. I have wanted the new Razer
Blackwidow for awhile now because this year's model has backlit green
keys. I also do a lot of typing at work and my current mechanical
keyboard is a lot easier to type on than the regular cheap keyboard I
use at work. So I am using that as an excuse to take my old keyboard
to work and replace it with the new green light one. If only I could
get the school district to pay for it. Payment enough will be the
relief my wrists and fingers and forearms get from not having to push
so hard on the keyboard. It will be really nice when MAP testing
starts and I'm having to type in hundreds of scores. Which will be
thousands and thousands of numbers before it's all over with.
And
now I am going to go to bed. It is almost eleven o'clock and I am
going to try and get another decent night of rest. Even if it isn't
eight hours. And maybe I'll be awake enough to exercise a bit more.
Still no pushups or situps with my hurt back and hand, but I'd be
satisfied with my stepper.
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