December 12, 2013

I finally finished all the scanning for the storybooks and now I am left with editing the pages. I got a start on that today. I'll finish eventually.

Other than that, I had second grade reading groups and a couple classes in the lab, one of which was one of the sixth grade classes who I helped get a start on their spreadsheets for the Stock Market Game. I'm gotten a lot of practice with Excel at the school and years ago in college. And the only formulas the kids need for their spreadsheets involve addition and multiplication so they're a piece of cake.

This afternoon we had a choir assembly and it involved choreography. Kids doing choreography is the best. It is interesting to see which kids get it and which kids don't. It is often surprising. There was one quiet girl today who was in front and she was going all out with the dance moves. There was also a sixth grader in the back who is generally very quiet and reserved but he was by far the most outgoing kid in the whole choir. He will definitely go into Pops Choir in a few years.

Tonight I finally had a visit with the new volunteer kid. It has been at least three weeks, maybe four. Sometime before Thanksgiving. He seemed to be doing alright. Mostly. He recently started wrestling, which he missed out on last year because he broke his wrist. He said it has been kicking his butt and he keeps getting sick. Or he might just be getting a cold. Other than that he said he is liking it. The wrestling part, not the sick part. We first stopped at the gas station to get him stuff and then went to Sonic because I wanted a strawberry shake. I instantly regretted it. But it was delicious. We sat there and talked for about an hour. An above average visit.

On my way home I took a slight detour to look at Christmas lights, including my doctor's house with all his blue lights. When I got home I watched YouTube videos and finished my potholders. I think they turned out pretty well. Well enough to give away at least. I'm still not looking forward to the white elephant thing. Hopefully everyone is nice and there isn't a lot of stealing.