December 4, 2013

Another fairly uneventful day at work. I didn't have reading groups because the second graders were schedule for Body Venture during their reading group time and throughout the day I only had a couple classes in the lab. This allowed me to work on storybooks, to the point of my right wrist hurting so that kind of sucks. I believe I have finished seven at this point and have started to scan the eighth one. With maybe seven or eight more to go. We will definitely be fully into the new year before I get finished.

Immediately after the first graders came into the lab one of them came up to me crying because one of the other kids was at his computer. There were at least ten other computer open but to be fair he does always sit in the same spot (while most other kids move around) and the kid who sat in his spot tends to be a dick and does stuff like that on purpose. I ended up just telling him to get on another computer because they were all the same. Not even thirty second later the kid who took the computer came up to ask a question and almost immediately started crying when he looked back and saw that the original kid had taken his computer back. I told him that the other kid always sits there and he could easily sit at another computer. He just kept crying about it and eventually the teacher said “Maybe now you know how it feels when someone else takes your computer.” It was pretty great.

While all of that was going on I was helping one of the kids log in because I have to help him log in every time. He always sits down, raises his hand, and says “What to do?” And I always walk him through the process by asking him what to do next. During the middle of it today I think he got tired of my questions and just looked up at me and said “You're too powerful for me.” It was hilarious.

On my way home from work I stopped and bought a newspaper for wrapping paper and gas. The gas cost $35.76. Then I stopped at Target for some bread before going home and wrapping my mom's presents. Minus the book because it hadn't arrived yet. I feel like there was something else after that but eventually it was time for dinner. We went to the same Chinese buffet we went to for my sister's birthday because it is maintained much better than the one we used to go to. I paid and the total came to $35.76. The exact same as the gas earlier. Insane. The chances of that happening are so slim. As for the dinner. I had a whole bunch of rice noodles, fried rice, green beans, and a little bit of macaroni. I ended up filling up my plate twice and I will say I regret that a little bit. It was so delicious though. I do plan on cutting back on my food intake though because I have been eating way too much lately. Healthier and in small portions. That is my new goal.

After dinner we went back to the house so my mom could open her presents. As we were walking up to the door I checked the front porch and commented on UPS having not arrived yet. And less than two seconds after saying that the UPS guy turned onto the street. Crazy timing. So I was able to open that up real quick, take out my games, and wrap the book up in newspaper.

When we were done with the presents we went over to my grandma's house for cake and ice cream. We sat and ate and talked about all the random things for probably an hour and a half and it was good times.

Last night we got a nice little covering of ice and my windshield cover blew over at some point so this morning the bottom foot of my windshield was ice-free while the rest of it was covered. This would have hopefully been reversed. My windshield cover is somewhat poorly designed and it was definitely not designed for my car or one with a windshield as big as mine. Tonight I tried something new. It as two elastic straps that go over the side mirrors so I put one over the side mirror and shut the other inside the door. I wanted to just role down the window so I could put my hand through to hold the strap while shutting the door but the window was frozen shut. So I had to get in, hold the strap, shut the door, and then climb over the center console to go out through the other door. It was a whole ordeal but hopefully it will get the job done. I need to just get one that is meant to be shut in the door. And maybe one that covers my entire windshield.