May 9, 2014

My cutout spent the day in the workroom in the office. Peeking out from around the copy machine. I learned this when I first got to work because the Boys & Girls Club girl that sits out in the lobby told me it scared the crap out of her this morning. It also scared several other people throughout the day. The gift that keeps on giving.

I had a few first graders come to finish their MAP tests this morning. One of them had to stop the other day because an error kept popping up that would let him answer any questions without the test crashing. It didn't matter which computer we put him on and the same thing happened this morning. After trying several times I sent him back to his room and emailed the lady above me who deals with all the MAP stuff. She emailed the MAP people and followed whatever steps they told her to do and she got back to me that the problem should be resolved. We'll find out next week.

Shortly after the MAP testers left, my second grade spelling test kids showed up. About an hour later that usual, and I haven't seen them in weeks because of testing, but their timing was perfect. And it is apparently their last spelling test of the year. They were noisy throughout the test but I said screw it and just kept reading words.

Throughout the rest of the morning I worked on spreadsheets and took numerous breaks to help sixth graders format their science fair papers and graphs. The lab was a revolving door this morning with sixth graders trying to finish up all their science fair stuff.

This afternoon I continued working on my spreadsheets. I didn't get around to printing off any reports but hopefully on Monday. Most of the classes should be completely done by then, with fully updated reports, so I can knock out a big chunk. I am also hoping that all the tests I requested to be deleted, will have been deleted by Monday. I can't remember how long that usually takes.

There was a choir performance this afternoon. The kids had spent all day touring around the different schools in the district and we were the last stop. They looked tuckered out. Some of them had clearly given up on putting any energy into the choreography but I think a lot of them probably looked the same way during their first stop of the day. Regardless, it was enjoyable. The songs were pretty good and even the choreography that was lacking in energy was entertaining. At one point a fourth grade boy had a solo and as soon as he finished his second grade brother went nuts with clapping for him. It was pretty great.

After the performance I was still sitting in my chair when the mom I work with the yearbook on came and sat next to me. The yearbooks came in and she handed me one to look at, on the down-low. They look really professional. The color looks good and it just feels like it is well made. I glanced over most stuff but I did take a closer look at the staff pictures that were too tall and I had to put white bars over them to hide it. I can still tell but it's not obvious. I also looked at the pictures of the kids I had to take with my phone and edit down to size. They came out really well. And, most importantly, I looked at the misspelling on the sponsors page. The last time I looked at the book online it hadn't been changed. But thankfully, it got changed at some point and everything appeared to be spelled correctly. I think I will be more proud of this yearbook than I was last year. I put a lot more work into lasts years because I had to make the pages from scratch and type all the names in, but I also completely called a sixth grader by the wrong name. And no one caught it and I still feel bad. This year I was sure to send a preview out to all the teachers to make sure everything was right, which is good because there were errors. So I am happy now. We'll see how I feel when I have more time to look at the book.

After school I stopped by the mall to get a gift card for my mom and then went home to lay down. I had been battling a sharp headache most of the day and I was pretty much over it. I only had about thirty minutes before I needed to eat dinner and get ready to go to the theater, so I took some Ibuprofen and laid down for those thirty minutes. I don't believe I ever fell asleep but it was relaxing enough, along with the pills, to kill my headache. It was very difficult convincing myself I needed to sit up though. I will probably have doubles this summer at the theater but I am looking forward to only working one job.

And speaking of, the theater was pretty boring tonight. One theater has a messed up automation system so stuff has to be done manually, but other than that there was a lot of nothing. I continued working on my purple scarf, reading Pooh And The Psychologists, and reading 11/22/63. I got a little caught up with reading and didn't make nearly as much progress on the scarf as I would have liked so I need to try and make up for that tomorrow. Time is slowly running out but I am feeling good about my chances of finishing now. By the end of the weekend I should be safely under two feet to go. And that is estimating a six foot scarf. I might stop before that length because she is quite a bit shorter than me. I'll have to check into that. It is kind of annoying making something for someone, unbeknownst to them, because getting their input would be very helpful.