December 11, 2014

This morning I know I did something to fill my time but it is slipping my mind. I was once again unneeded for kindergarten literacy centers. I went down, moved tables back, and then headed back to the lab. Awhile later first grade came down. I watched the class while the teacher pulled a few out at a time to go back to the room and make hand print mold things. I think everyone makes those at some point in their childhood and today was the day for this class of first graders.

This afternoon one of the kindergarten classes carpet bombed the computer lab. That is like crop dusting but when several people do it. I don't know if that is a thing but it is now. Anyway, there is at least one kindergartener every time that farts. Today there was one kid that let one rip and apologized for it but there had to be at least half the class silently going at it because it was verging on a visible haze in the lab. After they left I had to prop one of the doors open to air the place out. It was ridiculous.

I got an email from one of my professors today. Yesterday the overall group grade was posted and that brought my unofficial final grade to a 95.5, which according to the website is an 'A-'. That seemed a little high for an 'A-' but when I looked at the syllabus I learned that a 90-95 is an 'A-' and 96-100 is an 'A'. Still seems a little high to me but whatever. Back to the email, he said that as he was going through final grades he noticed that there were a few people who dropped from an 'A' to an 'A-' after the overall group grade was added and he didn't think it was fair when it was due to someone else's lower score on their portion of the project. So he is going to give me an extra point to bump me back up to an 'A'. Basic math should have kept me in the 'A' range but I really appreciate my professor for doing that because he certainly didn't have to.

This year's Project For Awesome starts soon but the perks are available now. While looking back at least year I realized I didn't get one of the perks I donated for. Or maybe I did but I couldn't find any record of it so I emailed them. They got back to me less than a half an hour later and attached the PDF of a sample of John Green's writing and the first story he every came up with when he was five or six. I wasn't expecting such a fast response so that was pretty cool. I also donated for this year to get the commemorative coin because I got one last year, too.

And I donated to the Yogscast livestream. I don't really want any of the games but I donated last year, maybe the year before that, I can't remember, but ultimately, it is for charity.

My mom returned the space heater today because it was missing the remote. They opened the box at the store to make sure the new one had a remote and it did, along with an instruction manual, which the first didn't have either. When I opened it I immediately noticed that the plastic wrap around the top looked a little rough and beneath it there was a huge crack in the top of the heater. So she ended up returning that one tonight and we're going to hope the third time is the charm. I haven't seen it yet but my fingers are crossed.

Tonight I was going to finish my cross stitch but I can't decide what color I want the flowers to be. I need to think about it some more. Right now I'm leaning toward using the two colors I used for the words.

Instead of cross stitching, I came back over to the old house and watched the Neebs livestream. Always entertaining. I didn't have a visit with the new volunteer kid tonight but I did actually get a response from him for the first time in awhile. Tonight he was working on finals. He turns 18 and graduates next Friday and then he is released from care on the 22^nd. That seems exciting and terrifying all at the same time. He's got a job lined up after he turns 18 but still hasn't figured out college yet. I'm hoping he does though because he is too smart not to continue his education.

I feel like I'm forgetting at least several things but nothing is coming to me. It's after 10:30PM and I'm distracted by the livestream, which is coming to an end so I am going to end this so I can head back to the new house and go to bed.