May 7, 2015

I keep typing 'Mary' in stead of 'May'. Not sure why that is happening because I have no reason to be typing 'Mary'. I can't even think of the last time I needed to type 'Mary'. Odd.

Today happened. I tested from 8:45AM to 11:55AM. It sucked. It started with a fourth grade class, which was overlapped by a couple second graders and some fifth graders I think. Then sixth grade came in and closed out the morning. After lunch I managed to get all the first graders who hadn't finished from one of the classes to come down and finish. All but two of them, and a fourth grader, managed to finish before one of the kindergarten classes came in. Luckily I was able to keep the kindergarteners somewhat quiet until the testers were finished.

The next kindergarten class and the third grade class after them didn't come to the lab so I had the rest of the afternoon to myself. I worked on a project for one of the office ladies involving pictures of the sixth graders, I responded to a discussion post, I talked to my mom, I scanned and started to edit a card for one of the fifth grade teachers, and I spoke to the librarian, showing her the book I got for my birthday. And I may have done some other things that are slipping my mind.

I wanted to stay late after clocking out to work on my paper until the Boys & Girls Club came into the lab, and then I was going to move across the hall to the teacher's lounge. This didn't work out because there was a circus in the hallway outside the lab. It was the second day of tryouts for the talent show and it was a madhouse. There was a guitar playing girl, a boy on a skateboard, a girl twirling sticks, and two boys on pogo sticks, which was the main reason for me leaving. I wanted to stay for the quiet, non-distracting environment and I got the opposite of that.

I ended up kind of hearing back about the information literacy assignment I emailed to the library guy. Our professor said he might be interested in using some of our assignments on the library website and if we were interested to send our products to him. So sent my caution signs. He emailed everyone today and thanked us and said that he had passed them on to a couple other people who would be making the final decision and if they decided they wanted to use them in their undergraduate instruction, then we would get an email with a permission form. So my fingers are still crossed.

I also got and email from the human resources director at the academic library that emailed about job shadowing. She had been traveling the past week and hadn't been able to respond to my email but she said she would contact the departments I had mentioned in my email and see what she could do about setting things up. That sounds promising.

For dinner my mom and I went back to the Chinese buffet. I was still in the mood for it and I think she was too. I took the time to look around more, and ended up getting more of the same old stuff, including green beans this time, but I also got cut up roasted potatoes, which I had never noticed before because they were on the island that had a bunch of meat stuff on it. The potatoes were good enough that I ended up getting them both times. I definitely don't hit all the food groups at the buffet but I could probably eat there every day.

For dessert I had cake and ice cream when I got home. Not to long after that my throat started hurting. I don't know if it is buffet related, or if I am suddenly allergic to something in the cake or ice cream, or if one of the kids at school has finally caught up to me. I just hope it doesn't hurt in the morning.

I continued working on my paper tonight. I moved into my bedroom, trying to channel last semester when I didn't have the internet and just sat on my bed with my laptop. I think it helps. I'm up to a page and a half now, still far shy of the seven or eight page goal, but getting closer. I would like to say my confidence level is rising but it shouldn't be if it is because I have so much work left to do. And very little time to do it in. I think I am slowly getting out of my head though and not over thinking everything. That is the place I need to be because I dug myself in deep with all the over thinking on this paper. Three more days to go.

Now I'm going to go to bed. It is only ten o'clock but I freaking beat. I've been exhausted and sleep deprived all week and I'm not going to gain anything from staying up late again tonight. I think I can be more productive tomorrow if I have a good nights sleep tonight rather than continuing to get very little sleep. I also have a big headache behind my left eye and the sore throat I mentioned earlier. So yeah, I'm going to bed and hope I feel better and well rested in the morning. It could happen.