December 15, 2015

 Today was pretty boring. I'm running out of things to do at work and it is so close to Winter break that I don't want to send out an email asking for stuff to do. Mainly because there really isn't anything to do. The kids have kind of checked out and are ready for break, while the teachers are just trying to wrap things up.

I had enough classes in the lab throughout the day that I didn't have too much downtime to kill. I had my second grade spelling group this morning but it was just the one girl because the other one had a meltdown first thing in the morning and spent the day in the office. It was the first day with a new list and the girl still that came to the lab still had to cut her words out so I helped with that and then we both kind of worked on the sorting together because she was lost and I didn't quite understand the concept at first. I ended up having to get the book to find examples. After the words are sorted she gets to pick one activity based on the words and after that she gets to play games on Spelling City. The one activity she really wanted to do was a word search but we didn't have one so I helped her arrange everything in alphabetical order. While she was writing those down I found a website where I could put the words in and have it make a word search. I printed that off and put it in the folder for next time.

I got a few emails from one of the professors I had this semester (who I also have next semester) about a scholarship and conference grant. The conference is based on managing electronic resources and that is what the class is about next semester, so she sent it to the whole class. She then sent me an individual email saying she thought I would be a good fit for both opportunities and that she would help me apply if I needed help. I looked into the scholarship, which covers the cost of the conference and $3000 for school. That would be really nice but when I was reading the eligibility it was for people who had twelve or less credits. I have surpassed that, so that sucks. I'm eligible for just the cost of the conference though, so I might consider that. I'll probably look into it more tomorrow and email the professor back.

My throat is starting to feel a little sore, which is concerning.

After work there was a test coordinator meeting for state assessments. It's usually just me and the principal but this time one of the fifth grade teachers and the math enrichment teacher also came, possibly because they are both in a leadership master's program right now. The math enrichment teacher drove herself but I carpooled with the principal and the fifth grade teacher. We took my car because the principal had car seats in her van and the fifth grade teacher had piles of books or something. My car had a windshield visor, so I volunteered. The meeting was the same old thing. The test will be a little different this year, hopefully easier on me, but we'll see when the time comes.

When I got home I didn't really have time to do anything before dinner. After dinner I was going to cross stitch but I got pulled into Tera again. The main hiccup with the cross stitch is just the prep stuff. Measuring and cutting the cloth, getting the strings ready, and figuring out where to start on the cloth so the pattern is pretty much centered. Maybe I can do that tomorrow. I really want to see what my design looks like for real.

Tera was fun. It is the same time-sink I remember it being, just running around, killing things, completing quests. This new server I joined is PvP and tonight I experienced my first taste. While standing off to the side of the trail after turning in a quest, looking at my inventory. Two people ran by and I think they were fighting but they ran right through me and I basically got one-shoted. Quick and painless. Now that I got that out of the way I'm not as worried about it. I imagine at some point it will occur at a less opportune moment, but tonight it wasn't that bad.

I'm probably forgetting stuff, and I can almost guarantee that I am, but I'll end with this. On my way home I got behind a car with the license plate: IPRAYD4U or maybe PRAYD4U. Either way, there was praying. On a slight bend in the road they almost ran into the curb and had to jerk the wheel a little to the right in order to avoid it. Too busy praying to pay attention I guess.