February 1, 2016

 I feel like I spent the majority of my day staring at spreadsheets, and numbers in general. I downloaded all of the MAP reports and worked on finishing my score spreadsheets. For each class I have two spreadsheets. The first in more comprehensive and the second is simplified, only including the overall scores, percentile, and lexile range. In the past I typed in all the numbers twice, once on each spreadsheet. Today I made the brilliant choice to link the two spreadsheets, so when I type the numbers in the first one they are automatically filled in on the second. They aren't formatted the same however, so I can't just select everything at once and link it on the second. I have to go once student at a time, and there are five links for each student. That is a lot of clicking and it is taking forever. For the current round of testing it would be faster to just type the numbers in the second spreadsheet but it will save time during the next round of testing. I'm trying to keep that in mind.

In the brief time I wasn't staring at my computer, I did other things. This morning I helped with literacy centers in Kindergarten and throughout the day I had a couple classes in the lab. This is my slow day in terms of classes in the lab, which just meant a lot more time to work on spreadsheets. That was productive but also tiring.

On my way home after work I stopped and got my Powerball ticket because the weather may or may not be bad tomorrow. When I got home I read an article before dinner and then read three more after dinner. The professor posted the chapter tonight but I needed a break so I'll read that tomorrow.

When I called it good with the reading I played a little Castaway Paradise. I figured out how to switch it to windowed mode so I could move it to a different monitor, which was a plus. Most games have the option in the game but for this one you have to double-click on the icon to launch the game and then hold the ALT key before it loads to get a little pop-up window that lets you change what monitor it starts on, whether it is fullscreen or windowed, the resolution, and the graphics. Along with making it windowed I also messed with the graphics a little because I think what it was on by default was stressful on my eyes. It seemed to get better after I messed with it. As for the game itself, I still like it but it being so similar to Animal Crossing is probably its downfall. My expectations are too high. My main concern at the moment is how long it takes to accomplish quests. They're either cost prohibitive or are based on random events, like catching a specific fish. And speaking of fish, the range of the fishing pole is really restrictive and it takes forever to find a fish that is within range, and almost every time as soon as you cast out the fish moves away. Also, there really isn't enough to do. With the quests requiring a lot of time or money, they don't really keep you busy. There are daily quests but they aren't very interesting, and the fishing and bug catching isn't as fun as Animal Crossing. So yeah, I like the game but it mostly just makes me want to play Animal Crossing.

Now I'm going to go to bed. The headache I got last night after my weird eye thing stayed with me all day. I'm hoping maybe tonight I'll sleep it off. I think it is a sinus thing, which makes me think maybe the eye thing was also sinus related. That would be one of the less distressing theories. Tomorrow I'm going to do more spreadsheet stuff. Can't wait.