I am drawing a blank on most of my
day. Probably due to its fairly mundane nature. I had classes in
the lab this morning, nothing too exciting happened. After lunch I
had a long talk with the music teacher about musical things and then
the sixth graders came in during their music time to work on their
album covers. The album consisting of a song they have been creating
in GarageBand. They are using Canva to make the album cover, which
is the site I used my first semester of grad school to make an
infographic. There are several album cover templates which made the
process fairly smooth for most of the kids.
The kindergarten classes came to the
lab after that and during the second class I spent quite a bit of
time talking with the para about food. She learned (or re-learned)
that I was a vegetarian and I learned that she could never be a
vegetarian, not only because she loves meat, but also because her dad
is a rancher and raises cows, so he would probably disown her. Our
conversation included Chipotle and all the different good things at
the Chinese buffet. The last part even prompted her to text her
husband to see if they could go to the Chinese buffet for dinner.
Which kind of made me want to go there for dinner because I could
easily eat there every night without a problem. But I had my taco
salad with cauliflower rice to finish.
Tonight I read one article for class
about Snapchat and another article about assisted suicide, not for
class. The second article was written by a man who had helped eight
people kill themselves and it was being posted posthumously because
he had been diagnosed with two terminal illnesses and after writing
it he flew to Switzerland to participate in his own assisted suicide.
It was interesting. Death in general makes me uncomfortable,
especially suicide, but when it comes down to terminal illnesses and
quality of life, I think it is unfair and selfish to dictate whether
someone can have help in ending their life. Taking that option away,
an option that can be done with dignity and in the comfort of ones
own home with their friends and family to support them, can lead some
to go the more traditional suicide route, which is sad and lonely and
runs the risk of not working and leading to even more pain and
suffering. I can see the side of things where legalizing assisted
suicide could lead to murder being defended as an assisted suicide,
but that fear shouldn't infringe on other people's right to make
decisions about their own life. Even in the inevitable event that it
is legalized I think for quite awhile afterward it will require so
much red tape, possibly to apply for a license or get a permit or
whatever, that most people wanting to do it will die long before they
get approval. It's an interesting topic.
I have also spent the night with a
heating pad on my lower back because it started hurting again at the
end of the day. It was after I had been standing up and bending over
to help kids for about three hours and then sat down for less than
thirty minutes. So I don't know if it is from the standing and
bending or if it is my horrible sitting posture. Or possibly a
combination of both. I would like it to go away, however, because it
is a nuisance. Also a nuisance in the pain in my left knee, which is
supposed to be my good one. It feels like I have a bruise inside the
joint. It is probably where they hammered one of the holes during my
surgery. I don't know if an MRI would show if that surgery worked or
if they would have to go in with a camera again. Oh well.
Soon I will be going to bed. I look
forward to that.
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