It's almost 9:45PM and I am going to attempt to go to bed early
tonight. Relative to midnight. Last night I got to bed sometime
after 1:00AM, which is way too late.
I started off my morning by setting up a few more iPads for the MAP
test. And then the first graders came to the lab to take a MAP test.
Or rather, I went to their room to remind them that they were
testing this morning. And then they came to the lab.
Not too long after they left, third grade came in to test. The
teacher cut off the ones who hadn't finished at 11:50AM so I was able
to get a quick twenty minute lunch before the second graders came to
test. I got all their tests started and then I went to clock in.
Hopefully I will get as lucky the rest of the week.
The second graders lefts a little early because we had a choir
assembly with some kids from the high school. Immediately following
that the other third grade class came to test. This is the one with
the slow tester. She maintained that reputation by spending another
couple of hours with me. She got super distracted near the end so
thankfully she had to leave early and didn't have to continue testing
for the last half hour of the day. I don't know how she has survived
this round of testing. She's put in so many hours. And she's got
several more to go, because she only made it into the teens I think
out of over fifty questions on the Math test. We've got about a
month left in the window, which may be enough time.
While watching kids test today I focused on thinking about my
presentation proposal assignment. I heard back from my professor
about my email last night and said my idea would work for the
assignment and that was a relief. I came up with a very rough draft
of an abstract while the first graders were testing and then when it
was down to just the third grader this afternoon I started doing some
preliminary searching for articles. And I found a few, which is a
good start. Good enough, apparently, for me not to do any other
school stuff for the rest of the day. It is surprisingly exhausting
standing up and watching kids test all day after not getting enough
sleep the last two nights. I'll do better tomorrow, because I have
to.
Near the end of work I got two calls from the office ladies, both
warning me that the annoying yearbook guy was waiting in the office
to talk to me as soon as school was over. They ended up clocking out
for me so I didn't have to deal with him.
I was volunteering at the public library after work but after the
bell rang several kids came into the lab for yearbook club. I didn't
remember that was starting today. Or maybe I never knew about it. I
can't remember. Anyway, I got the kids authenticated and then the
mom who is more in charge of the yearbook took over and I ducked out.
The laptop wasn't available at the public library today so I spent
about a half an hour putting a piece of cardstock into a brochure and
then putting those into stacks of fifty. I made it through 430
brochures. Not bad. I then spent the next hour talking to the PR
lady about a bunch of random stuff. At one point she asked me if I
would actually want to work at the public library because they have
two positions opening soon. She said she has been dropping my name
into conversations and at meetings but then thought maybe she should
actually check with me and make sure I would want to work there. I
said I would. I don't see myself ending up in a public library but I
need to start somewhere and I've been going to the public library
since I was a little kid. Granted that fell off when I got a job and
started buying books instead of checking them out. Even with the
possibility of the public library job I need to start applying to
some academic libraries. If nothing else just for the experience of
applying. There is a business librarian job opening at the academic
library I will be doing my practicum in this summer and I actually
meet all of the qualifications. There isn't a closing date on it and
it says it will be open until it is filled, which could be tomorrow
for all I know, so I need to see if I can put together application
materials before that happens.
Tonight I ordered pens and stuff. I bought a cheap starter fountain
pen (a Platinum Preppy) and a sample pack of paper from Goulet Pens.
Paper seems to be a big thing and it is a cool idea to offer a sample
pack from five different brands. Now I can see which one I like
best. I bought a few gel pens from JetPens, two Uni-ball and one
Pilot. They all have really fine tips (.25, .28, and .38) and the
ink color of one of the Uni-balls is Bordeaux Black, which looks
really cool. I like writing small so I thought a really fine tip
would be a good idea. I also got a Pilot Metropolitan fountain pen,
a box of blue Skilcraft pens, and the Spencerian Penmanship theory
and practice books from Amazon. The Pilot Metropolitan pen is
supposed to be a really good inexpensive introductory fountain pen.
I have been wanted to get the Skilcraft pens forever because they are
ridiculously cheap and are supposed to be really good quality. I
don't really want to carry fountain pens around with me but I have
needed a replacement for the Zebra pen I have had for awhile now. I
could also use a few random pens laying around for when I need one.
The blue Skilcraft also just look like a classic pen.
It is now almost eleven o'clock because I have gotten distracted a
couple times. I'm going to go to bed now.
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