Waking up this morning was rough but I eventually managed it and went
to get my haircut. It was very much needed. Sleeping an extra hour
would have also been nice, but life goes on.
This morning at work I spent time on my newspaper article and getting
ready for my class. I spent way to long trying to hook up a scanner
to the laptop in the tech center classroom. And that was after
spending way too long trying to get the laptop to turn on. Turns out
it wasn't in the dock properly so it wasn't charging. The scanner
didn't work I think because the laptop is Windows 8. And we don't
have permission to install stuff. And because after installing the
driver the computer had to restart but when the laptop restarts it
wipes everything back to the original setup, so it erased the driver.
Oh well.
I made the executive decision to go to lunch a half an hour early
because if I didn't I would be getting back just as my class was
starting. That would not have been good because I had to get
everything set up, with the help of technology assistance lady. And
because it turns out old people show up super early to tech classes.
Like twenty minutes early.
Nine out of the eleven registered people showed up and I feel a
little bad about not emailing everyone yesterday to remind them about
the class and to remind them to bring photographs. But nine out of a
eleven is still a pretty good turnout. I was also glad that I had
the technology assistance lady and two of my fellow librarians to
help me out. It would have been overwhelming trying to help everyone
by myself. I think the class went well and overall the evaluations
agree with that assessment. Much like my practice class, the intro
part went fairly quick and the scanning didn't take too long thanks
to the use of two scanners. Using the public scanner took a little
while longer because we had to wait on another patron to finish but
also because there were a lot more things to click to get stuff
scanned. This left a lot of time for everyone to play around with
Pixlr and edit their photographs. And a lot of time for us to walk
around and help them. They all appreciated that we were able to give
them individual attention and again, I am glad I had the backup to
make that happen.
After the class it wasn't too long before I was on the desk and I was
able to finish my newspaper article. I got feedback from one of my
coworkers, my boss, and had another coworker edit it for grammar
because she has a Masters in English and taught expos for awhile as a
GA. I then sent it off to our technical services manager because she
used to be an English teacher. By the time I have to submit it
tomorrow it should be thoroughly reviewed. It got a good reception
from the people who have seen it so far, which hopefully bodes well
for it. There is a lot of pressure when being published in the
newspaper for the first time.
I got a call from my realtor while I was at work and called him back
after work but got an answering machine. He got back to me late
tonight with more information about the house and we talked for quite
awhile. Despite the current state of the roof it said in past
documents that it was replaced in 2007. It's been a rough nine
years. I also learned that the deal last month fell through because
the buyer wanted the seller to replace the roof and siding and he
refused so the buyer walked. That is good to know because the price
has since come down $5,000 and I imagine the seller would be even
less likely to pay for the roof and siding. My realtor said I should
had least throw in the contingency that the seller puts in a claim on
the roof to see if it can be covered under insurance. Right now I
think my first offer is going to be $5,000 less than the asking price
with the contingency of the claim on the roof and the seller paying
for half of the siding. That ignores the door which needs to be
fixed and will cost more than the siding but I figure I have to start
somewhere. I'm going to contact my realtor tomorrow and see if I can
go see him after work to put in the offer and write the check so
seller knows I'm serious.
But that is tomorrow and I would be much happier if I had gone to bed
five hours ago. Better late than never.
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