There have been things going on at work that I find distressing and frustrating. I feel like some of the changes being made are not benefiting our students. Besides academics many of our students need to learn social skills. Social behavior is something that we have been told to work on this year, even building time once a week for teachers to work that into classroom instruction. But, I feel like it isn't being reinforced throughout the day. Something happened yesterday that added to my distress about it. My principal was instructing a co-worker and I about some changes she wants us to make during lunch dismissal and recess that I don't agree with. My co-worker responded in a way that totally threw me, opposite of what her and I have been talking about for weeks. I feel like I can no longer trust or believe her.
Tuesday: Dentist day. Looking forward to getting the tooth fixed, but nervous about the procedure.
2:00 - Tooth is fixed. I was so nervous about needing a root canal, but the hardest part was keeping my mouth open that long. It is a lengthy procedure and when he told me there are three roots to the tooth my heart rate might have skyrocketed, but I had not discomfort. I love my dentist for that. He always makes sure I am comfortable.
As a treat after going to the dentist I visit the women's clothing resale shop in that town. I always find lots to try on, but usually only a few garments end up fitting well. Today was a good day. Ten items, 5 20% off.
Three tops with 3/4 length sleeves and a sparkly sleeveless blouse, a pair of burgundy corduroy pants and a pair of light twill pants.
My work area, where I spend about a total of 1 1/2 hours of my day, is very warm all year round. The hallway/lobby area, where I spend 2 hours of my day, is cooler (sometimes cold) in the winter since there is a wall of windows. Then I spend about an hour outside for recess and PE so I need layers. These tops and jackets will work well. We are encouraged to not wear jeans, but we don't have an enforced dress code. While leggings are acceptable, I am not comfortable wearing leggings in public, but most of the other staff do. So I was very glad to find the pants. I have a hard time finding pants that fit me well.The last pants that I bought for work are really starting to show wear along the hem lines. They will probably become capri length pants next Spring.
Husband is about to finish harvesting for this year. He finished beans last week and has been working on corn.
He will likely finish this field, the last one, today. He still has the field work to do - chopping stalks and working the ground. Our Texas relatives are suppose to be coming this weekend and want to 'help'. Since this isn't something they know how to do I am concerned that they won't be much help. Maybe the husband can mow my yard! That would be a great help to me.
Wednesday: Crops are all out, field work has started. Very windy today.
Thursday: So glad today is over. It is a Friday for me since there is a Teacher's Institute day tomorrow (aides don't work, also don't get paid). I need a break. There was much disrespect - hitting, pushing, spitting, belching in my face (intentional), food and lunch trash on the floor, peeing on the bathroom floor (again, intentional), pulling on hoods, throwing of rocks, jumping on the bus seats. And, that was only some of the issues I faced today! Windy again.
Friday: Technology is great...until it isn't.
Our computer has been dying a slow, agonizing death for a while now. I used to think it was bad internet service, but we switched providers this summer on the recommendation of several of my friends who were very happy with their provider. Well, we had good days and bad days of connectivity (is that the right word?), but after the last week of mostly bad days I began to think it was more than the internet connection. Especially when I could still open websites with my tablet. Our computer is over 7 years old. We got a new one today. All the data was transferred from the old one and we are up and running. Turns out that I think the problem was mostly the old computer. I haven't had any issues with connection since I got this one up and running. I was able to get Internet Explorer up and going and found all my husband's bookmarks, but so far I am unable to find mine that were saved in Firefox. But, I had saved a lot of them to my tablet so that will be ok. Rainy off and on all day which put a stop to the field work. That's ok, though, Husband needed a rest.
Of course, getting a new computer did not improve our TV reception.
We have an antenna, no satellite service. It seems we lose the signal right at the good spots, but hardly ever during the commercials. We just aren't ready to pay for TV service. My son got a Netflix subscription when he lived at home. We had bought a smart TV without really meaning to, but we liked the picture display and the price was good. Anyway, apparently you can have accounts (or whatever they are called) with one subscription. I have been catching up with some shows I like to watch, but had missed the beginning or several episodes - Father Brown, Dr. Blake, Miss Fisher. For some reason I like the British shows.
EDIT: We are learning and getting more comfortable with the computer everyday. And, it is very clear that the problem was the computer, not the provider.
Saturday: I attended a local quilt show with my quilt buddies. We always have a good time. The show was well organized with many beautiful quilts. I only took two pictures...
I have been working on a 365 Challenge for a while. I keep thinking maybe I should just finish something with the blocks I have completed and just be done with it. Then, I see one in person and am inspired to keep working. I was admiring this one and mentioned how lovely I thought it was to the lady standing next to me. Turns out she was the maker of this quilt. We had a nice chat.
I took this one to show my husband since he likes the red, black, gray, white color combination. I does think it is a nice quilt.
Sunday: A lazy day. Dreary and rainy. I am just puttering around, not really settling on any one thing to work on even though I have several projects I could be finishing. I finally decided to sort some of my saved quilt/knit/craft patterns. This is something I have been wanting to do to better organize my sewing room anyway.
I like to sort by project - Knit Binder - scarves/hats/mittens, sweaters, ornaments, etc. Quilt Binder - scrappy, Log Cabin, Stars, Patriotic, etc. You get the idea. I had printed some patterns that needed to be inserted into page protectors, sorted and inserted into the binders. Good to get those put away. Makes it much easier to find what I am looking for.
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1 comment:
Sounds like you had a very busy week! I can relate to most of it - except the farming part - I don't know how to do that - but the co-worker story - dentist - fashion finds - computer problems - quilt show chat - and trying to organize your binders - those all sound familiar - LOL - ;))
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