Wednesday, December 2, 2009

AARRGGH

I'm at work/school right now and really frustrated! My lesson plan and preparation was for us to spend our computer lab time working in an on-line learning program that the school district uses. We can't log on!! Tap dancing ensues. I have directed my students to a learning activity website, but I can't monitor them or pull grades for their work today, so it is pretty much a wasted day. AARRGGHH! Of course our tech services people can only be contacted via an on-line program and that seems to not be working either... Good thing I was observed earlier today. Except, maybe my excellent tap dancing would have earned me points...

Chris is in Florida and says that his residents dinner last night was lame. For some reason they had it at one of those Japanese steakhouses, where they do all the fancy knife skills and cook at the table, so it was difficult to talk about anything. Also, Chris says, there were at least 3 people there that shouldn't have been (they were roommates or friends of residents) and had just been brought along for the free meal. Useless. The point is to talk with people in the program to find out more about it. Not to some one's roommate about their travels. Tonight he goes to Clearwater, which is close to where my mom lives. She is going with him to the dinner - that is OK. It makes sense for spouses and parents to attend these dinners! I think Chris wanted her to go to the interview day as well, but I don't think she is up for it.

Still have the tiniest bit of a toothache. I also got bitten on my right arm somehow, a bunch of times by something, a mosquito? I have about 8 bites and my arm is hurting a bit. I am supposed to be cautious about any injury to my arm from bites to burns to scrapes, because it can trigger Lymphedema. I hope, hope, hope that this is not the start of some Lymphodema in my arm. I spent a little time doing the exercises and a little arm massage yesterday and I hope I am just imagining a little hardness in the upper arm. Boy would that suck! I am willing myself not to scratch!!!

1 comment:

Joel David said...

Loved the EP post. Glad things went reasonably well there and that you got to do so much visiting. Very sorry I missed it.
Too bad about the tech issues. I remember when we used books and pen and paper in schools. Jeez what a neanderthal I am. So embarrassing.
Where are you getting mosquitoes this time of year?
We are in The Lodge in the Quad-cities. My first year here many of the rooms had ladybugs.
Thinking of you.
J-)