Sunday, September 1, 2013
Day 70
Sunday, September 1, 2013. SEPTEMBER ALREADY!!!! Wow! Where has the time gone!!!!????
I slept so soundly last night that I didn't even hear Jay get up extra early and leave. He left me a sweet note on the kitchen table :).
Church was nice. I bore my testimony. It was cold in the chapel, so I'm glad that I wore a sweater.
We had salmon, rice, and mixed vegis for dinner with jello and whipped cream a little later.
Now I'm writing this blog. Then I'm going to read my book and relax!! Yay!
Day 69
Saturday, August 31, 2013: Jay and Peter left very early for the temple. I slept in and then spent time visiting with Alexandra. She worked on getting her stuff together for Boston, and I cleaned upstairs. I am in the process of rearranging some of the books on the bookshelf up here. Then I vacuumed and washed the kitchen and bathroom floors. Alexandra helped me load up the truck for the dump run (it's actually the recycling center, not the dump; but we've gone there for so many years, that it's hard not calling it the dump. After all, you do dump things there, even if they are all in different areas depending upon what they are so that they can be recycled!). I stopped at the cleaners to drop off two of Jay's white shirts to be cleaned. I've always done Jay's white shirts myself, but it's so hard to keep the collar and cuffs clean that I decided I'd do the cleaners. It's not terribly expensive, and Jay's shirts should come back looking great (I hope)!
I did a few errands, like dropping off clothing at Salvation Army, picking up some gluten-free flours and other interesting things at Ocean State Job Lot, and then went to Stop & Shop to get some vegetables and fish for Sunday's dinner.
The Scituate Ward Relief Society holds an annual combination Relief Society/Young Woman campfire cookout behind the ward building, so I went; Alexandra came along as well. We had a great time visiting and making tin foil dinners, which turned out awesome. The best part for me was toasting marshmallows and putting them on graham crackers. I didn't do the chocolate because I don't eat chocolate! That was really yummy. Then I made a tin foil dinner for Peter, which he was happy to get and eat!
When I told Natalie D. that I was going to take a bath when I got home, she told me about putting fresh grated ginger into the water. It opens and cleans your pores and makes your skin nice and soft. So on the way home, we stopped at Big Y to buy some ginger. In addition to the ginger, I added epsom salts.
I took a nice hot tub with a cup of herbal tea (cold care for nighttime) and when I went to sleep, I slept like a log all night long!
I did a few errands, like dropping off clothing at Salvation Army, picking up some gluten-free flours and other interesting things at Ocean State Job Lot, and then went to Stop & Shop to get some vegetables and fish for Sunday's dinner.
The Scituate Ward Relief Society holds an annual combination Relief Society/Young Woman campfire cookout behind the ward building, so I went; Alexandra came along as well. We had a great time visiting and making tin foil dinners, which turned out awesome. The best part for me was toasting marshmallows and putting them on graham crackers. I didn't do the chocolate because I don't eat chocolate! That was really yummy. Then I made a tin foil dinner for Peter, which he was happy to get and eat!
When I told Natalie D. that I was going to take a bath when I got home, she told me about putting fresh grated ginger into the water. It opens and cleans your pores and makes your skin nice and soft. So on the way home, we stopped at Big Y to buy some ginger. In addition to the ginger, I added epsom salts.
I took a nice hot tub with a cup of herbal tea (cold care for nighttime) and when I went to sleep, I slept like a log all night long!
Day 68
Friday, August 30, 2013: Another busy day with international students. I just can't seem to get beyond this project. All the other work that I have to do is sitting there waiting to get finished, and I just can't get to it! I have letters to get out regarding SSP meetings (Student Success Plan) for the seniors which begin in a couple of weeks, I have a bunch of stuff to do for UCONN Early College Experience, and I have to get the Profile done. I haven't even downloaded the college acceptances from Naviance yet. And students are registering for the ECSU Dual Enrollment Program now too.
We had a young man from Argentina accepted, and he was supposed to come on Tuesday, but as soon as he and his parents arrived, they showed up at school. They toured the campus and did all that other stuff and finally came to pre-register just as it was time for me to go home. So going home was not an option. I spent an extra hour doing the usual registration stuff, Jane reviewed his medical things, etc. They are a lovely family and he's looking forward to his time here in the USA. He spent time at UCONN over the summer taking an English class. He wants to play basketball.
When I got home I was all ready to relax until I remembered that the sister missionaries and I were going to visit Ann G. So, at a little before 6:00, we left. We had a very nice visit and then on the way home we stopped at Newport Creamery to get ice cream. I got a peppermint stick cone, and it was scrumptious!
We got back here around 8:00 or 8:30. I read for a while and then went to bed.
Alexandra came home for the weekend to get her things together because Jay and Peter and going to help her move back to Boston on Monday (Labor Day).
We had a young man from Argentina accepted, and he was supposed to come on Tuesday, but as soon as he and his parents arrived, they showed up at school. They toured the campus and did all that other stuff and finally came to pre-register just as it was time for me to go home. So going home was not an option. I spent an extra hour doing the usual registration stuff, Jane reviewed his medical things, etc. They are a lovely family and he's looking forward to his time here in the USA. He spent time at UCONN over the summer taking an English class. He wants to play basketball.
When I got home I was all ready to relax until I remembered that the sister missionaries and I were going to visit Ann G. So, at a little before 6:00, we left. We had a very nice visit and then on the way home we stopped at Newport Creamery to get ice cream. I got a peppermint stick cone, and it was scrumptious!
We got back here around 8:00 or 8:30. I read for a while and then went to bed.
Alexandra came home for the weekend to get her things together because Jay and Peter and going to help her move back to Boston on Monday (Labor Day).
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Day 67
Thursday, August 29, 2013: I slept all night last night because I took some generic Nyquil and felt pretty good all day. Right now I'm still congested. It was a busy day.
The host mother of one of our international students had called and left a message on my phone on Monday. I picked up the message, but it was so crazy busy that I didn't call her back...all week. She never called again. Well, that student couldn't start school today because he had not met all his medical requirements. She was not pleased and put all the blame on me (of course) and had that tone to her voice that said to me, "I'm going to report you to the higher-ups." I owed up to my mistake and apologized.
Shortly after this conversation, David (our head of school) came to me to help with a student who was upset about something, so I took the time to tell him what had occurred. He blew it off, knowing that stuff like this happens and that it had been really crazy busy this week. I also told Jeanne. She didn't get upset about it either. She, more than anyone else, knows how busy I have been.
So...when I spoke with that host mother a little later, and she used that tone of voice with me, I just told her that I had already told David and Jeanne, so she did the next-best thing, and called Stacy (she works for the organization that brought all these students here). I spoke with Stacy about something else a little later and she understood and it didn't bother her a bit. We only have a few students that have not been completely medically cleared. Those that haven't been will definitely start school no later than Tuesday (Monday is the Labor Day Holiday). A few will start tomorrow, though. Oh the drama of the workday!
And it was a busy day.
After work, I picked Peter up at TRCC and we went to dinner at the Old Tymes Restaurant. I had the special (chicken pot pie) for $6, and he had a chicken Caesar salad for $9 and then we shared a piece of pie. We had a very nice time. Then I dropped him off at school and I went on to ECSU in Willimantic for my first class, Fundamentals of Music. The traffic on 32 was jammed, and I found out why later on the radio...there had been an accident and the road had been closed. I got to class just as our teacher was handing out a pre-test. Thank goodness it won't be graded...whew! The class goes from 5:30 to 6:45, and today he let us out at 6:15. That was nice. I stopped at Dairy Queen and got a small pina colada smoothie and then filled up my tank at the Shell station. I cleaned up emails, did two loads of wash, and went to bed.
After Jay got home, he had the light on and hadn't closed the bedroom door. I was in a deep sleep and I started to wake up, thinking first that it was Sunday and Jay was already up. Then I forced myself to think again, and I said to myself that it was Friday morning and Jay was already up. Then I forced myself to think once again and realized that it was about 11:30 or so at night. I struggled out of bed, folded some wash (strange thing to do), couldn't sleep, so here I am. I'm going to read some more of my book (Birthmarked by Carragh M. O'Brien). It's excellent. I hope I can go back to sleep easily after that.
The host mother of one of our international students had called and left a message on my phone on Monday. I picked up the message, but it was so crazy busy that I didn't call her back...all week. She never called again. Well, that student couldn't start school today because he had not met all his medical requirements. She was not pleased and put all the blame on me (of course) and had that tone to her voice that said to me, "I'm going to report you to the higher-ups." I owed up to my mistake and apologized.
Shortly after this conversation, David (our head of school) came to me to help with a student who was upset about something, so I took the time to tell him what had occurred. He blew it off, knowing that stuff like this happens and that it had been really crazy busy this week. I also told Jeanne. She didn't get upset about it either. She, more than anyone else, knows how busy I have been.
So...when I spoke with that host mother a little later, and she used that tone of voice with me, I just told her that I had already told David and Jeanne, so she did the next-best thing, and called Stacy (she works for the organization that brought all these students here). I spoke with Stacy about something else a little later and she understood and it didn't bother her a bit. We only have a few students that have not been completely medically cleared. Those that haven't been will definitely start school no later than Tuesday (Monday is the Labor Day Holiday). A few will start tomorrow, though. Oh the drama of the workday!
And it was a busy day.
After work, I picked Peter up at TRCC and we went to dinner at the Old Tymes Restaurant. I had the special (chicken pot pie) for $6, and he had a chicken Caesar salad for $9 and then we shared a piece of pie. We had a very nice time. Then I dropped him off at school and I went on to ECSU in Willimantic for my first class, Fundamentals of Music. The traffic on 32 was jammed, and I found out why later on the radio...there had been an accident and the road had been closed. I got to class just as our teacher was handing out a pre-test. Thank goodness it won't be graded...whew! The class goes from 5:30 to 6:45, and today he let us out at 6:15. That was nice. I stopped at Dairy Queen and got a small pina colada smoothie and then filled up my tank at the Shell station. I cleaned up emails, did two loads of wash, and went to bed.
After Jay got home, he had the light on and hadn't closed the bedroom door. I was in a deep sleep and I started to wake up, thinking first that it was Sunday and Jay was already up. Then I forced myself to think again, and I said to myself that it was Friday morning and Jay was already up. Then I forced myself to think once again and realized that it was about 11:30 or so at night. I struggled out of bed, folded some wash (strange thing to do), couldn't sleep, so here I am. I'm going to read some more of my book (Birthmarked by Carragh M. O'Brien). It's excellent. I hope I can go back to sleep easily after that.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Day 66
Wednesday, August 28, 2013: I was up reading in the wee hours of the morning and went back to bed by 3:30, but I don't think I really fell sound asleep after that. Work was less stressful than it has been, and I started working on the UCONN ECE project.
On the way home from work, I stopped at WalMart to see if they were able to get replacement frames for my glasses....the ones that fell off my face last Wednesday during my piano lesson. Well, they didn't have those frames, but the guy gave me an even better frame...made out of titanium and they are very lightweight and bendable. So that's cool.
We had a light dinner and now we're relaxing.
The other day, the guys who were working on the landscaping at school told me about a documentary called Life After People. I rented it from Netflix, so we're going to watch it tonight. I want to go to sleep early so that I can wake up early feeling good and ready to go. I'd like to make sure I can play piano.....
On the way home from work, I stopped at WalMart to see if they were able to get replacement frames for my glasses....the ones that fell off my face last Wednesday during my piano lesson. Well, they didn't have those frames, but the guy gave me an even better frame...made out of titanium and they are very lightweight and bendable. So that's cool.
We had a light dinner and now we're relaxing.
The other day, the guys who were working on the landscaping at school told me about a documentary called Life After People. I rented it from Netflix, so we're going to watch it tonight. I want to go to sleep early so that I can wake up early feeling good and ready to go. I'd like to make sure I can play piano.....
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Day 65
Tuesday, August 27, 2013: It was a long day...all of it at work. There's nothing else to say because that's all I did. I left the house by 6:20 a.m. and got home at 8:40 p.m. We had our ID photos taken, and I had an awesome photographer. I was at the end of a not-very-long line and he called over to me. So I went and had my picture taken, no problem :). We also had all the "required topics" training--blood borne pathogens, sexual harassment, etc. This is my last day of working late, though, so that's good; 3:00 p.m. sounds good for today!
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