Day 64

Monday, August 26, 2013: What a great day it was (with the exception that I began to feel bad...I think it relates to the rabies shot I had on Sunday morning and the muffin I ate for breakfast). This was opening day, so we had a "breakfast" in the Atrium. I put breakfast in quotes because it was fruit salad, muffins, pastries, coffee, tea, and juice. I had a muffin and fruit salad. After I ate it, I thought to myself, "I wonder if this is a cranberry orange muffin?" because it had cranberries in it. I really didn't taste orange, but the way I felt later on makes me believe that there was a bit of orange in it.

Anyway, we had our usual opening meeting, and it was wonderful with reports about summer school, ELL Academy, STRIVE, and Step-up, all accompanied by pictures. That was nice. It was all very upbeat. Then the interns were introduced, the new teachers, and then the tenured teachers, and then staff with 10 years of service. And that would be ME!!! It was so excited to go up there to get my apple. I love those marble apples! I've never been in one place this long except for my own business-family home day care, which I called "Sunbeam Family Home Day Care." I loved that.

Anyway, the rest of the day was busy with the rest of the international students coming in. There was a motivational speaker that I had to miss. His name is Dick Hoyt. I can check him out online. He wrote several books, and I bought one called Devoted. I was on my way to Bradlaw to pick up a diploma for someone when Marie J. from the library came running behind me telling me about it. I went into the auditorium but didn't have money with me. Fortunately, Marcia R., also from the library, had enough extra cash on her to loan me for a book, so I bought it.

Then Mary-Anne Hall, who works in the museum and with the art students, had written a book that just got published this summer called My Cleocatra, so of course, I bought a copy.

I had to work late because our last student's appointment was at 4:30 p.m. I had sent a text to Steve to tell him that I probably wouldn't have my piano books with me because I would probably go straight to my lesson from work, but he called and said why not change the time of my lesson to 6:30 (he had an errand to run in Putnam), so I said okay. At least I was able to go home and change beforehand.

Piano was really good. We did more improvisation...I like doing that. I have to keep doing it on my own so I can get better.

I had cereal for dinner and went off to bed with my book and was asleep by 9:00.