Sunday, March 30, 2003
Employment
Just found out my sister is now raking in the big bucks after being hired by a graphic design company that is employed by the US Army. She'll be making about as much as I am and this will only be her first year as a full time employee.Fortunately, I'm not jealous. We may both be artists, but the jobs we have are different enough for neither of us to want the other's job.
...now if only I can get her to FINALLY come down here and be a guest speaker....
Wednesday, March 26, 2003
Anticlimax
Kelli's gettin' towed all the way to Temple Hills, which is where the dealership is. (That's just south of DC, for you non-Marylanders.) Remember, the car broke down in Honeybrook, PA. That's quite a distance.So now I must drive out to Temple Hills to pick up my darling wife, once she gets there. As chaeval pointed out, it's still a much better drive than to PA. I'm just waiting for the phone call to let me know she's in the area.
Update, or "Oh, crap."
Kelli made it as far as Honeybrook (Still in PA) before my car's electrical system went out - the lights all went on and the turn signals, etc. went out. She managed to call me from a payphone thanks to AAA transferring her call & we talked until the tow truck showed up, then I called her Mom to give her an FYI.Kelli was of the opinion that no one would drive out to pick her up if necessary, since her Mom doesn't like to drive in the dark & it was RAINING, to boot. (Everyone else was either not home or was in a different state.) Kelli's Mom assured me she would if she had to, so that makes me feel better.
But still, I wish she had just waited 'till tomorrow then had it towed to the dealer. Silly me, I married someone who is stubborn instead of a pushover. (And the pot called the kettle black.) I wouldn't want her any other way, though. Assertiveness can be a good asset when insurance companies do stupid stuff. THAT is a topic for another day.
Alone
Kelli drove up to PA yesterday for multiple reasons, including but not limited to visiting the grandfather of a good friend. Said grandfater has cancer and maybe only days yet to live. He's at the point where he's asking for everyone and making his peace.Had this been summer, I would have gone with her. As it wasn't, I had to stay and teach art to a bunch of uncaring ruffians.
Kelli was supposed to be driving back today, but as she was getting back to her Mom & Dad's house the battery light in my car (She took mine since it's newer & safer) went on, so guess what she's not doing tonight, and what she has to take care of tomorrow. I'm at least thankful that she was only 15 minutes from her folk's house when it happened, and that I DIDN'T buy that Palm m130 I saw on ebay. It was a rare show of willpower - I promise it won't happen again :p
Edit: Kelli called while I was typing this and said she was going to try the drive home anyway, since it might just be a bit of oil on the alternator belt that was making it slip. I sorta see her point, but that still makes me worried for her.
Thursday, March 20, 2003
Technology, thou art subject specific.
Went to a technology conference today. It included 4 sessions and a guest lecturer. The lecturer was quite a crowd pleaser and he had some good points, and I enjoyed the iMovie session a lot, however...The other 3 sessions covered all the info that was pertinent to me in the first 15 minutes, and on top of that I had a splitting headache through most of it. Oh well.
BTW, I now want a Palm m130 now more than ever. Anyone wanna buy me one?
Tuesday, March 18, 2003
...progression...
Yesterday was not a good day. Lesson learned: When you're tired &/or have only half thought out what you're about to say, keep your BIG MOUTH SHUT. A good night's rest or thinking for another 30 secconds can keep you from getting foot-in-mouth disease.Also: Macintosh computers can link up to PC networks, but any network will give you an ammount of grief inversely proportional to the necessity of the file transfer. Finished my grad class last night, and it only took me an hour longer than I thought it would :-p
Today I'm doing better. If I'm lucky I'll get my seating charts & attendance lists done for my sub on thursday. It's not a day off, since I'll be going to a convention, but this time I'LL be the student. Not relaxation, just a different kind of stress. ;-)
Saturday, March 08, 2003
Friday, March 07, 2003
Happy Birthday Chaeval!
Happy birthday to you,Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday, dear Chaeval,
Happy birrrrrrrrrrrrrthdaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay tooooooooooooooooo yooooooooooooooooooooou!!!!!!!
Heehee! :)
Thursday, March 06, 2003
Medical Maladies...
4:00 PM Yesterday - My wife, Kelli, returns home from a doctor's checkup / spending spree (PS2 stuff) and accidentally bangs her foot on our "entertainment system." (If you saw it, you would understand why I use quotes.) She assumes the pain will go away in a little bit.8:00 PM Yesterday - The pain has not gone away. I wrap her foot in an ace bandage.
12:00 AM this morning - Still hurts like the dickens, so we arrive at the hospital for X-rays.
3:00 AM - We leave the hospital with the same ace bandage we came with, but also crutches, one of those shoe thingies, and a perscription for painkillers. We would be relieved that there were no broken bones if we weren't so darn tired.
?:?? - Arrive home with the assistance of Mountain Dew.
4:00 - Kelli cannot sleep due to severe pain (Didn't get the perscriptin filled yet), and cannot stop crying, it hurts so much. I feel so useless I'm literally nauseated.
7:00 - I drive to the pharmacy to get the happy pills while Kelli calls the school to let them know I won't be in and need a substitute. We spend most of the school day in a state of living death.
@2:00 - Medication's side effects include drowsiness, dizziness, and nausea. Therefore, Kelli throws up.
3:45 - Arrive at school for dammage control
6:20 - STILL at school, typing this while my printer slooooowly prints lots and lots of pages needed before I leave.
Conclusion:
Stick a fork in me - I'm done
Tuesday, March 04, 2003
Observations
Just found out they're doing unannounced observations starting this week. Coincidentally, 90% of my students are behind on their lessons because they refuse to do their homework.The perfect time to have an administrator walk in at any moment, ne?
