Wednesday, May 24, 2006
experiment
Dear Vons,
I was excited to try your online shopping and delivery service because I dislike grocery shopping. I am looking forward to trying the service again after you get some of the kinks worked out. I personally experienced the following kinks:
- Delivery was an hour later than the window (window was 5-7, groceries were delivered at 8)
- Dish soap was squished and thus exploded over all the other groceries in the bag creating a sticky mess.
- The vegetarian rice I carefully ordered was replaced with chicken rice (I’ll have to give it away since I am a vegetarian).
- I received cheese that I did not order and did not pay for (it’s okay, I’ll eat it anyway).
I hope this information helps you improve your processes.
Carolyn Hayden
Order #: 25614
Monday, May 22, 2006
flowers
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
work
As I near the home stretch for the school year I find myself more and more eager for some time away from the kids. Just normal teenage stuff is really getting on my nerves. The kids are just as eager for summer as I am. We all have June jitters.
Monday, May 15, 2006
weekend
Friday was the prom. I wore the same dress as at the wedding and encountered no problems, zipper or otherwise. The prom was on the Queen Mary and felt more like a wedding than a prom until they starting playing really loud reggaeton, at which point it just felt loud. The prom included a sit-down dinner and the food was actually really yummy. The vegetarian plate was pasta with vegetables in a parmesan butter sauce. Mmmmmm.
Pros: close.
Cons: not much climbing.
The trip was rather ill-fated. When we got there, no one else was there and we set up a top-rope. After a little bit, another climbing party arrived. I was about 60 feet up on the rock when I looked down and realized that some lady was climbing directly beneath me and was only a few feet below me. Now, for those who don’t know, it is very poor climbing etiquette to climb below someone. If I had fallen, I would have kicked her in the head. She also clipped into the same anchors that I was using which was really weird/rude. This would be like someone going up to you in a grocery store and starting to use your grocery basket. Later, on a different route, Keith took a magnificent 8-foot lead fall and scraped himself up, so we decided to leave early.
Thursday, May 11, 2006
updates
I went to the dentist this afternoon after dreading it all day. The dentist seemed impressed by my hole and confirmed that it was not a cavity hole but a natural crevasse. I was so scared of getting it drilled because I have never had to have a tooth drilled before and I have heard that it is very unpleasant. Actually, it was no big deal. The dentist just poked around at the hole a little bit to make sure it was okay and then slapped some epoxy in there and $200 later I was on my way. No drilling. I feel really good about my new filling.
***Teacher Appreciation Update***
I bought three boxes of See’s Candies Nuts and Chews for the three other members of the special education department. Tonight I am working on writing really nice thank-you notes to go with the candy so they know how much I appreciate them. I think that See’s Candies are way better than a pace message.
Prom fever is in the air. The teachers are especially excited about this prom. 80 students bought tickets and 40 teachers bought tickets. Did you have a 2:1 student to teacher ratio at your prom? The prom is themed “masquerade”. The math department (Joe, Alex, and Dan) went over to the costume store in
testing
Today is California Standards Test testing. Do you remember taking long boring standardized tests? I do. I remember them being really awful. Proctoring them is almost as bad as taking them. The difference is that when proctoring them you can play on the internet but it is still really boring.
I am proctoring special ed. kids, so I try to make it as painless as possible. I get them breakfast and drinks and candy. I also give them breaks and lead them in stretching exercises while playing loud music. Maybe this is not the best way to give a test but it does keep them from falling asleep (mostly).
Today is the dreaded dentist appointment. Oh gosh.
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
gratitude
I received a sweet note from a ninth grade boy who wrote, “Thank you for understanding me and thank you for believing in me.”
We had a big catered lunch today. The theme was soul food. Vegetarian choices included mashed potatoes, biscuits, mac & cheese, and other similarly greasy food with soul. Due to the sensitive nature of my tummy, I generally partake in such foods with moderation. However, in my appreciation ecstasy, I gobbled up too much greasy food and felt sick for the rest of the day. There was also cake (my nemesis) and I ate a lot of that too.
This evening I received a recorded phone call from the superintendent of
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
the slammer
You can listen to This American Life with streaming audio at http://www.thislife.org/. I often do so while I am doing the dishes. I would like to recommend last week's program, Lockup, which has various stories about prison. I always thought that it would be fun to teach at a prison. For one thing, there would be no behavioral problems because if I student was being bad, you could kick him out. For another thing, in prison, school is a privilege. What a wonder it would be to teach students who see school as a privilege and an opportunity.
Speaking of prison (haha, bad joke), I will most likely be signing my contract tomorrow, which means I will be at ECHS for at least one more year.
tooth problem
I have to go to the dentist but I have no dental insurance. I wonder how much this will cost.