3 Administrators

Ad hoc meeting after school with 3 administrators!

Weird Blogs

A lot of these blogs I randomly access when I click on "next blog" and continue seem to be ranging toward porn. (??)

Followers?

I'm writing this blog for myself - I'm following.

Home Sick

This is the first time I've actually stayed home from work the day I felt sick. Usually I "tough it out" for awhile to see if it's "serious." The result of the toughing-it-out policy is that one feels substandard for a long time--never really getting well.

This time, I'm feeling better after missing Friday, Monday, and today (Tuesday). Just 3 days off (plus add 2 weekend days) from work has allowed the body to focus on fighting off the virus--instead of dividing its resources between working full time and fighting off the virus.

Much more efficient job--I feel so much better and attribute it to rest and drinking lots of liquids. "Rest" being the key ingredient that I formerly shorted myself on when sick out of my old "WASP" work ethic.

Now I think that trying to never be absent is being pennywise and pound foolish. I should think of my health in the long term--all these super-efforts to go to work slightly under the weather (especially as I get older) will conspire to weaken me over time and it will be harder and harder to catch up to wellness and fitness.

If I want to work throughout my life, I need to accommodate myself and rest appropriately when I need to fight a virus or heal in any other way.

It may mean the difference between having to retire (from exhaustion) or being able to manage a long, long working career!

Dexter and Hamlet

Michael C. Hall is awesome. Just noticed how Shakespearean his voice-overs are.

Get Going on the Weekend

Mulch the garden - Ciscoe says it's time.

Order the opera tickets!!

Get in the shower!

Tacoma Drizzle

Finally, our drizzle has arrived for its 10 month season.

Mom

Visited Mom today and she wore a bright red sweater she's had for a long time, and a red christmas ribbon in her grey hair. Dressed up for the communal dinner in her independent living apartments.

Payroll Delayed

Can you believe the school district did not have our direct deposits done on time?

Incredible. Hope it is not a "sign" of "something."

This has not happened in my 10 years with the district.

I'm Up

My new website is now up on the web!

www.specialedinsight.com

The lawyer

So the lawyer representing our school spent a day with us interviewing the staff of my program about a lawsuit in which we're named. We're looking good!

Poulsbo

Dan and I drove to Poulsbo, and spent the afternoon walking around. Same old same old - lots of stores/shops selling stuff. Water and marina were sparkling and beautiful, however. Did not need to go so far to see a beautiful day.

Fundingsland

Last evening Maril and Paul Fundingsland had us over as their first (non-family) guests in their new house in Olympia. Built in the late 60s, it is reminiscent of our house. So glad they're back after that little (35 years!) hiatus in Grand Forks.

Submit to writing down passwords

So, finally, I agree that I must write down the passwords to my various web activities.

Asters

Bought a galleon pot of blue asters to plant. They'll come back every year and won't need special care. For indoors, a spider plant. One of NASA's top 3 for air purification.

Man - once you have stuff on hotmail, gmail, gchat, twitter, utube, fb - passwords keep getting mixed up and it seems that they keep trying to "steal" you from one to the other.

Wow - the vietnamese blog after mine (next blog) is beautiful. Inspiring. While waiting for my Saturday breakfast softboiled egg water to boil, let me think about a creative upgrade. Will simple reporting on my daily life and work be enough? Yes.

Getting Confusing

So now I have two different emails with different passwords, twitter, facebook, and a google blog - not to mention trying to setup a website: specialedinsight.com.

Teenage downloads

Paid my computer guru to clean up computer. Teenager has caused lots of security risk by downloads. Changed my administrator password - hopefully problem is solved!!

Getting Going

Wrote something in html and resized a graphic. Thrilling!

Going to West Seattle today for a house to house garden tour. Lunch and talk with Cisco!

Just Beginning

I'm taking advantage of google's blogging option to get my feet wet. Spent $60 today at Borders for technical books on web design and microsoft office 2003 - which I will read. This is an easy way to try it out painlessly.