I am thankful…
1.
That I finished up Prelim Draft #4 done and
submitted early for the Damn Database Project of Doom for INFO 5200. I just have to do the Peer Review (due
Saturday), and then the Final Draft #4 (due next Thursday), and I’m DONE with
that damn class.
2.
Esmeralda was finally able to make it out to
campus and talk to Chelsea about all the craziness she’s been doing (SLEEPING
while “supervising” students, playing on her phone, letting students use her
phone, dress code violations out the wazzoo, etc). I just hope the talk STICKS.
3.
All the 5th graders were on a fieldtrip
today, and thus were not at my after school program. It took a lot of the attitude out of the
program and it ran so smoothly.
4.
Kaleb, a previous student of mine, stopped by to
chat and say hello. He certainly was a
fun student, the 3 years I had him in my program. It’s nice to know I made enough of an
impression that he chose to come visit.
5.
Good articles I read on line that really
resonate with me and make me pause and reevaluate how I’m doing things in life.
6.
How productive today was – I rescheduled my
dentist appointment (I have no more paid days off of work), did a change of
address for my bank and my driver’s license, I trimmed the Bushes of Doom out
front (holly-like bushes), survived the craziness of work, and completed Prelim
Draft #4. I’m exhausted, but feeling
pretty damn good about myself.
7.
Getting back into the swing of cooking meals
here at home. The past few weeks, due to
the craziness of The Move, we’ve been eating out a TON. That’s gotta stop now.
8.
The awesome self-inking address stamp Brother
and Sister-In-Law gave David & I as a house warming gift. I utterly LOVE it!
9.
The even more awesome surprise card and check
from my Mom, celebrating that we FINALLY have our house. That was a HUGE and much appreciated
surprise.
10.
Our awesome lil home. I barely have anything but the basics
unpacked, but I adore my lil home. Hopefully,
after my academic semester ends, I can focus on really settling into my bedroom…and
get the kitchen under better control.
11.
My truly AMAZING husband who practically did this
move singlehandedly AND all the cleaning of the apartment. I was in a very poor head-space from all the
stress, but he’s done SO FRIGGIN MUCH and I just love him to death for it.
Man, my journaling writing is VERY hit and miss. But after writing research papers (INFO 5000)
and working on the Damn Database Project of Doom (INFO 5200), I’m just all
worded out.
I’ve decided for my Book of Mirrors (Pagan/Magickal
reflections/journaling), I’m going with a 3-ring binder. This way I can easily include articles that
speak to me. I can also put in artwork
or colorings I like.
I’m also going the 3-ring binder route for my Book of
Shadows. I just change so many things
that a hardbound journal wouldn’t be practical.
And I came across a group that uses Bullet Journaling for their Witchy
business….and I’m intrigued. So I may
give that a go. All I know is that the
current way just is NOT working for me.
Hazel Nut has invited us (meaning David and I) over to her
place on May 7th for a Beltane cookout. I was rather interested until she talked
about using the empty lot directly behind her house (and on a BUSY street) as a
place to drum and dance and wear full body paint/makeup. Even if I didn’t work for the school district
and therefore need to keep my Pagan-ness on the down-low….I’m not an overly
public person. It would be different if
we were doing this at a huge Pagan festival – the bulk of the people there
would be Pagan…or at least Pagan-friendly.
This is on a major street in our fairly large city that anyone and
everyone could drive down. Not my cup of
tea. And I certainly don’t fault her for
putting all her Witchiness out there for all the world to see. That’s wonderful. And we certainly need people to be the public
face for the Religion. I’m just not the
person for that. And I have no desire to
be that person either.
My Mom is coming up Saturday to take us to lunch and so we
can show off the house. Liz is the only
person we’ve invited over – she offered to take ALL of our boxes off our hands
(she and Julie are in the process of moving as well). So Mom’s the second person ever that we’ve
invited over. And then at 7 pm, we are
going to go over to Mike C.’s to celebrate the fact that he and Sarah got
hitched!
Sunday, David works 10 am to 6 pm. I have a feeling I’ll be decompressing from
all the socializing. Hopefully I can do
a bit of work on my room. I need to
switch Leviathan’s tank and desk with my computer desk. She’s staying too hot where she’s currently
located, so I’m hoping that by putting her tank and desk over one of the vents
in my room, it will help keep her a bit cooler.
If not? I dunno what I’m going to
do. She’s currently about 5 degrees over
her optimal temperature, which isn’t a big deal at the moment. I just worry how bad it will be when we really
get into summer and the days easily top out over 110 degrees.
Headed to bed now. I’m
utterly exhausted. Hopefully Friday will
be a good day.
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