Almost Finished
14 years ago
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Dissection of the frogs in Jr. High science class. C and I really got to 
know the frog well.
know the frog well. T and B at Natural Bridge near Casper. We took the opportunity to stop for a quick touristy break. Notice that C is not in the picture. We drug him along to state marching competition with a case of the flu.
Pictures for your enjoyment
The East High Band at state competition. This was a great competition because East "cleaned up!" B wanted to know why this is not a true competition anymore, with a 1st place and so on? I answered, "Because East always wins, so they felt it wasn't fair anymore."
Pictures for your enjoyment
Little T recieved his Pilot certification at Star Base. This is not an easy feat so we were pretty proud of him.
Wisconsin again!
Big T is in WI hunting deer with his brother. He will be gone for a week which means that he will return the day before Thanksgiving. I'm so glad he can hang out with the guys and shoot something. The boys and I are not cooking a thing while he's gone, and watching movies until all hours.
The boys and I are going to start cleaning up our new/recycled hot tub. Some friends of ours have given us a hot tub. It works great just needs a little cleaning and it will ready to go soon. I'm thinking it's just the ticket to relaxation. Watching the stars and possibly watching it snow from the warmth of a hot tub. OOH!
The boys and I are going to start cleaning up our new/recycled hot tub. Some friends of ours have given us a hot tub. It works great just needs a little cleaning and it will ready to go soon. I'm thinking it's just the ticket to relaxation. Watching the stars and possibly watching it snow from the warmth of a hot tub. OOH!
Patience
My friend T spoke of her struggles during a shopping experience this week in her blog. I too have similar experiences recently. I find my patience is shorter than usual.
This last week I decided to take Thursday off so I can attend C's student of the month luncheon at the school. The luncheon is a pretty big deal. The school brings in pizza, pop, and decorated cookies for the lunch. They also ask the student to invite a "favorite" teacher who will speak about why my son is worthy of student of the month. They ALSO give the recipients a pin, t-shirt, and certificate. Local school board members as well as the district superintendent is invited to celebrate our students success. Because the celebration was at 11:00 I decided that taking the whole day off would be beneficial to C and my mental state. I wouldn't have to hurry and I could get a ton of errands done.
One major errand, was that the van needed serviced and repaired because the message board was reading, TPMS fault. TPMS means that the tire pressure sensor is broke which means more time spent waiting for the car to get fixed. Oh well, I can use the time to grade papers, read, and relax, right? But after 90 minutes of waiting, I knew that I was going to freak out if they didn't get done quickly. The bad news just got worse, they couldn't fix the sensor so I will have to return to the service station, PLUS the sensor will cost $100 to fix. Do I need this sensor? Maintaince man says yes. The sensor won't be operable when I pick up a nail. What happened to the good old days when I felt a flat tire, or saw the tire was flat? Do I need to pay to figure this out?
Next errand, order my glasses and pick up contacts from the eye clinic. I recently have had trouble keeping my contacts in for extended amounts of time. After my last trip to the optometrist she felt that my prescription should change to a slightly lower power in the right eye. I tried this new contact for a week and found that I couldn't see to drive at night. I made a call to the clinic and they quickly changed the prescription back to the original power. I thought that it was funny that the contact lady didn't need to check with the doctor, but who was I to complain, this system was much quicker and didn't involve me going back to the doctor. So since I can't wear my contacts for a full day anymore, I have asked for a pair of new glasses for Christmas. I'd buy the Sarah Palin glasses, but those frames start at $300!
I've already picked out the glasses on a previous visit so this shouldn't take long, right? Think again! There is a list to put your name on just to start the process, and then you have to wait for every old person in town to be waited on while the customer service person asks their life story. When I do get waited on, the computer locks up and they can't find my glasses prescription. Do I happen to have mine in the car??? Yeah sure, I carry that around with me. (I would have, but I figured this was my normal eye doctor so why would i need it, they have it!) Nope, my glasses prescription is nowhere to be found, and oddly enough I DID have the prescription in the car. UGH! Remember I don't like the new prescription? Yep, that the one that is scribed on the paper and there is nothing that I can do to convince them that I want the old prescription. I've had the same prescription for ten years but that doesn't matter. Why does shopping have to be so hard? I'm ready to bail on the whole idea, my heart starts to beat faster and I have internal thoughts start racing in my head, "I need to get this done, I need to go, I don't really need these glasses, I'll be fine. Be patient, Be patient, Be patient," this is the statement I have to keep repeating to myself to keep from reaching over and throwing the computer.
This last week I decided to take Thursday off so I can attend C's student of the month luncheon at the school. The luncheon is a pretty big deal. The school brings in pizza, pop, and decorated cookies for the lunch. They also ask the student to invite a "favorite" teacher who will speak about why my son is worthy of student of the month. They ALSO give the recipients a pin, t-shirt, and certificate. Local school board members as well as the district superintendent is invited to celebrate our students success. Because the celebration was at 11:00 I decided that taking the whole day off would be beneficial to C and my mental state. I wouldn't have to hurry and I could get a ton of errands done.
One major errand, was that the van needed serviced and repaired because the message board was reading, TPMS fault. TPMS means that the tire pressure sensor is broke which means more time spent waiting for the car to get fixed. Oh well, I can use the time to grade papers, read, and relax, right? But after 90 minutes of waiting, I knew that I was going to freak out if they didn't get done quickly. The bad news just got worse, they couldn't fix the sensor so I will have to return to the service station, PLUS the sensor will cost $100 to fix. Do I need this sensor? Maintaince man says yes. The sensor won't be operable when I pick up a nail. What happened to the good old days when I felt a flat tire, or saw the tire was flat? Do I need to pay to figure this out?
Next errand, order my glasses and pick up contacts from the eye clinic. I recently have had trouble keeping my contacts in for extended amounts of time. After my last trip to the optometrist she felt that my prescription should change to a slightly lower power in the right eye. I tried this new contact for a week and found that I couldn't see to drive at night. I made a call to the clinic and they quickly changed the prescription back to the original power. I thought that it was funny that the contact lady didn't need to check with the doctor, but who was I to complain, this system was much quicker and didn't involve me going back to the doctor. So since I can't wear my contacts for a full day anymore, I have asked for a pair of new glasses for Christmas. I'd buy the Sarah Palin glasses, but those frames start at $300!
I've already picked out the glasses on a previous visit so this shouldn't take long, right? Think again! There is a list to put your name on just to start the process, and then you have to wait for every old person in town to be waited on while the customer service person asks their life story. When I do get waited on, the computer locks up and they can't find my glasses prescription. Do I happen to have mine in the car??? Yeah sure, I carry that around with me. (I would have, but I figured this was my normal eye doctor so why would i need it, they have it!) Nope, my glasses prescription is nowhere to be found, and oddly enough I DID have the prescription in the car. UGH! Remember I don't like the new prescription? Yep, that the one that is scribed on the paper and there is nothing that I can do to convince them that I want the old prescription. I've had the same prescription for ten years but that doesn't matter. Why does shopping have to be so hard? I'm ready to bail on the whole idea, my heart starts to beat faster and I have internal thoughts start racing in my head, "I need to get this done, I need to go, I don't really need these glasses, I'll be fine. Be patient, Be patient, Be patient," this is the statement I have to keep repeating to myself to keep from reaching over and throwing the computer.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
NCA Committee Visit
We did it! Today is the day we've been working toward for two years. I've been on the NCA steering committee preparing for the visiting team. These team members come from all over the state to come and collect artifacts that show/prove that we are accreditted. Of course we were nervous and I was starting to freak out. I just felt that there was still more to do.
Today the visiting team came and all went well, so one less thing to have to work on or go to meetings for.
Today the visiting team came and all went well, so one less thing to have to work on or go to meetings for.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Doctor
Yesterday I went to the doctor. I originally went to see if she could help me with my chronic headaches, but my symptoms have worsened. Instead of having my usual headaches, I've had increasing chest pain.
Years ago, right after I married T, I stared to experience a "flip" or pulsating feeling in my chest. It seemed like my heart would slow d o w n and then speed up. Sometimes it would seems as if it skipped a beat and then was hurrying to catch up. When this first started the doctor ran a few tests but found nothing. This crazy heart thing would only happen occasionally so he told me not to worry, this same sort of thing happens to thousands of people, in fact, most everyone. It is not usually felt by most people.
Last week I suffered from another migraine, so severe I left school. (Teachers don't EVER leave school unless they are dying) Along with my headaches, I've experienced the heart, "thing" but now it has progressed into a pressure across the entire chest, and shortness of breath.
RED FLAG!! REG FLAG!!
A long story short, the Nurse Practitioner talked for a LONG time about stress, cutting back, and prayerful consideration about what I need to cut out of my life. She perscribed medication that is a general do all, fix all medication. The medication starts with a P (I'll look it up later), which can be perscribed for regulating your heart rate, regulating migraines, helping with stage fright and lowering your blood pressure. The first day I felt like a car hit me, and I lacked engery. I'll let you know how things progress in the next few days.
Years ago, right after I married T, I stared to experience a "flip" or pulsating feeling in my chest. It seemed like my heart would slow d o w n and then speed up. Sometimes it would seems as if it skipped a beat and then was hurrying to catch up. When this first started the doctor ran a few tests but found nothing. This crazy heart thing would only happen occasionally so he told me not to worry, this same sort of thing happens to thousands of people, in fact, most everyone. It is not usually felt by most people.
Last week I suffered from another migraine, so severe I left school. (Teachers don't EVER leave school unless they are dying) Along with my headaches, I've experienced the heart, "thing" but now it has progressed into a pressure across the entire chest, and shortness of breath.
RED FLAG!! REG FLAG!!
A long story short, the Nurse Practitioner talked for a LONG time about stress, cutting back, and prayerful consideration about what I need to cut out of my life. She perscribed medication that is a general do all, fix all medication. The medication starts with a P (I'll look it up later), which can be perscribed for regulating your heart rate, regulating migraines, helping with stage fright and lowering your blood pressure. The first day I felt like a car hit me, and I lacked engery. I'll let you know how things progress in the next few days.
Finally
So I've finally found the time to start a new post. What could I tell you that has been going on since last...
~C is student of the month for the 7th grade. Pretty impressive when you think that the whole 7th grade has over 350 students.
~B went to State Marching Band competition as did his parents, as did his grandparents, aunt, uncle and cousins.
~T make gold honor roll
~Big T is ready to fall apart from the stress of owning his own business during this "recession," I'm not sure why he's worried, the calls are still coming in and he heard yesterday that his previous employeer is laying everyone off in two weeks. I'm so happy for Big T, he's headed off to W.I. to go deer hunting with his bro.
I went out on Friday last week, and enjoyed the red wine a little too much. The good news is that I got my first shot at Karaoke and can't wait to go at it again.
~C is student of the month for the 7th grade. Pretty impressive when you think that the whole 7th grade has over 350 students.
~B went to State Marching Band competition as did his parents, as did his grandparents, aunt, uncle and cousins.
~T make gold honor roll
~Big T is ready to fall apart from the stress of owning his own business during this "recession," I'm not sure why he's worried, the calls are still coming in and he heard yesterday that his previous employeer is laying everyone off in two weeks. I'm so happy for Big T, he's headed off to W.I. to go deer hunting with his bro.
I went out on Friday last week, and enjoyed the red wine a little too much. The good news is that I got my first shot at Karaoke and can't wait to go at it again.
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