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1 Who do you know would be more likely to stress over small stuff?
I think there are many definitions of what "the small stuff" is. I stress over anything I have to do that is not planned in advance, or any event I plan for the school. My hubby stresses over messes. Personally, I think that is much smaller than my issues, but to him it must be super important.
2. Who do you know would be more likely to win at Hide and Seek?
My students sometimes hide when I am out of the room. Sometimes it is super cute, sometimes it is annoying LOL. Like 1st and 2nd graders hiding under the table or behind a board in the classroom is cute because I can find them right away and they are not trying to take up extra time or anything. Then there are the big kids that "hide" in the next room, pretending not to be at class. I'm not going to go over there and convince them to come inside. I just start the class and wait for them to trail in.
3 Who do you know would be more likely to live the longest?
My family is pretty long-living, so is my hubby's mother's family - so if we take care, we may live into our 90s too. I don't have any relatives in their 100s though.
4. Who do you know would be more likely to own up to their own mistakes?
My mom, maybe. My dad was horrible and so is hubby. I try to own up and even hesitate to make bold statements because I hate being wrong but I don't want to be like my dad (or hubby) either.
5. Who do you know would be more likely to name their pet something gloriously ridiculous?
I don't know what constitutes gloriously ridiculous. My students' pet is called Tart (the food), others we see outside are named Salt, Mocka (a black poodle LOL), Choco... Weird (and yummy), but not gloriously ridiculous LOL
I've read a bunch of books in the past week or so. They ranged from fantasy to scifi with similar themes of feminism, racism, life choices, depression etc. The Year of the Witching was a fantasy about a girl born with witch powers in a place where the patriarchal(societal/controlling) and matriarchal (nature/witches) religions were at war with each other. It was the kind of book that I would have enjoyed studying in school with all the underlining themes and meanings, too many to go into in detail here. Troubled Blood (by JK Rowling under another pseudonym) was a murder mystery but also included a lot of mystical beliefs, thoughts about "the person behind the mask," discrimination of women in the workplace and other. There were similar themes with the previous book on motherhood. The Midnight Library was about a girl who's depression overwhelms her after the death of her cat and losing her job and she overdoses. She enters an in-between world "the library" where she is able to experience various other versions of her life and decide which life she will live. This one was similar in situation to my next book Departure, which was about a group of people who are taken to the future to try to fix a disaster they would create if they continued down the same path. Seeing the mistakes they make, they decide to act differently on their return. Then, When No One is Watching. This was a suspense/horror story about one black girl and one white guy in an old black community in Brooklyn. As the two main characters suffered from depression, the book reminded me of the Midnight Library. The alcohol and the drug use (not illegal) to escape from their pain makes them pretty vulnerable and unsure of what they are experiencing and adds to the suspense of the story. It was also scary because although it is fiction, the situation is based on very real racial strife.
Anyway, I enjoyed them all and it was fun to find similarities and differences.
The barbecue was fun. The weather was perfect. Alex and Julian were wonderful and the students and families really enjoyed it. We made hamburgers. We bought some really nice buns (yellow buns, probably with egg in them) from COSTCO for everyone. We also made s'mores. I prepared a special bun for myself with coconut flour and that tasted better than I imagined but was also quite dense and filling so I couldn't finish it. I ate around half of the hamburger with the bun and the rest of the filling without.
The barbecue was on Sunday and we were all pooped by the end and lay down for naps as soon as we got home. I got thank you e-mails from two families, which was quite special. I had work on Monday so that was tough too, even though I had the morning to recuperate. I was so tired by the end of the day. Tuesday I forgot that I had choir practice in the morning and was a bit late but I was glad to be able to go after missing the Sunday practice.
Audrey had midterms so she couldn't go to the barbecue. She had only 5 subjects and finished today. They always have short days on exam days so the first day was three subjects, the second day was two. She came home for lunch both days. I haven't asked her how it was, but I think she worked pretty hard so I hope her efforts pay off.
Alex had his orientation "ceremony" with his company. He met the other 7 new employees (starting in April), the Department Head, Administrator and President. He told me they had lunch together at a hotel restaurant in the same building as the company. It was a French course meal! Wow. He was nervous but he seemed to have been able to talk with the others and glean some information on where they were from and which universities they went to etc.
He came home with a colleague that lives in the same direction.
I am now watching New Amsterdam on Amazon Prime and enjoying that as well. Anyone watched/ing it?
Here are some pictures from this week.
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I think there are many definitions of what "the small stuff" is. I stress over anything I have to do that is not planned in advance, or any event I plan for the school. My hubby stresses over messes. Personally, I think that is much smaller than my issues, but to him it must be super important.
2. Who do you know would be more likely to win at Hide and Seek?
My students sometimes hide when I am out of the room. Sometimes it is super cute, sometimes it is annoying LOL. Like 1st and 2nd graders hiding under the table or behind a board in the classroom is cute because I can find them right away and they are not trying to take up extra time or anything. Then there are the big kids that "hide" in the next room, pretending not to be at class. I'm not going to go over there and convince them to come inside. I just start the class and wait for them to trail in.
3 Who do you know would be more likely to live the longest?
My family is pretty long-living, so is my hubby's mother's family - so if we take care, we may live into our 90s too. I don't have any relatives in their 100s though.
4. Who do you know would be more likely to own up to their own mistakes?
My mom, maybe. My dad was horrible and so is hubby. I try to own up and even hesitate to make bold statements because I hate being wrong but I don't want to be like my dad (or hubby) either.
5. Who do you know would be more likely to name their pet something gloriously ridiculous?
I don't know what constitutes gloriously ridiculous. My students' pet is called Tart (the food), others we see outside are named Salt, Mocka (a black poodle LOL), Choco... Weird (and yummy), but not gloriously ridiculous LOL
I've read a bunch of books in the past week or so. They ranged from fantasy to scifi with similar themes of feminism, racism, life choices, depression etc. The Year of the Witching was a fantasy about a girl born with witch powers in a place where the patriarchal(societal/controlling) and matriarchal (nature/witches) religions were at war with each other. It was the kind of book that I would have enjoyed studying in school with all the underlining themes and meanings, too many to go into in detail here. Troubled Blood (by JK Rowling under another pseudonym) was a murder mystery but also included a lot of mystical beliefs, thoughts about "the person behind the mask," discrimination of women in the workplace and other. There were similar themes with the previous book on motherhood. The Midnight Library was about a girl who's depression overwhelms her after the death of her cat and losing her job and she overdoses. She enters an in-between world "the library" where she is able to experience various other versions of her life and decide which life she will live. This one was similar in situation to my next book Departure, which was about a group of people who are taken to the future to try to fix a disaster they would create if they continued down the same path. Seeing the mistakes they make, they decide to act differently on their return. Then, When No One is Watching. This was a suspense/horror story about one black girl and one white guy in an old black community in Brooklyn. As the two main characters suffered from depression, the book reminded me of the Midnight Library. The alcohol and the drug use (not illegal) to escape from their pain makes them pretty vulnerable and unsure of what they are experiencing and adds to the suspense of the story. It was also scary because although it is fiction, the situation is based on very real racial strife.
Anyway, I enjoyed them all and it was fun to find similarities and differences.
The barbecue was fun. The weather was perfect. Alex and Julian were wonderful and the students and families really enjoyed it. We made hamburgers. We bought some really nice buns (yellow buns, probably with egg in them) from COSTCO for everyone. We also made s'mores. I prepared a special bun for myself with coconut flour and that tasted better than I imagined but was also quite dense and filling so I couldn't finish it. I ate around half of the hamburger with the bun and the rest of the filling without.
The barbecue was on Sunday and we were all pooped by the end and lay down for naps as soon as we got home. I got thank you e-mails from two families, which was quite special. I had work on Monday so that was tough too, even though I had the morning to recuperate. I was so tired by the end of the day. Tuesday I forgot that I had choir practice in the morning and was a bit late but I was glad to be able to go after missing the Sunday practice.
Audrey had midterms so she couldn't go to the barbecue. She had only 5 subjects and finished today. They always have short days on exam days so the first day was three subjects, the second day was two. She came home for lunch both days. I haven't asked her how it was, but I think she worked pretty hard so I hope her efforts pay off.
Alex had his orientation "ceremony" with his company. He met the other 7 new employees (starting in April), the Department Head, Administrator and President. He told me they had lunch together at a hotel restaurant in the same building as the company. It was a French course meal! Wow. He was nervous but he seemed to have been able to talk with the others and glean some information on where they were from and which universities they went to etc.
He came home with a colleague that lives in the same direction.
I am now watching New Amsterdam on Amazon Prime and enjoying that as well. Anyone watched/ing it?
Here are some pictures from this week.
( Read more... )
