Today was a fun day.
I had my first round of babysitting for this family today. The door was open when I arrived because there were workers installing a fireplace (or rather the stone around one) and only the middle daughter was findable. She remembered my name and seemed delighted to see me, which was encouraging. I got her to explain her LEGO house to me, and we repaired all the damage her baby sister had done to it.
Everyone else was upstairs. The oldest daughter made an appearance first, and she was obviously a little more wary of me. She's a lot less of an attention-seeker and it's clear that she neither minds nor desires my presence. I like her. Eventually the mother came downstairs, when the baby was finally asleep. She made tea -- in an actual teapot, which was apparently the first thing she unpacked -- and spent the rest of my stay moving between the garage and the house as she unpacked and sorted. The girls "unpacked" some things as well, which stressed her out more. Oops.
On the way home I stopped at the local Trader Joe's to pick up shelf-stable Indian food. I also grabbed a box of couscous, which I used for lunch, and a bag of Inner Peas which will probably be gone by Sunday because they are so delicious.
I had a homework crunch tonight:
Showing posts with label School. Show all posts
Showing posts with label School. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
College Tantrums
Okay, so normally I think it's rude to gossip about strangers, and that's because it is, but sometimes, they really truly deserve to be talked about. I feel like today is one of those days, and this is just one of those things that man, this girl was asking for it. So we're going to have a little lesson here. Gather 'round, children, and we're going to learn how respectable college students don't act.
My English teacher has a fairly strict attendance policy. He takes roll exactly once per class period, when class is supposed to start. He goes through the roll alphabetically, calling each name up to three times (last name -- last name slower and clearer -- full name) before moving on to the next. If a student does not answer their name, they are marked absent. Five absences is an automatic "F" in the course. This is a big deal.
(It also caused me quite a bit of stress my first semester, because for religious reasons I would be missing, you guessed it, five days of class. He annoyed me to no end with his insistence that I run around campus and find all the hoops to jump through, but I'm now grateful that he made me learn exactly what I had to do to get an excused absence for religious observance. Once we figured out the legal and administrative bits, he was happy to not count me absent -- it's illegal to do that if the absence is religious, in this state -- and work with me on how to make up the work I missed. He's pretty cool.)
My English teacher has a fairly strict attendance policy. He takes roll exactly once per class period, when class is supposed to start. He goes through the roll alphabetically, calling each name up to three times (last name -- last name slower and clearer -- full name) before moving on to the next. If a student does not answer their name, they are marked absent. Five absences is an automatic "F" in the course. This is a big deal.
(It also caused me quite a bit of stress my first semester, because for religious reasons I would be missing, you guessed it, five days of class. He annoyed me to no end with his insistence that I run around campus and find all the hoops to jump through, but I'm now grateful that he made me learn exactly what I had to do to get an excused absence for religious observance. Once we figured out the legal and administrative bits, he was happy to not count me absent -- it's illegal to do that if the absence is religious, in this state -- and work with me on how to make up the work I missed. He's pretty cool.)
Monday, January 26, 2015
Sex Class And 3GT
My Monday night class is a psychology/sociology course called Human Sexuality, and tonight was my first night. Holy cow, am I going to love this class.
The teacher is funny, sarcastic, and very chill about everything -- including the fact that he routinely annoys the professors of neighboring classes by talking about sex while they're trying to teach math or English or other innocuous subjects. The students were all there and most of them seemed comfortable. There are plenty of students there because they're majoring in psychology and practically have to take it, so those are the ones to be wary of, but as a general rule I think we should be okay.
It's a hybrid class, which means it only meets every other week on average (out of the 15 Mondays in the semester, we'll be meeting on 8 and staying home for 7). This probably means better discussions where the two or three other too-comfortable people and I don't totally dominate -- although I have some mad typing skills and don't mind long responses so I'll probably dominate anyway.
In the interest of not squicking out or boring my readers (or reader, as the case probably is), I'll likely not talk too much about this particular class. I'll try to limit myself to long discussions with Ian and some of my more open-minded friends!
And now, time for the return of my weekly series, 3 Good Things! This list is for January 19 - January 25, so Monday-Sunday. It's confusing because I can fit an entire week on one page, but my week starts on Thursday because New Year was on a Thursday, so I'm basically doing halfway through one page to halfway through the next page. It's kind of awkward, but I like adding the positivity to my Mondays, so we're sticking with it.
The teacher is funny, sarcastic, and very chill about everything -- including the fact that he routinely annoys the professors of neighboring classes by talking about sex while they're trying to teach math or English or other innocuous subjects. The students were all there and most of them seemed comfortable. There are plenty of students there because they're majoring in psychology and practically have to take it, so those are the ones to be wary of, but as a general rule I think we should be okay.
It's a hybrid class, which means it only meets every other week on average (out of the 15 Mondays in the semester, we'll be meeting on 8 and staying home for 7). This probably means better discussions where the two or three other too-comfortable people and I don't totally dominate -- although I have some mad typing skills and don't mind long responses so I'll probably dominate anyway.
In the interest of not squicking out or boring my readers (or reader, as the case probably is), I'll likely not talk too much about this particular class. I'll try to limit myself to long discussions with Ian and some of my more open-minded friends!
And now, time for the return of my weekly series, 3 Good Things! This list is for January 19 - January 25, so Monday-Sunday. It's confusing because I can fit an entire week on one page, but my week starts on Thursday because New Year was on a Thursday, so I'm basically doing halfway through one page to halfway through the next page. It's kind of awkward, but I like adding the positivity to my Mondays, so we're sticking with it.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Last First Day Of School (Here)
My last semester at my junior college started today.
I feel weird about this.
This is my fifth semester, technically, although I've only been full-time for four of them. The first semester was a dual-credit class (I took General Psychology from the best teacher ever, who I'm going to make a concerted effort to go visit sometime this semester), so it doesn't really count.
I had four of my five classes start today. The last one starts on Monday, and is a hybrid course so we'll only be meeting on campus about every other week. The rest of the time will be online work and discussions, which is great. That's the psychology class, Human Sexuality. I'm excited. The professor seems to be a ton of fun, from his website and introduction to us.
If you're interested, I'll give you a little blurb about each of my classes this semester.
I feel weird about this.
This is my fifth semester, technically, although I've only been full-time for four of them. The first semester was a dual-credit class (I took General Psychology from the best teacher ever, who I'm going to make a concerted effort to go visit sometime this semester), so it doesn't really count.
I had four of my five classes start today. The last one starts on Monday, and is a hybrid course so we'll only be meeting on campus about every other week. The rest of the time will be online work and discussions, which is great. That's the psychology class, Human Sexuality. I'm excited. The professor seems to be a ton of fun, from his website and introduction to us.
If you're interested, I'll give you a little blurb about each of my classes this semester.
Sunday, March 9, 2014
How To Juggle
In like a lion, out like a lamb.
I'm pretty sure this saying is supposed to apply to the month of February. This year, in this part of the world. February pounced on us with its giant lion paws, and then laughed gleefully. This year, it was more like In like a lion, out like an enormous grizzly bear. Oy vey.
I'm well aware how pathetic it is to complain about temperatures in the 30s and 40s (-1° to 10° Celsius), but this is Texas and frankly no one else is aware of that fact. So while I'm trying to grit my teeth and remind myself that 30°F (-1° Celsius) is really good for this time of year, it's all too easy to start whining. But at least we're getting that lovely grey winter weather. Precipitation and all that good stuff.
In the midst of all this winter, I'm on spring break. Oh, the pink fluffy irony. While washing dishes on Friday I started mumbling to myself about juggling, and this happened:
I'm pretty sure this saying is supposed to apply to the month of February. This year, in this part of the world. February pounced on us with its giant lion paws, and then laughed gleefully. This year, it was more like In like a lion, out like an enormous grizzly bear. Oy vey.
I'm well aware how pathetic it is to complain about temperatures in the 30s and 40s (-1° to 10° Celsius), but this is Texas and frankly no one else is aware of that fact. So while I'm trying to grit my teeth and remind myself that 30°F (-1° Celsius) is really good for this time of year, it's all too easy to start whining. But at least we're getting that lovely grey winter weather. Precipitation and all that good stuff.
In the midst of all this winter, I'm on spring break. Oh, the pink fluffy irony. While washing dishes on Friday I started mumbling to myself about juggling, and this happened:
How To Juggle (In Just Two Steps)
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