good morning.
i'm going to a class all day today to get a 1/2 of a graduate credit.
not too bad, eh? i don't have time or committment to do the "sit in class 3 times/week for an hour for 15 weeks" to get my credits so i'm slamming them out of the way like this. plus, it's only $15, which is not bad for college credit. yay! hopefully it will be an interesting class. if not, i'll cancel the other 2 that i'm signed up for by the end of this year.
the sun is shining already--i hope it doens't turn out to be a good beach day, or i'll be ticked!!!
matt got his first paycheck yesterday!!! hooray!!!
now we can breathe (and spend!) a little easier...
last night matt and i went out to walgreens, which was hoppin at 9 pm, surprisingly. anyways, we went to purchase a heating pad because unfortunately, i think i have a superficial blood clot in my leg again. so we brought it home and matt got it out of the wrapper for me and i picked it up without paying attention and then started gagging! ha! the material on the outside of it feels like the car ceiling interior (and the good family knows how they used to torment me by scratching their fingers on the ceilings of our cars and drive me crazy!!! i still have the emotional scars!). it was a rather funny scene, matt saying we could take it back and me saying i wanted to conquer it. i did end up conquering it, but not without squealing and gagging some more. we all have a little bit of sensory defensiveness, whether it be hearing nails on the chalkboard, touching cotton balls or cotton at the top of a vitamin jar (gag just thinking about), chewing yarn, chewing tin foil, hearing fork scrape on a plate (michelle good), etc. so in ryan style, i'm taking a survey of everyone's worst sensory overload nightmare.
have a good day everyone, i must be going!
tracey
Wednesday, March 24, 2004
yes!
it's wednesday!
seven more days until spring break, people!!!!
and we'll be seeing the sanford part of the family, as well as babu and mama matthew.
quality time will be spent (at sonic, i'm sure).
dad, make sure you bring all the stuff for your tanzania deal--i can't believe you haven't blogged about it yet!
we want details!!!!
i finally got to see new videos of sweet hannah! she is sitting up and being bald and cute!
i can't wait to see that girl in a few weeks!
nothing much new here, really.
just doing the norm things.
actually, i'm taking a "class" for graduate credit, which is a cool program for educators to research and implement new materials/techniques, etc. it requires 15 hours of out of work preparation, which is nothing, really. i have 5.5 hours logged already for this week, and it's something i've been wanting to do forever, but haven't been motivated. my project involves creating activities for children with language disorders based on children's literature (that corresponds with california literacy standards). i'm pretty pumped! plus, it adds up for salary advancement (which is a ways off, since i need 14 more credits to hop up to the next level). but either way, it feels good to be researching and being creative and using my brain instead of doing the same old same old.
i'm going to paint our kitchen this weekend. i've been wanting to forever, but haven't been able to decide on a color. i think i've finally settled on a deep red color (cherry cobbler, to paint freaks)--it was between that and purple, and matt preferred the red. it seems like it will be pretty bold, but the amount of wall actually being covered is not that much, with cupboards and appliances and all.
matt is out returning a video and picking up postage stamps (and hopefully some cookie dough!). and i'm listening to the song matt and i danced to at our wedding, which i loved, because everyone was silent (and doesn't it seem like people rudely chat throughout the dances at weddings nowadays?) and the world stopped and the best lyrics of all (which have nearly been fulfilled) filled the place:
we don't need a lot of money
we'll be sleeping on the beach
keeping oceans within reach
(whatever private oceans conjure up for free)
i will stumble there with you
and you'll be laughing close with me
trying not to make a scene
etcetera whatever
i guess all i really mean
is we're gonna be alright
yeah, we're gonna be alright
you can close your eyes tonight
cause we're gonna be alright...
-over the rhine
and God is always good, because we are alright! :)
it's wednesday!
seven more days until spring break, people!!!!
and we'll be seeing the sanford part of the family, as well as babu and mama matthew.
quality time will be spent (at sonic, i'm sure).
dad, make sure you bring all the stuff for your tanzania deal--i can't believe you haven't blogged about it yet!
we want details!!!!
i finally got to see new videos of sweet hannah! she is sitting up and being bald and cute!
i can't wait to see that girl in a few weeks!
nothing much new here, really.
just doing the norm things.
actually, i'm taking a "class" for graduate credit, which is a cool program for educators to research and implement new materials/techniques, etc. it requires 15 hours of out of work preparation, which is nothing, really. i have 5.5 hours logged already for this week, and it's something i've been wanting to do forever, but haven't been motivated. my project involves creating activities for children with language disorders based on children's literature (that corresponds with california literacy standards). i'm pretty pumped! plus, it adds up for salary advancement (which is a ways off, since i need 14 more credits to hop up to the next level). but either way, it feels good to be researching and being creative and using my brain instead of doing the same old same old.
i'm going to paint our kitchen this weekend. i've been wanting to forever, but haven't been able to decide on a color. i think i've finally settled on a deep red color (cherry cobbler, to paint freaks)--it was between that and purple, and matt preferred the red. it seems like it will be pretty bold, but the amount of wall actually being covered is not that much, with cupboards and appliances and all.
matt is out returning a video and picking up postage stamps (and hopefully some cookie dough!). and i'm listening to the song matt and i danced to at our wedding, which i loved, because everyone was silent (and doesn't it seem like people rudely chat throughout the dances at weddings nowadays?) and the world stopped and the best lyrics of all (which have nearly been fulfilled) filled the place:
we don't need a lot of money
we'll be sleeping on the beach
keeping oceans within reach
(whatever private oceans conjure up for free)
i will stumble there with you
and you'll be laughing close with me
trying not to make a scene
etcetera whatever
i guess all i really mean
is we're gonna be alright
yeah, we're gonna be alright
you can close your eyes tonight
cause we're gonna be alright...
-over the rhine
and God is always good, because we are alright! :)