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Working from home, I’ve fallen into a routine, and failed to realize that today was a scheduled day off. I had a couple students ask yesterday whether we were having school today, which prompted me to look at the school calendar. Happy Friday everyone.
I took it to the shop anyway.
Got the mower out on Monday. It’s making a grinding sound and doesn’t move in reverse. Going to take it in to the shop today. The grass should be about 2 feet tall by the time I get the mower back.
It’s always cool when a former student comes back to visit. My first year of teaching was a long-term sub job in fourth grade, that was supposed to be a couple months and turned into the whole year. About halfway through the year I had a new student transfer in, we’ll call him Steve. He had a volatile home life with an alcoholic step-father. As a result, he acted out at school … a lot. The next year, I was hired full time for fifth grade. And guess who was in my class again. Fast forward a few years, and I was in my classroom after school one day, when a young man in an Army uniform walked in. Steve. Turns out the stepdad died a couple years after he was in my class, and mom moved back to Texas. When he was old enough, he filed for emancipation from his mother and enrolled himself in a military school. He told me that he decided to go to military school because he remembered my classroom as the only time anyone disciplined him in a non-abusive way, and he realized that he craved and needed discipline. Well he graduated top of his class.
I took down my in-law’s silo many years ago. The barn had burned down and the farm was up for sale. Mother-in-law had moved out. It was just me and a sledge hammer. Betty wanted some of the concrete staves to use as pavers for a walkway from our driveway to the front door. Not many survived.
FTP for Friday. I’ve lost a few ammo boxes, too. Now I mostly only put ammo boxes out in places where there is little activity by non-cachers. Right now, though, my biggest issue is Spring road closures. A lot of the gravel access roads on the Mead Wildlife Area are closed to vehicle traffic in the spring to minimize rutting of the roads and associated repairs. I had to replace a cache yesterday that I can normally drive right up to, but yesterday it was a 1.6 mile walk.
Happy Earth Day. Wish there was a CITO event around here … or anywhere.
Solved a puzzle today, with a little help from a friend. Thanks, Marie.
And now it’s Sunday. Sunday Funday. Planning to make a trip to town for essentials. Mom is almost out of wine.
Wine is an essential staple here also. But, it seems that we have an endless supply of it.
We have a fair stockpile of wine, too. This is for my mom, who lives in an assisted living facility. She has a small glass of wine in the evening. She discovered wine-in-a-box before she moved to the assisted living, and a box lasts her 2 weeks or more.
And now it’s Sunday. Sunday Funday. Planning to make a trip to town for essentials. Mom is almost out of wine.
Now, without singling anyone out, it is my opinion that the WGA should not be rallying to shut down all state parks and natural areas as long as the governor has not ordered them closed. .
OK, but you DID single someone out at the beginning of this thread. The WGA is NOT “rallying to shut down all state parks and natural areas.” The WGA is not making an official stance on the matter, largely because we have no control over how the state government chooses to react to the Covid situation. The comment that you referenced was made by an individual member of the board, expressing his personal opinion, not the direction or consensus of the board as a whole.
FTP for Saturday! Like that makes a difference. Just spent 20 minutes emailing with a parent.
I use a 23 foot long extension pole to clean off the solar panels on my roof. This morning one section of the pole wouldn’t extend. After disassembling it, I found that one of the pieces was broken. I’ve had this pole for over two years, well past the one year warranty period. I contacted the manufacturer, “Mr. Longarm,” and was told that they would replace that part free of charge. I just had to pay $3.90 for shipping. The customer service rep even offered me a replacement for the same part for the second section of the pole, even though it was not broken. I told her that it was fine, but she suggested that I get it now so that I would have a spare in case it broke in the future. How’s that for customer service?
And even better, the replacement parts arrived in the mail today, two days from when I called, sent from Missouri. The masks that Betty ordered on April 5, on the other hand, have not even been shipped yet.
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Khakis?
No, jeans will do. Then I can go out and find a lonely cache after the meeting.
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