The scheduling for my job has been all over the place. Apparently the computer that are in charge of the teacher's schedules aren't working properly. It's a huge pain in the butt.
I just checked my email and found several emails notifying me of some canceled sessions. But, this is how efficient everything is run. I got an email saying my 4:00 session was canceled..... they sent me the email at 6:27! Ahhhh.....
Thankfully I have 12 hours scheduled for this week. My goal is to get at least 12 hours every week, so that's a good thing.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
Family visit
My mom and sister just left to head back to Rhode Island :-(
The weekend went really well. We went to the aquarium yesterday. I was nervous that big crowds, lots of sound, and weird lighting would make Ryleigh upset. Nope. She loved looking into the fish tanks and watching the lights reflect on the water. A few times she actually paid attention to the fish as well. And she really enjoyed watching the sharks in the shark tunnel. The only tricky part of the day was when she was hungry and I had to feed her amongst all the people there!
After the aquarium we went to dinner at Red Lobster.... yes, we saw the irony in that. Then we rented a movie and relaxed and talked. It was so nice to see my sister. I'm so glad she finally got to meet the baby! It's just hard not knowing when we'll see her again :-(
She enjoyed being carried around so she could check out all the people and animals. (Her daddy loved showing her everything and telling her about the fish :-)
This was in the shark tunnel. She just sat and stared as they swam past her.
This picture actually came out nice, even though it's tricky taking pictures through glass. I am so glad I have a nice camera to document everything now!!
The weekend went really well. We went to the aquarium yesterday. I was nervous that big crowds, lots of sound, and weird lighting would make Ryleigh upset. Nope. She loved looking into the fish tanks and watching the lights reflect on the water. A few times she actually paid attention to the fish as well. And she really enjoyed watching the sharks in the shark tunnel. The only tricky part of the day was when she was hungry and I had to feed her amongst all the people there!
After the aquarium we went to dinner at Red Lobster.... yes, we saw the irony in that. Then we rented a movie and relaxed and talked. It was so nice to see my sister. I'm so glad she finally got to meet the baby! It's just hard not knowing when we'll see her again :-(
She enjoyed being carried around so she could check out all the people and animals. (Her daddy loved showing her everything and telling her about the fish :-)
This was in the shark tunnel. She just sat and stared as they swam past her.
This picture actually came out nice, even though it's tricky taking pictures through glass. I am so glad I have a nice camera to document everything now!!
Thursday, March 26, 2009
My brain hurts!
I went to the Social Security Administration office today. Ryleigh's SS card still hasn't come in the mail, so I went to go get a copy.
On the front door of the building there was a sign that said, "Cell phone use prohibited in the waiting room". So, I stopped, turned my cell phone off, and went into the waiting room. I looked around and saw 7 people on cell phones! One person was sitting directly under another copy of the sign, while talking under her phone... I wanted to take a pic of the irony, but my cell phone was off so I couldn't. Haha. As I sat and waited for 2 hours I even saw the security guard talking on her cell phone. Ahh! Can't people read? Or maybe "prohibited" is such a big word that they don't know what it means!
After my 2 hour wait I got called in. I was asked for ID for Ryleigh. I had her birth certificate. I was told that doesn't count as ID for a baby. The woman told me, "It only proves that she was born, it doesn't prove that she didn't die". Ahhhhhh! So, I asked what a proper form of ID is, and she said I need to get her Dr. to write her name and birth date on a prescription paper. How the heck is a state issued birth certificate not enough ID, but a hand-written name and date is??
What has happened to this country?? It's full of morons!
On the front door of the building there was a sign that said, "Cell phone use prohibited in the waiting room". So, I stopped, turned my cell phone off, and went into the waiting room. I looked around and saw 7 people on cell phones! One person was sitting directly under another copy of the sign, while talking under her phone... I wanted to take a pic of the irony, but my cell phone was off so I couldn't. Haha. As I sat and waited for 2 hours I even saw the security guard talking on her cell phone. Ahh! Can't people read? Or maybe "prohibited" is such a big word that they don't know what it means!
After my 2 hour wait I got called in. I was asked for ID for Ryleigh. I had her birth certificate. I was told that doesn't count as ID for a baby. The woman told me, "It only proves that she was born, it doesn't prove that she didn't die". Ahhhhhh! So, I asked what a proper form of ID is, and she said I need to get her Dr. to write her name and birth date on a prescription paper. How the heck is a state issued birth certificate not enough ID, but a hand-written name and date is??
What has happened to this country?? It's full of morons!
Learn how to write correctly!!
One of my biggest pet peeves is educated people who use improper grammar and sentence structure. I've seen job descriptions on career builder with tons of mistakes. All I can think is, "why would I want to work for people who can't even write a paragraph correctly? Who knows what else they would screw up".
I'm not talking about a missing comma here and there. That's forgivable. I'm talking about things like your/you're. It's not that hard people! 2nd graders know the correct word to use.
Anyway, an email I got yesterday was particularly bad. Apparently a supervisor that works for Sylvan Online decided to quit her job. She didn't just settle on sending a letter to her supervisor telling him she was quitting. She sent an email out to every single person in the company! It wasn't an accident, she actually meant to do it. But the entire email was full of run-on sentences, improper grammar, and horrible sentence structure. Here's the opening 2 sentences of her email...
I would just like to say that I feel the Educate Online program is a very good idea and has helped many kids with bettering there education. With that said I feel that as a company Educate Online is not doing what they can to give these families and these children the best tutoring available.
I feel like those sentences should be on the SATs, in the section where you need to correct all the mistakes. Seriously, this woman was a tutor!!
In conclusion, I will leave you with a another quote from her email...
I think this program could be great but some changes and I mean changes need to be made.
Ha!
I'm not talking about a missing comma here and there. That's forgivable. I'm talking about things like your/you're. It's not that hard people! 2nd graders know the correct word to use.
Anyway, an email I got yesterday was particularly bad. Apparently a supervisor that works for Sylvan Online decided to quit her job. She didn't just settle on sending a letter to her supervisor telling him she was quitting. She sent an email out to every single person in the company! It wasn't an accident, she actually meant to do it. But the entire email was full of run-on sentences, improper grammar, and horrible sentence structure. Here's the opening 2 sentences of her email...
I would just like to say that I feel the Educate Online program is a very good idea and has helped many kids with bettering there education. With that said I feel that as a company Educate Online is not doing what they can to give these families and these children the best tutoring available.
I feel like those sentences should be on the SATs, in the section where you need to correct all the mistakes. Seriously, this woman was a tutor!!
In conclusion, I will leave you with a another quote from her email...
I think this program could be great but some changes and I mean changes need to be made.
Ha!
Monday, March 23, 2009
I feel like I should update
I feel like I should update my blog, but nothing interesting has happened.
We packed a little yesterday. We mostly did it to try and make room for when my mom and sister get here. Yes, they are staying in our house. Haha. It should be interesting.
I bought stuff from someone off of Craigslist for the first time. Actually, it was kind of interesting. This old woman died and her daughters are selling all of her stuff. This woman was a collector. She collected apple decor and dolls. I wish I could have taken a picture of all the dolls she had! Two full rooms of dolls. Both rooms had shelves along all the walls, and all the shelves were full! One of the daughters said they had sold about 1,500 so far and there were still thousands left! She also had tons of apple decor. I bought a spice cabinet and a couple of wall decorations. Even though I settled on an Americana theme for my future kitchen I figured a couple of countryish apple things would be okay too, especially since they were so cheap!
I cannot wait to move!!!!
We packed a little yesterday. We mostly did it to try and make room for when my mom and sister get here. Yes, they are staying in our house. Haha. It should be interesting.
I bought stuff from someone off of Craigslist for the first time. Actually, it was kind of interesting. This old woman died and her daughters are selling all of her stuff. This woman was a collector. She collected apple decor and dolls. I wish I could have taken a picture of all the dolls she had! Two full rooms of dolls. Both rooms had shelves along all the walls, and all the shelves were full! One of the daughters said they had sold about 1,500 so far and there were still thousands left! She also had tons of apple decor. I bought a spice cabinet and a couple of wall decorations. Even though I settled on an Americana theme for my future kitchen I figured a couple of countryish apple things would be okay too, especially since they were so cheap!
I cannot wait to move!!!!
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