Well, perhaps not. And I've not really lost it. I'm just so damned busy now! There is so much to read and remember. I'm having a blast, really. I enjoy the challenge of new ideas. We're two weeks into the semester and I don't think I have the time management figured out. Time management has been a weakness of mine forever. I always got poor marks in grade school on the category "Uses Time Wisely." Oy.
But I miss spewing my guts here on this bloggie thing. And I'm visiting the odd blog here and there, now and again when I can sneak one in, but it isn't the same. Perhaps I can get my life organized a bit better and have more time to read the blogs. I miss each one of you, even the ones who won't see this post because they don't read my blog.
So let me tell you what I did today. Well, there was that nap. It was lovely. I had to nap in order to have the energy to shop. There is lots of homework to do, some of which I have finished. But I have lots of reading yet to do. But I'm not telling you about that now. I'm telling you about what all I got today.
My student loan money came through and I finally got my share. The lender sends the money to the school. The school takes what it needs for tuition and fees and such then cuts a check to the student (me, in this case) for the remaining balance. I picked up my check late last week, and deposited it in the bank Friday. I've been waiting for it 'cause I need some stuff.
This afternoon I went out to get some stuff. I got a new printer, an HP Photosmart printer-scanner-copier. I paid less than the price posted in that link there, too. We've had an HP printer for a while. It's at least 11 years old. It was a gift from my step-mother when Sproing joined our family. He had his 11th birthday yesterday. Happy Birthday Sproing! The old printer we have is slow and sometimes doesn't like to talk to the computer, but it still works. This new one is superfancy. Of course I'm comparing it to an 11 year old model, so it looks great by comparison. It's a wireless printer. Superman got it all set up for me, and now I can click the print icon on my documents and ta-da! The printer spits our my page. This is gonna make my life so much easier. I can't connect to the old printer from my laptop. My laptop has MS Word 2007, while our old desktop has Word '03. In order to print anything I had to convert my documents into the '03 compatibility mode, copy them to my flash drive, upload them onto the old desktop, then print from there. This is SO much easier.
I got a new portable hard drive to use for backing up my laptop. I haven't been able to back up my laptop since we got it. I tried using the CDs but I couldn't get that to work any time I tried. Now I've got a 250 GB portable hard drive. It wasn't nearly as simple to install as the printer. But whatever. I hope I did it right. I'm gonna start a back up here in a few minutes.
Speaking of gigabytes, I finally bought myself one of those micro mini chip card thingies that go in phones. There's a port for that micro card in my little MP3 player. The store had those things on sale. I got 4 Gigs of storage on this teenie tinie little card no bigger than my thumbnail, and I paid $13 for it. I tell ya', they're giving away gigs these days. It boggles this old lady's mind. It's more samer than magic, y'all.
I got myself a nice desk chair, too. I've been sitting in a hard wooden straight chair, the kind you find with dining tables. It's a nice chair as far as that goes, but it isn't good to sit in for long periods of time. It's also too high for my desk, and I've been very uncomfortable sitting at my desk to do my homework. Today I got a comfy chair with a mesh back so my back can breathe and won't overheat in the summer. It has adjustable height arm rests, swivels all the way around, and the seat height is adjustable too. You know, like a real office chair. That hopefully will make it a bit more comfortable to sit and do my homework.
I bought 4 pairs of scissors. Scissors disappear from this house almost as fast as pens and pencils do. It's very frustrating. I got a cheap 3 pack of red handled all purpose scissors. I got these out of the package and walked around the house showing them to everyone. "See these scissors? They have a red handle. Watch as I put them in this drawer. These are scissors you may use, and please put them back when you are finished with them." (they won't put the scissors back, I promise you)
The other scissors I got are much nicer. They're titanium coated and have the comfort grip plastic handles. The handles are gray. I paraded those scissors around the house, showing them to all and sundry. "See these scissors? Notice that the handle is NOT red. That means you may NOT use these scissors. Does anyone have any questions about this? These are MOMMY'S scissors. Very bad things will happen to you if you use Mommy's scissors." It may or may not help, but it certainly can't hurt.
Ok, I've got a short story to read, and at least one chapter in my developmental psych book that I should skim if not read, and it's getting late. So cheers to one and all; I'm going to study.
13 comments:
Oh, this is so exciting! I don't mind that you don't blog so much, because you're doing what makes you happy!
No, they won't put the scissors back. Oh, some days I wish I was at home to experience your schoolish-ness. Oh, well.
Love you, and Tell Sproing Happy BD for me again.
It sounds like you're having a blast. I have a pair of scissors I keep in my bedroom. I wrote "Don't even ask" on the handles. Good luck with that.
Wow, you do sound busy, albeit in a good way. I hope your scissor solution works.
I want to know where those scissors are going! Scissor Sisters??? you sound busy. More importantly, you sound happy!
So glad you're having a good time, my friend! Setting a scissor policy seems like a good idea, what the hell. It's at least handy to have the policy in place, to refer to as needed.
Good for you for getting a decent chair! I need to do that too, though the danger in my case is then I might be tempted to spend MORE time at the computer... my time here is maybe not as productive as yours.
I've often thought to get one of those sproingy things to attach the scissors to something inside the drawer so they always go back. However, I am the biggest culprit of the scissor rescue missions and I'm the worst one for not putting them away!
Congrats on your new school supplies!!
how cool and cheap the gigabytes thingee was..I bought one for 24 bucks and thought I was getting a deal.
I'm glad that you are so happy with school. I could certainly use another desk chair myself. I have a hard time with scissors too and I'M the only one here that uses them, the dog doesn't even try.
you musn't worry or fret about blogging - it is like soap operas - not really changing so don't worry about missing some episodes.
You don't know how great this post was to read. As someone who has spent the majority of his adult life in a classroom as some form of either educator or learner, and is going back in the fall for Ph.D work, this post is really an affirmation of things I have long believed.
One, education is a choice, as well as a gift. Bu nature it's opening ourselves up to the possibility of more, of something beyond the constricted notions of how we currently view the world. To me, that means that it is never a completed process, as no one eventually knows it all. But it's certainly a challenge trying!
Congratulations....It's great to see you open and ready for what this can be for you. You'll do exceedingly well, that I have no doubt.
i would have to agree that you are doing what you need to do. and that probably feels strange now, but it would feel more strange if you weren't changing.
nice job on the gig addition. new toys are fun. just got a blackberry myself. still in learning mode on that one.
i bought a new printer last year, too. it's amazing how much more tone i go through with this one.
it's too bad you can't velcro your "not red handled" scissors under a desk. no one would likely actually look for them there.
Take care of school. We'll be around.
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