and the nesting continues

must be spring. i organized my desk at school, finished all my grading, paid my norwood taxes from last year (finally - still not sure what happened there), i went and bought salt for my water softener and a filter for my heater and, miracle of miracles, i even picked up some groceries. don't want to think about it too much, just in case by figuring it out i stop doing it.

part of the reason i did some grocery shopping is today began the long two weeks before lent - because of the time change (damn you ben franklin, though the argument could be made that it's whoever decided to move it up to the second weekend of march instead of the first of april that's causing me this frustration), i now will not eat until nearly 8 PM each night. it's amazing how much that extra hour makes such a difference. so i bought some breakfasty food and hopefully will allow myself enough time to grab something to eat. probably not a bad habit to get into anyway.

i might have figured out what is wrong with my garage door opener, though the answer is actually raises more problems than just the garage door. i think water may be flooding underneath my porch, causing the roof of my garage to bow in. it looks pregnant with the possibility of breaking through. i can picture in my head the ceiling caving in on my poor car. i'd assume i would be covered either under homeowners or auto, but who knows. no idea what i would need to do to get it fixed, either. or if it can be fixed. all i know is it would cost more than i have right now.

light rehearsal week - only wednesday. and it's a vocal rehearsal, which should be fun. need to start working on memorizing my parts instead of just knowing them. the music director made cds of the piano accompaniment for everyone, complete with the song list burned into the top of the cd. fancy. i just need to start using it. probably ought to listen on the way to and from school. that's at least 45 minutes a day working on it.

ran into my friend julie while shopping at meijer tonight. completely unexpected, especially since she lives on the other side of 75. we haven't been good at keeping in touch lately. lives get busy - you know how it is. good to catch up with her again. we were looking at trying to get together to celebrate st. patrick's day next week, but, of course, i have rehearsal. did i mention the busy-ness?

time to sleep. must make sure i'm well rested to proctor day two of the OGT. this one's math - i don't care so much about this one. i didn't take the chance to look at the reading test, though the students hated it. no surprise there. one student said they would do better if the reading was interesting. well, duh. the point is, can you comprehend when the information doesn't interest you? plus, i already teach all the interesting stuff, so they have to use the second tier stuff. that's my story and i'm sticking to it. night.
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