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Even though I stayed up late last night watching Medium, I got up at 7:30 and began my day. I had hoped to go out for breakfast this morning on my way to school, but I dilly-dallied too long at home and ended up going through the BK drive thru. I only ate have of the biscuit egg and sausage sandwich and less than half of the potato ole looking things that always taste a little sour to me. I threw the rest out the window on a gravel road for the birds and small critters to eat. (I only threw out the food, not the packaging.)

I filled my car with gas in West Concord before going to Kasson where I picked up my prescription for pain meds. From there, I went to BK. I was hoping to get a frozen Diet Coke but they didn't have them. Rats.

I stopped in Byron to pick up the traditional poppy seed muffin treat for my beloved Jaymar. I bought a yummy cream cheese and strawberry jam croissant for myself. They are sticky as can be, but oh, so delicious.

I took the gravel back roads to Rochester. I was about half hour early for my appointment with Jay, so I hung out with Laurie out on the bench in front of school for a while. She is such an amazing person. When I went in, Jay was still meeting with Nick, so I went into the board room and found a book to read--Montana 1948 by Larry Watson., It turned out to be an excellent choice. I read the whole thing today. (175 pages, so not too long.) It has been one of my goals to go back to reading more. Making time to read is important, otherwise life just sucks you along. I've done pretty well lately. In the last few weeks, I have read Cheated by Patrick Jones, The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton, and Diary of a Wimpy Junior High Kid. Don't remember the author of that one, but it was cute and a very easy and fast read. When I was in high school, I used to read five books a week--at least. It was my goal to read every fiction book in the high school library before I graduated. And with the exception of the Betty Cavana books (which were all the same anyhow), I did. That's how I discovered the Chronicles of Narnia. I read the one with Puddleglum in it first.

My meeting with Jay went well. He thinks I did a great job this year. The two things he wants me to work on are clearing more crap out of my room and rearranging it, and paying more attention to the protocol--making sure to keep no-fly kids in the room and not giving bathroom passes the classes after break and lunch. These things are like non-issues to me, but they get some other teachers' underpants in a bunch. I actually think I did much better on those things this year. I continue to have problems with catching people with their phones--and apparently the little shits are blabbing to other teachers that I "let" them use their phones, which is absolute bullshit. I never let them use their phones. I just don't pay enough attention to where their hands are, because I rarely catch them with phones. When I do, I usually just tell them to put them away rather than taking them. I guess next year I have to make a mad effort to take them right away.

The other thing is that we are going to be teaching to "need" next year, which makes sense to me. Teach the kids the skills they need. I don't really like the thought of teaching to the MCA tests, BUT, hopefully, the things they need to pass the tests are the same things they need to succeed in life. It will be okay. I will find ways to make it fun.

I wanted to go and see the movie Robin Hood after my meeting, but it was at 1:00, and I left school at about 1:47. I could have made it, but I would have had to rush and probably miss the first five minutes. When I go, I want to be relaxed, get a snack, have a little time to settle in, and enjoy all the previews. So, I decided I would get my hair cut instead. It was getting way too long and shaggy. Now it is pretty short, but that is good for summer. Before I got my hair cut, I paid my cell phone bill at Verizon.

After I got my hair cut, I went to Carlos O'Kelly's for lunch. I had my favorite--spinach and mushroom enchilada--but I had the lunch option, which is about half of the dinner portion. It was fine for me--I still got totally stuffed. I had iced tea, despite how much I desired the delicious strawberry mug-o-rita. I had planned to pay bills while waiting for my meal, but first, I had forgotten my stamps and address labels, and second, my meal arrived so rapidly that I wouldn't have had time to write out the bills anyhow. The bill paying will be at the top of my list tomorrow.

From there, I went to Walmart. I bought a few more bags of kitty treats and another $5 24-pack of diet coke. Hard to pass up that deal. I also bought myself a cheap radio/CD player for downstairs. It was only $22. I enjoy listening to Minnesota public radio--and there is no reason I should not enjoy it during the summer. i bought the ingredients to make lasagna--I'll give at least half of that to Jim and DeAnn and Swayze. I also bought Miracle Whip to finish my potato salad and some grapefruits. I love grapefruit.

On the way home, I stopped at the Kasson Kwik Trip so Icould wash my car. I tried to use my debit card, but it was declined, so I had to use my Visa instead. I only had a couple of twenties, so I couldn't do cash.

When I got home, I hauled all my plunder in (except the diet coke, which I will bring in tomorrow) and put the perishable groceries away. I wanted to finish the potato salad and make the lasagna, but I was so hot and tired that I went upstairs. I had to pee anyhow. I figured I would just lie down for a nap, but once I got my pjs on, I messed around on my computer then watched a couple of things on TV and finished the book I was reading. I was so tired, I was sure I would fall asleep, but I didn't.

Now I am ready to turn out the lights and get some sleep.

Tomorrow I really want to clean the kitchen and cook. I want to be up early enough to cook in the cool of the day rather than in the afternoon where everything will be a furnace.