Anya has been anticipating the arrival of the newest Guardians of Ga’Hoole book (Lasky, Kathryn. Guardians of Ga’Hoole: Book Eight - The Outcast. New York: Schoolastic, Inc., September 1, 2005.) in the same way she anticipates any forestalled opportunity for reading; almost a daily routine of jumping up and down in front of the mailbox. It finally arrived this afternoon. (more…)
I just put the last touches (for today, at any rate) on the air conditioner that finally got installed today. (Thank you Janette & Phillip! You were a big help today!) Even though it was cooler today than it was yesterday; WHAT A JOB! Murphy me no likeee, but Murphy seems to like me. (more…)
Ever since I opened that box, I had a subliminal uneasiness that followed me about while I was clearing a spot in the dining room for the machine. Something was very wrong, but I just couldn’t put my finger on it. I checked on dinner in the midst of juggling a few other things, and felt an weight of non-specific dread. (more…)
2005.08.25 - 21:24
I received a couple of interesting phone calls today. One was from another Jackie Robinson parent, and the other was from Dr. Gwendolyn Mathews of the LBUSD K-8/Middle School office. (more…)
Regarding the provided computer, here’s a look at the general set-up that you’ll receive; which amounts to your basic, Pent-3, enterprise desktop configuration: (more…)
A young lady, from FedEx, just now dropped by the house with a couple of large boxes in tow. It looks like I now have the job of locating, setting-up, and testing-out the CAliVA computer. (Hope it came with a 100Mb/s network adapter installed.)
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2005.08.23 - 14:10
The last three packages in this shipment just landed on our door step; the contents of which easily convince me that we need a larger curriculum shelf–and a larger residence–given that we have 3 backordered standard materials boxes (2 - Art 4 & 1 - LArts 3) yet to cram into the school shelves. (more…)
Kellyann Garcia just called-over from Robinson to ask if she really should un-enroll the girls from the school. With palpable ambivalence, I told her that she should.
This is definitely the best thing to do for the girls. LBUSD has sold, and will continue to sell, them short because of their giftedness–along with some insane pseudo-policy which forbids grade-skipping. While I won’t miss the larger, and very lumbersome, entity of LBUSD at all; I will miss certain people employed by LBUSD quite a bit. (more…)
According to an email that hit my inbox around 02:23, it looks like the rest of the packages will be here today (more…)
Most of the curriculum rolled-in on Mr. UPS’s sturdy, aluminum, hand truck this noon. (more…)