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I enjoy knowing about fun things that other people haven’t heard about, and then sharing them. I recently showed the seventh graders “Friday” by Rebecca Black. They loved it!
I showed them a week ago, and they asked for me to play it again yesterday. I had a few minutes at the end of class, so I did!
My kitchen came with a black-and-white checkered floor. It is whimsical perhaps, but it’s not something I would choose myself, and over time, the white squares are looking dirty. I hope to replace it some day.
But in the meantime, I got a rug. It’s an outdoor kind of rug, so it’s tough and non-absorbent – good for a kitchen. And it was cheap at the Home Goods store 🙂
Yesterday I had an evening meeting at school, so I stayed through after classes were over. I went to McDonald’s for dinner. It’s bad for me, but it’s fast, and I’m not hungry anymore after I eat it. When I saw my fish sandwich, I was amazed at how well-put-together it was. Someone took their time when they assembled it.
In other exciting news, instead of doing any of the really important work I should have done after school, I cleaned my classroom aquarium. It had been a LONG time.
There had been some fatalities, so while I was out getting McDonald’s, I also got some more White Cloud Mountain minnows. Yay! They hid when I first put them in, but I got a picture of some of them:
My kitchen sink faucet is inadequate. I would like to change it, but the underside is inaccessible because of the narrow space between the sink and the wall. I would have to remove the sink from the counter top, and that would cause a cascading series of events in the kitchen which I am not prepared to face right now.
The biggest problem with the faucet is the water flow. It’s way too low. I thought maybe some mineral buildup might be the problem, so I got one of those mineral-dissolving cleaners at the store so I could soak the aerator. I was not able to remove it, so I had to rig a setup with a sandwich bag.
It didn’t work. Dang. I guess I’ll have to keep dealing with a cruddy faucet for now.
Yesterday I went to the orthodontist for a checkup on my tooth tray progress. While I was waiting, this was on the screen right in front of me:
It’s all my teeth!
They asked how it was going. I said I could feel my bite changing, which is so interesting. My bottom tooth that’s so crooked is touching the back of my top front teeth now.
I also said that I like to slide the trays back and forth across each other when they’re dry, because they make a squeaking sound. I thought it was only a sound in my head, but I’ve been told it’s audible. Oops.
They gave me my fourth set of trays. As with each time I switch, I can feel the sideways pressure. It’s uncomfortable, but bearable. For this next group of trays, I’m supposed to wear each set for ten days, then switch to the next set. I would never remember, so I told my phone to remind me in ten days to switch.
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Gee, I’d forgotten about this little ditty (that was, as I recalled, so dissed when it first came out, at least) and had to find the song and lyrics online to refresh my memory.
…and your kiddos wanted to hear that more than once, eh?
hmmmm….interesting….as the Romans might have put it “De gustibus non disputandum est”.