The days are long and the years are short

I really am. Hooray!!!

At this rate, I may be able to do all Wednesday's scheduled things on Friday.

I found a blog that I am enjoying called "Facts Are Strictly Optional".

I get distracted easily. Good thing I'm not managing a nuclear reactor.

I am also listening to news in another language. When will I learn that it just confuses me (more)?

I need to listen to the news in English as well as Spanish. I just don't understand enough to figure out an informed opinion in Spanish.

Sigh, I don't have the time for that.

Sigh, so I guess I will continue to be ill-informed for at least the rest of the calender year.

I can't do any more on the weekends of Sept. 26-27 or Oct. 3-4. The world needs to stop sending me invitations for those days.

I'm actually feeling pretty good about my understanding of Spanish. Last night was a good class.

I have closed registration for my class(es). There will be three, Spanish level 1, and two sessions of Introductory Spanish. Now to send out the paperwork, and safety information, etc. Sigh. It will all work out.

My doctor will have flu shots on Oct. 6. Flu is widespread in the Southeastern region of the US and isolated states in the Midwest and Southwest. That includes Illinois and Kansas, but not Massachusetts or Missouri. 99% of all Flu cases are H1N1.

Tonight is my first Spanish class of this year.

I'm almost afraid to look into my email box.

I got a phone call last night, while tucking Emily in (code for lying with her and talking for about an hour), about the class.

During the mothers' walk home from drop-off at school, there was a discussion about setting up a Spanish-English buddy system for our school.

mrmoosie convinced me that my Spanish wasn't good enough to be the Spanish liaison for Emily's 1rst grade class. Sigh.

I seem to be making no progress in Spanish. Sigh. Maybe once I complain here, I will advance again. At least for the next few weeks, I will be listening to it and practicing grammar a few times a day while Emily is at school.

And getting four, finally.

I have been listening to the radio all week on my commute to Emily's camp. Sometimes I listen to the news station, sometimes I listen to the Spanish station. They both play the same ad (although I have heard it more in Spanish). This ad urges you to volunteer for the vaccine clinical trials at NIH. In the advertisement, they mention vaccines for 'gripé'==flu, and 'haiche e ve'==HIV.

The other piece of the puzzle was supplied by the Washington Post this morning. An article on the meeting yesterday to plan for the fall flu season mentioned that tests over the summer are needed to prepare the H1N1 vaccine for use in the fall.

I finally put it together and realized that they are recruiting volunteers for the H1N1 vaccine and just using their generic ad in heavy rotation. So probably no volunteers this summer will get an HIV vaccine candidate or a Lyme disease candidate.

I took another nap this morning.
I guess maybe I can sleep through until spring. Alright, probably not. But it certainly is better to be able to sleep, than to be stuck awake.
I have Spanish class tonight.
Tomorrow is Emily's eye doctor appointment. Than, probably this weekend, she and T will look for glasses.
Better get some of my Spanish stuff prepared.

We got new books from Amazon today. Emily asked me to read her the one I got on composting: "The Rodale Book of Composting: Easy Methods for Every Gardener". Soon, she was out like a light. I wrapped her up in a blanket, shoes and all.

I didn't think it was that boring. My actual thought is that she is sick, but not having any symptoms other than tiredness.

T is going to bring home things that I forgot to get at the store. I am going to a) do laundry, b) do some of the homework that I am assigning in vast amounts to my students and c) do some small part of the Spanish homework that I have been accumulating. I think she had better sleep for two days. :-)