Re: Labor Day Weekend is a'coming!
Dragonwing
is here and interested, here's the latest.
The girls' school had its fall open house/concert a week ago Sunday.
Sarah's class is learning violin this year, and they played a few little
tunes. To me, they did better than the intermediate strings group that
has been playing for a year already, but maybe I'm just biased <g>
Later in the show came the choral groups. Cara, the choral music
teacher, decided to have a theme of Billy Joel songs. First up was the
junior choir, with "Uptown Girl", complete with choreography. Then came
the senior choir with a cover of "Shout". The senior ensemble did
"Lullaby", and that was gorgeous. Then they combined the groups for
"The River of Dreams". Lots of kids took solos in this one, including
Caitlin. She's the sweet soprano prominently featured at the beginning
and end of the song. The man who took this video got close-ups of the
soloists so if anyone was wondering what Caitlin looks like, here's your
chance <g>
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=2sahW1bTXEs
As for me, my first semester classes are winding down. I've got one
final tomorrow morning, and the other two next week. The class I have
the final in tomorrow still meets next week, and that's when we're doing
our "new drug" presentations. We had to invent a drug, come up with
dosage and all the other stuff a drug company needs to supply. This
could be for an existing problem or something completely made up. One
of the members of our group came up with a drug that stops people from
cursing so you don't "slap them silly", and that's what we're going
with. There is no "right and wrong" on this so we should get full
points for it; grading is by percentage so every point counts (which is
why the 3 best students in the calculations class quibble over every
point, even if the teacher doesn't understand why).
I'm not too concerned about the final for this class. More than half of
the test is on drug names - knowing both the trade name and generic
name - and prescription instructions, with the rest from lectures.
Nothing in the class is difficult so I should sail through this one.
The calculations class final is next Tuesday, and that one I'm a bit
jumpy about. Not that I'm in danger of failing the class, but because
the person who's been doing the grading of the quizzes doesn't go along
with what is presented in class, and we've lost points because we didn't
do the problem "her" way but did it the way it was presented in class.
Sheesh. I figure as long as I start in one place and get an answer with
the right units I've done it right.
My last final, next Thursday, is the killer. This class, Body Systems,
isn't particularly difficult, but the amount of information is
astounding. Just the number of drugs we have to know is staggering, and
I know that pharmacy school is this amount to the Nth power. I still
have one quiz to go in this class so I'm focusing on that right now.
Fortunately, the final only covers the last half of the class in terms
of lectures, but it covers *all* the drugs we've talked about, numbering
several hundred (but we don't have to know trade and generic names for
all of them, just what they're used for). I'm doing well enough that I
have some wiggle room, but I'll feel better once this is all over.
Stay tuned...
Dragonwing
kimmeratsoylentgreenfielddotcom
Sundancer
Sundancer
Dragonwing
> Hope your holidays were terrific. How is everyone?
We're all doing okay. I got straight A's last semester, and today I
enrolled for spring. I'm taking the second part of the body systems
class, outpatient pharmacy operations, and interpersonal communication;
the speech class is required before starting externship, and since I'll
have appropriate coursework completed to start that over the summer I
figured I'd kill that now, too. I forgot to sign up for the pharmacy
skills lab, which is a drop-in lab class, but I can do that the first
day of classes. The term doesn't start until February 9 so I've got a
bit more break time now.
The girls went back to school today, and Ryan's classes start tomorrow.
We were thinking about heading out your way provided we had spring
breaks that coincided, but that's not gonna happen. Ryan's break is at
the end of March, mine is the week of April 6, and the girls' starts
April 13 and is for 2 weeks. No rest for the weary <g> I may tell Mike
to take the girls somewhere for part of those 2 weeks.
And a belated "Happy Birthday" to you!! Hope it was a good one.
And now, what's new with you???
Dragonwing
Sundancer
> Sundancer wrote:
>
>> Hope your holidays were terrific. How is everyone?
>
> We're all doing okay. I got straight A's last semester, and today I
> enrolled for spring. I'm taking the second part of the body systems
> class, outpatient pharmacy operations, and interpersonal communication;
> the speech class is required before starting externship, and since I'll
> have appropriate coursework completed to start that over the summer I
> figured I'd kill that now, too. I forgot to sign up for the pharmacy
> skills lab, which is a drop-in lab class, but I can do that the first day
> of classes. The term doesn't start until February 9 so I've got a bit
> more break time now.
Cool! Congrats on the terrific grades! How long before you have your degree?
> The girls went back to school today, and Ryan's classes start tomorrow.
>
> We were thinking about heading out your way provided we had spring breaks
> that coincided, but that's not gonna happen. Ryan's break is at the end
> of March, mine is the week of April 6, and the girls' starts April 13 and
> is for 2 weeks. No rest for the weary <g> I may tell Mike to take the
> girls somewhere for part of those 2 weeks.
You were thinking of coming to Louisiana? You know Mardi Gras is coming up.
Maybe you'll make it one day. You know you can stay with me, if you want.
> And a belated "Happy Birthday" to you!! Hope it was a good one.
Thanks, it was! 42 yet again! LOL. The kids and Merritt all took me out to
dinner and got me a few small presents.
> And now, what's new with you???
I started a new job in July. I'm the entire accounts receivable department
for a small civil engineering firm owned by a friend. More money, no stress,
super nice people, Friday afternoons off...can't get much better than that!
I'm still slowly working on my house, like painting and minor repairs. I'm
reading a lot and have a new iPod Touch to play with. The kids are doing
great, Matt is still happily married (just has their 2nd anniversary), and
Shawn has put an offer in on a condo, so hopefully her and her boyfriend
(also named Matt), will be moving out soon. I will have no problem with
empty nest syndrome. I'm really looking forward to it. But, if things don't
work out, they know they can stay with me until they find a house or condo
to buy.
I bought a new cross-stitch pattern over the holidays, but haven't started
it yet. No knitting or crocheting lately.
Oh, and I'm getting fat, but as long as Merritt doesn't care... ;o)
Have you heard from Liz, T, or Kyrian lately? And where's Rogue? Still
recovering from elections?
Sundancer
Dragonwing
> "Dragonwing" <m...@deltanet.com> wrote:
>> Sundancer wrote:
>>
>>> Hope your holidays were terrific. How is everyone?
>>
>> We're all doing okay. I got straight A's last semester, and today I
>> enrolled for spring. I'm taking the second part of the body systems
>> class, outpatient pharmacy operations, and interpersonal
>> communication; the speech class is required before starting
>> externship, and since I'll have appropriate coursework completed to
>> start that over the summer I figured I'd kill that now, too. I
>> forgot to sign up for the pharmacy skills lab, which is a drop-in lab
>> class, but I can do that the first day of classes. The term doesn't
>> start until February 9 so I've got a bit more break time now.
>
>
> Cool! Congrats on the terrific grades! How long before you have your
> degree?
I'll have fulfilled the requirements for the basic certificate in
Pharmacy Technology after I do the outpatient/retail externship, which
should happen over the summer. At that point I can become a licensed
pharmacy tech. Of course, I'm doing the advanced certification that
takes 2 more practical classes, hospital procedures and preparing
sterile products (IVs), and externships in both, but I'll be done with
the classes for that after next fall. I'm figuring that by the end of
next year I'll have the advanced certificate and a job, and possibly
will have passed the PTCB certification exam (which isn't necessary to
be licensed here in CA but helps). I could start working in a drugstore
as soon as I finish the basic certificate, but I want to work in a
hospital or home infusion pharmacy; I aim high <g>
I'm also thinking about eventually going to pharmacy school. This means
taking all the prep classes - biology, chemistry, math, possibly physics
(I'm gonna try to get out of this by either applying to a school that
doesn't require physics, or begging them to allow my grades from UCLA
some 25+ years ago; the grades weren't good (C+, D, C+), but I really
don't want to suffer through physics again), English, econ, and a few
electives - but I'm gonna start picking away at them in spring. In
addition to the classes I mentioned earlier, I'm on the waiting list for
a course in health microbiology, which will kill off one requirement for
pharmacy school; I'm likely to get into the class as I'm #1 on the
waiting list, and if anyone doesn't show up for lab the first day of
classes they'll be dropped and I can add. I'll be taking a full course
load this way, but I figure it's good preparation for pharmacy school
and will tell me if I can handle school, work, kids, and house stuff all
at the same time.
>> The girls went back to school today, and Ryan's classes start
>> tomorrow.
>>
>> We were thinking about heading out your way provided we had spring
>> breaks that coincided, but that's not gonna happen. Ryan's break is
>> at the end of March, mine is the week of April 6, and the girls'
>> starts April 13 and is for 2 weeks. No rest for the weary <g> I may
>> tell Mike to take the girls somewhere for part of those 2 weeks.
>
> You were thinking of coming to Louisiana? You know Mardi Gras is
> coming up. Maybe you'll make it one day. You know you can stay with
> me, if you want.
Mike still feels bad about how he got to New Orleans - only for one
night, but he had dinner at K-Paul's and spent some time listening to
some fine New Orleans jazz - and I've never been there and was talking
about maybe going there over spring break, provided the breaks meshed.
Alas, they don't so no big plans for now. If I ever get the chance to
head there I'll definitely let you know.
>> And a belated "Happy Birthday" to you!! Hope it was a good one.
>
> Thanks, it was! 42 yet again! LOL. The kids and Merritt all took me
> out to dinner and got me a few small presents.
Sounds perfect to me :-) As for the number, I've decided that this year
instead of using base 10 numbers I'm going with hexadecimal (base 16),
which will make me 30 again <g>
>> And now, what's new with you???
>
> I started a new job in July. I'm the entire accounts receivable
> department for a small civil engineering firm owned by a friend. More
> money, no stress, super nice people, Friday afternoons off...can't get
> much better than that!
Very nice!!
> I'm still slowly working on my house, like painting and minor repairs.
> I'm reading a lot and have a new iPod Touch to play with. The kids are
> doing great, Matt is still happily married (just has their 2nd
> anniversary), and Shawn has put an offer in on a condo, so hopefully
> her and her boyfriend (also named Matt), will be moving out soon. I
> will have no problem with empty nest syndrome. I'm really looking
> forward to it. But, if things don't work out, they know they can stay
> with me until they find a house or condo to buy.
Sounds good. Ryan's at the point where he's looking for a full-time job
to start when he graduates - oh my gods he's graduating...I'm not old
enough to have a kid who's a college graduate <g> - and I've reminded
him that he doesn't have to move out right away if he doesn't want to.
I'm in no hurry to get him out of here - he's a lot of fun and is more
than willing to help out around the house - and if staying here for a
couple years with minimal living expenses allows him to save up enough
to buy a townhouse/condo/house to move into it's even better.
> I bought a new cross-stitch pattern over the holidays, but haven't
> started it yet. No knitting or crocheting lately.
So what pattern are we talking about here? The last one I did was
Celtic Spring from Lavender and Lace (can be seen at www.tiag.com). I
had started it some 9 years ago, and it got set aside until Caitlin
started singing with the synagogue choir 3.5 years ago. I brought it to
rehearsals and finished it in a couple months. Then I went back to
knitting. I'm taking on the NaKniSweMoDo 09 challenge. That's the
National Knit a Sweater a Month Dodecathon. The goal is to finish 12
sweaters this year. I was hoping to start all of them from scratch, but
my first one will be an unfinished one started in November.
> Oh, and I'm getting fat, but as long as Merritt doesn't care... ;o)
Heh, I'm not supermodel thin any more myself. As long as no one bothers
me about it and I can find cute clothes - I love Avenue!! - it's all
good :-)
> Have you heard from Liz, T, or Kyrian lately? And where's Rogue? Still
> recovering from elections?
I see Liz in person every now and again. She got married a couple years
ago and is doing okay. T still posts stuff over at the Shield group. I
haven't seen Ky anywhere lately; the last direct communication I had
with her was an invite to check out a MySpace page for the Castle (and I
don't do MySpace, Facebook, or any of those other things. I'd feel
obligated to continually update, and I simply don't have that much
time). Rogue is still around, with a recent post over at the Shield.
Eva reemerged a few weeks ago, too, and Bryan Anderson (brykins, not
sure if you ever knew him) showed up at the Shield a few days ago.
Dragonwing
The Rogue
wrote:
>And where's Rogue? Still
>recovering from elections?
>
>Sundancer
Heh, more like the Inauguration atm, they're *talking* about a lot of
overtime being available as we expand our overnight shift for it, but
somehow I don't think that will include Light Service ;-) I'm still
here, I promise to do my best to let y'all know if/when I'm not, so
figure that if you don't hear otherwise I'm reading ;-)
--
ald
reply via email to ald_007_1999 at yahoo dot com
Sundancer
"Dragonwing" <m...@deltanet.com> wrote:
> Sundancer wrote:
>
>
> Mike still feels bad about how he got to New Orleans - only for one night,
> but he had dinner at K-Paul's and spent some time listening to some fine
> New Orleans jazz - and I've never been there and was talking about maybe
> going there over spring break, provided the breaks meshed. Alas, they
> don't so no big plans for now. If I ever get the chance to head there
> I'll definitely let you know.
>
Hurricane Katrina I used to go over quite a bit to see touring Broadway
plays, but they're not repairing the Saenger Theater from all the damage it
suffered, so that's now out. Merritt's sister lives there so we pop over
once in a while and stuff in shopping and the Audubon Zoo or the Aquarium.
Lots of rebuilding still going on.
>> I bought a new cross-stitch pattern over the holidays, but haven't
>> started it yet. No knitting or crocheting lately.
>
> So what pattern are we talking about here? The last one I did was Celtic
> Spring from Lavender and Lace (can be seen at www.tiag.com). I had
> started it some 9 years ago, and it got set aside until Caitlin started
> singing with the synagogue choir 3.5 years ago. I brought it to
> rehearsals and finished it in a couple months. Then I went back to
> knitting. I'm taking on the NaKniSweMoDo 09 challenge. That's the
> National Knit a Sweater a Month Dodecathon. The goal is to finish 12
> sweaters this year. I was hoping to start all of them from scratch, but
> my first one will be an unfinished one started in November.
I don't know what the pattern is. It's of a black cat with a long red bead
necklace. I admire you for taking up the knitting challenge. No way I could
do it.
>> Have you heard from Liz, T, or Kyrian lately? And where's Rogue? Still
>> recovering from elections?
>
> I see Liz in person every now and again. She got married a couple years
> ago and is doing okay. T still posts stuff over at the Shield group. I
> haven't seen Ky anywhere lately; the last direct communication I had with
> her was an invite to check out a MySpace page for the Castle (and I don't
> do MySpace, Facebook, or any of those other things. I'd feel obligated to
> continually update, and I simply don't have that much time). Rogue is
> still around, with a recent post over at the Shield. Eva reemerged a few
> weeks ago, too, and Bryan Anderson (brykins, not sure if you ever knew
> him) showed up at the Shield a few days ago.
Well, I hope everyone is doing well. I know it's hard finding time to post
along with all of life's other demands.
Sundancer
Sundancer
> On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 11:04:20 -0600, "Sundancer" <Sund...@redsun.com>
> wrote:
>
>>And where's Rogue? Still
>>recovering from elections?
>>
>>Sundancer
>
> Heh, more like the Inauguration atm, they're *talking* about a lot of
> overtime being available as we expand our overnight shift for it, but
> somehow I don't think that will include Light Service ;-) I'm still
> here, I promise to do my best to let y'all know if/when I'm not, so
> figure that if you don't hear otherwise I'm reading ;-)
Well, I don't have anything interesting for you to read, sorry! I'm sitting
at work bored out of my mind. I just finished watching Hancock on my iPod
and now I'm patiently waiting for 6:00 so I can go home.
I hope traffic doesn't get too crazy during the Inauguration. Work is good,
but not when it's crazy!
What have you been reading/playing lately?
Sundancer
The Rogue
wrote:
Agreed :-) They told us tonight, I'm now scheduled to work 2
pm-midnight two days *after* the Inauguration, on what's normally my
day off. Their line of reasoning is: After partying all night Tuesday
(Inauguration Day), nobody's gonna want to get up early Wednesday, so
they'll wait until Thursday to leave. My figuring: They'll be *long*
gone by 2 pm, so I'll probably get sent home after the first hour or
so ;-)
Inauguration Day itself is going to be *crazy*. They're closing down
*all* bridges from Virginia into the District at 2 am, and threatening
that they might close any and/or all roads inside the Beltway at any
time. *That's* the day I'm not looking forward too ;-/
>What have you been reading/playing lately?
>
>Sundancer
Still mostly playing WoW, since that's where most of my friends ended
up, with the occasional foray back to D2, when WoW's realms are down
;-)) As for reading, my current home book is "Princep's Fury (Book
Five of the Codex Alera)" by Jim Butcher (a *great* sword-and-board
fantasy series, I got into it after Ashen got me hooked on his Dresden
Files 'series', I highly recommend both), at work I finished up
"Sourcery" (sp?) tonight by Pratchett, "Good Omens" (Pratchett and
Gaimon) is up next before I get back into Discworld ;-)