If you recall, last Sunday I slipped down the stairs and landed HARD on my tailbone and was stopped by my right heel/ankle. Well, my ankle has pretty much healed and I'm able to walk up and down stairs with little residual trouble. My tailbone however .... Ugh!

So, this morning I was debating on whether or not I should go to church. I wanted to go. I *needed* to go. But, I wasn't sure if I could handle sitting that long.

Then I told myself that I was able to sit through 5 90 minute tutoring sessions, as well as 2 2 hour sessions without it hardly bothering me. So, there should be no reason why I couldn't make it through Sabbath School and church.

I conveniently forgot a couple things though. One was the 45 minute drive to get there. Driving is NOT fun. The other important thing I forgot was that during the tutorng sessions, all my weight is generally on my thighs because I'm leaning forward most of the time. In church and
SS, my weight is on my backside - the tailbone.

So, I made it through the drive there. Passed three dead skunks on the way. Pew!
Then I managed to sit through an hour of SS - with lots of fidgeting and changing positions. Finally about 30 minutes into the church service, just as the sermon was getting started, I had to get up and go stand in the back for the remainder.

Oh, and the drive back? I ended up behind the world's slowest driver, so a trip that shouldn't have taken more than 45 minutes took about 55 minutes!

So... someone suggested rolling up a towel as a makeshift donut. That kind of works, but not for very long. It seems like this is going to take a while to heal, so I think I want an actual donut. But I have no idea where to get one????

Walgreens??

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I don't know what is going on with the person who had agreed to be my library mentor. I had emailed her several weeks ago asking her if I needed to do a background check before coming to do a storytime. She told me that yes I would, and then she suggested that I use some books which received a Christian medal of honor. I emailed her back asking her where /who I would get the ball rolling on the background check, and also told her that I wouldn't be able to use any religous themed books for either the storytime or the booktalk because we're required to have books appropriate for public school.

She emailed me back and told me that I should check that it was okay for her to be my mentor since she'd switched from a public school to a private school. I checked, and found out it wasn't a problem. Over a week ago I emailed her back with that info, again asking about how I'd go about getting the background check accomplished. As of today, I still haven't gotten a response.

My storytime project is due March 21!

So today, one of the reasons I really needed to go to church, was so that I could talk to the pre-school/kinder teacher about doing a storytime with her kids.She was more than happy to accommodate me, so I'll be doing it on March 9. Unfortunately, the upper grades teacher is not state certified, so I'm not sure how Ill do the booktalk (due April something).

What's really frustrating is that if the lady who had said she would mentor me chooses she'd rather not, then I'll have to do another storytime and booktalk for whoever I find to be my mentor. Such a waste of time!

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My frustrations though pale considerably when I think about the earthquake in Chlie this morning, and the possibility of Hawaii being hit with a tsunami.

I could have it so much worse.