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Feeling Miserable .. But a +

February 15th, 2014 at 02:43 am

This past week I've been feeling pretty miserable. Sore throat, body aches, and the past two days or so, nausea. I actually took Wednesday off from work, but this afternoon I felt worse than I did on Wednesday. Ugh. At least I have a three-day weekend to sleep and hopefully get over this bug.

About a month ago or so, our IT person found an awesome deal on 30 computers/monitors/headphones for less than 10k! The school mission approved it, and they were ordered. They arrived today!! I was so excited to see the boxes and boxes come in. 21 of them will stay in the computer lab, and the other 9 will be given out to the classrooms. The computers from the computer lab (the ones that work decently - maybe 65% of them on good days ...) will also be put in the classrooms. (Some of the classrooms have WAY worse computers than the lab.)

The only downer though is that my principal vetoed us getting the computers put together right away. I understood her reasons (she wants to be there to keep track of packing slips, serial numbers, etc.) I still was bummed. Who knows when she, our IT person and I will have time to do that. She mentioned Spring Break. (If that is when it happens, I won't be there.)
I am SO tired of the computers we have. I SO look forward to the day I can assign computers to students - I haven't been able to do that, because all too often a student will sit down at a computer, and then have to move 3 or 4 times before finding one that is working right that day.

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I was talking with one of the teacher assistants today, and somehow the subject got brought up about my wanting to get rid of my computer desk and elliptical before I move. The TA jumped on wanting my computer desk, asking me how much I wanted for it. I told her that she could have it - all she needed to provide was people to haul it out of my place, and a truck to transport it! Not long after, I was walking to the cafeteria for lunch when the 7th grade teacher stopped me and asked if I really had an elliptical I was wanting to let go of. Smile I told her that I'd planned on donating it to the school until I was told that the one we have never is used, so yes, I had one I wanted to let go of - all she needed was the muscle power to get it out of my place and to hers!

THEN after school, the 4th grade teacher came up to me and asked me about the desk/elliptical. I told him they were already spoken for. Smile He asked me if there was anything else I was thinking about letting go of. I told him that I was thinking of letting go of my stereo system, but wasn't sure anyone would really want it. I bought it in 97 - it has a CD rack and a tape deck. Kari has done major cosmetic damage to the speakers. -- He said that he still might want it!

Wow! I'd been wondering how I'd get rid of these things before moving - how I'd even get them to the thrift store. Now it's all taken care of, and I won't even have to figure out manpower for the moving of them! (Maybe I can ask them to help me get my stuff loaded ... Smile )

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About the Cloud 9 from the other day.... I'm still not sure if it is true yet or not. I promise to let y'all know if it is or not. Smile

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I cashed in for another 500 swagbucks from Bing about a week ago. I used the one from the end of January today so I didn't have to mess with the big daily goal. I'm saving the other one for the 21st - which is when I'll be flying to NE for a short long weekend. (That way I'll at least get the 21 day bonus.)

7 Responses to “Feeling Miserable .. But a +”

  1. Thrifty Ray Says:
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    I hope you feel better soon. That flu is everywhere!

  2. wife of the deacon Says:
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    Praying for everything. Smile

  3. TashaC. Says:
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    wow- you are having amazing luck matching your discards with next owners! great for everyone all around! And I hope the principal gets on the computer assembly soon- such a great asset for the school!

  4. FrugalTexan75 Says:
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    Thanks all. Smile
    Tasha - yes, it is! The computers in the lab run Win XP! There's SO many programs/websites that don't work on the browser versions we have. It gets so frustrating to plan out something, and then you have a class full of kids going to their computer, and NOTHING works! These new computers will have Win 7 (thank goodness, not 8!) and the Chrome and Firefox browsers. Those two browsers are the ones that most things actually seem to WORK in. Smile

  5. MonkeyMama Says:
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    Take care! It's been a brutal flu year - so rest up and take care of yourself.

  6. SicilyYoder Says:
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    Cool. Happy Sabbath.

  7. bluesfemme Says:
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    Excellent news on the computers and hope you feel better soon. When my Dept changed changed over to Win7 last year, it was quite a big adjustment at first for the ribbon, but now that I have managed to introduce my short-cut menu tool-bar again I am a lot happier!

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