The Paper - Update - and Stormy Weather
Well, the narrated PowerPoint presentation is done and turned in. (Forgot to mention that, didn't I? That's because it was pretty short and easy. Although I hate listening to it - my headset picks up every single breath; I feel like I'm listening to myself make an obscene phone call.)
I've modified my subject a little and am writing about different ways in general to make reference service more welcoming to patrons. I'm not going to be happy with my paper and I don't expect to get the full 10 points - but I'm happier now than I was last night. Still need two more references, but they're easier to find since I've broadened my topic. 396 words to go! After that, I need to participate in some of the discussion boards, take a quiz by Sunday night, and do my class evaluation - and my third class will be done! Woo hoo!
Oh, to make last night even more exciting than it already was - we had a tornado warning while I was sitting at Martin's. Make that two - we got the second before the first had even expired. The sky was so pitch black at 8:50 that it looked like 3:00 a.m. on a moonless night. (It's not dark here till closer to 10:00. It's 9:45 now and getting dusky outside but still light enough to read.) When I saw that sky, I packed up my computer, preparing to move to the restroom if the siren went off, and about that time someone made an announcement over the store intercom for everyone to go to the produce section. (Because, they told us later, if the siren went off - meaning a tornado was nearby - we could go into the coolers for safety.) After about 20 minutes of standing around and watching some very cool lightning, they told us the warning was lifted and people could finish their shopping. They'd closed the store, though, because the power had gone out and they were running on a generator. I was home by 9:30 - and it was much lighter than at 8:50 - and Irish and the neighbors were picking up tree branches, including one pretty big limb. Fortunately it missed the house and cars that were parked on the street, and we never did lose power at home, so everything's good. We had 84 mph winds in Mishawaka!
I love storms - thought I don't really want to experience a tornado. (They've been close enough that we've had to go to the basement or an interior room more than once in my life, but so far I've avoided actually experiencing one.)
Ok, two hours to go. Hope I can pull 396 more words out of my butt by then!
(One of my cousins has a young - 4 or 5 year old - son who one day last year kept pestering his mom for something - a snack or toy or something - that she didn't have. Finally she got exasperated and said, "B! What do you want me to do? Pull it out of my butt??" His eyes got big and he said, "Mom! I didn't know you could do magic tricks!")
I've modified my subject a little and am writing about different ways in general to make reference service more welcoming to patrons. I'm not going to be happy with my paper and I don't expect to get the full 10 points - but I'm happier now than I was last night. Still need two more references, but they're easier to find since I've broadened my topic. 396 words to go! After that, I need to participate in some of the discussion boards, take a quiz by Sunday night, and do my class evaluation - and my third class will be done! Woo hoo!
Oh, to make last night even more exciting than it already was - we had a tornado warning while I was sitting at Martin's. Make that two - we got the second before the first had even expired. The sky was so pitch black at 8:50 that it looked like 3:00 a.m. on a moonless night. (It's not dark here till closer to 10:00. It's 9:45 now and getting dusky outside but still light enough to read.) When I saw that sky, I packed up my computer, preparing to move to the restroom if the siren went off, and about that time someone made an announcement over the store intercom for everyone to go to the produce section. (Because, they told us later, if the siren went off - meaning a tornado was nearby - we could go into the coolers for safety.) After about 20 minutes of standing around and watching some very cool lightning, they told us the warning was lifted and people could finish their shopping. They'd closed the store, though, because the power had gone out and they were running on a generator. I was home by 9:30 - and it was much lighter than at 8:50 - and Irish and the neighbors were picking up tree branches, including one pretty big limb. Fortunately it missed the house and cars that were parked on the street, and we never did lose power at home, so everything's good. We had 84 mph winds in Mishawaka!
I love storms - thought I don't really want to experience a tornado. (They've been close enough that we've had to go to the basement or an interior room more than once in my life, but so far I've avoided actually experiencing one.)
Ok, two hours to go. Hope I can pull 396 more words out of my butt by then!
(One of my cousins has a young - 4 or 5 year old - son who one day last year kept pestering his mom for something - a snack or toy or something - that she didn't have. Finally she got exasperated and said, "B! What do you want me to do? Pull it out of my butt??" His eyes got big and he said, "Mom! I didn't know you could do magic tricks!")