Winding down after run-around day
Darwin's foot is better--he's still favoring it, but seems not as bad as yesterday. I wish I would have waited to take him to the vet now. She said she couldn't find anything obvious wrong with him and suggested just waiting a few days before x-raying him. He's got some meds and should be fine I think. Of course this all cost $250. Makes me weep how we are burning through money and it isn't even December yet.
The good news :) My notebook was indeed at the PT's. I got a bunch of satisfying writing time in during Scout's appointment. Several pages of world building written. Tomorrow will be a bit busy at grocery and picking up pigs (oh and oops the laundry I totally forgot about today) but I should be able to salvage some decent butt in chair time.
Also good--I ran 4 and a half miles today. Felt good. A little tired, but if I had gotten on the treadmill in a timely fashion, I would have been able to get to 5 for sure. Tomorrow I plan to get to 5 and a half, with the goal of Wednesday attempting a 10K. I had wanted to get to this point by Christmas, so I'm thrilled that I'm doing so well. I think I really will try training for doing a half marathon next year.
I had two meetings at Scout's school this evening. The first was the principal talking to the parents of eighth graders about the high school application process. Jefferson County is divided into three sections for the purposes of assigning students to schools. We don't have neighborhood schools here because of court order...or something. The SCOTUS has had differing things to say, and the school district is like a group of keystone cops clumsily trying to make various constituencies happy. Anyway. Three sections--each section has several high schools and each high school has some sort of specialty. All students that attend will get a general, broad-based, state-mandated curriculum, but some schools are focused on college prep, some on computer training, some on communications and visual arts. The idea is that every student should have access to a high school with each specialty within the section they live in. And then there are the magnet schools. The school Scout is at is one. I think I mentioned in an earlier post about the whole applying with magnet school as first choice and how we were planning on her getting her to stay at Brown.
Part of me likes the idea that not every student wants or needs to go to college. There is nothing wrong with a two-year degree, vocational school, or whathaveyou. I honestly think a degree from a university has been over-sold. BUT. Having eighth graders make decisions about the rest of their lives seems ridiculous to me. I just wish there was more flexibility in the system. Channeling 14 year olds into a career path is fucked up. Dark days of American public education, you all. In elementary and middle schools, they are all about the test scores. Now it seems like they are all about pigeon holing and conformity. The stupid thing is no one is happy about it--not kids or parents or teachers. Our public education system is a political punching bag.
The other meeting was to discuss particulars of the Washington DC trip, which is next week. More about that later. Right now I need a glass of wine to drink away my sorrow at losing my fantasy football game to my nemesis.
Have a good rest of the night everybody!
The good news :) My notebook was indeed at the PT's. I got a bunch of satisfying writing time in during Scout's appointment. Several pages of world building written. Tomorrow will be a bit busy at grocery and picking up pigs (oh and oops the laundry I totally forgot about today) but I should be able to salvage some decent butt in chair time.
Also good--I ran 4 and a half miles today. Felt good. A little tired, but if I had gotten on the treadmill in a timely fashion, I would have been able to get to 5 for sure. Tomorrow I plan to get to 5 and a half, with the goal of Wednesday attempting a 10K. I had wanted to get to this point by Christmas, so I'm thrilled that I'm doing so well. I think I really will try training for doing a half marathon next year.
I had two meetings at Scout's school this evening. The first was the principal talking to the parents of eighth graders about the high school application process. Jefferson County is divided into three sections for the purposes of assigning students to schools. We don't have neighborhood schools here because of court order...or something. The SCOTUS has had differing things to say, and the school district is like a group of keystone cops clumsily trying to make various constituencies happy. Anyway. Three sections--each section has several high schools and each high school has some sort of specialty. All students that attend will get a general, broad-based, state-mandated curriculum, but some schools are focused on college prep, some on computer training, some on communications and visual arts. The idea is that every student should have access to a high school with each specialty within the section they live in. And then there are the magnet schools. The school Scout is at is one. I think I mentioned in an earlier post about the whole applying with magnet school as first choice and how we were planning on her getting her to stay at Brown.
Part of me likes the idea that not every student wants or needs to go to college. There is nothing wrong with a two-year degree, vocational school, or whathaveyou. I honestly think a degree from a university has been over-sold. BUT. Having eighth graders make decisions about the rest of their lives seems ridiculous to me. I just wish there was more flexibility in the system. Channeling 14 year olds into a career path is fucked up. Dark days of American public education, you all. In elementary and middle schools, they are all about the test scores. Now it seems like they are all about pigeon holing and conformity. The stupid thing is no one is happy about it--not kids or parents or teachers. Our public education system is a political punching bag.
The other meeting was to discuss particulars of the Washington DC trip, which is next week. More about that later. Right now I need a glass of wine to drink away my sorrow at losing my fantasy football game to my nemesis.
Have a good rest of the night everybody!