I'm back.
This has been a very long and busy, but pretty much okay day. The business (busy-ness?) was good, and not too stressful. I spent most of the day looking foward to the ASL presentations tonight, so that kept me going.
I actually got to work today. I'm supposed to wipe and reimage 60-some laptops and PCs so they can be shipped back to the company, and then we get the new laptops in (300 or so, and wow are they nice!) so I'll have about a month to reimage those and transfer staff and faculty data to them. Sadie and I like, um, I don't think tha'ts enough time.... But everyone else is determined that we will done in a month. We shall see. So today I ran back and forth between laptops and PCs (had five total going at once) wiping and reimaging, and hauled laptops and PCs around. Sadie and I made Robert do the heavy stuff though.
Went to the animal room right after computer work, quick fed everyone, and checked on my frozen frog. He was very very frozen. It was kind of cool. I wasn't sure what one does with a frozen frog, so I went to ask the profs that were in the bio lounge - Dr G, Dr Welters, Dr Phillips, and some guy. They are all plant people, including the guy I guess, so me dropping by to ask what to do with a frog who is frozen in a block of ice made them all go "huh?!" I tried to whisper quietly to Dr G, but she didn't understand me, but Dr Phillips understood, so then the whole table got involved, except the guy, who was probably a vegetarian, becuase he put down his veggie sandwhich at the mention of a frog being frozen becuase he had bloat. Oh well. It's all taken care of though.
Ran back to Whitby, dropped off my paper (she wasn't there, so I have no idea what my grades are), and went to finish frantically packing. Washed dishes, took down the aquarium, and was mostly set when mom got here. I discovered I have rather a lot of stuff. Like, waaay too much stuff. My room was stacked full of boxes and and bags and pillows and blankets and everything else. Mom and I hauled down a load, but the room was still very full. We drove that load to the house, and came back. Filled the car up again, and managed to get everything inside it except for a box, wire crates, and my posters. Drove the car home, I grabbed my dinner (pasta salad and rhubarb muffins in tupperwear!), drive back to school. Haul the box down, check out of my now very naked room, and take the last load down. Park the car some where legal, and return to the building to help set up for the presentations.
There wasn't a whole lot of setting up, but oh well. I helped hang up signs, and did a few random things. The presentations were pretty good. There were ten, and so we were there for two and a half hours, which was a little long for my attention span (or lack of one). They were all very different topics, so that at least made things interesting. My favorites were the one on using ASL with hearing children who have autism (something I'm very familiar with) and the one about how to interpret "strong language". That one was just funny, and held my interest very well. ;) The ASL dept's gift to the students was a donation to Deaf Hospice. That was a cool idea. Someone from Deaf Hospice talked about what they do, and it sounds neat. If I was going into med school, I would definitely have gotten involved with that. The thing I found a little odd about the presentations was that they students voiced them. I guess it was to make sure that everyone understood. Hearing people could listen, and Deaf people could watch the (very experienced) 'terps. Todd interpreted for a few. I think he's one of my favorites - I love his facial expressions and body language.
Came back here after we cleaned up, and then was back here by 9. Talked to my mom for awhile, watched Frasier and ate popcorn, took a shower, and then mom and I kicked dad off the computer. He was flying online. He and his friend Jim set up "play dates" online. Mom and I stuck our heads in the door, he looked over, and promptly got shot down. Excellent segway into getting off.
So now I'm up here, surrounded by boxes and duffle bags and pillows. The dining room still has most of my boxes. They aren't really organized, so I guess I get to sort through them this weekend. Oh joy.
I could say more, but this is long enough already, and I'm sleepy and very very sore from hauling boxes and computers and whatnot all over. My back hurts, and still won't crack properly because of all the knots in it. But now there's just one big giant knot. Very unpleasant.
Random question: Maria and/or Scott - Are either of you going to the bird flu presentation?
ETA: I just remembered this from the presentations. For the autism one, there was a study that was done where autistic kids were taught certain signs to see if they could learn them and use them. Among the signs they were taught were: mushroom, sauce pan, and flask. Now tell me, why would you teach a ten year old the sign for "flask"?!
I actually got to work today. I'm supposed to wipe and reimage 60-some laptops and PCs so they can be shipped back to the company, and then we get the new laptops in (300 or so, and wow are they nice!) so I'll have about a month to reimage those and transfer staff and faculty data to them. Sadie and I like, um, I don't think tha'ts enough time.... But everyone else is determined that we will done in a month. We shall see. So today I ran back and forth between laptops and PCs (had five total going at once) wiping and reimaging, and hauled laptops and PCs around. Sadie and I made Robert do the heavy stuff though.
Went to the animal room right after computer work, quick fed everyone, and checked on my frozen frog. He was very very frozen. It was kind of cool. I wasn't sure what one does with a frozen frog, so I went to ask the profs that were in the bio lounge - Dr G, Dr Welters, Dr Phillips, and some guy. They are all plant people, including the guy I guess, so me dropping by to ask what to do with a frog who is frozen in a block of ice made them all go "huh?!" I tried to whisper quietly to Dr G, but she didn't understand me, but Dr Phillips understood, so then the whole table got involved, except the guy, who was probably a vegetarian, becuase he put down his veggie sandwhich at the mention of a frog being frozen becuase he had bloat. Oh well. It's all taken care of though.
Ran back to Whitby, dropped off my paper (she wasn't there, so I have no idea what my grades are), and went to finish frantically packing. Washed dishes, took down the aquarium, and was mostly set when mom got here. I discovered I have rather a lot of stuff. Like, waaay too much stuff. My room was stacked full of boxes and and bags and pillows and blankets and everything else. Mom and I hauled down a load, but the room was still very full. We drove that load to the house, and came back. Filled the car up again, and managed to get everything inside it except for a box, wire crates, and my posters. Drove the car home, I grabbed my dinner (pasta salad and rhubarb muffins in tupperwear!), drive back to school. Haul the box down, check out of my now very naked room, and take the last load down. Park the car some where legal, and return to the building to help set up for the presentations.
There wasn't a whole lot of setting up, but oh well. I helped hang up signs, and did a few random things. The presentations were pretty good. There were ten, and so we were there for two and a half hours, which was a little long for my attention span (or lack of one). They were all very different topics, so that at least made things interesting. My favorites were the one on using ASL with hearing children who have autism (something I'm very familiar with) and the one about how to interpret "strong language". That one was just funny, and held my interest very well. ;) The ASL dept's gift to the students was a donation to Deaf Hospice. That was a cool idea. Someone from Deaf Hospice talked about what they do, and it sounds neat. If I was going into med school, I would definitely have gotten involved with that. The thing I found a little odd about the presentations was that they students voiced them. I guess it was to make sure that everyone understood. Hearing people could listen, and Deaf people could watch the (very experienced) 'terps. Todd interpreted for a few. I think he's one of my favorites - I love his facial expressions and body language.
Came back here after we cleaned up, and then was back here by 9. Talked to my mom for awhile, watched Frasier and ate popcorn, took a shower, and then mom and I kicked dad off the computer. He was flying online. He and his friend Jim set up "play dates" online. Mom and I stuck our heads in the door, he looked over, and promptly got shot down. Excellent segway into getting off.
So now I'm up here, surrounded by boxes and duffle bags and pillows. The dining room still has most of my boxes. They aren't really organized, so I guess I get to sort through them this weekend. Oh joy.
I could say more, but this is long enough already, and I'm sleepy and very very sore from hauling boxes and computers and whatnot all over. My back hurts, and still won't crack properly because of all the knots in it. But now there's just one big giant knot. Very unpleasant.
Random question: Maria and/or Scott - Are either of you going to the bird flu presentation?
ETA: I just remembered this from the presentations. For the autism one, there was a study that was done where autistic kids were taught certain signs to see if they could learn them and use them. Among the signs they were taught were: mushroom, sauce pan, and flask. Now tell me, why would you teach a ten year old the sign for "flask"?!