Sheri gave me a pdf file of a book that I want to print out. Lo and behold, it requires adobe reader to open the file. Does the adobe reader on my computer work? No. So I am attempting to download it. So far it has downloaded 6% of the program and it says it is going to take another 2 hours and 11 minutes to download the rest. It seem like I have done this before only to have my computer crash when the program was 95% downloaded. And then it was an older version. I can’t even find adobe 4.0 or 5.0 anywhere on the internet to download. Only 9.0 or later. Sometimes I hate computers.
I am blogging while I am waiting for adobe to download.
Yesterday I came home from work, curled up on the loveseat with the cat and fell asleep. I got up once to switch to the couch so I could stretch out more and didn’t wake up again until 6:00 am when my alarm went off. It felt like I had only been asleep an hour or two.
David – and I went to Dr. Poku’s this morning. The doctor said that David’s stress test looked ok and he was not going to order an angiogram because it would probably be clear just like it was 5 years ago. David says he never wants to do a stress test again. So, David gets to take another drug that is supposed to strengthen his heart. We’ll see. At least his blood pressure seems okay without medication. After that we went to the DMV, Costco and Chinese Gourmet. We picked up Meagan and Cameron from school and David came home and passed out on the bed. He’s still asleep.
Meagan – switched out of her Auto Shop class for 4th term and is going to be a TA in Humanities for Mrs. Christensen. She had the class last semester and liked the teacher, so that will be good, I guess. At least we don’t have to worry about her needing to take the car in to do something to it when we need it.
Cameron – just finished reading “Lord of the Flies.” I hate that book. I had to read it in school and it is one of my least favorite books. It’s up there with “The Old Man and the Sea.” Cameron didn’t like it either. He wrote a good paper about it, though. He also read “Congo” by Michael Crichton and got to write a paper and draw a picture about that.
Jarom – is doing a colored pencil drawing of a sunset. He’s not very far on it, but he likes the rocks in one corner of the drawing the best so far. This morning I told Thor to wake up Jarom. I finally got him to jump up on the bed, but then he just curled up next to Jarom and started purring. “This is not what I am paying you for!” I told Thor. He didn’t care.
Amber – got to go to JA Biz Town yesterday. JA stands for Junior Achievement. The 5th graders got to go and pretend they were grownups. They filled out a job application and got assigned a job in the “city.” Amber got to be a Savings Officer at the bank. Ick! Being a Loan Officer was one of my least favorite jobs ever. I guess she had fun. She said she would have rather been a Teller, CEO or CFO. They got to use computers, the Savings Officers only got to use a stamp. Her friend Kyleen was the CEO of the Restaurant and Charity was a Reporter for the TV Station. Amber did get a pb&j, carrots, an apple, doritos, a rice crispy treat and chocolate milk for lunch, though. So it wasn't a total loss.
Well, now adobe is 30% downloaded and I only have 2 hours and 3 minutes to go...awesome...
2 comments:
i think they should have kids read uplifting books--at least not ones as disgusting as lord of the flies. those dovskevsy (sp?) books were so depressing. no wonder teenagers are depressed after reading the books they are assigned. glad amber liked her lunch and david is doing okay. bet jarom's picture turned out good. the chrises are going to puerto rico on april 8th w/the whole rest of the tobler family.
Yeah, about the only book I liked that I had to read in high school was "Huckleberry Finn." Mark Twain is much more lighthearted than most "classical" authors. I have a feeling it's the school board or the government more than the teachers that choose the books. Maybe you should get on the state school board so you can choose better books for the students to read!
Jarom is still working on his picture. It's pretty big - probably 18x24" or close to that. David says it's looking really good. I haven't seen it since he's done more on it.
The Toblers really like to travel, don't they? Holly told me she just got a letter from one of her mission friends that lives in Puerto Rico. Her friend lives on "the most beautiful beach in Puerto Rico." Too bad Holly can't go with them, I think she'd like that.
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