Today I Learned Thursday

[TheEleventhHour]

Today I learned that DS can unclip his high chair straps and climb out. I learned this when I left the living room with him in his chair to go to the kitchen and came back from the kitchen 2 minutes later to find him sitting on the couch ... AWESOME. 

[b0710]

TIL that having a student teacher is not really the fun, learning, growing experience I had hoped it would be. We have polar opposite personalities (I'm super out-going, friendly, blunt, emotional, etc. He is crazy quiet, shy, awkward....not sure how this is going to work for him). He has ideas but doesn't know how to implement them, doesn't like some of the things I do yet doesn't know how to change it, I could go on and on. I thought I would help someone learn to be a teacher, but instead I worry every day about my students, myself, the student teacher, etc. I signed up for 3 graduate classes thinking I'd have extra time to work on them.....so wrong about that so far. He does listen to suggestions and legitimately tries to do better, but he has so.far.to.go! I'm really hoping things change for the better over the next 2 months, but I'm not sure how to tell someone to stop being so awkward or pick a new career (I mean, he knew teaching involved working with people, right?).

In case you need more details, I teach Freshmen in High School.....they need some personality, compassion, and relatability in their lives.

[TheEleventhHour]

TIL that I will never remember proper crutch use on stairs and cane use for people with strokes and that the NCLEX loves asking questions about those things. Ugh.

[chilibeansm0m]

I always need one day to recover from vaycay. privacy

[esmerelda]

Til that my kid will likely throw a fit every time we leave the bounce house place. All the kids in that ass she's the only one. Blahh

[bennikki]

TIL that my kid taught the other kids at daycare how to pretend they were having beers in the garage. I think I need to have a conversation with DH about his extra curricular activities when I work late.

[jcar]

TIL that my kid is such a big kid now. It's his birthday and he was like such a big kid. When it was time, DH pulled out his gifts. DS got so excited and ran over to start opening them. And while doing so he kept saying whoa or cool. He was so into it.

[sep509bride]

Feb 5, 2015 14:03:13 GMT -5 TheEleventhHour said:

TIL that I will never remember proper crutch use on stairs and cane use for people with strokes and that the NCLEX loves asking questions about those things. Ugh.

TheEleventhHour - I am a geriatric physical therapist, so you are speaking my language. If there's anything I can help you with, let me know!

[decaflife]

Feb 5, 2015 20:13:20 GMT -5 @aeroplaneoverthesea said:

TIL about space and stuff. Easier to link:
luminarydaily.com/nasa-spacecraft-wakes-near-pluto-2-9-billion-miles-earth/

Very cool!

TIL that my thyroid is still crummy and that I really need to go see an actual endocrinologist because my dosage needs to be upped. I also learned that my body still isn't absorbing enough folate or B12 so my red blood cell count is still too low, but climbed a tiny bit, and the red blood cells are too big, and have actually gotten bigger.

After a gentle probing though at least I don't have ovarian cysts, just unexplained pain.

[littleheaven]

ok so today is Friday but I'm pretty sure they had this decided the other day
but today I learned I lost my job of 10 years
and my bosses were visibly upset telling the rest of our team....couldn't even look me in the eye or say hi to me in the morning
it was at like 930.... had not even 5 mins to grab stuff....hung out in the parking lot for a while then met my sis and her sil at the mall....she had soph....
dh is totally acting ok with it...it'll be hard but it'll be good
my dad said eff them
and a couple of coworkers are telling me how in shock and upset ppl are over the news....
my direct boss was apparently crying but I'm sure it was for personal not professional reasons....she's good at separating the 2....they didn't seem to want to fire me....I'm sure there was a way they didn't have to....maybe it was something more who knows...whatever
now we figure out if we keep her in dc or what....being home is going to drive me nuts

[TheEleventhHour]

littleheaven I am so sorry to hear about your job! Sending positive thoughts to you.

[hikingmama222]

littleheaven so sorry about your job! Hopefully you guys and figure everything out, take some time for you.

[esmerelda]

littleheaven sorry to hear about your job that's awful.

[b0710]

So sorry littleheaven ! Hopefully something even better is around the corner for you.

[ohiodoxiemama08]

littleheaven I'm sorry to hear. Hugs to you mama. Here's to hoping something bigger and better is around the corner.

[decaflife]

littleheaven - sigh, so sorry about your job! FX for something better, hopefully if they like you on a personal level they'll still help with a recommendation?

[luluandgirl]

Feb 6, 2015 15:11:39 GMT -5 littleheaven said:

ok so today is Friday but I'm pretty sure they had this decided the other day
but today I learned I lost my job of 10 years
and my bosses were visibly upset telling the rest of our team....couldn't even look me in the eye or say hi to me in the morning
it was at like 930.... had not even 5 mins to grab stuff....hung out in the parking lot for a while then met my sis and her sil at the mall....she had soph....
dh is totally acting ok with it...it'll be hard but it'll be good
my dad said eff them
and a couple of coworkers are telling me how in shock and upset ppl are over the news....
my direct boss was apparently crying but I'm sure it was for personal not professional reasons....she's good at separating the 2....they didn't seem to want to fire me....I'm sure there was a way they didn't have to....maybe it was something more who knows...whatever
now we figure out if we keep her in dc or what....being home is going to drive me nuts

I'm so sorry to hear this. I hope that it's a blessing in disguise and leads to bigger and better things - hugs!