Beltane / Rant / Ana
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neversremedy8Anyone local have recommendations for Beltane this year? We missed all celebrations last year, and I really want to give Ana more opportunities to share in my beliefs. So, any plans that we can share in? Or any open locations that are being used as a group celebration that welcomes new people would be good.
Ok, what the fuck is wrong with the people of this city? Where did they all get the idea that it's ok for them to spit everywhere? Why the hell can't they use a tissue? I don't want to have to see spit and mucus come shooting out of anyone's mouth, and I especially don't want it to land anywhere where I have to see it, sit near it, or stand near it. Because of these inconsiderate assholes, who apparently need to spit every five seconds (with lovely hocking noises), I've had spit end up on my bag, on my pant legs, on my coat's hem, and the bottoms of my shoes and those of my daughter. I don't want to wade through your phlegm! And it's not just teenagers, it's not just males, it's all ages, both men and women. I remember the first time it came to my attention that people around here thought it was ok to expectorate--at a dance at my high school, I danced around barefoot, and as I wandered the halls stepped in someone else's body fluids because they couldn't even take it outside! USE A FUCKING TISSUE! If you don't have one, use the garbage can. Take a fucking decongestant and stop poisoning my environment. Did these people ever hear of etiquette? Common decency and consideration of others? Apparently not. My irritation has gotten to the level where I make open comments on how disgusting it is, complaining and bitching to the open air near the person or people who are likely responsible. This morning I snapped and actually walked past a kid standing outside Ballard High spitting ALL OVER the ground in front of the bus stop bench so that no one could sit down without dunking their shoes into the phlegm, and I said very loud, "gods, people are disgusting around here, use a tissue!" Why isn't it ok for me to go around whacking people over the heads for their stupidity and asshattery? Hrm? JUMPING JESUS ON A POGO STICK! Is it so fucking hard to just to ... you know ... NOT expectorate in public? Put a tissue in your pocket if you know you're congested. Is there some place in the U.S., or hell, the world, where people don't regularly spit all over the walkways? Please, if someone knows of such a place, I'll consider moving there, because I'm going nuts walking around here.
Ana updates: We're working on phonics, she can write all the alphabet well, sings it, and can count very well, too. She wants to learn about computers, and her little predictions about what's going to happen soon have been very on. On Saturday, we went to the UW's Engineering Open house, and before we caught the bus, she told me, "we're catching two buses." I told her that no, we just need to catch one, but she was right--we just barely missed the bus we needed and caught a different one that required us to transfer closer to home. Then later that evening I suggested we head downtown and watch a movie, and she said, "I want to stay home now and see the movie tomorrow." Half an hour later, the sunny day turned to a horrendous downpour, and I couldn't help thinking how miserable we'd have been walking to the theatre in that rain and then waiting for a bus later that evening.
I bought her a couple of very inexpensive workbooks today, made our reward wheels this evening, and picked up some index cards, which I'll turn into phonics flash cards when the Phonics Pathways comes in at the library. I spent a lot of time today on buses, after two hours of non-stop job applying at WorkFirst, I hopped a bus to Greenwood, grabbed a cheeseburger (yay!), and stopped in at the library. I picked up Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Bubbles, Rainbows, and Worms (a preschool science book), a second book on teaching 4-9 year olds, a couple of CD's, and Little Women read on CD for Ana to listen to. When she told me she wanted to read, I had to do something to help her along. Thanks,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
damashita, for the tip about A Well-Trained Mind: Classical Education at Home, it's giving me a lot more insight into what I can do for Ana at home, even if she's going to public school for a little while. So far, the Bubbles, Rainbows, et al and Well-Trained Mind are two I want to have in my own library. I also need a new copy of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory since most of my children's books were lost/destroyed at David's house. The preschool director told me I was such a great mom, and I didn't immediately want to prove her wrong or feel guilty ... maybe I'm starting to get some of this right. Ha!
Anyway, we're doing well.jodawi should be by in the next couple of days to poke at Kalinda, and I hope we can get things settled about all this. Please let me be able to get the data off of the hard drive and reinstall Windows! The worst case scenario is that the hard drive is damaged, not just a corrupted file, in that case, I lose everything that isn't backed up on disc from before. If it was just a virus, I should be able to get my stuff back and the hard drive working again. Right? That's my understanding.
Much love to all.
Ok, what the fuck is wrong with the people of this city? Where did they all get the idea that it's ok for them to spit everywhere? Why the hell can't they use a tissue? I don't want to have to see spit and mucus come shooting out of anyone's mouth, and I especially don't want it to land anywhere where I have to see it, sit near it, or stand near it. Because of these inconsiderate assholes, who apparently need to spit every five seconds (with lovely hocking noises), I've had spit end up on my bag, on my pant legs, on my coat's hem, and the bottoms of my shoes and those of my daughter. I don't want to wade through your phlegm! And it's not just teenagers, it's not just males, it's all ages, both men and women. I remember the first time it came to my attention that people around here thought it was ok to expectorate--at a dance at my high school, I danced around barefoot, and as I wandered the halls stepped in someone else's body fluids because they couldn't even take it outside! USE A FUCKING TISSUE! If you don't have one, use the garbage can. Take a fucking decongestant and stop poisoning my environment. Did these people ever hear of etiquette? Common decency and consideration of others? Apparently not. My irritation has gotten to the level where I make open comments on how disgusting it is, complaining and bitching to the open air near the person or people who are likely responsible. This morning I snapped and actually walked past a kid standing outside Ballard High spitting ALL OVER the ground in front of the bus stop bench so that no one could sit down without dunking their shoes into the phlegm, and I said very loud, "gods, people are disgusting around here, use a tissue!" Why isn't it ok for me to go around whacking people over the heads for their stupidity and asshattery? Hrm? JUMPING JESUS ON A POGO STICK! Is it so fucking hard to just to ... you know ... NOT expectorate in public? Put a tissue in your pocket if you know you're congested. Is there some place in the U.S., or hell, the world, where people don't regularly spit all over the walkways? Please, if someone knows of such a place, I'll consider moving there, because I'm going nuts walking around here.
Ana updates: We're working on phonics, she can write all the alphabet well, sings it, and can count very well, too. She wants to learn about computers, and her little predictions about what's going to happen soon have been very on. On Saturday, we went to the UW's Engineering Open house, and before we caught the bus, she told me, "we're catching two buses." I told her that no, we just need to catch one, but she was right--we just barely missed the bus we needed and caught a different one that required us to transfer closer to home. Then later that evening I suggested we head downtown and watch a movie, and she said, "I want to stay home now and see the movie tomorrow." Half an hour later, the sunny day turned to a horrendous downpour, and I couldn't help thinking how miserable we'd have been walking to the theatre in that rain and then waiting for a bus later that evening.
I bought her a couple of very inexpensive workbooks today, made our reward wheels this evening, and picked up some index cards, which I'll turn into phonics flash cards when the Phonics Pathways comes in at the library. I spent a lot of time today on buses, after two hours of non-stop job applying at WorkFirst, I hopped a bus to Greenwood, grabbed a cheeseburger (yay!), and stopped in at the library. I picked up Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Bubbles, Rainbows, and Worms (a preschool science book), a second book on teaching 4-9 year olds, a couple of CD's, and Little Women read on CD for Ana to listen to. When she told me she wanted to read, I had to do something to help her along. Thanks,
damashita, for the tip about A Well-Trained Mind: Classical Education at Home, it's giving me a lot more insight into what I can do for Ana at home, even if she's going to public school for a little while. So far, the Bubbles, Rainbows, et al and Well-Trained Mind are two I want to have in my own library. I also need a new copy of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory since most of my children's books were lost/destroyed at David's house. The preschool director told me I was such a great mom, and I didn't immediately want to prove her wrong or feel guilty ... maybe I'm starting to get some of this right. Ha! Anyway, we're doing well.
jodawi should be by in the next couple of days to poke at Kalinda, and I hope we can get things settled about all this. Please let me be able to get the data off of the hard drive and reinstall Windows! The worst case scenario is that the hard drive is damaged, not just a corrupted file, in that case, I lose everything that isn't backed up on disc from before. If it was just a virus, I should be able to get my stuff back and the hard drive working again. Right? That's my understanding. Much love to all.
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Date: 2005-04-28 04:41 pm (UTC)And you--be taking care of yourself and your needs, too. Yes? *hugs*