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the_rckScott slept all yesterday morning, so I'm glad the roofers didn't come. There's no way he could have slept through them working. He got up about one, and we both played games on our laptops until Cordelia came home.
I'm working my way through a hidden object game called Hidden Expedition: The Crown of Solomon. It's not awful, but I'm finding it kind of clunky. There are long periods of dark screen between scenes, and I haven't had that with other game I've tried. I'm also a bit frustrated with the plot which has me collecting pieces of an artifact and being repeatedly robbed of them right after I find them. I think the plot must require that the villain assemble the artifact and do something with it that I then have to deal with. I just wish I had the option to do something else. The game is also very episodic, with clusters of two to four locations that feel kind of claustrophobic.
I recently finished Dreampath: The Two Kingdoms. I didn't like the animation for that one. It also suffered from coming right after I'd finished a Dark Parables game (Ballad of Rapunzel). Those are complicated and very pretty. Dreampath: The Two Kingdoms was interesting in that it specified a gender for the point of view character (female. It kept addressing me as 'Princess'). Most of the games I've played are very careful not to do to that. It even ended with an implied (heterosexual) romance. It also had clusters of locations, but I could travel between clusters as needed.
The roofers arrived right around eight this morning. I waited to leave for the school until after they arrived. They told me to warn them when I'm coming in or out so that they don't accidentally drop anything on me. I mentioned the cleaning lady, and they said, by the time she comes, they shouldn't be dropping anything any longer. As of now, they've got all the old shingles on the front off, and they're working on the back of the house. I don't think they've started pulling out the bad wood yet (if they have, they've already replaced it in front, but I really don't think they have). The work is currently quieter than I expected. I'm sure that will change.
Scott called as I was leaving the school. There's about a 95% chance he'll have to work late tonight. There's an extra person off on second shift, so they need another person to cover. Since Scott was out yesterday, he's at the top of the list for overtime. I've e-mailed the parents on Cordelia's soccer team to see if I can find someone to take her to and bring her home from practice. I really hope we can find somebody. I don't want to deal with taking her by cab. I might even just keep her home if we can't find a ride. There is one girl on the team who I know lives on this side of town, but in years past, she's been sporadic about attending practices and games because her family also has transportation issues. I have my fingers crossed that that family can help us out tonight.
My time at the library wasn't much. I shelved books for about forty-five minutes. Then I shelf read and straightened shelves. Then the librarian asked me to try to make some shelf labels. I don't think I produced quite what she wanted, but at least, I gave her a base document she could edit.
I was surprised-- The librarian asked me to fill out a background check form. I don't mind, but this is the first time I've needed one for volunteering in the library. Normally, they don't require one if the volunteer is going to be in the presence of a teacher the whole time (which I will be). Background checks are required for anything where the volunteer will be with students without supervision. That's why Scott had to do one for Science Olympiad last year. When I do a background check, I always worry that something will turn up because my name is really, really common. When I first arrived at college, I had trouble because someone with my name but a different middle initial wrote bad checks. All they ask for on the form is name, maiden name, aliases, and date of birth, not even an address.
I'm working my way through a hidden object game called Hidden Expedition: The Crown of Solomon. It's not awful, but I'm finding it kind of clunky. There are long periods of dark screen between scenes, and I haven't had that with other game I've tried. I'm also a bit frustrated with the plot which has me collecting pieces of an artifact and being repeatedly robbed of them right after I find them. I think the plot must require that the villain assemble the artifact and do something with it that I then have to deal with. I just wish I had the option to do something else. The game is also very episodic, with clusters of two to four locations that feel kind of claustrophobic.
I recently finished Dreampath: The Two Kingdoms. I didn't like the animation for that one. It also suffered from coming right after I'd finished a Dark Parables game (Ballad of Rapunzel). Those are complicated and very pretty. Dreampath: The Two Kingdoms was interesting in that it specified a gender for the point of view character (female. It kept addressing me as 'Princess'). Most of the games I've played are very careful not to do to that. It even ended with an implied (heterosexual) romance. It also had clusters of locations, but I could travel between clusters as needed.
The roofers arrived right around eight this morning. I waited to leave for the school until after they arrived. They told me to warn them when I'm coming in or out so that they don't accidentally drop anything on me. I mentioned the cleaning lady, and they said, by the time she comes, they shouldn't be dropping anything any longer. As of now, they've got all the old shingles on the front off, and they're working on the back of the house. I don't think they've started pulling out the bad wood yet (if they have, they've already replaced it in front, but I really don't think they have). The work is currently quieter than I expected. I'm sure that will change.
Scott called as I was leaving the school. There's about a 95% chance he'll have to work late tonight. There's an extra person off on second shift, so they need another person to cover. Since Scott was out yesterday, he's at the top of the list for overtime. I've e-mailed the parents on Cordelia's soccer team to see if I can find someone to take her to and bring her home from practice. I really hope we can find somebody. I don't want to deal with taking her by cab. I might even just keep her home if we can't find a ride. There is one girl on the team who I know lives on this side of town, but in years past, she's been sporadic about attending practices and games because her family also has transportation issues. I have my fingers crossed that that family can help us out tonight.
My time at the library wasn't much. I shelved books for about forty-five minutes. Then I shelf read and straightened shelves. Then the librarian asked me to try to make some shelf labels. I don't think I produced quite what she wanted, but at least, I gave her a base document she could edit.
I was surprised-- The librarian asked me to fill out a background check form. I don't mind, but this is the first time I've needed one for volunteering in the library. Normally, they don't require one if the volunteer is going to be in the presence of a teacher the whole time (which I will be). Background checks are required for anything where the volunteer will be with students without supervision. That's why Scott had to do one for Science Olympiad last year. When I do a background check, I always worry that something will turn up because my name is really, really common. When I first arrived at college, I had trouble because someone with my name but a different middle initial wrote bad checks. All they ask for on the form is name, maiden name, aliases, and date of birth, not even an address.
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Date: 2014-09-18 07:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-09-18 09:50 pm (UTC)I don't mind doing it. It's just that I never had to before, so I wondered.
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Date: 2014-09-18 11:25 pm (UTC)