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Dec. 12th, 2014 08:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_rckYesterday morning, I spent about three hours at the school, helping with the book sale. They didn't really need me. There weren't many kids at any one time, and one cash register was enough to handle the sales. I spent a while writing down the names of kids who wanted to buy things of which we were down to the last copy. Basically, they paid for the book, and I wrote down their names, teachers, and the titles of the books in question. Scholastic will send us the copies we need some time next week. They've promised to get them all to us by the end of next week so that nobody has to wait over winter vacation.
I bought three books for Cordelia, The Giver, the latest Wimpy Kid book (she's already finished that one), and a graphic novel (I think) called Sisters. I also bought a book of slow cooker recipes. I've found a couple of recipes in there that I think Scott and I would like. Cordelia is likely to hate anything I cook, so whatever. I bought a few books for my nephew's birthday. I was going to order stuff from Amazon for him, but I thought the books looked good. I got him two Goosebumps books, two I Survived books (Pompeii and WWII Poland), and the first book in the Origami Yoda series. The Origami Yoda book is a gamble. It may be beyond his reading level, but the books are wildly popular, so I thought it was worth a try. Hopefully, the I Survived books won't scare him. My sister says he likes scary things, but historical scary is different from horror movie scary.
I wanted to buy books for Cordelia's teacher's but somebody Wednesday night (and it was just one person) bought everything the two teachers had requested. I thought that they simply hadn't asked for anything, but the last thing I did during my volunteer stint was to sort the books for the teachers and put them into their mailboxes. There were a lot of books for both of Cordelia's teachers. The vocal music teacher and the librarian both had stuff wishlisted, but I didn't feel as motivated to buy for them.
I didn't help with the break down of the book sale. I didn't feel I could leave home while our cleaning lady was here. I mean, I have done that before, but I don't like to do it.
I ordered something else for Scott. I don't know that I'll give it to him for Christmas. His birthday is in February. I just thought I should order it now given that Amazon's delivery estimate was one to four weeks. I also ordered a few used CDs for myself. I couldn't resist.
Tomorrow is Cordelia's last volleyball game of the season. Naturally, it's at 9 a.m. Cordelia is sad that the season's ending. Her coach threw a little party for the girls at practice last night (they couldn't practice Wednesday because the school was using the gym). I sent in candy-- Rollos softened and smushed between two waffle pretzels (I usually do one waffle pretzel and an almond, but I wanted to avoid nuts given that I was going to be sending these into the school. The school is no longer officially nut/peanut free because the principal feels that that is impossible to do adequately. I don't see why they shouldn't try anyway, but it's not up to me). Cordelia tells me they had cookies and cupcakes, too. Cordelia even expressed regret that there wouldn't be any more volleyball practices, and she normally hates practicing any sport.
I have to get my act together and get the physical form filled out so that Cordelia can participate in sports at school. That's a matter of getting the form to the doctor's office, having them fill out a third of a page and sign it, and having them send it back to me. I can probably mail it to them and include a SASE. I just have to actually do it. Scott has also offered to drop it off and pick it up on his way home from work, so there's really no excuse.
I wish Cordelia were interested in more sports at school. There's a flat annual pay to play fee of $150. For one sport, that's more than a season with Rec & Ed costs. For two sports, it would make more sense. Still, this is an opportunity for Cordelia to play more volleyball. I just hope that her school gets enough girls to field a team. I know of four girls who are likely to play. Surely, out of a class of forty seven, there will be others. I think they only need eight (It's six on the court at a time. Eight just gives them enough players that, if someone's absent, they can still play. Cordelia's Rec & Ed team has ten girls, but the most they've had at any one game has been eight).
If there isn't a team at Cordelia's school, I'll have to deal with the logistics of getting her home from Clague. If the school doesn't have enough kids to field a team, the kids who want to play are bused to Clague, but parents are responsible for getting them home. There is a bus that takes Clague students who've stayed late to Cordelia's school, but I don't know if we could get permission for her to ride that bus. People at Cordelia's school didn't seem to comprehend what I was saying when I asked about the possibility. Cordelia's not prepared to ride the city bus on her own (it scares her), so I'd have to bus out there, pick her up, and bus back.
I bought three books for Cordelia, The Giver, the latest Wimpy Kid book (she's already finished that one), and a graphic novel (I think) called Sisters. I also bought a book of slow cooker recipes. I've found a couple of recipes in there that I think Scott and I would like. Cordelia is likely to hate anything I cook, so whatever. I bought a few books for my nephew's birthday. I was going to order stuff from Amazon for him, but I thought the books looked good. I got him two Goosebumps books, two I Survived books (Pompeii and WWII Poland), and the first book in the Origami Yoda series. The Origami Yoda book is a gamble. It may be beyond his reading level, but the books are wildly popular, so I thought it was worth a try. Hopefully, the I Survived books won't scare him. My sister says he likes scary things, but historical scary is different from horror movie scary.
I wanted to buy books for Cordelia's teacher's but somebody Wednesday night (and it was just one person) bought everything the two teachers had requested. I thought that they simply hadn't asked for anything, but the last thing I did during my volunteer stint was to sort the books for the teachers and put them into their mailboxes. There were a lot of books for both of Cordelia's teachers. The vocal music teacher and the librarian both had stuff wishlisted, but I didn't feel as motivated to buy for them.
I didn't help with the break down of the book sale. I didn't feel I could leave home while our cleaning lady was here. I mean, I have done that before, but I don't like to do it.
I ordered something else for Scott. I don't know that I'll give it to him for Christmas. His birthday is in February. I just thought I should order it now given that Amazon's delivery estimate was one to four weeks. I also ordered a few used CDs for myself. I couldn't resist.
Tomorrow is Cordelia's last volleyball game of the season. Naturally, it's at 9 a.m. Cordelia is sad that the season's ending. Her coach threw a little party for the girls at practice last night (they couldn't practice Wednesday because the school was using the gym). I sent in candy-- Rollos softened and smushed between two waffle pretzels (I usually do one waffle pretzel and an almond, but I wanted to avoid nuts given that I was going to be sending these into the school. The school is no longer officially nut/peanut free because the principal feels that that is impossible to do adequately. I don't see why they shouldn't try anyway, but it's not up to me). Cordelia tells me they had cookies and cupcakes, too. Cordelia even expressed regret that there wouldn't be any more volleyball practices, and she normally hates practicing any sport.
I have to get my act together and get the physical form filled out so that Cordelia can participate in sports at school. That's a matter of getting the form to the doctor's office, having them fill out a third of a page and sign it, and having them send it back to me. I can probably mail it to them and include a SASE. I just have to actually do it. Scott has also offered to drop it off and pick it up on his way home from work, so there's really no excuse.
I wish Cordelia were interested in more sports at school. There's a flat annual pay to play fee of $150. For one sport, that's more than a season with Rec & Ed costs. For two sports, it would make more sense. Still, this is an opportunity for Cordelia to play more volleyball. I just hope that her school gets enough girls to field a team. I know of four girls who are likely to play. Surely, out of a class of forty seven, there will be others. I think they only need eight (It's six on the court at a time. Eight just gives them enough players that, if someone's absent, they can still play. Cordelia's Rec & Ed team has ten girls, but the most they've had at any one game has been eight).
If there isn't a team at Cordelia's school, I'll have to deal with the logistics of getting her home from Clague. If the school doesn't have enough kids to field a team, the kids who want to play are bused to Clague, but parents are responsible for getting them home. There is a bus that takes Clague students who've stayed late to Cordelia's school, but I don't know if we could get permission for her to ride that bus. People at Cordelia's school didn't seem to comprehend what I was saying when I asked about the possibility. Cordelia's not prepared to ride the city bus on her own (it scares her), so I'd have to bus out there, pick her up, and bus back.
