Thread: Rant and Rave, Cry and Complain

I'm going on a trip tomorrow. I will be out of town for up to 5 days. It's a board game convention in Orlando. I'm going with a few buddies of mine. It will be fun. I will still log in but I might not have as much time for posting as usual. See you guys when I get back

I've been having a lot of fun on my trip at the board game convention. It's so huge! Hundreds of people all playing games.

Tonight I played probably my favorite all time board game: Secret Hitler. We had a full 10 people. In this game 1, person is Hitler, 3 people are fascists who help Hitler, and 6 people are liberals. The liberals don't know who anyone is, Hitler doesn't know who anyone is, but the Fascists all know who everyone is! The fascists are trying to get Hitler elected as Chancellor or pass 6 fascist laws, the liberals are trying either pass 5 liberal laws or kill Hitler. But you can only kill Hitler by passing Fascist laws... It's crazy fun. Anyway, during one game I was a fascist and I did a double misdirection (playing liberal cards on purpose), and I had everyone fooled!! They thought I was liberal and trusted me. Hahaha. That was fun. We won!!

Later I was a liberal and no one believed me... lol.. we still managed to win that one too. It was hard work trying to prove to them I wasn't a bad guy!

It was ridiculously fun and we played for hours.

Having a great summer break so far. I went seaglassing the day before yesterday, and played board games with my usual gang last night On Saturday I'm going to be volunteering at the local board gaming convention. I'm sure I'll get some time to play too, and it will be fun.

What's most exciting to me right now is that I recently signed up to be a volunteer at a pregnancy crisis center. Just to help out however is needed. Also they are going to train me to become a sidewalk advocate. This is someone who stands outside an abortion clinic offering help to anyone who might be on the fence and want that help. Help them to get to the crisis center where they can get the resources they need. It's not a protest thing or anything violent. But lives are saved this way. Honestly I can't think of anything better I could be doing with my free time during summer break.

Happy. I did a lot of dipping shells in muriatic acid today, including my crab shells. Tomorrow I will encase them in epoxy resin.

Pretty soon I will be rocking a pair of crab shell earrings.

I wish i had a washer and dryer at home. I hate having to go to the laundromat. It consumes about 90 mins of my time. I love living alone but sometimes doing everything on my own can be overwhelming especially without a car. That being said i'm enjoying this summer, hot and dry heat. Just hope people converse energy so the lights can stay on.

Originally Posted by tropicalbreeze

I wish i had a washer and dryer at home. I hate having to go to the laundromat. It consumes about 90 mins of my time. I love living alone but sometimes doing everything on my own can be overwhelming especially without a car. That being said i'm enjoying this summer, hot and dry heat. Just hope people converse energy so the lights can stay on.

You could try making one from a bucket and plunger. That's called a "camping washing machine". It might not work as well, but it could do for clothes that are lightly dirty if you're in a pinch. Then hang clothes to dry. I hang my dresses a lot because the dryer causes pilling. I just use hangers and put them around my room to air dry.

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Man. I did a WBTB and everything. I don't mind not getting lucid. But dang, I didn't even have any recall!! Bah...

I've done handwashing in a sink before. I did find it an okay form of washing for small amounts of clothes that aren't too drenched in sweat. Prior i was lucky to have a washer and dryer right next to me and only had to share it with one or two other people on the property.

Frustrated. Getting ready to set my crab shells in resin. However, in the process of getting them ready (dipping them in HCl, cleaning them, and drilling them), I've destroyed probably a good 25% of my collection.

Oh well. Almost done.

Did resin coat #2 for my crab shells and baby sand dollars. It really sucks because I got resin all over my hands. Soap does not remove it!!! Showering does nothing! Stickiness that never goes away! Eventually I found the vinegar and dumped it on my arms a bunch of times. That worked.

I feel like I'm living that Twilight Zone episode where the book lover, who survives the holocaust and is left alone in the world with his beloved piles of books, breaks his glasses.

My day work is giving me really high waking awareness, just WAITING for a juice late morning REM cycle to result in glorious lucid dreams, but I just can't seem to sleep past 5 hrs...

It feels like one of those famous deal's with the devil: "OK, you now will be lucid in EVERY dream (Mua ha ha!), thanks for your soul!"

Holy ****.

Just found out some my schedule for this upcoming school year. Apparently, they dropped my 6th grade science class (as I expected). Still have my 7th grade class.

What's unexpected? I'm now teaching 8th grade science direct instruction (not co-teaching it).

YIKES. That's a new prep. And it's a tested grade level. Hahahah...... ...

I'm in pain. Woke up this morning very sore.

I mean I was dealing with my knee the past week but, This morning my whole body was sore...

107 degrees out side! To hot to do anything. Sigh.

Great first day back at work. No students, yet, just teachers. Found out my floater (the person who will share my room during one period a day) is my good buddy Dan C. Yay! I also found out that I do indeed have an 8th grade class and all my babies from last year and the year before are now my babies again this year. Yay!

Oh yeah I forgot. I chopped up my Dioscorea alata (purple potato) and just randomly put it in the ground around some trees. Well. I was sure nothing would happen. Today, I noticed there are alata vines growing on both these trees! Yay! My mom was amazed.

Really proud. I arm wrestled one of my science teacher friends, a guy, and beat him twice!! Hahaha. That was awesome.

Then later today when I went to the gym my trainer didn't show up. He got sick apparently. Well I did my work out all by myself for the first time. That may not seem like much, but to me it's a big deal. A year and 2 months ago I could not tell you a thing about anything in a gym. I did triceps and chest. Did the tricep machine (sitting push down), then I did the circle weights on the ball (hug a big tree hug a small tree), then weights straight up on the flat bench (10 lbs, I'm not that strong), and then the standing machine where you push down and your body goes up. I did 20 times and then 4 times each. I am very proud of myself today.