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Thursday, June 11, 2015
Jun. 11th, 2015 08:04 pmJune is continuing to be unpredictable and slightly weird. Maybe that's just what happens after 35. On Tuesday morning, I had a nice set plan for the rest of the week: a check-up with the doctor on Wednesday and then going to my parents' house until Saturday since there was the last eye doctor appointment on Thursday (today). Yeah. That got upended at the last minute.
Around noon on Tuesday I get a voicemail wondering why I never responded to an email about a group interview for a charter school I applied to, which was going to be on Wednesday. What email? That was my question. I quickly got my laptop and checked the spam folder and sure enough there it was from four days ago! 9:15 for the next morning. Obviously, I called right back, left a message confirming the interview. I'm glad they followed up with the phone call.
Then hectic planning: calling my Mom to see if she could come at 7:30 instead of 11 and basically wisk Tanya to her house herself. (She got my Dad to work from home so they could both show up before 7 even and get Tanya and my stuff for the week). Then I rescheduled the doctor's, and then started putting together stuff I needed for the interview.
One thing I needed to come up with was object of personal significance to introduce myself with. My mind immediately jumped to Mary Stewart book -books 2 and 3 of the Merlin Trilogy, in Russian, since that was what really made me focus on studying English history and reading the first book of the trilogy later in the English language felt like a major achievement after I was in the US for a year. That book really changed my life. I had Papa bring it. (Now I want to reread it) It turned out very short intro anyway, I didn't need to be too elaborate. Someone brought the little statue of an Eiffel Tower, one young man brought a game boy, another person a memory box.
Interview itself went ok. We had to do a teaching lesson based on their philosophy - I went first but I should have waited to benefit from more feedback. It was a long process. I'm really crappy at interviews - I get awkward and talk too fast. I need to remember to look the person in the eye more and to slow down. I don't think I'm getting this job (and the hours are super long, so I'm conflicted about it anyway) but I'm very glad that at least I got called for an interview - progress!
I went to my parents' house after the whole thing was over around 3pm. I took the ferry which was very nice, in the warm summer weather. I've seen the Statue of Liberty many times, visited it twice, been to the very top but still, everytime I see it, I want to just stand and look at it. It is pretty cool.
When I got to my parents's place, Mama and Tanya were in the backyard. They got Tanya a baby pool and she was splashing around, playing with my bath toys (I started collecting rubber ducks from trips quite accidentally. I have a space ducky from Kennedy Space Center, a pirate ducky from Pirates of Carribean ride at Disneyworld, cruise ducky from a cruise and even a rubber piggy, I think from Montauk.) It was pretty adorable.
Today I went to the eye doctor for the dilation. Last part of the check up. That doctor's office is so ridiculous with the wait times. Very disorganized. It took two hours to hear that my eyes are fine and get my new eyeglasses prescription. At least it's done. Funny thing, but really not that funny: I had a $35 copay, plus, the receptionist informed me, a $12.24 that insurance didn't pay in the previous visit. The receptionist then took out a calculator to add 35 and 12. Sigh. She probably gets paid more than me too. Overall, I paid $117 for this check-up in there visits. (I figured that out without a calculator). I could have had a cheaper exam in Costco without insurance. But I guess I should do deeper test every 8 years or so.
'Agents of Shield', Season 2 went up on Netflix today. I actually got to watch the first episode while my Dad played with Tanya in the evening. That show really benefits from watching the whole season at once as it is just one long, highly serialized movie. Also, Lucy Lawless guest starring is an automatic 5 star episode.
Around noon on Tuesday I get a voicemail wondering why I never responded to an email about a group interview for a charter school I applied to, which was going to be on Wednesday. What email? That was my question. I quickly got my laptop and checked the spam folder and sure enough there it was from four days ago! 9:15 for the next morning. Obviously, I called right back, left a message confirming the interview. I'm glad they followed up with the phone call.
Then hectic planning: calling my Mom to see if she could come at 7:30 instead of 11 and basically wisk Tanya to her house herself. (She got my Dad to work from home so they could both show up before 7 even and get Tanya and my stuff for the week). Then I rescheduled the doctor's, and then started putting together stuff I needed for the interview.
One thing I needed to come up with was object of personal significance to introduce myself with. My mind immediately jumped to Mary Stewart book -books 2 and 3 of the Merlin Trilogy, in Russian, since that was what really made me focus on studying English history and reading the first book of the trilogy later in the English language felt like a major achievement after I was in the US for a year. That book really changed my life. I had Papa bring it. (Now I want to reread it) It turned out very short intro anyway, I didn't need to be too elaborate. Someone brought the little statue of an Eiffel Tower, one young man brought a game boy, another person a memory box.
Interview itself went ok. We had to do a teaching lesson based on their philosophy - I went first but I should have waited to benefit from more feedback. It was a long process. I'm really crappy at interviews - I get awkward and talk too fast. I need to remember to look the person in the eye more and to slow down. I don't think I'm getting this job (and the hours are super long, so I'm conflicted about it anyway) but I'm very glad that at least I got called for an interview - progress!
I went to my parents' house after the whole thing was over around 3pm. I took the ferry which was very nice, in the warm summer weather. I've seen the Statue of Liberty many times, visited it twice, been to the very top but still, everytime I see it, I want to just stand and look at it. It is pretty cool.
When I got to my parents's place, Mama and Tanya were in the backyard. They got Tanya a baby pool and she was splashing around, playing with my bath toys (I started collecting rubber ducks from trips quite accidentally. I have a space ducky from Kennedy Space Center, a pirate ducky from Pirates of Carribean ride at Disneyworld, cruise ducky from a cruise and even a rubber piggy, I think from Montauk.) It was pretty adorable.
Today I went to the eye doctor for the dilation. Last part of the check up. That doctor's office is so ridiculous with the wait times. Very disorganized. It took two hours to hear that my eyes are fine and get my new eyeglasses prescription. At least it's done. Funny thing, but really not that funny: I had a $35 copay, plus, the receptionist informed me, a $12.24 that insurance didn't pay in the previous visit. The receptionist then took out a calculator to add 35 and 12. Sigh. She probably gets paid more than me too. Overall, I paid $117 for this check-up in there visits. (I figured that out without a calculator). I could have had a cheaper exam in Costco without insurance. But I guess I should do deeper test every 8 years or so.
'Agents of Shield', Season 2 went up on Netflix today. I actually got to watch the first episode while my Dad played with Tanya in the evening. That show really benefits from watching the whole season at once as it is just one long, highly serialized movie. Also, Lucy Lawless guest starring is an automatic 5 star episode.
