2016.11.22: Parts coming together

Yesterday, I forgot to mention that also dropped a container of paperclips all over my office floor!

Today, I was preparing for tomorrows lessons. I’m sifting through material and culling much and trying to leave the most important information for students in this context. Tomorrow we overview the books of Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Psalms (only 4 books in three hours, the pace is slowing from the 5 books of the Pentateuch in 90 minutes; however the Psalms are big).

I love teaching Job. Usually, we have a reader’s theater, where we read through the book with students taking the various parts. (Yes, another influence from you, Pam!) That was the first cut, as it alone would take 90 minutes. I usually still have too much content, and I have to skip over some slides. I’m almost always over prepared. In my preparation, I ended up cutting so many of my favorite aspects. Let’s see if I love teaching Job tomorrow.

My IKEA bookshelves have arrived for my office. My books have lined the wall of my office waiting patiently for a home. I also ordered a wheeled cart to haul things into the classroom. (Yes, another influence from you, Pam!) I put the cart together. I actually like the puzzle process of putting IKEA furniture together and interpreting the hieroglyphs in the instructions.

Maybe I should moonlight on TaskRabbit.

TaskRabbit is an online and mobile marketplace that matches freelance labor with local demand, allowing consumers to find immediate help with everyday tasks, including cleaning, moving, delivery and handyman work (from Wikipedia).

I hear that the number one requested job is putting together IKEA furniture!

Things are dark now with the sun setting at 3:04 pm–and it is not even December yet! I put on my reflective vest over my coat, as I was biking to the mall after work. I read online that the ICA Kvantum, a big grocery store at the mall, would have frozen turkeys. Anya is hosting an American Thanksgiving dinner for some of her friends on Saturday. It has to be after the end of test week, which ends this Friday. The oven here is small, so we ended up with a 4.455 kg turkey, or just over 9.8 pounds, which should fit OK. As three of the 10 people are vegetarian/vegan, that should be enough but not leaving too many leftovers.

Anya is preparing the meal, but she asked for help with the turkey. (And, I get to pay for the groceries!) The ping pong table will become the dinning table. We have to collect some basic things like a table cloth, roasting pan, serving dishes, water glasses (somehow, they didn’t get in the crate, so we’ve been using juice glasses and mugs).

I was also able to pick up some things that our local small grocery store doesn’t carry, like water chestnuts, spring roll wrappers (or “rice pancakes”), for some Asian food tonight. Her vegan friend was going to join us for dinner, but it ended up that she needed to head home before dinner time, so we added some chicken breast.

I need to do more Swedish tonight. There’s a short story that I have to read for my class and write up something about it. I just realized that I don’t know the rubric for the written part. Onward!

With blessings,

Beth