Saturday, September 24, 2011

Hot Stuff

I thought that might get your attention. I have nothing to post about so I'll just ramble.

I have a whole new group of school children that I drive. My routes take me to the same neighborhoods as before but all new students with all new challenges. I have more pre-schoolers than in the past. I also have some students that are severely challenged, non verbal and physically handicapped whose parents have earned or are earning special rewards for their patience.

I work fewer hours (about 4.25 per day) but I got a raise of $.40 per hour which in comparison to the last few years is eaten up by fewer hours.

My aide hurt his back 2 weeks ago playing around with another drivers child and he has been off work for the past 10 days, so I have had a substitute aide. She is very nice and takes kind care of the children.

The Family History Center is undergoing some changes. In the past when patrons rented microfilms they paid us for the rental/postage. Now they can order the films on-line and pay the fee with their credit card. It makes my life (from the admin perspective) easier.

That's about it - oh, Sharon has a very bad cold. She gets these whiz-bang, super colds about twice a year. Her nose runs like a faucet, her throat gets real sore and it just lays her low for a few days. The funny thing is I never catch whatever she has.

1 comments:

Jenni said...

Sounds like you are off and rolling literally. I rode a bus last night and it wasn't pleasant. However, our busdriver backed us into our parking spot and we were all adequately impressed.

Tell Sharon to get better. I found that a Neti Pot helps the cold symptoms dramatically. You can get them cheap at any drug store. I thought I might die using it, but it worked and we laughed a lot. Maddie was so impressed that she used it too (after washing it). Google it and read up - then you'll see why we washed it thoroughly. I had SO many people recommend the Neti Pot to me and I was glad I tried it.