What's making you happy today? - Page 234

03-09-2009, 03:35 PM

I am happy because yesterday my friends helped me do a bunch of rearranging and painting, and now my bookshelves are in my o ffice where they belong and my daughter's room is 90% done and will be ready to move her bed into on Thursday.

This means she will no longer be sleeping in the large room upstairs that you have to go through to get to my bedroom, yay!

Shawnee123 · 03-10-2009, 09:01 AM

It's starting to look almost certain that my best friend will get the job she applied for here. Her office will be right next to mine! This place will never be quite the same.

Oh, and we MIGHT be back in our offices this afternoon. Three weeks after the flood. Better almost never than never.

LabRat · 03-10-2009, 09:16 AM

I'm not bi-polar, just ADHD*.

Yeah!!!!

*Edit to add: "slightly" ADHD says my doc.

Trilby · 03-10-2009, 09:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LabRat

I'm not bi-polar, just ADHD.

Yeah!!!!

I'm not sure if that qualifies you, Lab!

But congrats on the diagnosis...

xoxoxoBruce · 03-10-2009, 09:19 AM

That's hard to believe with the work you do, but it does explain your penchant for abusing your body over hill and dale.

Aliantha · 03-10-2009, 05:31 PM

The card I got from Cherry yesterday arvo.

jinx · 03-10-2009, 07:48 PM

Day 8 of being back on my old BC pills/off the new ones my gyno wanted me to try, and I've lost 3 lbs. I wasn't getting fat, just bloated, apparently. Yay.

Decca · 03-11-2009, 08:37 AM

The housemate got a job... the weather's starting to be a little less rainy (relatively speaking)... my daughter slept through the night... my husband is communicating rather than yelling and posturing... yup. I have a big happy. Could use some company though... talking to myself isn't all that much fun! (Baby Girl is over at a friend's house for a few hours for playtime)

ZenGum · 03-12-2009, 11:17 PM

I have just given the kiddies their homework.

They are doing a 5 week survey project, where they design a sociological hypothesis, formulate questions to test it, do the survey, then analyse and present their data.

This was a mid-way check. On pair of students had a problem with their stats, that they didn't have enough poor-performing students in their study. After some discussion I realised there is one surefire place to find sub-par students on a Friday afternoon, and directed my (over 18) kiddies accordingly... to the campus bar.

Others needed to inteview more international students who might have part time jobs, so they got sent to the central market and restaurant district.

Another group needed more "general population" respondents, so I just sent them down to the beach.

I kinda like this job.

Aliantha · 03-12-2009, 11:21 PM

What subjects are you teaching Zen?

ZenGum · 03-12-2009, 11:23 PM

Just Critical Thinking, as part of a Uni prep/entrance course. Effectively the last year of high school.

Aliantha · 03-12-2009, 11:28 PM

Ahh...so that's why they're kiddies.

ZenGum · 03-12-2009, 11:31 PM

Well, there are a couple that are 17 and the rest are 18 or 19 (and a few 21, 23 etc).

These are international students, some of whom have failed to get into uni in their own countries, and others just aimed for an international uni from the start.

I call them kiddies becaue (a) they are half my age, (b) some totally don't have a #$%&ing clue, and (c) it helps keep my expectations of their abilities from rising too high.

Aliantha · 03-12-2009, 11:33 PM

Those are all very valid reasons. Do you like teaching the course though?

ZenGum · 03-13-2009, 12:04 AM

Yeah it is mostly good. The only thing that bugs me is marking their work. Some is quite good, some is incomprehensible gibberish, and some is plagiarised from either wikipedia or the textbook. That is annoying. Otherwise, it is a good job, and quite well paying. And I am there now, net surfing. Life is good.

03-10-2009, 09:01 AM	#3497
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	It's starting to look almost certain that my best friend will get the job she applied for here. Her office will be right next to mine! This place will never be quite the same. Oh, and we MIGHT be back in our offices this afternoon. Three weeks after the flood. Better almost never than never. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

03-10-2009, 09:16 AM	#3498
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	I'm not bi-polar, just ADHD. Yeah!!!! Edit to add: "slightly" ADHD says my doc. __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within. Last edited by LabRat; 03-10-2009 at 09:34 AM.

03-10-2009, 09:19 AM	#3500
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That's hard to believe with the work you do, but it does explain your penchant for abusing your body over hill and dale. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-10-2009, 05:31 PM	#3501
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	The card I got from Cherry yesterday arvo. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

03-10-2009, 07:48 PM	#3502
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Day 8 of being back on my old BC pills/off the new ones my gyno wanted me to try, and I've lost 3 lbs. I wasn't getting fat, just bloated, apparently. Yay. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

03-09-2009, 03:35 PM	#3496
Tiki Guest Posts: n/a	I am happy because yesterday my friends helped me do a bunch of rearranging and painting, and now my bookshelves are in my o ffice where they belong and my daughter's room is 90% done and will be ready to move her bed into on Thursday. This means she will no longer be sleeping in the large room upstairs that you have to go through to get to my bedroom, yay!

03-11-2009, 08:37 AM	#3503
Decca Resident Denizen Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: O'ahu, Hawaii Posts: 63	The housemate got a job... the weather's starting to be a little less rainy (relatively speaking)... my daughter slept through the night... my husband is communicating rather than yelling and posturing... yup. I have a big happy. Could use some company though... talking to myself isn't all that much fun! (Baby Girl is over at a friend's house for a few hours for playtime)

03-12-2009, 11:17 PM	#3504
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	I have just given the kiddies their homework. They are doing a 5 week survey project, where they design a sociological hypothesis, formulate questions to test it, do the survey, then analyse and present their data. This was a mid-way check. On pair of students had a problem with their stats, that they didn't have enough poor-performing students in their study. After some discussion I realised there is one surefire place to find sub-par students on a Friday afternoon, and directed my (over 18) kiddies accordingly... to the campus bar. Others needed to inteview more international students who might have part time jobs, so they got sent to the central market and restaurant district. Another group needed more "general population" respondents, so I just sent them down to the beach. I kinda like this job. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

03-12-2009, 11:21 PM	#3505
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	What subjects are you teaching Zen? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

03-12-2009, 11:23 PM	#3506
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Just Critical Thinking, as part of a Uni prep/entrance course. Effectively the last year of high school. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

03-12-2009, 11:28 PM	#3507
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Ahh...so that's why they're kiddies. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

03-12-2009, 11:31 PM	#3508
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Well, there are a couple that are 17 and the rest are 18 or 19 (and a few 21, 23 etc). These are international students, some of whom have failed to get into uni in their own countries, and others just aimed for an international uni from the start. I call them kiddies becaue (a) they are half my age, (b) some totally don't have a #$%&ing clue, and (c) it helps keep my expectations of their abilities from rising too high. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl. Last edited by ZenGum; 03-13-2009 at 12:02 AM.

03-12-2009, 11:33 PM	#3509
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Those are all very valid reasons. Do you like teaching the course though? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

03-13-2009, 12:04 AM	#3510
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Yeah it is mostly good. The only thing that bugs me is marking their work. Some is quite good, some is incomprehensible gibberish, and some is plagiarised from either wikipedia or the textbook. That is annoying. Otherwise, it is a good job, and quite well paying. And I am there now, net surfing. Life is good. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

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