This purpley hat is one of my favorites; the photo doesn't really do it justice.Well, the good news is I passed the qualifying test to score this time--in fact I got 90% in Ideas. Mark, the obnoxious team leader, actually told me I did very well. That was so gratifying. The practice test I took right before I only got 50% in Ideas, so I was very concerned (60 is passing). Maybe they made the test easy...or maybe I am finally learning what they look for. Then I scored 3 packets in 5 hours--a little slow, about $10/hr., but not surprising since we are just starting back up. I have so much trouble focusing. First I start falling asleep. Then I drink some Coke (or tea) and begin to get fidgety and distracted. I need some little thing to do with my hands or something (bite my nails?) to help me concentrate on what I'm doing. As usual, I keep learning things about myself...
Eve Carson was murdered a year ago. It was in the newspaper again and I finally read the details, which I had been avoiding. I just get so upset about our lack of gun laws. My Dad was argumentative when I said this would not have happened in Europe, saying that murders happen everywhere, telling me about one in Atlanta where a woman was beaten to death with a poker...Ray and I went to a candlelight vigil last night. We saw some people we haven't seen for a while. Once your children are not going to school any more, you lose touch with a lot of people. We saw Marianna Happek and Jay Aronson and Maxine Easom and Anne Brightwell and Jim Jones and Dan Coenen. I think Mary Matheny. Michael Aronson is at Georgia Tech studying chemical engineering (?). We saw Greg Anderson (he's so tall), but didn't speak to him. They released some blue and white balloons, which I am sure Eve would not have approved of, but I suppose it was important to someone.
We are looking forward to Ray's mother arriving tomorrow evening, but have a lot to do before then!
Much love,
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