Hope your Tuesday plans are more exciting than mine! / myLot

Walnut Creek, California

November 6, 2018 11:22am CST

I'm off to the college to get some transparencies I've been using for years into handouts. Diablo Valley College is try to be "high tech," but the net result is an inability to use "old school" transparencies, an inability to show movies that I've used for years and a system for turning in grades that works "sometimes." After this mundane task, I get to stop at WalMart to pick up some squishy balls for the kids at the preschool. If the kid have to throw things at each other, I'd prefer it be squishy balls than plastic dinosaurs. They're easier to catch as well.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (135847)

• Marion, Ohio

6 Nov 18

Yours is more exciting. I am cleaning, sorting and organizing again today.

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vanny

@vandana7 (102698)

• India

6 Nov 18

If our preschool teacher had thought so much about squishy balls...and plastic dinosaurs. I am just scared though..kids tend to push everything in their mouth.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (238330)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Nov 18

I vacuumed yesterday. It was pretty satisfying. Lots of big dust bunnies!

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The Horse

@TheHorse (238330)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Nov 18

@vandana7 Three- and four-year-olds, not so much. I don't work with the Pampers set at this preschool.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502604)

• Italy

6 Nov 18

Soft balls are surely better than dinosaurs. Buy the balls big enough so that they cannot put them in their mouths.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502604)

• Italy

6 Nov 18

@TheHorse They sound safe enough, kids are very creative about creating problems with their toys.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (238330)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Nov 18

They'll have a diameter of about 5".

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The Horse

@TheHorse (238330)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Nov 18

@LadyDuck Yes, but for the most part, their injuries just require a hug and a kiss.

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Alfredo Rossi

@amadeo (111937)

• United States

6 Nov 18

also they will not hurt all that bad

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The Horse

@TheHorse (238330)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Nov 18

Exactly! The hurt will be emotional, not physical.

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Alfredo Rossi

@amadeo (111937)

• United States

6 Nov 18

@TheHorse yes

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NJ Chicaa

@NJChicaa (127161)

• United States

6 Nov 18

I haven’t used transparencies in 10 years

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The Horse

@TheHorse (238330)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Nov 18

Do you use Powerpoint? I never bought a laptop. I do all of my computing at home.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (238330)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Nov 18

@NJChicaa I'm aware of this. But I still like to use a bit of lecture, followed by discussion. Repeat as necessary.

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NJ Chicaa

@NJChicaa (127161)

• United States

6 Nov 18

@TheHorse Yeah. I have Powerpoint presentations made for all of the chapters/units. Each classroom has a desktop computer connected to a projector mounted on the ceiling. And that is considered very old technology. The really up-to-date places have had smart boards and iPads and whatnot for years now.

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

6 Nov 18

Your day sounds kind of fun. Just got done with the laundry. Fun, fun!

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The Horse

@TheHorse (238330)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Nov 18

Oh, looks like I have that pleasure waiting for me soon. Maybe tomorrow.

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putri

@leny34 (8506)

• Sidoarjo, Indonesia

6 Nov 18

is that a picture of your child?, because she looks beautiful

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The Horse

@TheHorse (238330)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Nov 18

She's one of my "best friends" from the preschool I worked at for a friend in Berkeley. The picture was taken about a month ago, so she's still a youngun.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (238330)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Nov 18

@leny34 I think she's four now.

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putri

@leny34 (8506)

• Sidoarjo, Indonesia

6 Nov 18

@TheHorse he does look very young,

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maezee

@maezee (41985)

• United States

7 Nov 18

That sounds pretty exciting to me, but maybe I have low standards. I didn't have much planned for today beyond work, going to the gym and getting a few errands done. Felt busy enough for me though in my opinion. Welcome back !

vanny

@vandana7 (102698)

• India

6 Nov 18

I badly wish you had been my preschool teacher...life would have been so great.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (238330)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Nov 18

I do truly believe my kids have fun and learn at the same time. And feel cared for.

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (86765)

• United States

6 Nov 18

I have to go vote. Fool, idiot, moron, or all of the above???

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The Horse

@TheHorse (238330)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Nov 18

I voted by mail. It's important that we all get involved at this time.

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Deborah-Diane

@DeborahDiane (40848)

• Laguna Woods, California

6 Nov 18

@TheHorse - I'm settled down to watch the election results and then, at 7:00, we are headed to a local hotel to watch the polls with the candidate we have been supporting, Katie Porter in CA45. Fingers crossed she wins!

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The Horse

@TheHorse (238330)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Nov 18

What are her views?

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Deborah-Diane

@DeborahDiane (40848)

• Laguna Woods, California

7 Nov 18

@TheHorse - She is a Democrat running against the incumbent Republican in a District which has never, ever has a Democrat as a US Representative. She is the consumer advocacy attorney who helped Kamala Harris hold the banks accountable when they cheated homeowners who were losing their homes during the financial crisis in 2009. She is smart, friendly and warm. She is currently a law professor at UC - Irvine. My husband and I have been helping her campaign for a year. Here's a picture of her with us.