Accidentally on Purpose

[copied from dland]

I appear to have bought a new coffee maker last night, by accident. I was thinking about it, and I put in my Amazon cart, and then I clicked on the Amazon homepage or something, and the next thing I knew, I got an email confirmation of my order. Hmmm.

Well, I was probably going to buy it next week anyway. Once again, I'm trying to develop the PERFECT morning coffee system, one of my never-ending quests. My goal here is to make Dunkin' Donuts coffee at home, using a pod coffee maker. It may happen. I'll let you know. If I don't actually go to the DD every morning, I can reclaim a good 10 - 15 minutes there. And yesterday morning, I asked for a decaf black, and a thermos fill-up of decaf black, and when I got to school, they both had cream in them. At least I'd have the sense not to put cream in my own coffee. I hope.

My immediate school crisis has been resolved, and I'm trying hard to let the rest of it -- the persistent idiocy -- go. The important thing for now is that I am no longer in a position where I would be likely to invalidate the entire state-testing procedure for my school, which is taking place next week. (They had made me a proctor in a special-needs room of kids; I have never even proctored a standardized test in my life, let alone in a room where kids need accommodations. This was a disaster waiting to happen. Now I'm just one of four proctors in a regular room, and I am more relieved than I can even tell you. They try to scare you to death about anyone messing up the test and what will happen, and it worked; I was good and scared. I haven't been doing this for 30 years just to lose my license and pension at this point, both of which were real possibilities there for awhile.)

I don't know if there's been some atmospheric change or what, but my eyes have been pretty good for the last couple of days. I'm even wanting to pick up a book and read again; I have so many books here waiting to read, but it's hard to maintain any continuity because I need to close my eyes so often to keep them moist. They're much better suited at this point to short bursts of reading, like magazines and websites. Which sucks.

And I looked at the new coffee maker website -- it's called a Senseo -- and there's $20 rebate. So I guess it all works out somehow. That was random.

What else can I tell you this evening? My hearing aids must have finally gotten the message that I'm dumping them next week, because they are hissing and popping and the sound is going in and out and ... well, mostly out. Very annoying.

I am so officially boring today. I'm going to watch the rest of the Idol results now.


WATCHING IDOL :: ENTRY #1389