Yesterday, I slept in until 6:30 am. Felipe and I did not do his early morning class. I got ready and David and I went to his Doctor's appointment.

 

They took x-rays and the bone had healed well so he was able to get his cast off yesterday. He had broken a bone in his right palm about 5 weeks ago. So he was excited to have the use of his right hand again.

 

After I took David home, I went to teach my computer class. We were setting up email accounts and as always we were able to only create accounts for about one third of the class. Does anyone else hate those squiggly words that you can't make out?!? We will have to finish the rest of the class next week.

 

I did some errands after the class, then went home. I knew I had to make dinner tonight as I hadn't cooked since Tuesday. We had been eating leftovers and the pizza Felipe cooked.

 

There was some leftover chicken from Monday that I de-boned and mixed into rice (while it was dry and I was frying it) that I was cooking. Originally, I thought to add some shrimp, too, but there was enough chicken to make a nice meal.

 

David wanted goulash so he helped me and Maria make a batch. We made a big enough batch that we could give a small casserole away. That is one of the ways I like to serve...take food to others. And I always keep a supply of the disposable aluminum pans on hand. That way, I don't have to worry about losing pans or dishes.

 

And if you are making bread, cookies, pasta, etc.--why not just double the recipe?

 

When Fito got home from work, we ate outside and then after he and the boys checked on the animals we sat outside on the patio for more than an hour. The weather here has been absolutely perfect. In the high 70's or low 80's during the day and dropping down into the 50's at night. A light breeze is common to Oklahoma. Definitely football weather.

 

Fito went to watch his student's at their football game, so I just finished my book. We then stayed up and watched the movie, Ever After. It is one of our favorites. I was lucky to have married a man who likes romantic comedies.

I still cannot edit my website. I have some new recipes, photos, etc. to share. Tony has a really neat photo of him and the West Point Glee Club at the Yankees playoff game. They sang the National Anthem for the game.

 

Yesterday, I taught Felipe (age 15) his religious class before school. He is supposed to go to the home of someone else for the class, but getting him out of bed at 5:30 am is akin to holding back lava or something impossible. I have poured water on him, put ice in the bed, taken his covers and pillow, grabbed his legs and pulled (extremely unsuccessful) and more. He is physically big and tall enough now, that any type of physical persuasion is not feasible.

 

However, the thought of sleeping another hour and not having to ride the bus...(I told him if he went to seminary (our name for this class) that I would drive them to school each day)...so far is working.

 

I then worked on the computer for awhile.  I have to do a IRB report on my dissertation for the institution where I did my research. I had changed emails since I first started and as the email was the user name it would not let me log in. Then as the email was an old one, emailing the info, of course, wouldn't work either. I finally had to contact the administrator and have her go in and reset the email, i.e., user name.

 

And we wonder why it seems that we don't accomplish things one day when we get stuck in electronic or paperwork gooblygook stuff?

 

I then went to teach my computer class, which is in Spanish. Well, at the end of class, one of the ladies asked me when we were going to start the Internet as we are learning WORD right now. I went to check the schedule and realized I wasn't even to have taught yesterday. The schedule for this week had me teaching Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, with Wednesday off. They were supposed to do keyboarding yesterday.

 

I was sooo embarrassed. My supervisor had not even said anything when I showed up. He was probably thinking, "Wow, she has a PhD, but she doesn't know how to read a schedule!"

 

I took David, Elizabeth, and Rebeca to look for some jeans. The girls are fun to shop with as they like to look for stuff and don't mind trying on clothes, etc. David and Felipe are impossible to shop with. They complain the whole time, do not want to try on clothes, want to go home. I told Fito that from now on he can take the boys when they need something!

 

I was just going to have leftovers, last night so I didn't cook, but then I came in from picking up David and Felipe had made pizza. Yea! I keep the crusts in the freezer (Sam's sells already made crusts by the case...in their Deli area) and then I buy cheese, pepperoni, and sauce from Sam's, too. That way almost any age child can throw together a pizza to eat when they want.

 

I took the boys to scouts last night and while waiting for them (I can hardly wait until Felipe turns 16) was reading Pride and Prejudice. I haven't read for fun for quite some time. We watched the DVD about two Friday's ago and I thought, I need to read that. It is interesting to read a book when you're older than from when you read it as a teenager.

 

I see so much more now to the relationships, the deception, the manipulation, the pride; the types of pride and the many ways it manifests itself, the prejudices that we have. Very interesting stuff. I find myself asking questions such as: What prejudices do I have? Where am I blinded by my pride?

 

I teach a stereotype's class and each time I teach it, I am amazed at the many prejudices and stereotypes that abound. For example, one kind well-known man stated that he used to be a used car salesman. He said, "I have always had the same personality, the same values; however, when I worked in the capacity of used car sales...people treated me differently. I was the same, but people's perception of me was different.

 

It really made me wonder about myself and my own perceptions of others.