Thanks for keeping life interesting, central New York weather! It's going to be in the low 30s tonight and tomorrow night. I guess they -- "they" -- weren't kidding with that whole Zone 5 spiel about how tender plants shouldn't go in before May 15. I think I'm supposed to be safe with peas and radishes, since they're early spring plants and as of Thursday afternoon, they weren't sending up their first shoots yet, but I doubt freezing temperatures are super great for seed germination either. Ah well.
I'm giving a workshop about Twitter at a public library in Syracuse Tuesday night, and it occurred to me on the drive back from Lancaster today that I am totally unprepared to demonstrate anything to 25 elderly computer users of various skill levels and am actually really damn freaked out about the whole thing. So tonight, I came home, unpacked my things, made a healthy dinner, placed admiring phone calls to my teacher friends who do this sort of thing multiple times every day to less forgiving audiences, carefully reviewed my detailed lesson plan, practiced my presentation, and went to bed early.
Ha. Instead, I...
1. Watched about a dozen videos of baby goats from the farm doing my yarn CSA.
2. Added books about raising goats and other farm animals to my various wishlists and library bookbags.
3. Drafted an email to a woman I met at a holiday party who has invited us to come out to her goat farm.
4. Enjoyed this Unshelved strip.
5. Bought the textbook for my summer class, which cost $80 used and looks a little daunting.
6. Searched the Food Goodness archives for recipes involving the only two fresh produce items we have in the house: one yellow pepper and half a package of spinach.
7. Ate cereal.
8. Watched the episode of Sex in the City where Carrie meets Berger, who I think is her second-best love interest (next to Aiden, of course, who is the only truly decent man she ever dated, and please do not argue with me on this point becuase I know I am right and will accept no other opinions, especially if they involve Mr. Big).
9. Decided it was too late to work on my presentation and I'll just worry about it tomorrow. Oy. Do I really have to do this?
3 comments:
Don't sweat it: all my computer classes have been to rooms full of little old ladies. You could not ask for a nicer group of students.
The important thing to understand is that they know a lot less than you think they do. Go ahead and make your lesson plan, and then be prepared to get through half of it.
It'll be fun, I promise. :-)
No, I really think Aiden was too crunchy for Carrie but, yes, a very decent man indeed. I love the episode where Charlotte gets married--it cracks me up every time.
p.s. Way to procrastinate! You'll be awesome! Mach schnell!
I love Berger. The only part I hate about those episodes is when Sarah Jessica Parker says "scrunchy" in that really annoying way of hers that is like scrunchies on a blackboard.
Did you see the Washington Post article about Twitter yesterday? I think I finally get it now. Hope everything went well. I bet it did. My teacher trick when I'm feeling nervous is to break everyone up into groups and discuss! : )
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