20 August 2024
It’s primary day in Florida. I hope everyone who is a resident voted! Democracy at work. I sent my mail-in ballot early and the Broward County Elections’ site tells you if they received your ballot and if it is counted. In Florida, you can count mail-in ballots as they come in.
I had a horrible nightmare last night. For some reason, I was back in graduate school at Ole Miss and had to take two semesters of undergraduate calculus. I was sitting in the classroom at 7 am waiting for the instructor when students began twittering about the cost of the book – $1000.00. I was horrified. Since the instructor had not shown up at 7:29, I left the class to go to a second hand book store and found a two volume set for the price of $640. Later, I found out I had missed the first class because even though the computer system said the class began at 7, it actually started at 7:30 and the professor arrived on time (it was his book we were using). I then went through the process of trying to find my office in the biology building. That part is a recurring nightmare. Someone keeps moving my office. When I got out of bed, I was in a sweat.
The truth is, while a faculty member at Itawamba Community College, I took first semester calculus under a friend, Dixie Russell. Trust me when I tell you she didn’t cut me any slack. Dixie was an excellent teacher and I actually earned a “B” in the class. I was going to take the second semester but something came up and I couldn’t. I think it was a class conflict. I never did take the second semester.
I know I probably rely too much on Amazon. I order my groceries from Whole Foods through Amazon, and even though I check prices at pharmacies, the vitamins the doctors want me to take are cheaper through Amazon. It’s just so damn convenient.
Today I tried to find my tootsie roll minis at both Publix and Winn-Dixie. No cigar. I came home and went to Amazon and found a 750 count back for around $18. I ordered two and they will be delivered today. How do you compete with that?
We’re in that part of August down here with high humidity so that when you walk outside in a fresh shirt, you soak through in about 10 minutes. The air conditioner in the Jeep that froze me yesterday with the cloud cover and rain seems to barely cool me on my errands this morning.
I needed to pick up some Total Hardness (Calcium carbonate) for the pool and a prescription at Publix. Something is going on with Florida Power and Light since they have crews out that have closed some roadways and blocked lanes in others. We’re talking several trucks and about 10 personnel working on each site and there are multiple sites in my neighborhood where this is occurring. Maybe they are concerned about hurricane season?
Here’s hoping you don’t have nightmares about taking calculus class. My brother once gave me his definition of hell. It was sitting on a block of ice and having to work algebra problems. I can relate.
Stay tuned!