Wish me luck

Well I just finished up my lesson that I am going to teach in an hour. My Purdue professor suggested using fly swatters to have the kids "swat" words that are placed on note cards on the table to help them with their scanning and identifying skills. Allot of fun but this could get out of hand. I'm a bit nervous but I will let you know how it goes. Either splendidly or maybe a bit hectic.


It took me forever to find these in Walmart last night. I was browsing around the house good aisles, when a manager walked by and pointed me in the direction of aisle 10 in groceries. Alright, so I walk to the other side of the store and find aisle 10. The end of the aisle contains all types of bug and mouse traps, sprays and such, but I can not find fly swatters. I look an aisle over on each side nothing... I am pacing through aisle 10 somewhat nervously. It's one of those feelings where you know your in the right spot, but your torn between not knowing if it's just not there, or if you are blindly walking by it. Finally I decide to go back over to housewares and look around there some more. I get over to sporting goods and man behind the counter asks if I need help. I tell him I'm looking for fly swatters and he says aisle 10. I said I couldn't find them. Well he comes out from behind the counter, in an electric wheelchair and says he will take me himself. I feel kind of bad inconveniencing him, specially since before I came I think he was talking to a son in law and granddaughter or some mix of family, but at least he wasn't having to walk on his hands or drag himself across the floor of the store. So he kicks his wheelchair into top gear and we head back over there. He mentions that's two things he never likes to tell people, that mice traps and fly swatters are in groceries. We get there and he says they should be on the very top at the end of the aisle.He says they must have moved them or that they stopped selling them maybe because it was a seasonal item. We look and look but nothing. We are about to give up, when he suddenly see's them on the bottom shelf at the other end of the bug goods. He makes the comment on how isn't that like Walmart, to move an item from up there to way down there. He was very helpful and now I have these fly swatters. I just hope the children don't plan a coup detat agaianst me when I arm them with these.

Finally got around to watching some of the Devil May Cry anime last night, I've had them forever, but never got around to it before. They were very good. Nice art style, even commendable English voice acting.It's pretty funny since I think it almost focuses more on the human side of Dante and how he interacts with people on a day to day basis and explains his lifestyle. I can't quite figure out where he is suppose to live and during what time. It seems like maybe New York in the 50's but is likely more to be current day.

My convoy to Valpo will likely leave Lafayette Tuesday around noon. I am transporting one other individual and should arrive home in time to welcome the parents home from work. Excited for turkey day. Going to eat! And I'm going to do my laundry for free! Life doesn't get much better then that!