Very unexciting stuff here

Ever wondered how you would do now on a high school/early college math test? I did. I'm old enough to have forgotten a lot, so I was curious.

There happen to be some tutors where I work and I'm always trying to suck info out of them. For example, the writing tutor gives me crazy, weird reading recommendations and when I come back to her after reading them with my hands in the air and laughing, she gives me context so I can understand. I'm getting off topic.

So the math tutors happened to have such a test in their department; the test one would have to pass to become a math tutor where we work. It was a very slow morning at work that day and one without projects to attend to so I delved in! These 15 questions took me an hour and a half and I had to frequently Google things that were fuzzy in my memory. Even with all of that and the internet at my fingertips, I failed in an EPIC way! I'm leaving the test here so I can always remember my handiwork. Always "show your work"! Lol Some of the writing was from my "instructors" showing me how to do the problems as they were grading.

(1st page went well! All correct!! Yes, that's a 47% lol)

(Started getting a little shakier on page 2)

(Mmmmm...ya, no!)

(Technically, say the tutors, because I never took Calculus I get a pass for those first three questions on this page which would bring my score to 58%...still failing. Lol. I made a silly mistake on the last question so at least I had the satisfaction of knowing I could still do probability. YEAH!)

Anyway, fun times at work. Moving on!!

I finally chose an e-audiobook called Because I Said So!: The Truth Behind the Myths, Tales, and Warnings Every Generation Passes Down to Its Kids by Ken Jennings and I think I'll have it finished within another day or two of commutes. The name really says it all but its funny here and there and I've learned a thing or two. My oldest was listening one day and a couple of them turned up "false" that I've repeated to him over the years. The look on his face was priceless. Oops! 😇 Here's the cover.

I'm also dabbling pretty hard in The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep Is Broken and How to Fix It by W. Chris Winter, MD. My sleep isn't really broken per say but I am getting lots of little tips to try and changes to make for possible improvements. This was an accidental find but it came out in 2017 so it's got a little newer research to back it up than a lot of older books on the topic. I like that in a "help" book.

I don't know that I'll finish this next one but I'm beyond fascinated for the moment and the author keeps making me laugh out loud so we keep going for sure! I mean, I've laughed really hard a couple times and that's rare in a book. Basically, the author went around the world to look at how various cultures deal with death in different ways. For example, did you know in this one place in Indonesia, they keep having relationships with their dead? They mummify them in their own way, change their clothes, kids sleep with them (after the smell dissipates 😮), they may dig them up out of the graves every few years to change their clothes, put on some sunglasses, take pictures with them and talk, make a sacrifice, you know...hang out. Then they put them back until next time. The line between life and death is more fuzzy there. I would never have guess that was going on somewhere and I learned something new. Therefore, this book already gets high marks from me, not to mention the hilarity. I'm skipping the chapter on Mexico and Día de los Muertos because I watched Coco so basically I know everything already. 😉

That's enough about books. Geez!

I'm feeling kinda down and don't really feel like talking to you anymore so I'll go for now. I"m planning to simply go through the motions of the day, hang out with my dog in between, and tomorrow will be a new day. Sigh 😔

Until next time but I'll leave you with this!

Three things I'm grateful for today:

1. The roof over my head.
2. My gym.
3. My phone.