i accidentally spammed 1177 people today at work. yikes! it served as another valuable lesson of how one touch of a button can result in huge embarrassment. thankfully the email was blank because it was just a demonstration of how to send our mass emails to the whole division. i suppose it was also a demonstration of what NOT to do :S
so i'm pretty sure that i'm mildly dyslexic. when i was a kid i was tested for a learning disability and the results were inconclusive. and while i'm older now and have turned into a fairly intelligent, proficient professional woman, i still struggle with reading outloud. sometimes when i'm reading outloud to b, like when i'm reading segments of our lonely planet book as we plan our vacation, he can see over my shoulder and points out when i'm adding in words or reversing them (for instance, the other day i read "bird pet" instead of "pet bird"). i read well and i write well, but somehow reading outloud is something i've always really struggled with. i've always thought it was just a question of practise, but i don't think it is. so i tried googling it and all the results pointed to dyslexia. i suspect it's just mild because my apprehension is a-ok, there's nothing wrong with my brain. it's just the brain to mouth transfer. it's always kind of sucked. when i was in grade 5, i did a reading assessment (everyone in my class was sent in individually) and i got assessed really low - probably at a grade 3 reading level. and even at the time i KNEW i could read those more advanced books but had no way of proving it. thankfully b is a good reader, and i enjoy listening to him read. i just wish that i could read well out loud and have more confidence :S
it's been crazy stupid hot these past few days. i'm not one to complain about the heat, but yesterday was pretty unbearable. honey and pekoe laid on the wood floor all day and would sometimes whine at us. it was pretty cute.
so i'm pretty sure that i'm mildly dyslexic. when i was a kid i was tested for a learning disability and the results were inconclusive. and while i'm older now and have turned into a fairly intelligent, proficient professional woman, i still struggle with reading outloud. sometimes when i'm reading outloud to b, like when i'm reading segments of our lonely planet book as we plan our vacation, he can see over my shoulder and points out when i'm adding in words or reversing them (for instance, the other day i read "bird pet" instead of "pet bird"). i read well and i write well, but somehow reading outloud is something i've always really struggled with. i've always thought it was just a question of practise, but i don't think it is. so i tried googling it and all the results pointed to dyslexia. i suspect it's just mild because my apprehension is a-ok, there's nothing wrong with my brain. it's just the brain to mouth transfer. it's always kind of sucked. when i was in grade 5, i did a reading assessment (everyone in my class was sent in individually) and i got assessed really low - probably at a grade 3 reading level. and even at the time i KNEW i could read those more advanced books but had no way of proving it. thankfully b is a good reader, and i enjoy listening to him read. i just wish that i could read well out loud and have more confidence :S
it's been crazy stupid hot these past few days. i'm not one to complain about the heat, but yesterday was pretty unbearable. honey and pekoe laid on the wood floor all day and would sometimes whine at us. it was pretty cute.
i'm starting to have some doubts about my timing of getting a bird. i really want one and have picked out a really adorable name, but our house is pretty tiny and i'm not sure if filling it with another living thing is smart right now. ARGH! i UBER want a budgie. hm, what to do, what to do.
i really like eating raisins. except for the little stems. i don't like them. oh raisin stems! you remind me that you used to be a grape!
but you can't fool all the people all the time.
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