Ring Pop

I had my first Ring Pop today.
Daulton and I put up a Christmas Tree in the Community Room Monday. It's a really nice looking artificial tree. I'm not sure how Karen convinced our management company to spend so much money on a tree.
One of the closets here was piled with all sorts of decorations, so I had Daulton sort through them and pull out any Christmas stuff he found. While he was doing this, Katie and George came and started taking whatever they wanted. Daulton tried to tell them that it wasn't being given away, but Katie is of course deaf, and I'm pretty positive George feigns deafness a great deal. Daulton came and got me, and by the time I got there, George had left, though Katie was still digging through the stuff. I tried to explain to her that it belonged to the apartment complex, but I got tired of yelling, so I just amused myself by watching her make off with St. Patrick's Day table cloths. Daulton was especially peeved that Katie and George found it necessary to make such a mess when they went through those decorations. There were bits and pieces of things everywhere. Apparently, if Katie decided she didn't want something, she would just throw it on the floor.
We've gotten several Christmas cards from residents. I refuse to hand out any until the week before Christmas. This is just way too early.
We had Christmas program practice tonight. The kids are doing a couple of songs with bells. One song is being done as a whole group, using color coded cards. The other song is being done by four girls who are actually reading the music. One of those girls has been on vacation, so I have been pretending to be Ellen and playing the bells. I'm learning that I can't count. Anna and I are both learning that it probably won't go as smoothly as we would like. Two of the girls do a really nice job, but one girl really struggles with her part.
The big group did a really nice job with their bell song, though my ears are still ringing. One boy thought it would be great to smack his bells together.
The repairman came to work on the dryer today. It turns out that the part that is broken is the most expensive part on the machine and the only one that he didn't have with him already. Hopefully the part gets here soon so we can have two running dryers again.
I think I inadvertantly blew a breaker in Mildred's apartment on Monday. I didn't realize this until she called me later that night to tell me half of her apartment didn't have power. It turns out she was exaggerating. It was only her tv and police radio that didn't have power. I flipped the breaker and all was restored.
But five minutes later, there came a knock on my door. Mildred said her phones weren't working. I looked at them. She was wrong. I'm not sure why she thought they weren't.
Five minutes after that, there was another knock on my door. Mildred had locked herself out of her apartment. I let her back in and then went and hid in my bed and plugged my ears.
Chief has been doing his best to destroy our Christmas tree.
People who don't read this blog: Anna's dad
Anna's dad was proud when he learned how to turn off a computer. Now his job is requiring that he use a computer to email estimates and communicate with job coordinators. If it weren't for his job requiring it, he would likely never have learned how to use a computer beyond shutting one down. Anna had to give him lessons on sending emails. She even assigned him homework. I can't imagine he'll ever get adventurous enough to start surfing the 'net on his own.