The Good, The Bad, and The Irritating

The Good:

As I've always suspected; Cassie is tops in her class and a near genius.

Well, maybe those weren't the exact words of her teacher, but at tonight's Parent-Teacher Conference Cassie did receive a glowing report. She's at the expected levels in every area and in most cases is a high achiever and one of the top students. She listens well, understands oral instructions, is a good example for other students, is not the follower that I feared she was but instead is often a leader, and participates well. The only issue seems to be one of Cassie trying to achieve perfection. Whenever Cassie felt she'd failed at something the tears would flow. This happens at home too. Mrs. Allen reports that this seems to be easing up somewhat.

The Bad:

I had a near-miss with the van. Today as I was driving to work, the power steering suddenly went out. I managed to get the van around the next four turns over the next two blocks to make it to my parking spot but it was difficult to control. I called AAA who towed it to Metzger's Auto Service. They report that the power steering belt broke and are trying to figure out how it happened. Anyway, I've driven less than 10 miles since we've returned from Retreat outside of Gretna. Imagine if we had driven into Gretna to visit the local quilt shop - we would have used up that spare 10 miles and been barreling down the highway at the time the belt broke. Whew.

The Irritating:

My laptop will not access a wireless connection. Yesterday morning it worked fine at home. I took it to work to use over my lunch hour and it wouldn't connect to anything for love nor money. When I brought it home again it still didn't work. I can access my software programs but forget doing anything on the internet. There's probably some stupid little toggle I have to click or unclick for something to work but who knows why it suddenly quit working and where that toggle is. I'm off work tomorrow so one of my many errands now includes a trip to the computer shop. Until now, I hadn't realized how often I really use the laptop.