As
Crazy As the Next Mom, Right?
June
4, 2012
I'm
an OCD over achiever / perfectionist - I admit it. The events below will
show you just how much. A few weeks ago Graham had the honor of taking
the class pet, George, a stuffed monkey, home for the weekend. We had a
wonderful time sharing our busy weekend with George. The completed report "Graham" was asked to turn in for the
class binder is below.
It's the creation and ultimate task of printing the document that reveal my obsessive compulsive tendencies for perfection and achievement, yes, even for my three year old son's class pet project.
As you can see, we thoroughly documented the busy weekend. By Sunday evening we were all exhausted - the stuffed monkey included. Once Graham went to sleep, while trying to catch up on laundry, I sat at the Mac and began our weekend recap on a word document. It took a little more than two hours to add the photos and descriptions and get them in just the right place in the document. Yes, I said two hours. After waiting patiently for the doc to save, I sent it to print. At midnight on a Sunday I realized my printer was out of ink for a document due Monday morning. (Am I in college again?) CRAP.
Ok. I had a plan, email the doc to my work account and run to work and print it on the 'way' to Kids Count. That will work...but it didn't. The document was too large. So I tried to save it as a PDF document...still too large. Please also note that the file takes approximately 10 minutes to save and saves automatically every time I try to do anything with it. Now it's ONE am. I'm tired and post something to Facebook about my frustration and go to bed.
It's the creation and ultimate task of printing the document that reveal my obsessive compulsive tendencies for perfection and achievement, yes, even for my three year old son's class pet project.
As you can see, we thoroughly documented the busy weekend. By Sunday evening we were all exhausted - the stuffed monkey included. Once Graham went to sleep, while trying to catch up on laundry, I sat at the Mac and began our weekend recap on a word document. It took a little more than two hours to add the photos and descriptions and get them in just the right place in the document. Yes, I said two hours. After waiting patiently for the doc to save, I sent it to print. At midnight on a Sunday I realized my printer was out of ink for a document due Monday morning. (Am I in college again?) CRAP.
Ok. I had a plan, email the doc to my work account and run to work and print it on the 'way' to Kids Count. That will work...but it didn't. The document was too large. So I tried to save it as a PDF document...still too large. Please also note that the file takes approximately 10 minutes to save and saves automatically every time I try to do anything with it. Now it's ONE am. I'm tired and post something to Facebook about my frustration and go to bed.
When
I wake up Monday, I thankfully recall the USB zip drive I have and think the
problem is solved. Wrong again. A Facebook friend suggests some file share site
but that doesn't work either. The document is simply too large to move and I
have no ink. So, I call the teacher and let her know I'm having technical
problems and the report will be turned in later.
The subsequent thread on facebook:
Ryan - yousendit.com = emails large files for free. You can use it 1 time
without signing up or paying for anything...
Me - Thanks...but apparently putting 35 pictures into a word document
makes a file too large to transfer electronically ... I thought of a backup
plan - and without coffee. I'm hoping this will work!
Cathleen – Why are you doing Graham's homework?
Me – Well Cathleen, though Graham is quite advanced for his age his writing
and photo editing skills are still being developed! Plus, he was crashed from the weekend. He's such a slacker!
Determined to finish the report, I download the pics to my work pc and spend about an hour recreating the document as a power point presentation, since it's equipped to hold more media than a word document. Voila, the report is complete and better than the first one, and looks really great in the binder.
Graham's Weekend with George! (The final product!)
Anyone else this insanely crazy for their child's class project? What am I going to do when he's in 'big' school - prek - starting in August?
Until next time...
Oh. My. Goodness. My jaw just dropped!! So many things to say!!
ReplyDelete1. Graham couldn't be any cuter. Just couldn't.
2. You have very creative photo op skills. Unless George was coming up with those poses on his own.
3. Y'all had a really fun weekend, especially with a rain day!
4. You really took the monkey binder report to a new level. Very impressed!
I'm so glad I found your blog!
Rebecca - I love that you've found my blog. I've been reading yours since Barrett was a little one and find it quite charming.
ReplyDelete1. Thank you for the compliments on Graham. Your children are absolutely beautiful!
2. George was a natural, but I did do a little coaching. :)
3. Fun is the most important part of our weekends since both Ben and I work LOTS.
4. I hope my work sets a tone for future monkey binder entries.
Hope to see you soon!