Books read in October
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glacier_kittyIn Shackleton's Wake by Arved Fuchs (Oct 1-3). Recreating Shackleton's lifeboat voyage after Endurance sank does not sound like my idea of fun D:
Antarctic Night: One Man's Story of 28,224 Hours at the Bottom of the World by Jack Bursey (Oct 4-6)
Follow the River by Paul Greci (Oct 7-8). Rowing a canoe through a forest fire?? Intense!
Super Volcanoes: What They Reveal about Earth and the Worlds Beyond by Robin George Andrews (Oct 9-15). Fascinating! So many cool facts, like Jupiter's moon Io has over 400 volcanoes and is the most volcanically active object in the solar system. Some volcanoes can shoot sulfur dioxide plumes 300 miles into space!!
Where the Irises Bloom by Will Lowrey (Oct 16). A kitten's mom gets killed and is alone on the streets until she meets a homeless man who stutters, and they bond. The ending was pretty sad, but hopeful too
The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance by Mensun Bound (Oct 17-27). I remember when the Endurance was found in 2022 (exciting!), so of course I had to read the book about how it was found lol. The author also mentioned Stephen Scott-Fawcett, who runs the Ernest Shackleton Appreciation Society group on Facebook! I thought that was cool, since I'm a part of that group too lol
The Happiest Man on Earth: The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor by Eddie Jaku (Oct 29-30). His revenge on the Nazis was to live a happy life. I have a fridge magnet that says "be happy, it really annoys your enemies!," so that's how I try to live too! Anger and hate just destroys you. I'm always amazed at how anyone could have survived those awful concentration camps D:
I've been really tired all this week because I didn't get to rest after traveling, and it's dark so late now. Today has been the first day this week I've felt more myself. Denise came in to work today and I went to eat lunch, then went to a staff meeting, which Denise seemed fine with when I asked if it was ok. One of my coworkers might adopt a puppy, and brought him to work for everyone to see! After the meeting, of course we had to pet the puppy and show him some love! (He loved licking me and Vicki's hands hehe.) Denise came in the room and I thought she was going to pet the puppy, but she came to me and very nastily said how she'd been waiting for me to relieve her and that she had a ton of work to do. I would have been fine with "hey Heather, would you mind taking over the register while I work in the back?" It's not my fault how long the staff meetings are, and of course I had to say hi to the puppy, so I was pretty upset. Vicki said I was fine and didn't do anything wrong..I had her permission to be there, and she's my supervisor, not Denise. I actually had to wait for Denise to relieve ME for lunch because she's ALWAYS late for work, and I didn't yell at her! Me and Vicki went back to where Denise was and I don't know what came over me, but I just..lost it. I told her I didn't appreciate being yelled at, she started yelling at me about how it makes her super angry when I'm late in relieving her or something, and we've had conversations about it. Uhh..really? I do remember one time everyone was eating lunch in the classroom and she looked at me and made the motion to eat faster, so I could relieve her. I physically CANNOT eat fast without choking, and I've TOLD her that, but she was still annoyed, so now I feel guilty whenever I eat lunch and someone else is at the register. As Denise relieved me today, I told her someone left their drink on the counter, because I knew she'd ask me, but she just gave me this weird annoyed look as if to say "why are you telling me this??" and a second later was like "oh, yeah, I probably would have asked you." I've been dealing with these "looks" and her seeming inability not to get annoyed about EVERYTHING (when she tells me something is her pet peeve, I want to say "what ISN'T your pet peeve??) for YEARS and I'm SO TIRED of it. She's even yelled at customers, once when I was in the back helping unload books, and they posted a review online saying how awful me and Denise were to her. I was MORTIFIED. Probably one reason I just couldn't take it anymore and couldn't control my anger. She was actually yelling loud today it echoed in the building, and I was shaking from everything. Lucie and Shelby also came back and were trying to control us, but I couldn't stop trying to defend myself! Finally Lucie told Denise to go home, and said something about me having to stop too, and I finally got control of myself and apologized. Lucie said she wanted to have a talk with us in her office, first Vicki, while I hid in a classroom and started crying. I was worried I'd be in huge trouble. I almost NEVER react that way to something, especially in public. That's probably the only time any of my current coworkers have seen me act that way. I'm known for being calm and polite, not "yelly" and combative! Lucie then called me to her office, where I apologized profusely and I said I could have handled that WAY better. Lucie and Vicki made it clear I wasn't in trouble, but next time just let one of them handle a situation like that..they're the managers, not me! They said that's their burden to carry, not mine. I just kept apologizing because I was so embarrassed I had acted that way. I said being tired from traveling didn't help, which they understood. I love how calm and comforting Vicki is in situations like this, one reason she's an amazing manager. She said they're going to have a talk with Denise on Tuesday..maybe there's something going on with her that she hasn't told anyone about. I'll also have to talk with her, to hopefully mend the hurt from today. Neither of us acted appropriately, but Vicki said we're only human, and now I know how to act better in the future. So embarrassing! Vicki is positive things will work out next week, when emotions aren't going crazy. Things must improve!
29. When Do You Remember Learning a New Word? Today..it started with an x, but I can't remember the whole word now lol
30. Is Amazon Becoming Too Powerful? Maybe?? They do have great books and shirts though :P
31. Will You Be Wearing a Halloween Costume This Year? No, I just wore a Halloween shirt and socks
November 1. Are You Hard or Easy on Yourself? I can be both, but a lot of the time I am hard on myself..mistakes are embarrassing lol
November
1. Are You Hard or Easy on Yourself?
2. What Teacher Would You Like to Thank?
3. What Health Tips Have Worked for You?
4. How Do Male and Female Roles Differ in Your Family?
5. What Are Your Longtime Interests or Passions?
6. Do You Have a Hard Time Making Decisions?
7. Were You Ever the ‘New Kid’?
8. How Much Freedom Did Your Parents Give You?
9. What Motivates You?
10. Have You Ever Posted, Emailed or Texted Something You Wish You Could Take Back?
11. What Challenges Have You Overcome?
12. What Do You Wish You Could See, Hear, Read or Experience for the First Time All Over Again?
13. Would You Quit if Your Values Did Not Match Your Employer’s?
14. Are You More Or Less Religious Than Your Parents?
15. Do You Recognize Yourself in Descriptions of ‘Generation Z’?
16. Do Machines Represent a Threat to Humans?
17. What Good Can Come from Disagreements?
18. Is Modern Culture Ruining Childhood?
19. What’s the Most Memorable Thing You Ever Got in the Mail?
20. How Did You Learn About Sex?
21. How Often Do You Interact With People of Another Race or Ethnicity?
22. Do You Suffer From Anxiety?
23. What Are Your Thanksgiving Traditions?
24. Will Your Family Members Disagree With Each Other About Politics This Thanksgiving?
25. What Do You Look Forward to Most – and Least – During the Holiday Season?
26. What Does Santa Claus Mean to You?
27. What Is Your Most Prized Possession?
28. What Are You Grateful For?
29. Did You Take Part in Any Post-Thanksgiving Shopping?
30. Under What Conditions Do You Do Your Best Work?
December
1. How Often Do You Leave Your ‘Comfort Zone’?
2. With Whom Would You Share Your Passwords? How About Your Debit Card and PIN?
3. What Would You Do if You Won the Lottery?
4. When in Your Life Have You Been a Leader?
5. How Should You Handle the End of a Friendship?
6. What’s the Best Advice You’ve Gotten?
7. What Is Your All-Time Favorite Piece of Clothing?
8. What Small Things Have You Seen and Taken Note Of Today?
9. How Should Parents Discipline Their Kids?
10. How Do You Get Your Nature Fix?
11. When Should You Compromise?
12. How Important Is Keeping a Clean House?
13. Does Stress Affect Your Ability to Make Good Decisions?
14. What’s the Best Gift You’ve Ever Given or Received?
15. What Annoys You?
16. If the World Was Ending, What Would You Want to Do?
17. What Role Does Procrastination Play in Your Life?
18. Have You Ever Changed Your Mind About a Hot-Button Issue?
19. What Are the Best Things You’ve Watched, Read, Heard or Played This Year?
20. Was There a Toy You Wanted as a Child but Never Got?
21. Have You Ever Given, or Received, a Perfect Gift?
22. When Is the Last Time You Did Something Nice for a Stranger?
23. Do You Ever Eavesdrop?
24. What Things Did You Create When You Were a Child?
25. What Are the Best Things in Life and Are They Free?
26. How Stoic Are You?
27. As A Child/Teen - Where Did You Think You Would Live When You Were an Adult?
28. What Role Will Robots Play in Our Future?
29. If You Had Siblings - Did Your Parents Treat You Differently? If Not, Did You Wish You Had Siblings?
30. Do You Look Forward to New Year’s Eve?
31. Do You Make New Year’s Resolutions?
Antarctic Night: One Man's Story of 28,224 Hours at the Bottom of the World by Jack Bursey (Oct 4-6)
Follow the River by Paul Greci (Oct 7-8). Rowing a canoe through a forest fire?? Intense!
Super Volcanoes: What They Reveal about Earth and the Worlds Beyond by Robin George Andrews (Oct 9-15). Fascinating! So many cool facts, like Jupiter's moon Io has over 400 volcanoes and is the most volcanically active object in the solar system. Some volcanoes can shoot sulfur dioxide plumes 300 miles into space!!
Where the Irises Bloom by Will Lowrey (Oct 16). A kitten's mom gets killed and is alone on the streets until she meets a homeless man who stutters, and they bond. The ending was pretty sad, but hopeful too
The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance by Mensun Bound (Oct 17-27). I remember when the Endurance was found in 2022 (exciting!), so of course I had to read the book about how it was found lol. The author also mentioned Stephen Scott-Fawcett, who runs the Ernest Shackleton Appreciation Society group on Facebook! I thought that was cool, since I'm a part of that group too lol
The Happiest Man on Earth: The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor by Eddie Jaku (Oct 29-30). His revenge on the Nazis was to live a happy life. I have a fridge magnet that says "be happy, it really annoys your enemies!," so that's how I try to live too! Anger and hate just destroys you. I'm always amazed at how anyone could have survived those awful concentration camps D:
I've been really tired all this week because I didn't get to rest after traveling, and it's dark so late now. Today has been the first day this week I've felt more myself. Denise came in to work today and I went to eat lunch, then went to a staff meeting, which Denise seemed fine with when I asked if it was ok. One of my coworkers might adopt a puppy, and brought him to work for everyone to see! After the meeting, of course we had to pet the puppy and show him some love! (He loved licking me and Vicki's hands hehe.) Denise came in the room and I thought she was going to pet the puppy, but she came to me and very nastily said how she'd been waiting for me to relieve her and that she had a ton of work to do. I would have been fine with "hey Heather, would you mind taking over the register while I work in the back?" It's not my fault how long the staff meetings are, and of course I had to say hi to the puppy, so I was pretty upset. Vicki said I was fine and didn't do anything wrong..I had her permission to be there, and she's my supervisor, not Denise. I actually had to wait for Denise to relieve ME for lunch because she's ALWAYS late for work, and I didn't yell at her! Me and Vicki went back to where Denise was and I don't know what came over me, but I just..lost it. I told her I didn't appreciate being yelled at, she started yelling at me about how it makes her super angry when I'm late in relieving her or something, and we've had conversations about it. Uhh..really? I do remember one time everyone was eating lunch in the classroom and she looked at me and made the motion to eat faster, so I could relieve her. I physically CANNOT eat fast without choking, and I've TOLD her that, but she was still annoyed, so now I feel guilty whenever I eat lunch and someone else is at the register. As Denise relieved me today, I told her someone left their drink on the counter, because I knew she'd ask me, but she just gave me this weird annoyed look as if to say "why are you telling me this??" and a second later was like "oh, yeah, I probably would have asked you." I've been dealing with these "looks" and her seeming inability not to get annoyed about EVERYTHING (when she tells me something is her pet peeve, I want to say "what ISN'T your pet peeve??) for YEARS and I'm SO TIRED of it. She's even yelled at customers, once when I was in the back helping unload books, and they posted a review online saying how awful me and Denise were to her. I was MORTIFIED. Probably one reason I just couldn't take it anymore and couldn't control my anger. She was actually yelling loud today it echoed in the building, and I was shaking from everything. Lucie and Shelby also came back and were trying to control us, but I couldn't stop trying to defend myself! Finally Lucie told Denise to go home, and said something about me having to stop too, and I finally got control of myself and apologized. Lucie said she wanted to have a talk with us in her office, first Vicki, while I hid in a classroom and started crying. I was worried I'd be in huge trouble. I almost NEVER react that way to something, especially in public. That's probably the only time any of my current coworkers have seen me act that way. I'm known for being calm and polite, not "yelly" and combative! Lucie then called me to her office, where I apologized profusely and I said I could have handled that WAY better. Lucie and Vicki made it clear I wasn't in trouble, but next time just let one of them handle a situation like that..they're the managers, not me! They said that's their burden to carry, not mine. I just kept apologizing because I was so embarrassed I had acted that way. I said being tired from traveling didn't help, which they understood. I love how calm and comforting Vicki is in situations like this, one reason she's an amazing manager. She said they're going to have a talk with Denise on Tuesday..maybe there's something going on with her that she hasn't told anyone about. I'll also have to talk with her, to hopefully mend the hurt from today. Neither of us acted appropriately, but Vicki said we're only human, and now I know how to act better in the future. So embarrassing! Vicki is positive things will work out next week, when emotions aren't going crazy. Things must improve!
29. When Do You Remember Learning a New Word? Today..it started with an x, but I can't remember the whole word now lol
30. Is Amazon Becoming Too Powerful? Maybe?? They do have great books and shirts though :P
31. Will You Be Wearing a Halloween Costume This Year? No, I just wore a Halloween shirt and socks
November 1. Are You Hard or Easy on Yourself? I can be both, but a lot of the time I am hard on myself..mistakes are embarrassing lol
November
2. What Teacher Would You Like to Thank?
3. What Health Tips Have Worked for You?
4. How Do Male and Female Roles Differ in Your Family?
5. What Are Your Longtime Interests or Passions?
6. Do You Have a Hard Time Making Decisions?
7. Were You Ever the ‘New Kid’?
8. How Much Freedom Did Your Parents Give You?
9. What Motivates You?
10. Have You Ever Posted, Emailed or Texted Something You Wish You Could Take Back?
11. What Challenges Have You Overcome?
12. What Do You Wish You Could See, Hear, Read or Experience for the First Time All Over Again?
13. Would You Quit if Your Values Did Not Match Your Employer’s?
14. Are You More Or Less Religious Than Your Parents?
15. Do You Recognize Yourself in Descriptions of ‘Generation Z’?
16. Do Machines Represent a Threat to Humans?
17. What Good Can Come from Disagreements?
18. Is Modern Culture Ruining Childhood?
19. What’s the Most Memorable Thing You Ever Got in the Mail?
20. How Did You Learn About Sex?
21. How Often Do You Interact With People of Another Race or Ethnicity?
22. Do You Suffer From Anxiety?
23. What Are Your Thanksgiving Traditions?
24. Will Your Family Members Disagree With Each Other About Politics This Thanksgiving?
25. What Do You Look Forward to Most – and Least – During the Holiday Season?
26. What Does Santa Claus Mean to You?
27. What Is Your Most Prized Possession?
28. What Are You Grateful For?
29. Did You Take Part in Any Post-Thanksgiving Shopping?
30. Under What Conditions Do You Do Your Best Work?
December
1. How Often Do You Leave Your ‘Comfort Zone’?
2. With Whom Would You Share Your Passwords? How About Your Debit Card and PIN?
3. What Would You Do if You Won the Lottery?
4. When in Your Life Have You Been a Leader?
5. How Should You Handle the End of a Friendship?
6. What’s the Best Advice You’ve Gotten?
7. What Is Your All-Time Favorite Piece of Clothing?
8. What Small Things Have You Seen and Taken Note Of Today?
9. How Should Parents Discipline Their Kids?
10. How Do You Get Your Nature Fix?
11. When Should You Compromise?
12. How Important Is Keeping a Clean House?
13. Does Stress Affect Your Ability to Make Good Decisions?
14. What’s the Best Gift You’ve Ever Given or Received?
15. What Annoys You?
16. If the World Was Ending, What Would You Want to Do?
17. What Role Does Procrastination Play in Your Life?
18. Have You Ever Changed Your Mind About a Hot-Button Issue?
19. What Are the Best Things You’ve Watched, Read, Heard or Played This Year?
20. Was There a Toy You Wanted as a Child but Never Got?
21. Have You Ever Given, or Received, a Perfect Gift?
22. When Is the Last Time You Did Something Nice for a Stranger?
23. Do You Ever Eavesdrop?
24. What Things Did You Create When You Were a Child?
25. What Are the Best Things in Life and Are They Free?
26. How Stoic Are You?
27. As A Child/Teen - Where Did You Think You Would Live When You Were an Adult?
28. What Role Will Robots Play in Our Future?
29. If You Had Siblings - Did Your Parents Treat You Differently? If Not, Did You Wish You Had Siblings?
30. Do You Look Forward to New Year’s Eve?
31. Do You Make New Year’s Resolutions?
