Silence vs. Noise

In the office where I work, there are several smaller offices which have doors that open to a large common room. Recently, I was moved to an office that faces the common room (the office I was in previously just faced a hallway.) I am amazed how noisy it gets in the common room! I am a self professed auditory person, which means that I am very sensitive to noise, I prefer silence while I am trying to work, although I don't mind music without words. I also get distracted easily by noises. Well, at my work place it has been requested that we do NOT close the door to our smaller offices. I understand that the boss wants to promote unity and cohesivenss in the office place but the noise in the common room really gets to me! I also consider it rather rude that people like to go stand in the common area and chat. This wasn't as much of a problem when I was in this same office about three months ago, probably because I faced the wall that did not look out the door and I was able to tune out the noise. Perhaps I will have to move my computer to the other desk which faces the wall. Hmm... there's an idea. More random thoughts later, hopefully they will be happy thoughts...

An apple a day...

An apple a day...

keeps the apple farmers happy.

keeps the doctor away.

makes the teacher happy.

Where do I come up with this stuff?

When I taught kindergarten and pre kindergarten, we would teach an entire unit on farming and about the farm. We would read books about the farm and about growing apples, in particular. The students thought it was fun because we got to visit a pretend farm that is in the city that has animals that they have never seen in their short lives. Most children at the school where I taught thought that milk and eggs came from the grocery store (instead of from cows and hens). I didn't grow up on a farm but growing up we did visit Iowa a lot and you can't visit Iowa without learning about cows and hens. One of my aunts actually lived on a small farm and kept some sheep which we would try to play with (they were rather shy though). I thank my parents for always striving to give me a well rounded education outside of my public education. More later...

Queen of Random Thoughts

At my job, the other workers I shared an office with called me the "Queen of Random Thoughts." I guess its because I hate to just sit in silence and work at my computer. I constantly want to fill the void of silence. I wonder why that is... Now I am in a new office and I already miss my "pod mates" as they are called here. That's why I created this new blog, so that I can post my random thoughts and my old pod mates can still receive them, and post their random thoughts, should they have any. More random thoughts to come later...althought I can't say when.