It was time for my annual bone density test. The machine is a long, flat table that I lay down on. There is another piece about two feet over the base of the table that takes the x-rays. That piece moves up and down the table. They took pictures of my spine, hips and ankles. In some areas my bone density rose, and it dropped in others. Overall, my density is slightly up, but the numbers are insignificant. Something to the nature of -1.092 last year, and -1.087 this year. It's close enough to the normal range that it's fine. I'm sure it would be better if it was higher, but it's still good.
We went to school today, and started putting my room together. Lu started emptying the boxes of books for my student library, while I put by desk where I wanted it, stacked two shelf units on top of one another to make a tall shelf, and started putting my school binders on the shelf.
I also discovered that my casement windows are not going to be arriving for another month. One month. The workmen removed the plywood from the frames and installed solid pieces of glass that do not open.
The windows do not open.
At all.
My room does not have air conditioning, and right outside my window is a large parking lot/asphalt area. The asphalt traps heat all day long and radiates it out. Not too different from the way a grocery store's parking lot is always ten or more degrees warmer than everything else during the summer. I am not sure about the shades for the windows. I don't see them in my room waiting to be installed. If they don't go up, then the sun and heat will be coming into my room all day long, and I'll have no fresh air at all.
This didn't happen last year. The teachers on the east side of the building got all their windows on time, although they had to wait for shades. Since they are on the east side of the building, the sun and heat are not such a big issue. By the time the kids leave my room at 2:45, the temperature is usually well into the nineties on the warm days. September is going to be fun.
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