i scared the people at home depot so much they gave me a discount!

well, as promised yesterday, today i went to the dallas isd health fair. not because i was particularly trying to be healthy... see, the district had an initiative this year. if you are able to amass a certain amount of points, you will receive a $500 bonus. so i currently fall within the parameters, and should be receiving that check, now that i've gone to the fair.

so, the fair. i was given a card to take around to the various booths for initials. of course part of that involves talking to the people at the booths. every time i found a booth that was something i already do/have, it was like a wave of relief that they couldn't try to sell me something. (health fair anxiety). the only one that i was actually interested in was the chiropractic group. i actually set an appointment to go see them on the 26th, so hopefully they can help me out!

for going to the health fair, they discount it to $20 for the eval and consult

 so i checked out their site, and apparently they use space technology-what does that even mean? space technology for my back...hmm. what am i getting myself into? whatever-if it helps my back to get back to normal, they can have aliens come down and walk on it...just sayin.

 yes, they had give-aways. i will have to go through and look at the papers i received and see if there is anything worth looking into. and now i have a few more goodies to throw into our goodie box at school! they had some great kid things, some exercising going on, raffles-there were even some massage chairs! i wonder how many employees actually participated; it didn't look like many were there, but it is kind of an in-and-out event. i really hope several people attended, as it really did have some useful stuff!

 probably one of the best things they offered was the health screening. i don't get to the doc as often as i should. so now i know my blood sugar, cholesterol, and blood pressure...woohoo! i had no idea when i got in that line that i was going to have my blood siphoned out of my finger. maybe before i went in for the cholesterol screening, i should have started my day with nuts and an avocado instead of two pieces of bacon and an egg! :-/  WAwahh.

what a prick!

on the way back, i stopped at home depot to get those materials for the garden!
i walked into the plant-area, looking for olla pots, and they had several terracotta planting pots, but no ollas. when i asked the girl at the cash register, and tried to explain what i was looking for, she looked at me like i was asking her for a lamborghini.. so she looked for another guy and said he might know, so he was looking for the planters...and the lady said, "oh, i think i know what you mean, i have one in my window sill with a plant in it!" and i was sorry to burst her bubble, but i shook my head and said, "no. no, you don't put plants IN it, you bury it in the garden bed and fill it with water and the water seeps out gradually and evenly into the soil around it." again she had the clueless look, and they decided that there was one person who might know of what i was speaking. so when i found her and asked, she knew what i was talking about, but unfortunately, they didn't have any of these receptacles. sad face.

so i went inside and got other materials i was in need of, and had martin cut some pvc to the right length for the beds. when i went up to the front to pay, courtney, the cashier was great. another employee was walking by and struck up conversation: looks like someone has some fun plans around the house! when i explained that i actually work for the school and we are always looking for volunteers to come help out, she said, "oh, you work at a school? like a teacher or something?" yep. so she told courtney to ring up an additional percentage off through a local group discount because they were gonna help out Cabell today! 

i'm pretty sure she felt sorry for me or was a little frightened of me. i say that only because when i went into the bathroom, while waiting for the rest of the pvc pipe to be cut, i looked in the mirror and scared myself. it was humid in dallas today...must i elaborate? my hair is riDIculous when it is humid out! and today was no exception-fly-away, frizzy! i believe the discount was an additional 10%; she probably would have liked to give me more because i looked beat up with that hair! so i made sure to fill out a survey and do a review for them. smiles. i am especially excited about the trimmers. i cannot wait to try them out!! i may go in early monday just for that! #gardennerd

and when i got home today, i did go back and try another glue/watercolor painting on canvas-i think i need to make two more to flank this one. i like the way it turned out.

yum

that kinda wraps it up-tomorrow will be much more relaxing than today-that makes me smile!

finish the weekend well!
julie