Maybe I shouldn't have started this blog now, not with everything that's been going on.

Last Tuesday a supplier for engineering equipment and software also came to visit, even though he had no appointment. He said he was in the vicinity and wanted to follow up the meeting he first made with my predecessor during the first term of the current school year.

I told him I don’t remember a quotation from his company from among the papers turned over to me by the previous requisitioner (requistor?) so I suggested he send a new one (besides, I know quotations are valid only for up to 120 days, which have passed for his first catalog. Unlike his competitors, he’ll be giving me a CD with their wares Tuesday next week.

What surprises me is that he gave me, and the head of the School of Engineering (whom he said he knows from a society of engineers) planners for the year.

This is very opportune because the last two times I had been in a bookstore, I had passed by their stock of planners wondering if I should get one.

Sometimes God takes care of your needs even if you don’t ask Him directly.

Also last Tuesday, even though I wasn’t supposed to look through the books with Maila until January 23 (that were donated from the sister schools - here and abroad) for math and science texts to be transferred to the library, I went through them today with David for engineering books.

The books were in an unused classroom with four-foot-high shelves lining two walls. The shelves were filled, and so was the floor, with books lined up from end to end like fallen dominoes. It was difficult to cross the room without stepping on one of the books, despite the spaces between the rows on the floor.

On another side of the room was a big pile as high as I was and about five feet wide at the base. I could see that underneath this heap there were still some unopened boxes.

That task almost removed the need for me to return on Friday, as almost all of the books related to engineering that we segregated were related to math and science anyway, as well as computer hardware.

But we haven’t gone through the whole stash yet, so I’ll definitely go back. I just wish someone would organize them for easier perusal, although more shelves would probably be needed. I’d probably volunteer during the summer if they haven’t started on it by then.

Follow up on the make shift ramp downs I made for the projectile motion activity last Wednesday: I haven’t seen all their workbooks, as David is the one who is checking them, but so far two of the six groups total (from two classes) have reported a percentage error of one point twenty five. Not bad.

Yesterday I announced a quiz on Monday for my mechanics classes, as we have already finished two chapters. That should put a stop to their questioning for now.

In my Trig class I assigned them to bring protractors on Monday, for measuring angles of elevation the same way we’ve been measuring the angle of altitude of the moon in my astronomy classes. For once we’re going to have an outdoor activity.