快速阅读

我们组的副总裁建议大家学习快速阅读。每个学习了快速阅读的人都可以和他共进午餐，并且由他承担午餐费用。第一个学习完《快速阅读》的人可以挑选自己最喜欢的餐馆。我们花了十几块钱从网上订购了全套教材，包括6盘磁带，一本书和一盘录像带。

由于上述物品全部属于上个世纪，我们只好去沃尔马买了一台磁带播放机，今天听完了六盘磁带，赶快把磁带播放机退了。现在我们在俄克拉何马城的旅馆里试图用自带的录像机播放录像，不幸的是机器绞带子了，而且只有两个台是可以放录像的，第三台和第四台。第三台只能放出声音，第四台只能放出图像。我们选择了第三台，因为这种录像带主要是听声音，看到的图像是无聊的培训员的脸。

明天早上阿瑟在医院做检查的时候我可以把那本书读完，之后就可以预约和副总裁吃午饭了。我还得把这套教材借给下属，她用完之后我们再放到网上卖掉，以得到最大的投入产出比。学习这么落后的技能实在是一种挑战，就连起码的设施都不存在。看来让副总裁请吃午饭也不那么容易的，真是命运多舛。

今晚住的旅馆和上个月一样，是从网上订的拉群塔旅馆，最低价格，用的是我们公司的员工优惠价。明天早上8：30就得到医院报到，9：00开始第一个检查，之后是10：00的检查，11：00的检查。下午4点钟看医生，大概就能决定阿瑟需不需要做手术。我心里很紧张，这么可爱的心肝宝贝儿舍不得被医生来回摆弄，但这完全是为了他的健康。希望一切顺利。

Cricket

A cricket was in our master bedroom last night and it was singing all night long. I got up at 4:30 in the morning, couldn't stand it any more. After taking a shower, I found it on the bathroom floor. Then I killed it with toilet paper and flushed it.

Arnold didn't sleep well either because of the noise. Arthur had a bit of cough this morning. I'm suspecting that he picked up some bugs from Helen Walton Children's Enrichment Center. The kids love the new school, especially Arnold. He is learning so much every day.

I have to prepare bottled milk vs frozen milk in the morning. It's more like Montessori standard. I'll do notary this afternoon when I pick them up and sign both boys up for photography. The sitting fee is $10 per person.

It's been raining all day. I need to leave the house earlier tomorrow so that I could go to the gym in the morning after dropping them off. Arnold is already unhappy with me. "It's still dark outside." He said yesterday when we started the car at 6 am. Well, they wake me up and I need to wake them up as well. We're a family and we share the burden.

Car Insurance

Our car insurance went up $220 for half a year after we moved to Arkansas. It's quite dangerous to drive here. Police cars are hiding at every corner of the road and will stop you even if you're one mile above speed limit.

There are a lot of trucks on the road as well, which makes driving more stressful. Biajee went to the DMV today and was told we didn't have sufficient documents to get our registration processed.

We're running out of vegetables soon. Maybe we can survive with bean sprouts and carrots today, but we may need to make a grocery shopping trip tomorrow. I don't think I need anything while Biajee is in Colorado next week. I'll just try to survive.

The seller asked us to fix a list of things after home inspection and I refused. My realtor suggested that I drop the price of the house for $1,200 more. I refused again. We don't know whether the house could be closed by end of this month yet, but at least the buyer has paid for inspection.