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Jun. 21st, 2002 05:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
senoritafishJohn had been doing better, and was actually being cheerful the last week or two. Apparently Angus was going around all afternoon yesterday saying, "I'm not Angus, I'm Uncle Jay. I didn't die. Where's Angus?" This may be his 4-yr-old way of dealing with it, but it made things hard on John. He had red eyes by the time I got home from work, and had to escape out to the garage and work on his boxes for most of the evening. At least making special ones for his relatives to take some of his brother's ashes didn't cause him to totally lose interest in his hobby. And doing that helped to keep his mind off it
I finally got hold of Beth - I was getting a little worried because I had called three times and hadn't gotten though, but I know she's been busy between work and U of Phoenix classes. She told me her college-level algebra class is killing her. I sympathized - I had to take math up through calculus and it was very difficult for me every time, too. Do I remember any of it ? No. Do I use it in my daily work? No. When we had a sampling design course here for the biologists, V. and C. had very little problem with it because they were fresh out of college and remembered the statistical stuff. Whereas I struggled, because it's been a good 14 years since I took it. I suppose I need to enroll in a refresher. But that's what we have statisticians for, isn't it? They keep our math on the right track, and we get to tell them, "Um, you know, that kind of sampling plan just is not practical in the real world."
Anyhow, she also sounded very interested in this LJ phenomenon, so I'll send her my only code. I was also glad to hear her mom is much better and now staying in an assisted living home. The meds they were giving her finally started working. That was very good to hear.
I finally got hold of Beth - I was getting a little worried because I had called three times and hadn't gotten though, but I know she's been busy between work and U of Phoenix classes. She told me her college-level algebra class is killing her. I sympathized - I had to take math up through calculus and it was very difficult for me every time, too. Do I remember any of it ? No. Do I use it in my daily work? No. When we had a sampling design course here for the biologists, V. and C. had very little problem with it because they were fresh out of college and remembered the statistical stuff. Whereas I struggled, because it's been a good 14 years since I took it. I suppose I need to enroll in a refresher. But that's what we have statisticians for, isn't it? They keep our math on the right track, and we get to tell them, "Um, you know, that kind of sampling plan just is not practical in the real world."
Anyhow, she also sounded very interested in this LJ phenomenon, so I'll send her my only code. I was also glad to hear her mom is much better and now staying in an assisted living home. The meds they were giving her finally started working. That was very good to hear.
