Friday

Yes, I can definitely see that the most difficult thing with this new program is going to be the schedule change. Because my week starts on Tuesday and ends on Monday, it is difficult to adjust. I will adjust, but it will take time.

School is going very well. I am ahead of myself because of the schedule change. Being ahead is not a bad thing, I know that eventually I will settle into the new schedule and everything will be fine. I have come to realize that this class I am taking now is almost the exact same class I took in the beginning of my Associate degree to get everyone used to the online environment. While this class is not difficult, it is kind of annoying. But I will take a class that I can score a high grade in.

I know that some of my classmates have never taken an online class before and I am very understanding about that, but that is no excuse to not read. There is a lot of information that will help them if the just read. I have 4 more weeks then I will be done with this class. That is another big difference, my classes before were 9 weeks long and these are 4. Although it will be nice when I get a class that I am not all that fond of. LOL. Well, I am off to go read some more stuff and to place Country Life on Face book. Ciao!

Wednesday

Yesterday was a craptasic day (Thanks for the word @marymac). Mainly because I got no sleep at all. We went to bed at 1o am or so. Doug was tossing and turning so much and instead of being cool and letting me sleep, he turns on the TV and makes it difficult for me to sleep. So I was up all day with no sleep yesterday. Yeah I was in a great mood ( sarcasm implied, I so need a sarcasm key). I was so mad because he was being totally selfish and if I had done that to him he would have had a huge hissy fit.

On a school related note, my instructor totally redeemed himself because he had started to really drive the discussion in class. Which is a good thing. So I forgive him his unpreparedness the first day. Yesterday sucked but oh well. I need to run, I have to actually do something today! Ciao!

First Day of School & Stuff

The first day of class was frustrating for me. I really am being charitable here when I say that. I get frustrated easy when the instructor isn’t even prepared! He forgot to post the syllabus for the class, this is basically the thing that tells me all the details about the assignments that are due. Many people were asking about it and he finally posted it so that we could print it out. Not a great start. I know he has other classes and all that, but if you know that you have a class starting I think you need a checklist when setting up the classroom. Then that way you don’t forget anything. It also could be that I am a tiny bit OCD and actually expect these people to know what they are doing.

As much as I want to say that my classmates in this class are better than the people that I encountered in my last program, I can not. They can not read, which means that they are putting things not where they belong, but wherever they want to. That is also frustrating to me, especially since it clearly states where to put things. Again, I might be a tiny bit OCD about this too.

On Thursday, which I think is tomorrow, I have a tree lighting ceremony to go to where we eat on Tuesdays. We got invited last night, so to show our support we are going. Those people have become like family to us.

The hardest thing to get used to with this new class is that the schedule changes drastically! In the other program the week was normal, Monday –Sunday. In my new program it is Tuesday-Monday. So, I am going to have to get used to that. I think that I am going to go! Ciao!

School Starts Today

Okay so obviously this is not going to be an entry all about school starting today. Well, yes today seeing as it is 12:30am here. Technically, school does not start until 12:00am Arizona time, which is 2am here. I am a bit nervous starting again, if the truth be told. I was nervous when I started my Associate Degree too. All of my classes but two are psychology classes this time around. Which makes me feel better because for the most part I did well in all of my psychology classes. All A’s and B’s, but I think that this time it will be deeper into the classes, which should be interesting.

As for what I am going to do with the degree, I have not totally decided yet. I am leaving my mind open so that I can make a decision when it comes and not really feel like I have to make up my mind right this very second, because I don’t. Along with a little bit of nervousness I am really excited too. I honestly did not ever think that I would make it this far! I want to thank all of you for being so supportive and especially those close to me who have told me that I made you proud. I made myself proud too!

So, I have to make a concession to get my nice and quiet Christmas. I do not want to make this concession at all, but since it is trading for a lesser evil I will do this. The Sister is having a Chanukah party. We were invited. ( I don’t understand why she keeps inviting us to these things we don’t want to go! Oh wait, I do know, because every year like clock work, around her birthday and Christmas she wants to have something to do with her family) So, in order to not have to go to her place for Christmas, I will go to this damn party. Will not like it, but I will go. There is other stuff going on here with her too. Her b/f got out of prison for the  umpteenth time and moved in with her yet again… He has now left her yet again and because his family moved away with out telling him, I have no idea what is going on there.

The thing about this situation is that this is like the sixth or seventh time this has occurred, see he is a crack head. He has stolen from her and she takes him back. He was the one she wanted to move in here with us earlier this year. I was like no fuckin way dude! So she actually said that if he went back to prison that she would not take him back. Yeah, she said that like the last 3-4 times he went back. So much DRAMA here and they thrive on it. It kills me!

I just had to get that out. Sorry. Oh, Mark, Inglorious Bastards really was not worth the time. It was hard to keep up with and the beginning was so boring!! Watch Star Trek instead. Ciao!

My Sunday

I am gearing up to go back to school on the 8th. Wish I had another week like I was originally supposed to, but oh well, starting a week earlier means getting done a week earlier. My one thing that I absolutely wanted to get done while off from school, I got done. My Christmas cards. Some of you have gotten it in the mail already. The other thing with cleaning my clothes out, I got that started but I will try and finish it over the holiday break.

I have been so tired as of lately, so I upped my iron intake and it has helped a bit, but not totally. I am sitting here starving with heart burn. Ugh! That totally sucks ass! I have taken antacid so now if I eat anything it will taste like chalk. Nice. That is such a turn off. I am thinking of maybe using something like Previcid or Pepcid.  

We are not going to the Christmas party. Not because I don’t want to go, but because Doug doesn’t want to either. He keeps telling me that he will get me his Christmas card list for work, but have not seen it yet. If I don’t get it soon, he will be giving cards out AFTER Christmas. LOL. Trying to wait patiently for my diploma to show up, but it is not working… LOL

Oh we got into a ‘conversation’ about bonus points from our banks. I was like, I get points from my bank for rewards and he made some snarky comment like to tell him when I got a reward from my bank. Actually I have gotten two. Which is 2 more than he has gotten from his bank. I got a new hair dryer a couple of years ago and I just got a $50 Amazon gift card the other day. So, pfffffft….

I am hoping to get that in the next week or so. I am excited about that as well! I have watched Star Trek, Inglorious Bastards, Angels and Demons, and Night at the Museum 2 as of late. OMG, Star Trek is such an amazing movie! I totally LOVED it! There is so much action but some comedy too. I am looking forward to owning that as well. Well, I think that this is it for now. Ciao!

Saturday

I have been feeling blah the last few days. I hate this feeling because I don’t feel like doing anything! Although it has been nice to catch up on some much needed sleep. Tomorrow is Doug’s Christmas party, the last couple of years it has been nice, but this year they are holding it in a bowling alley. Not sure that I am up to going to it, but he has already promised people that we would be there. Was not real happy with that. I wish that I could just send him and not go myself, but he would refuse that.

My ex John called me the other night asking me to do him a favor and write a paper for his welding class. I seriously thought he was joking, but apparently not. He has offered me $50 to write the paper for him. It is for his welding class, which I know nothing about. But he is in a bad spot, so I said I would.

So, I need to do that later. I am still tired. Thinking a nap is in order. LOL. Ciao!

Wednesday’s Thoughts

I have been a little out of it in recent days. Dealing with LIFE and some other stuff. I have missed blogging though. Today is a day of laziness. We are having Chinese because neither one of us want to cook tonight.

I applied for my diploma today, so now it is official, I am a college grad! I am so ecstatic about that and I should have said diploma in 4-6 weeks. When I get it I will post a picture of it here for you all to see.

I go back to school on December 8th, which is a week sooner than I thought, but that is okay. Speaking of December, I can not believe that it is December all ready! Holy cow!

Christmas is right around the corner and then New Years! How time flies! Well, I just stopped in to let you know that I am still alive! Ciao!