Homecoming take II

Ok, so my page mysteriously disappeared, so this is take II. Homecoming today. Bittersweet for sure. I really need to get those videos off my flip so I can video this. Otherwise, I'll have to borrow Blakes. I meant to take it to school and try it there. So do you think I'll cry?? LOL Well it's raining, again. No surprise there. Really I don't care - it's not like I have actually been out jogging or anything :( and my waist line proves it! I really wish I had jumped on that eliptical and not let my SIL buy it out from under me. I will keep watch for another one. I just have no motivation to exercise these days. I can't do very much running because of my foot, so I have no desire if I can't try to get back up to my 6 miles :(

I think I will clean house this morning and then work on either the SpEd. online module (payback for class being cancelled, takes FOREVER to load so I may wait and do it monday and just go to school early), or work on my lesson plan. I also need to read the next RDG chapter, I started it last night. I probably should study ecology some in case he decides to tell us we have a test on wednesday. I think he wants to ADD ANOTHER power point. GEEZ he is crazy. Crazy or just plain lazy and doesn't want an extra test to grade. Of course I have that HUGE document to go through for ecology. So I may have to stay home Sunday morning since I will have to take the whole afternoon off. Next week is REALLY Busy, no days off or at 'home'. Tuesday Amberly goes back for her check up and I take Blake, he can't move his big toe... Friday I go to Little Rock and then back for Amberly's Fall Festival. Shawn thinks the football game will be thursday instead of Friday which means I'll miss the last game against Horatio of all things. :(

I'm still trying to schedule my last observation. UGH it's been such a pain. I also need to finish the report for the other one-add that to my weekend list. I think I'll do everything but the online module-save that for monday morning. It looks like I will only have 3 days next semester, but Monday will be horribly long, it will be like my wednesday except instead of getting there at 1, I will get there at 10. with an hour from 12-1 off and 3 hours before the night class. It's hard to leave that campus and get lunch too unless you want to eat at EZmart. It also looks like I will be taking civil rights and civil liberties as my elective. It's the only half way interesting web class I can find. I will have genetics, invertebrate biology, biotechnology (sci elective, I would like to take histology, but I am NOT taking that man for two classes, even if the other choice is that horrible monday) and one hour science class where you make presentations all semester (seminar in biology) and the pol. sci class. so 16 hours. UGH Then I have two this summer. I sure hope I can get them both this summer so Amberly doesn't have to go to a babysitter all summer.

So Freckles is *almost* completley potty trained. I'll be so glad when that is done...

weekend

It was a nice but busy weekend. I have managed to not get any school work done for 3 days. I think I will be ok, so I am resisting the urge to freak out. Shawn is camping this weekend, so I should be able to do more in the evenings. I needed some fellowship time though. And I have peace about some things I was unsure of, so that is nice too. I wish I could elaborate more, but I can say God blessed me in two areas. I just realized we have our presentation this week so I better practice that. Today I'll catch up on my reading class, look over stuff for forensics and try to organize material to study for ecology. Woke up in the middle of the night with the front door open (screen was closed), all the lights were on and the back door was wide open with rain coming in. The cat woke me up and I thought she wanted out (I've locked the cat door because freckles is small enough to get through but close to getting stuck), so I let her out and closed the front door, I didn't realize the back door was open. Freckles was barking so DH got up and saw the back door was open. GEEZ will I ever get a full nights sleep? I'm working on getting the video from Senior night, but my FLIP software keeps locking up. I might try it at school as see if it works better there.

getting behind

Well I couldn't get any homework done yesterday and probably won't get much done today :( . And I have to repeat next week for homecoming, except there are more activities. I usually do my reading class on the weekends and leave the other mornings for the other 4 classes. People can be really frustrating because they don't understand how much work it is to keep up with 15 credit hours, a family and senior year. They tell you, you need to learn to say no and then complain when you do. But like Cari said sunday, it's between me and the Lord. He has called me to go to school and I will do it for the glory of the Lord. If someone wants to complain maybe they should take it up with Him.

That said, I'm so glad to have the youth out, it is nice to take a break every once in a while even if it is a tad bit stressful to do so. It's also nice to have a little while to visit with people instead of a book. I know the next few weeks are going to ramp up. I have to do another observation, hopefully next week. I have several tests coming up, mainly the one in ecology. The amount of info to learn is immense, probably the most I have ever done and we aren't through yet. I can't remember if I have said, but close to 140 slides, full paragraphs on most of those, another 15-20 videos, two text books (four chapters in one and 7 in another) and he has 3 articles now posted (the one I looked at was 80 pages), I'm just waiting to see if they are all required. Oh and we have this HUGE project in forensics. We're doing Environmental Impact statements and we have to summarize them in a group of 4 of us. The documents are like 600 pages long. No wonder I've been having eye strain.

We have a conference in Little Rock on the 6th, I have to leave at 4 am, hopefully returning at 5 pm, then fall fest at the school at 6 (I'll be squeaking in to run a game from 6-6:30) then we have to run to Horatio for the last ball game. That will be a long day. Speaking of football, the boys played hard last night. We were soooo close to winning. Several times we were at the end zone and just couldn't get it the next 5 yards. It was an exciting game though. We were 7-6 (us) and till the last quarter I think. They might have gotten to 12 in the 3rd quarter I can't remember for sure. I'm trying to get the video of the ceremonies posted, but it's not currently cooperating....

TGIF

Well change of plans today, no hair cut, go to town this morning, pick up stuff for tonight (balloons, remaining food) and tomorrow night, plus bday card for DH and mom, batteries for camera, etc... then come home and clean house, then study. It would prob be better to study this morning before mom gets here, but I need to get the other stuff done and off my back! No major tests next week, so that is good. I hope to get my last observation re-scheduled. Then we have a puppet play to do on Nov. 13th and that will be all of my extra curricular activities for this semester I think. Oh and the trip to Little Rock, that will be fun though! I may go to the pep rally today, I am not 100% sure. I hate to leave mom sitting here alone. Next week is homecoming and then the last game. It will be weird not having him playing football.

Succession

It's pretty neat how the creation speaks of the Creator. Even in studying succession of forest communities, you can see parallels. Death must occur before new birth and creation. Old things must die before the new life can spring forth. A fire is cleansing and can reveal things unrealized for years. Without fire, some changes can never occur. New life comes in stages where the old is shed before the new, bigger and better things come. If you don't have wildfire, there are many beautiful wildflowers and strong trees that you will never see.

Just thursday....

The people are supposed to be here to fix the heat today, they were supposed to come yesterday but called and said they weren't. Today really is better I have to leave a little bit later. Not sure how the weather will effect their coming however...

It's been a light week, I've been trying to start studying for the upcoming ecology test because there is a huge amount of information. So far 150 or so slides and I can't even count the vocabulary to learn. Today will be working on ecology, I have lots of reading to do for it also and some videos to watch. And he has three long documents posted, he said all weren't req'd reading, but I know some of it will be. It can be overwhelming the amount of info he makes us cover. I would love to take the histology class or even herpetology, but he is teaching it and I already have to take him for another class my other choice is environmental chemistry, but I am hoping there will be another class to choose from. Since my SPED teacher was sick, there is not much work to do for that class this week and we had that reading test, so I just need to start the new chapter.

Tomorrow I will clean house, get my hair cut and go to Senior night and the football game. Mom will be here around lunch. Saturday study in the morning and party in the evening, hehe. At least the weather will be nice even if it is muddy. I hope there is a decent turnout because I have two cakes coming.

That Align the Gastro. Dr. put me on has made a huge difference. It really helps alot. My feet are still acting up. I walked night before last and then did Shred yesterday and they are hurting. I need to find an elliptical trainer or something....I have to be really careful with the Shred because I injured my shoulder doing it and it doesn't take much to get it to flare back up.

This week

Not too much to talk about today. I've got to write a paper on flu & tecnology, clean house, get fingerprinted, jog and work on ecology. There is a TON of information to learn so I need to get on with it. I took my reading test yesterday, but I regret not going over my flashcards beforehand. OPPS. i guessed way too much. UGH Not too much going on this week. No other test because my SPED teacher was sick and we had an online module. no IS395 this week. Good thing because I need to work on ecology and housework so hopefully I will be able to take most of Saturday off.

Our heat is not working. PTL we got a 'home warranty'. I called sunday, but haven't gotten a response, so I need to add that to the list to do today, call them back... Our fireplace needs something, but we aren't quite sure what, lol. They told us the insert was cracked, but it appears that there is no insert and we think maybe that is it, we just need to buy an insert?? There was a lady at the Dr.'s office with the flu. I'm praying that we didn't pick it up there.

The Propitiation

I John 2:2 He is the propitiation for our sins, not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

propitiation: an appeasing, propitiating - sin-offering

So I had this dream last night. Well first, Sunday morning, I was reading some footnotes & scriptures when Audie was preaching, and came across propitiation. I know what propitiation means, but the Lord said, "I'm going to show you what propitiation is". It's one of those ok, if you say so moments, lol. Well I had a dream last night. I was in this 'event' in a stadium like place. It was supposed to ge a game, but as it went further and further with me narrowly escaping each time. I was being hunted. A man was with me. I had to go through all these obstacles and it was getting harder and harder to escape. When it was clear we could no longer escape, he turned to me and said to go on, that they would not be satisfied without blood. He would stop them and I would escape. He made an atonement for my sin, took my punishment....That's propitiation.

Back online

My dear husband picked up my modem for me yesterday and I got it installed this morning. It may be slow but it is better than the cell phone or nothing, let me tell ya!

Rachel cooked dinner for me last night for my birthday, it was really sweet. No one has done anything like that for me in a long time. Noel used to cook me Brie en Croute (a pastry with Brie cheese, mushrooms and other stuff), I had forgotten that, it was yummy! Other than that, no one else has gone to the trouble, it meant alot. Funny, I think only two people remembered my birthday last year and I couldn't count this year(hmm would Fb have anything to do with that?). Anyhow, their house is a ruckus. It was wedgie city and I wish I would have had a camera, hilarious those kids. I was hoping to at least have lunch with Tori before she left, but they were to far away. She needs to post some kind of itenerary next time she comes so we have a clue when we can see her.

Things are still fairly quiet, but I know it will all hit soon enough. No tests this week, two next week and I am not sure when the next ecology test will be, but there is certainly a ton of info. to cover so I am starting now. Today I've got a science club meeting at 12. I'll have to leave early to get to the next campus. It takes 15-20 minutes to get to the new campus from the old one because of all the construction and traffic. I use cowhorn creek which keeps it from being 30 minutes, but it still takes a bit. Then I may go look for a birthday gift for my mom and work in the computer lab for just a short bit. If I try to go for the entire 3 hours, it makes the day way too long and makes my back hurt. We are supposed to be outside today for a lab, but we shall see. Trying to decide about a laptop and if it will help any. I think I will stop at walmart and use some bday money to buy some rubber boots- it looks like I will be needing them.

I also found out I have to take genetics with my *favorite* instructor. The main issue now is whether or not I am getting the information I need to pass my test after I graduate. Guess I will have to study hard on my own. I may have to take him for my science elective also, but I am going to try not to...

Next few days

Ok, so here are the next few days: Ecology today then Forensics test tonight, NO lecture so I will be home before 8 I think. Thursday maybe meet for debate project (haven't heard from 3rd person, UGH), present posters in SPED class (no test this week yay!), puppet practice after class. Friday get up EARLY (be there by 7:30)and go to STEAM conference, here are my chosen workshops: Mat/sci applications in water industry, podcasting in your classroom, lunch, Come Wii with Mii -and I think I'll skip the last one so I do not have to worry about a babysitter (it ends at 3:30). Friday night go to tex with DH and buy freezer, saturday school stuff then Campmeeting. Sunday reverse that :-)

AHHHH Quiet

It's been a quiet day (other than Shawn's dog which barks incessantly for no apparant reason!). It's nice to have the entire day at home, I get few of those. Next week, I really need to schedule my last observation. It'll be nice to have that done! I got a 111 on my ecology test (out of 125), that is unless he changes it, we did a group 'peer' type grading. Whew, that is a load off. This test ought to be easier to tighten in on without 50 million videos to watch. Blake seems to like Youngs so far. Funny, you ask them if they like it and they say yeah, we get free food or cokes, lol, BOYS! Shawn jr. will be 18 this sunday, you can tell he is ready to 'make his own decisions', it's funny they think 18 is a magic number. :-)

I'm contemplating getting Hughesnet. It's about 40$ more a month though and money is tight, but it sure would help me out with school stuff. I am thinking of maybe dropping my phone and just getting one like Amberly's. I have to check and see for sure when my contract is up. I also am not sure how it would affect the boys phones. They are running a special so it would be nice to make up my mind by tomorrow, but I am just not sure that I can. Expenses are really heavy this year with senior ring (blake), TWO letterman jackets (sjr changed his mind), senior pic's homecoming, prom& all that stuff, plus a new freezer this weekend, I could go on and on. (You have kids, you know!)

This week, Amberly is going to Laura's but I don't know Blake's reg. schedule yet and I am not sure how she will get to church on wed. Just taking it one day at a time right now! Shawn might could swing through to church that way, but I want to make sure she gets her hw done.
Well that's enough of a break, back to work. I'm tying up lose ends on my ESL reading poster and then back to study environmental history and laws. (exciting stuff, lol)

Upcoming week

This ought to be a decent week, it's not too packed (praying it stays that way). No observations on tuesday, no doctor's appointments. I do have a conference friday, it's called STEAM, it's a math conference, I get extra credit and hopefully I will get there early enough to get some goodies (they usually give out boxes of manipulatives of some sort). I only have one test this week, so I hope to finish up some more work on projects and get ahead a little. I managed to get some progress done on a few projects and all one needs now is tidying up. I have a lot coming up that is due at the same time and the next few weekends will be busy. We've got campmeeting this weekend, Komen next weekend and mom comes the following weekend. We are planning on having a BBQ that weekend, if Shawn can change his work schedule, or we might have everyone out and do hotdogs or potluck. It's hard to believe he will be 18 and graduating. I get plenty of reminders though, Senior this senior that, lol.

interesting

So yesterday, my whole morning was wasted. I showed up at the Lake like we were supposed to(yes I complained the entire time) and I waited. Finally another student arrived and we waited, drove around a bit to see if we were in the wrong area or something....then 2 other students arrived and we waited. The professor never showed up, the Corps guy never showed up. So 25 min after we were supposed to have started I left (after waiting an hour because I left early in case I got lost). He says he had a flat tire, but I am not buying it. He thought the corps guy would be there. I was furious. This man is driving me bananas. I have to stay home this morning to catch up on stuff. Had he not done that, perhaps I would have gotten enough done that I could enjoy church and fellowship this morning. What did he say? oh maybe it was fate GRRR. It was hard not to give him what for. I don't usually get angry easily, but this guy makes me flat mad. He needs another line of work.


Anyhow, despite Mr. Prof's best attempt to keep me behind, I got one project finished and teh second one is well under way. I also started studying for my Forensics test. So today I will finish my reading project, studying a bit for forensics and start on my IS395 project.

Shawn Jr.'s Senior pics from school came in and they are decent(sp?? my mind has no time to spell correctly these days), maybe not the most creative, but I am going to see if he would like to just order from these. It will be hard to hook him up with Sissy Welch considering his current schedule. Speaking of schedules, Blake starts at youngs Monday afternoon. I've got to figure out where I will send Amberly. I have options, I just have to figure out which will work best, and wait to see what days he will have to work.

My family helped in the house again yesterday and I sure do appreciate that. Still plenty to do, but a little help goes a long way. Well that is my allotted time, so I need to go read my bible now. That way I can be angry and sin not :-).

Projects, projects, projects

This will have to be a speed blog so I can get right to work after I get done with my PB & apple lunch, so blunt and to the point, yeah I know, so unlike me haha. Went to the gastro. yesterday and she put me on align, says she has had great luck with it. We also talked about art. sweetners and well something that has just left my mind. I bet it will pop back in in a minute. Got the dogs taken care of and Bear had hookworms. I have wormed that darned dog so much. Well I bet he gains some weight now! Ok so projects projects that is this weekend. I have an ELL project and two papers to get done, study for only ONE test this week ;-), read oodles and oodles, clean house and OH BTW what am I doing saturday morning when I should be home cleaning and then studying?? I am driving all the way to texarkana to lake wright patman to put up birdhouses, yup. Sure I have time and the gas for that really yeah. :/ Football tonight of course so I want to finish my poster today (that is right after I get done eating) and start on my readbility project, then start on my debate project, the topic of that, well we got a doozy- "Is NASA doing enough to protect us against coment/asteroid strikes?" HAHA and we are CON. Why couldn't we get an easy one, lol.


Dh took his BP yesterday and said it was 120/80... I'm not buying it and will have to see it for myself. We also have to pick up a freezer saturday a lowe's before anyone gets a chance to kill a deer. So, looks like I may have to stay home sunday, but that is very hard for me to do. I def. need to get some 'monkey's' off my back though cause my cup 'overfloweth' ;-). End of the week is always rough, I don't get enough sleep so I should be recouped hopefully tomorrow.OK so there is my speed blog, I feel better already.