Christmas is coming

I am 'well' now, at least enough that it is time to get back to work. (still coughing and congested) I managed to go to school yesterday, but it sure wore me out. It is funny now that I thought I would go to school thursday. I shouldn't have even gone wednesday(because of germ spreading), but thurs. morning I thought I could suck it up and go. I wasn't even in shape to be driving. LOL Hopefully, tonight I can stay up past 6. I have been sleeping for 12 hours at a time. Finally this morning, I woke up at 4 (after going to bed sleep around 7). I'll have to try to stay up tonight.

I'm not really behind, but I have to get busy study for my upcoming tests so I have time to hunt and do GA's this weekend. I'm really getting ansy about finishing up. I am ready to graduate and focus on other things in my life. I look back and wish I hadn't quit when I did, but I also realize my family needed me, so no regrets. I think I'm going to suck it up and take the nutty professor so I can take all days next semester. That leaves me only with one day to deal with how Amberly gets home (i'll get home about 5),but also only one day for homework during the week or to sub. I was hoping to get called in to sub today, I can use the money for Christmas, but I'll take whatever they send.

I was pretty upset with my Sped professor for not telling me I could submit my report via email on thursday. She waited until sunday to tell me that and it's supposed to be docked 10 pts per day. I was steaming hot. She wound up counting off 11 pts. I guess 10 pts for being late and 1 pt for something ? I got a 100 on the last one.

Amberly is ready to put up the Christmas tree. I could almost let her if it didn't get in the way after awhile. I am excited about the holidays this year. Things will be tight, but this will be our first thanksgiving/christmas in the new house. I have family coming on thanksgiving and will have our Christmas Eve gift exchange here also. There might not be much under the tree this year, but I think it will be the best one ever. :-) I haven't even wanted to decorate in years, but I sure want to now. I will have to be creative because I don't have many decorations. I will hopefully stock up during the after christmas sales.

Well I have to find out what to study for SPEd and study for ecology, then reading. Then I need to work in the house and do some major catching up. The family helped some, but you know how that is, there are some things that only mom gets done.

OH PS Freckles is potty trained, PTL. We still keep her kenneled at night, but as soon as it is dry consistently in the morning, we'll try leaving her out at night.

just stuff

Felt much better yesterday, even managed to get to the ball game, but this morning my chest is not real happy. My vaporizer quit working on me and it is a vital essential when I have a cold. I can usually keep it at bay with mucinex and a vaporizer. Hopefully, I will get a new one today and keep with the mucinex and clear it out and not let it get worse. I don't think I have bronchitiis yet, and I want to keep it that way.

DH took Amberly hunting. She is getting more into hunting. I just heard a shot so I hope she hit one. That would be great. I hope to hunt a bit come rifle season. I got to sub in foreman this week and it was really nice. They might have went easy on me since I was new, but the kids were great. The atmostphere was so different than Ashdown. I had Mrs. Womble's class and all we had to do was read and/or do study hall, which can be difficult because the kids are really doing anything, but I only had to say something to the kids in one period, and it was all boys. It was just like the way school was when I was growing up. In Ashdown, you can't really let your kids have the freedom to go to the bathroom or just get up and get a drink of water (at least at the HS, the junior high is not that tight), and it was nice to not have to be so strict. I know some have had trouble there and it is not perfect, but it's really a much better environment than many other public schools.

So football it over. It was a tough game. Shawn made a lot of fumbles (both this game and the last, he doesn't usually do that) and he was throwing up by half time. I am glad in a way that the season is over, but we will miss it. I really enjoyed it this year, more than ever before. I guess we will watch the other boys next year, at least the home games. The stand were packed though, it's really nice the way everyone (well with the exception of one kids parents who were dogging the coaches) supports the team. I think next year will be better.

Lots of work to do this week. Everything is coming due at the same time, reading test, ecology test (with 4 ppt's now UGH- like 200 slides) , that big Forensics project and I'm still trying to get that last observation done. It's is also close to the end of the semester, the end is in sight after this next push. Still debating on classes, but I am getting closer to deciding. Better hurry, early registration is next week...

Day 2

Day 2- I did the workout 1 today, which is what I had DH do. I think I will do a different one each day. I wanted to do one last night, but I don't want to burn out. Poor DH thought he was doing so good yesterday because he ate a Filet O Fish at mcDonalds. I had to burst his bubble, those things are as bad as hamburgers and worse than some. Men really do need some hand holding don't they! So today is buying tires, cleaning house and some school work. I'm hoping to find a mini term class at commerce online, so checking that out too, OH and calling AGAIN on my heat, they didn't call back and are really dropping the ball.

Lovin that elliptical

I got to work out on the elliptical this morning. Did 30 minutes on a preset workout. It's not *quite* as 'heavy duty' as gym quality, but I was able to workout on it full on. Considering how much Gym one's are, I think this was a pretty good deal. Amberly has been on it twice already, lol. So today I am going to also start watching what I eat, well i've been watching it, just watching it all go to my hips, lol. I am busting out of everything. If I hadn't bought those 2 pair of jeans a size up this summer I would be running around naked ;-p. Not a pleasant site as Amberly so kindly told me this morning after I pulled off my shirt while on the elliptical.

I pretty well have my schedule set for Spring. I think I already posted it??? hmmm I won't repost it, I think I already said so. I'll be so glad to have my Wed. back. I hope to hear from the principal in NB, I don't want to call again, but she is going to start docking points if I don't get it set. I also have to call on the heat. We haven't heard a word :/

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....