Ready for a break

I am ready for next week. It will be nice to have a break. Once today is over I am sort of on break, we have class monday (and technically wednesday, but I'm not going at least not to the night class). I have one project (as of right now anyway) to work on, but it is basically entering data, well and research for another, but I think it can wait. More expenses this week for homecoming pictures. OY it's getting to be every week.

They are refusing to fix our heat. Joy. What good is a home warranty if they don't pay? We are getting a partial refund because they obviously were the wrong company to go with. They have been awful from the get go. I'm also having a terrible time getting my last observation scheduled. It was due today, but she gave us an 'extension' of the 30th, which is basically a two day extension because everyone is out next week. I am hoping and praying I can somehow get in and do it this afternoon... It's due the monday after thanksgiving.

Ya'lls blogs aren't updating again and RSS isn't working either hmm....

BRRRR

It's a tad cold out. BRRRR I was so cold after spending the afternoon in the cemetery with the wind whipping yesterday, that I didn't sit on my deer stand and there was deer all over the place. There were 3 behind the dam and I shot a doe, but I hit her in the back leg and she got a way. I would rather miss than hit one and it just run off and die somewhere. I'm going to bare the cold this morning and take my flash cards with me to the blind. I'm not sure I can study enough for this next ecolgy test. The amount of information is ridiculous. I think there is 3 pages of lists alone. It's not difficult material to understand at all, really commmon sense stuff, but I am not good about pulling lists out without purposefully committing them to memory. The last test was easier than I thought, so I just keep telling myself that. I need to do really well on my reading test also. I plan on taking it thursday as I will spend most of today and the morning on ecology. I also have a presentation in Forensics wed. evening. I have to decide if I am going to the 5K saturday or staying home and hunting. Blake was plannig on going, so I probably need to go with him. I just hope it's not too freezing. I haven't run on the road since I got my elliptical, so I am not sure how it will go.

nice weekend

Shawn & I had a really nice evening last night. I won't go into details ;-) but evenings at home make the best dates. We sat on the swing and talked for a long time. That was very nice. No interruptions! Saturday morning we hunted and I missed a doe. I just got in a hurry, I'm not used to having time. We went back out this morning, but we didnt' see anything. I might go back out in the morning since Shawn jr. will be off and can help me if I get lucky. I managed to pull my back friday messing with the table for the puppet show. It is some better today, but I need to get on the heating pad again.

I'm just enjoying some chai tea and going over some flashcards for reading, then I may do some laundry and sit on the swing after I get on the heating pad. I think I am going to take two electives online so I only have statistics for the summer. I'm a little leary because I have a class that is all researched based, but I know I could handle another internet class this semester. I decided against taking the nutty professor every day. That is just too much of him. So I will be there for 12 hours on mondays 10-12 class 1-3 class and 6-10. Then I will have a class at 3 on tuesday wed will be the same two morning classes and then thursday and friday off. Two classes will be internet. The only way I see that changing is if the easy guy is teaching statistics, then I will take it instead of one internet class. It will probably be a boring class too.

school, hunting season...

We went and finally did the puppet show early this morning. I didn't get home till 10:30-10:45 last night, so I got in the bed late. I had to take some cough meds, so I was surpised when I woke up at 4 am. That sure made for a tiring day. I didn't get all my groceries, just enough to get by, so that means another stop or too. Of course, I have to do thanksgiving shopping still. I did get a HUGE turkey. It might be too much, my brother is going to fry a small one and this one is like 20 lbs. Walmart had turkeys for 40 cents a pound but they were out and I was too exhausted to stop and see if Ashdown had any, so the big one will do. I had planned on a ham, I guess I could just get a small one or just not have ham.

My back has been hurting all week and today my chest a little. The doctor said not to worry about it since I am not running fever, that i might have a little pleurisy. It doesn't feel like pleurisy(the 'someone is stabbing me' feeling everytime you breathe is hard to miss!), but I guess if it is mild maybe it's different. Or maybe I am just sore, but I am taking mucinex just to be sure. I am ready for deer hunting tomorrow, then studying. Then Sunday I finally get to go to church. ;-)

Blake and I are going to the Turkey Trot 5K on the 21st. I have been back on the elliptical every day. I'm really enjoying it. I plan on doing 'road running' once a week. Hopefully my feet can tolerate that and I can get back to my long runs. I will try it probably sunday evening. I assume we won't have evening service. I guess I will do my 'run' on the eliptical tonight if we don't have to run around. There was no energy this morning after only a little sleep. We all know I need my sleep!

I almost forgot to mention DH& I are having our date night saturday. Shawn is planning it. (I've waited for his turn for a few years now, lol). The kids are going to friends or relatives so we can have the house to our self. Nights in are really the best dates!

let thing eyes look RIGHT ON

"Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee." Prov 4:35

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...