TGIF

I've gotten lots of research done for my EIS project this morning, so now I need to compile and reword. (from the nutty professor of course!) I had my last IS395 class last night. YAY -now I only have one class on thursday next week. NO Comprehensive finals. A few open book quizzes in SPED and a big test in ecology and one in reading and them I am done. And of course finish this enormous project. In Ecology, I've got 1/3 of a book to finish, read the chapter on population dynamics (and whatever else he decides), view all the videos, (well with the exception of those 15 that aren't classroom appropriate), finish 2 chapters in reading, do my response journal, read two chapters of SPED, start making a study guide for ecology and flash cards for reading. UGH I need more time!! It's looking like i might have to stay home Sunday. I'm praying I get a lot done tomorrow so I don't have to. I really don't like missing sunday morning. I also need to clean house sometime, but the family will be able to help.

In the remainder of my life, we may have found a good deal on a vehicle for Blake. We worked with Milway and I really like them, so we will finally move all our accounts over there. The guys are going to look at the truck tonight. The funny thing is, this is the guy that had a hand in us finding out about the house. He is the one that told Bobie it was for sale. Small world, eh? I missed a call to sub this morning, but I guess it was for the best, I needed to get some work on that project done. I hope to finish it up this weekend and get that class off my plate because next saturday we have the GA Nursing Home visit. I really hope to do a service project next quarter. And I really want it to be the Children's Hospital...

Crunch time

The semester is almost over and the next few weeks are going to be reallllyyy busy. I feel a little behind after taking a break over thanksgiving. Really I just need to be really busy getting ready for those last tests. I did my last observation yesterday, so this morning I've got to finish up that report to turn in. I have a sped test tomorrow to study for, plus shawn and I have to go to the bank, so I hope to start studying for it some today. I've got to get started on the videos for ecology and finish reading chapter 11 for reading. (Gotta start 12 this weekend). My grade in there is going to be close. At this point, I am just ready to finish, the straight A's don't pay off as well as they did at TC. I also finally get my 2nd ecology test, he was still grading them monday. We'll see if he is fair! I haven't hunted much and the few times I have gone I haven't seen anything. Maybe Friday if I feel caught up enough!

We've got the car fixed, but I think we will still try to get Blake a vehicle. There is no heat and therefore no defrost in my car so it's very hard to drive in bad weather. I'm really glad I get to go to church on wed next semester and some of the ladies meetings. ;-) Ah on another note, I'm trying to talk Mr. Nelson into teaching biology next year and holding the job for me ;-P ha, pray he has a sudden desire to teach biology hehe. He might throw rocks at me when he finds out I told Mr. Sanders and when I see Lairemore again, I'll tell him. You never know, it could happen.

Thanksgiving visit

We had a really nice thanksgiving. Dad made it in a little early tuesday and Carlton and his family arrived late wednesday evening. We enjoyed the fried turkey, it was really moist and surpising to me, went well with dressing (smoked turkey does not, so I don't like having it on thanksgiving). Alex and Amanda had a great time and I hope they come stay for a while this summer. Shawn brought Shae over for a while, it was nice for everyone to meet her, they are usually over at Dennis and Rachel's. They also went to her Aunts and then came back. Dennis and Rachel stopped by for a while, but they missed meeting Carleton and Laura.

I have only hunted once this week (yesterday morning) I saw four doe. I shot at one a missed. It was cold and I was sssshhhiiivvering. I pulled or shivered when I shot so I knew I missed her. 3 Other deer ran in behind her. I waited a while and went to check on her and they were all still in the woods right there, oh well, that is hunting! I wanted to go this morning, but was up worrying about school work so I figured it is time to get back to reality. I'm going to have a busy week, well the next few weeks should be busy. I've got to work on my next chapter in reading (and finish reading the first). Do my internet field trip and report, start researching for the 'football stadium' EIS we have to make, study for a quiz in SPED, and work on a project for ecology. And clean the house back up. Oh and get ready for GA's tomorrow. And wrap the presents I bought yesterday.

Rachel, Amberly and I had a nice time shopping yesterday. We left around 11 or so. We only made a few stops and avoided you- oh I mean 'the' crazy people ;-P. We went to Sam's, Show Carnival, Gander mtn., Lowe's and the mall. We made a stop at walmart on the way in for a few groceries and wrapping paper of course. We of course had to eat at Amigo Juan's, although we almost went to red lobster. Rachel and I had a shrimp dish there and it was goooodddd. Amberly got her ears pierced (3rd time's the charm right?). Aeropostale had everything 50-50% off so we got a few good buys there.

It's time now to hit the elliptical hard! I haven't been on it all week, it's been so busy. I've got to really start watching what I eat too. OY-everything is getting tight. OK I better get to work or it would do me no good to skip hunting.... and I want to hunt this evening...

AHHHH

Well it hasn't quite been calgon take me away, and I do have to go to school tomorrow, but I am enjoying the 'break'. I went hunting this morning and this doe came out of the woods and ran along side it (all I could see was the white flag) and then ran and I mean RAN across the line in front of me and immediately back again. It reminded me of the way Bear laps the yard when the weather is cool. She came by again and again and finally someone was following her. I though man she came back fast, but my dh let me know it was a buck. hehe I thought she was playing. Well, the other kind of playing ;-). Then after I waited a while, I heard horns rattling in the woods, I thought they would burst out of the woods at any moment. It was really loud. I knew that sound! I've heard the guys rattle their horns too much, 2 bucks fighting. So I waited and they never came out. that was after about three hours, so then, it was time to pee :P haha. So maybe next time. I enjoyed it though, I would have come in earlier had I not had all that excitement.

So I've been cleaning and cooking the rest of the day. Also trying to straighten out my brother's odd directions to the house. Most of it was right, just street names, but the end of it was just weird. SO I am worn out and will enjoy sitting in my stand this evening because all I will be doing is reading. By the time I get done, dad should be arriving. He should have no trouble finding us, he is from the county1 :-P Shawn also put some deer antlers on the mail box haha. Carleton and Laura will be arriving late tomorrow after dark, so they won't see them. I will do nothing but cooking (and one class tomorrow) for the next few days, but I am happy about it. I love cooking thanksgiving dinner. The xmas decorations someone gave me have made a nice touch to the house. It looks all Christmasy ;-)

It's Beginning to Look at lot Like Christmas...

Well I put up all of my decorations. I lost a lot, so it's basically stockings a tree and one stand of lights outside. I put ribbons on the porch and cut some fresh cedar to make a garland to go across the rail. This year I will use whatever cash I get to buy Christmas decorations when they go on sale. It's going to be fun starting over and buying stuff for the house, even if it takes me a while. I will have to break down and go ahead and buy a strand or two of lights for outside. The last few years I wasn't very interested in decorating, but I am ready to get back into it! I'll have to find some other creative ways to decorate.

I'm really sore this morning, I am going to have to try to get out on the road at least twice a week. The elliptical is good, but it is not the same, lol. OUCH. I just pray my feet will cooperate. They seem better, but I will have to take it slow. I'll start once a week and see how that goes.

I'm ready for thanksgiving, the next few days will be spent cleaning and cooking. My dad is coming, along with my brother and his family. We will have a fried turkey and a baked turkey with all the standard trimmings. Depending on how long my dad stays friday, we may go to the movies friday afternoon.

Listening to the news it sounds like major changes for the health care plan. Hopefully that public option will just come out. I'll have to research and see what else needs to change. I think they are finally understanding that there are a lot of Americans that do not want this. Why they don't make changes in the areas that need it (like lawsuits that jack up the price of health care) I just don't understand.

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.