Rounding the Last Turn

Three weeks left in the school year beginning on Monday. We're rounding the final turn as it were. I have finished all my papers for the semester. I'll get my Georgia O'Keeffe research paper back on Monday and I turn in my Reformation research paper on the 16th. At the moment, I am carrying a 3.5 GPA which is a good gpa to head into finals with I'm pretty sure. I've sent in all my paperwork for fall semester grants and scholarships. All I have to do now is wait until May 11th to request a current transcript that I can then turn in to the scholarship office so that they'll have my current GPA and can match me accordingly to the right scholarships. I'll also need a copy to turn into the Greek "squad" so that, if I still have a 3.5, I can join Phi Theta Kappa this summer. Yay!

Can't believe the semester is almost over. I'll be having knee surgery over the summer so no summer courses this year but I'll make time to get ahead on reading and such to prepare for Fall Semester 2010 :-)

For all of you in school, good luck in these final weeks. Everyone have a safe weekend.

Spring Break

Damn. Almost a month since my last post. Sorry about that. Things have been hectic at school and at home. Suffice it to say, I'm doing fairly well. Two A's and two B's right now so I can't complain. I spent today at the library working on two essays, one for English and one for History. Worked for 6 hours and finished my rough drafts for both papers. Yay me! I'm at the mid-way point in the semester. I had two mid-terms before Spring Break and I have two when I return next week. Kids and Dad are all on break this week, too. We might go see Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief tomorrow.

Guess that's it for this week. Not a whole lot to say or do. Joanna has to work all week, but she's excited about it because it means money for her ;)

Later everyone!

Ahhh... the end of the week from hell

But seriously, why am I complaining? It could have been worse... oh. Wait. It was...

Had a bad BAD seizure Monday morning, sometime between 3am and 530am (I know this because Nick woke me at 3am and it happened between then and when my alarm went off at 530) but I went on to school anyway Monday, thinking I'd be okay. Stayed through all my classes Monday because I had exams, came home and my head felt like it would explode. I had three nose bleeds between 12pm and 4pm. Dad and Joanna got home around 6 and we went to dinner. As we come back to the car from dinner, yep, another nose bleed, only this time, this one comes with a splitting pain in my head. Dad took me to the ER where they gave me Ativan for my seizures which knocks me out to begin with, but also Dilaudid for the pain. No wonder it took them 40 minutes to wake me up later on so I could go home.

Went to school Wednesday long enough to take more exams then came home and slept some more. I feel better today, though, so that's a plus.

Getting in to chapter 4 in Sociology and I'm enjoying this chapter. It deals with Culture and Society. Much less depressing than the first three chapters :)

Moving into the political arena and why people lean to the right or left in Government class.

We're moving towards the American Revolution in History class.

Essay time again in English. *sighs*

All in all, could have been worse, but I'd appreciate it greatly if the next week could be a little smoother. Thanks.

Mid Terms already?

Wow... five weeks down, and eleven more to go. Major exams this week in History and Sociology. One essay rough draft due in on Friday for English. My first set of notes for my History paper due Friday as well. Government is going to be starting another new chapter, something to do with foreign policy. Oh joy. All in all, though, I'm managing to keep a 3.5 GPA at the moment so I won't complain.

In other news, though, I'll be quite happy once Spring Break arrives next month. I'll need a week to decompress.

Later.

Ahhh. The end of week two. Fourteen weeks to go until summer break ;-) It has been an interesting week by far. No classes this past Monday, but plenty of homework to do over the long weekend. More essay writing in English this week and a longer journal entry today. Government has been a review over chapters 1 and 2 in preparation for our first quiz next week. History was the same, reviewing chapters 1 and 2 for our timeline quiz next Friday. Sociology was a practice in patience as my professor can be a complete pain in the ass. I took issue with one of the homework quizzes and got pretty much smacked down for it. Asshole. Anywho... learning to graph our analysis data and such which was okay I guess. (I haven't looked at a graph in 17 years... wth?)

A not so quiet weekend approaches. I need to work on a scholarship essay and my son has Scout stuff going on tomorrow and the daughter has job interviews. Then it's church on Sunday and back to school on Monday.

I am, however, really enjoying my Pilates class. It's kicking my butt right now, but it's the kick I need to get myself motivated to keep going.

Great End to the First Week

Ahhh. So, here it is, the end of the first week of the semester and it was a good week. Scored a 96 on my first English essay and took two tests in Sociology and scored 100 and 98 respectively. Not a bad start at all.

Now I have 4 days off but I will probably get as much of my homework done today and tomorrow so that I can truly rest on Monday and Tuesday, Monday being MLK Day and there's no class.

Joanna tagged along with me today and stuck it out for four hours in the Common's Building working on some of her art work for school. She was excited about the cute college boys she got to see while waiting for me ;) We just finished lunch together. I miss not having alone time with her as much as I used to, but days like today make it all worth it.

Next week is research project time for Sociology and English both I believe. Our first Sociology project will be covering Marital Trends in the US. Not sure what the first English essay will cover since he hasn't yet assigned it to us. Book reviews starting next week in History and my first Government test is next Friday.

That's all for now :)

Spring Semester Day 2

Ahhh. So here we are, day 2 of Spring semester and I'm a little freaked out. Monday's homework assignments, due today, were the reading of 12 chapters for 4 classes. Just my English reading assignment was like 135 pages. Gahhhh!!! But, I got it all done. No worries there. Classes today required lectures, writing excercises, and real excercises (pilates). Homework for Friday includes journal entries for History, more reading for English and Government and Sociology. I'm excited about it all, don't get me wrong, but it's just going to take some time to get back in the groove so to speak. I have no doubt I'll be asleep by or before 10pm tonight.