We're almost there...

The end of the quarter is coming up fast, but I can't help but wish that it was already over! Then again, I really don't think I want that just yet.

I have a lot of stuff to accomplish before the middle of December, and not all of that is school-related.

The second test for my Stats class is due on Monday (it was a take-home). I finished it on Wednesday because I figured I would not have the chance to get around to it over break (and I would have been right). I don't think I got a 100 on it (which is pretty crappy since it's take-home), but I'm sure I did better than I would have had it not been take-home.

On Monday I also have my last Chem Lab session. I'm pretty excited about that. The class wasn't bad for a Science class, but I hated having a 3-hour lab session every week (and we usually had to use most of that time to finish everything)!

I think my last day in the Learning Center is this coming Wednesday, since we're not technically open over break (at least, that's what I've heard). I like the people there and everything, and the job isn't horrible- and the pay is fantastic- but I'm actually kinda happy that I won't be working there next quarter. It's usually not a good thing when you dread going into work.

There is still one more speech for my Comm class (mine is on Thursday). I haven't really gotten a good start on it, so it's very unlikely that it's going to be a good-quality speech, but the prof is really lenient and will probably give me a B for a P.O.S. speech, as long as I get up there and give it.

Hopefully my boss in the Advising Office lets us schedule our hours for finals week, over break and next quarter sometime this week. I really want to get that taken care of and make sure that I'm getting the hours that I want.

I only have one final during final's week- that's Chemistry. I'm kinda excited about that, but I still wish that I didn't have to take it.

I also have to find time to schedule my second fitting for the bridesmaid's dress for my cousin's wedding. Not to mention finding the time (and the money) to do some Christmas shopping.

So, there isn't a whole lot of school-related stuff going on, really, but I still feel like I've got too much on my plate, so-to-speak.

Enjoy the long weekend!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!! I hope you all have a great one! And enjoy not having school for a couple of days (unless you're already on break, in which case, you suck ;p)!!

Turkey Day

We only have 2 days before Thanksgiving, and I feel like I haven't gotten anything done since this week began.

I had my 2 exams today (in Comm and Chem). I'm not sure that either of those went particularly well, but maybe I'll surprise myself and pull out with a B for both?! I wouldn't object to that at all.

I have to work tomorrow, but I don't have class, so those 2 hours will mostly likely be spent working on my take-home Stats test (*stab*). With any luck, I'll get some work done on my speech for next Thursday, but I've still got over a week before that's "due," so I think I'll be okay if I don't get around to it until this weekend (or later ;p).

Thursday is going to be divided up between having dinner at Dad's Aunt's house and having dinner with Jake's family. I'm probably going to be baking cookies all day on Friday. And I have 2 Thanksgivings on Saturday. Sunday I have lunch with the girls (with a few additions ;p) and then dinner with Jim around 6.

I probably should squeeze some packing time in there somewhere...I'll probably replace my "speech time" with that. There's still so much to do before this quarter ends, and I don't really have the motivation to do it all, or do it very well.

You can tell that it's nearing the end of the quarter...

Everything just keeps piling up on top of everything else!

I don't really have anything due this week because I'm all done with classes until Monday, but I really should work on the things that are due in the coming weeks (mostly the stuff for next week).

For Monday I have to:

1. Submit the answers to a take-home quiz for Chemistry
2. Work on the Pre-Test (which is due by early Tuesday morning)
3. Possibly start working on my speech- which is due the following week

For Tuesday I have:

1. A test in Communications
2. A test in Chemistry

For Wednesday:

1. One more Statistics class to get thru before the break
2. A Take-Home test to work on over break

Over the weekend, of course I will be having Thanksgiving get-togethers to go to and homework to avoid/scramble to get done at the last minute.

The following week, I have my last speech to give (which is a group speech- not sure how I feel about it, either). After we give our speeches, we're done with the class- no final= AMAZINGNESS!!

The week after that is finals week. I think I'm only having 1 actual final that week because the final for Stats is take-home (but I'm not sure when it will be due). So I really only have Chemistry to worry about and just getting 20 hours of time in at work, and then I'll be free for the rest of the week/weekend! I'm SO ready for break!!!

Procrastinating: I plan to stop doing it...someday...

I just finished my persuasive speech on making recycling mandatory. There were so many cool things (at least, I envisioned them being cool) that I wanted to do with this speech, but I don't think I accomplished any of them, and that makes me sad.

The speech is actually "due" on Tuesday, and I technically have it done a day ahead, but I only worked on it half-assed, and I really should have tried harder and put more effort into it. I e-mailed a copy to my Mom and asked her to read over it and give me any suggestions she can think of that may improve it because it felt like I was just repeating myself over and over again.

So, tomorrow I can make any last-minute adjustments and maybe it will turn out to be a B-worthy speech (though maybe I'll get an A anyways, because the prof isn't really that hard of a grader).

Oh crap...I still have to add on a Bibliography page before I print it off...I can't afford to lose any unnecessary points. That shouldn't be too difficult because I used websites for all of my info and I pretty much have the individual bibliographies written out for them already. I just hope that I did it right (but the prof doesn't seem to be too picky, so maybe he won't count off if I leave something out, as long as it's small?).

I just want to be done with this quarter! Fall quarter always seems to drag on forever and then Winter and Spring quarters go by so quickly. I'm only about a year and a half away from graduation, and that day seems so close but, at the same time, so very far away. Why can't I graduate tomorrow?

I'm so sick of this...

They screwed up my paycheck AGAIN! This time I'm not even sure where they messed up because it's so confusing. It's hard to tell what I'm actually supposed to be making because they have a couple different pay rate values on this one...and things don't add up right.

Hopefully I'll actually be able to talk to they lady that's in charge of the time sheets in person today...if she's in her office this time.

That's almost $50 that I don't have, which is equal to about 2 or 3 people's Christmas presents, and I can't afford to lose that kind of money. I need to get this thing straightened out today and possibly figure out exactly what is going wrong.

3-day weekend...

Thank God we don't have classes on Monday, because I don't know how I'd get my speech done for Tuesday if we didn't have that extra day off! I really should be working on that right now, but it should be pretty obvious that that isn't the case.

I'm taking a break from writing a billion labels to put on new student folders for work because my hand started to cramp up and it was getting painful to hold the pen...isn't that great?!

I really wish that this quarter was over and that we were on Winter break right now! I'm just so sick of school and class and homework, and having to squeeze work into my schedule! I just want to be able to come to work a few days a week and then have the rest of the week to relax and maybe even get some projects done that I've been meaning to get around to (like FINALLY finishing Jake's blanket-which is going to take forever!).

Alas, this is not the case. We still have about 4 more weeks of school (including the days we have off). I'm just ready for a change, I guess.

Well, I should probably get back to work now...*stab*

It's official...

We're going to be moving, probably within the next month. We're only going over about a block and a half, but the house is pretty much AMAZING (with 2 fireplaces and an actual backyard, and countless other amazing qualities)! The only thing I really don't like about it is the fact that it's shaped like a barn...it's kinda random to have a barn-shaped house...especially in town, but whatever. I'm so excited!

My room isn't going to be any bigger, but it's definately a nicer room. The floors are nice (all wood flooring-probably fake, but who cares?) and they don't look crappy like our current ones do. The living room is HUGE, and it has an electric fireplace. The dining room is decent-sized, and it comes with a little wood-burning stove/small fireplace. Did I mention that there's a backyard? Oh, and there's a nice little place where Mom can replant her "butterfly garden." There's a 1-car garage in the back, and a deck on the back of the house, and we also have a front porch (with a swing that looks a little iffy ;p)

Overall, I'm extremely excited about moving out of our current "shit house" and into this new and amazing home! The rent is going to be a little more than we're currently paying (about $150 or more increase), but it's definately worth it. And, since the owner is a friend of Mom and Dad's, he's willing to cut us a small deal on the rent because Mom and Dad still have a bunch of doctor's bills to pay, not to mention payments for the truck and the new car. Thank God for nice people!!

I'm not sure when we'll be moving in, but hopefully we can get an early start on it and not have to still be moving when Christmas comes around. ;p I seriously doubt that we'll have this house for that long...and since the living room is so huge, we'll actually have a place for the tree this year...yay!!

Can you tell that I'm excited about this?!?! ;p

Holidays

We just got through Halloween and I'm already skipping over Thanksgiving and thinking about Christmas. I really can't help it, though... I have a limited amount of income (because I have other things to pay for -like gas, which is over $3!!!-) and I need to plan everything out so that I can get everything bought before I run out of money.

And I'm really sucking at the whole "saving up money" thing. I keep forgetting to write purchases down in my checkbook (like when I pay my Old Navy credit card bill online) and I always end up withdrawing more than I have in there...ususually only by a few dollars, but then they charge me 3 bucks for having to transfer money over from my Savings account. So, needless to say, there isn't much in my savings right now, and I had been doing really well a few weeks ago.

I want to get a car so desperately but I can't do that if I don't have a little money saved up because I doubt they're going to give me much by way of loans if they see that I never have any money. So, I really need to work on that...but I have so much that needs paid for!

I got informed the other day that my bridesmaid's dress is in and that I need to schedule an appointment for my second fitting, and I want to put some more money down on that so that I don't have a huge bill when I go to pick it up. So, that's going to drain about $50 out of my next paycheck, not to mention the $40 it takes to fill up my gas tank a week. So, that's already almost $150, and my checks aren't usually much more than that (they might be if they ever start paying me the correct amount, but they haven't been lately).

I just don't know what I'm going to do...besides cutting way back on unnecessary expenses and saving up all of my change!

Winter '08 (revised)

I was able to get permission to get in the class on Tuesday evenings, so this is what my schedule will officially look like for next quarter.

M:
8:30-10:10 -- Psychology 340
10:20-12:20 -- EDU P & L 413
1:30-3:30 -- History 152

T:
5:30-7:50 -- EDU P & L 650N02


W:
8:30-10:10 -- Psychology 340
10:20-12:20 -- EDU P & L 413
1:30-3:30 -- History 152

This will give me three whole days to squeeze 20 hours of work into, and maybe even have a day off (or at least half a day off). :D

Winter '08

I scheduled my classes for Winter quarter today. I will hopefully have 4 classes on my schedule, but one was full and I'm trying to get permission to be in the class (because it's my only opportunity to take it). This is what my schedule looks like so far:

M:
8:30-10:10 -- Psychology 340
10:20-12:20 -- EDU P & L 413
1:30-3:30 -- History 152

T: (potentially/hopefully)
5:30-7:50 -- EDU P & L 650N02

W:
8:30-10:10 -- Psychology 340
10:20-12:20 -- EDU P & L 413
1:30-3:30 -- History 152

And no classes on Thursdays and Fridays (which are the days, along with Tuesdays, that I will most likely be working).

Overall, it's not a horrible schedule, but I'm sure that the History class is going to kick my butt because I'm just not a big fan of history. And I'm going to have (potentially) 18 credit hours, which is the most I've ever had, so that will make for an interesting experience.