*Big Sigh of Relief*
That's what I've felt as I reached yesterday. It seems like this past week just kept getting worse and worse. First, our cat hurt his knee/hip (the one that had surgery several years ago) Monday, and we had to take him to the vet Tuesday. Turns out he must have just sprained it, because now he's completely normal after he was given an anti-inflammatory injection. He's our million dollar cat, even though he's a mixed breed.
Second, my mom had to go to the doctor Wednesday, so I took her there and she was told what she had suspected all along: she had developed a sinus infection. They gave her a shot, and a *free* prescription for Nasonex. Yesterday she also finished out her last day as a Home Health Aide, something she was looking forward to.
Third, I've had a lot of homework this weekend. I love my composition teacher because she is very lenient with our due dates, and essay 3 isn't due until Thursday...but I should work on it more anyways. Monday is my second biology lab test; another thing I need to prepare for. Thursday is my 3rd history test, and then the Tuesday following that, my 3rd position paper is due. *screams* And I need to do algebra homework (though my teacher doesn't require it, because I'd never get it turned in on time). Whew. So glad it's nearly the end of the semester, because I need a break. I'm very much looking forward to my 18th birthday and Christmas! Why? Because I get to spend Christmas with 2 of the most important people in my life: my sister and big brother (in-law). Last year was our first Christmas without my sister home, which was hard and made me really dread the day, but this year they'll be here! Yay!
Oh, and tonight was our church's annual Fall Carnival. I used my graduation formal as my "costume", complete with a tiara and flowing ribbons. I got several compliments, including one from someone I didn't expect (I don't like him, but it nearly knocked me over when he gave me a compliment). I decided to be a "bad" preacher's daughter and leave early. I know, shame on me right? Hey, it's Halloween.
Not really, I hate the holiday because it creeps me out.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Procrastination is My Favorite Pastime
So today I realized just how behind in getting essay 3 done for composition. Oops. But my teacher is awesome in that she moved our peer reviews to next Thursday, so I have about a week to get it up and drafted. It's my final essay for this semester, which is hard to believe considering it seems like yesterday when I started the school year.
But as the title says, I love to procrastinate. And heavens, I'm trying to break that bad habit. So I plan on working *sort of* on research for history paper #3 in the hopes that it will be a LOT better than my last, and I plan on starting hopefully this weekend. This weekend will be no different from others in that I have homework and studying to do for my biology test on Tuesday. We played Jeopardy in Biology today in order to help review for the test...needless to say, my team didn't win. Oh well, it was only for fun and not for money. Even though we didnt' get called on hardly at all, we got a lot of them right just discussing the answers amongst ourselves.
Just 6 more weeks, and my first semester of college will be finished. Whew!
But as the title says, I love to procrastinate. And heavens, I'm trying to break that bad habit. So I plan on working *sort of* on research for history paper #3 in the hopes that it will be a LOT better than my last, and I plan on starting hopefully this weekend. This weekend will be no different from others in that I have homework and studying to do for my biology test on Tuesday. We played Jeopardy in Biology today in order to help review for the test...needless to say, my team didn't win. Oh well, it was only for fun and not for money. Even though we didnt' get called on hardly at all, we got a lot of them right just discussing the answers amongst ourselves.
Just 6 more weeks, and my first semester of college will be finished. Whew!
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Is it Body Wash or Hand Lotion?!
Yesterday we made our weekly trip to Wichita Falls to do our grocery shopping. Well we actually buy more than groceries, but generally that's what it's called. Anyway, last week I realized just how many winter clothes I had left, which aren't very many, and that I needed some new ones as I've gained several pounds since last year, and my shirts seemed to have gotten shorter. So I asked if we could go to Target since I like their clothes a lot better than Wal-Mart, and usually Target has a much better selection.
So I find several cute shirts that I love, plus a "dress" coat for Sundays, and a camisole since my old(er) one is in bad shape. I'm feeling pretty good about my picks because usually I pick out 5 or 6 things and only come away with one thing that I can wear; this time, out of 5 or 6, I only had 2 I couldn't wear. (When Igot home, I realized one of the shirts I picked out didn't fit at all, so make that 3).
We are on our way to the checkout when we look at the travel aisle; i.e. where they have trial/travel sized shampoos and such. I find about 3 things that I wanted to try, including what I thought was hand lotion from Dove. I get it home and pay little attention to what is actually on the bottle. I put it on my hands that night and I said, "Wow, this stuff is pretty sticky/thick. Don't neeed much of it!"
Today, I go to put some more of it on, and in fact had poured out some onto my hands when I took a closer look at the bottle. It said, "Body Wash with 1\4 hydrating lotion." I felt so stupid. Talk about a blonde moment! Messed me up since I really like that smell, but now I'll have to only use it for a shower. Darn.
So I find several cute shirts that I love, plus a "dress" coat for Sundays, and a camisole since my old(er) one is in bad shape. I'm feeling pretty good about my picks because usually I pick out 5 or 6 things and only come away with one thing that I can wear; this time, out of 5 or 6, I only had 2 I couldn't wear. (When Igot home, I realized one of the shirts I picked out didn't fit at all, so make that 3).
We are on our way to the checkout when we look at the travel aisle; i.e. where they have trial/travel sized shampoos and such. I find about 3 things that I wanted to try, including what I thought was hand lotion from Dove. I get it home and pay little attention to what is actually on the bottle. I put it on my hands that night and I said, "Wow, this stuff is pretty sticky/thick. Don't neeed much of it!"
Today, I go to put some more of it on, and in fact had poured out some onto my hands when I took a closer look at the bottle. It said, "Body Wash with 1\4 hydrating lotion." I felt so stupid. Talk about a blonde moment! Messed me up since I really like that smell, but now I'll have to only use it for a shower. Darn.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Where Has the Semester Gone?
It's been about 10 days since I last blogged...so first off, an update on Tony's progress: Tony is still 4th in points. The last race at California was a joke, as Jimmie Johnson won. Cheater. I swear that if he wins the Cup again, I will not support or watch NASCAR next year, as I'm sick and tired of one driver having the advantage. Since they changed the Chase format in 2004, we've only had 3 Champions: Kurt Busch, Tony Stewart, and Jimmie Johnson. Something wrong with this picture, you think?
Today marks the end of week 8 of my first semester in college. Already, I'm halfway through with this semester of college. Where has it gone? My algebra teacher remarked Tuesday how quickly the time had gone by; and it made me think, have I really been in college 2 months? It seems like yesterday I was so nervous about going to college that I was making myself sick. (That's not happening anymore, I assure you.) Already we're approaching mid-terms, and I'm on my third and final English essay. Whew. Of course, we're a little behind in History and Biology because the lectures got drawn out and the teachers wanted to cover the material they needed to so we could be tested over it. Does this mean at least one test will be left out? Who knows. Would be nice though. ;) I know that one Algebra test was dropped because my teacher pushed a test date back a week. I'm not complaining; it's one less test/grade I have to worry about. English and Biology are tied for being my favorites so far. History and Algebra, I don't care much about. English (or Composition as it's called) is teaching me a lot of things about my own writing style and how I write. I have discovered that I free write a lot, and it's hard for me to outline everything before I just jot down sentences or paragraphs...unfortunately, I think I HAVE to outline for essay 3, which makes me a little nervous considering I don't outline very well! Biology isn't as boring as I first thought it'd be; learning about our cells, organs, etc... and how everything comes together and works just fascinates me. How can anyone look at the human body and say, "evolution did that"? HOW?! Our systems are FAR too intricate to be the product of an accident. (Not to mention, the earth isn't billions of years, or even millions of years old; scientists can't really agree on the EXACT age because every age you see is pretty much different.)
It makes me appreciate even more the fact that I have (we have) a Creator who created everything around us and created our bodies to function in such amazing ways that they can't be replicated. It also makes me see how blessed I am to have a body that isn't handicapped, or to have a mind that pretty much works normally, or to just be in fairly good health all around. We watched a video on DNA: Curing Cancer today in lecture, and it just fascinates me how we can go in and program certain drugs to shut down or re-program certain genes/molecules/dna strands and do something different. Whoa. How could anyone be a scientist and not realize there is a Creator who created what they're looking at? I mean, God created the cells and the DNA, and the blood, and everything else that became tainted in the Garden of Eden.
Anyway, sorry for that little bit of rambling. I'm very thankful I have the opportunity and the means to go to college and learn things I never knew before (and things I get angry about because I know they're being falsely taught), but some kids don't have this opportunity, and I don't want to waste it at all. Not to mention, a pig dissection next week should be pretty cool...or interesting, not sure which. :)
Today marks the end of week 8 of my first semester in college. Already, I'm halfway through with this semester of college. Where has it gone? My algebra teacher remarked Tuesday how quickly the time had gone by; and it made me think, have I really been in college 2 months? It seems like yesterday I was so nervous about going to college that I was making myself sick. (That's not happening anymore, I assure you.) Already we're approaching mid-terms, and I'm on my third and final English essay. Whew. Of course, we're a little behind in History and Biology because the lectures got drawn out and the teachers wanted to cover the material they needed to so we could be tested over it. Does this mean at least one test will be left out? Who knows. Would be nice though. ;) I know that one Algebra test was dropped because my teacher pushed a test date back a week. I'm not complaining; it's one less test/grade I have to worry about. English and Biology are tied for being my favorites so far. History and Algebra, I don't care much about. English (or Composition as it's called) is teaching me a lot of things about my own writing style and how I write. I have discovered that I free write a lot, and it's hard for me to outline everything before I just jot down sentences or paragraphs...unfortunately, I think I HAVE to outline for essay 3, which makes me a little nervous considering I don't outline very well! Biology isn't as boring as I first thought it'd be; learning about our cells, organs, etc... and how everything comes together and works just fascinates me. How can anyone look at the human body and say, "evolution did that"? HOW?! Our systems are FAR too intricate to be the product of an accident. (Not to mention, the earth isn't billions of years, or even millions of years old; scientists can't really agree on the EXACT age because every age you see is pretty much different.)
It makes me appreciate even more the fact that I have (we have) a Creator who created everything around us and created our bodies to function in such amazing ways that they can't be replicated. It also makes me see how blessed I am to have a body that isn't handicapped, or to have a mind that pretty much works normally, or to just be in fairly good health all around. We watched a video on DNA: Curing Cancer today in lecture, and it just fascinates me how we can go in and program certain drugs to shut down or re-program certain genes/molecules/dna strands and do something different. Whoa. How could anyone be a scientist and not realize there is a Creator who created what they're looking at? I mean, God created the cells and the DNA, and the blood, and everything else that became tainted in the Garden of Eden.
Anyway, sorry for that little bit of rambling. I'm very thankful I have the opportunity and the means to go to college and learn things I never knew before (and things I get angry about because I know they're being falsely taught), but some kids don't have this opportunity, and I don't want to waste it at all. Not to mention, a pig dissection next week should be pretty cool...or interesting, not sure which. :)
Sunday, October 4, 2009
And Tony Wins Again!
Today marked the 3rd race out of 10 for the NSCS Championship; at Kansas Motor Speedway, Tony started 5th, being 5th in points. I didn't pay much attention to the race until about the last 45 laps....when Tony was leading! I was ready for him to win a Chase race, but also, I wanted him to get some points in and get back up in the top 3 in points. He held off Jeff Gordon to take the checkered flag, and he was very excited and happy in victory lane. I don't blame him. After the bad luck that's plagued him for weeks, he FINALLY bounced back. He also moved up to 4th in points, and I believe that Jimmie Johnson lost some points because he finished 9th. Yay! I'm so very proud of Tony, DArian Grubb, and of the entire team at Stewart-Haas Racing. They have done what nobody expected, and certainly what many thought couldn't be done: not only are they in the Chase, they have both of their cars in the Chase, they've had 5 wins (one being a non-points race, the All-Star race), and Tony has been incredibly consistent. Nobody expected Tony to be doing this well as his first year as a owner-driver.
He's sure proved them wrong.
He's sure proved them wrong.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Text Problems
So I changed the background of my blog, and naturally, all my text was white for my old one. I've been trying to go through and change the text color ina ll my posts back to black, but for some reason, when I reach May's posts, I can't edit the color. I apologize sincerely for that, but I'm going to be sendin e-mails to Google and/or Blogger to get help with this problem...it's really annoying and stupid.
So if you're going through my old blog posts. just hightlight the text so you can read.
Text Problems
So I changed the background of my blog, and naturally, all my text was white for my old one. I've been trying to go through and change the text color ina ll my posts back to black, but for some reason, when I reach May's posts, I can't edit the color. I apologize sincerely for that, but I'm going to be sendin e-mails to Google and/or Blogger to get help with this problem...it's really annoying and stupid.
So if you're going through my old blog posts. just hightlight the text so you can read.
So if you're going through my old blog posts. just hightlight the text so you can read.
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