I’ve been really stressed about school lately. And, I’ve been so busy with other things (work, car issues, badge issues, tag issues, etc) that I almost completely forgot that I have a TEST tonight. So, at around 6:00pm I realize…. that the test is due! I brave it, and take a chance. I mean, we get to take it twice and then she averages our grades. Okay, no problem. I can do this.

I log into the Schools WebSite and enter my virtual classroom. Sweating and everything. I take the test the first time, and wind up with an 80%. (Okay… not too bad, I can live with that). I take it the second time, and end up with … are you ready for it? — A 100%. That’s right…. 100%. ( woohooo! cheers, etc ) — now with my average I’ll end up with a 90% for the test. WHEW! One stressful thing out of the way. Then, I remember that I have a rough draft of my paper due on Friday. It’s a research paper over Freedom of the Press. Uhm, wouldn’t be so bad — except, I’ve not done any research on it. I guess I know what I’m doing every free moment I get this week.

Yes, Daze. I swear… there are times that I absolutely LOVE school. I love learning new things, expanding my horizons… all that jazz. However, there are those moments (mainly when I get behind) that I absolutely HATE it. This, is one of THOSE times. I fell behind because of the car trouble (which btw, my car is in the shop… for the 2nd time, STILL). Hopefully I’ll get my car back (completely working) tomorrow. Anyway, I wasn’t able to go to the library to do part of the research assignments. SO, I’ve missed one… maybe 2 assignments. I did the current one the best that I could, however — I couldn’t do half of it. We had to look things up in a PRINT resource. So, I did it online, explained the situation, and asked if I could maybe at least receive partial credit. Guess we will see. Ugh. So, I also have to get a rough draft of a paper up on the board… I have my topic “Freedom of The Press”… but, I don’t even know where I want to begin. We have to site all of these library resources that we gather information from, etc. Just a big old pain. I’d withdraw, but I’d have to still pay 100% of tution — and, if I’m going to pay, I might as well try to make a decent grade. I’m hopeful. I was making at 98% - 99% prior to my mishaps in assignments. Maybe the professor will take pity on me! (ha!)

I need more time in the day. I’m too exhausted from work to concentrate on homework. I barely take a lunch break so doing homework then just isn’t an option… yet. I have so much to do around the house too… never enough time to do it all. Ahh well. Right?

So, it looks like the facility change at work is inevitiable. Sure, there are a couple of good points, but there are *so* many bad ones as well. Not only did they increase my facilities that I visit, now they are moving me out of my comfort zone. I’ve become content where I’m at. The people, the processes, the workload, everything. And now, they are moving me — more stress, heavier workload, and working with someone that I used to work with a long time ago, that didn’t always go so well. Ugh. It’s very frusterating to me. I want to be in MY place and working on my OWN. But, of course — I wasn’t given any choice in those matters. So yeah. Not happy about that at all.

School is going okay. Parts of it is pretty boring, but it’s not too difficult yet so that’s always good.

I had a wonderful weekend. I went to my Aunt & Uncles in Texas. I absolutely love it down there. I’m not sure what it is about being down there, but it just feels a little less stressful for me. Life seems easier for me when I’m down there. Sure, it might be because it’s just visiting and it’s not me living down there. But I can’t help but become intrigued by the ease of it all. Maybe it’s all because I feel that I’m in a rut, and I don’t like it.

I mean really, is it so hard to want to be able to write for a living, or photography, just something creative. To no longer work *for* someone else, and to work at doing something that *I* want? Is it so hard to dream about winning the lottery so that I can do just that. So that I can also take trips to fantastic places, and see interesting things, and to. not. worry. about things like money and jobs and being stuck.

The weekends always go too quickly for me. It seems like I’m no more getting relaxed and started in on my fun– before it’s Sunday evening and almost time for bed. LOL

It’s not that I *hate* my job. I don’t. The people are really nice, and it’s not too bad. It’s complex work sometimes, and it can be frustrating… but, overall it’s not unbearable. However, the weekends are just too short. I had a lazy weekend too. Normally my favorite day of the week is Saturday. This is because, you can stay up as late as you want the night before, you can sleep in if you want, and you STILL have another whole day before the work week begins once again. Of course, this Saturday I was lazy. No, really…LAZY. I don’t know if it was just catching up to me or what, but I spent most of Saturday lounging around. I watched a few episodes of Season Six of Gilmore Girls. I love that show — I am such a fan. LOL I have Seasons 1 - 6 on DVD, and try to never miss an episode of the current one! Of course, my love for Sex and The City; Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel, Grey’s Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, Las Vegas, and Lost — is just as bad. But, we won’t go there

First week of classes went fine. The Library Course doesn’t seem too bad. Of course, it was only the first week! -lol-

I’m going to try to blog more… but, we’ll see. I have good intentions.. it’s just the actual setting down and blogging that I’ll have to get into the habit of doing again. Well, my bed is calling me (or maybe it’s just whispering) either way.. it’s time to get.

Have a good Monday!!

It’s that time again. I have to enroll for next semester. I’m really not ready -laughs- but, I guess I have to get back on it and working towards my goal. It would help, of course, if I could select a major and stick with it. I hate it when I can’t make up my mind — so many decisions, etc. I think that overall my best bet is going to be to get the AA in Liberal Studies, and then go and get the BA or MA in a selected field. I’m closer to the AA In Liberal Studies than I am the others… that’s a big selling point to me. -lol- Not that I want to get out of school, I’d just like to get at least one big accomplisment out of the way

So with semester faster approaching; I’m faced with choosing the class (yes, I only am taking one class each semester) — I’m also doing self-study of Algebra because I want to get more comfortable doing it, before I go and get into the College Algebra that is required. LOL I always did well in Math in school before, but I’m just nervous about it. — anyway, here are the classes that I’m pondering on…

1. Introduction to Cinema
2. Introduction to Meterology
3. Digital Imaging
4. Music In Life
5. American Literature from 1865
6. Principles In Management

So yeah.. there ya go. LOL

Well, it’s now 1am, and I should have my butt in bed.. so I’m slipping off to grab some sleep. Hope you all have a great Humpday tomorrow! I’m counting down for the weekend.

~S

 Okay, I think that I have to be insane. I mean, who in their right mind would do this to themselves? -ha- NO ONE, that’s right. However.. not me, oh no, somewhere a few months back, I (for whatever reason that is unknown to me at this time) I decided it would be a GRAND idea to join NaNoWriMo – Basically, my *smart* self, gets to write a 50,000 word Novel in 30 days. That’s right. Authors all over the world spend months and months, even years working on a Novel. But, yours truly is going to try to get one done in 30 short days. So, on average — I need to write 1,667 words per day to get this done. I know that’s not possible, with Work, School, Family, Friends, Life, etc. So, I’ll be ‘catching up’ on the weekends hopefully. *laughs* We are going to see how it goes, I’m not sure if I’ll have enough focus, plots, ideas, characters that I can do it this time.. I might have to wait until next year. We shall see! LOL

Work is going okay, I’m training a new employee all this week. So of course, it’s thrown me off my normal processes, but overall I think it’s going well.

School is.. well, school. Honestly, I need to catch up. Between being out of town for a week, then being sick off and on, I’ve fallen behind. So time to kick my ass in gear and get it together and get where I need to be.

Well.. that’s it for now.

~S