I'm coming out of my cage, and I've been doing just fine, gotta gotta be down, because I want it all
ZOMG! A real entry!!!! The other day, a patron at work was marveling that the year is half over. More than that, really. The summer being over already is creepy enough, but 2007? Dayum. Anyway, now for the 3 people that read this, I present an update:
School- My summer class is over, thank God. My 3 final projects (60% of the class grade), a paper, a presentation, and a final, all went differently. I got a 100% on the paper, the presentation went well despite my hand shaking the whole time and reading off a piece of paper, but the final was horrible. It was all memorization, which is ridiculous for the purpose of the class. Oh well. My instructor should post our final grades today, but I'm expecting a B; I left several questions blank on the final. And now I get a whopping 5 days before classes start again next week. But in happy news, my loan dispersed today, so I get money!!! Yay!
EDIT: I got an A!!!! I am so happy, yet surprised that I bombed the final (20% of the whole grade), yet still managed to get an A! Woooo! My GPA is happy too!
Work- Work is fine. That's all I can say. It is what it is. I was trying to explain to someone yesterday at the in-laws, I don't hate my job at all, but it's nothing wonderful. I like the people I work with, my bosses are good for the most part, the job itself is fine as long as people don't get cranky with me. In short, it's definitely better than other jobs I've had, but the paycheck still makes me frown. =)
Married Life- Chris and I have now been married for 5 months, which seems surreal. Chris had his wisdom teeth pulled last week and was out of commission for a good 4 days. He still can't really eat anything chewy because his jaw gets tired. I was a good wifey and made mashed potatoes, homemade applesauce, jello, pudding, etc. He's almost back to normal now; fortunately he didn't have dry socket or was yacking up blood.
Life outside of Work and School- So, in my summer class, my instructor was talking about community service and how young people today don't ever volunteer (which several people protested to, because it's not true at all), and I thought to myself that I should get some volunteer work on my resume. So I'm going back to what I know: speech. Yes, it's true. Speech is like the mafia. You can never leave. =) I really don't want to get into college speech again (too many politics), so I'm going back to HS speech. I met with the coach for a local team already, and I'm meeting with her again today. Wow, a lot has changed in Ohio HS speech since I left seven (?!?!) years ago. They added impromptu as an event. It's now commonplace to double enter. And they dropped Duet Acting as an event! So I'm going to be coaching and judging at tournaments; I need to remind myself that this is not my job and comes 3rd on a list of my obligations. I'm still excited though! But I do need to buy a new stopwatch.
Other random thoughts- I bought a coat yesterday; it was cheap and you know once it gets cold out, prices are going to go up. I'm not a huge fan of the White Stripes' new album. Since my loan was supposed to disperse 10 days before classes start, and that was Friday, does that mean my check is in the mail already? The Star Wars stamps are cool, but the stamps are way too big and don't really fit well on envelopes.I'm supposed to get dinner started in the crockpot soon, but I have to clean the kitchen before I start prepping, and I don't want to. I lost one of my earrings yesterday and it makes me sad.
School- My summer class is over, thank God. My 3 final projects (60% of the class grade), a paper, a presentation, and a final, all went differently. I got a 100% on the paper, the presentation went well despite my hand shaking the whole time and reading off a piece of paper, but the final was horrible. It was all memorization, which is ridiculous for the purpose of the class. Oh well. My instructor should post our final grades today, but I'm expecting a B; I left several questions blank on the final. And now I get a whopping 5 days before classes start again next week. But in happy news, my loan dispersed today, so I get money!!! Yay!
EDIT: I got an A!!!! I am so happy, yet surprised that I bombed the final (20% of the whole grade), yet still managed to get an A! Woooo! My GPA is happy too!
Work- Work is fine. That's all I can say. It is what it is. I was trying to explain to someone yesterday at the in-laws, I don't hate my job at all, but it's nothing wonderful. I like the people I work with, my bosses are good for the most part, the job itself is fine as long as people don't get cranky with me. In short, it's definitely better than other jobs I've had, but the paycheck still makes me frown. =)
Married Life- Chris and I have now been married for 5 months, which seems surreal. Chris had his wisdom teeth pulled last week and was out of commission for a good 4 days. He still can't really eat anything chewy because his jaw gets tired. I was a good wifey and made mashed potatoes, homemade applesauce, jello, pudding, etc. He's almost back to normal now; fortunately he didn't have dry socket or was yacking up blood.
Life outside of Work and School- So, in my summer class, my instructor was talking about community service and how young people today don't ever volunteer (which several people protested to, because it's not true at all), and I thought to myself that I should get some volunteer work on my resume. So I'm going back to what I know: speech. Yes, it's true. Speech is like the mafia. You can never leave. =) I really don't want to get into college speech again (too many politics), so I'm going back to HS speech. I met with the coach for a local team already, and I'm meeting with her again today. Wow, a lot has changed in Ohio HS speech since I left seven (?!?!) years ago. They added impromptu as an event. It's now commonplace to double enter. And they dropped Duet Acting as an event! So I'm going to be coaching and judging at tournaments; I need to remind myself that this is not my job and comes 3rd on a list of my obligations. I'm still excited though! But I do need to buy a new stopwatch.
Other random thoughts- I bought a coat yesterday; it was cheap and you know once it gets cold out, prices are going to go up. I'm not a huge fan of the White Stripes' new album. Since my loan was supposed to disperse 10 days before classes start, and that was Friday, does that mean my check is in the mail already? The Star Wars stamps are cool, but the stamps are way too big and don't really fit well on envelopes.I'm supposed to get dinner started in the crockpot soon, but I have to clean the kitchen before I start prepping, and I don't want to. I lost one of my earrings yesterday and it makes me sad.