It's Tuesday?
I was bored so I decided to post randomly. I don't have much to say in particular so it will be a rant probably, but it's my journal so I can do what I want :D
My mom and uncle ran a 5k this past weekend, I'm really proud of them, especially mom because she has bad asthma and I know it was probably hard for her, but she did it! I want to do something like that. Maybe that will be my inspiration once Hailey comes, to get in shape. I would definitely be the last person in the race but if I could even just finish it I know I'd be pumped. With that said, I know that since I don't have kids, I have NO idea what I'm in for with the baby and I know I'm going to be DRAINED at first. But she's coming in winter, so maybe I can start trying to run in the late spring/summer? She'll be older then. I've NEVER been able to run, so it's going to take me forever to get there, but I'd like to get to the point where I can at least run a MILE without feeling like I need a stretcher on call. Whenever I DO get the motivation to start, I'm going to try the Couch to 5k (http://www.c25k.com/) program to get me there. It *says* that you can get there in 5 weeks. But I don't care if it takes me the whole summer as long as I eventually can get there! How many miles is 5k anyway? I could definitely google it but I'm too lazy.
I really want a digital SLR camera. I have always loved taking pictures, and now that we have a baby coming I would just love to have one, and learn about REAL photography, not point & shoot stuff. I've been keeping an eye out on craigslist, but the only affordable used SLR's on there are film ones, and I definitely want digital. We don't really have the money to spend on that sort of thing, so it would have to be a used one (and a really good deal at that). I'll keep looking, you never know.
I only took 1 class this summer and got a B for my final grade. Which isn't bad at all, but I mean I was only taking one class. I don't mean to be a douche about it but I don't think it was all my fault. My professor wasn't the best at what he does. I got A's on all of my exams except one (a B). Also, on 3 of my exams, I found MULTIPLE errors in the grading and he ended up correcting my score because Blackboard said I got the questions wrong and I knew I didn't. I'm just glad I caught the mistake. Also, when I emailed him to tell him about the grading errors, he blamed it on blackboard instead of admitting he screwed up. I totally understand that these things happen, and it has happened in other classes. But the difference is that once the professor finds out about it, he/she will send an email to the whole class apologizing, and usually will say, "since it was my mistake, the fair thing to do is not to count this toward your grade."
He didn't do that. Also, it took him FOREVER to respond to my emails, and 2 of them he never responded to at all. Also, he graded me low on my papers (He gave me an 80 on 3 of them, an 85 on one). These were 10-15 page research papers that I worked my tail off on. He sent back the graded copies, and in the comments he wrote things like, "good paper, interesting point, blah blah blah" and the only clear critiques were things like, "you used conjunctions here and here (like They're instead of they are, isn't instead of is not, etc.)
Really? I mean I know I should know better, but if the bones of the paper are good and that's the biggest thing you have negative to say about my paper, why did you give me an 80? idk. I didn't argue with him, I respect his right to grade my paper and all. But I just feel like if it's decent, and I'm getting A's on the exams, cut me a break and give me a B instead of a C (is an 80 a C? I don't even know.) I know that I sound rediculous ranting about that but...basically I just wasn't impressed with this guy. The worst part is that he teaches a lot of the business classes, so I'm definitely going to have him again for a class this fall and probably this spring too. Ew.
It's weird that we haven't been camping this summer. But I wouldn't want to, there's no way I could get comfortable camping while pregnant, especially the no alcohol part. That's awful to say but that's half the fun of it.
I get 2 weeks paid vacation for work, and my plan is to save it for when the baby comes to extend my maternity leave a couple of weeks. I don't know how much time I get for maternity leave. But anyway I've been SO drained lately, it would be nice to have time off. idk. I would rather save it for the baby though so that's what I'll do.
I got a maternity shirt on ebay for a steal, and when I got it, found out it was plus sized. Plus sized large, so it absolutely does NOT work for me. I want to sell it again on ebay but that's so annoying.
Also, I'm ready for fall to get here.
My mom and uncle ran a 5k this past weekend, I'm really proud of them, especially mom because she has bad asthma and I know it was probably hard for her, but she did it! I want to do something like that. Maybe that will be my inspiration once Hailey comes, to get in shape. I would definitely be the last person in the race but if I could even just finish it I know I'd be pumped. With that said, I know that since I don't have kids, I have NO idea what I'm in for with the baby and I know I'm going to be DRAINED at first. But she's coming in winter, so maybe I can start trying to run in the late spring/summer? She'll be older then. I've NEVER been able to run, so it's going to take me forever to get there, but I'd like to get to the point where I can at least run a MILE without feeling like I need a stretcher on call. Whenever I DO get the motivation to start, I'm going to try the Couch to 5k (http://www.c25k.com/) program to get me there. It *says* that you can get there in 5 weeks. But I don't care if it takes me the whole summer as long as I eventually can get there! How many miles is 5k anyway? I could definitely google it but I'm too lazy.
I really want a digital SLR camera. I have always loved taking pictures, and now that we have a baby coming I would just love to have one, and learn about REAL photography, not point & shoot stuff. I've been keeping an eye out on craigslist, but the only affordable used SLR's on there are film ones, and I definitely want digital. We don't really have the money to spend on that sort of thing, so it would have to be a used one (and a really good deal at that). I'll keep looking, you never know.
I only took 1 class this summer and got a B for my final grade. Which isn't bad at all, but I mean I was only taking one class. I don't mean to be a douche about it but I don't think it was all my fault. My professor wasn't the best at what he does. I got A's on all of my exams except one (a B). Also, on 3 of my exams, I found MULTIPLE errors in the grading and he ended up correcting my score because Blackboard said I got the questions wrong and I knew I didn't. I'm just glad I caught the mistake. Also, when I emailed him to tell him about the grading errors, he blamed it on blackboard instead of admitting he screwed up. I totally understand that these things happen, and it has happened in other classes. But the difference is that once the professor finds out about it, he/she will send an email to the whole class apologizing, and usually will say, "since it was my mistake, the fair thing to do is not to count this toward your grade."
He didn't do that. Also, it took him FOREVER to respond to my emails, and 2 of them he never responded to at all. Also, he graded me low on my papers (He gave me an 80 on 3 of them, an 85 on one). These were 10-15 page research papers that I worked my tail off on. He sent back the graded copies, and in the comments he wrote things like, "good paper, interesting point, blah blah blah" and the only clear critiques were things like, "you used conjunctions here and here (like They're instead of they are, isn't instead of is not, etc.)
Really? I mean I know I should know better, but if the bones of the paper are good and that's the biggest thing you have negative to say about my paper, why did you give me an 80? idk. I didn't argue with him, I respect his right to grade my paper and all. But I just feel like if it's decent, and I'm getting A's on the exams, cut me a break and give me a B instead of a C (is an 80 a C? I don't even know.) I know that I sound rediculous ranting about that but...basically I just wasn't impressed with this guy. The worst part is that he teaches a lot of the business classes, so I'm definitely going to have him again for a class this fall and probably this spring too. Ew.
It's weird that we haven't been camping this summer. But I wouldn't want to, there's no way I could get comfortable camping while pregnant, especially the no alcohol part. That's awful to say but that's half the fun of it.
I get 2 weeks paid vacation for work, and my plan is to save it for when the baby comes to extend my maternity leave a couple of weeks. I don't know how much time I get for maternity leave. But anyway I've been SO drained lately, it would be nice to have time off. idk. I would rather save it for the baby though so that's what I'll do.
I got a maternity shirt on ebay for a steal, and when I got it, found out it was plus sized. Plus sized large, so it absolutely does NOT work for me. I want to sell it again on ebay but that's so annoying.
Also, I'm ready for fall to get here.