afternooon dreams

So I take a nap this afternoon, mostly because I started reading a book for my history class in bed and fell asleep. But I had some funky-ass dreams. I only remember two, so that's what I'll share.

The first dream had to do with air thermals and the way birds use them to float and fly with little effort. See kids, science can lead to cool dreams! Anyway, I was back home in Gillette, in the backyard. It was late late in the day, as the sun was setting, and you could see the goldenness settling over everything. I was wearing a very baggy shirt, and dinking around in the yard. Somehow I got it in my head to jump up in the air and spin around.

Sometimes I could spin around once, sometimes twice, sometimes my jumps would send me very high in the air. One jump even sent me higher than the house and wind generator (Mom and Dad will know what I'm talking about, so will Jill). I finally realized what was making me do this: pockets of warm air from the sun shining down on the ground and roof all day. I was able to jump up, and by moving my arms left or right, steer myself around. Sweet! So I jumped up from the ground, did my spinny thing, and steered myself over the roof of the house, which was storing quite a bit of thermal air, and sent me even higher. I thought, "I've had dreams about doing this with gliders, but now I'm actually doing it!" I soared around over the backyard, returning back to the roof of the house for a pick-me-up.

Then I was accompanied by a falcon. He was apparently my friend, because he was talking to me, and giving me tips on how to fly by moving my fingers ever so slightly, like a bird would move tiny feathers to change his flight pattern. Every time I would launch into some kind of dive, I would lose sight of the ground, and wouldn't know if I was flying up, down, or just level, and it always freaked me out a little because I didn't want to be flying straight towards the ground!

Okay...now for the next dream. This one's not quite as weird, sorry.

I was hanging out with some friends, I think in Oregon, because Lacey was there, and Matthew showed up all of the sudden, only his hair was dyed blonde with red highlights...it was weird. He'd come in the room just as I was doing a backwards handspring, and as I did, I almost landed on a kitten, and scared the crap out of it. I managed to pick him up before he ran away, and he had a little collar and tag on him, with an email address: elfinelf@hotmail.com. (My brain made this up, I doubt it is a real email address folks.) I was really excited that the cat had an email address for some reason. Then Lacey was commenting on my red hair and I said I was going to dye it brown soon.

Oh, that reminded me of a third dream, with the kitten, sorry.

I had gone back home for the night or for dinner. My bed was still at home, and for some reason my sister was laying in it with the window open, and there was a collander of spaghetti noodles sitting up by her head, needing to be drained. Trying to be helpful, I picked it up, and all this water came leaking out of the collander, rushing towards her hair. I tried blocking it, but there was no use, and she had to sit up to avoid getting wet. Hmmm. Then I heard something outside my window on the back deck, and saw a baby raccoon! There's a small hole in my window screen from my cat a long time ago, and I was sticking my finger out the screen to try to pet the raccoon, and he let me and even stuck his nose in the hole so I could scratch it. Ashley was getting mad at me and left.

Then it was time for dinner. Dad had the spaghetti, and apparently I hadn't done a good enough job of straining the water out of it, because he took the pot of spaghetti, opened the cupboard below the sink, and tried draining it that way, losing several noodles in the process.

Then I was telling Mom a story from across the table, and she just stopped me and said something like, "I can't talk to you with that stuff on your face!" And I didn't know what she was talking about, so I was feeling around my face, trying to find something, but I couldn't. Then she came over and proceeded to pick a bug off my face and out of my hair. Gross. And I shreiked, "It's because Ashley leaves the damn window open all the time!!!"

Oh, one more. Sorry! This is going to be a super super long post, and I apologize, and congratulations if you've made it this far.

I was in some kind of house, and living on the third floor. Might have even been this apartment building, because I do live on the third floor. Anyway, the first set of step leading up to the third floor had collapsed, so you had to grab ahold of the rails of the final flight of steps to the third floor, and hoist yourself up the steps, using your legs to push around on the walls and stuff. Some guy who lived there showed me how to do it, but then went back downstairs and couldn't get up. Or maybe I couldn't get up after having done it once.

Anyway, a bunch of us were hanging out on the landings, one on second floor, one group on third floor, and I ran into the kitchen on the second floor and filled up some ice cube trays to give to somebody on the third floor to put in the freezer. I think it was for the guy who showed me how to get up the stairs. I'd done it once, but couldn't do it the second time, but I think I ended up just dangling from the railing and scared I was going to fall. After everyone left, I decided to try it one more time, and was successful. Then I realized if I really wanted to make it to third floor, all I needed to do was go to the OTHER end of the building, because I'm sure the stairs were intact there, and just walk down to my end of the hall, which was by the broken stairs.

Okay, done! I'll be quite suprised if anyone kept reading and made it this far. Congratulations, you are one of the few, the proud, the bloggers.

dinner and a movie

Currently listening:
"There's Always Someone Cooler Than You"
By Ben Folds
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Last night was dinner night at Aaron, Lars, and Henry's. And boy was it good!
Aaron and I went shopping for stuff for dinner, and he just kinda pulled all of the ideas out of his head for what we should put in it. He'd originally said it was going to be something like baked enchiladas, but there was no enchilada sauce, just taco seasoning, so they were baked soft-shell tacos, basically. But man, it was good. Then we got a movie called "Kitchen Stories" which is a Swedish movie, with subtitles about a company studying single Norwegian men in their kitchens, in order to build more effecient kitchens. Yes...very weird, but Aaron picked it out. It was actually kinda interesting...but weird, nonetheless.

I got a 22 out of 25 of my "Effects of 9-11 on Politics" paper for my Government class, which equates to an 88%! I really needed that, and was really happy when I got my paper back. I was actually pretty scared to get it back because I never like the way my writing turns out, and I didn't think it was very well written, even though I didn't wait 'til the last day to do it, like usual. Because this teacher knows everything there is to know about politics and is very smart, so I was scared it would look like I didn't know what I was doing, mostly since all of my sources were from the internet. Anyway, YAY! I was really happy.

I also turned in my paper for History, which I think I did a pretty good job on, so hopefully I will also get a high score on that. I got a B on his last paper at the beginning of the semester, but I always have a hard time writing papers for stuff I'm not interested in slash don't know much about.

Anywho, I think I'll get my Review of Literature paper back on Wednesday when I take the final for that class, and hopefully I did well on that, also. I think that was a well-written paper, for me, anyway.

But, it is time for me to wander off to work. Toodles.

WOO HOOO

I am now done with homework! Turned in my lesson plans and crap, and finished writing my Hisotry paper this afternoon. I have a three day weekend coming up after Friday's classes are over for studying. Oh, except I work on Monday. But a true 2 day weekend is fine with me!

Um. I don't really have much more to say. The guys and I went out last night, and I got happy drunk and it was a good time. I was celebrating "No More Health Class!" Until I woke up this morning with a headache and queasyness. Which went away later on in the day after Aaron and I went out to lunch. Chinese food! I haven't had Chinese food in like, 4 months. It was super yummy.

I've said it once, and I'll say it again: the new Weezer CD is amazing. Buy it when it comes out next month.

Oooh, Wyoming is on the Weather Channel! lots and lots of snow on the southern part of Wyoming and most of Colorado. Neat. But nothing here! Thank goodness. Rain is okay, but it's almost May!!! C'mon weather!

one more assignment...and then finals.

Currently listening: "Freak Me Outt" By Weezer From 'Make Believe'

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Okay, I believe I have my Health crap done. I emailed my teacher a draft of the lesson plan and the assessment. I know it's a little late at night, but I've been busy working on the lesson plan and the assessment and the rubric that are all due tomorrow, plus I've been working a lot lately, and blah. I explained it all to her in the email I sent her and apologized if I seemed like I was being short with her the other day when I was emailing her, but that I'd had a bad day (didn't mention she was part of the reason WHY I was having a bad day, but she doesn't need to know everything).

Now, if I don't have to make too many revisions to that assignment, all I have left is my history paper. I have three and a half pages hand written about what I think some of the wars/battles are that I'm going to talk about, plus I'll need an introduction and conclusion...So hopefully that will work out just fine. Then all I have to do is study my ass off for my finals! Woo hoo! But I have this weekend off, so that'll really help once I have this paper out of the way.

WHEW! Need to have me some liquid relaxation tonight, 'cause I've been super stressed out about everything lately, and it's just not good for me. Makes me crabby.

this day just keeps getting better and better!

Currently listening: "Haunt You Every Day" By Weezer From 'Make Believe'

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WOW. Today has NOT been my day. First the lesson plan thing. (I have since emailed her and she gave me ONE WHOLE POINT more, which brings my grade up 3%.) Then I show up to work at 1:30, which is what my calendar reads. Andrew says, "What're you doing here? You're not on the schedule until 4 o'clock." WHAT? So I look at the schedule, and sure enough...4pm. I go back to the back where the current schedule is hanging up...1:30pm. Okay, now I'm confused.

So I talk to Sony about it, and he says, "Oh, they must have adjusted the schedule and forgot to tell you. Go ahead and clock in and stay here." Noooooo! I have homework I could be doing! Well, crap. And then, Sony gives me the most boring, tedious, redundant job possible, which takes me about oh...4-5 hours to do. I even brought homework with me in hopes that I could get something accomplished due to the lack of customers. Nope. Got a little time to read during lunch as I snarfed down some nachos.

THEN! Oh, it gets better, yes, it does. Somehow I end up with black, sticky crap ALL over the front of my shirt! And it won't come off! ARG! New shirt! Needless to say I was a little crabby today for the first couple hours of work. I get all worked up just thinking about it!

On the plus side, Aaron called me from work to say hi and see how my evening went, so that made me happy. And the new Weezer album is AMAZING. Incredible, love it. Almost makes you forget they released Maladroit.

But anyway, I'm going to try to get something homeworky done until Conan comes on, then it's bed time 'cause I have to make it to class in the morning. G'night.

omfg DIE!

Currently listening: "This is Such a Pity" By Weezer From 'Make Believe'

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Why is my Health teacher so stupid?! She tells us to do something, and then does the exact opposite. And then she tells us not to do something and do the exact opposite!!!!

I got my lesson plan back today, and she only gave me a 75% on it. I did EVERYTHING that I thought she wanted on there. I went through my last one and figured out the stuff I needed to change, and I changed it on this one. And then, she writes on my paper "needs indicator and benchmark" and my benchmark was right underneath it!!!! So I told her about it in class, and she looks at her rubric, and says, "Oh, that probably won't give you enough to make a 3 on the rubric," and just walks off. I don't care about the three! Give me more points! because somehow, she gives you a grade from the rubric, a 1, 2, 3, or 4...and then gives you another grade, out of 33 points. Just give me some more points! I'm emailing her. I'm pissed off.

And we get to do teacher evaluations on Thursday. Oooh, I can't wait for that. It's the only reason I'm going to show up to class on Thursday. Why are people so stupid? I just don't get it. She's so freakin' frustrating, and she's GOT to realize that everyone else in class hates her just as much. The eye-rolling, doing other assignments while in class, talking while she's talking. Doesn't that tell you something?? ARG!!!

dream

Currently listening: "Night Drive" By Jimmy Eat World From 'Futures'

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I took a nap this evening for some stupid reason. Probably because I was doing homework and couldn't make my eyes stay open any longer to read the horrible drivel that is my text. So I have this dream, and I'm not sure where it takes place, but from what I remember, it seemed to be at a bar on a beach, outside. I don't think it started out that way, because I remember something different, but I can't think of how it started. So anyway, I was at the bar with my dad and someone else, but I'm not sure who. Maybe Jill, maybe a friend from work. But I kept losing my dad pretty frequently, and was getting fed up with it, so I sat down to watch some TV at the bar.

Then I finally saw my dad; behind the bar, washing glasses. I guess he'd broken some glasses, and that's how he had to repay that...so I asked if he could get me a screwdriver. Yum. Then I ran into Trevour from work, and he was all super buddy-buddy with me, sitting next to me, playing with my hair. It was really weird. Mostly because he's friends with Aaron (outside of dream world), and knows that we're dating.

Then, I was sitting with my friend who I mentioned earlier, and we saw my sister and her friend Bridgette sitting in the bleachers (not sure why there were bleachers or what they were watching from them), and my friend was wondering if we should wave them over, but I figured they'd see us eventually, and Ashley did see us eventually...but Bridgette was having a hard time finding us, and I think I'd woken up by this point.

In other news, Aaron got off work early tonight, so he's going to come over and hang out for a bit when he gets home and cleaned up from work. Yay!

I'd lost my cell phone Saturday night and haven't been able to talk to him since then, or return his calls, so I was all worried he'd think I was mad at him or something. But alas, Amy found my phone, it was in her car from when we went to Grand March, and all is well with the world.

a day in the life

I am all signed up for classes for next semester. I've requested time off to go to Mississippi with Mom and Ashley in May. I've told Aaron I probably won't be able to go to Minnesota with him for his friends' wedding because I won't have enough money from taking time off to Mississippi. I got most of my dishes done today, but left the rest of them in the bathtub. I got all but 8 questions on my take home test finished.

Woah. I'm really on top of things...so far. I've tried working on this stupid History paper...and it's just not coming to me. Hope I can figure something out by Friday!

I also went to the Grand March with Amy for the prom, and saw half the people I work with there at the prom...I didn't realize I worked with such young people! It was fun except for this rotten little girl who was sitting in front of us and kept bumping into Amy's and my legs, pulling on my jeans for some apparent reason, and staring at us when we talk. It was weird, annoying, and a little creepy. I wanted to smash her in the head with my purse. Afterwards, Amy and I went to Applebee's for dinner and ran into a bunch of Aaron's friends, so we talked with them for a bit (well, I talked, Amy listened) before we had our dinner. Riblets, yum.

I also found a really cool tomato plan that I want to buy for Dad. Mom told me Ashley was visiting on Wednesday, so I can send it home with her...I just have to keep it alive until then haha. That should be interesting. I did keep my Easter Lilly alive for a while, and those are just yearly bloomers...the leaves were still green and pretty!

Anyway, I'm going to try to get some sleep. G'night!

a raise!

I got a raise at work! I went to talk to Dawn about getting 40 hours a week during the summer, and preferably night shifts, and then she talked about my raise, and I put in a time off request for Mississippi in a month. I'm really excited, and was super happy about the raise. It's only $.50, but I'll take what I can get.

Chelsey at work wants me to go to the Grand March for her senior prom tomorrow night haha. She was pretty funny about it, gave me her phone number and her mom's phone number, so I could sit with her mom and we wouldn't have to sit alone. So since Aaron is working tomorrow night 'til 11, I'll probably go.

I'm really tired tonight, too. I hate working 8 hour shifts when I'm in school. Once summer starts up and that's about all I'll work, it won't be so bad, but for now, I'm used to shorter shifts and prefer them. Anyway, I'm gonna go watch Conan. G'night!

groceries

I went shopping tonight with Aaron at Safeway for groceries because I was running out of things to eat, and I was having to resort to eating out instead. So we got me some fruits, pears, grapes, and bananas, in an attempt to get me eating healthier. We made crude jokes to eachother in the checkout line, and I'm pretty sure the cashier and the people waiting behind us thought we were crazy.

And even though we were just grocery shopping, I had a lot more fun than when we go out to the bars. Not sure why, it was just fun and light and good.

I got my paper on the effects of September 11, 2001 done, I just need to print it up and show up to class tomorrow morning. My 9am in cancelled, thank goodness, so I don't have to be anywhere 'til 10am. Then I'm going to try to find the Dean of the College of Education to sign me into Middle Level Methods so I can be done with registration for next semester. I have ONE more paper to write, a take home test to finish by Tuesday, and a lesson plan on Thursday. Things are finally starting to wind down, and having less and less projects to worry about is fantastic.

I think I am off to bed, just to ensure I make it to class tomorrow. Adieu.

DONE!

(With this paper, at least.)

This is the Review of Literature paper that I needed to finish today for class this evening. It's to be done in APA format, and the teacher gave us a website for formats, and I followed every single bit, including page numbers and a short title at the top of every page, NOT justifying the page all the way through, but leaving it "ragged" on the right, which I don't like personally, when I'm writing papers, but that's what it asked for, and even an abstract of my own paper and a cover page. Damn. I hope we need all that stuff, 'cause otherwise that was a lot of odd work.

On the plus side, remember that test I took on Monday in Government that I was completely unaware of? It turns out that I scored 2% higher on this test than I did my first test in that class. Now, that's only a 66%, which I think is still a C...I hope it's still a C. Otherwise I'm going to be taking that class over. And I will die if I have to take any more classes over again. ARG!

It's cold and rainy here, which sucks 'cause now I have to use the heater again. Oh well. I guess it's better than snow and it means spring is coming soon!

speed trap!

I was driving back from Health this afternoon, and I see a man on the sidewalk with a cardboard sign, and a policeman talking to him. I figured the guy had a "Will work for food" or something sign, but after they talked, the policeman left, and the guy was holding up a sign that said, "Speed trap ahead."

Oh, it was great. And a good thing, too, 'cause I'm a speeder. Especially in this town 'cause the speed limit if 5mph lower than the one in my hometown, and it's full of old people who drive SLOWER than the speed limit...

Anyway. I smiled and waved. I guess the policeman couldn't do anything about it, 'cause he just walked away, and the guy kept holding the sign up.

CRAP

Currently listening: "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing" By Jack Johnson From 'In Between Dreams'

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Ahhh! I had a test today in American Government and had absolutely no idea about it. I got up to the third floor to see everyone waiting for the last class to get out of the room before we could go in, and they were all flipping through notes and a study guide and discussing this and that, and most of them, as far as I know, are in a speech class together that meets right before this class, so I figured maybe they were discussing something about speech. Nope, it sure was about the test that was today in Government.

So I sat down real quick and tried to flip through my notes as fast as I could, but everyone was talking really loudly about this and that and I couldn't concentrate too well, so I kinda just gave up as soon as the teacher walked in and started passing out the tests. Fortunately most of it was multiple guess, but there were 6 essays, and we had to answer 5. I'd been in class for 4 out of the 6, so I for sure knew most of the stuff for those, and pulled an answer out of my butt for the last one (I've been pretty good at doing that lately). Then I crossed out the last essay question and wrote in its place an apology for the terribleness of the test and that I'd missed the class when he mentioned we were having a test.

It strikes me as weird that we had a test so soon! Usually we cover quite a few chapters, and it takes over a month before we cover enough material for a test, but this was only two weeks! Which is only six class periods, and I'd missed 2 of them. Shit. That really sucked. And we have a final in 2-3 weeks, so I hope it's not comprehensive. I doubt it is.

Also, I got the teacher's signature for my Computer-based Learning and Technology class so that I can take it in the Fall, even though I'm not in the College of Ed. yet. I have to get one more for my Middle Level Methods class, but I guess the Dean of the College of Ed. isn't in until Thursday, so I have to wait. But I can register for all of my classes except that one now! I think I'm going to take the class Tuesday nights so I can watch Scrubs haha. I've been missing it all season this season! And I'll probably tell Kmart that I have class on Wednesday nights again so I can watch Lost. 'Cause I hate recording stuff. And work.

Anyway, this is getting long, I apologize. Hope everyone's week started out better than mine!

stupid bicyclists

Last night as I was on my way out to Deadwood to go hang out with Aaron, I almost ran over a cyclist. I was stopped at the bottom of my hill, looking for traffic so I could make a right-hand turn onto the main road. As soon as I let my foot off the brake and start moving forward, there's a bicycle right in front of me! Scare the shit out of me, because I wasn't looking for BIKERS at almost midnight! The thing was, he wasn't using the sidewalk, like you're supposed to...he was driving down the road, and came out from behind some parked cars on the side of the road. Then another one darted out in front of me right after that, but I was still too shocked from the first one and wasn't trying to go anywhere at that time.

I'm trying to work on a paper, one for my Government class, and nothing's coming to me. It's about the effects that September 11th, 2001 had on politics and public policy. It only has to be 1,000 words long, but I'm having a hard time finding sources for it because it's pretty recent and there aren't really a lot of books about it at the library, so I'm having to look for everything online. Hard to find good sources online sometimes.

Damn spring-time weather

This super nice weather has got me feelin' the shopping bug. I want to get some skirts and cute shoes or sandals, new underwear, SOMETHING! I do have some excess money from my last paycheck, and I get paid in only a week, so I could go get something...but I'm not sure if I should. I really really really would like a black skirt or something nice that I could wear to work, and I have some cute Mules that I left back home in Gillette that I could wear with it, and that would be especially nice when I'm working at the service desk or registers, 'cause then Sony can't make me go climb on ladders again like he did today. I thought I was going to fall over, 'cause I'm still a little sick and I kept overheating having to climb up and down a ladder for the last 2 hours of my shift.

I'm going to see if Jill wants to wander around the new Wal*Mart with me tonight and see if we can find some clothes for me when she gets back from Gillette. I'd make Aaron come with me...but he's working and probably wouldn't like shopping with me. Maybe he would...I just don't know! We haven't been dating that long. Not long enough to go shopping together, at least.

VH1 Save the Music

VH1 is airing Save the Music Sunday night, and Rob Thomas is going to be on it! I hope I remmeber to watch it, 'cause on Tuesday I forgot American Idol was on and turned it on just to see the last 2 contestants perform. Drats!

The Super Wal*Mart center is officially open. And today I decided I should go check out the competition. And holy crap, it doesn't even look like a Wal*Mart. It's really weird. Giant brown tiles on the floor, not those little square off-white ones. An incredibly high ceiling. Everything's so spread out, it's rediculous. I couldn't find anything, and then when I did get all my crap together, the cashier forgot to give me one of my bags, so I had to go back into the store and get it. Grr.

But I did find some stuff to make chicken alfredo with! I think I'll make that for dinner tonight, but for now, I'm going to make some mac n cheese.

I'm so tired.

Dell

Why is it when the people in the Dell commercials call technical support, they always end up talking to some hot fresh-out-of-college dude, but when I call, I end up talking to some guy from India who can't speak English fluently and doesn't know what the hell I'm talking about? I want the hot college guy.

Major revisions underway on my Review of Literature paper tomorrow...might try working on it tonight at work if Shirley isn't the manager tonight. We'll see. I'll bring it with me, at least.

Speaking of work, the new Wal*Mart Supercenter opened up yesterday, so I'm curious to see what that's going to do to our sales...maybe it'll make everyone just go to Wal*Mart and leave us the crap alone. Here's hoping.

Health was particularly frustrating today, as we met in a computer lab instead of the regular classroom, so the teacher could show us this searchable database for making tests on certain health topics. It's actually pretty neat and saves a lot of time, and she had us do a worksheet with it to figure stuff about it out and see how it works. Well, that was all great and fun, until the end when she wanted us to start printing off certain things, which weren't clearly explained in her directions on the worksheet (go figure), so that was causeing some mayhem amongst the classroom. We were all quite frustrated.

my goodness, you've gotten fat

I was rifling through some old pictures today and realized that I hadn't shown how much Nermal has grown in the last year since she started living with us and started going on the Smokey Diet. The diet consists of 1/4 can of wet catfood at 4pm, and again at 9pm, with feedings in the morning of dry food. Both of the cats are on the same diet. As you can see, there is a significant difference in their size at the beginning of this diet, Nermal being on the left, Smokey on the right. Now, Smokey has been on this diet for quite a few years, and has actually lost a few pounds over the course of it.


Now we move forward a year, to near-present time, to see that the Smokey Diet has indeed worked. It's not necessarily a weight-loss plan, but a plan to maintain a certain weight, which would be anywhere from 10 to 15 pounds. Smokey has dropped weight to be about 12 pounds or so, and Nermal has gained weight, and I'm guessing she's at a good 10 or 11 pounds by now. This time, Smokey is on the left, and Nermal is on the right. Hard to tell them apart, isn't it? Especially considering he was probably three times her size when she first moved in.

ouchie

Currently listening: "In the Meantime" By Spacehog From 'Resident Alien'

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For some reason my neck is incredibly sore today. I'm not sure if I slept on it funny, or what. If you could call what I did last night sleep. I ended up not getting enough sleep the night before, so I took a 4 hour nap yesterday, and even though I was dead tired, I couldn't fall asleep for the life of me...I just lay in bed...trying to keep my eyes closed. I always go to bed with the television on, and I set the sleep timer for 1 hour, and am almost always asleep before the TV turns itself off. Not last night, though...that's the sign of a bad night.

My back is also very sore, as well, but just in the lower area, where I hurt it in a car wreck a few years ago. Usually it doesn't hurt unless I put strain on it or twist my back and try to lift something...somehow that seems to pinch something in there and I usually have painfully sharp shooting sensations, but this is just a constant sore feeling, and I really hate it. I hope nothing's wrong, like the nerves turning into a big pile of goo or something. Blech. 22 years old and I'm falling apart.

In other news, Lost is new tonight, and I am super excited. Looks like it's going to be a good one.

Figured I should put some new stuff up, even though this isn't new...

Update!

Currently listening: "What I Got" By Sublime From 'Sublime'

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Woo hoo! I ran into my landlord on the way out to class this morning. Turns out she was gone over the weekend, which is why I didn't hear from her right away, and also that Jill and I do have the 2 bedroom! She figured that when she gave me an application for Jill to fill out that I knew it was ours. I thought someone else could come in before me and do that and get it, so that's why I was so worried.

But I called Jill today to let her know, and in less than a month, I shall have the best roommate ever and a bigger place for all our stuff! Ashley has a double recliner in our basement from when she lived on her own that Mom said we could borrow, and I still think her boyfriend should move in with us and let us use his furniture.

In other, less exciting news, I got a mere 69.7% on my lesson plan that I turned in for my Health class. Instructions were poor, I got a 2 out of 4 on the rubric (how that doesn't turn my grade into a 50% is beyond me, but whatever), and I'm pissed. The other girls at my table got even lower grades than me, which suprises me, 'cause they're both really smart, but still...that's ALMOST a C. What a bunch of crap. Almost all of the lesson plan has to be written out in first person, like, "Today, class, we will be starting a unit on blah blah blah." And everything has to be in first person like that...it's rediculous. I've never seen a lesson plan having to be written out like that. And the teacher talks a lot about if something's not clearly taught or your students are consistantly getting ONE question on a quiz wrong, to throw that out, and don't punish the students for your poor teaching and question writing...and yet...grr.

Anywho. Now I have to take a quiz and try to finish up my Review of Literacy paper. Adios!

Dear Andrea...

Dear Andrea,
Here is your horoscope
for Tuesday, April 12:

Been trying to get hold of someone for days? Or longer? Well, there's a little more of the same en route, so get comfy. Okay, so it's not the best news you could possibly have -- at least you'll be prepared.

Well damnit, I didn't want to hear THAT! I've been trying to get ahold of my landlord still to make sure Jill and I got the apartment, but I STILL have not heard from her. I even left her a note on Sunday. Jill said that her deposit check has been cashed already, and I'm getting ready to call the bank to see if mine has, too. Annoying.

After class gets out at noon fifteen, today is yet again Homework Day. I have an online quiz I need to do and finish up on that paper and perhaps send it into my teacher so she can proof read it.

Ugh, I'm hungry. Didn't eat when I got home from work last night...starting to catch up with me.

Finally accomplishing something!

Currently listening: "Deep Inside" By Incubus From 'S.C.I.E.N.C.E.'

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Wow, so today I actually sat down and did some homework. I researched my Review of Literature paper, got all five of my resources, then typed my little fingers off. I was four pages into it when my doorbell rang. It was Amy, stopping by for a visit, then about an hour into that, Jill and BJ showed up to visit, too, so needless to say, I was quite distracted from my paper. Amy left around 9pm and I couldn't concentrate on my paper anymore and needed food, so I ran to Subway for some dinner.

And that's my story of the day. Tomorrow or Tuesday I will finish my paper, hard to say when. Probably Tuesday since I work tomorrow and have to get a quiz done online for my class by Tuesday.

Oh, also, my dad has created a website kinda of our family, what he likes to do, and some links from around our area, along with some webcams from around here. If you'd like to take a look at it, it's in my Links section on the sidebar.

Wow, if I keep this up (writing whole papers in the course of a day or two), I might be able to finish up all my papers by the end of the week. That'd be awesome. (Good luck hahaha.)

Brain fart

Currently listening: "Brian Wilson" By Barenaked Ladies From 'Gordon'

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I've been working on researching this dumb paper for Lord knows how long...since I woke up this morning, basically. I know the material, and could tell the teacher about it if she asked me questions, why do I have to write a damn paper on it? I'm so disorganized when it comes to stuff like this.

One of my managers from work called me today to see if I wanted to pick up some extra hours 'cause he lost his closer for sporting goods...but I told him, "Today is Homework Day!" I wasn't really that excited, but I did say "homework day" 'cause I'm a loser. Oh well. I have gotten some things accomplished for ONE class, now I just need to look around for stuff that's due for other classes and kinda clear my head of Flexible Grouping for a while and maybe do some Historoy, Government, or Health. Weeee!

Also, people must be smoking up a storm in their apartments because there is no smoking in the hallways, but I can smell it coming through the crack in my door, and when I walk out into the hallway, it reeks of smoke. Gross. I'm going to have to put a towel or something against my door crack.

And finally, I haven't heard back from my landlady yet about the 2 bedroom apartment. Jill and I were a little late getting the application and deposit checks in, but we did it a week after she told me it was open. I don't think it would be gone that quickly, but it's hard to tell. The thing that bothers me is that it's been a week since Jill and I turned that stuff in, and neither of us have heard from her about anything, and it's getting annoying. It seems my landlady's been a little flakey lately. Took 2 weeks to change the lightbulb in my alcove, and about that much time to hear back from her about a 2 bedroom in the first place, and now it's been over a week since we turned the stuff in and STILL haven't heard from her. I figured she'd call Jill about it for sure, but she hasn't. It's annoying because if we don't get this 2 bedroom, where's Jill going to live? Grrr.

Work Sucks

Currently listening: "Girl Like That" By matchbox twenty From 'Yourself or Someone Like You'

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Wow. Today was busy. 8 hours of busy. The new Wal*Mart Supercenter is opening up in less than a week, and the old Wal*Mart has moved most of its contents into the new one, so regular Wal*Mart customers were forced to shop at Kmart. Boy was that fun. Fortunately it was a weekend and we had more checkers than usual, but I'm scared to see what it's going to be like on Monday when we don't have a lot of checkers. This could get ugly.

No one yelled at me or almost made me cry, so that was good.

Aaron and I went out to lunch today at the Bay Leaf Cafe' which was pretty good, and then walked around down town a little bit, even though the weather was crummy. We went into the pet store, and all they had were ducks, iguanas, parakeets, and supposedly a sugarglider, but I couldn't see anything in the cage. I wanted to pet a kitty, damnit.

Tomorrow is officially "Homework Day." I shall unplug my internet (except to find a couple of resources for a paper), and perhaps lock myself in at the library. I tend to get more work done that way.

Mom and Dad went to Rapid City today and got me bunches of stuff, including some fun new tumblers to drink from in a plethora of colors, some shirts for work, and Pepsi! They're the best parents ever. Thank you!

But I'm gonna cook me a pork chop now, and not use as much cooking oil as I did last time, 'cause I got spattered a lot and it hurt. Wish me luck.

Blue Monday

Currently listening: "Blue Monday" By Orgy From 'Candyass"

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I was in the shower tonight after work when this song came on. I hadn't heard it in probably 4 or 5 years, and I couldn't figure it out. The intro was so familiar. I knew it was from high school, but I just couldn't place it. I even knew some of the words. So I had to look it up online, and ta da...Blue Monday, a cover by Orgy. I remember really liking the song back in high school, and oddly enough, I still like it today.

Oh man my feet are killing me. And I gotta work an 8 hour shift tomorrow. Bah. Hope I don't die. I'm going to try to remember to bring my resources and research with me tomorrow for my Review of Literacy paper that's due in a mere 12 days. Yipes. Good thing I have Sunday off.

Mom and Dad are going to Rapid City tomorrow and are going to go to Sam's Club, and said if I need anything to let them know and they'll pick it up for me...but I can't think of anything that I need in bulk. Maybe soup or breakfast stuff. I'll email her and let her know, I guess.

Headless Chicken

Well, I found out last night that I'm not actually THAT many credits over what I need...only 13, which is just a semester, so that's not too bad at all. I also discovered that my Professional Portfolio's not due in a week and a half like I thought it was. Which gives me time to work on other things, and I can turn the portfolio in during the summer, but I'd like to get it done ASAP so that I can get into my classes which require me to be in the College of Education.

So, in the last 24 hours I have discovered a couple of good things about school. Except now I really have to get working on other things, like my papers for History, Government, and Reading. Big paper due in reading, so that one will get the most attention, and it's also due sooner, so yeah.

Anyway, I feel a lot better about all of this. I was about to blow up the other day. But I got Step One out of Three signed off on my portfolio, and Step Two is only "continue takings classes and gathering artifacts", and Step Three is some other stuff that I still have to worry about, but I figured out what I'm doing and it's a good thing. Like Martha Stewart. Now, to work on a paper. Weee!

Graduation Check

I went into the Records Office today to make sure that I was going to have enough credits and electives and all that jazz to be on the right track to graduate. I thought I was going to be one class short of an education elective, so I just wanted to be on the safe side since I can register for classes today (which I won't do 'til I get off work tonight at 10:15 or so because I have 15 minutes before I have to leave for work). Well, it turns out that I am so many credits over what I thought I needed. I have way more electives than I need, and I don't even need to be taking Philosophy right now. Which doesn't really matter because I have an A- in it so I'm not too worried, but if I'd known that, I could have dropped the class on Monday and stopped worrying about it and been able to work on other things, like my portfolio and lesson plans.

Speaking of Philosophy, I guess our professor changed the time of the final to what suited him best, and is going to combine our class together with one of his English classes, and have a 2 hour long final, but he said we can take an extra hour if we need it. Holy crap. The class is only an hour long, and I sure hope to God he's talking to his English students when he says 3 hours. My hand was cramping after one hour of the midterm!

Aaron and I went to Deadwood today so he could pick up his paycheck, we got lunch, and I picked up an application to register to become a dealer. It's expensive...a $50 applicatioini fee, $50 licensing fee, and $10.60 to get finger printed. I've already been finger printed once, so I wonder if I can just get a copy of that or something...we'll have to see.

I'm really tired and don't want to work tonight. I hope Joe isn't working, or I'm going to hit him with something. He was driving me bonkers the other night at work.

American Idol

So last night on American Idol, the contestants had to choose songs from musicals. Half of the contestants chose Rodgers and Hammerstein songs, which, whatever. But they pronounced Hammerstein wrong! "Stein" has an EI in it...so the letter that will be pronounced is the last letter, "I." So it would sound like "Hammer-stine," but nooooo, they say "Hammer-steen." I saw two contestants do that!!!

My Health class is rediculous, and we have to do lesson plans for it. She has a set format that we have to do it in, and I've never seen anyone else make a lesson plan like that. The example lesson plan she gave us, and the example lesson plan that is on the website she wanted us to look at are different. And not easy to understand. It's due tomorrow, but I still emailed her and told her I dind't know what I was supposed to do with it, and even if it's wrong or incomplete tomorrow, at least I'll be able to learn for next time. I'll leave it blank if I have to as long as I can figure out what she wants next time. Ugh.

Now for a Klondike bar.

balloons and sleeping in

Yikes. Set my clocks forward for daylight savings time, like you're supposed to, but I still managed to almost be late for class this morning. For some reason I was thinking I didn't have to be to class 'til 10am, when it was really 9am. So at 8:40am, 10 minutes after I usually leave my apartment for school, I get out of bed and realize that I'm so freakin' late.

I did make it to class on time, and was able to study a bit for the test right before the teacher got there. I think I did okay on the 2 essay questions, but the multiple guess questions were hard 'cause I missed a lot of classes this test period. Talked to Aaron about it...no more late nights on weeknights, we both agreed. Only a month left, then we don't have to worry about it.

Also, one of his friends from Minneapolis, where he used to go to school, is getting married in May after school gets out. Aaron says if we're still together then, he'd like me to come with him and meet his friends. I'd love to do that, but today, I realized that weekend is the same weekend that Jalan Crossland will be playing in Rapid City. Damnit!!! What do I do? I told BOTH parties I'd be there if I could get out of work. Cripes.

Today at work I got to blow up balloons with the helium tank. I've been deathly afraid of balloons since I was a child and one popped in my face when I was blowing it up, so all the balloons I inflated were substantially smaller than Zack and Sony's balloons. The best parts were not having to work up at my register, and tying balloons on the wrists of small children. So cute! One boy's parents were halfway across the front of the store when I put the balloon on his wrist, and he still said "Thank you"! He wasn't even 3 years old. I was truely amazed, and he and his mom came through my line later on, and I commented to her about that...I think she was quite pleased with her son at that point.

Then I wore a balloon on my wrist for the last hour of the night, too. Tee hee.

YAY!!!!

Currently listening: "Life on a Chain" By Pete Yorn From

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YAY!!!! I talked to my parents tonight, and I'm not going to take summer classes, but work full time at Kmart, earn some money, save some money up, is more like it, and pay off some bills. Also, I'll be able to go to Mississippi with Mom and Ashley near the end of May, as had been planned a while ago. Mom just bought my tickets tonight. I'll fly there with them, and fly MOST of the way back with them, 'cept once we hit Memphis, Tennessee, I'll be on my own 'cause I guess I don't get off my plane there. Or I do for a bit, but then get right back on it. But it's okay, 'cause I've flown on my own before. I ain't skurred.

Also, Jill and I are waiting to hear about the 2 bedroom, I hope it's still openl, we just put Jill's application and our deposit in today. Cross your fingers!

WOW

BIG change here. I don't know if I'm going to keep it, but it was fun to dink around with and switch things around the way I wanted them. Tell me what you think. I can change the background image to whatever I want, and then move the little sidebar and text boxes to wherever I want, as well. I might stray from Exploding Dog, but I'm not sure yet. I like the pictures the guy makes. Maybe I'll go for something a little different later on, but for now, I think I'm going to stick with Exploding Dog...

i THINK i know what's going on...

	Currently listening: "Killer's Creek" By Mason Jennings

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Okay. Jill, BJ, and Cody checked out the townhouse one last time. Turns out that because there's four of us in a three bedroom, the guy won't let us do it. WTF? Who cares? We're going to be paying rent! Meh, whatever.

Now it looks like Jill and I are back to our original plan of the 2 bedroom in my building, and BJ and Cody are going to live in a tent in the Black Hills. Sounds good to me.

Also, I'm Employee of the Month at work! Which means I win $50. Logan claims that you get the money all in ones...but that's better than having it put on a Kmart cash card. I need money! I'm really excited that I won that!

No work tomorrow, and it's supposed to be just as beautiful, if not more than it was today. I'm really excited. Aaron and I might go for a drive through the canyon or something outdoorsy. I'm excited for spring, but it distracts me more than I already am. Grr. Lock me away in a room with only homework! That's what needs to be done.

I've been listening to a lot of my older music lately, like Matchbox Twenty and Mason Jennings for some reason. Well, I know why, really...MB20 was because of Wes and the songs are depressing if looked at in the right context, and Aaron used to live in Minneapolis for a couple of years, and that's where Mason Jennings is from, and Aaron mentioned him one morning, and got me to thinking that I hadn't listened to him in a really long time.

So there you have it.