A Sign...

...that you and your husband are getting old.

We are taking a drive tonight with the moon roof open...Michael Buble in the CD player...going nowhere in particular...just the two of us...

Dan: "I love this music. I could SO fall asleep to this music."

Teresa: "Ummm...I don't think this music was intended to sleep to..."

Dan: (Chuckle) "I think you're right. You wanna ice cream cone?"

Teresa: "Sure!"

Please pray for Dan

He is having a hard time right now without his mom.

She loved fall, and she loved decorating the house...lighting the fire and making chili at even the hint of cold weather. With the weather changes and cooler temps lately, it's stirred up all of those memories. They are good memories, of course, but painful for him right now. It seems his feelings are just under the surface, so he is pretty sensitive right now.

I think he handles things well, for the most part, he just feels very alone. He's doing his best, but if you would pray for him, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Well, I did it.

I dropped my chemistry class.

I did it with mixed feelings, though, but I do feel good about it. My homework grades were good, all A's except for an 86 and a 69. My lab grades were so-so, but I failed both of the first two exams.

I am not he-woman, I cannot roar, so I don't know what made me think I could take biology and chemistry at the same time and pull off passing grades, much less minimum of B's, in both. I will, however, continue to go to the lectures, so that it isn't so overwhelming when I retake it next semester.

Now I can concentrate on biology.

A bad habit...

Mondays are hard.

Not because it's the dreaded Monday, but because of my schedule. (Humor me, if you will...I know many of you have much more hectic schedules than I.)

I still work for Kirkland's part time, but with the times of my classes, I can only work evenings or helping unload the freight truck...at 6:00 AM on Mondays. So, I work from 6-10 Monday morning, then go to my weight lifting class from 11-12, shower and change for my 1:00 class, then I have a break from 2-4. My last class ends at 5:20.

Well, my 1:00 class is Biology...mucho importante for me to take in all information given, since I'm not really geared toward science. I really like our professor. She breaks things down really well and posts all of her lectures online so we can print out the slides, as she teaches by power point.

All well and good....except for the fact that for the last couple of weeks, I've had the hardest time staying awake! This is not good!!!

During my break, I usually spend that time catching up on homework or reading assignments or what have you. As you can see from the blog I'm writing now, I'm not doing that...BECAUSE I CAN'T KEEP MY FREAKING EYES OPEN!!!

I've got to get to bed earlier on Sunday nights, I guess, because I cannot keep this up. As much as need to keep my blog updated, I don't need to do it during my study time because it keeps my mind active so it won't be lulled to sleep by stupid, boring biology or chemistry!

UGH!

The song for the day...can't go wrong with Jeff Deyo!

Some would say that You cannot be found
You are good, and Your love endures forever
Some would say that You are far away
You are good, and Your live endures forever
But I know You're the God who lives in me
You are good, and your love endures forever
And I know You will always have my heart
You are good, and Your love endures forever
You are good, You are good

at least i wasn't the only one...

...who was freaking out!

We had a biology lab report due this week (today, for me). I had all the information I needed. Guidelines printed out. Lab book in front of me. Participated in the experiment, so I knew what happened. The only problem was that I needed to find a primary source to refer to. No problem, because we live in a era of Google and Wikipedia, and we have the freakin' UTA library online!

Not a problem, right?

RIGHT???

Sunday night, Dan walks by me...poor guy didn't know what he was in for...and asks, "Everything goin' okay?"

I burst into tears. I had gone onto the library's database and searched for journals involving diffusion and osmosis. Every single paper I pulled up talked so above my head I didn't even know where to begin interpretting what they were doing, much less the result of it and how to apply it to my lab. Every paper.

Dan suggested I call a friend of ours who has been through the program and had offered to give advice or help. You know, it wasn't like the heavens opened up and the angels started singing kind of advice, it was just a maybe you can narrow your search by doing this...or have you tried looking here...

I called my lab partner who was also having a hard time with the sources. I felt better about that (sad, I know). He's a really smart guy, so I knew if he was having trouble, my trouble is valid...does that make sense?

Well, anyway, I turned the lab report in today. I am 99.9% sure it isn't an A paper, but I will use this paper to do better on the other two coming by the end of the semester.

This is a learning institution, right?

Oh, and by the way, I didn't get it finished by Monday morning like I wanted so that the TA could go over it with me. Oh, no, my lab report was due at 1:00 PM today. I walked into the lab at 12:59 straight from the library.

And, there you have it.

Admission

1. I am cranky.

2. I stink at time management.

3. I procrastinate.

4. I'm stressing out.

My lab report for biology is due on Tuesday. I set a goal to have it completed by Monday morning so that I can take it to my TA to review it and make sure it's done correctly (she offered), then also have time to make necessary corrections before the deadline. I've started it, but I hate it when I'm not sure exactly how to do something. I know what the instructions say, but putting it into practice kills me. You know the annoying people that can tell you word for word what a rule or guideline says but then can't do it? HELLO! That's me.

There.

I'll go back and try again. Just had to get that off my chest.