I Swear I've Lived and Learned

There is a lot of stuff for school I really really need to get done this weekend, how well that will work out seeing as I work all weekend shall be interesting. I MUST type and email my lesson plan for my clinical to my professor tomorrow. I still have no idea exactly how I'm going to do it and I present on Tuesday. My creative juices need to start flowing. I also need to put together my transition file, I have everything printed I just need to cut, organize and glue onto index cards. Note: buy colored index cards at Staples after work tomorrow. I also really need to start researching stuff for my research pamplet on bullying. It's due Thursday! Bleh. At least once these things are done I'm pretty much finished with that class so then I'll have to focus on the others. I just need to survive this week. Luckily I have monday and wednesday off of work so that will help greatly!

I really need to get back into motivation for this semester. It's only been a little over a month into the semester and its dragging really bad already. Blehh.

Evan's dad asked me to go to Gettysburg with them the weekend right after this semester ends. So maybe if I start a countdown for that I'll start having something to work toward and that includes surviving yet another semester. I did extremely well last semester so there should be no reason why I can't do it again. I just have to try and keep my focus and just get everything done.

While I'm Not on a Boat...

This whole not having a laptop thing, is really killing me. Seriously. Especially having computer hog parents. Meh. But anyways today was like an epic day of awesomeness. Well, okay not exactly that special because thats saved for vacations and times with friends and Evan but it was pretty damn good for just your average Tuesday.

Today I started a new class, yeah it's not exactly the middle of the semester and I started a class, very odd. But it's Health and Wellness and the professor is AWESOME! I swear if I had a penis and was 20 years older I would totally be that guy. It's also a really fun class with pretty laid back people and that's what I like. Laid back but get stuff done. So I had that class and almost won the icebreaker game (I got to hear everyones name like twice and then had to name everyone by face, I only missed 2!) and got some fiber one cereal out of it that I will have for breakfast tomorrow morning.

Also in my Child Guidance class my professor said I was an inspiration and that I would be an amazing teacher, *cue glowing.* I think that just made my life. I have no idea how I got so lucky to have the most amazing professors this year, like holy crap.

I'm beyond super excited for trips this year. Like I think that's what gets me through semesters so smoothly now is knowing that I'll be going somewhere at the end or near the end of it. I cannot wait until March to go to Pittsburgh, I'm so excited to be able to see more of the city and get to know it some, and of course have some Jamba Juice that Meranda goes gaga over, and not the lady kind. June will bring Virginia to see Prowant whom I miss dearly. I'm so amazed at how strong she has been through this whole thing, moving somewhere new away from everyone else. It cannot be easy knowing that we do all of these things and she cannot participate in them because she's so far away, same with Kali. I don't know what I'm going to do when everyone leaves! Steph may be going down to Florida in the fall, Brenda will be going down to Hocking soon, Meranda is trying to escape out of Ohio and Brittany wants to join the Air Force and Kelsey wants to go off to college soon. I'll be the only one left behind here staying at LCCC to get my bachelors. Damn, what am I going to do on the weekends?

And of course there's New York City (omg *spaz*) on my birthday weekend in August. Like holy freaking shit I cannot believe I'm actually going to NYC. HOLY SHIT!!! *spaz attack* It will be epically awesome to wake up on my 20th birthday, look out the window and see the skyline of one of the most dominant cities in the world. Did I meantion holy shit!?! eek! :D

Boogies

Lucky me my laptop decided to be goofy and mess up last night. I was just sitting there watching The Simpsons on hulu when my screen turns pink and fuzzy then turns black but the audio was still playing. So I shut down the computer and restart it and the screen is split into 6 separate mini-screens. When I moved my mouse, there were 6 little cursors moving around in its own little section of the screen. Just my luck. So my dad took it to work today to have the IT guys look at it and they didn't really get that far since my battery died. My dad will take my power cord to work on monday and they'll continue looking at it. They think one of my drivers messed up which could be fixed by downloading new ones or something is wrong with my graphics card or video card. Both of which could be easily fixed by the drivers would be a lot cheaper. Luckily it won't effect all of the stuff saved on my computer THANK GOD. My life is saved on that thing. So I'm using the family computer in the mean time which means I have to fight with my parents to use it. Luckily using it for schoolwork always triumphs :)

Chickeeeeeeeeeen

February may be the shortest month, but it feels like it takes forever to end. >.<

I also need to start thinking about what classes to take in the fall and *cringe* the Ashland application. Thinking about the future sucks eggs.

I See You

It's a good feeling when what you thought was going to be a horrible day, turns out to be a really good day, but then again that normally happens to me. I've been amused that the past 2 days I have guessed what our password for our math quizzes are correctly. I was also amused that I was telling Sara that I made the duffel bag that I was carrying my change of clothes for zumba in my junior year. Ironically walking out of said math class I ran into Ms. Andrews, my Independent Living teacher in high school, the class that I sewn that bag. Good times! I ran into numerous people today. Ms. Andrews, Bryanna, Brittany, Daniel who's in my Child Guidance class, Brenda on her way to softball practice. I may have been on campus from 8am-5:30 but it's a pretty kick ass school when you're there long term, especially since there are a lot less people once 2 hits. I really REALLY cannot wait for the college center to be done so I don't have to take the long walk outside to get to the library in the freezingness, summer obviously isn't so bad. Speaking of summer I actually heard it rain, yes RAIN for about 5 minutes last night. I was excited. Also been excited that the highs have been above freezing. YESSS lets inch it up to the 40's!

So I started a list of things that I don't want to do this semester but have to. There are about 20 things on that list that include typing long observations, doing clinicals, big huge tests, finals, etc. It will feel amazing to cross them off because then I know I'm closer to summer! I did my fourth observation today, only one more! I teach my clinical for Child Guidance next Thursday and I have a pretty good idea of what I'm doing with it. It will feel nice to get those off of my mind. Yay for getting shit done! I noticed I'm not procrastinating at all this semester, I'm kind of scared.

Toss That Salad

This weekend was pretty good. Thursday night got together with the girls again at McDonald's to visit Brittany, even though she didn't come out from the kitchen but she poured my soup :) Friday was interesting. I had work from 11:30-4 but I got to spend a couple of hours on the bookmobile. Basically I just sat there until all of the people got off, bring up books that they turned in so they could be checked in then put them away. Of course our destination was an exciting place, the prison by the sherrifs office. Awkward. But they're non-violent criminals so they're just druggies, still strange but it was interesting. Friday night Steph, Britt and I went to Lorain Palace Theater to see Avatar. They were showing it for 3 bucks and we had all seen it before so we decided to see it together. Saturday morning bright and early Steph and I did the "Reach 2010" program at Open Door. We went up to the church and had breakfast that had SEVERAL choices. I semi-learned how to eat a grapefruit and enjoyed a doughnut that was much easier to eat and less squirty. Then we did a little "spiritual mosh-pit" and we were sent off to do our community service project. Your choices were something with the Salvation Army, going door to door for something or going to the Haven House. Steph and I decided to go to the Haven House in Lorain. They piled us onto a blue church bus and we were on our way...for about 5 miles. Then the buses battery died! So we hitched a ride with some of the adults who decided to drive back to the church to get Steph's car so we could get to our project. Good times! The Haven House was fun. We organized a room that held sheets and blankets and stuff for the people living there. We did it with a mom and her son Travis who were both fun to be around, except when Travis complained how bored he was and he would play with the toy cars right at your feet XD We also helped clean some of the toys and then we had a lunch of pizza and salad. Sunday my mom, grandma and I went to Eat N Park for lunch then I went to Evan's for Valentines Day. He bought me a pound of Suzin L. chocolate covered strawberries that were very delicious and I bought him his favorite Ghiradelli chocolate bar and a little stuffed moose that can hold hands with my little stuffed penguin. We watched Airplane! and Oliver and Company. It was a good Val. Day.

I'm annoyingly very tired today and I can't call off work because I'm the only one closing which is poop. If I was puking I would say give me off or I'll puke on everyone. Luckily I don't start until 4:00 so I get to nap. Tomorrow will be one of the worst days in history. I have school from 8am-2:50pm and then I have an observation on campus from 3-5:30. So I have to take 3 changes of clothes because I have to dress up for my observation, I'm going to get sweaty and gross in zumba and to top it all off I started my period today and my second day is always the worst. So I also get to deal with the worst day of my period tomorrow that whole time. Fml.

I Don't Care if Monday's Blue

Yay for it being Thursday night and I survived another week :) Only a month until spring break which I'm super excited about that I get to just take a break for once. I have 3 of my observations done, I have to change the date of the 4th one because I just found out I'm working the day I have it. Bleh. So who knows when I'll get the other two in.

I'm really starting to like all of my classes, minus health, safety and nutrition. I love the professor but it's really annoying how a few of the students in the class work in the center on campus with her so she has all of these little inside jokes with them and will say them every two seconds during lecture and then start a conversation with them while shes supposed to be teaching us the material. It's really annoying. Luckily I only have that class once a week. Zumba has become amazingness, all of the people in that class are awesome and so is my professor. I wish they had like a Zumba 2 class I could take for the fall but I'll probably take kickboxing or spinning or something, ooh or maybe yoga. Basic algebra is going good, there is a crapload of work for this class all of the time but it makes sense, its a 4 credit class. Child Guidance and Classroom Management is also going really well, most of the class is great minus a few snooty people who I hardly ever get in my classes but whatever.

I'm so pumped for summer. Hopefully this trip to Virginia works out great along with Crewfest and the trip to NYC with Meranda. So pumped! I can't wait to really do something exciting this year. I mean not like getting through this semester isn't exciting but I really want to go somewhere. I haven't even been just outside of Elyria/North Ridgeville in a month and it sucks big ones.

I'm happy I have this weekend off. I just work tomorrow 11:30-4 then I'm done until Monday. Luckily I don't have anything I need to focus on for school either so I really get to relax. <3

Dear LCCC,
I hate you. You close for the University Partnership people and those damn early college kids who go to the same fucking campus we do but not for the regular students?!?! Suck a tree and die, I hope you catch on fire.

I am Irked and That Will Not Do

Oh jeeze it's already the 6th? Times are flyin'. Hell week ended up not being so hellish. In fact it was a lot of fun. I have 2 observations done and have my third on Tuesday. Both observations went really well, the kids were awesome I can only hope to have amazing kids in my classroom but I know I'll just have to shape them up :)

I don't get a weekend this weekend, well hardly one anyways. I worked today and tomorrow. Today wasn't that bad because of all the snow we got pounded with I got to go to work 2 hours later than usual and still get paid for it and the library wasn't that busy. Which unfortunately means we'll be swamped tomorrow. Goodie.

So highlights of this week includes showing Jess around the college and then running into Brenda which turned into rushing to the library on campus to see Mr. Raber and then talking on Italian bean chairs; Sitting in McDonald's for two hours to see Brittany with Steph, Brenda and Mers then spontaneously going to Walmart to buy the shoes Steph had in mind but ended up buying a different pair; Accidentally walking into the boys gym class at Open Door; Seeing how the new high school is coming along, it looks like a freaking line of townhouses; Complaining with Sara about how annoying math is; Brittany the hallway creeper; Walking into the UC study area with very fragrant pizza while everyone is sitting there trying to comprehend math; Having interesting conversations with people in my classes; Having a losing streak in a game of 'Noahs Ark Memory Game" against a 5 year old; Spending Friday with Evan and watching Bolt; Making fun of the idiots who came out in this shit to go to the library today with coworkers; Watching Zombieland (not into the zombies but it was hilarious if you get rid of the stupid parts) and watching Runaway Bride (loooooooooooved it).

Damn good busy as hell week :)

Song stuck in head: "If You Only Knew" Shinedown

You Ready to Go?

Today started my week from hell. There is so much to get done this week it's crazy and it doesn't help that the only day I have off of work is Friday. But at least I'll get my first paycheck :)

Today I had class. I'm getting used to math again but I'm still worried about the test coming up next Wednesday. I'm going to have to get more practice in and stop rushing because that causes me to make stupid mistakes. Zumba is going amazingly. I find myself looking forward to that class because then I can just let loose and not have to worry for about 50 minutes of the day. It's great for mind clearing. After class I had an hour before I had to go to work, so I rush home, eat and then go to work. Work will be even worse than I thought this week because the full time page has jury duty and won't be there, so half the work that normally gets done out of the week won't get done and things will back up and be a mess. Luckily I was with Chelly today for some of the time but tomorrow I'm there only 3 hours by myself, it will be hell. Especially after going to class and doing an observation at Open Door for 2.5 hours. But at least I'll have 1/5 done. I'm also doing one on Friday at the Children's Learning Center and another one next Tuesday at Spring Valley. Then I'll have 3 done for one of my classes. That will be a load of my mind. Minus the fact that I have to teach a clinical on the 25th and type out the lesson plan over something I have no idea what I'm doing yet. It never ends!