Life's Moments

Here where I live its a gloomy Tuesday. Its starting to really feel like fall. Its cool today, the high for this afternoon is 64. I like the change. I don't think I could live in a state where the seasons never change. Its refreshing!

Classes are going well. I've been super busy. I have to finish a paper today (yes I have another due!) Today I've got class at 1:00 and then the rest of the afternoon will be spent on you know what.

Thursday I am meeting with an academic advisor for social work. I'm hoping to be able to dig right in to my social work classes this upcoming winter. I am going to take 4 more classes at JCC to get another associates - in general studies. So I won't have to take the classes at OU. I can take the JCC classes online as I want to and it will be cheaper, much cheaper. Because I am planning on starting to Social Work classes in the winter, it will allow me to finish earlier. I will take classes through the summer but I will be done in the summer of 2010, instead of starting next fall, and ending in the winter of 2011. That's an entire year! SO I don't really mind taking a couple classes in the summer to finish almost an whole year sooner. Anyway, more about that later!

I better get a couple things done before I have class.

I finally got my papers done and my lab. Thanks to good old Pandora. Playing some good ol' Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift and a few others helped my get through it. A little music, and some creative juices, got me going so I finish this stuff. All this paper writing, Im not sure if I like it!

I have another paper due Wednesday, but I think I am going to hold off until tomorrow. No more paper writing for tonight!

I am going to kick back for a bit before I go to bed. I think I deserve it. Its been a long day trying to come up with stuff to write about. I admit, some stuff I wrote was complete bull... I just came up with something to fill the paper. Don't worry, it sounds good.

Hope you have a good night!

My head is spinning. I've written 2 papers so far today and a lab report.

I have one more reaction paper to write on an article I don't even understand.
Great.

Well I better try to get to it. I'm hoping that I can come up with something.

I had the hardest time thinking of a title for this post. Im just not with it tonight. Im so tired tonight. I even took a nap today. Nothing good is on TV tonight, I don't have the motivation to work on the paper, and 2 assignments I have due on monday. So I guess I will be going to bed shortly.

On to something more exciting . . .

Friday Bobby came over before his game. We had dinner, hung out, I helped him with some of hus laundry, played a game and then I went to his hockey game at 10:45p.m. and it started late. I didnt get home until late... we went out for a "pop" as my cousin Bob like to call it. It was a very nice day and I was so happy to see Bobby.

Today was a cloudy, chilly kind of day. All I wanted to do was relax, take a nap and just hangout. And that is exactly what I did. :)

Tomorrow is going to be my catch up on everything I need to get done for school day. Boy, I cannot wait! I better get some sleep so I am well rested.

I am so exciting on a Saturday night, I know. You're jealous! ha!

I need to make some friends my own age.

Crazy . . . its already thursday night. AND Grey's Anatomy was on! I've been waiting for "good" and "new" tv, and its finally here!!! yay! I remember a while back thinking about how the new shows weren't going to start until September 25. And its already here. Time flies too quick.

Its been a busy week. I had a test (4.0!) and a quiz (4.0!!) and a paper due. And I have 3 other things due on monday. So I have been movin along, its kinda nice having stuff due and tests and stuff . . .sad I know. BUT it gives me something to do. Because I have 2 friends here in Rochester. Yes I know another sad thing. But I have found that people at OU aren't all that friendly and really are just there to go to class, get things done and be on their way. Its kinda sucks to tell you the truth. I dont know what to do. I feel super cool hanging out with my 78 year old aunt on a friday night, let me tell ya! Don't get me wrong. . . she's really nice and I like her but Im 21 years old. . . .come on! Ha! So my 2 friends and I will have to start hanging out on the weekends and not just at school.

I did go around to some places and apply for a job. I went to 2 assisted living places and a hospital. BUT the hospital wasn't hiring on-call staff. I really don't want to be committed to a part time position especially at a hospital. So Im going to keep looking. :) Wish me luck!

Tomorrow's friday!!! I've got class and then Bobby is coming over for dinner before hockey!

~Good Night~

Another weekend has come and gone. Weekends go by so fast don't they???

Well on Friday I met Bobby at Buffalo Wild Wings and then went with him to his hockey game. Poor guys lost by one point, but it was a good game, lots of excitement.
Saturday I went to lunch with my Aunt Carol and cousin Tracey and then Bobby came over. We ended up going to Sommerset Collection and did a little shopping. Well sort of, we bought a couple cards and that was it. But I did go into the Vera Bradley store. . . . I really want this in either "yellow bird" or "java blue." So I have had my eye one that.

After walking around the mall, we went to Rochester Beer Co. and had dinner and some good beer. Like Bobby said, "Its hard to drink the normal stuff after you've had to really good beer." The beer there is nothing like Coors or Budlight. It has a better flavor I guess you could say. I dont really know, Im not a beer expert. haha!

So then on Sunday, I went to Canton for this lovely lady's bridal shower. It was a very nice time and it was great to see everyone.

Today I have tackled one sociology test and now I am just hanging out, waiting for my next class to start.

Im just ready for monday to be over with. Its so hard to get back into the normal routine after the weekend. But its nice to breakaway.

I took some pictures!!! I thought some of you would like to see where Im living....
Well there I am...playing around with the camera.




This is my bedroom. Nothing super fancy, but it has been working out well.






Excuse the mess. :)



This is my all blue bathroom. Seriously, everything is blue, even the toilet.











The backyard :




So there you have it. Maybe sometime this week I will take a picture of my Aunt Doris, so you can see who she it too. And I'll take pictures of the front of the house too. Why not, right?

Ahhhhhh I feel a cold coming. I doubt its allergies.

My nose is going from stuffy to runny within minutes, my throat is starting to feel "scratchy" and Im sneezing up a storm.

Just perfect.

Any suggestions? Anyone?

I have pictures to post . . . maybe tomorrow. Im off to bed!

This Internet issue has been bugging me. I need the Internet for all of my classes and its been tricky not having it. I've put in a ton of calls to At&t. Well I just got home a little bit ago and was on hold to speak with someone from At&t. When the thought occurred to me ... unplug it from the phone connector and plug it right into the wall....well ta-da!!!! It works! Yay! So Ive got the internet.

This is my victory for today!

Well the weekend is over and now its back to school life.
This week is a busy one. I've got a paper due and a test, and the same goes for next week too.

My Internet at home isn't working yet, Im in the process of getting that fixed. It seems like getting that type of thing fixed always takes forever. At&t has to come and check the lines or something like that ...I could really understand Jude the guy I talked with in tech support. Thats the crappy thing about calling at&t, or a lot of companies. Their employees don't always speak the best English. So then Im the customer always say, "excuse me, what was that?" or " pardon me, can you repeat that?" or if I really didnt get it, "What?!?" At&t probably doesn't like it when I call. :)

As of right now I am waiting for class. Since the Internet at home is not working, I am taking advantage of the high speed wireless on campus.

The rest of the day will be spent studying and adding the finishing touches on my paper. Then Im gonna have to do it all over again. Yeppie!

Well bare with me Im going to try to post again soon - who knows when the Internet will get fixed.

* Ike is sending the rain to Michigan *
Its been pouring here for hours....
Today is gloomy, chilly and wet.

Going out in the pouring rain is not my favorite. I dislike getting all wet and then being cold. Plus it does nothing good for my hair. :)

But Im meeting Lisa and Leslie at a Greek restaurant for lunch. Then after that I have to pick up a printer for school. OU charges .20 cents a page..for ONE page. That is going to add up fast!

The rest of the day. . . . my nose will be in a book.

I've been having Internet issues, so I haven't posted much. Once I get everything straightened out, I will try to post on a regular basis...that is if people out there are actually reading.

So I came home for the weekend. I have to pick up a printer from Bobby's and to get a few other things taken care of over the weekend. Im just glad its Friday.

Other then getting a few things done, reading some a few things for class, I plan on just relaxing. Its not going to be a very nice weekend, rain - all caused from good ol' Ike.

So on my way home today, there were people lined up at the gas station. What the heck. Well I found out that gas prices might be going up to $5.50/gallon because of the hurricane. That's crazy! What do you think?

I have learned, parking at OU is a zoo. Its nuts. And Wednesday is the worst day out of the week. I have class at 10:40. I left the house at 10 and at 10:20 when I got to the school, people were everywhere. I went to the usual place I've been parking, oh no there wasn't a spot. So I park waaay out. It took me 15 minutes at a fast pace to get to class. Lucky for my my professor had the same problem and was later then I was! Another thing is people here are not good drivers. One girl totally cut me off, she didn't even look.

A second thing I have learned is that most everyone here has money or atleast thats how they appear.... All of the girls here have coach, prada and all the top things. The guys a good number of them wear Northface and I've even seen a guy in Capri's. haha. Looks very funny.

Its definitely different here.

I have a couple pictures to post later.
I'm gonna go eat lunch, before my next class.

So its already 7:45pm on Sunday night. How does that happen?

Anyway. . . .

Here's my weekend re-cap:

Friday: Bobby came over and my aunt made homemade meatloaf, baked potatoes, corn on the cob and coleslaw. She had cherry pie and apple turn overs for desert, but we were all so stuffed there was no way that we would be able to eat anymore! After that, I showed Bobby around OU's campus. He thought it was pretty nice. He had a hockey game at 8:30 and my Aunt Carol and Uncle Lee came as well. Bobby's team ended up losing, but its only the first game of many. So next week its on. After the game we all went to a bar/restaurant for a bite to eat and to visit. By the end of the night I was beat.

Saturday: I hung out and relaxed in the morning and I went on a bike ride around the neighborhood. I have never had a neighborhood to ride my bike in, so I thought that was kind of neat. Later on I drove to Wayne to see Bob and to meet his 3 new roommates, Al, Pete and Ray. They were all very nice. We ended up hanging out and going out to dinner...

Sunday: I went for another bike ride, did some laundry and had dinner with my Aunt. I know... so exciting. My aunt made homemade soup and it was wonderful. To say the least I will not starve while living here, thats for sure! The rest of the night Im going to be getting a few things done for school and just hanging out. I've got to gear up for my long day tomorrow. I have 3 classes and I leave at 10 and I don't get home until 6 (depending on traffic). So I need my rest!

I've started classes. So far, so good. It was intimidating thats for sure. I went the night before ( Tuesday ) to scope out where my classes were and where to park. I found that ok. Wednesday was a long day. I was at the school from 10AM-5:30. Yeah, long day. But I found my classes, and everything went well. I had a lot of down time. But Im sure that once my classes get going down time wont really exist anymore.
So what classes am I taking you may be asking . . .
well ....

Sociology
Human Biology
American Politics
and
Social Work Experience

16 credits all together.

Everything at my Aunt's house is going well. This morning before class she took me down to show me where the Rochester Library is located ( I got my very own card) and we went to a place called "Papa Joes." Very neat little market. They have every single type of fresh produce you could ever think of...and they have amazing deserts. And they have samples all over ! That was great! :)

Let me know that you all are still out there! Leave me some love!

Well Im all moved into my aunt's house. So far, things are going well. Lots of changes. I arrived yesterday and got all situated.

Today I have class all day. I will let you know how that goes!

More later!

Have a great Wednesday!