Our city is one of many that puts on Boo at the Zoo for Halloween. I had always wanted to take my kids there once I had them. We didn't go last year as she was still really little, but this year we figured that she would actually get something out of it.
She had more fun that I even though she would. At the entrance they had a setup a local wildlife rehab organization with some birds of prey. They are unreleasable for whatever reason and are used for education. When I was a kid, my dad volunteered for this organization and he was a handler for their great horned owl. I zeroed in on the owl they had and I got a great picture with it and me holding the baby. We also saw a beautiful falcon.
We get inside the gates and we are greeted by volunteers in animal costumes waving and dancing around. The baby was on her daddy's shoulders and I could see just how excited she was. She was up high with a great view of all the sights and sounds around her. The lights were just so amazing to her. Her eyes were wide and she was making her happy noises with the biggest smile on her face, just taking it all in. Even on our long walk back to car she was laughing and enjoying herself which was a huge plus because it was baby bedtime by then.
This is probably my favourite part of being a parent, watching my little girl experience her world with her mom and dad at her side. She just gets so excited about what is going on around her. It's so much fun to watch.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
A Local Giveaway
A Sophisticated Mommy is running another great giveaway. This time she teamed up with Playful Peanut to offer this wonderful giveaway. One of the neatest things about this giveaway? They are local to me! I have actually purchased from these ladies from a festival last summer.
I bought a toddler belt and it's great quality and I received wonderful service. I'm hopeful that I will see them again at one of the local craft shows this holiday season as there are a few more items that I'd love to buy from them.
I bought a toddler belt and it's great quality and I received wonderful service. I'm hopeful that I will see them again at one of the local craft shows this holiday season as there are a few more items that I'd love to buy from them.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
An Interesting Conversation
You might remember my hysterical laughter about my sister in law's separation from this post. Well I have a bit of an update on that and I'm unsure what to think about it.
Honey ran into his grandfather's second wife last night. Yes I know his family seems to enjoy divorce. Both his parents and grandfather, as well as my father have all been married three times, a trend honey and I wish to buck. They hadn't seen each other nor spoken in well over five years so it was a bit of a random chance encounter.
Well I guess she had either seen or spoken to honey's sister, or maybe even his mother. We got further confirmation that his sister and her husband are split up, and for far longer than we thought. She says it happened in March, we thought it happened in or around early July. We found out the reason, apparently he caught her cheating on him with another guy. Now we had assumed that she had "done" something to be the cause of the divorce as honey's mother had called him asking him to get a gang of guys together to go break down the door of his sisters house because her husband wasn't letting her in. While I may never have been divorced before, my understanding of divorce law(from grade twelve and my own parent's divorce) is that there are only certain circumstances in which one spouse can legally not allow the other back into the marital home. Needless to say honey refused this request. Well his grandfather's ex told him the name of the man his sister cheated with and is apparently now living with.
Now I don't generally believe anything that anyone in his family says without independent confirmation. We've been lied to far too many times. So back to Facebook I went. I found a person on her friends list with the same name of her so called new boyfriend. I checked him out. A fairly locked down profile, but I did see that he has at least one sister and at least one younger brother. The younger brother's profile was fairly open. He just graduated this year, honey's sister was at his grad dinner. So yes, his grandmother's ex seemed to be correct in her information, his sister and this person seem to be together.
She also mentioned that his sister had tried to write off two vehicles in one fell swoop awhile back by running them into each other. The insurer for all intents and purposes told them where to go. This not being the first time that she tried to defraud the company. That explains why we hadn't seen either of these very unique and noticeable trucks in months.
To top it off, honey's mother supposedly has a new boyfriend herself and is planning a move about five hours from here with said new boyfriend. She's been "moving" for years now so we'll see if we see her house up for sale anytime soon. It's right off the main road that I take to school every single day so we'd know almost the second it went on the market.
So it was a very interesting and eye opening conversation to say the least. His family is never without their drama and seeing as we no longer speak to most of them we aren't usually kept in the loop. So it's good to know the latest happenings. It's all just so weird.
Honey ran into his grandfather's second wife last night. Yes I know his family seems to enjoy divorce. Both his parents and grandfather, as well as my father have all been married three times, a trend honey and I wish to buck. They hadn't seen each other nor spoken in well over five years so it was a bit of a random chance encounter.
Well I guess she had either seen or spoken to honey's sister, or maybe even his mother. We got further confirmation that his sister and her husband are split up, and for far longer than we thought. She says it happened in March, we thought it happened in or around early July. We found out the reason, apparently he caught her cheating on him with another guy. Now we had assumed that she had "done" something to be the cause of the divorce as honey's mother had called him asking him to get a gang of guys together to go break down the door of his sisters house because her husband wasn't letting her in. While I may never have been divorced before, my understanding of divorce law(from grade twelve and my own parent's divorce) is that there are only certain circumstances in which one spouse can legally not allow the other back into the marital home. Needless to say honey refused this request. Well his grandfather's ex told him the name of the man his sister cheated with and is apparently now living with.
Now I don't generally believe anything that anyone in his family says without independent confirmation. We've been lied to far too many times. So back to Facebook I went. I found a person on her friends list with the same name of her so called new boyfriend. I checked him out. A fairly locked down profile, but I did see that he has at least one sister and at least one younger brother. The younger brother's profile was fairly open. He just graduated this year, honey's sister was at his grad dinner. So yes, his grandmother's ex seemed to be correct in her information, his sister and this person seem to be together.
She also mentioned that his sister had tried to write off two vehicles in one fell swoop awhile back by running them into each other. The insurer for all intents and purposes told them where to go. This not being the first time that she tried to defraud the company. That explains why we hadn't seen either of these very unique and noticeable trucks in months.
To top it off, honey's mother supposedly has a new boyfriend herself and is planning a move about five hours from here with said new boyfriend. She's been "moving" for years now so we'll see if we see her house up for sale anytime soon. It's right off the main road that I take to school every single day so we'd know almost the second it went on the market.
So it was a very interesting and eye opening conversation to say the least. His family is never without their drama and seeing as we no longer speak to most of them we aren't usually kept in the loop. So it's good to know the latest happenings. It's all just so weird.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Cookie Cutter Houses
I'm sure you all remember the saga that was the sale of our house. Well now we are looking at moving again. We knew that this was going to happen. Selling that house and moving here was a stop gap. Very few people can say that they sold something small and old, got something larger and newer and end up in better financial position. Well honey and I can seeing as we did it with our cars a few years back. Not something I recommend to everyone though, but it seems to work for us.
So where do we want to live? Well we are torn. There is part of me that would like to stay where we are. It's a nice little suburb. Close to bus routes and walking distance to a library and shopping, two schools too. But this area has some issues. For one, we don't like the schools and I'm not sure what busing would be like or if it would even be available to the kind of school we want our children to attend. It's also very hard to find a house in this area that has a garage, even a single. Many that do have a garage have no yard left or they are further south in the slightly newer area. Buying a house like that, we may as well go new build and in the area where our preferred schools are.
So on to that option. We've been considering building for some time now. We've been attending the Parade of Homes and we know which builder and plans we like. We also know which area we prefer. One is pretty walkable to shopping and our first choice school. My cousin and his fiancee live there. We're not fans. Despite a corner lot, once their deck went up(and it's not even that big a deck) there is no room left for a shed, small garden and/or a swing set. All of which are very important to us. And there seems to be no street parking. We've had a few family functions at his place since he took possession. Last one was in July and as I was the last one to arrive there was no room left in his driveway and I had to park a very long way away. The spot I did get was in front of house still under construction. Not something we really want to have to deal with.
Second area is slightly less walkable, but still close to grocery and gas station. It also happens to be walking distance to my aunt and uncle's house as well as my grandparents' condo. Lots are a bit larger here with better street parking. But the bigger lots are mostly backing onto a busy street with truck traffic. Honey and I lived on a major truck route and it's not something that we really care to repeat.
Our first choice area is by far the least walkable. In fact there isn't much that is close by. The lots are the largest and the least expensive. It's probably the least pretentious of all the new subdivisions in the city much less our target area. This really appeals to us.
So what is the problem with all these sub-divsions, both new and older. Well, the houses are all cookie cutter copies of each other. On my street alone, there are fourteen! Yes fourteen houses that share the same floor plan as my own. Some are mirror images and there are a few that have slightly different elevations and of course different paint colours but at the core, they are all the same. If we move to any one of the new sub-divisions, we are more than likely to be hit with the same problem. I'm not sure if that is what we really want. I guess we'll have to wait and see.
So where do we want to live? Well we are torn. There is part of me that would like to stay where we are. It's a nice little suburb. Close to bus routes and walking distance to a library and shopping, two schools too. But this area has some issues. For one, we don't like the schools and I'm not sure what busing would be like or if it would even be available to the kind of school we want our children to attend. It's also very hard to find a house in this area that has a garage, even a single. Many that do have a garage have no yard left or they are further south in the slightly newer area. Buying a house like that, we may as well go new build and in the area where our preferred schools are.
So on to that option. We've been considering building for some time now. We've been attending the Parade of Homes and we know which builder and plans we like. We also know which area we prefer. One is pretty walkable to shopping and our first choice school. My cousin and his fiancee live there. We're not fans. Despite a corner lot, once their deck went up(and it's not even that big a deck) there is no room left for a shed, small garden and/or a swing set. All of which are very important to us. And there seems to be no street parking. We've had a few family functions at his place since he took possession. Last one was in July and as I was the last one to arrive there was no room left in his driveway and I had to park a very long way away. The spot I did get was in front of house still under construction. Not something we really want to have to deal with.
Second area is slightly less walkable, but still close to grocery and gas station. It also happens to be walking distance to my aunt and uncle's house as well as my grandparents' condo. Lots are a bit larger here with better street parking. But the bigger lots are mostly backing onto a busy street with truck traffic. Honey and I lived on a major truck route and it's not something that we really care to repeat.
Our first choice area is by far the least walkable. In fact there isn't much that is close by. The lots are the largest and the least expensive. It's probably the least pretentious of all the new subdivisions in the city much less our target area. This really appeals to us.
So what is the problem with all these sub-divsions, both new and older. Well, the houses are all cookie cutter copies of each other. On my street alone, there are fourteen! Yes fourteen houses that share the same floor plan as my own. Some are mirror images and there are a few that have slightly different elevations and of course different paint colours but at the core, they are all the same. If we move to any one of the new sub-divisions, we are more than likely to be hit with the same problem. I'm not sure if that is what we really want. I guess we'll have to wait and see.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
So Busy
So much for keeping up better with my blog even though I can get marks for it. I've just been so busy that I don't get a lot of time online these days. Here is a rundown on why I'm so busy.
My days start at 6am, but I usually don't get out of bed until 6:15. Bad idea as it puts me far enough behind that I don't usually get to eat breakfast. The baby also gets up around this time, but sometimes as late at 6:30. While she is having her breakfast I get dressed and put on my makeup and everything. Then I get her dressed and ready for the day. Honey's alarm goes off at 6:30am and I usually have to yell at him to really wake up. He only has about ten minutes before I need to leave to catch the bus.It takes two buses to get from my suburban home to campus near the edge of town and I need to be at school for 8am. I didn't wake up at 8am to get to work but I'm doing ok.
I'm then in school from 8am until 4pm with an hour for lunch in between. There are a ridiculous amount of stairs. I've only found one elevator. The university I went to had oodles of elevators and they even had an escalator. Thankfully I'm in good shape or I think those stairs would be the death of me.
My trip home as of late has been challenging. I need to time it right to get on the first bus to downtown. There are many options to get to the south end of the city. But there is a specific bus I want. There is an express and regular route that go down the street I need. But both these are via different ways. The one express via doesn't even remotely go where I want it. And the other way, I have to walk about ten minutes. It's not that long as I walked there all the time in the summer to get to the grocery store and Starbucks. But in the cold and rain and soon to be snow? Not my idea of fun. So essentially the express route is out. The regular route's stop is actually three houses away from mine. Perfect! One takes a very long and winding detour that adds about fifteen minutes to the trip. So what does that leave me with? Just one, and it's been giving me trouble. It seems to be getting later and later every day. When you are standing at a bus shack that for whatever reason has no walls despite being a major stop, even extra seconds to wait is far too long. When I first started, if I got on the right buses, I made it home no later than 5pm. The past few days it's been closer to 5:45 and my husband has been preparing to send out search parties.
The second I get home, I have a minute or two to say hello to my baby bunny. Then it's time to start dinner. Everything is home cooked in this house. It took me a long time to figure it out, but it's cheaper! 6:30 is baby bath time, 7 is baby bed time. Then it's homework time. I always have questions and readings to do, like an hour or twos worth. So my TV and internet time has severely languished. Probably for the best anyway, but it's a good thing we have a PVR. I do make a point to watch the news and then I'm asleep only to have to start all over again about six hours later.
So that's my life. Was it as exhausting to read as it was to type? Now you know why I don't blog a day like I did. Again I promise to try to do better!
My days start at 6am, but I usually don't get out of bed until 6:15. Bad idea as it puts me far enough behind that I don't usually get to eat breakfast. The baby also gets up around this time, but sometimes as late at 6:30. While she is having her breakfast I get dressed and put on my makeup and everything. Then I get her dressed and ready for the day. Honey's alarm goes off at 6:30am and I usually have to yell at him to really wake up. He only has about ten minutes before I need to leave to catch the bus.It takes two buses to get from my suburban home to campus near the edge of town and I need to be at school for 8am. I didn't wake up at 8am to get to work but I'm doing ok.
I'm then in school from 8am until 4pm with an hour for lunch in between. There are a ridiculous amount of stairs. I've only found one elevator. The university I went to had oodles of elevators and they even had an escalator. Thankfully I'm in good shape or I think those stairs would be the death of me.
My trip home as of late has been challenging. I need to time it right to get on the first bus to downtown. There are many options to get to the south end of the city. But there is a specific bus I want. There is an express and regular route that go down the street I need. But both these are via different ways. The one express via doesn't even remotely go where I want it. And the other way, I have to walk about ten minutes. It's not that long as I walked there all the time in the summer to get to the grocery store and Starbucks. But in the cold and rain and soon to be snow? Not my idea of fun. So essentially the express route is out. The regular route's stop is actually three houses away from mine. Perfect! One takes a very long and winding detour that adds about fifteen minutes to the trip. So what does that leave me with? Just one, and it's been giving me trouble. It seems to be getting later and later every day. When you are standing at a bus shack that for whatever reason has no walls despite being a major stop, even extra seconds to wait is far too long. When I first started, if I got on the right buses, I made it home no later than 5pm. The past few days it's been closer to 5:45 and my husband has been preparing to send out search parties.
The second I get home, I have a minute or two to say hello to my baby bunny. Then it's time to start dinner. Everything is home cooked in this house. It took me a long time to figure it out, but it's cheaper! 6:30 is baby bath time, 7 is baby bed time. Then it's homework time. I always have questions and readings to do, like an hour or twos worth. So my TV and internet time has severely languished. Probably for the best anyway, but it's a good thing we have a PVR. I do make a point to watch the news and then I'm asleep only to have to start all over again about six hours later.
So that's my life. Was it as exhausting to read as it was to type? Now you know why I don't blog a day like I did. Again I promise to try to do better!
Another Giveaway!
The lovely Stacey of Not Just Baby Brain is running another great giveaway!
Here you can read about Milk Nursingwear, a great company that sells everything from nursing bras to nursing dresses. I am a huge fan of nursing tanks and they have a great variety on their site.
Here you can read about Milk Nursingwear, a great company that sells everything from nursing bras to nursing dresses. I am a huge fan of nursing tanks and they have a great variety on their site.
Sunday, October 09, 2011
I'm Quite Likely in Trouble
We skipped Thanksgiving this year. My family decided that nobody wanted to cook this year, even though my dad and his girlfriend who are staying with us this weekend offered to do it. So they chose to eat at a hotel with a buffet instead, at 6pm. My kid goes to be at 7pm, give or take no more than ten minutes. And the hotel is located a good twenty minute drive from our house. Does this sound like a recipe for disaster for you too? Because it does for me and hubby.
I told my dad I didn't like this plan. I told him it really conflicted with my rather regimented schedule for the baby. But they didn't either A) want to order it in from the hotel, B) eat at 3pm, or C) cook themselves. I told him I made no guarantees we will be there. We didn't go.
Instead our family of three spent the day in a beautiful small town about two hours from here. We walked along the water, looked at the boats and just enjoyed the wonderful weather, just our little family. We had a simple dinner of spaghetti at home and the baby went to bed easily and right on time.
My dad called me wondering where we were. He was rather shocked when I told him, even though it's not so far fetched. We are known to take the baby out for mini road trips to new and exciting places. But I could hear the disappointment in his voice when he realized that we weren't coming. I told him we never said for sure that we would be able to make it, and that I was very unhappy with what time it was.
So this is pretty much the first time that I've done this, skipped a family meal I mean. I'm anticipating some serious fallout. I'll likely be hearing about this until Christmas. But I'm not worried. I come from a very small family. My dad has one sister who only has one child and then I'm an only child. Other than my daughter, the last baby to be born in our family was me. So they just don't get that she has a schedule and we stick to it like glue. Having her eat supper and then go to bed late is among the worst ideas in human history. I can safely say that all the other diners would be giving thanks that we stayed home. Kidlet isn't thirteen weeks and super portable, will sleep anywhere, only to wake up every few hours to eat. Nor is she thirteen years with bedtime of 10pm and easily adaptable to change. She is thirteen months, so very dependent on her routine. I will defend our choice to the end and I will not feel badly that we skipped a restaurant Thanksgiving.
I told my dad I didn't like this plan. I told him it really conflicted with my rather regimented schedule for the baby. But they didn't either A) want to order it in from the hotel, B) eat at 3pm, or C) cook themselves. I told him I made no guarantees we will be there. We didn't go.
Instead our family of three spent the day in a beautiful small town about two hours from here. We walked along the water, looked at the boats and just enjoyed the wonderful weather, just our little family. We had a simple dinner of spaghetti at home and the baby went to bed easily and right on time.
My dad called me wondering where we were. He was rather shocked when I told him, even though it's not so far fetched. We are known to take the baby out for mini road trips to new and exciting places. But I could hear the disappointment in his voice when he realized that we weren't coming. I told him we never said for sure that we would be able to make it, and that I was very unhappy with what time it was.
So this is pretty much the first time that I've done this, skipped a family meal I mean. I'm anticipating some serious fallout. I'll likely be hearing about this until Christmas. But I'm not worried. I come from a very small family. My dad has one sister who only has one child and then I'm an only child. Other than my daughter, the last baby to be born in our family was me. So they just don't get that she has a schedule and we stick to it like glue. Having her eat supper and then go to bed late is among the worst ideas in human history. I can safely say that all the other diners would be giving thanks that we stayed home. Kidlet isn't thirteen weeks and super portable, will sleep anywhere, only to wake up every few hours to eat. Nor is she thirteen years with bedtime of 10pm and easily adaptable to change. She is thirteen months, so very dependent on her routine. I will defend our choice to the end and I will not feel badly that we skipped a restaurant Thanksgiving.
Saturday, October 08, 2011
Utterly Miserable
It seems that something is getting the kidlet down. I'm not sure if it's her molars, her eye teeth, or if she has a virus or something. Maybe a combination of all of the above? Her sleep last night was atrocious. She woke up and stayed up at 3:45am. After an hour she went back down only to get up and stay up around 6:30am for the day. Now getting up at 6:30am has been part of her routine as of late so I can't say I was totally surprised about that. But she just didn't want to nap. She slept for maybe 20 minutes on the way to the bank. Considering that she sleeps for 2-3 hours at daycare, this was a total fail.
Not sleeping equals very angry baby. She was in a near constant state of freakout for most of the late afternoon. The good kind of freakout where she only accepts being held by me whilst standing. When you are trying to show your dad's girlfriend the floor plans for the houses that you and your husband are looking at for next year and holding a twenty some odd pound baby don't really mix.
So we put her down for another nap attempt. Amazingly, she fell asleep. Too bad it was soon supper time. Decision time. Wake her up for dinner? Let sleeping baby lie? We went with the wake up route. She ate maybe one third of her meal before she threw a huge fit and I took her to bed for the night where she is now peacefully sleeping.
We are set to have Thanksgiving dinner(at a hotel, don't ask) tomorrow. I really hope that she's feeling better. My grandparents will be crushed if we are no shows. Here is hoping.
Not sleeping equals very angry baby. She was in a near constant state of freakout for most of the late afternoon. The good kind of freakout where she only accepts being held by me whilst standing. When you are trying to show your dad's girlfriend the floor plans for the houses that you and your husband are looking at for next year and holding a twenty some odd pound baby don't really mix.
So we put her down for another nap attempt. Amazingly, she fell asleep. Too bad it was soon supper time. Decision time. Wake her up for dinner? Let sleeping baby lie? We went with the wake up route. She ate maybe one third of her meal before she threw a huge fit and I took her to bed for the night where she is now peacefully sleeping.
We are set to have Thanksgiving dinner(at a hotel, don't ask) tomorrow. I really hope that she's feeling better. My grandparents will be crushed if we are no shows. Here is hoping.
Friday, October 07, 2011
My First Week
Well it's now finished. My first week of school that is. It's been busy. It's been frustrating. It's been tiring. But I know that it's worth it.
One of my classes is that on business communication. What a perfect fit for the girl who doesn't use text speak whilst texting and uses(mostly) proper grammar even for her blog. One of my assignments is to keep a journal. It doesn't have to directly relate to the class, or even to school. We can write about what we want, how we want. This includes my already existing blog. So good news everyone! I will get marks for blogging! So it also means that I will have to be diligent in updating even though I was originally concerned that I would have time.
As for the rest of my classes, many touch on what I already did for a living. I've strangely missed accounting. But I can tell you something that I haven't missed. Math. I know what you're thinking. Isn't accounting math? Well yes...but no. My big math issue is that I was never allowed in high school to take consumer math. You know, useful math. Because I was pegged in grade nine as a "high achiever" or something to the like I was instructed to take per-calculus and then in grade twelve calculus. I can safely say that I've never used anything I learned in high school math in real life. Maybe if I was a physicist or something I would care about limits and sin and cosin and all that nonsense. But I'm really, really not, so I've sort of been soured for life on mathematical concepts.
Accounting, bookkeeping and payroll is useful math. Numbers make sense and you don't have ridiculous equations to try to solve for, it's all applications. Plus I like payroll, weird I know. It was probably one of my favourite parts of my job. I got to co-ordinate with one of my closest friends and I was solely responsible for the tech times for ten guys. I was the go-to girl for my techs. I was young, but I was respected. A very good feeling to say the least. I can only hope that at my next job I can find the same thing.
One of my classes is that on business communication. What a perfect fit for the girl who doesn't use text speak whilst texting and uses(mostly) proper grammar even for her blog. One of my assignments is to keep a journal. It doesn't have to directly relate to the class, or even to school. We can write about what we want, how we want. This includes my already existing blog. So good news everyone! I will get marks for blogging! So it also means that I will have to be diligent in updating even though I was originally concerned that I would have time.
As for the rest of my classes, many touch on what I already did for a living. I've strangely missed accounting. But I can tell you something that I haven't missed. Math. I know what you're thinking. Isn't accounting math? Well yes...but no. My big math issue is that I was never allowed in high school to take consumer math. You know, useful math. Because I was pegged in grade nine as a "high achiever" or something to the like I was instructed to take per-calculus and then in grade twelve calculus. I can safely say that I've never used anything I learned in high school math in real life. Maybe if I was a physicist or something I would care about limits and sin and cosin and all that nonsense. But I'm really, really not, so I've sort of been soured for life on mathematical concepts.
Accounting, bookkeeping and payroll is useful math. Numbers make sense and you don't have ridiculous equations to try to solve for, it's all applications. Plus I like payroll, weird I know. It was probably one of my favourite parts of my job. I got to co-ordinate with one of my closest friends and I was solely responsible for the tech times for ten guys. I was the go-to girl for my techs. I was young, but I was respected. A very good feeling to say the least. I can only hope that at my next job I can find the same thing.
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Update on School
I finished my first day of actual school today. Monday was orientation and was when I discovered that I was likely in for hell. Great.
So today, as with apparently every other morning, was spent in the computer lab. First was my computer course. Oy. I really hope it gets better as we get more into things. I can't handle three hours starting at 8am of how to create a new folder and how to save Word documents. Seriously, I "learned" that today. Then I had to sit through an hour of keyboarding. Again with the seriously. To pass that course I need to type 40 wpm with 3 errors or less. Uh, on simple lines I can do twice that, but my general average is anywhere between 50-60. I've been told that I should be able to complete the test within the next couple classes. I honestly hope so. I might blow my brains out if I can't.
Afternoons are spent in classroom. I actually had homework. Easy reading, but assignments are coming. I'm looking forward to these classes as I feel they are truly relavent to the work that I've already done and they will really help in the future.
So that's the update. Buses suck, my locker is a million miles away, and I feel like an elementary school student eating my bagged lunch. I'm not sure how much time I'll have to update, but I'll try to keep it up as things go along. But don't be surprised if you don't hear from me unless it's a holiday ;)
So today, as with apparently every other morning, was spent in the computer lab. First was my computer course. Oy. I really hope it gets better as we get more into things. I can't handle three hours starting at 8am of how to create a new folder and how to save Word documents. Seriously, I "learned" that today. Then I had to sit through an hour of keyboarding. Again with the seriously. To pass that course I need to type 40 wpm with 3 errors or less. Uh, on simple lines I can do twice that, but my general average is anywhere between 50-60. I've been told that I should be able to complete the test within the next couple classes. I honestly hope so. I might blow my brains out if I can't.
Afternoons are spent in classroom. I actually had homework. Easy reading, but assignments are coming. I'm looking forward to these classes as I feel they are truly relavent to the work that I've already done and they will really help in the future.
So that's the update. Buses suck, my locker is a million miles away, and I feel like an elementary school student eating my bagged lunch. I'm not sure how much time I'll have to update, but I'll try to keep it up as things go along. But don't be surprised if you don't hear from me unless it's a holiday ;)
Sunday, October 02, 2011
Tomorrow a New Begining
Tomorrow I start school. Back into the rather frightening swing of things and hope to god I don't screw it up like I've done pretty much everything else in my life.
I have my lunch made and in my fridge, backpack containing some pens and notebooks ready by the door and my iPod charged and synced.
At 9am I get to try to find a room in a building that only has a letter for a name, that I'm not really sure where it is. Then I'll get my schedule and learn where else on the face of the earth my classes are and just what the hell I'm supposed to do with the nearly thousand dollars worth of books that measures nearly two feet tall.
This course is so short, only til February. And there is a three week practicum and almost three weeks off in December. This is an insane amount of stuff to learn. I must be crazy.
I have my lunch made and in my fridge, backpack containing some pens and notebooks ready by the door and my iPod charged and synced.
At 9am I get to try to find a room in a building that only has a letter for a name, that I'm not really sure where it is. Then I'll get my schedule and learn where else on the face of the earth my classes are and just what the hell I'm supposed to do with the nearly thousand dollars worth of books that measures nearly two feet tall.
This course is so short, only til February. And there is a three week practicum and almost three weeks off in December. This is an insane amount of stuff to learn. I must be crazy.
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