Finals scare me

I really hope I'm stressing out over nothing, but I have this awful feeling that my finals are going to be as difficult as they are in my dreams. Yeah, I'm already having finals nightmares. I'm a dork. I wish I could just fast forward to Christmas and be done with it, but that's not going to happen so I'll stop wasting my time thinking about it. On a happier note, I got into all the classes I wanted at the times I wanted without having to bug my advisor. I still have to go talk to her about my A.P. credit mess, but at least I won't have to gravel this time. Have I ever mentioned how much I hate graveling? Maybe that's what I should ask Santa for- a year with no graveling. And world peace. And candy. The end.

I have a cold.

I have a cold and I'm sooo bored! I wanted to go to the Baylor game, or maybe go home, but I can't do anything until I get better. In the meantime I have the worst case of cabin fever ever. I keep driving through fast food places so that I can get out without actually "getting out," but it's really starting to show so I'm going to have to find something else to do. Today I actually had to lie down to get my fat jeans on. Yeah, I know, disgusting. Maybe I can go and just get a diet coke or something. Send suggestions and cold remedies if you know any.

On a happier note, my calculus and econ tests are over so I can relax a little more this weekend. Maybe with all that rest I'll feel up to going to Java Wesley and Halloween parties. I really don't want to miss anything and it's driving me crazy that I didn't get to do SOS last night. A whole week with no cute little kid quotes or stories to cheer me up, what am I going to do?

S.O.S. say what?!! Yay for my first night at S.O.S.! The kids were too cute and they were so good. I was prepared for craziness and these kids blew me away. I didn't hear anything disrespectful or very negative at all. The worst problem we had was that some of the kids were shy and a little hesitant to participate and for the first night I think that's pretty understandable. It was kind of hard for me to see the differences between these kids and kids in Katy and not want to go chew out their parents, but I guess I'll get used to it. Really, there is such a difference between the kids with "good" parents and the kids with absentee parents it would shock you. For example, one of my kindergarteners can read and write better than the third graders I met and he's way ahead of the first and second graders. When I asked one of the leaders about him they were just like "Oh, his mom works with him." I wish parents could come and see this. I don't know if it would make much difference to some of them, but to see that these kids have the ability and aren't being taught really upsets me. Oh, and I want to be clear that I don't think it should be up to the teachers to drag these kids through school. Time for my cliche of the day: you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

Why do I start out all my posts with "ok" or "ok so"? How boring is that? I'll try to come up with something clever, or better yet why doesn't someone else write something clever and send it to me.

Ok so here's the short version:
I started school and I LOVE it!
We bought a house and I LOVE it!

Now for the long version:
I'm loving A&M. My classes are going well so far. I have one prof that's kind of hard to understand, but I think I can use the book to figure out what he's trying to teach. He came from tu (hiss) and he didn't seem like he knew what he was doing, but I think he was really nervous so maybe it'll be okay. I can't believe how many people I know here. In my accounting class alone there are two people from my church (which really isn't a very big church, kinda strange huh?), two girls I met at transfer conference, and the quarterback from my high school football team. I was a little bit worried about being able to figure out which buses to take, but smart cookie that I am, I've figured it all out. Trying to find the building I'm looking for once I get off the bus has proved to be a little more challenging. I actually managed to walk right by the building my math class is in and spent about 15 minutes trying to find my way back. Anyway, except for that little excursion, I'm not having any trouble getting where I need to go. The weather has been pretty nice too. I actually got cold on my way to my 8:00 on Wednesday. I believe they call this "autumn" but I'll have to ask since we don't have this at home.

Ok so enough about school- on to my house. My house is the cutest thing ever, or at least it will be when I finish cleaning. We asked for a professional cleaning when we bought, but the owner offered to give us the washer and dryer instead, so we couldn't pass that up. This place is sooo dusty, though. The previous owners had three little dogs, and every time the a/c comes on I start sneezing. I've been shaking out the curtains and vacuuming, but there's still a lot of work to be done. My parents are bringing my cat this weekend, so maybe she can help (yeah right).

I guess that's about it. I have homework to do, so I better cut this off. GIG 'EM!

I should be studying, but I'm doing this instead

Ok, I know I should be studying for my final, but I needed a break. I'm so glad my class is almost over. I really like the teacher, but I need a break from school.

On a different but related note, I'm still homeless. My mom's coming to look at more houses tomorrow with our new realtor, so hopefully she'll find something good. I'm really excited about school starting, but I would be a lot more excited if I had a place to live.

Ok I'm feeling recharged and ready to study some more. If Bill has 3 red socks, 7 blue socks and 11 white socks what happened to the rest of his socks?

Sooo..... Can you tell I've been busy? Yeah, probably not- you probably just thought I was ignoring you and maybe I was maybe I wasn't, but if I didn't call you back or e-mail or anything go cry to someone else 'cause I'm busy.

Busy as I am one would think that I'd have something to show for it, but sadly I don't. No, I take that back, I did get my first test back and I did really well, and I got a really cute dress the other day when I went shopping, but other than that I haven't accomplished much. Right now the biggest reason for my lack of accomplishment is the fact that I'm in an unfamiliar place. I swear I average about thirty minutes a day driving around lost. All I have to say is Thank God for through streets.

Ok, so if you know me then you know that my family is trying to buy a house in College Station. If you don't know me, then I have to question why you're taking the time to read all this because I'm not that interesting, though I am kind of a big deal. Just kidding (no I'm not.) Anyway. It seems like every time we find a house we like we start looking into buying it and we find out that there's something wrong with it. It's so frustrating!! We're going to look at a few more tomorrow morning, so wish me luck. Yeah, on that note I should probably finish this post. Hasta la pasta.

Ok, so I've been gathering up everything I need and I think I'm almost done. I'm going to need a couple of moving trucks to get it there, but that's just how it goes. I still have to get a rug and maybe some kind of small table and a few chairs. I think I'm going to wait on the table though since I already have so much stuff to take. Hope the Target in College Station knows I'm comin'. Break over- back to the shopping wars.

Ok so I haven't really told anybody that I got into A&M, but I think I probably should. I guess I needed a little while to let it sink in. I feel like my life has been on hold for the past few years since I got sick and now that things are finally getting back to normal I'm not really sure how to react. Anyway I'm really excited and nervous about moving. I've got most of the stuff I need, but there are still a lot of little things to go get. If you have any advice about what to bring or you think of something that would have been really helpful please tell me. I feel so clueless!!

Hey, my counter finally hit 1000! Yay me. I don't feel like studying right now so I'm gonna waste time on here and then go get my hair cut. Pray for me and the hair lady because I'm trying a new one. I have to study like crazy because I just found out I have a 91 in my eco class and the final is worth more than I thought it was. Poop on finals. And headaches. I had the worst headache this morning and it like just went away around 3:00. Yeah I know no one really cares but this is my blog and I'll whine if I want to. It's not like I have a captive audience or anything. You could go to another site. Go ahead. See if I care. Actually, I really won't know if you leave or not so it's just between you and God. Yeah now that I've guilted you into staying I really don't have anything else to write right now. Good luck on finals.

I went out to lunch at Panera today. Sooo fun- stealing Tiffany's drunk stories for my speech class :) And yay for carbs!! Gotta love that bread. I didn't eat anything too bad though; half the turkey and bacon thing with that yummy dressing. I'm still kind of trying to stay on the diet, but it's really hard. I think my biggest problem is that I'm bored with it.

I think today is Josie's birthday. At least I'm hoping it is because it's going to be really embarassaing if it isn't. I watched American Idol last night. I'd never seen it before and I never want to see it again. Those people were awful!!! I'm sorry, but if I'm noticing pitch problems it must be pretty bad because my ear isn't that great. I couldn't take anymore after the first five people so I turned it off.

On a different note- I'm so excited!! Tonight PBS is having a Monty Python show with the best of John Cleese. I know this sounds really nerdy, but this show is like roll on the floor with coke coming out your nose funny. There really isn't anything like it on anymore so watch it.

I have to go eat now- I think I'll have something really yummy and bad for me. Screw dieting- life's too short!

I'm just going to be honest here. I have nothing to write about, I just don't want to do my homework. Yeah, I know, my parents paid a lot of money for me to take these classes, but I don't feel like doing anymore homework right now. So here I sit.

You know, come to think of it, it's time for my yearly back to school entry. Here goes: I'm taking four classes right now, and I'm thinking about adding another. I have two male professors- both bad, and two female professors- both good. I don't claim to be a feminist or anything, but does anyone else see a pattern here? Anyways, my classes seem pretty easy. We're even using the same book I had in high school for both my eco classes. The only change in the book as far as I can see is the price- $170! I know, right? Can you believe that? I'm so going to own a chain of college bookstores when I grow up. I guess that's it for now. I'm off to take over the world, starting with room 226.