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?