I must be on a roll! 2 posts in one night!

ON thursday i got this class called College Composition 1.

Hey i am great at English,reading,ect. Out of  scores of 120 possible on my college assesement test i got a 102 and a 105 respectivelyin reading assesement and writing skills. plus a 8 out of 10 possible for essay.I am jazzed for this class.

Creative writing,poetry,short stories,political articles. ect. looks like my bag?

In walks this neo-hippie alternitive activist dude with nice curly hair,an army colored t-shirt,knit cap, black jacket and pants,big shoulderbag, and some cool  hemp looking jewelry with this awsome orange tribal looking african scarf slung casually around his shoulders.

you mean he is the prof?

yeppers baby.

this is gonna be fun!

Chuck out the course outline and books we are SUPPOSED to use! critical or creative writing? one and the same. we don't need no stinking books!

We think/ you think/ lets talk.

Dwell on your subjects,passion is needed for all things in this class, make a point with it or don't write it.the dwelling and what i learned is what you will be graded on? the journey is more important than the destination.at least i think thats what he said?

i like this guy...

no wait now ,i am confussed.

for homework we were asked to read an Annie Dillard essay called*this is the life*and write 750-1,000 words on our honest feelings and what we got from the peice.

lets do some research on her and on this *religous humanism*

okay now,lets see that article.

read it. reread it. re reread it. this chick makes NO sense to me. this one is a favorite of yours? she is talking about why she thinks our cultures define us and how we can only be a smart as our environment lets us be.

I don't agree with that.

she states that this life is all their is?

I REALLY don't agree with that?

life is all about the here and the now,there is no plan.

I DEFINATLY don't agree with that.

What about God? What about his plan? what then is the gift of Christs sacrifice if we cannot be more than what this earth has to offer? What about eternal life with our loving creator?

If we cannot rise to more than our surroundings and our birth than why are Christian churches in the middle of  radical Muslam countries?

Why is the bible in existance?

why do people still choose to deny everything to beleive in Christ?even to the point of alainating everything and everyone?

Isn't that rising above the culture and environment?

And what does this *Religious Humanism* mean?I have no idea what this means except what i am reading which seems to state that we are all somewhat devine therfore there is no one true devine?

I COMPLETELY IN NO WAY WHATSOEVER agree with that.

time to question a few things about my take and or feelings on this assignment,because this isn't adding up for me.My heart and mind can't seem to take in what i read and agree on anything in this peice except that it is so not right..

If THIS summerizes what the arcles will be containing,this sort of theology on life ,eternety,the human condition,and not tomention this pointelsss meandering of so called writing, then i are gonna have an interesting semester!

I wonder if the professer will grade me lower because of my big mouth?

do ones contrasting opinions make you fail?

Ya, I know its like DAYS later.

Never should have put the *TO BE CONTINUED* on there, huh?

Sorry.

Where was I?

Oh Yeah, Second class.

Ya know how they say the second step is a doozy? So is the second class aparently.

This college thing is so out of my relm of norm i might as well be on a distant planet.

So,here i am thinking this is gonna be fun,an experience,blah blah blah...

I walk into my Anatomy and Physiology 1 class with a grin on my  face like some stupid cabbage patch doll.

Wipe.

20  minutes after the begining of class walks in this little asian guy who basically throws us a HUGE stack of papers(30 pages stapled each)!

UH OH with a capital printer must be on fire.

Next thing i know he is spouting about not being able to attend all the classes because of his job as a microbiologist with Cancer reaserch and could we come to classes on Fridays if he can't make it?

Um,excuse me?

I am paying about 18 bucks an hour to attend this mandatory class,if i can't be here more than 2 times i get dropped involentaraly from the class,and my babysitter don't do fridays!

What do you think?

If it wasn't bad enough that he went all over the tangent with his stories about cancer research that had NOTHING to do with the material, he never even got to the actual class material until the last 4 minutes of the class.

If I ever get cancer again I will look the dude up.(NO I don't want cancer again GOD please?)

Now,let me just add this disclaimer...I am in no way a racist. Love em all cause GOD made em all. But, there are some certain launguages that do not translate well into English and the accent is hard to understand.

This guys was one of them.

All I have to say is this, If i have to hear the phrase*and then...* one more time i am gonna do what Ashton did to the speaker box in 'Dude, wheres my car'?

Enough said.

Lucky me! My next clas was my Anatomy and Physiology 1 Lab,with Guess who?

YOU GUESSED IT!

I feel so blessed.

The teacher (and I use the term loosely here)walks in again 20 mins late,hooks up his laptop and tells us to do the reveiw exersise on page 513 after we read the chapter.

NO PROBLEM.

Wait, Problem.

I read the chapter. I see the exercise as described on page 513.

Wait,this is attached to the book?

You mean to TEAR IT OUT OF THE BOOK I JUST PAID  $125.00 FOR AND CAN ONLY RESELL TO THE BOOKSTORE IF IN PRISTINE CONDITION?

I DON'T THINK SO !!

He looks up from his screeen and says,all who are through can go when they are done.

HUH?

But we have almost 2 hours shedualed in this class!

*One more and then and i think i am gonna scream!*

I left.

Next day I looked at my sheduale very closely.Is ther anywhere i can move things around and maybe get out of this class? Can i take A&P basic since he is the only one teaching this year? Can i afford to? will i get into my RN in the fall if i do?

After much deliberation and a long chat with my advisor it seems i have no choice but to stay in the class.

So,for now I just have to deal and try to like cancer reasearch sidelines ,teaching myself out of my textbook, and photcopying the entire back of my lab manual.

Hey, it's a $125.00 resellable book. 

Lets try a stab at the bright side ... I am gonna know alot about microbology in cancer research by the end of the semester?

And then......

I know i have been offline and haven't posted for a few days. I have actually not even been home lately.

 Tuesday morning  Hubby and i started our very first semester and day of College. woohoo!

The morning went very well.

My first class was *Intro to Psychology*.

He he a BP taking a class in psychology?

Isn't that a joke somewhere?

Love the class,the teacher is cool,and more so the class is very engaging.

Good start,HUH?

The first thing the teacher does is hand out a pretest.

Here i am freaking out and thinking*oh crap, this is gonna be one of those things?* Time to fail my first day!

 I got like nothing on the test clicking in my head. BLANK.

 No big surprise that I had to leave most of the answer sections blank or put question marks.

Then I erased them.

Hey,this is psych right? I read the material,I studied the night before class.

I am gonna Wing it.

After we handed them in we were told that we would NOT BE GRADED for this test and it would not count towards our grade.

It is to be kept in our class folder and when the last day comes we will be given our test all over again, same test, and then we can compare everything we have learned. Cool! I can go knowhere but up on this one,lol

Talk about a study on stress levels suddenly going up and then back down to norm? Shoulda been in THAT room.

Then we had to get out of our chairs into a circle in the middle of the room.When the teacher,Dr.Roy,told us to hold hands and start singing*cumbyah*, i about screamed and ran out of the room.

I am So not into touching strange people,espessially men.I had a man on either side of me(not by my choice).

Not Good.

Then she said *Just Kidding*

How do you spell releif? not R-O-L-A-I-D-S,  you spell it N_O_  T_O_U_C_H_I_N_G!

We had to do a memory exersise.

Great.

This from the girl who took Lithuim for so many years i can't remember where i parked 5 mins ago or where my keys are?

Right.

Everybody had to say their name and their favorite color.Now here is the punchline,before you say yours you have to say everyones from the begining of the line up to yours first name and favorite color!

Great.

Can't be so bad since i am in the middle? So Sorry for the one at the end.

 um...somebody purple?

DARN.

Well, see how that worked?

After sitting down we were told the fundamentals of the class  and went over the sylubus.Normal.

 I can do this.

Aparently according the the paperwork,Journaling (including Bloggin) is a required part of the class and can even be substatuted for taking some tests if we feel we want to share our class experiences and what we learned from the subject matter.

How nice is that for someone who does it already?

After leaving that class i was feeling pretty good about my new college career.

And then came my next class.

5 minutes into that and Down went that feeling like a lead baloon on fire.

TO BE CONTINUED................................

This is the way things are supposed to be.

 My two best freinds from when I was growing up live here in NH still.

 My oldest friend(by time not age)Rhianna and her newly wed hubby Gary live a town away wiht her kids. Rhi and i have been freinds since the 5th grade.She is the closest thing i have to a twin sister. I adore her. I didn't realise how much i missed not having her in my life until i came back here.It is like i never left only sweeter now that we are both*grown ups*(okay so we are older, but we will NEVER grow up)

My other best freind is my buddy Eric.He and his fiancee' Jackie live with their 3 month baby girl about 5 mins away.Eric and i have been freinds for almost as long as Rhi and i have been.My first hubby was his first best freind,until he found out what ex did to me and then he dropped him like a hot potatoe and came to my defence.Now that he is out of the AF he is back here too.

I have to say i am grateful they have chosen well as far as significant others. Gary is great.works with my Dad,gets along with my hubby very well.

Jackie and i worked together for a while during Christmas season at the grocery store.She is younger than all of us,but i think she will fit well.So far so good.

JAckie and Eric are getting married the week before my parents in June.yes, i said my parents are getting married in June. After 20 years this Febuary of being together and 18 of living together, my dad FINALLY proposed to my wonderful,adorable,GOD sent, mother of my heart Jean.ABOUT TIME! Yea..now she can really legally be my mom insted of just in my heart. There are not words to describe how much i love that woman.and to have put up with me for as long as she has and to still love me? she should be nominated for sainthood!(i was horible!)

tonight we had Lexies birthdsay party. We had to wait until the saturday after her actual day so we could have it when everyone could be here.

Boy,was this a great night!

Laughter,kids playing,wondeful discussion,colaborating on the weddings,twister with the kids,cake,ice cream,playful jabbing,trips down memory lane, sharing fun times with our spouses about each other,and just plain relaxing with close people who KNOW the REAL me and LOVE ME ANYWAY.

How often does this happen?

Tommorow the girls are getting together.Jackie,Rhi,me,Jean and Rhi's teenage step daughter are going to a wedding and bridal show expo. I hope this will be fun as well. how could it not?

I will be going to bed a happy,satisfied,loved and accepted person. 

Only happy tears tonight.

 

 

Things lately have been going VERY fast.. I haven't had time to so much at touch my PC.

 Yesterday we(Hubby and i) went to our very first freshman year college orientation seminar! Wooho!

What rush of events in a small time period. Do this paperwork,bring it here,fill this out, copy this, blah blah blah! Finally it is finished and we were able to get our books for the semester. $524.48 worth of textbooks for just me! I am gonna be one busy momma.Add to that the fact that i got my first homework assignment strapped to my books to be completed before i even show up for my first class. Can ya beleive that?

I just finished making my daughters birthday cake for her lil party tonight. took over an hour to decorate. It is lilac colored,with darker purple frosting and a big yellow smiling sun in the left corner.It has a big half rainbow on the right side and fowur disney princesses sitting on it. I wrote *Happy Birthday Lexie* on it in bright pink and it has a big #6 candle on it in the middle.Don't blame the baker,she asked for it that way. I will get a pic of it and put it on a later post.

7 pm tonight we will have a gathering for cake,ice cream and some presents(which I still have to wrap).

 btw,here is a pic of my angels sledding in the yard the other day. (the saturday morning mentioned in the post)