(65) I'm a Winner

I had so many wins today,(FYI,5 is so many) and only one minor fail.

I will start with a fail. 

I woke up with a sore throat today. WHY oh Why does this have to happen. For those of you who don't know, I've been fighting sickness since november. I am not thrilled for it to be back.

Now for some wins.

1. I was skeptical about wearing rain boots this morning, but it definitely paid off. It started pouring and i was armed with my boots and umbrella. I love it when i am prepared.

2. My group presented our video today. My group was happy with how it came together and our teacher thought we did well too.

3. I ate some pudding this evening and was so surprised by what was inside.

The lid had a smiley face on the inside. I was so cool. It made me feel special.

4. I finished my collage project. It's only taken over a week. I think it looks good, and i hope the recipient likes it.

Last but most definitely not least........

5. I won the plum willow glee contest.

If i remember correctly, I won a gift card and a signed autograph photo of someone from the glee cast. Pretty cool!

(62) hi friday

11 hours of sleep later, I'm up. yah i slept in till 11 today. Probably not the best idea since now im still tired. Too much sleep is not a good thing for me

Random, but i think this is necessary to share.

I have horrible skin, especially on my fingers. I always have split or peeling skin and horrible cuticles. The past few days i've been trying to heal this issue. I put prescription ointment on my fingers and then put band aids on them. Apparently these band aids have super strong adhesive because i can't get them off without ripping my skin off with them.

Today i will be going to class with part of a band aid on my left thumb and most of a band aid on my right.

Well, by the time i got to school had managed to get both band aids off. Go me! hahaha-im so lame.

In class today we went over our parent project. I had already reviewed the instructions and had mentally started planning it. I decided to do this project on my own instead of with a group. This eliminates schedule conflicts, different ideas, and group dynamic issues.

On my way home i stopped by once read books and bought water for elephants. I am so ready for spring break. (just one more week- i don't even have class next friday-only 4 days to get through)

Now for a video.

These guys are hilarious. They really bring to life how ridiculous girls can be.

i spent my evening going through magazines and clipping out specific letters for a gift i am making.

For dinner i had leftovers: corned beef and cabbage, and a couple hours later i had a slice of pizza, then 2 oreos and milk.

(61) its the little things in life

Just one more day of school and then it's the weekend. 

I wish that the weekend equalled relaxing. Unfortunately this weekend is filled with work. Not much of a break for me.

Tomorrow also marks the beginning of my next group project and this one entails a lot more work and planning. 

So now that i am fully aware of what is ahead, here is what has already happened:

today......

...i woke up at 7am. This would have been even more wonderful if i hadn't of gone to bed at 1am. So it was the same amount of sleep i always get instead of an extra hour.

...sat and enjoyed a cup of coffee and perused the pages of the April issue of InStyle magazine.

...went to school

...did my write up for an observation

...went to class

...worked out. I was still sore and tired from tuesdays workout.

...took a brief nap. It wasn't nearly long enough.

...went to my 2pm class

...rode the bus home

...got home and sat in my chair for a couple of hours.

...watched last nights american idol and americas next top model.

...ate corned beef and cabbage and potatoes.

...went to church

...caught up with friends

...continued catching up and hanging out at In-N-Out

Some little things that made me smile today and made me wish i had my camera with me:

-seeing tons of snails on a brick wall

-watching a squirrel run around

-seeing all of the beautiful pink blooming trees around campus

-running into debbie and us spotting a "legit" older man (he was wearing a trenchcoat, boots, a hat, carrying a breifcase, standing next to his fold up bike, smoking a pipe-it was amazing)

The best way to make it through crazy, busy, exhausting days is to focus on the big picture and to appreciate the little things in life and to remember to smile and laugh and enjoy the world God created.

(50) Over so soon

My weekend of group projects is done. Today we filmed our skit thing and it went really well. The "set" looked great and everything came together quickly. We celebrated the completion of it with eating rice crispy treats. Here is a taste of what we did:

I created an outfit for a contest and it made it into the finals. You can vote for me (look #7):

KRISTINA J.: Let's Pretend It's Spring! Finalists: "I go away for a week and look what you all come up with!I was blown away at all the amazing spring looks you createdand was so inspired I or..."

Another movie i look forward to seeing.
I don't normally like Russell Brand but this movie looks really good.


So i am supposed to be studying right now. It's not going to well, hence the movie trailer watching and dilly dallying.
Well the weekend is almost over and my test is tomorrow morning so I guess I should really open my textbook back up and keep reading and rereading my notes.
Why does the weekend always go so quickly????

Update:
I got a slight amount of studying accomplished.
TV got the best of me...and well there are some great shows out there. New discoveries:
Secret Millionaire- A definite tear jerker
Auction Kings- good old antiques and price surprises

(48) Feeling Accomplished

Oh hello friday. 

Today is the start of my school/project filled weekend.

But before i made it to school i had an interesting start. I was walking to the bus stop and saw two police cars right in front of it. There was a homeless man sitting on the bench and the police were talking to him. Apparently he was spending time at the library but had urinated in public. They asked him to leave and he did. I was still waiting for my bus and then another police officer arrived. Now there were three police cars, no homeless man, and me standing by the police cars. Everyone driving past kept staring as they went bye. I kept thinking about how people probably thought, "what did that girl do." Oh well, i know it had nothing to do with me. The bus arrived but had to pull up way further since the police cars blocked the bus stop. I was worried the bus wouldn't stop and i would have to ask the police officer for a ride. Thankfully i got on (the people on the bus gave me a weird look) and i made it to school and got on with my day.

I got to school at 10:40 and observed at the preschool. One less thing for me to have to do next week.

Today was my parent education backpack project presentation. It went really well. We chose to present first and get it over with. My teacher liked the activity i put together, and asked to keep it-Always a good sign of getting a good grade.

I got home after 4 and postponed my jury duty. (i had needed to do that for a couple of weeks now-the jury duty interfered with my vacation over spring break.) What a relief to have that taken care of.

Now for what the weekend holds:

-studying for a test on ch.1-4 in prenatal development and infancy

-studying for my final FCSE 299-7wk class (reading a packet full of articles, and going over the powerpoint notes)

-Doing research on Irish immigrants settled in new york in 1860 for our project being filmed on sunday

-writing my ch. 9 summary

SO how much of this studying is happening tonight? 

Hmmmmm....probably not much. I just want at least one night not thinking about school. So tomorrow is dedicated to studying.

P.S. I think i have decided to read Water for Elephants over spring break.
I am so excited for the movie to come out in April. I mean can it get much better....Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson...ya it's gonna be good.

(37) Presidents Day: I have school

I slept in until 6:40 this morning. My bed was so warm and i was so tired, so i hit snooze 5 times and then reset my alarm so that I would have an extra 15 minutes. I got out of bed and it was freezing. I got dressed while shivering the whole time and then went downstairs and started the coffee. I looked out back and the whole workshop roof was covered in frost.

My walk to the bus stop was so quiet this morning. There were barely any cars on the road, but lots of people were at the park walking or running. It was surprising at first, but then I remembered most people don't have work today so they get to stay home. The good thing with this is the bus was right on time. 

My time at school today:

i spent my time before class in the student union working on a study guide.

i went to class for 45 minutes and then was back to study guiding it up again.

I checked my email and found out that my last two classes from lbcc had been officially transferred and added to my records.

At 12:15 i headed over to the coffee bean to meet with the people in my group project. We discovered that we have major schedule conflicts. We kept going in circles trying to pick a date and time to meet and discuss and film the project. It seems that we figured it out. SO hopefully there aren't any sudden changes.

I got home at 2:30 and continued on homework and putting my project together. My project was completed at 6:30. (and no i was not working on it that whole time. Probably just and hour or 2 if that)

Emily and Krissi came over around 7:45 and we watched the Bachelor with my parents. It is Emily's last night in town so we are all just hanging out together and working on homework. Yah we are really exciting people.

I should probably go to bed soon because 5:30 is going to come way too fast.

But after tomorrow there are only 2 more early morning days.

It is definitely something to look forward to.