(128 & 129) Raising and Saving

(128) Tuesday

-I slept in 

--no coffee...but had tea instead

I had a sore throat...the tea worked out well

-got showered and ready for the day

-watched tv and had compy time

-worked on a HW assignment

-checked my grades. 5/6 were posted all of them were A's

-gathered food for the tv taping fundraiser...snacks!

-3:15 Me, Mom, Tyler, and Chris headed out to studio city to watch State of Georgia get taped

-We stopped at carls jr on the way so that we wouldn't be starving during the show.

-when we got to the studio there were other people waiting to go into the studio...They were waiting to see the biggest loser live finale.

-We wanted to be part of that group

-Our job was to laugh and be a good audience

-The taping ended around 11pm

-we left with a shirt and the guys each got cheap sunglasses

-we were home around 11:45

(129) Wednesday

-woke up at 9:30

-had several cups of coffee

-caught up on the shows i recorded the night before (glee and american idol)

-caught up on blogs i follow

-worked out

-folded laundry

-cut coupons

-watched greys anatomy and one tree hill

-went to the bank to deposit money from my piggy bank

-mom and i went to the grocery store

spent $227, but saved over $100 (32% savings)

I love couponing

came home put groceries away

ate ice cream

turned on the american idol finale

dinner: baked potatoes with all the fixins

(116 & 117) Blogger Fail

It wasn't my fault a post didn't happen yesterday.

I went to work on the day 116 post and i saw this:

yah..not cool blogger...you failed

Moving on from this...

Day 116: Thursday

UMMMM....I didn't go to bed until 4:50 am

my stomach was upset, my allergies had gone crazy, and i had dr. pepper late at night

This combination did me in

I watched some movies and explored the internet for hours

Eventually I gave up and went downstairs and slept on the couch

(me and my allergies don't get along when im in my room)

I woke up at 8:20 am. wow 3.5 hours of sleep. Is that a new personal record for a school day?

I poured myself a cup of coffee, grabbed my laptop, and a stack of textbooks and headed next door to work on my take home exam.

i went back home around 11am

I left for class at 12:40

in class i did my presentation

i was so out of it for all the other peoples

and mine was a blur

i got home at 4pm

took a brief nap

at 5:30 i went back to school for my new zealand meeting.

i got back home at 8:30

continued working on my take home exam

went to bed around 11pm

Day 117: Friday

woke up at 8am

finished my take home exam

attempted printing it at 10am

ran out of ink 2 pages in...FAIL

emailed a copy to my professor

left the house at 10:40 to go to school

missed the first bus

caught the 2nd bus, 10 min. later

my ipod died...i heard "battery low"for the last few days i ignored it

went to my professors office

she didn't get my email

went to the horn center to print this exam

Had quite the learning experience...it took almost 30 minutes( i didn't know what i was doing)

finally got it printed

turned it in

saw debbie giving a tour to some kiddos

worked out at the gym

sweat my frustration away...without music

left the gym

ran into eddie

barely missed the bus

had 40 min to waste

ate lunch at carls jr

rode the very crowded bus home

i stood most of the way

got home and rested

took a shower

at a little bite to eat

went to the movies with carolyn

Water For Elephants....finally

it was so good

Im glad i was able to see it while it was still in theaters

well worth $10.75

Yes the book was better, but isn't every book better than the movie

they did a wonderful job bring the book to life

got home around 10pm

had a glass of wine and ate vegetarian lasagna 

(i have no idea how long it had been in the freezer)

It was ok, not the greatest, it served its purpose of filling my hungry stomach

watched tv

went to bed 

(95) Momentarily Blurred

Now that it is getting close to midnight i am having trouble remembering what happened today.

Right now all i can think about is how tired, exhausted, achey, stressed, and over work and school I am.

Im going to put my thinking cap on.

Or maybe i will sit like winnie the pooh "think...think think...think...oh bother"

It may have worked.

I got to school and spent my hour before class looking over and setting up a computer assignment.

Basically i located and saved all of the articles that i have to summarize.

I spent the rest of my time watching one tree hill online. 

While the video was buffering i skimmed the articles.

I went to class at 9:20 and was done around 10:20.

I went back to the lounge and attempted to work on the computer assignment. I quickly gave up and ended up listening to music and reading blogs.

I walked over to dr. medoras office hoping she was there so that i could pick up some fundraiser candy, but she wasn't there.

I walked back to the lounge and ate pretzels and 2 tangerines (aka lunch). 

I read part of an article that was for my 12:30 class and then couldn't keep my eyes open.

I took a 15 minute nap and then went to class.

After class i walked back to dr medoras office hoping to catch her at the tail end of office hours, but once again she was not there.

I caught the bus and headed home.

As soon as i got home i cooked some food. I was so hungry, my lunch was not filling.

I ate what i cooked and watched glee, then parenthood.

At 4pm i got ready for work and i left at 4:15.

I was at work from 4:45-10:30

My shift started off good, but then it got really busy, little things kept happening and getting messed up.

At some point i was so behind, so frustrated, so overwhelmed. I snapped. All i wanted to do was relieve the stress and scream instead, i stood by the soda machine with my mouth shut and tears rolling down my face. I am so tired of my emotions building up and bursting at inconvenient times.

I was able to get a glass of water and go to the back and take big gulps of water and take deep breaths.

I reminded myself that everything was fine. I got back out on the floor and continued my shift fairly smooth after that.

But believe me i was so over my night of work.

Let me just say, sometimes it sucks being a waitress, and tonight was just one of those nights.

Well now that i have remembered today and expressed just how awful work was, i think i will go to sleep now. Last nights 5 hours was not enough.

Tomorrow is another day. I am so grateful for that. A fresh start, different experiences, better emotions, different outlook, one day closer to the weekend.

(79) Success and a plan

Spring Break is officially over.

I woke up at 6am and never really fell back alseep during my 15minutes of "snooze."

My mind was ready to start the day and I was motivated.

Before class started i was able to finish up one of my paragraphs for the paper i was working on.

Unfortunately i didn't have my book, so i couldn't get more done at school.

It was a good back to school day post spring break. (i know that is a horrible and unclear sentence but i've been writing for hours...cut me some slack)

I got home around 2:15 and immediately went back to working on my paper.

At 4 i went with erin to look at a studio apartment.

I got my baby fix there. We had gone outside to look at the parking situation. A mom and her little girl were outside. The little girl toddled over to me and put her arms out. SO I asked the mom if i could pick her up. The mom had no problem with that. SO i got to hold this adorable little girl. She was maybe one years old.

I got back home around 5. I ate dinner and then i realized i was too tired to do anything productive. I took a nap from 6:30 to 7:15. When i woke up i got right back to working on my paper. The paper was done by 9:45. It was supposed to be a minimum of 6 pages, mine ended up being 8. I think i did well-normally i did the minimum, so i feel good about doing more than that.

Here is the homework plan for the rest of the week:

tuesday: write my miniproject paper between classes.(due wed), Start my micro teaching assignment.

Wednesday:complete micro teaching assignment(due thursday), research for parent project.

Thursday: Complete the outline for the parent project (due friday)

It is not going to be a fun week but all of my nights are full, so my days have to be productive otherwise i am doomed.

(78) Ashamed

I am so horrible. I still didn't get much today. I did work on homework though. I didn't complete anything.

Worst student ever.....probably not....worst student i've ever been....definitely

I did however enjoy the time i didn't spend doing school stuff.

I didn't wake up until 9:45-guess im not going to church.

i went downstairs and was surprised to see that my parents weren't ready for church.

Mom cooked breakfast...so good.

I did a little bit of homework.

I ran errands with my parents.

did a little bit more homework.

dilly dallied on the computer-distracted myself from what i needed to be doing.

Played with velcro-the cat-not the adhesive.

ate dinner and watched the ACM's -i sure love country music.

FYI: i am dreading going back to school tomorrow. Can't it just be mid may already. June 7th would be even better, but i'm trying not to push it.

What to expect in this weeks blog posts:

complaining about...

...school

...stress

...projects

...papers

...being tired

...work

and im sure i will come up with some others.

Prepare yourself for a depressing week to come. My apologies in advance...It's just a part of my life-the good the bad and the annoying.

(77) Can i press the skip button?

I slept in again this morning. Somehow the days i sleep in are my least productive. Isn't sleep supposed to leave you refreshed, energized, and ready to start the day. Today it left me lazy and lethargic. 

I sat down in "my chair" and sipped on my cup of coffee and worked on a couple of blog posts. 

I first wrote day 76 of this blog and then i moved on to one for welcome to my closet. It was about clothes that i would buy for spring, if i could. That took up quite a bit of time. Also during that time i got sucked into a project runway marathon. Too dangerous-there went hours of time.

Once again, no homework got worked on today. WHAT is wrong with me????

I know that it has to get done and that i won't have much time during the week. I work on tuesday and wednesday and I have something due everyday from tuesday to friday. I'm doomed.

I left for work at 3:30 and got home around 11.

There went my day.

So tomorrow, papers will be written, research will be done, assignments will be started, and other(s) will be finished. 

Can it just be friday evening already. Then all of this would be behind me...oh wait, then i have tests and more projects....gahhhh. Just 6 more weeks of class and finals to get through and just 2 more months until new zealand (one of the thing that is getting me through all of these classes) 

(76) Oops

Ummm I'm a day behind....OOPS. Last night i was watching a movie and couldn't keep my eyes open.  I gave in to sleep and never got a post up yesterday.

The plan for friday(yesterday) was to spend the day doing homework.

I got absolutely no homework worked on. YIKES!

Somehow i knew this would happen. I always think, i will do this on this day and that on that day and it will all be done well before it is due and i will be so happy it is finished. Then somewhere along the line, usually at the beginning of that plan, things get all messed up. I just don't due the things i am supposed to.

Eventually it all gets done, but not without tons of stress and unenjoyable rushing.

SO back to yesterday.

I enjoyed my morning by sleeping in and then finishing the last few pages of my book-i couldn't keep my eyes open the night before to finish it.

My dad didn't have work that day so there were even more distractions around the house. (I can be distracted by anything when there is something i need to be working on-yet don't want to do)

I watched greys anatomy and was not very impressed by their musical episode. I found it hard to watch, and it distracted me from the plot and dialogue. When that finished, dad and i watched parenthood. Then I thought I would do some homework. Instead i revised the calendar with all of the assignment due dates. That counts as schoolwork, right? Ok probably not.

A little while later, after realizing i wasn't going to be productive, I chose to watch a documentary about models called "Picture Me." It followed the life of a model from the time she was 19 until she was in her mid to later 20s.

In the afternoon close to evening, me and dad ran some errands. We went to home depot and then to lowes to look at dryers. Then we went to the grocery store to pick up a few things.

We dropped the groceries off at home and then grabbed some coupons and got dinner at wienerschnitzel. 

I had an ice cream cone, fries, and 2 corn dogs. Derlicious.

Krissi came by the house around that time to pick up a book and i also loaned her water for elephants.

I don't even remember what i did after dinner, but i went up to my room at 10 and started watching a movie and then fell asleep.

It was such a wasted day...but that's what spring break is for. At least i think it is.