(134) Memorial Day

Everyone was home today. It was so weird but really nice.

I slept in til 9am

had coffee

listened to music

read a magazine (and by read i mean looked at pictures and if it looked interesting, skimmed the article)

did a mini workout

went outside

made lunch...it took quite a while 

ate outside as a family

we had: bratwurst (role+caramelized onion+sauerkraut+ketchup), zucchini, and pasta salad

dessert: dump cake and drumsticks (ice cream)

so much good food

after eating i came inside and turned on a movie and worked on sudoku puzzles

took a long nap from 5:30-7pm

watched tv

at 8 i watched the bachelorette (i also had another bratwurst) and then extreme makeover weight loss edition

other stuff about today:

*throughout the day i was on polyvore and more of my favorite time wasters 

*i had multiple helpings of dump cake 

*got a little sun on my legs...i am way too white

*music that i listened to:

Random

Movies i look forward to seeing...look really good...seem interesting

50/50

A Little Help

Project Nim

The Tree of Life

(130)

woke up at 8:50

showered

got dressed

coffee

watched tv

finished getting ready

went to school

class from 12-3

went to the student health center with 3 of my classmates to find out about getting antibiotics to take on our trip for in case we get sick

(they looked at us like we were crazy

the nurse is going to email our professor and see what they can do

there is hope for us)

took the bus home

picked up late lunch early dinner from el burrito jr

got home around 4:15 and ate the whole burrito

watched tv

took a nap

lounged around

stumble upn

blogs

So you think you can dance

news

old episode of project runway

bed

Todays guilty pleasures

-eating a whole burrito

-spending my evening in sweatpants

-taking a nap on a day i sort of slept in

-eating chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream instead of dinner

-bought music

Good News:

I got straight A's this semester (6 classes)

(121) Day 1 of finals

Yes, this is one day behind.

Yesterday was the first of my 3 finals.

The plan was to get up around 7, continue studying and then get to school a little early and then take the final at 10:15.

My body had other plans. 

Velcro woke me up around 5am.

I got up to use the restroom, and velcro followed me.

i crawled back in bed, settled in and waited for velcro to settle in too.

Instead she got on my bed and bit my arm.

I then got out of bed and kicked her out of my room (more like tossed her out of my room)

i got back in bed and my mind starting going in so many directions.

i leave for new zealand in 3 weeks from today...what luggage am i taking...what clothes am i packing...when i come back how much should i work...i'll have jury duty a wk. later...then i leave for a roadtrip....its going to be so hot...i hope the weather change doesn't make me sick....wow i am really going to be gone a lot this summer...could i squeeze in time to go visit my friends where they are staying.....

It went on and on. I finally realized i wasn't going to fall back to sleep. I got out of bed at 6am.

Sat down with a coup of coffee.

enjoyed listening to the rain

Continued studying.

took a shower and got dressed

went to school really early (8ish)

went to the lounge and kept studying.

took a nap

(30 minutes, i woke up every 10 minutes and checked the time)

kept on studying

went to class

turned in my 8 page paper

took my final

waited 20 min for the bus

bus ride home

el burrito jr. for lunch

then walked home

watched tv

took several naps

studied for my HDEV fianl off and on the rest of the night.

by study i mean i copied all of the notes from the final review powerpoint (52 slides)

for dinner we had an array of food from deli news

watched part of the biggest loser

watched the one tree hill finale....so good...and its renewed for 13 more episodes :)

watched glee

slept on the couch

(119) SO it begins

Another week has begun

AND it happens to be my last week of school for the semester which means it's finals week.

It also means it is doom week.

But lets start with today:

*church

*lunch w/ the p-rents at In-N-Out

(animal style fries and 1/2 of a hamburger)

*shopping at Sam's club

*came home

*cut coupons

*took a nap (2-4pm)

*pulled out my textbook and paper requirements

*did a little research

*made a rough paper outline

*got unmotivated

*watched lots of house renovation/garden tv shows

*ate a lot throughout the day....felt like an endless pit

(enchiladas, pasta, dr.p, diet coke, pirates booty)

*the rest of the night was wasted away on my computer and watching tv

*I am hoping now that i am napped up and soda up'd that i can stay awake and do my study guide

SO on tuesday my 8 pager is due and i have a final for that same class. I have a 90% in the class. If i want to keep an A, i really need to do well (get an A) on the paper and test.

I am off to try and be productive in the final hours of tonight. You can see how that went tomorrow.

(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 

(115)One-Day Break from School

So now that today is tomorrow, what did i do yesterday?

(FYI: I didn't have any class today!)

woke up at 8am

grabbed a cup of coffee

went next door with my compy while still in my pjs

fed the cat and hung out there for a few hours

watched morning tv and worked on this blog

went back home

watched one tree hill online

got lunch from der.

(2 orders of mini corndogs and chili cheese fries)

felt sick for a while after

watched greys anatomy

took a nap

took a shower

watched this video

(i think this is so adorable....and i apologize for the moms language)

got ready for work

worked from 4:30-10pm

had french onion soup and some nachos

got home and herbert had arrived

(herbert is my bloated belly. Basically i look 3-4 months pregnant)

talked with my mom and dad on their bed
looked for my cell phone
it ended up being in my moms purse
how it got there, neither of us know
blogged
went to bed

and that was my day. so much time wasted. but i don't even care. it is the end of the semester. everything gets put off. 

(113) How is this still happening?

Isn't something supposed to become habit after doing it 56 times. I could have that number wrong but the concept is right. How is it that i have been doing daily blogs for over 100 days and yet i still go to bed without posting. I still don't understand it.

Anyways here is what happened yesterday (monday):

Woke up at 7am

breakfast-leftover village cafe food from mothers day

went to school

Last day of MW 9:30 class

got my 9 page paper back

96/100 + 5 extra credit =101 (WIN!)

picked up 2 graded assignments from a different professors office

edited an assignment

compy time

polvore exploration of gowns

lunch- carl's jr santa fe chicken

class at 12:30

turned out to be the last class meeting

(this means i have no class on wednesday!) 

rode the bus home

the cleaning ladies were still at the house so i hung out next door.

came home

took a nap

made felt pieces for a project

ate rice

watched tv-lots of home shows

ate homemade macaroni and cheese

watched gossip girl

went to sleep 

(112) Mothers day

Here at the Brookhyser household, we had a fairly kick back get things done kind of day.

We ordered breakfast from Village Cafe. 

Dad went and picked it up. We ate out on the pond deck.

I folded laundry. 

Mom painted some lawn furniture.

It's my dad's favorite color.

I took some photos.

I ate a second breakfast.

Pancakes with peanut butter and chocolate chips. YUMMM.

Then i got caught up in a project runway marathon.

Spent a lot of time on stumble upon.

Stumbled upon this:

AND found this on a blog:

I really want to try it.

For a late lunch we had El Pollo Loco.

I took a nap.

continued watching project runway.

Started working on my volunteer reflection paper.

Ate my leftover burger from yesterdays lunch form ruby's 

Project runway ended at 8pm then the apprentice was on.

I finished my paper around 11pm.

SO now that i look back at today....all i did was eat, watch tv, do a little homework, and fold some laundry. I guess that is getting stuff done. I think the rest of the family was more productive than i was.

(98) Easter

What a wonderful Easter Sunday.

(In photos)

Woke up at 8:30 and had a cup of coffee...

Saw that mom had made bunny shaped pancakes...

Got dressed... I had quite the time trying to find a sweater/jacket to wear. The rain really through my outfit for a loop. It all worked out (after trying 8 different things)

We went to church as a whole family

When we came home we started making lunch

This process was interrupted with "hurry you guys have to see this"

Surprise easter egg hunt...

And i would cut myself by cracking the egg while trying to get it open...

The eggs were filled with coupons to be redeemed whenever we would like....

We ate lunch and a little while later our new dryer arrived...

Out with the old, In with the new

Then i ate some homemade strawberry pie...

I sat down on the couch ready to read and highlight 7 articles so that i could write an 8 page paper...

Well i didn't do that...Instead i watched tv and took a nap and then got stuck in a time warp of tv and internet, mainly stumble upon.

I looked up places i want to go when me and mom do our road trip, places i'm going in new zealand, and  i just looked at photos on stumble upon travel.

Mom had me watch biggest loser cause they are still in new zealand. We fastforwarded (so not a word) through all of the workouts and challenges and just watched the adventure activities and scenery.

It is getting me more and more excited. Just more than a month to go.

Throughout the day (afternoon and evening) i took some pictures of the flowers in the front yard...

Perhaps i will still get some homework done tonight. I have some time left. 

FYI this paper is due on wednesday...i suppose i should really get to work on it.

(96) Twofer

Twofer: an abbreviation for a two for one. The title of this blog meaning two days in one post.

Yesterday i chose to go to sleep at a reasonable hour (10pm) so that meant me sacrificing my blog time.

Its probably a good thing i didn't do a post yesterday cause i was in a really bad mood. Mainly i was brooding about one of my classes and a ridiculous time consuming assignment.

Here is a brief synopsis of what happened yesterday.

I skipped my 9:30 class- so i got an extra hour of sleep and then spent 3 hours working on a computer assignment. I went to class at 1:30 and found out that my strong angry emotions were shared by many of my classmates. Basically we all can't stand this class. But i felt so much better after venting and finding out that i was receiving higher scores than other people.

Later in the evening my parents and i walked over to the park. 

Here are our findings:

Great Horned Owl

Nest with one of the Babies

Feathers

Cute Squirrel

Squirrel on the move

Owl's meal, or what is left of it

Some kind of bird foot

It had interesting webbing and was rather large

Today is a new day and it was so much better than yesterday.

I volunteered from 8-12am at the Intercommunity Care Center in Long Beach. 

"Intercommunity Care Center is a 147 bed Skilled Nursing Facility which specializes in providing care to the confused, wandering, geriatric person."

What I didn't realize is that they care for people who are functioning well enough not to be in a psychiatric ward. It was a very good and interesting experience. 

I went home after 12 and was exhausted. I made some guacamole and ate it for lunch. at 1:30 Dad drove me to school. I was dreading having to be there for a few hours. When i got to class I found out that only one group was doing presentations today. I was expecting at least 2 groups. I was out of class a little bit before 3. I caught the bus shortly after arriving at the bus stop. I got home and rested. I ended up taking a nice long nap. I woke up to Velcro trying to eat my hair. (she is so weird...and she doesn't give up easily-i had to pin her down, push her away, and eventually kick her out of my room.) Around 6 i got dressed for church. 7PM was a wonderful good friday service at church. Afterwards we picked up groceries at trader joe's. We headed home and mom made spaghetti and italian sausage. It was so wonderful to hang out in the kitchen with the family.

The rest of the night was spent relaxing and watching tv and playing with the crazy cat.

What a wonderful Friday.