I got an A!!!!!!!

I can not believe I got an A in my 2600 class!!!! I am so happy about that - I would have been happy with a B but I am ecstatic with the A. I had to look and see if that was really my grade and my name on the page. So I got 2 A's in my 1st semester back to school after 28 years. I had help along the way but I learned a lot too. I forgot how much I enjoyed college and college classes - I wasn't over-joyed with the 2600 class but it did challenge me and pushed me to the limit and I forgot how good you feel after you accomplish something that you really had to work at to accomplish. However it will be wonderful to sleep in and not worry about doing an assignment. Tomorrow my vacation begins....I wish! My son is moving out on the 9th and my daughter is transferring to the St. College Gap and will be moving back in on the 18th - with her dog! So now we are having to hurry and put a bathroom in the basement so she can have her own entrance and a place for her dog to stay so we no one is home all the dogs are not together. She's just too big to be around our old dog & the little dog hates her dog. I am hoping after a few weeks that they will all get along. I will be good to have Brianna home and David only 3 hours away. He will home a great deal - almost every Penn State home game I'm sure. His bathroom in his apt is going to be all Penn State!
Well this Blog has been interesting and I am so glad I had it to vent to so I think I will keep it and use it for all my classes!

what a day!

Well I drove home from NJ and drove right into a horrific storm that threw wind hail a torrential rain down upon me. There was a rest stop 2 miles from me when it hit and I crept along until I arrived at the rest stop. There were a lot of people there and the back up generator was lighting the place. The woman's restroom with very little light is a creepy place - let me tell you!!!! Then after the tunnel coming down the hill into Breezewood I ran into major fog!!!!! Made it home - to sunshine and nice temperatures.
Once home all the animals were thrilled to see me but then I found throw-up with blood and my cat does not look good - I am thinking tomorrow when I take her to the vets he is going to tell me I need to put her down. :(
Then the phone ran...apparently the same storm I went through continued on into NJ and blew lots of trees down and blew one onto my moms car! There is branch sticking out of the hood and a cracked windshield and everyone feels certain it will be totaled. What is really sad is that my mom drives our old car a Lincoln. We loved that car. There is no way she will get enough money to replace that car with a comparable one. So we will be putting money out for a car now too in addition to her house. So sad. What a day. At least I am home and can sleep in my own bed!

July 22nd

Today is my mom's 74th birthday. My sister and I want to take her to dinner but she really doesn't want to go out tonight she wants to go out tomorrow to a bar that takes forever to cook your food!!! Should we wait and take her tomorrow? My sister's kids are coming and who wants to sit in a bar for 2 hours with a 4 & 6 year old?? Not me and not my sister. I'm paying and I say we go tonight to a place that isn't going to make us wait for our food but where mom can also get a beer! I'll call my other sister (the oldest) and let her make the decision!
All kinds of issues with my classes and assignments. Not only can't I get my computer assignment to upload my essay didn't upload correctly AGAIN and this time not only was the formatting incorrect but the footnotes didn't transfer over and I lost 3 points. I am so ticked. I worked hard on that essay and it wasn't easy to try and answer the question with the 3 books and tie it together so that it made sense and to not have the footnotes copy over really irks me. I think I had 12 footnotes too! I will try and get a complete copy of the essay to the prof and hope that the 3 points are given back. I need to figure out why my submissions aren't working the way they should. I am sure that all the computer problems I am having are all because of me and has nothing to do with anything with the computer. I am so frustrated and thinking I need to find a basic computer class to take or hire a young computer whizz to sit and teach me and help me with my assignments. Only problem is that I am so stubborn and want to prove the kids wrong and that I can do things for myself on the computer and I do know how to fix the dvd/vcr/tv/dvr/cable and I do know how to play a dvd on the tv without screwing up the entire entertainment system!!!! I mean after all I am the person they call at school when the dvd/tv's don't work and I have yet to not fix something!!!!

In NJ

Well I'm in NJ to watch my nephews while my sister has surgery on her knee again. I love my nephews (4 & 6) but I am sure I will be exhausted by the end of the day. I am still trying to complete the computer assignment and am just about ready to give up! But I won't - I really want to get a B in the class. I am hoping the kids take a nap today and that my brother-in-law might be able to help me out some. He's a bit more computer savvy than I am but that really isn't saying much. Well I'm going to take the boys for a swim and then try and tackle the assignment again. If you are reading this say a prayer for me!

WHAT?????????

Ok - so I am watching class right now and I am with Jeff - I have no idea how Kompozer works and I really have NO IDEA what Dr. Tomer is talking about. How are we suppose to know what to put in between the < >??? How do people know this stuff? Is there a basis computer class I should have taken???? I feel so old and out of touch listening to this class. And the part that to me is really horrific is the page he put up from the LIS 2005 class which we HAVE to take next semester which looks like a continuation of this 2600 class. Oh shit just keeps rolling in my head cause I struggled so much in this class and next semester looks to be just as challenging. I am so thankful I am doing so well in 2000 because if I were struggling in that class too I would quit the program right now. I know I have to overcome this mindblock where computer stuff is involved but I just do not get it. My mind just doesn't "compute". (pun intended) I really need to get back to watching this class so I can get into a full panic mode!!!!

It's HOT!!!

Oh - it is so hot outside that I really can't even think about going out into this heat. I am so happy that my trainer is away this weekend and I am not working out today. Yesterday David and I went to Towson, MD. We loaded up the truck with stuff for his new apt. and drove down and got the keys to his apt. We were soaked by the time we finished. We were dressed in shorts and t-shirts and sneakers. We then went to the Baltimore Cty School District offices were he signed his contract for the coming school year. We were starving by then and stopped at the restaurant around the corner which had been recommended. Well I guess the hostess thought we were not dressed correctly and sat us back in a corner on the side of the restaurant where no one else was! We didn't care we just wanted food but after we were finished it sort of ticked me off. It was $40 for the 2 of us and we both had water to drink which they charged us for!!! Damn good thing the meal was good! Then we drove home. VERY LONG day but we got things completed which needed to get done. He can now move the rest of his things when it's convenient and less hot!
So David is moving out - again and it looks as if Brianna might be moving back in (with her dog!!!) but who knows. Keeps life interesting!

drained

just submitted my essay - it took me all day to finish it because I was so not into it. I kept finding other things to do around the house or outside of the house and would leave the essay and come back an hour or so later. I did not mind writing the other papers but this one was not enjoyable. I think it was because I found the books we had to read a bit on the dry side. What I found interesting doing this paper was all the links I found on the internet to other info not necessarily related to the topic. I need to limit my time on links not relevant. At any rate it is finished and now tomorrow I WILL TRY AGAIN ON THE COMPUTER ASSIGNMENT. I am at this point just tired of being on a computer!!!! And of messing with that assignment. I will prevail! Going to bed now.

I want to smash this computer!!!!

Well Dr. Tomer - I don't know if you read these blogs or not but right about now if I saw you I would harm you - kick your shin at the very least. I am SO frustrated with this computer assignment and I still have my paper to finish but I can't even think I am so damn mad. I'm mostly angry at myself because I can't figure it out!!!!! I feel stupid. I have done the damn thing 3 times and it seems like things are going well until I go to view it and then it says that it can't find it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just want you to know that I tried - I really tried to do this assignment but it just isn't happening. I have followed all the suggestions given to me - I have stayed up until ungodly hours even though I had to get up early - I have ignored my husband and I have even gone and gotten a massage hoping that it would improve my "chi" but no such luck! I have called an ex-student and even he could not help me out this time. It's that last damn step - it's like losing weight - can't get that last 10 pounds off. Pisses you off and then it's 12 pounds you need to get off. Had to go today for blood work and if it comes back not good I am eating Oreos for breakfast!!!! Well I just had to take a phone call and have calmed a bit - at least until my husband gets home and asks me about the assignment!!!!! Until I need to rant again.......

At Pitt!

Well I didn't think I would get to Pitt while it was still light out because it seems that people just don't know how to drive through the tunnel getting into Pittsburgh. For some reason people really slow down going into the tunnel (they almost stop completely). It is very annoying. At any rate I got here - checked into the hotel and ventured out to find the IS building for the study group. Well I found the IS building - about 2 blocks from the hotel but couldn't find one person in the building that belonged to cohort 10! Now granted I was late (about 4:45) but still????? Oh well I called a former student at BG and met up with him and we went and had dinner together. I told him I had to get my photo ID taken tomorrow but he said I could do that right then so that's what I did. I can now sleep in just a little later tomorrow morning. :)
So after dinner he looked at the next computer assignment and I am hoping that in class on Saturday they explain a few things about the assignment and that I don't have a hard time completing it! From my fingers to God's eyes! I studied tonight and now feel like I am going blind - everything is floating about in my head - I just hate taking tests - don't seem to do very well - over think or panic or something. I found a great radio station on the radio here in the room - don't want to go to sleep - just want to stay awake and listen - playing old songs (from my high school years) Have heard A LOT of old favorites. Gonna wake up to it tomorrow morning!
Love the campus here. Some beautiful building - and saw lots of rabbits too.
Well the computer is telling me it can't locate Blogger and that posting & saving this might not work! Oh great. Guess I'll end this now and see what happens! Here's hoping...........

oh no another quiz!

Oh no another quiz in my computer class is next week. I just looked at my grades and saw that I brought my grade up (after the last quiz took it down) to an 89 and now I have another quiz. Shit. My happiness was very short lived. Next week will be terrible with a paper due, a computer assignment and a quiz. UGH!!!! Just get through next week - just get through next week - just get through next week and things will be ok. I need to make that my mantra for this weekend. Oh wait 1st I have to go to Pitt meet everyone in the cohort and take a mid-term - THEN I need to get through next week. I think I can I think I can I think I can!!!! SAY SOME PRAYERS FOR ME!!!!

July 6th

Well I would never have thought I would ever use Dabble again but I just did. It worked perfectly for what I wanted to do. I needed to get all of my mom's expenses that I have paid since 2007. I set up the fields and made the chart and printed it off and then I sent it to the lawyer! So now maybe we can finally get this taken care of and I can buy the house from my mom. I have been trying to buy her house since the beginning of 2008. I need to get this done so if she should ever end up in a home they can't take her house which is the only thing she has worth anything. I don't know why she doesn't want to move but..... Now the next step will be to get my nephew to start paying something for rent! Anyway Dabble was perfect.....go figure. Wonder what else I can use that I have been taught????
Getting ready to go to Pitt this weekend. I have the hotel room booked and am ready to meet everyone else. I am working on my last essay - this one is a little more difficult to write but it's going. The weather has been so hot that I never want to leave my house and the air-conditioning so I am getting a lot done in the house and with my class work. Was even able to finish a book that was for enjoyment and not for class!
Just need to get my daughter closer to home and things will be perfect.

another great morning

Another great cool morning with the sun streaming in and tennis on TV. I am sitting on the couch watching Wimbledon & catching up with my son on what is going on in his world. He is getting ready to start a summer job for the IU in Reading - and then starting in August working in MD at Parkville High School. It will be wonderful to have him making money again!!! Need to watch my classes and work on the Koha assignment today and tomorrow and I hope to have everything done by tomorrow afternoon but I have a feeling that the Koha assignment might take some time especially since the last time I was in there trying to figure things out I kept getting the message that there was no info on the subject I was searching. Hope with my son home I can figure it out.

The new store GAP was going to open in Boston that my daughter was to work out is not happening now - so maybe she will move closer to home now - that would be great. She's looking at Pittsburgh so that would work too. I think she would like living in Pittsburgh. I guess whatever is to happen will happen. Just want my kids to be happy and able to live on their own.

Going in to NJ in 3 weeks to help my sister out since she is going in for her 2nd knee surgery. I love her kids but know I will be exhausted running around after a 6 year old and a 4 year old all day. It's the 4 year old that will run me into the ground! But it will be nice being around them for a week.

Later

just chillin

It is such a beautiful morning.....should be watching last nights class but instead am sitting here watching tennis. Just watched Federer get beat :( and am hoping that Nadal can level his match cause it would be such a bad day if Nadal lost too! Am doing extra reading for my computer class! Had A LOT of trouble following last weeks class and that why I am procrastinating watching last nights class. I am still trying to figure out what was being discussed last week and how that will apply to me and my work at BG.
Decided to go back to BG part-time even though I am not positive about it - they better allow me to do my job and not have me doing everything but. I am looking forward to being finished work everyday at 11 am. I will have the afternoon to play tennis - do my class work and workout.
Rocco met his goals at work this year and so we will be going to Maui in September for a week. I am not sure what that will mean as far as my classes go but I will work it all out. I am looking forward to going back to Maui and doing all the things we wanted to do last time but weren't able to do. It will be fun to be there with friends too!
It is so beautiful out today that I will definitely be taking the bike out for a ride today. Might go and buy a new helmet today so that I can wear my new sunglasses without them moving all over the place and making it difficult to see.
I also need to email my adviser since I am not able to register for my one class - need to meet the prerequisite which I am taking now.
Later

back to reality

Well back from vacation and the computer is working fine now. Had issues with the wifi down in Ocean City. There were 2 storms and each time after the storm I wasn't able to log on. Talked to tech support and they couldn't figure out what the problem was so naturally they said it was my computer and they refunded my money. I was in the middle of writing in a discussion board when the computer shut down. The storm came through and that was it for the computer. So now I am way behind again in my class work and playing catch-up. At least I don't have to get up and go to work tomorrow. Roc has to fly to Boston for the day tomorrow and he is not happy about it one bit. David is still in Florida and Brianna made it back to Boston in one piece. Am happy to be home but I like it better at the beach when it is this hot out. Went out on the bike today and when we were finished I was getting off of my bike and backed up into Rocs bike and burned my leg. It still hurts!!! Gonna watch one of my classes now and will write again later. Have a meeting at school tomorrow evening - wonder what that is all about???

vacation

I am here in OC MD and am so happy to be on vacation. Bought a new laptop and it is working out just great. I am learning more everyday about things I can do on the computer and realize now that there are A LOT of things that I can do on the computer that will make my life easier. So if nothing else at least I feel more comfortable on the computer now than I did before. Still a long way to go but baby steps are fine with me. I am so happy that I passed the LIS 2600 quiz - would have liked a higher grade but I can live with an 81. It was hard and was about stuff that is really greek to me but I am getting better. I am so happy that htis weeks assignment has been canceled. I will make sure I check it out when I get home though. For now I am going to go and enjoy the sun and read on the beach! I am almost finished my book - The girl with the dragon tattoo. Later!

almost perfect day!

The weather was great today....my new glasses came in and I picked them up & I see so much better!....washed the truck....planted flowers.....bought a new laptop (very stressful!)...watched my LIS2600 class...received a 20 out of 20 on my essay!!!!...played tennis and sat and listened to my son tell me all about his new teaching job he begins on August in Parkville MD at Parkville High School - he gets to teach deaf and hearing impaired students but will also be teaching English - he is very very happy and can't wait to get started.................my daughter will start her new position in July - she will be working for GAP at their new specialty store on Newberry St. in downtown Boston....leave for vacation on Saturday......Hoping that more days are like today.

class webcasts

I find myself yelling at the computer when I watch my classes! I wonder if anyone else does too??? I find myself yelling when I can't hear a question (although this is better now with the 2nd mic) but I can't always hear questions just the answer and it doesn't make sense! I also find myself yelling when they write on the board - in light green color no less - and the camera doesn't zoom in on the writing! I can feel my blood pressure just soar! It's frustrating. And of course I yell the answers out too - am worried that when I go to Pitt and we are in the classroom I will just yell out because I am so used to doing that. Of course I laugh out load all the time in LIS 2000. Dr. Tomer just cracks me up. I would love to talk to his kids and get their take on just how funny he is!!! It seems to me that in LIS 2000 my age comes into play a lot - like I don't see things the way those in the classroom see things or maybe it's just that I am behind in technology, the academic world and just in the world in general. I'm just living in my little corner of the world and have become comfortable maybe too comfortable and structured and my classmates at Pitt haven't put themselves into a rigid structure yet??? Something to think about. I loved the discussion between Sandra and Alex (Brooke) - I'm glad it's all cleared up now and that Sandra "said" what she said when she said it! I was ready to say something to Alex when she beat me to it - I probably wouldn't have been so diplomatic. But the discussion did drive home the point one of the MAJOR downsides to writing/discussing on the internet - it doesn't convey tone! I have often been misunderstood on the internet. (doesn't seem to stop me from using it!) Later. I am so ready for my vacation. Hurry up Saturday.

finished taking the quiz!

Dear God in Heaven that was awful! I felt like I studied all the wrong things. We spent so much time on Windows and Macintosh I thought there would be a question about that. Some of my answers felt like they were the same. Well I am glad it is over and we only have one more quiz. I think I am understanding what is being discussed in class for the most part but then when a question is presented to me I am totally blank. I sat there for awhile just looking at the questions. And when it comes to the LETTERS - they all are similar and it feels like my head will explode. It's done and submitted and I really didn't keep track of the time. Are we suppose to do that or is it done automatically??? Maybe now I can sleep tonight! I'm going to go get a pedicure now because I DESERVE IT!

quiz prep time

Prep time for the quiz. I'm making a study guide (haven't done that in 30 years) for the quiz I'm taking tomorrow. Sitting here in the air-conditioning and dreading going outside tonight for the baseball game. Still trying to decide if I want to work part-time next year - not work - or look for another job. I think it would have just been easier if the had furloughed me - then I would collect my severance and collect unemployment and just work on getting my master's degree. I will probably go part for the half day but I did just apply for the Community Relations Manager Position at the local Barnes & Noble so I guess I'm not really sold on the part-time thing. Guess I'll just wait and see. Not stressed about it but trying to look at all options and the pros and cons of each option. Am I too old for all this drama> Hell yes!

things come in threes

1st my computer freezes and I submit my essay 3 hours late
2nd I find out today that my job is becoming a part-time position..
I wonder what the 3rd thing will be????????

Do hope it's not that I fail my quiz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

venting....

It's almost 3:30 am on June 10th. I just finished submitting my essay because my computer decided to freeze up on me!!!!!!!!!!!! Of course I hadn't saved in awhile so over an hour later when I got back on half the essay was gone. Almost like starting over. Then there was issues with the bibliography! I should just stay awake and start my next essay now! I need a new computer - it better get here soon! UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

making progress

Well I'm making progress! Turned in 2 assignments and working on the last one - it's due tomorrow. I know if I can just get through Thursday without being too behind on my reading I will be good. I'm going to try and participate with the quiz review tomorrow night. I'm getting better at using the computer and getting the assignments at least somewhat to where they are suppose to be. I just need to not panic when something doesn't do what I want it to - or when I can't find something that I know I saved. I am not getting as frustrated now either - but I don't know if that's because I am more relaxed or because I am beyond tired. It's not that I am staying up late - but the animals are waking me several times during the night and I just need a good solid 5 hours and I'll be fine. Last night the cat threw up twice! the second time on the bed between my husband and I and once the dog dug his nails into my backside - guess he was trying to move or dreaming of running somewhere and then after all that - the other dog decided she wanted out. Of course my husband slept through everything but the cat throwing up on the bed! Then I finally fall into a deep sleep and the alarm went off. I almost cried. Well I took a break, wrote in my blog and went and got some frozen yogurt and am now ready to tackle the next assignment! Later!

Dear GOD,

Dear GOD,

Thank you so much for Mark S for without him I would be over the edge by now! He helped me figure out what I had done incorrectly on both my Blog and posting the Zotero assignment to my blog (I see a running theme here where my blog is concerned!)I think I would have figured out how to change the size of the assignment as I Googled that and it looked fairly simple (what I thought about creating a blog too!) At any point it is now onto the Lab assignment - but 1st I am going to go play tennis with my girlfriend who is in town - then back to in front of this computer. If it is the last thing I do (and that looks like a possibility) I will learn to "love" the computer and all the things that I am able to do on it! Thank you GOD. Sincerely, Linda

3rd times a charm..zotero

Sunday June 6th

Today was a great day! I should have stayed home and done school work but instead chose to go to a retirement surprise party for 2 teachers I worked with when I was at Logan Elementary as a Teacher Assistant for 2 learning support classes! It has been years since I have seen some of these "friends". I am so happy I went and caught up with them and what has been going on in their lives! The weather held out and it ended up being just perfect out. I came home and turned off the air and opened the windows and it will be so pleasant sleeping tonight. Tomorrow I might wish I had stayed home and done school work but I will never regret my decision! Happy time! Now we will get together once a month to eat, drink and laugh! Great day.

I have NO idea....

I just finished watching the class lecture for Intro to computers June 1st and I think my brain is fried. I think I'm doing alright understanding things and then the questions start from the class and I can't hear the question and then when the question gets answered I am totally lost and it's just downhill from there. I just start to get a bit of confidence in that class and then it's like being hit in the face and being knocked out only to come to and find out that no one noticed and you feel like you are listening to a foreign language!!!! I now need to go take a nap just to let my brain rest. By the time I finish watching class my jaws are clenched so tight that I am afraid when I open my mouth my jaw will break. This is not good. I listened to the 8 minute video in dabbledb and that just shoved me over the edge. I mean seriously could the guy talk any faster????? I turned it off because I was not understanding anything! I need to go take a nap or a shower or both and then I am going to church and PRAY.

last full day of students!

Thank God today was the last full day for students! Was the last day for lunch duty! I had 2 lunches to monitor this year and it was hell! The only good thing about lunch duty is it's air conditioned...the bad is that it's lunch duty. Getting things done for my online classes despite that my computer is freezing up on me! Three half days (finals) and then 1 full day (in-service) and I am off for 8 weeks. Trying to get ahead so that when I am on vacation I won't have to spend too much time doing school work. Am wondering what I will do if my husband wins the trip to Hawaii. The trip is in Sept and I am sure it's right after fall classes start. Guess I'll just deal with that when the time comes. It's late and I'm tired and have to get up to workout tomorrow so I'm outta here.

whatever.....

Got everything all set up to do the Jing assignment and just could not get things done in under 5 minutes. The computer just takes too long. After about the 10th attempt the computer decided it didn't want Jing to work ........I talk too much and the computer is too slow and I hope my new laptop comes soon!!!!!! I finally know what I am doing and the computer decides it doesn't want to let me do it!!! FRUSTRATING!!! I will shut it down and try again tomorrow. A shout out to Mark - thanks for all your help. I thank God that you speak computer!!!!

getting there...

Well I finally seem to be getting somewhere.... Got my hair cut off yesterday and feel like a new person. Found someone who is computer smart and willing to be patient with helping me understand the different things I can do on the computer! Getting through a lot of the reading and actually spent 20 minutes yesterday reading for pleasure. Trying not to stress too much over these 2 classes and if the weather would just cool down a little bit I would be so happy!

de-stress!

Took my bike(motorcycle) out today for the 1st time. I was afraid to ride it earlier because of my son's graduation. I was afraid I would be in an accident and miss his graduation. My son graduated from Bloomsburg with his Master's in Deaf Education. He was chosen to give the commencement speech and he was fantastic!. My son was born with a hearing loss. When he was 3 he lost the hearing in his right ear and when he was 5 he lost the hearing in his left ear. He keeps proving everyone wrong and I love it. He received his undergraduate from Penn State in Secondary Ed - English and taught public school in PA and in AZ. He will now be teaching at Parkville High School in MD this coming year. I am so proud of him. But I digress. I went for a ride and it was just what I needed! It was just beautiful out today and to get on the bike and just ride was wonderful. I am now relaxed and ready to view the rest of my classes. Then it will be back out for another ride I think!

It's so nice out!

It's so nice out today and I have work to do for my classes. It's so hard trying to find a balance. I am ready for my school to be out for the summer so when I get up in the morning I can put in a few hours of class work and then have the day to enjoy doing things I want to do. Still trying to find time for my class work between my obligations. It will all work out but seriously I think the computer class is going to turn ALL my hair gray. Getting my hair chopped off on Tuesday so I don't have to waste time fixing it - can just wash and go! I don't care if some people are not happy I am getting it chopped - time to be practical!

If I screamed....

If I screamed would anyone come running? Doubt it. I am so frustrated with this computer class. I can't seem to get any of the video's to work tonight!!!! Came home from work with a terrible headache (from the heat?) - took a nap- and woke up with the chills! Have been flipping back and forth between the chills and hot flashes!!!! Yeah this day has been great. Going to bed and will try again tomorrow with the videos!

bad day...

today I am wondering why I ever decided to go back to school...do I really need more stress in my life right now????? All this reading I can handle it's all the computer "stuff" I am having a hard time getting through. I just feel so stupid when I am trying to do the assignments...even the reading....it is just such a struggle. I think once I do "it" once or twice I am OK but I need someone to actually show me how to do "it". I struggle with all the computer assignments because I just can't get it from a book or power point or even a video! I wish I were the type of person who everything came easily to but I am not...I am the type of person who struggles through everything! I sure hope it is worth it in the end and that I actually make it through to the end without having a heart attack!

Thank God today is over!

It is hot as hell out today so of course this is the day for graduation! A packed church - 90 degrees out and no air conditioning in the church! Wonderful!!! Thought I was going to melt. Survived to come home to put the final touches on my essay! Had a hell of a time with the bib but finally figured it out and then somehow inserted it into the middle of the essay!!! Thought I had undone the insertion - apparently not! Maybe I inserted it more than once (possible!) Am glad it is over and done with. The 1st paper I have done for almost 30 years! On to the next one. On a positive note - I found out today that I can watch the class webcast on my computer at work!!!Yeah! Well seeing that it is now almost midnight I am going to bed! Later.

going out of my mind........

I am going out of my mind! I am struggling with my allergies and all this reading is making me feel like I am going blind! I am working on my essay - getting close to completion but am worried about my citations. And then there is the LIS 2600 class which makes me feel like I am stupid. I spend a great deal of time looking up words and then trying to keep it in my head while reading. I do feel like I am computer illiterate and so maybe I need to have a better attitude toward computer work but it is difficult. My own children don't let me handle the remote to the TV/DVD/DVR/VHS/AUDIO equipment because they think I'll screw things up but on the other hand I am in charge of the audio/video equipment at school! The teacher calls with a problem - I pray all the way to the room and I can usually fix it!!!! Divine intervention is what I rely on most of the time...I think it helps that I work in a Catholic School! Maybe I'll try Divine Intervention for the 2600 class too!

thrilled

I am thrilled to tell you that I figured out what I was doing wrong with this blog. I won't lie I had help from one of my students! How he figured out what I did/was doing incorrectly I have no idea and I am thankful that he did. I was ready to just forget about the blog!
I have been frustrated with the whole blog thing and was starting to panic when I looked at the next few assignments in this class. I thought if I can't even do the blog how am I ever going to be able to do the next assignments???
Now that the stress over the blog is gone my list of "stressors" in down to about 20 or so. I am going to go play tennis now and hope to release some of this stress!

I did it I think!

Well I created this blog but have no idea what the URL or the RSS is or where to find them. At this point I am overwhelmed by the reading and the postings! I am hoping that there are others out there feeling the same way that I do!