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!