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.