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Saturday, August 30, 2008

i wanted to cry....

Well, this Friday was my first day of my all day Biology class. I was so lost. This professor was speaking a foreign language. I few things clicked in my little brain during the lecture, but I was not ready for this. I'm actually debating on switching to an easier biology class to ease my way into this field. Hmm..we'll just have to see how this next week goes. 5 students dropped out within an hour and a half of the class, so it's not just me that thought it was tough. It's been almost 14 years since I've been back to school, so this was a huge shocker to me. I think I just need to suck it up and actually WORK at doing well in school.

Just after my class finished up, I wanted to run to my car and cry cry cry. Fortunately, one of my classmates walked up to me and reassured me that it was not just me that thought the class was tough. Okay.....I'm done whining and complaining.

As for my math class, I'm liking it. It's not a hard class, but some of my fellow classmates are interesting to people watch. There's a guy I've named pinhead (due to the amount of piercings), she-man (a very tall muscular man dressed as a woman), and the hippie(she sits at my table and smells like a certain illegal plant). Things have definitely changed since I've been back to school.

Well that's pretty much all that's going on with little old me. So if you see me at the college parking lot on Friday balling my head off, you'll know things did not go well. .....I seriously need to think positive thoughts.....

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

What not to do while reading a map....

Ah...I remember the day vividly. The kids and I were driving home from the library on December 15, 2007. Alycia had to do some research for her school science fair project. I had the feeling that I should take a different road back home, but ignored the prompting. As I slowing down to a light that had just changed. BAMM! What the heck! I hit the brakes so I didn't hit the person in front of me. Then BAMM again! I checked to see if my kids were okay. Alycia complained that her neck hurt. Joseph was fine...he had on his puffy coat and was playing his gameboy. I got out to see what caused this car accident. A 17 year old girl driving a Suburban decided to read a map while driving. She totaled the pickup that hit my van (twice) and almost totaled the van. I'm thankful the damage wasn't worse... Alycia and I had to go to plenty Physical Therapy sessions and we weren't able to do much for quite a while and see several specialists for the discomfort. So when you think of reading a map while driving...remember ...this young lady totaled a truck, caused over $11,000 damage to my vehicle, paid additional $ for componsation and most likely will be uninsurable.