I'm Sorry I've Been Such a Bad Blogger This Week

My dad has had a really difficult week.  He's been back in the hospital since Monday.  We were told that he probably won't make it through the weekend.  He's alive for now but not really living.  He's been extremely agitated today and the nurses are doing everything they can to keep him comfortable. 

Cancer is such a cruel disease...

I Can't Believe You Just Asked Me That!

Only 3 more days to get your goodies mailed out!  I haven't heard back from most of you so I don't know if your swaps have been mailed out or received.  Please keep me updated on when you send, receive and blog about your swap.  Sagira and Frankie met in the furs this past Saturday to exchange their pressies.  Click on Frankie's link to check out his loot.  I'll post other links as they become available so we can all see what everyone got.

You're probably wondering about the title of this post?!  Well, most of my time these days is spent helping my mom care for my father.  He can be a handful at times.  As a result, I really have nothing to post about other than how I'm annoyed by the many bugbites that have cropped up all over me in the past week or so.  I have one by my eye that I'm especially excited about.

Sooooo.....  Awhile back, I'd asked if there was anything you'd always wanted to know about me and I'd answer any questions you may have had.  (I'm too lazy to find the link.)  Well, I thought I'd do it again.  If there's a question you've always wanted to know and have just been dying to ask, this would be the time.  And if there isn't, that's fine too.  You have a whole week to come up with questions and I'll answer them (if I actually get any, that is!) next Monday.  Ask away...

Half Full Friday!

Half Full Friday is a series of weekly posts that Eyegirl originally started in June 2009.  We believe that a lot of our happiness is determined by our attitude about the things that happen to us.  So by participating, I'm deciding to see the glass as half full instead of half empty; I'm choosing to concentrate on the positives instead of dwelling on the negatives.  The Half Full Friday posts are a way to do just that.  They're a list of the things in my life that have brought me happiness over the past week.  I'm determined to find something good in each day.  Are you?

For the next week, I'd like to challenge each of you to keep a list of at least one thing that brought you happiness each day.  Be sure to link up here once you've posted your list!  (This isn't a blog hop so please only link up if you've participated by posting your happy list.  Thanks!)

~I'm happy because...

We finally got warm weather for longer than just a day or two this week!

One of my meetings this week went much better than I expected it to!

I got my ceremony pretty much figured out!  I have to put one on next month for one of the organizations I volunteer for and it's probably the most difficult part of the job - deciding what to do for it.

Out of the 21 things on my to-do list, I only have 4 left!

I finally found my BBW gift cards!

My dad is home from the rehab center!

I got two more participants for my Third Annual Doggone Dog Swap!  This brings the total to 18!

I got another follower this week!  If I could see who you were, I'd follow you back!

*****

Nothing new to report on my dad.  He has a team of doctors and one of them told him he had liver cancer.  Last Friday he went to his oncologist for the first time and this doctor said that he wasn't covinced.  He thought it was more likely lung cancer but possibly a combination of the two and scheduled an MRI.  I felt like we left there with more questions than answers.  My father went to do the MRI but couldn't lay still long enough since part of the cancer is along his spine.  I guess the hospital didn't learn anything from when he went in to do the CT scan.  Now he goes back in on Monday to try it again, this time with a sedative and pain killers.   I don't see any real improvement in him but he isn't necessarily getting any worse either.

*****

I had every intention of posting pix of my beautiful baby boys for Wordless Wednesday this week but I was much too busy hosting a pity party for myself and didn't get around to doing it.  And then I was going to do it yesterday but that didn't happen either, obviously...  So here's one today, instead.

Booker and Asa's mama asked to see my roses so here's a snapshot I got yesterday.

Doggone It

Only 10 days left to shop and get your goodies in the mail! 

Don't forget to let me know when you sent, received and blogged about your swap.  I've created a chart and am keeping track of everyone.  So far I've only heard from Sarge and Finn.  Click on their links and it'll lead you to their posts.  That's my favorite part; I love seeing what everyone got.

I've updated the post where I list everyone's partners because we got a few more participants since then.  Because of the uneven number, I finally got to participate this year.  HOORAY FOR ME!!!  The last 2 years, it was an even number so I didn't get to join in which was kind of a bummer.

Half Full Friday!

Half Full Friday is a series of weekly posts that Eyegirl originally started in June 2009.  We believe that a lot of our happiness is determined by our attitude about the things that happen to us.  So by participating, I'm deciding to see the glass as half full instead of half empty; I'm choosing to concentrate on the positives instead of dwelling on the negatives.  The Half Full Friday posts are a way to do just that.  They're a list of the things in my life that have brought me happiness over the past week.  I'm determined to find something good in each day.  Are you?

For the next week, I'd like to challenge each of you to keep a list of at least one thing that brought you happiness each day.  Be sure to link up here once you've posted your list!  (This isn't a blog hop so please only link up if you've participated by posting your happy list.  Thanks!)

~I'm happy because...

I can see a huge improvement in my father from just a week ago!

 
It didn't rain this whole past week!
 
I enjoyed another red velvet cupcake cappuccino yesterday!
 
The price of gas had gone down by about 7 cents when I went to buy some yesterday! 
 
I saw a flyer at the store for a Dog Walk fundraiser!  Gonna have to go back and check it out again because I can't remember the date and I really wanna take the boys.
 
Sarge and Zona's Mom both joined me for Half Full Friday recently!  And Velvet Over Steel joins me every week, of course!  Please feel free to play along with us.
 
I got some new followers recently!  Welcome!  I just wish I could see who you are so I could follow you back.
 
I won another one of Katie's giveaways!
 
Every one of my rosebushes has buds or is blooming!  So pretty!

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This morning, my father meets with the oncologist for the first time, to discuss his options.  I'm really nervous and anxious about this appointment. I'm afraid they're going to say there aren't any options at this point.  Just have to keep my fingers crossed and pray for the best.  He's still at the rehab center getting daily occupational and physical therapy.  We think he'll be there until next Friday. 

 

I was going to post some pix of the chi's for Wordless Wednesday but I wasn't feeling well so I'll carry them over for next week. 

 

So I know not everyone checks their stats.  I like to check mine from time to time but not religiously or anything and can't help but wonder how accurate blogger's stats actually are.  There's one post in particular that seems to pop up almost every single time I check them and I can't figure out why it's so popular.  It's not like it's an earth shattering post or anything - it's one where I'd gotten an award and passed it on to other bloggers.  I think it's about a year old which makes it all the more curious.  And plus when I look at the referring urls/sites, sometimes I'll find one I've never heard of before so I'll click on it and for the life of me, I can't figure out how anyone ever found my blog from it.  It has nothing to do with me in any way, shape or form and doesn't even link to me.  (For instance, someone found my blog from a roofing website in another state recently.  Huh?!)  Has anyone else noticed stuff like this when they check their stats or is it just me?

 

I had an interview last week for an office assistant job on campus.  I didn't get it but I kind of knew I wouldn't.  During the interview, one of the two ladies said that they tend to hire people right out of high school so that they can help students build working skills and that I already had them since I've been out in the workforce.  She called to let me know the bad news and asked if she could share my resume and praised my past experience.  I told her I'd be thrilled if she shared it but I'm not expecting anything to come of it.  I've had other interviewers say they'd do the same thing in the past and it never got me anytwhere.  You never know though.  I also had an interview for an internship just over a week ago.  Still haven't heard anything which really surprises me because she made sure to keep in touch regularly up until the day before we met, sending me an email saying she couldn't wait to meet.  She did say she wanted to work with me either way, whether I got the internship or not.    At this point, I'm just going to presume I didn't get it and that she's waiting for another project to open up before she contacts me again.

Thank you!

Thank you to everyone for your kind comments.  I could really feel the love flowing from the blogosphere.  I got a lot of blog hits this past week and even a couple of new followers. 

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So...  It's official, my father has liver cancer.  He's already survived kidney and skin cancer but I don't think he's going to be able to pull through this one.  We've already been told it's very agressive and incurable.  It can be slowed but not cured. 

He's been released from the hospital and is now at a rehab center for physical therapy to rebuild his strength.  We're not sure how long he'll be there; he's still very weak.  He's doing significantly better though and is about 95% coherent now with only mild confusion. 

We're waiting for the oncologist to contact us to go in and discuss his options.  My mom didn't even want to do the biopsy but I was very insistent on it.  My father was not in a position at the time to be making medical decisions for himself  and I'm listed as second on his medical power of attorney so I won that fight.  I just want to know in my heart that when he passes, that we were informed of all of his options and that we did everything we could for him. 

I don't know when I'll get to blog again but I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for all of your support and your kind comments.  I'll get around to visiting everyone when I can.

Bloggy Break

My father's not doing well at all.  He's was admitted to the hospital again yesterday and the news just seems to be getting worse.  As of last night, the hospital was saying my dad is full of cancer all over.  We're still not sure of what kind but they think that it's kidney cancer. 

Right now, he has no coordination at all and is very confused much of the time.  He's been in the hospital since yesterday afternoon.  We're still waiting for answers and praying for the best. 

I'm not sure when I'll be back but I'll be taking a short blogging break.  My priority needs to be my father and doing what I can to ensure he's well taken care of.

Half Full Friday!

Half Full Friday is a series of weekly posts that Eyegirl originally started in June 2009.  We believe that a lot of our happiness is determined by our attitude about the things that happen to us.  So by participating, I'm deciding to see the glass as half full instead of half empty; I'm choosing to concentrate on the positives instead of dwelling on the negatives.  The Half Full Friday posts are a way to do just that.  They're a list of the things in my life that have brought me happiness over the past week.  I'm determined to find something good in each day.  Are you?

For the next week, I'd like to challenge each of you to keep a list of at least one thing that brought you happiness each day.  Be sure to link up here once you've posted your list!  (This isn't a blog hop so please only link up if you've participated by posting your happy list.  Thanks!)

~I'm happy because...

I got some more spring cleaning done this week!

We went several days in a row with no rain!  And then it really came down.

I enjoyed a lovely Red Velvet Cupcake Cappuccino yesterday!  I ate it with a red velvet cupcake -- just because I could! 

Thanks to Sarge, this is my most successful Doggone Dog Swap yet!  Still need one more participant to swap with Shelby so let me know if you're interested!

I had a job shadowing session!  Actually, that was last week but I forgot to include it so I'm carrying it over into this week because I really was/am happy about it!

I have an interview for an internship next week!  Unpaid, but good experience.

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Sadly, this has been a rather uninteresting week.  After the stress of last week though, I'll gladly take it!  Mostly I spent my days close to home catching up on reading, bad tv, spring cleaning, reading blogs and anything else I could find to amuse myself with for longer than 5 minutes.  I even took my dad's beagle for a walk!

 

I've decided I officially miss school.  Never thought I'd ever say that!  I was sooooooo busy this past semester and always felt like every spare moment should've been spent focusing on school and that I never had any free time for myself.  Now I have an excess amount of free time on my hands and I'm not sure what to do with myself.  I've been half-heartedly looking for work only because I don't know what will happen with my dad and I want to make sure I can be there for him if I need to.  Before I know it though, summer will be over and I'll be back to complaining I miss it.  :)

Third Annual Doggone Dog Swap and Partners

Thanks to everyone who participated in the swap.  This one has the most participants out of the three I've hosted so far.

The deadline has arrived and you should've received your swap partner's information by now.  Please let me know if you haven't gotten it yet and I'll resend it.  Remember, it's coming from a different email address than the one you sent your information to.

Here are the ground rules, if you have any other questions, feel free to ask.

1.  The maximum you can spend before postage is $30.  You don't have to spend that much but you can't spend more than that!

2.  You'll need to let me know when you sent your package and when you get yours.  If I discover that you received one but never sent one out, you'll be outted and blacklisted from participating in the future!

3.  You must post about the swap once you receive your package.  I want to see what you got!

4.  You have until June 30th to get those packages mailed out.  That gives you one full month to go shopping and to get it in the mail.

5. This is the most important rule - HAVE FUN!!!!!

Want to know who else is playing along and who they're partnered with?
Meg - Amber          Dolce - Addie         Shelby - Mr. Pip
Katie - Deborah      Sagira - Frankie      Muchkin Memoirs - sprinkles
Sarge  - Finn            Booker - Meeko    Mona and Weenie - ~ks
If anything comes up and you aren't able to continue with the swap, please let me know immediately so that I can make other arrangements.  I won't be mad, sometimes things just come up that are beyond our control.

Happy Shopping and Swapping!!!

Happy Memorial Day!

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Today is the last day to enter my Third Annual Doggone Dog Swap!  As of early yesterday afternoon, there are 10 participants -- still LOTS of room for others to join in the fun.  I'll email everyone sometime tomorrow with their swap partner info.

Half Full Friday - on a Saturday!

Half Full Friday is a series of weekly posts that Eyegirl originally started in June 2009.  We believe that a lot of our happiness is determined by our attitude about the things that happen to us.  So by participating, I'm deciding to see the glass as half full instead of half empty; I'm choosing to concentrate on the positives instead of dwelling on the negatives.  The Half Full Friday posts are a way to do just that.  They're a list of the things in my life that have brought me happiness over the past week.  I'm determined to find something good in each day.  Are you?

For the next week, I'd like to challenge each of you to keep a list of at least one thing that brought you happiness each day.  Be sure to link up here once you've posted your list!  (This isn't a blog hop so please only link up if you've participated by posting your happy list.  Thanks!)

~I'm happy because...

My daddy's home from the hospital!

Thanks to Sarge, I now have over twice the number of participants as I did last year for my Third Annual Doggone Dog Swap!  There's still plenty of time to get in on the action if you're interested!

I've gotten some new followers this week!  Welcome! 

My computer apparently didn't like Internet Explorer 9 any better than I did -- it was gone once I restarted my computer!

I got my haircut today!

While it's not exactly bright and sunshiny today, at least it's not raining!

Much thanks to everyone for your kind comments on my last post.  My father is feeling considerably better now than he was when he was admitted to the hospital.  He's still got a long ways to go though before he's completely healthy.

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To make a very long story short, the doctors found one problem and got it taken care of.   We thought he was good to go and his plan was to come home yesterday morning.  But then they discovered something on an x-ray and decided to do a CT scan.  That showed even more than what the x-ray caught.  My father has spots on both lungs and his liver.  The doctor said it's very likely cancer only they aren't sure what kind yet.  They tried to do a biopsy on him but he couldn't lay the way they needed him to because it was too painful as he has a bad back.  They couldn't knock him out to do it because for some reason or another they need him to be awake and coherent during the procedure.  I vaguely recall them saying they'd need him to take deep breaths for them or something.  They allowed him to come home late yesterday afternoon and he'll go back up this coming Friday and they'll try something else.  Once they have the biopsy, they'll be able to determine for certain that he has cancer and what kind it is.

If it really is cancer like the doctor thinks it is, this will be the third kind he's had now.   I really disliked my father a great deal as a child and as an adult when I lived with him but we've actually become much closer now that I live on my own.  I truly hope it isn't cancer or if it is, that the treatment won't be too difficult on him.  I'm not ready to lose him yet. 

I don't think it's all sunk in yet.

I've had trouble this past week with commenting on certain blogs.  So if I'm not commenting, please just know that I'm still reading.  Has anyone else had an issue with this or is it just me?  I can comment on some but not all.

FYI

No Wordless Wednesday today.  I may be out for a few days - my father was unexpectedly admitted to ICU last night and we have no idea what's wrong with him.  Please keep him in your prayers.

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Third Annual Doggone Dog Swap

Yep, it's that time again!  I originally started this as a way to gain new followers.  It didn't exactly work out that way but it was fun anyways and I wanted to continue doing it.  I haven't had many participants in years past but hopefully this year will be different.

This isn't a swap for yourself, it's a swap for your dogs!  No, we aren't swapping dogs, although sometimes I wouldn't mind trading mine in, lol!  Basically, you'll each buy toys and/or treats for your swap partner and they'll do the same in return.  You never know what you might get.

The deadline to enter is Wednesday, June 1st which gives you almost 10 days.  Once your swap partner has been chosen, I will email you back from a different email address.

I've listed the ground rules below, if you have any other questions, feel free to ask.

1.  You can only swap for up to three dogs.  If you have more than three, don't despair.  You can still participate but you'll have to decide which three will join the swap.  I'll do my very best to match you up to someone who has the same number of dogs.

2.  The maximum you can spend before postage is $30.  You don't have to spend that much but you can't spend more than that!

3.  You'll need to let me know when you sent your package and when you get yours.  If I discover that you received one but never sent one out, you'll be outted and blacklisted from participating in the future!

4. You must post about the swap once you receive your package.  I want to see what you got!

5. You have until June 30th to get those packages mailed out.  That gives you one full month to go shopping and to get it in the mail.

6. This is the most important rule - HAVE FUN!!!!!

If this sounds like something you might be interested in, please email the following information to me at glitter.sprinkles@gmail.com:
1.  The name(s) of your dog
2.  Male or female
3.  Breed of dog and size (small, medium, large, xlarge)
4.  Is there anything your dog cannot have?
5.  Is there anything in particular that your dog really likes?  Examples of this might be a certain kind of toy or treat.
6.  Your address.  Your information will only be shared with your swap partner.

I didn't specify the first year whether or not people outside of the US could participate and had someone from Canada join in.  It never occurred to me that someone from another country might read about it and want to do it too.  So yes, even if you don't live in the US, you can still do the swap.  You'll likely be partnered up with someone else from outside the US although not necessarily, it all depends on who else decides to take part.

Half Full Friday!

Half Full Friday is a series of weekly posts that Eyegirl originally started in June 2009.   We believe that a lot of our happiness is determined by our attitude about the things that happen to us.   So by participating, I'm deciding to see the glass as half full instead of half empty; I'm choosing to concentrate on the positives instead of dwelling on the negatives.   The Half Full Friday posts are a way to do just that.   They're a list of the things in my life that have brought me happiness over the past week.   I'm determined to find something good in each day.   Are you?

For the next week, I'd like to challenge each of you to keep a list of at least one thing that brought you happiness each day.

~I'm happy because...

My mom mowed the lawn for me!  In the rain!

I got an A in History!  My final grades for the semester are an A and 3 B's.

I've gotten  to sleep in almost every day this week!

I got a wonderful gift in the mail from the fabulous ~KS earlier this week!

I've started a little bit of spring cleaning!  Very little bit but hey, at least I started!

Shockingly, it didn't rain at all yesterday!

I've received numerous comments from various bloggers saying that Half Full Friday is their favorite post of the week.  If that's the case, why not join in?  I've hosted it for awhile now and the only one who ever joins me is Velvet Over Steel.  There's plenty of room for everyone!  I couldn't add the link this week because I finally upgraded to Internet Explorer 9 yesterday and I'm not impressed with it.  For one thing, it won't accept the HFF link for some reason.  I tried to uninstall the program but I can't even see on my system where it's even been updated.  You know how you can check your updates and stuff?  It's not even listed.  Gotta figure out how to remove it over the weekend.  Not liking IE9 at.all.

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So today I'll be volunteering.  I'm kind of curious as to what they'll have me doing.  Usually I just go in on Thursday's but lately they've been telling me they have too many people and don't need me.  Yesterday morning when I spoke to them, the girl said something to the effect of, "But you are coming in tomorrow, right?"  To which I replied, "I wasn't aware I was supposed to but if you need me, I can come in."  They don't typically hand out food on Friday's so I'm wondering why they need volunteers today.  Guess I'll find out in just a little bit.

Tomorrow I have to get up at the crack of dawn and help out with the other organization I volunteer for.  Since I've started school, I've done exactly jack squat for them and feel like I really need to get a move on since the big event is coming up in less than two months so this will be part of my contribution.  Not looking forward to getting up so early but hopefully I'll raise a lot of funds for them.

And then on Sunday probably, I'm thinking of making cupcakes.  Just for something relaxing to do and for something extra fattening to eat.  Because I want to put any weight back on I might have lost walking a zillion and a half miles (one way!) across campus 3x a week for 4 months as quickly as possible!  LOL  And of course, I'll be adding extra sprinkles.  Because everything is better with sprinkles...

Almost Wordless Wednesday

This is mostly what spring has been like so far and we're in for about another 3 weeks of it according to the weather man...

All images courtesy of weheartit

Goodies, goodies, goodies

A few weeks ago, I got my prize in the mail from Amber's live giveaway.  Wanna see what I got?  Well, too bad because I'm gonna show you anyway...

Powder, a makeup brush and concealor.

I love how the mirror and the powder applicator thingie are separated between the powder.

I won this forever ago from Life With Dogs.  It seems like it came just before school started which would've been sometime in early January.

The author autographed it and sent a bookmark and a card with it.

I got this book and the cards above and beside it from Deborah.  She was kind enough to pass the book along to me once she finished it and I'll keep the tradition going.  Now that school is out, I'll actually have a little free time to read.  The cards are from her card company which she started to help raise money for her best friend Penny who is suffering from cancer.

Chico is just as excited about this package from the lovely ~KS as I am!

And now we're doubly excited!  She sent House Rules and Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult, one of my 2 favorite authors.  ~KS spoils me way too much!  I have most of her books but didn't have these two and now I do!

This is the necklace I gave my friend as a graduation present on Saturday.  She majored in psychology.

Half Full Friday!

Half Full Friday is a series of weekly posts that Eyegirl originally started in June 2009.  We believe that a lot of our happiness is determined by our attitude about the things that happen to us.  So by participating, I'm deciding to see the glass as half full instead of half empty; I'm choosing to concentrate on the positives instead of dwelling on the negatives.  The Half Full Friday posts are a way to do just that.  They're a list of the things in my life that have brought me happiness over the past week.  I'm determined to find something good in each day.  Are you?

For the next week, I'd like to challenge each of you to keep a list of at least one thing that brought you happiness each day.  Be sure to link up here once you've posted your list!  (This isn't a blog hop so please only link up if you've participated by posting your happy list.  Thanks!)

~I'm happy because...

Blogger is finally back up!

I made it through the semester!

I got B's in my Psych, Government and Theatre class!  Still waiting on my History grade.

My History professor agreed to accept my report!  And she said I was a joy to have in class!

I'm going to my friend's graduation party tomorrow!

Another friend from school sent me a really sweet email at the end of the semester!
 
I got my free BBW stuff for the month yesterday!
 
I got a book and cards in the mail from Deborah!  I'll show them off next week, along with some other goodies I was lucky enough to receive.
 
I'm a little ticked at my Theatre grade.  We had to write 2 reviews.  I got an 86% on the first one and admittedly, put very little work into it.  The second one I'd worked on for several days and was quite pleased with it when I turned it in.  I got the same exact grade as on the first one!  I really felt like I deserved an A on it.  I got a high C on the final because I didn't really study for it.  It was an easy class so I chose to put my focus on other classes instead.  But the important thing is just that I passed!
 
Once I got back into town yesterday from taking my Psych final, I went over to my parent's house and from there, we all drove over to the vet's office.  They had a very old beagle named Angel and my father decided it was time to put her down.  She hadn't been doing well and he felt it was in her best interest.  She sat in the back with me and immediately peed on the seat as soon as my dad closed the door.  I didn't say anything to anyone about it though because I didn't want her to get yelled at in her last few minutes of life.  She cuddled with me on the way there and I kept telling her how much I loved her.  It was so hard to let her go.  We think she was about 15-16 years old.  My parents are having her cremated. 
 
The worst part of it all was when we returned home.  My parents have a young beagle and he was extremely upset that we didn't bring Angel back with us.  He just howled and howled and wouldn't let anyone comfort him.  I felt soooooo bad for him; Angel has always been there his whole life and he's lost without her. 

RIP, my sweet Angel

MIA

Yes, I'm still alive for anyone that might have been wondering...

This is finals week so last week was filled with last minute homework and this week has been focused on studying for finals.  I've done very little else and am so ready for it to all be over with for a little while.

I was going to do my Half Full Friday post last Friday after I got back from class since it was a short day.  Unfortunately, I had a really, really bad day with several things going wrong and by the time I got home, I just wasn't in the mood.  It's supposed to be a positive post and I was afraid my negativity would rub off so I decided to forgo it.

One of the things that happened is that because it was the last day, two of my classes had been canceled so I didn't bring my book bag and just grabbed a folder out of it.  My history professor has strongly stressed since Day 1 that we must do every single assignment in order to pass the class and that our final report was due at 10:30 AM Friday, NO EXCEPTIONS!  Late papers would not be accepted.  I grabbed the wrong folder and by the time I realized it, it was too late to go back home for it.  There wouldn't have been time to have anyone bring it to me because my friends would've been at work plus none of them have my house key.  If I'd have called my parents, I'd have gotten a 20 minute lecture on how irresponsible I am and I seriously doubt they would've made it on time anyways.  It's a 45 minute drive from my house to the university.

My professor is recovering from surgery so her husband has been substituting in her place.  We haven't actually been doing anything the last two weeks anyways other than oral presentation in front of the class so I guess the school doesn't care that he doesn't have a teaching degree?!  Anyways, I talked to her hubs and explained my dilemma.  He told me to email it to my professor as soon as I got home so I did.  I haven't heard a word from her so I still don't know if she accepted it or not.  I hope so because I have a B in her class and would hate for all that hard work to be for nothing.  We had a take home final and I was hesitant to even work on it because I don't want to put time into it only to be told I was going to fail since my report wasn't in.  I figured I'd still go ahead and do it though because I didn't want to find out at the last minute that she did accept it and my final wasn't done.  Got the multiple choice section completed, now I just have to pound out the essay portion. 

I told my mom about it and she told me that I have no one else to blame but myself.  True, but that's the last thing I wanted to hear after such a s#$%& day. 

We go in tomorrow to drop off our finals, then we have to have one final discussion on history.  Ugh, soooooo not looking forward to that!  It's going to be painful to have to sit there and listen to a lecture on the very last day when alls I really want to do is to drop off my test and go home!

Then Thursday is my Psych final and I am DONE!!! 

Flat George, Part II

More adventures with Flat George!  These were all taken last Wednesday, the only decent weather day of the week.  I was going to try and get some more shots on Friday but the wind was blowing and cold and a little wet and all I wanted to do was just go home and curl up with the chi's.  I'm thinking maybe next semester we'll do another post and get some shots of things around campus that I missed on Friday.  There's definitely more I would have liked to have shown you.

Tiptoeing through the tulips

Checking the flyers on the bulletin board

The Wishing Tree - click to enlarge

The Wishing Tree

Helping me study for the Psych final

Half Full Friday

Half Full Friday is a series of weekly posts that Eyegirl originally started in June 2009.  We believe that a lot of our happiness is determined by our attitude about the things that happen to us.  So by participating, I'm deciding to see the glass as half full instead of half empty; I'm choosing to concentrate on the positives instead of dwelling on the negatives.  The Half Full Friday posts are a way to do just that.  They're a list of the things in my life that have brought me happiness over the past week.  I'm determined to find something good in each day.  Are you?

For the next week, I'd like to challenge each of you to keep a list of at least one thing that brought you happiness each day.  Be sure to link up here once you've posted your list!  (This isn't a blog hop so please only link up if you've participated by posting your happy list.  Thanks!)

~I'm happy because...

I had a fun time at the BBQ last weekend!

I got lots of chocolate for Easter!  One can never have too much chocolate!

My dad seemed to really like his birthday present!

My neighbor mowed the front yard for me!

The Kick-Off for one of the committee's I volunteer on went really well last night!

I got the prize I won from Amber's live giveaway!

Next week is the last full week of classes.  I'm excited for summer but also really sad.  I had a really good first semester and I'm not ready to let go of it.  Everything must come to an end though and when it does, a new door opens.  For me, that door will be summer!  If we get one, that is!  This spring has mostly been cold and wet with a few days of warmth here and there.  I look at pictures like these...

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...and I'm so jealous that I can't be there, enjoying the warmth of the sunshine.  Summer'll come though, I just have to be patient.  And get through finals.  When summer comes, it'll be all about the chi's.  And alcohol.  And reading for pleasure instead of for an assignment.  And sleeping in every day.  And, and, and...

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Wordless Wednesday

Shiver is obsessesed with his tennis balls!

Chico's favorite relaxing place

He's winking at ya!

My baby boy

Rainy Monday with Flat George

I purposely waited to post until I came home this afternoon so that I could show you my adventures with Flat George.  Only...

Mother Nature seems to be slightly confused.  We've had a few warm days but now it's just getting colder.  It rained heavily all day with thunder, lightning, snow and hail so we couldn't get any outside shots.  It's supposed to be like this all week but I'm holding out hope that it dries up one day so we can get some good shots outside.  There's a wishing tree that I wanted to show FG, plus a few other spots around campus.

Inside, I got some pix but my camera ran out of memory.  I'm gonna have to read the manual, I guess.  My memory card holds up to 500 pictures so I thought I could take that many at one time.  Apparently not. 

And then my computer and I got into a shouting match and are no longer on speaking terms again.  Stupid computers - can't live 'em and can't live without 'em! 

I'll post the pix I got today and come back with some more next Monday.  And then on Wednesday, I'll post pix of my baby boys. 

Here's Flat George waiting for Theatre class to begin.

Flat George is enjoying learning all about National American Government.  This is the only class I bring books to. Poor FG lost his tail.

George and I were bored in History class.

Here we are sitting on the bench waiting for Psych class to begin.

Here's FG hanging out on the Psych white board.

Here's FG checking out the vending machine in between classes.  He wanted a treat but everything in there costs $1 or more so we didn't buy anything.

I realize these pictures aren't overly exciting so I promise to do better with the outside shots. 

Half Full Friday

Half Full Friday is a series of weekly posts that Eyegirl originally started in June 2009.  We believe that a lot of our happiness is determined by our attitude about the things that happen to us.  So by participating, I'm deciding to see the glass as half full instead of half empty; I'm choosing to concentrate on the positives instead of dwelling on the negatives.  The Half Full Friday posts are a way to do just that.  They're a list of the things in my life that have brought me happiness over the past week.  I'm determined to find something good in each day.  Are you?

For the next week, I'd like to challenge each of you to keep a list of at least one thing that brought you happiness each day.  Be sure to link up here once you've posted your list!  (This isn't a blog hop so please only link up if you've participated by posting your happy list.  Thanks!)

~I'm happy because...

I got my computer fixed!

The class talked my History professor into giving us a take home final!

I only have one class today!

I got my camera fixed under warranty and finally got it back today!  It's charging now.  I'll try to get some pix of my boys over the weekend and Flat George will be coming to school with me on Monday!

I registered for the fall semester yesterday!

One of my good friends invited me to her graduation party!  I'm excited for her but bummed that I won't get to bump into her on campus anymore.

I got two reports done this week so now I can focus on the really big one!

I'm going to a BBQ tomorrow and now I can go without guilt since I got two reports out of the way!

My brother invited me to his wedding!  This is really big because he didn't want anything to do with my family for a long time.

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I'm just wondering if anyone knows how Dip-Dip and the Bridge and Elliot too are doing?  Lynne took her blog private (as did Martine at I Need a Sugar Fix) and I miss them.  If you talk to Lynne or Martine, please tell them I said hello.  Thanks!
 
Any big plans for Easter for those that celebrate?  I'll be having dinner at my parent's house as I do every Sunday.  And then Monday is my dad's birthday so I'll head back over there for a little while in the evening.

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I love me some Peeps!

Wordless Wednesday