Winding Down.

Today is November 29th - the end of the semester is in sight! Unfortunately for me, I am a wee bit behind on a couple of projects. Nah, let me start that over. One teacher just gave me a project, so it is not really that I am behind, I just had no idea it existed. I am behind on the other project. It is a six hour observation of a child ages 3-6 years old. I started a little late, ended up with sick kids, and then school was closed for illness. So, all in all, it knocked me out of three weeks.

I would lie a little for this project, but the mother of the child that I am observing wants to read my paper. So, my mother sympathy will not allow me to fib to another mother who is interested in having a peek into her child's day while she is at work.

Needless to say, I am going to spend alot of time at Pre-K tomorrow, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.

Other than that, lotsa nothing else is really going on. I have tons of homework due over the next two weeks. I am at the point of the semester where I say, "Hey. I hate school. I want out." I know that I will have about a four week break, I will be refreshed soon and be ready to go... just so very tired now and I can't wait for this mess to be over.

Next semester, I only have two classes. Two classes that equal 12 hours. Now, that doesn't seem so bad, really. My books are about 400 for these classes. One is a nine hour class, the other is a three hour class. I will go to school on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8 to 11 for the first 7 weeks. After that, I will be placed in a school to work Monday thru Thursday from 8 to 11 and on Friday, I will go to class to discuss my feelings (!) from 8 to 11.

Wondering how the workplace will take my absence....

Wondering what all kinda feelings I can talk about.... does it just have to be about school, or my life in general?

Just kidding.

My other class, the three hour class, is on Wednesday night from 6 -9 p.m. This was the only class I could take that would not interfere with my workday. Instead, I am going to miss church.

This should be interesting.

Getting Ready for T-Day.

This year has passed by SO fast. It just seems like yesterday, it was Christmas. We were in the other house, preparing to move. Boxes were everywhere. Now here we are, in our newer house (since Februrary 1) and boxes are everywhere. We still haven't unpacked it all. It is a slow process.

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So, tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day. We will go to The Sadler Family Shindig tomorrow afternoon, where I am sure that one of my kids (guessing...um, Tripp) will grab, touch or throw something he is not supposed to.

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I guess we are lucky -or maybe not - that we only have one family to visit. I think that we will have dinner with my in-laws on Saturday night. But other than that, my main objective is to go to have one afternoon dinner tomorrow.

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On Friday, I am venturing out with my sister in law Shana at 4 a.m. and Black Friday Shopping. The only things I want are $2 DVD's and $3 pajamas from Walmart. So Dave asks me why I would get up at 3 a.m., drive 30 minutes, wait in line and the pushing and shoving over $5 worth of merchandise and get the total savings of $5?

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It is all about the thrill of the hunt.

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Hey Dave, why do you get up at 4 a.m. and put on those stiff, smelly green clothes and go out in the rain, carry a heavy pack after driving for 30 minutes, walk thru the woods then CLIMB A TREE, in the cold, cold environment, hoping that maybe, just maybe, an animal will come into your sights and you can kill it? And why, when there is just a viewing of a animal, that your day is still deemed successful?

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See what I mean?

It is all about the thrill of the hunt.

Where Have I Been?

Whew.

In a mad rush to get all of my homework done last week so that I could have a little relax time with Dave, I neglected my blogging.

Something has to give.

Regardless, I am back. And I am tired. I am always so exhausted by the end of the semester. I always feel lazy, but I just got an email from one of my AWESOME education teachers wishing me a Happy Turkey Day, and she also said that she is experiencing "end of semester exhaustion." And it hit me that this aggravation that I feel IS NORMAL. Just hanging on until about the 5th of December. After that, when my two major projects are done, I will be just fine.

Oh, about were I have been since Sunday.

The Beta Convention.

With 6000 Students.

At the Opryland Hotel.

Eli played the lead singer of Guns and Roses in a campaign skit.

See how he looks with eyeliner (and no sleep)?

Doesn't Dave look proud?