Almost Christmas!

It IS almost Christmas and I am SO EXCITED. Lo, Matt, and I had Christmas on Sunday, which was so fun! Matt got Lo a Magic Bag, I got her a book, and also Seinfeld Scene It. It was hilarious because she got me Seinfeld Scene It as well! We know each other so well, haha. She also gave Matt and me (and herself and a date) tickets to Magic and Miracles, which is on the 27th which Matt and I are super excited about! :)

Nancy and I had supper tonight and exchanged gifts, which was fun. She loved the necklace I got her, which I was happy about; it was sooo Nancy! She gave me some yummy lotions from V.S. which smell so good.

Still working this week. We have a half day tomorrow, and I expect a fairly unproductive day. Christmas Eve is usually a half day, and little gets done, even if we are coming into month end. I am finding it so busy at work, as we are down one employee. I feel like I go non-stop during the day and am just beat when I leave. That's a good thing too though; time goes much much faster when you have stuff to do!

All of my marks STILL aren't up. The History one is though, and I'm pretty happy with it. Plus, I asked my prof to take another look at my exam (I was one percent away from the next letter grade) and he said he would. I was so happy because I was definitely expecting him to say no. Still waiting for one grade though. That is so annoying. I think it should be mandatory for profs to have grades in before Christmas so it can be off of students' minds and they can enjoy the holidays. And I frankly don't care that they may have other stuff from other classes to mark and are swamped. I was swamped all semester from stuff in other classes, and still managed to meet all deadlines. Get the lead out!!

Mary and I went to see Twilight this weekend. I'm too lazy to link today, so head on over to imdb.com and check it out if you'd like. It was pretty good. Lame in parts, but I heard that ahead of time and expected it, although they still made me grimace. I also saw 4 Christmases on Friday (ok, but Vince Vaughn was annoying), and the Secret Life of Bees on Thursday. I loved Bees! I read the book in high school and hated it, but I liked the movie so much that I think I will give it another chance. It's on the "to be read" stack. :)

Merry Christmas to all, and if I fail to post again before the new year, best wishes for a happy and healthy 2009!

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Check!

Yes, as Lo pointed out on my comments, all things can now be checked off. I'm happy about that, but not feeling great right now. It's nice to know I don't have stuff to do, but I can't fully relax until the final grades are in and I can make sure I did ok. This is especially true in History, as I went in on 1.5 hours sleep and am not sure my answers were historically accurate. I was still really sick then too, so my mind was foggy, which definitely ISN'T helpful when you are trying to remember the rulers in France during times of religious war. Henry III? IV? Riche-who? Richelieu?

It certainly didn't help that during my studying, my laptop crashed AGAIN and I lost ten pages of study material, or the equivalent of six full straight hours of work. Sigh. I think I'm going to get a desktop for schoolwork soon, maybe on Boxing Day if I decide to brave the crowds.

But, hopefully the profs file the marks away soon and I can say good-bye (and good riddance, kind of) to Fall 2008. 2008 was a crazy busy year! I was only not in school for a month and a half. Out of 12!! Crazy, crazy.

Plans now for Christmas break? I have a few books that I want to read for fun, so I'm looking forward to doing that, plus a few baking recipes I'd like to try as well. Oh, plus the hopefully successful attempts to get rid of this 20lbs (I know, brutal) that I've gained since summer school, or at least start on it. Agh! Maybe I shouldn't combine baking experiments and trying to lose weight... nah! It's all good, as my family helps eats most of my creations!

Last piano lessons tonight until the new year. I got each of my students a small gift that I think they will like, so I'm excited for that! And after piano, Matt is coming over (a first in a while) to watch Tuesday tv with me. He hasn't been over on a Tuesday in so long!

That's about it. Please join me in hoping that grades are posted soon so my mind can be at ease. Matt's parents were just on a cruise and got me some worry dolls from Guatemala, so maybe I'll spill my guts to them tonight and get a good night's sleep.

Until next time!

Counting Down

Unfortunately, I still have those pesky three things on my list. Fortunately, less than ONE WEEK FROM TODAY, they will all be gone! YES!!!

We got our Christmas tree up last weekend, and it looks so pretty! I'm so excited for Christmas! On Sunday when we were decorating it, it was absolutely dumping snow outside, so it was just perfect Christmas decorating weather. I even wrapped a few gifts on Sunday too, which I'm excited about! I have a few more gifts to buy, and don't know what I should buy, so I'm a teensy bit stressed about that, but hopefully I can find time after this SEMESTER! IS! DONE!!

Whew, and it has been a difficult semester. The beginning went alright, but it seemed like all the big due dates were at the same time. Nothing was really staggered; it was all late November/early December. Ah well. Hopefully next semester is good. I'm crossing my fingers for less paper and more multiple choice tests. Oh multiple choice. How I love thee.

Teaching piano tonight, watching the season finale of the Biggest Loser, and unfortunately skipping out on Matt's Christmas party. I'm still sick with this silly cold, and the roads are pretty slippery for me to drive all the way out to the party (probably a 45 minute drive from my house). Plus, my car is a little terrible on ice. I'll just stay home, NOT cancel piano for my 2 students, and chill in front of the tv hopefully! Trying to stay warm and get rid of this cold!

Went to the Christmas party on Saturday. We had a lot of fun! However, sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning, my cold moved to my eyes and I had a bright red eye for the party. NOT PRETTY!

Tick tock

Haha, well guess what happened to me last night?! I was working on my term paper at the public library, when my word document crashed. Eek. It closed down on me and when I opened it up again, half of the text had been converted to all these weird characters, including square boxes! I have been pretty stressed over the last couple of months, but this sent me over the edge and all those bottled up feelings totally came to the surface, and I lost it. I feel better now though, the paper is done and handed in (although slightly crappier than the original version), and I'm documenting this story in hopes that I can look back in a year and think it was funny (hmph).

Anyway, now that that is done, I can cross more things off of my list. Woo!!

CNST Argument Paper
CNST Final
HTST Final

Yay! I had a quiz today, and I did really well on it again. I just don't get it! I don't understand the material in that class and haven't been studying for it, but somehow I can BS my way through the test?? Oh well!

Lo and I had an enjoyable ride to school today, listening to the Vinyl Cafe Christmas cd. It is so good! It totally gets me in the Christmas spirit, and I made myself wait until December to listen to it. I'm glad I did, because I had forgotten most of the stories! Also getting me in the Christmas spirit is all the Christmas lights!! I can't wait til Lo, Matt, Lucy, and I have our Twinkle Tour! And I sure know Matt is excited!! [NOT!]

More Christmas spirit... this weekend is my work Christmas party! I am taking two guests (shhh... totally cheated the system), and I'm very excited for Lo, Matt, and I to enjoy a delicious turkey dinner and then go back to my house and watch Elf and possibly Christmas Vacation!!

What else, what else...? I am looking forward to getting some SLEEP this weekend. Ahh, sleep. And then back to the schoolwork... blah! Hopefully getting rid of this terrible COLD!!

That's pretty much the big exciting news with me lately... which seems neither big nor exciting. In light of the Canadian political issues going on lately, I think I would like to do some research into Canadian politics so I can really get a good grasp of procedures, what happens, etc. I would also like to have stronger reasons for supporting the political party that I do. I think I would majorly fail in a debate right now, which is unfortunate. I kind of feel like the public school system failed me with respect to Canadian politics. Maybe, with better understanding, I can better explain why I feel the way I do about the coalition government:



Oh, and did anyone watch the Biggest Loser this week? I can't STAND Vicky!! Ugh! She is such a hateful person!

December 2- 2 weeks to go!

Just a quick update:

CNST Argument Paper
CNST Final
Behav Paper
HTST Final
407 Quiz

Wooohooo! I'm getting there!! :)