It's over...................

Well, it is finally over! I still have not gotten a grade on my final paper. I am really stressing out over it because it was late. I have never turned anything in late before (read previous blog). So.....this is a new experience for me. I'm really worried about how it will affect my grade.

I had a good time in class and talking with everyone on our Blogs. I really did learn a lot from this class and it will carry over into my other classes. I wish all of you much happiness in any thing you do and good luck with your next classes.

Everything that could go wrong, did......

It all started with the fact that in both of may classes, I had projects due, discussion boards and some tests in my other class. That's all fine and dandy except all this fell on the week of Easter weekend. We had family in from out of state so I was running back and forth between visiting family and doing homework. Then on Mon. after Easter, my car broke down. So, that took a few hours out of Mon. to do homework and a couple on Tues. as well to get the car repaired. Then on Tues. before my project for this class was due, the e-book library was not functioning properly. I would log in but when I wanted to open an e-book, the page would loop back to the log-in page. I called tech support, but they could not fix the problem. Tech support gave me a toll free number for the library, but of course, no one answered. I had to leave a message. I know that it is partly my fault for waiting until Tues. to get my paper done, but.........on the other hand, if the e-library was working I would have gotten my project done. As it stands now, my project is late. I need to retrieve info for my references. I printed pages from the text that I needed, but did not print reference info. I figured I would go back into my fav's and retrieve that info later. I am so exhausted and have a killer headache, I'm just about ready to "chuck it all". I have been checking the netLibrary e-books about every 30 minutes. It is 2:30 in the morning and it still is not working. I'm going to bed.

Easter and relatives visiting....

Next week my boyfriend's mom and step-dad are coming in to visit. They come every year around March or April. This year they are coming a couple days before Easter. I was not planning on being the cook for Easter. We were going to go to someone elses home, but now we have to stay home. I usually am the one doing all the cooking for the holidays, but this time I was looking forward to just relaxing. I like Dave's (my boyfriend) mom; I always have. It's just sometimes when they stay for a lengthy period, his mom can be a bit controlling and starts to take over like it is her house. I never say anything to her, but she sometimes can be rude. For example; the one year she was here at Easter, she made the whole menu, never asking what I or my son might like. When she told me what she planned on cooking, it was mostly a menu that my son would not like. When I mentioned that my son would not eat most of the items, her comment was, "Well, this is what I'm making and if you want your son to eat then you can make something different"! Now, normally I would not dwell on something like this................but it was Easter and I am a strong believer that at the very least, when holidays are here and family gets together, you should be thoughtful of one another. Not that you shouldn't be that way all the time, but I believe you should make an extra effort on holidays. The comment she made just got under my skin and she made me feel like my son and I were outsiders. So, needless to say, I'm a bit stressed that they are coming in for Easter. I know that some of you might say that this time I'm the cook, so I can make what I want...............but I'm not like that and I will have a menu that suits everyone. You might like everything, but then I will always have something to take it's place that you will like. When I cook, I COOK!!! Well, I was just venting a little. It's not as bad as I make it seem and I pride myself on my cooking. I love to show off in the kitchen!

Moody Blues concert.......

Tuesday night, March 16th, my boyfriend surprised me with a date to The Moody Blues concert. For those of you that may not be familiar with them, one of the most popular songs they did back in the day was, "Nights in White Satin". They had a lot of other hits, but I think almost everyone knows that one. It was great! They sounded just like they did when I was a kid. That was the second concert my boyfriend and I had ever gone to together. If you have read part of my Blog, you would know that my current boyfriend was my high school sweetheart. When we were kids, he took me to my very first concert, Three Dog Night. Now, over 30 years later, he took me to see The Moody Blues. It was in Tennessee Theater. It is really beautiful inside the theater. Any way, I had a great time and it brought back so many memories from the past. Then when I turned my head and looked at my boyfriend, the past was looking right back at me as the present!

A blast from the past........

Well, in case you haven't noticed.........I put a couple of pictures on my blog. I am learning my way around (just a little) on how to do some things on my blog page. Now, when you open my blog, there is a picture of a hummingbird. I just love them. In fact, I love them so much I have a small tatoo of a hummingbird on my right ankle. I also posted a picture of me and my high school sweethart from 1973. He was my first love. His name is David. We parted on bad terms only because we were so young and spiteful at the time. I never really got over him, but because I was so uneducated about life and relationships at the age of 16, I left him. Any way, that's another story (very personal). We went our separate ways over 30 years ago. When I got divorced, I started looking up friends that I had lost contact with and decided to try to find Dave. I needed to get a lot of things off my chest and needed closure from our bad departure. I was starting anew and needed a clean slate. I knew what state he was in, but when I looked up his name, about 30 people popped up! So I looked up his brother and called him to ask for Dave's e-mail address. I e-mailed Dave with a question that only he would know the answer to and I did not sign my name. He knew exactly who I was by the question. The rest is history! We started dating (long distance), I lived in Illinois and he lived in Tennessee. He would come to see me and then I would go see him. This went on for about a year. When my place of employment closed, Dave asked me to move to Tennessee. So, here I am in Tennessee! The second picture is of Dave and I in Biloxi, Mississippi in 2004. We were visiting some of his family. Our relationship is not what I expected it to be, but then again, the expection came from an unhappy wife who used to fantisize about what might have been. We have been together now for 6 1/2 years so I guess its going better than I think it is. We both came into it with plenty of luggage from the past.

I am really very shy when it comes to posting pictures (stems from bad self image), so hope you liked the ones I chose. Have a great day! :)

Stressed in advance!

This is the 3rd time I am typing this in! I keep getting booted off the connection. I have a project due in both of my classes for unit 6. I'm okay with doing tests seminars, discussions and responses, but when it comes to projects, I freak out! I know that some would say I should start the projects before hand, but I am a sort of structured person. If the project isn't until unit 6, then I will not start it before then. For me, it is kind of like going out of turn. If I do that then it will confuse me and I will make mistakes. Non-the-less, I am soooooo stressed over it. Especially since I have a project in both classes. I used to have extreme test anxiety, but I have learned to tone that down. Now I have to work on the anxiety that projects bring to the table. I any of you have suggestions on how I might do that, please feel free to let me know.

Blah, blah, blah.....................

I am in a really funky mood this week. Nothing seems to help. I just feel blah. Maybe going out with my girlfriend to a bridal show will get me in a better mood. My best friend, here in Tennessee, is getting married in July of this year. Sunday we are going to a bridal show at the Expo Center in Knoxville. I can't wait. I love to look at all the beautiful dresses. She is not going to have a very big wedding, but whatever she's having.................I get to help! Yes, that will lift my spirits. I'm so excited for her and a little worried too because I think their courtship should be a little longer(it has been less than a year). But, if she's happy then I'm happy and if anything ever does happen, I will be there to help with that too!