Spring timeee

It's spring time!! The temperatures have been in the 70's all week!! I'll take it. :)

I've been on spring break this week and I'm soooo sad its over. I really really don't want to go back to school. Right now I'm feeling like I'd be okay being done with school... forever. I mean when I sit back and look at it, I've been a (basically) full time college student for 7 years. Give or take a few summers. But seriously.... I'm so over it. And it doesn't help that all I have right now is science classes which I hate with a passion.

But alas.. I've still got 7 and a half weeks left of this semester. Then I'm probably going to take physio online at some point this summer. But I made the decision that I will not be taking any classes on campus this summer. I need a break... (I told my mom it was either a break or a breakdown).

I'm trying to be okay taking my time, and stop pushing myself to get through these classes as fast as possible. Since obviously thats not really working out too well for my grades... So I'm slowing down. Trying to enjoy life. I read like 3 books this spring break! THREE. hahaha. It was lovely.

Meanwhile the boys were here yesterday and today and we had Emmy last night. It was crazy but blissful to have all of them here. We went to the park today. It was super busy because of how nice is was. But oh well. I may have even got a bit of sun!

Anywho I should be off to bed. I've got to get up and go to school all day tomorrow. :(

In like a Lion

March is here! And boy does Mother Nature seemed to be pissed. We had tornado warnings and sirens going most of yesterday it seemed. Then in the afternoon there was a tornado (or maybe more than one) that touched down in southern Indiana and destroyed a couple of small towns.

Unfortunately my brother in law's 90 year old grandmother was living in one of the towns that got basically flattened. We had a tense couple of hours trying to figure out if her house was okay, where she was and whether she'd been hurt. Finally around 8 we finally heard that they had found her and she was on her way back up here to stay with family for a couple of weeks. Miraculously the little apartment building she lived in was basically fine, even though everything around it was gone. Just amazing.

My thoughts are with everyone that was affected by yesterdays tornadoes. (There were tornadoes in 8 states yesterday alone, I believe.) Sheesh.

Meanwhile I'm plugging away in school. I've got one more week till spring break, which I'm going to enjoy. Then 7 more weeks left in the semester. Just hoping I can make it through with the grades I need for this darn nursing program.

I wrote a post on my other blog about modesty and feminism, you can view it here.

Other than that I've been reading a lot (I've read 13 books so far this year!). I'm working towards my goal of 50 books in this year. If it keeps going like this, I may actually make it!

Picture of Emmie Lou from last week. (I promise her hair is really blonde, not red like it looks in that picture)

February

My desk in my room. I don't have a problem... I also.. never clean. :p

I've been doing a bit more art journaling lately and working on some random projects. It's so relaxing. I just plug in my iPod. Turn on pandora and work for a while.

I've got almost a week off of school this week because of the Super Bowl screwing up downtown. Yay for the super bowl. It means I don't have to go to my chem lab! Score.

I have done absolutely no schoolwork since wednesday. Thats gonna bite me in the ass I'm sure. But I just hate my classes so much. It's not good. I've got to actually buckle down and get some work done at some point soon.

Mostly all I can think about is traveling.. Which I'll never have enough money to do unless I pass these classes and get into nursing school. But all I want to do is get on a plane. Because I think about how much student loan debt I'm going to have when I graduate.. and all I'm going to want to do is go somewhere. But I'm going to have to live like a monk for like 5 years after I graduate. Probably at home with parents. Awesome sauce.

Anywho I'm off to read random blogs. :-)

I'm as blah feeling as the weather

Seriously... If I hadn't gone to Tennessee last weekend I don't think I would have seen the sun in weeks. It was sunny for a bit on sunday before I left. But otherwise it has been cloudy, rainy, cold, sleeting, etc here for what feels like FOREVER.

It's seriously bumming me out, this weather.

I had my first chem lab this week. Yuck. It was sort of hard and just generally annoying. We had to wear our goggles the whole time and I had these lovely red lines on my face from them. Haha. I need to finish my lab report of that. Then I've got my anatomy test next week to study for. Plus I'm sure theres some other studying/homework I should really be doing.

But I honestly had to bribe myself to get out of bed this morning, by telling myself I could play the supermarket mania game I'm obsessed with. :) hahaha. Sad, but true. Thats what my life has come to. Self bribery.

Meanwhile, I'm backing up my tumblr which is quite exciting. Although its taking FOREVER.

I haven't taken many photos lately and thats sad... I need to work on that. I also need to start going to the gym. like.. fo' reals. :p

Regardless, I'm off to listen to/transcribe my anatomy lectures for a while. Oh.. school.

Friday Roundup

Well I survived my first week of the spring semester.

I'm only taking two classes but they account for 10 credit hours and like a million contact hours... saying I'm only taking two classes is a bit stupid really. And of course they happen to be Anatomy and Chemistry. YUCK!

I actually think Anatomy will be a bit better this time around. I've got a better Prof (fingers crossed). There are a lot more opportunities for extra credit than just tests and they are 5 mentors that we can go to that are kinda like free tutors. They are students who have passed the class already and can help show us how to get a good grade. I'm aiming for at least a B this time. (But I only need a C+ to get into the program).

Chem... I don't know. I have hated chem every time I've encountered in other classes and I have a feeling this time won't be any different. I guess we'll see. Hopefully I can get along well enough with the Chem resource center and not have to hire a super expensive tutor. Sigh...

Anyway.. I'm not that excited about this semester overall. I really dislike science classes (hilarious I know.. since I have to take so many of them). But I'm just hoping I can buckle down and get through these two and then take Physiology this summer. Then I'll be ready to apply to the nursing program for fall. I'm probably completely insane for trying to take physio over the summer... you know in a condensed version. But I really don't want to wait until fall.

So this went fairly well except for wednesday when I wasn't feeling great from this stupid bladder infection/UTI thing I seem to have... That was kind of tortuous to sit in so many classes for so long. Especially since I stay in one lecture hall for like 3 hours. I thought I was gonna lose it sitting in the middle of a row in a giant lecture hall surrounded by annoying people. I don't know if it was just the fact that I was closed in or what.. But I made it through and even managed to stay for my beyond stupid recitation where some guy next to me proceeded to talk my ear off for the whole 50 minute period. I was trying to actually do the assigned problem but this guy would NOT SHUT UP. I swear... I'm really not there to make friends. Just there to take these stupid classes. Sheesh.

And yes, I'm usually this anti-social.. haha. Especially with random 35 year old guys who talk about their A.A. like its best thing ever.

I'm sure there are some chem problems I need to be working on and I really should be reading my anatomy book (doesn't that idea just make you cringe. WHO READS THEIR ANATOMY BOOK?).

Instead my plans for the weekend consist of:

- finishing the last two episodes of the first season of Downton Abbey.

- finish reading The Fault in our Stars. (John Green's new novel. IT'S SOOO GOOD SO FAR. Even though I'm afraid its going to be sad.)

- perhaps start watching Buffy on netflix instant.

- sleep

- sleep some more. (seriously I don't know if its because I'm sick or what.. but I love sleep a lot right now.)

Friday Funday aka Baby Madness

I spent probably 6 hours today reading adoption blogs when I wasn't taking care of my niece. Seriously.. I chatted with my friend Heather this morning (also probably the only one reading this) and she showed me some new ones. I mean I've already got a ton that I've read or continue to read but she showed me more. And huge families at that. with 5-9 kids. So jealous.

Seriously my dream is to have 4-6 kids. I know that this is insane and probably won't happen but we'll see.. My friend and I talked about how much we think about/read about/research kids/adoption/babies/sperm to buy (in my case only). She may have also called me crazier than her for shopping for sperm online. What??? That's normal for a 21 year old right?

I know, I know. That's not normal. But whatever.. I'll just look at all this time reading these blogs as great preparation for when I actually have/adopt kids. Mostly I just read them, look at their adorable kids and want to cry from jealousy over the pregnant women in the doctor's office yesterday. (Uh yeah.. kinda sucked being one of the only non-pregnant ones there).

But I took time away from my obsessive blog reading to take care of my 5 month old niece. Seriously I love that kid. Even when she refuses to sleep even though she's so tired. I also spent some time outside with her because she loves to be outside and it was a balmy 60 degrees here today! I talked with the neighbor girls next door about my dogs and then their mom. I also looked at my websites for my classes that start monday and my chem teacher has finally updated it and of course I need a book that I didn't really know I needed by wednesday. Gr. But I think that I can get it at the bookstore on Monday. BLEH. Stupid school, I am so over you.

I am definitely not looking forward to being on campus for 6-10 hours two days a week. How the heck am I going to pay attention for that long? Geeze. I also really need to get my school supplies together and get organized for this semester. I'm also pretty sure I'm supposed to read some stuff in my books for monday. Double bleh.

Who'd have thought it would be warm enough for bare feet in January in central Indiana?

Until next time..

New Year

I still mostly can't believe that its a new year. Its strange to have to write 2012 on everything. I've only got a few days left of winter break before I have to go back to school. :(

There's my wonderful schedule this semester. The only thing that would make it better is if I didn't have to retake anatomy or take chemistry (which I hate). But I'm retaking anatomy with the other teacher.. so hopefully I'll get the grade I want this time.

After this semester I only have to take physiology and then I can apply to nursing school (I could also take microbio and immunology to apple to another nursing school... we'll see).

I'm only volunteering at the hospital twice a week this semester.. so that'll probably be good. I really need to focus on school and studying my butt off. I applied for a job at a hospital as a patient support partner.. and actually got called to interview for it but I guess I didn't get it since they've never called back. It was full time nights, so 3 twelves per week. But oh well. Apparently it wasn't the right time/job.

It would be really nice to have a job because then I would actually be making some money (and saving for school) but I'm also not sure how it would work with my taking hard classes/sleeping, etc.

We went to florida last week but I managed to take absolutely NO pictures... haha. I don't know why I didn't.. but whatever. It was very nice. The weather was in the 60's and 70's everyday and we got to eat all of our favorite food we miss.

Mostly this winter break has consisted of watching tv/movies and reading a bunch of books. My kind of break! I hate that I don't have much time to read during the school year so I've got to make up for it somehow. I also challenged myself to read 50 books this year on goodreads... but we'll see if that happens. Because thats like a book a week! hahah.

Anywho... happy January!!