Here I am at 1:15 am ... blogging, obsessively checking facebook, writing messages about myself to awesome friends (love that part!! Hi A-C!), and generally doing anything but studying.

Why do I do this to myself?

Bisous,
Kiki

& The Yawning Starts

 So after 30 straight hours of being up I am now going to have to sit through a 3 hour class. & it's not fun and exciting. I may fall asleep. It'd be different if it were a fun and exciting class ... say history, poli sci, soc, psych... but nope. It's boring. It's monotonous. & I have to have it to graduate. So there we go. Wish me luck and someone send me coffee.
Wait, no. Don't do that. I found out this morning that 1/2 cup can make me pee about 23 times in an hour. You know how annoying that is?
J asked if I am pregnant. Um nope. Just an abnormally incredibly small bladder.

On the plus side, I just found out the professor is taking us out after class next week (we only have 8 students). On the negative side, we're going for pizza ::sigh::

~~Kiki



for those who don't know ... get this ... I abhor pizza ... except for pizza rolls ... I'm weird I know ...

Ughhh!

School really just sucks right now.

I start looking at my "To Do" list and I get major scared. I realize I do not have near enough time to finish all that I need to.

For my two education courses

• I have to make a Unit (5 complete lesson plans w/ accompanying handouts, rubrics, etc)
• Teach a lesson in my observation class (4 periods)
• Write critique of myself teaching said lesson
• Catch up on reading
• Study for Quiz 3
• Study for Quiz 7
• Study for Final
• Complete Portfolio

For my British Empire course

• Catch up on reading
• Read two novels for a paper due in about a week
• Write said paper
• Exam 4 - the week before finals! ~ who does that?
• Final Exam

I'm seriously scared of this. I don't know how I'll get it all done; I always do, but I never know how.
I have to get all this done in under a month. Maybe that doesn't sound like much, but I have to do all this plus go to class, observe 30+ hours in a classroom, babysit, ... Oh and find time to sleep.
::sigh::
The only thing I can say at this point is Thank God my Sociology of Deviance course is done. I have an "A" in that course. That's a relief! 

I'll be back at some point.

Whew!

Ok I just listened to myself teach the lesson.

OH did I mention I had to record myself to critique myself? I didn't? Oh yeah that was what made it so horrible!

Oh University, fully preparing us for a job in education.... You do so well!


 I slayed the dragon. I did it. & it was fun. It really was.

I'm already feeling the stress...

Yes, I know... it's been forever and a day since I have blogged.
I've been enjoying my time off. I have NOTHING to do most days (besides work) and it's been very difficult for me to get used to.
I'm always feeling anxious ... wondering what it is I need to be doing. I don't do down time very well. I always feel as if I have neglected something.
I am enjoying having time to read! Read novels, magazines, novels, the internet, novels and did I mention novels?! I LOVE to read. Adore it. Unfortunately, I don't have much time to read novels while in school.

Anyway, I'm already stressing because this is what all I am doing the next semester...

• 18 hrs of classes
• EDSS 4553 - Foundations and Mentoring in Social Studies
  
• EDSS 4563 - Teaching Secondary Social Studies
• SOC 3523 - Crime and Delinquency (8 wk internet course)
  
• SOC 3533 - The System of Criminal Justice
  
• SOC 3543 - Sociology of Deviance
• HIST 2223 - British Empire
•  At least 12 hrs of work at the lib per week
  
• Babysitting! (my favorite part of the semester ... the part that lowers my stress level to be honest)
• Homework
• P90x
• Learning French
• 30 hrs of Field Experience in a local suburban school
• teaching a few of those classes -- EEK!
• Young Democrats
• OU Cousins
• Planning a wedding to my best friend 
• Keep the house somewhat clean
  
• I'm sure I'm forgetting something
• Oh yes ... find time to sleep

Jealous of my life yet???

It'll be stressful, difficult, annoying, and oh so much fun.

Planning...

... is something I really love to do.

Unfortunately Josh doesn't much like to and I am stuck planning on my own.

Thanks to a very (very!) long nap by S yesterday I was able to plan out my entire 2010 school year. Ahhh! I love the feeling of a plan!

Spring 2010

• EDSS 4553 - Foundations and Mentoring in Social Studies
  
• EDSS 4563 - Teaching Secondary Social Studies
  
• SOC 3533 - The System of Criminal Justice
  
• SOC 3543 - Sociology of Deviance
• HIST 2223 - British Empire

May Intersession?

• SOC Elective - possibly Crime Scene Processing
  

Summer 2010

• Study for LSAT!

September 2010 - LSAT!

Fall 2010

• American HIST Elective
• P SC 2603 - Governments Around the World
  
• MUNM 3113 - World Music
  
• SOC
  
• SOC Elective?

Ahhhh isn't it beautiful??

Now back to S because really I'd just rather talk about him! He took a 3 hour ... 3 hour ... nap yesterday while I watched him. He woke up so incredilby happy and pretty much smiled and giggled the rest of the time I was there. We played in the tall grass out back, he handed me handfuls of dirt (thank you S!), he jumped and crawled and had the best time (and I did too!)

Of course, I had a wonderful time just watching him :) I really do enjoy staying with him...

::sigh:: that's the part of my plan I really don't like ... the part where I graduate and have to leave him :(

Project 52 - Week 6

It's been unseasonably warm here this winter and I'm not sure if I like it or not.
I want winter ... I want cold, snow, rain... I want it to feel like the semester is coming to an end. I don't feel like Thanksgiving is only 3 weeks away... I don't feel like Christmas break is only about 5 weeks away.

I need that feeling. I am getting so stale ... I don't want to do this anymore. I know that feeling comes around every semester, but I depend on the cues that it is coming to an end.
AND I AM NOT GETTING THOSE CUES! I'm dying here... I need a break... I need the end of the semester... ugh

oh but Aria loves it. Yep, LOVES it.


Yes, she's like Kristy :)

I wish I could come up with creative titles

It's going to be a long, exhaustive day.

Butttt! I get to see my favorite little boy and my mommy and sister!!

I am way too excited.

I have no idea how I am going to get this paper written and study for my test though.
::sigh:: I hate being a procrastinator. Hate. It.

Project 52 - Week 5

Burnt Out.

This was pretty much my life this last week, and I burnt my toast too.




This will be my life this upcoming week too...

::sigh::

I am so looking forward to a break. A real break.
A VEGAS BREAK! :)

Weekend Wrapup

So it looks like these Weekend Wrapups are going to be a bit boring, but I'll keep with it.

This weekend: Work, work, work. It sucks.
Friday night: work
Saturday all day: work
Saturday night: babysit
Sunday: too sick to go to work and homeWORK all day

Baron was down again...

We hung out...

University lost :( ...

This weekend was uneventful and kind of sucked.