Mid Term!!!

I'm taking my Biblical Interpretation midterm in like 8 minutes....PRAY for me, please!!! :-)

Melting Crayons...

Tonight Tori and I melted crayon shavings in a ziploc bag in the microwave. It was so much FUN! and it smelled like chocolate chip cookies! Unfortunately, we didn't have very many shavings, so we're going to find more and do it again!!!

Whirlwind Life

These past few weeks have been insanely hectic to me.

I wrote a paper on Ephesus that was pretty good, or so I thought. I was told I only had five typos in the paper and I needed to work on the bibliography. So I spotted the six errors that I really had & fixed the bib. Then I was handed back the paper and it said to re-write it with more citations. Then, my professor says not to use wikipedia, that it's very unreliable. I had no idea...boo.

Hurricane Ike was headed right for us so we were going to evacuate. Then it wasn't so we weren't. Then they weren't sure so we might. I like knowing a schedule and keeping it.

I've been trying to go to the gym as often as possible. I went Thursday, Friday, Saturday, rested on Sunday, Mondays and Wednesdays I have Water Aerobics followed by swimming, and yesterday, since it was so nice and cool out, I went for a run. It was SO nice out...I started running with the intention of running two miles (I had a pedometer on), and when i got back to my car and looked...3 miles! YAY! It was about a 45 minute run...no iPods, cell phones, just me and the open sidewalk (lol).

I've been feeling very stressed with school and getting things read and getting stuff done at church...I'm not sure why. I've been very last minute lately, and even though I do procrastinate, I do NOT like this.

I had my first caffeinated soda in over a year this weekend. I was craving a rootbeer float, but we didn't have any rootbeer, so I had a Diet Pepsi float. One on Saturday and another on Sunday. I've hardly slept since then...although, last night, I was in bed by 945, and asleep almost immediately.

Well, I've got to run, I've got Astronomy in about 15 minutetts (which is a super fun class, by the way).

My 2nd Birthday

So, since everything (except dinner) was a major bummer on my actual birthday, I pretended Thursday was my birthday.

I woke up with plenty of time to get up & ready (so that started my day out well).

I had gotten a call from FinAid on Wed afternoon that I missed, so I went to the FinAid office to sign the back of some form. Then this AWESOME lady said that I would be able to go online in one week and accept my award. Then a week or so later, Ill get a light blue letter in the mail and I'll get my money October 3rd. I was like, "excuse me?' And she said, "huh?" I explained all the stuff I'd gone through the day before, and she said no that everything had been straightened out and my paperwork was being processed as we spoke (she had handed my file over to someone before she explained the going online stuff).

Then I ran into Morgan (who, in high school was like a brother to me). We talked for a good 30 minutes until he was late leaving for work and I was almost late for my PIANO lesson.

My PIANO lesson was AWESOME!!! I had so much fun & the prof kept saying how impressed she was (basically that I've taught myself just about everything I know about piano). It was so fun.

Then, I went to the mall and walked around for a bit. Didn't find anything I really wanted.

I went to Audie's and we picked up Megan J from school and took her to her first Dance class. They didn't let us stay inside and watch, but we did sit in the car and watch through the window. Erin came and watched us too. It was adorable & she LOVED it.

Then we picked up Alex & went back to Audie's. Alex & I swam for a bit while Audie and Megan made chicken nuggets and mac and cheese.

I babysat at 630 & was home by a few minutes after 9. I just kinda relaxed and played online.
I think I was in bed by 10. :-)

It was a great 2nd birthday.

My Birthday

I actually had a pretty crummy 22nd birthday.

I started out the day waking up late & being really rushed getting to school. I went to drop papers off at FinAid, and the lady told me that I have too many hours to get a loan and that I would have to go change my major because I should've already completed the major I have down right now (Early Childhood K-4th grade---since they don't have Religious Education at DMC). So, she sent me to an advisors office.

So, I sat down with Dr. M something or other & she basically told me that since we're dealing with the Federal Government/Loans that I'm lucky they caught me being dually enrolled in the colleges because if the Gov't had, I could be in trouble (I guess they thought I was applying for FinAid at both colleges, which I'm not.). The advisor told me that they needed a transcript from HPU to update my records. So after a half hour at Fin Aid and an hour at the advisors, I had to go to class.

On my way to class, I contacted Dr. Maxwell & asked about getting HPU transcripts. She said I'd have to fill out stuff and send it to HPU then they could either fax or send my transcripts to DMC.

So, after class, I went back to the registrar's office & asked if a faxed transcript would be considered official. The lady said no, and I asked if there was any electronic way that they would accept it. She said she would go ask her supervisor.

So, this lady, Priscilla, comes up to the window, and very rudely asks, "Are you the girl that was in Dr. M somethings office earlier?" I said "yes ma'am, I was" and she totally flipped out on me. She started with, "I don't know what it is you don't understand, I thought I explained it simple enough for you, but I guess not..." and she went on for like 5 minutes, not letting me stop and explain that I understood they needed an official transcript, but was wondering if I could get it emailed or faxed because HPU will take awhile to get it in and I need my loan asap.

So, as I left the office, feeling like a complete idiot, I called my mom, bawling like a baby. She was so rude to me (the lady at the registrar's, not mom).

I went to Water Aerobics & Swimming. They were okay, but not the greatest.

Then, I went to SCS to sign the stuff for my transcripts from HPU and got stuck in the base's 230/3 o'clock going home from work traffic. It took me till 330 to make it to church to pick up my paycheck. I went & deposited it, then went home for a nap.

I couldn't sleep. Boo.
But, I did get some cuddling time in with my cat. :-)

After all that, I had dinner at Olive Garden. It was great. Aunt Maggie, Megan, Tori, Amanda, Mom, Bill, Shawna, Audie, Juillet, and her friend came. So we had a nice little party. I got gift cards to the mall, Macy's, and target (I've already spent the mall & macy's cards--got 2 new pairs of jeans and some stuff from bath & body...I also bought 2 pairs of shoes...but I spent my own money on thoes...shh.). Then Audie and I went to pick up carseats at Erin's, and she gave me a gift card to Chili's/On the Border/Macaroni Grill/Maggianos (it's one that can be used at any of those places). Mom gave me a Bible Application book too.

I went home & was in bed, and asleep before my "actual" birth time (10:39 pm).