it is 11:56 p.m., i should be heading off to sleep, BUT, i just sent off my last assignment for this semester. yes sirree!! fall 2007 is unofficially "in the books!" i say unofficially because i have not received my grades, yet. my world literature class still has me worried, but what can i do about it other than worry? i'm already doing that :)
well good night folks! tomorrow is the first day of my break. i should be awake to enjoy it, don't you think? the good news is that i only have about three more years of grueling semesters to go! doesn't that sound encouraging?
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Saturday, December 1, 2007
1/2 Week Left
o.k., since i am so freaked out about finishing this semester, i think it will be a good idea if i keep jotting down what i need to do. but first an update on last week's assignments:
1. i managed to finish my reading on the Aeneid. and i scrambled to get my chat groups assignment turned in. although it was not my turn to submit the assignment, i somehow
managed to get it tossed on my lap (i think being just to dumb to say no is my problem!).
it was funny the way it happened. one girl said she it wasn't her turn and the other one
said she couldn't do it. that simple. i thought, "o.k., so you two won't do it. there are three
in this chat group, so that just leaves the FOOL (me), right? or am i missing someone?
2. i took my COSC exam and did well. i figured out that we, like most computers, have
temporary memory. i don't think i actually retained everything i read, but i did pass. :)
3. i submitted all my assignments for my kine class.
i'm beginning to see a sliver of light at the end of this tunnel. hopefully i won't get hit by a
Mack truck before i get out of it!
now what i have to do this week:
1. turn in my adobe photoshop final project. i have one question? why pictures? i think i would
have rather done an essay or research paper than try to figure out adobe photoshop.
2. even though we only have 1/2 week left in the semester, my world lit professor has
introduced Ovid's "The Metamorphoses." call me an old-fashioned student, but i think the
last five days of class is not the most appropriate time to start a new reading. HOWEVER,
i must confess, i have found the book very, very interesting. i guess it is one of those things that you just have to read in a world literature class. i have an assignment due on tuesday, a MAJOR assignment. (so i really shouldn't be blogging, right?) i think blogging (for me, anyway) is a release of stress because i write down my current dilemmas; however pitiful they might be.
until next time, ovid is calling me.
1. i managed to finish my reading on the Aeneid. and i scrambled to get my chat groups assignment turned in. although it was not my turn to submit the assignment, i somehow
managed to get it tossed on my lap (i think being just to dumb to say no is my problem!).
it was funny the way it happened. one girl said she it wasn't her turn and the other one
said she couldn't do it. that simple. i thought, "o.k., so you two won't do it. there are three
in this chat group, so that just leaves the FOOL (me), right? or am i missing someone?
2. i took my COSC exam and did well. i figured out that we, like most computers, have
temporary memory. i don't think i actually retained everything i read, but i did pass. :)
3. i submitted all my assignments for my kine class.
i'm beginning to see a sliver of light at the end of this tunnel. hopefully i won't get hit by a
Mack truck before i get out of it!
now what i have to do this week:
1. turn in my adobe photoshop final project. i have one question? why pictures? i think i would
have rather done an essay or research paper than try to figure out adobe photoshop.
2. even though we only have 1/2 week left in the semester, my world lit professor has
introduced Ovid's "The Metamorphoses." call me an old-fashioned student, but i think the
last five days of class is not the most appropriate time to start a new reading. HOWEVER,
i must confess, i have found the book very, very interesting. i guess it is one of those things that you just have to read in a world literature class. i have an assignment due on tuesday, a MAJOR assignment. (so i really shouldn't be blogging, right?) i think blogging (for me, anyway) is a release of stress because i write down my current dilemmas; however pitiful they might be.
until next time, ovid is calling me.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
one and a half weeks
time is running out for fall 2007. i have to do several things today.
1. finish my reading for the aeneid. it is actually quite interesting. i am right before aeneas'
wedding to dido. i think she commits suicide shortly after. (marriage was suicide, huh? ;)
2. i need to read two chapters for my cosc. i have a unit test tomorrow. i will finish reading
the third chapter tomorrow. of course, i had three weeks to read three chapters, but did i
read one? NO!!! why do today what you will have to do tomorrow, right?
3. begin working on my quote collection for world literature. YIKES!!!!! i have a good idea on
the quotes i'm going to use; i just need to get started. del dicho al hecho hay mucho
trecho!! :)
4. start on my adobephoto shop final project for cosc.
i have a lot more to do, but i guess i can get started with this.
we will see what happens.
1. finish my reading for the aeneid. it is actually quite interesting. i am right before aeneas'
wedding to dido. i think she commits suicide shortly after. (marriage was suicide, huh? ;)
2. i need to read two chapters for my cosc. i have a unit test tomorrow. i will finish reading
the third chapter tomorrow. of course, i had three weeks to read three chapters, but did i
read one? NO!!! why do today what you will have to do tomorrow, right?
3. begin working on my quote collection for world literature. YIKES!!!!! i have a good idea on
the quotes i'm going to use; i just need to get started. del dicho al hecho hay mucho
trecho!! :)
4. start on my adobephoto shop final project for cosc.
i have a lot more to do, but i guess i can get started with this.
we will see what happens.
Friday, November 16, 2007
almost done!!
i have not blogged for awhile. i don't think it is for a lack of interest, it is for a lack of time. i am trying to wrap up my fall semester. i think we have about four weeks left. i can't wait to finish. although i must say, one of my classes has me worried. i think that is what i want to write about today: my online world literature class.
o.k., so as an english major, i'm suppose to take (must take) world literature. i should have taken it in the summer, but i didn't. so here i am taking it online now. we have read The Iliad, Trojan Women, Agamemnon and now we are reading The Aeneid. all very interesting reading. that is not my problem. my problem is that i have not received a single grade for this class. i don't know if i'm passing or falling, or WHAT???? no one in the class has received a grade. it is so frustrating because not only do i not control my grade, i don't even know what it is. what to do? the one major essay i turned in, could have been a little better, i think. but, i took my daughters to corpus christi that weekend for a birthday party. i don't regret it because it felt so good to be back in corpus christi. but, i do wish i knew what my grade is. and this brings me to my next point. why am i even doing this at my age? i'm in my mid thirties worried about whether i get an a or b? oh well, i really need to vent.
what i have learned/what i know:
in cosc: i have learned how to use power point and insert images and music files. i had to type up a resume for one lab. that was difficult since i have not had a "job" for the last nine years.
in kine: oh my goodness, i have learned about obesity, cholesterol, cardiovascular diseases. i'll tell you what, all that stuff is scary!
in world lit: I WANT MY GRADE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what i know:
this semester has been a shot in the dark. i don't know how i will come out of it. i guess i can only wait.
o.k., so as an english major, i'm suppose to take (must take) world literature. i should have taken it in the summer, but i didn't. so here i am taking it online now. we have read The Iliad, Trojan Women, Agamemnon and now we are reading The Aeneid. all very interesting reading. that is not my problem. my problem is that i have not received a single grade for this class. i don't know if i'm passing or falling, or WHAT???? no one in the class has received a grade. it is so frustrating because not only do i not control my grade, i don't even know what it is. what to do? the one major essay i turned in, could have been a little better, i think. but, i took my daughters to corpus christi that weekend for a birthday party. i don't regret it because it felt so good to be back in corpus christi. but, i do wish i knew what my grade is. and this brings me to my next point. why am i even doing this at my age? i'm in my mid thirties worried about whether i get an a or b? oh well, i really need to vent.
what i have learned/what i know:
in cosc: i have learned how to use power point and insert images and music files. i had to type up a resume for one lab. that was difficult since i have not had a "job" for the last nine years.
in kine: oh my goodness, i have learned about obesity, cholesterol, cardiovascular diseases. i'll tell you what, all that stuff is scary!
in world lit: I WANT MY GRADE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what i know:
this semester has been a shot in the dark. i don't know how i will come out of it. i guess i can only wait.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
where i am write now!!
i am suppose to be writing my first major essay for my world literature class. but, i can't seem to get my mind into essay writing mode. i would rather blog ;) i haven't blogged in a long, long, time. but, i find that it helps make the semester go by quicker. why? i think because i can see it progress week by week.
i think there are about nine weeks left in this semester. nine agonizing weeks. (but, hey, it is better than nine months, right?)
this semester i am taking kine, cosc, and world lit. ALL ONLINE!!!!! i had never taken one online course, much less three. let me tell you, i am really just trying to keep my head above water. if you ask me, i think it is a lot more work online than on campus. i have weekly assignments, which i didn't have in an on campus course. boo hoo!!
oh well, here we go:
what i've learned:
(since this is a make-up post, i will catch up since august.)
in cosc: i have learned a lot of keyboard shortcuts using the control key. we are working on spreadsheets right now.
in kine: i have to exercise at least three times a week for 30 minutes. so far so good. i have also learned about muscular endurance versus muscular strength and many other things.
in world lit: we just finished reading the Iliad. it was a long, long book. i'm glad i'm finally learning/reading the greek classic.
i am actually suppose to be writing my essay on that right now. i need to be able to send it to mike lapointe, the online tutuor by tomorrow. it's going to be a long nights journey.
i'll let you all know how it goes.....
what i know:
my life has totally changed from last semester. i'm not even in corpus christi anymore. i miss it something awful. i miss del mar (which my husband can't understand). i really miss my old life in corpus christi. i miss my friend and neighbor and her kids.
life in the rio grande valley is not that grand, let me tell you. i feel like an outsider who is very unwelcome. i have been given the third degree at my daughters' school. i have culture shock. it seems strange, but even though i am a mexican-american, i don't feel like i fit in here in the valley.
i think there are about nine weeks left in this semester. nine agonizing weeks. (but, hey, it is better than nine months, right?)
this semester i am taking kine, cosc, and world lit. ALL ONLINE!!!!! i had never taken one online course, much less three. let me tell you, i am really just trying to keep my head above water. if you ask me, i think it is a lot more work online than on campus. i have weekly assignments, which i didn't have in an on campus course. boo hoo!!
oh well, here we go:
what i've learned:
(since this is a make-up post, i will catch up since august.)
in cosc: i have learned a lot of keyboard shortcuts using the control key. we are working on spreadsheets right now.
in kine: i have to exercise at least three times a week for 30 minutes. so far so good. i have also learned about muscular endurance versus muscular strength and many other things.
in world lit: we just finished reading the Iliad. it was a long, long book. i'm glad i'm finally learning/reading the greek classic.
i am actually suppose to be writing my essay on that right now. i need to be able to send it to mike lapointe, the online tutuor by tomorrow. it's going to be a long nights journey.
i'll let you all know how it goes.....
what i know:
my life has totally changed from last semester. i'm not even in corpus christi anymore. i miss it something awful. i miss del mar (which my husband can't understand). i really miss my old life in corpus christi. i miss my friend and neighbor and her kids.
life in the rio grande valley is not that grand, let me tell you. i feel like an outsider who is very unwelcome. i have been given the third degree at my daughters' school. i have culture shock. it seems strange, but even though i am a mexican-american, i don't feel like i fit in here in the valley.
Friday, July 20, 2007
my sister, my hero!
i am blessed with a big family. (i wonder, sometimes, or rather think of how having siblings changes who you become as an individual. but, i am beginning to wander off my point.) i have three handsome brothers and one beautiful sister. she has left the states to go serve our country. i'm so apprehensive about it, but all i can do is trust Jesus. i know that i can't do anything but pray.
dear Jesus,
please keep my sister safe wherever she may be and bring her safely back to me.
Amen.
i love you sally, take good care of yourself!
dear Jesus,
please keep my sister safe wherever she may be and bring her safely back to me.
Amen.
i love you sally, take good care of yourself!
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
i will not get angry!!
i have found those words so interesting! i read them in Mike Wallace's book, "Between You and Me." the interview where the words come from is both extremely interesting and amusing. but, most importantly, i have adopted them as my new motto. "i will not get angry!"
i have a lot on my plate right now. (i know, i know, drama queen all over again!) the truth is i'm in transition. and today as i was scurrying along trying to do all of the things that i needed to do, those words kept ringing in my ear. however, we will see how true they become.
i have started my summer reading. i went to the library and checked out three books: Between You and Me by Mike Wallace, Night by Elie Wiesel, and His Excellency by Joseph Ellis (the latter i have checked out several times and never finished it!) i really want to get something out of this summer, since i did not take a summer college course.
that said, i would like to give a sort of personal and unofficial review of wallace's book:
it is fascinating! some of the interviews are truly historical, i.e. Martin Luther King, Jr., former Presidents and First Ladies, etc. some of them are very informative in areas such as the middle east and u.s. history. and yet some of the interviews are purely entertaining and funny.
my next book will be "Night." i want to read it, but i don't know if i will have the stomach for it.
"His Excellency" is a good book, but i haven't restarted it because i don't remember exactly where i left off. my informal goal is to read a book on each president. i've read the book "John Adams," so that only leaves 42 more to go. easy as pie, don't you think?
i have a lot on my plate right now. (i know, i know, drama queen all over again!) the truth is i'm in transition. and today as i was scurrying along trying to do all of the things that i needed to do, those words kept ringing in my ear. however, we will see how true they become.
i have started my summer reading. i went to the library and checked out three books: Between You and Me by Mike Wallace, Night by Elie Wiesel, and His Excellency by Joseph Ellis (the latter i have checked out several times and never finished it!) i really want to get something out of this summer, since i did not take a summer college course.
that said, i would like to give a sort of personal and unofficial review of wallace's book:
it is fascinating! some of the interviews are truly historical, i.e. Martin Luther King, Jr., former Presidents and First Ladies, etc. some of them are very informative in areas such as the middle east and u.s. history. and yet some of the interviews are purely entertaining and funny.
my next book will be "Night." i want to read it, but i don't know if i will have the stomach for it.
"His Excellency" is a good book, but i haven't restarted it because i don't remember exactly where i left off. my informal goal is to read a book on each president. i've read the book "John Adams," so that only leaves 42 more to go. easy as pie, don't you think?
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