for an update. Not a lot has happened but I still like to try and keep a better track of my updates etc... So I will try to be brief becuz I am lazy... Well I never thought I would get to this point but I have finally reached the end of my 6th term. I only have like 3 pre-reqs left. Well 3 if I stay where I am. I intend to finish out this school year anyway. My hubby has been accepted to the criminal justice program at ITT Tech. It is in portland. (i will get to that later). As it turns out ITT also has an RN program. I can start the program in June based on what I already have taken. Where I am now I am on the waiting list just to test into the program in 18 months. That is a full year+ after I finish my pre-reqs. That is a long time. It is also very expensive to test at the school where I am, not counting the cost of the book, drug screening (which wont be an issue but they are not cheap) and of course the physical which I also require to pay for. At ITT it is all included in the tuition. The only thing I have to cover on my own was the cost of $25 for the practice test book for the nursing exam and my CPR card which I will be doing at my current school next term. There is a down side. We will have to move. School once we move will be 2 full days a week ( compared to 5-6 now) Hubby and I will have opposite schedules I will go from 9-5 one day a week and 9-1 one day. He will go 3 evenings a week from 6-930 pm. Their theory is simple we have to eat while we are in school so their schedules are such that you can work full time and still go to school. Where are we moving? vancouver washington. I have a few leads on places. Most if not all of my classes next term will be online except for maybe once a week. it is a 40 minute drive each way. Our intentions are to move by April 15th so we have 2 weeks to move and clean our current place. I have several friends who have already offered that I could stay with them over night if I needed to for tests etc. We wont have any extra financial aid to live on, but I am not in school for the money even though it is nice. My tuition at ITT includes EVERY thing I need minus the uniforms... they are no more than $25... and at 2 days a week I only need 2 at the most. I have already been offered my test date for my entrance to the exam and from what I can tell in the study guide for it it should be a piece of cake.... I have already had most of it. I test APRIL 18th!!!! THIS TERM: I never have had a term drag so badly in my entire life. It has just sucked from day one. I have reached finals, with most of my sanity, and believe it or not I currently have an A and 2 B's. I know I will pass them all and I have 2 finals remaining. One is in 11 hrs. I WILL NEVER EVER LOOK AT A STATISTICS TEXT AGAIN... I hated that class lol. The whole term has just been hard. Which is why I am rewarding myself with an easy term for spring. I am taking SOC 101 (again just to boost my overall GPA) and I am taking Health 100 (which includes my CPR/First Aid class) and Biology 170. only one of these classes are in class but I am gonna try to see if I can get it online as well. If I get into the nursing program (which I KNOW I will, I find out in time for my bday in may!) I will probably drop my classes at LCC, current school, so that I can have a break before starting it June 13th. I will also be able to take my credits with me to ITT.. I am very excited about this opportunity... Hubby is too. Moving does not thrill us as much, we will do what we have to. We had considered commuting every day but the more we thought about it the higher gas prices have gotten and driving 200 miles a day is hard enough without worrying about having gas and then what happens if the car craps out. Even though I am having it fixed, two years is a long time before we will be in our careers and able to afford a UTT OH with the car. Vancouver in on the bus line to our school. there is not that option here. Train would be $40 a day each! It probably would not be ideal for the buses anywhere but it is a back up plan. It is also a pre-req for anyplace we choose to rent. I also want it close to the freeway and the one we really like is right across the street from a doggy park! The rent is about the same there.... maybe even a bit cheaper if you calculate the cost of water sewer and garbage... Well I guess I should try to go back to sleep. I have to be at school by noon, to study for my chem final.... I plan to get up by 1030 or 11 and be there by 1130... test is at 330... I am not worried about this one probably because I know I will pass it regardless. Then wednesday/tomorrow is my stats presentation of my final project at noon. Then and ONLY then I will be officially DONE with this craptastic term. Sorry for the complete randomness of my post but what can you expect for 430 am lol... How is life on your side of the screen???? Oh I have other more personal things to share but I want to do so protected and i want it to make more sense so I will get to it later....i hope lol.

well its still there.. I currently have a C+ in stats, this is after the 67% on my test. I have never failed one test much less two in a row. My homework is saving my ass. I have not heard about the chem tests yet. I was hoping that I would but he said Monday so I am assuming Monday is when we will hear about it. Like last time it felt good but there were fewer questions and I am not going to get my hopes up. We will see. I do fine on the homework assignments but it the tests. I don't know if i have developed an anxiety to tests, or just the general stress of the quarter.. do I always stress like this? I am signed up for counseling and am going to take advantage of our tutoring systems. Thanks for the offer of help, I am going to keep the info so I can use it if I need it.

I have hope that at least in chem things will get a bit easier... I hope. it turning into the more math method of things. But we will see.
I am planning a nice romantically naughty evening for hubby and I for our valentines celebration. while its not a holiday we usually celebrate I wanted to do something fun this year.. Harder to achieve with a 12 year old daugher but that is where i use my best parenting skill I have called BRIBERY lol... I have indeed PAID my daughter to go to bed early for the evening in question.
She was more than happy to take my cash lol.
I am THAT lame.. what else can we do with no sitter?

I am pretty sure with in about a 90% chance that I failed my stats exam, if my grade is higher than a 60% i'll be stunned. I am also not doing well in chem.

NO clue what is going on with me. I have not done this poorly since well I have not done this poorly.

Deep down I hope I am wrong. But I know I am not.

I am going to start spending more time at the library. I feel like I never leave there as is but I will have to go more. I don't know what else to do.

It would be easier to blame the instructor but no matter how receptive they are to questions I am the one not getting it done. I am doing all my homework. It is just the tests.

Will let you know by next week how I did on my chem and stats tests...

I have done my nothing but homework today. Mostly all weekend. Now its time to go to bed. Hope you all enjoyed your sunday. This quarter is dragging on and on. I am fighting for every grade I get and they haven't all been good. More tests this week that I will hopefully bring up my grade in all classes. I currently have 1 A 1B and 1 C. I would like them all to go up if at all possible. I am getting more organized and I think it is gonna help.
But for now. Time to plug in my iPad *which i LOVE* and go to bed and cuddle my sexy hubby.
Be well all.
Any plans for Valentines???

That should be what you are wondering lol... I have been working on homework ALL evening except the last half hr or so... Still not done but brain has turned to MUD.. so there fore I am done I will nap briefly then get up and finish it all off. Long weekend too and still not done.. Oh well
Took my chem tests and well I only felt really good about one of them. feel absolutely terrible about the 2nd and not great about the third. I will find out tomorrow (monday)..
Today (sunday) or tomorrow (monday) I have to take my psychology exam but it is located online... and open book.
also on monday I need to take my stats test. We are allowed note cards for the test (one regular college ruled sheet full on one side). I have until tuesday to do both of those but I also will be getting more home work as of monday. I would love to be caught up or even ahead a bit so I can focus on the essay and projects coming up.. I can then focus on fine tuning my skills for the next tests to make sure I improve what ever grade I have at that point.
I am loving all my classes the things I am learning are interesting when I am not confused (which mostly in chem)...
I have also found a few EXCELLENT tutor sites online for both chem & stats that is free... sometimes I have to hear how to do something more than one or even 2 or 3 ways before it clicks lol
So anyway I wanted to toss a quick blog on here. I finally saved my login in info on my iPad so I can hopefully blog more often.
Well i wish every one well,
huggles.
Sam

Wow I seldomn have the time nor the energy to blog anymore. I miss it. I get ideas for things to blog about usually in the worst times like in chemistry lol.

My classes are going ok I have 5 tests this week, in 3 classes... This school stuff is actually starting to take work. I am determined to make it through this time. I am setting no MUST GET THIS on myself this term. I have a VERY large work load. I will do my best to do my best and I will hopefully be happy with it. I am only blogging today becuz I am taking a study day. I will not be missing much in my one 30 min class today so I have elected (and will possibly regret) to skip it. It is supposed to be a one hour class that rarely lasts 30 minutes and since it is only one section i suspect it will be over nearly before it begins.

I want to do well on the tests I have. The first three are in chemistry. That means re-reading the three chapters in chemistry that it is over. I have my list of objectives so I will make my notes and study from those.  Then follows a statistics exam. I plan to do that one Monday. *I have until tuesday*. Finally I have a psychology exam that I can take online but it is timed so I think I will be focusing on that this weekend. That says nothing for the normal homework etc. of college life.

It is definitely a calgon take me away kind of quarter!!!

I am fairly certain that I am taking summer quarter off... I just have to convince myself that I can survive without the extra financial aid. HUBBY has been invited to a wedding and will be gone for probably a week. Nina and I either aren't invited or have been "overlooked"... nothing new.. used to it. It is not hubby doing it and it is for someone very dear to him so there fore I want him to be there. We thought about making it a family vacation and driving out there, while hubby did the wedding Nina and I could explore Chicago??? Would be the furthest east I have ever been. It would be very fun to drive that far and take our time. Maybe rent a van for the trip and we could take a tent and camp along the way to save money?? I have no clue its just an idea for now. Its probably a stupid idea.. do ppl still take camping road trips? We did as kids all the time. Slept in our van at rest stops or camp sites and saved our spending money for the hotel at our destination (so we could stay longer) and for fun things we saw along the way. Would be good to get the hell outta dodge for a change!

Anyway I am still alive and I read from my iPad nearly daily and follow you guys on twitter when ever you tweet that is... Hope everyone is having a good start to their year!

Back to life back to the chemistry....

I can't believe i have not posted in over a month.

Sorry about that life just got away from me!

Hope everyone had pleasant holidays. 

We are on break at the moment.

Go back the 3rd of Jan.

Anyone have any new years resolutions?

Ill be back tomorrow. With more of an update. 

Just really wanted to say....

Merry WHATEVER you and yours celebrate! 

Happy Holidays!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I still want an iPad. School is going pretty good. I ended up dropping a classs. Chemistry to be more specific. I am retaking it next term with a diff instructor. Been keeping a digidiary on my iPod. I'm spending way more time worrying about crap I can't control and I think it's wearing on me. We are also having some pretty significant financial issues with my ex quiting his job we are now approximately $350 short the last two mths. I have not brought it up becuz it doesnt change it and I'm determined to get through it. Last time I made mention of it I was accused of begging or asking for handouts. Let me make it clear that I am not I am merely venting frustrations of it. It's hard to know we are working hard but unable to celebrate those joys in ways that we consider fun lol.
The quarter is ending in just short of two weeks. At this exact moment I have a solid A in my psychology and allied health classes. I just have a paper or presentation and final exam in both and I'm done for the term. At last check Hubby has a B in math and English B+ and a C+ in his college success class. He will be fine I just hope he don't let the pressure get him down in the mean time!
I am still not speaking with my mother. She spoke briefly with me long enough to throw a few dollars in
My face from when Nina was in the hospital that she insisted on sending me. And to compare me to my sister Ammie ( if u have read long u kno who I mean). Anyway it pissed me off even more when she started Texting Nina and drag her into the discussion! So anyway long story short I told her not to drag Nina into it and that she'd get her precious money back in Jan then she can write me off the rest of the way. I so tired of the stupid games. Keeping in mind this all started becuz I didn't want to argue with her over a disagreement in a memory from when we were kids.
So I must have really done it good becuz none of my family has spoken to me in a couple months. Sometimes ( more than I admit) it really bothers me! I feel alone and deeply saddened. If it wasn't for my aunt calling about once a month I would probably be depressed all the time. It bothers me to have this need for family that I have. So I'm seeking counseling. I am actually going to do family counseling with Nina but I think I am also going to do counseling by myself.
Not sure it's gonna make a diff but worth a shot.
Anyway I can't wait till December 3rd when our month off starts! Also can't wait for winter term to start cuz we can get caught up again! I'm buying a treadmill and Hubby wants to get an Exercycle! Our news years resolution is to get fit and ear better! I want to loose 75lbs by this time next yr!
We will see!
How's life on your side of the screen?

It's pretty cool so far anyway. Blogging from it now in fact! I think a stylus would have been helpful but it could be just a matter of getting used to it. I am at school now waiting for my class to start and thinking about eating something but will most likely play around on this thing ignoring the rumblings in the tummy. I got one free book on here too winnie the pooh which is the full original version I never read it before so I am now. Looking forward to getting more, free would be cool. So bigfishgames.com offers apps for this and the iPad if anyone is interested. I am sure they are just trials but their games around $7 each on my laptop so I figure that's really decent. Well gonna go to class soon. It's my FRIDAY!!!! But Seattle tomorrow will be in my car this time so a bit worried but I have AAA so at least I can get help if needed. Casie if you can meet us at childrens hospital
We can bring skyler some pediasure let me know. Or if we can leave it with anyone for you. Alright time for grub and studying. Have a great day and weekend!!!!

I have spent the last several days with having Xanga inform me at one time that my password was incorrect and at other times that my site no longer existed. If you read my comments at all you probably could sense my annoyance by this. 

If I had more time to blog this evening I would update you proper but I have a psychology textbook staring me in the face at the moment. Since I want to get to bed before midnight I thought I would actually continue on with the studies. 

I should be able to blog more though, cuz hubby bought me my anniversary gift early.. Ipod Touch!!! I love it. Did not think I would but for what I do it really is awesome.

But back to homework.

A special thank you to Dan for taking the time to help out, if only to keep me somewhat sane *for a change* lol.

Sam

PS my password HAD NOT been changed thank you very much XANGA!!!!!!!!!!!!