Yay

So... my dad just came upstairs and told me a bit of interesting information.

Apparently, someone stole a file from a VA employee.

So... what's the file? Oh... not much. Just 26.5 million former military personnel's SSNs, DOBs, and any other piece of information needed to steal someone's identity.

If you want to read more about this go here

I'm back

Ok... after 14 hours of non-stop driving I am definitely ready for a nap. My brain is officially mush at the moment... but that's ok. :)

Florida was awesome.

Ok... bed time. I'll update more later. (probably tomorrow... I'm too tired at the moment)

Next stop... Florida!

Tomorrow... I'm loading up my car... and we are headed off to Florida.
You won't hear from me for a week.

See ya when I get back home.

:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

Well... yesterday was an awesome day. I won't go into specifics... but yeah... it was great. :)

Well... my grades were posted on Blinn's website today. I'm happy with all the grades... but I'm a bit shocked by one of them:

English---------C
Ethics----------C
Math-----------A
Phil. of Rel.---B
Speech---------A

I'm extremely happy that I made a "C" in English. That was really the only class that had me concerned.
Now... the one that shocked me was Ethics. I made a "B" on all of my tests... so I'm not really sure how I managed to get a "C".

Oh well... I don't care. A "C" is passing... and with a "C" I'll still be able to get my degree.

I'm super excited about summer conference. I haven't been in two years.

And tonight... I get to go to the Linnemeyer's bible study! YAY!

Ok... now I'm starving... I'm going to go see if my grandma wants to eat lunch.

4/5 Done!

The countdown is almost over.

I have one final left. Tomorrow... at 12:45.
I'm a bit irritated... I was supposed to get a phone call from a guy in our class. There was supposed to be a group of us getting together to study tonight... but seeing as how it's almost 11 in the p.m. I highly doubt that I'll be receiving a phone call.
Oh well.

I think I'll do fine if I study by myself. I mean... I've studied alone for all of my other tests and I've still managed to make a "B" on all of them.

In other news... I received a "C-" on my research paper... which means I've made a "C" on all of my papers for my English class... which means as long as I made a "C" on my final... I'll have made a "C" in this English class... which means I will never again have to take this class! YAY!

I should be able to know what I've made in all of my classes by Friday. So before I leave for Florida, I'll know my grades... which will be nice.

In about two or three months I'll be moving back to Austin! I'm really looking forward to that.

In some ways I want to stay here... but in others I really want to move back.

Oh yeah...
I almost missed my English final today. After my Ethics final... I decided to sit out in front of my English classroom to study. My final didn't start for another 3 hours or so. I studied for a little while... maybe 30 minutes... then I started to get really tired... so I decided to take a nap in the hallway. I set my alarm for 3:30 in the p.m. because I thought my final was at 3:45 in the p.m. However... at 3:15 in the p.m. a guy from my class came up to me and tapped my foot to wake me up. He said "Hey, our final's starting." To which I replied "Oh $h!t!" and went into the class room. I read the first question about 5 times before I understood what it was asking... then I read the second question about 5 times before I understood what it was asking. Shortly after that I woke all the way up and was able to only read the question once. :) Yay for being sleepy.

Now I've got to get ready for tomorrow... I've got to make sure I get all of my stuff in my car... that way as soon as my final is over with, I can come back to the house, get Dubeee, then start driving home.

Once I get home I need to clean out my car... especially if I'm going to be driving others to summer conference. That means I'll be cleaning out the trunk of my car for the 1st time in years. :)
I also need to vacuum it out so that whoever sits up front doesn't get out of the car with a pound of Dubeee hair attached to their pants/shirt.

I love that dog. :) She played with my arm/shirt for about half an hour earlier. :)

Ok... I need to go study and get ready for tomorrow.

Lightninging

I love storms.

I noticed that it was raining... and thundering... and lightning...ing, so I decided to go stand on the porch for a bit to enjoy a bit of God's artwork.

I was just staring out into the open... and this was the first time I noticed this. I guess I was looking in the right place at the right time. When the lightning flashed I was able to see thousands of rain drops all light up at the same time. It was beautiful. Words can do no justice in explaining the sight I saw.

Furthermore, I stood in awe at how awesome God's creation truly is. It's quite easy to forget at times... seeing as how the world around us is a daily part of our lives... so I'm thankful that God gave me the opportunity to enjoy his work early this morning.

Also, while I was standing out on the porch, a decent sized spider decided to hitch a ride on my pant leg. Once I returned to my room, I noticed a black thing on my leg. I figured it was just some of Dubeee's hair... but no... once I pinched it and threw it in the floor I realized that it was not hair... because hair isn't crunchy... or juicy. :) So I examined it a bit further and then realized that it was indeed a spider. I then laughed to myself and thought of what would happen if Christopher would have done that. :)

In other news, I have now completed 2/5 of my finals.
Math and Speech are out of the way.
All that's left is Ethics, English, and Philosophy of Religion.
Tomorrow I hope to spend most of my day in the library studying... because I have to make a "C" in my English class if I'm going to acquire my associate's degree by the end of the summer.
So... I have to make sure that I understand Othello well enough to write a short essay answering some questions.
Oh joy. Shakespeare.

I should probably go to bed soon... actually... I should've gone to bed a long time ago. It's now 4:10 in the a.m. :)

Oh... and I watched a movie tonight. It's called "Lord of War". I'm not too sure if I liked it or not. I mean... it wasn't bad... but... I'm not sure if I liked it.

I'm super excited about going to Florida! In four days I will be returning to Austin. FOUR DAYS! I can't wait. :) Well... I can... because I have to. :)
Then Florida!

Then more school... but I won't think about that at the moment.

This weather isn't really making my joints feel all that great. But I love storms. I was seriously tempted to go stand out in the street... but then I decided against because I didn't want to come inside super soaked.

Ok... it's now bed time. :)

It's over! (Well, almost)

Well... the end of the semester is finally here.

Tomorrow is my last day of class... then I get to start taking my finals.

Here's what that's going to look like:

Thursday, May 4
Math @ 12:45

Friday, May 5th
Speech @ 12:45

Monday May 8
Ethics @ 10:15
and
Monday May 8
English @ 3:15

Tuesday, May 9
Philosophy of Religion @ 12:45

Then I will be finished with school until the summer session starts.

In other news...
My week started off with a huge surprise.

Sunday, after lunch, I came home and sat down to play some video games for a while. I set my sweet tea (liquid crack) from Chicken Express on my foot locker. Then I went over to the mini-fridge to get something and I grabbed a cup from atop the fridge. I put put the straw in my mouth... and no sooner than the month-old Dr. Pepper hit my tongue it was back out in the floor... all over various notes from class.
I said a few choice words as I ran to the bathroom to wash out my mouth.
The worst part about it was... the month-old Dr. Pepper had chunks in it.

Once my mouth was clean (and tasting better with an Altoid) I decided that I really should clean my room. So... that's what I did. Instead of playing video games I cleaned my room.

Then on Monday, I had to give my last speech (which is considered a test grade)... however, for some reason I forgot to save the outline onto my flash drive... so when I got to campus to print it off... I realized that I didn't have it. So... I couldn't give my speech. So... tomorrow I've got to give my speech... if there's time. If there's no time left at the end of class... I'm screwed.
But... I have an "A" in the class... so if I don't get a chance to present it, I should still end up with a "C". (I hope)

Today went rather well. I had my first two reviews for my finals. I'm not worried about my math one at all. (I did end up getting a 104 on the last test)
A few people from my Philosophy of Religion class are going to get together Monday night to study for the final. That should be good... and very beneficial.

Tomorrow I'll have my last 3 reviews. I'm not really all that worried. This semester I seem to have a much better understanding of the material than I have in some of my previous classes.

The only final (well... class) that I'm worried about is my English class. I have to make a "C" in it. If I don't... then I will be dropped from my Tech. Writing class that I have to have to get my associate's degree.

As for working out... I'm finally to the point where I can work my upper body without the pain in my arms being extremely bad. In other words, I can start working out my upper body on an every-other-day basis now.
Now I've just got to get to that same point with my legs. However, I lost my workout plan for my legs... so when I see my trainer on Thursday I'm going to have to get her to write another one up for me.

Well... I've got to go and finish my last take-home-test for Ethics. It's due tomorrow @ 10 in the a.m.