I cursed myself. Definitely.

I've been telling a lot of people that I've been really surprised at how much easier classes are now that I'm not playing the social game.



While that sentiment is true, I have to admit that when I registered for classes, I registered for enough credits to guarantee full-time status, as well as what I thought would be a good combination of classes. Yeah. Right.

EDIT: (I left this out in my hurry to get other things done.) I'm just now starting to feel the effects of working full-time, going to school full-time, and trying to run a household at the same time. It's tough. Really tough. I just have to push through this and get it done. I just hope Rod doesn't resent me after this semester.

Maybe next semester will be easier. I'm only taking three classes, and two of them are absolutely required. (Microbiology and yet another math class. The third is Spanish. Why Spanish? So I can talk to people at work and eventually use it in the field.)

I should leave it up more often!

I guess I left my blog page open on the computer a few days ago. After Rod got home from work that night, he said, "I think I know what your least favorite chore is." At the same time, we both said, "DISHES." I asked him how he knew, and he said that he read my ABC's of Me post. So what did I come home to today?? A CLEAN SINK!

To plagarize another blog title...

I am seriously, so blessed. Rachel's our only one, and while I've (periodically)struggled with that fact, she's made up for way more than any more we could have had.

I guess I should say something...

So it's been a week, and boy, has it been a fast one. I'm hoping things slow down just a wee bit and I have a chance to catch up on my sleep debt, as Ronna was explaining to me. (I'm in sleep debt about 10 hours.)

Anyway, I figured I'd say something about this week. I'll make it short and sweet because I'm about ready to collapse. I'm really, really tired of the presidential blah blah and am extremely happy that it's over. I'm not happy with the results, but will do my best to keep a positive attitude. The end.

Halloween '08

Rachel had expressed some interest in dressing up as something most of the other kids wouldn't think of. In years past, she's been a witch, a snorkler (her idea), and last year she was Hermione Grainger. (I made her dress robes on that.) So this year, in spirit of one of our favorite Wii games, she decided that she wanted to be Poison Ivy, from Lego Batman. I got so excited at her request - my own daughter, wanting to be the BAD GUY!! I showed her pictures of Uma Thurman's character from the (awful) movie, and Rachel insisted on looking like the Lego character from the game.



I wanted it to be modest (of course) and fall weather appropriate (so she wouldn't have to wear a jacket) so I decided on a flesh colored leotard and green leggings, covered with ivy leaves. Finding the leotard was the easy part. The hunt for green leggings was next to impossible. Finding leggings? No problem. GREEN ones? Not so much. Thursday night I decided to check a few stores that I normally don't go into, and sure enough, Wet Seal was my jackpot! They had one pair of green leggings left, and I didn't think twice about getting them. I added a few leaves to the pants so there was a partial flow to the whole thing, and...



I'm very happy with the end result. Rod had to get her ready in the morning, so I didn't get to see her until after work. When I talked to him later that morning, he said that she couldn't stop grinning and was absolutely thrilled with it. Here's a picture from last night. I can't get over how she looks. NO MAKEUP UNTIL SHE'S 40!!