Tidbits of News

Today is Monday. Today I woke up two hours too early for a final I had at 10:15. NOT 8. Great way to start the day. I eventually took it and I'm pretty confident about how I did.

Last Friday I received a bar of organic, fairly traded dark chocolate from my sociology teacher as a reward for getting the highest midterm two grade in the entire class of ?500?. That grade just keeps getting better and better. I looked at my grade sheet and it is now 102%. Not 101% and not 96%. Betchya this never happens again! Hope it does though... :D

I have 3 finals left. Sociology, which is a online with free access to all materials. Political Science, U.S. Politics. This was a fun class but I'm nervous about the final. There will be 25 1 point multiple choice questions, 6 short answer questions out of which you choose 5 for 5 points each, and a long essay question. The long essay question will be one of two essay questions given beforehand. We need to prepare for both. And lastly, my Linguistics final. Not to nervous about this one. Everything is very factual and in its place. You're either right or wrong. I'm cool with that.

My friends and I had a wonderful Ugly Christmas Sweater party on Saturday night. There are some truly attractive new photos of me up on facebook. There was a lot of dancing and a lot of sweet things. I made peppermint cookies and peppermint bark and brought eggnog, apple cider, and hot chocolate. Others brought chips and dip, made some truly awesome gingerbread cookies, and provided some peppermint hersheys kisses and other things.

On Friday night my roomie and I were VERY bored so we made a tent fort in our living room! There are some sweet tent photos on facebook if you want to view the architectural glory. Note to self, next time use the bedding you're NOT using as bedding on your bed. We tried watching Fifth Element on my computer but the sound was all wonky. I'll try to get that fixed when I go home.

I'm going HOME!!! I'll be home by 4 P.M. on Friday. Hopefully, I'll find some chill time before I'm whisked off to the NSSN concert! Soooo much to do during Christmas break this year. We aren't going on a cruise or anything. It's a kind of relief. It will be nice to spend a Christmas holiday at home. While I'm home I'll be going to the SMPAC Holiday Party. Sadly, it is in a new location since dtchgrl618 moved away. I'm sure the new one will be just as nice though. I'll probably be a designated driver again, which is fine with me. I've also got dinners planned with two friends. A New Years Bowling Party in the works. My sister chamedragon is going to be coming from Massachusetts for 10 days!!!! So happy about that! After she leaves just_whelmed will be visiting for a couple days as well!! I want to see Sherlock Holmes while I'm home and it's easy to get to a movie theater. I want to get a haircut and a mani-pedi as well. The mani-pedi would be a fun all girl thing to do with most of the females in my family. I will also be taking shameless advantage of my chiropractor and if he isn't around I'll have my dad do it. OH! And we're seeing Riverdance on Christmas Eve!!! NOT Lord of the Dance... I don't think... Michael Flatley kinda creeps me out.

Lastly, I would like to just do some pleasure shopping! I haven't done that since I got to school and I didn't know how much I liked it til now. Good time for people watching too!

I've discovered that I have issues with focusing on my homework no matter where I work. If I'm at home I'm multitasking on my computer if I'm in the library I'm staring into space or people watching. Pressure is the only thing that reliably keeps me focused. It is irritating. I've also found that if I think "do it for Mom and Dad" that helps me stay focused sometimes.

The Ducks won the Civil War Game!!! We're going to the Rosebowl in Pasadena for the first time in 15 years! The last time we won the Rosebowl was in 1917. Wowza. We'll be playing against the Ohio State Buckeye's. Their defense is supposed to be #5 in the nation. I read that the Civil War Game was the third most watched game in the nation after the Super Bowl and the Pre-Game Super Bowl Kick-off. That's something isn't it?!?

Well, study time.
Love and see most of you really soon!!!