amanda123's Journal, 09 July 2010

Amanda, I am so sorry to hear about your father. I will pray for him. Please let us know how all turns out. And good job on your grades - that's wonderful. I still have a few more weeks to go and a huge paper that'll need to be done. Gettin an A right now but will be very happy with a B in the end. I hate papers. 

That's great Keli! I hope you get the A. Get lots of rest this weekend. I know you need it. So do I!!! I have been surviving on about 5 hours a night for the past week or so and it's starting to take a toll on me. Last night I talked in my sleep really badly. My dh said I raised up in the bed and asked him "Did you get the canoe?" He knows I sleeptalk really bad and likes to mess with me so he just answered "yes" so he said I asked him "Where did you get it?" He answered back that he got it out of the river..... I think I came to shortly after and went back to sleep but I don't remember any of it. I just remember waking up confused. LOL! If I don't start getting some sleep then sleepwalking comes next. When my first baby was born I was so sleep deprived that I slepwalked really really badly. I would dream about ants weekly. Once Cody found me in the bathroom all the way accross the house talking about ants and once I got up in the middle of the night and was taking covers off the bed, raising the pillows, and even looking under the baby for ants. LOL! Anyways sorry for the long post but I MUST get some sleep this weekend before I start sleepwalking. 

LOL Amanda, I don't get near enough sleep either. Typical nights for me end with a 4-6.5 sleep, depending on schedule. Then a long ass boring 1-1.5 hr drive into work. I used to sleepwalk too. When I was pregnant with my 13 year old I slept ate some ice cream and the only way we found out was I must have put it in the pantry because when DH got up for work there was stuff dripping down the doors.  

Good job Amanda and Kelli. Amanda I will pray for your dad,  

Amanda, what are your plans for the fall semester? 

LOL Keli! Well for fall I am taking Accounting I in class Mondays from 6pm - 9pm and I am taking 2 internet classes Comp II and Intro to Human Resources. I work FT and some people have been telling me 9 hours is too much so I may drop the HR class but I have worked in HR before and I think it will be an easy class so I will probably keep it. All I will need to finish my degree after Fall is Acct II, Literature, and my 2 math classes. I thought I was closer than that but I guess not. So at this point I have 50 college credit hours under my belt. I will have 69 when I get my associates. I am really nervous about the accounting classes. 

Is there any way you can take one of the math classes in the fall? That way you can take the last one in the spring and might be completed in time for graduation. I don't think 9 hrs is too much considering 2 are internet classes. That's 1 night a week in a classroom, not too bad. But think, if you buckle up now you can be done so much faster. It took me 15 yrs to finally finish my AA. I refuse to take that long with the BA.  

I wanted to do a math in the fall but the only night they offer it is MOnday nights from 6 to 9 - the same time as my accounting class and they don't have it available on the internet. I am going to call the math department and see if they are planning on opening any more evening classes. I wonder can you attend classes at 2 different colleges at the same time? I might could change my work schedule up and work 4 10's and be off on Fridays but I don't know if they have any math offerings on Fridays - if they do it will probably be a Wed & Friday thing & that won't help much. Paris has a small junior college. 

I know we can here in Florida. I have friends that go to the university but take as many basic classes they can at the state college because it's so much cheaper. I'm sure you'll find something that'll work for you. Worse case scenario, you finish up next summer. I might do that. I think I have to take 4 this fall and 4 in the spring and be done (finally!!!) but w/ softball and such its too hard doing 4 in the spring. I might skip the graduation ceremony and just wrap it up in the summer.  

Oh, do you even know exactly what they are testing your father for? 

Haven't a clue and if he knows.... and I think he does.... he won't tell us. The letter just said his blood work was abnormal and he needs to come in for further testing. During the last 2 years we have lost 3 family member, my aunt, my grandpa, and my cousin. It is so scary. I don't want to lose my dad. I hope it's not serious but he abuses his body so badly. I know his feet have started swelling really badly. I am afraid it's his liver with all the drinking he does. 

Amanda, just now catching up with my buddies. Sorry to hear about your dad! I will be praying for him!! Congrats on the grades and on getting back on the losing track!!