Last Day of April-Really?!?!

Hold on, tomorrow's May? Really? Didn't it just start??? There's no way that tomorrow is May. I also can't believe that Monday starts the last week of classes. Didn't my classes start yesterday??? It feels that way, at least. My graduation from community college is in EXACTLY two weeks. That is crazy. Must be a sign that I'm getting old-time is flying by WAY too quickly.

Well, back to studying!

From the Realm of Randomness,

Ashley

Resurrection Day 2011

Happy Easter, everyone! Christ is risen.... He is risen indeed! :) Not much today except a couple of cool church services. A song that I've been listening to over and over and over today is "Christ is Risen" by Matt Maher. Here's the chorus:

"Christ is risen from the dead,

Trampling over death by death,

Come awake, come awake,

Come and rise up from the grave,

Christ is risen from the dead,

We are one with him again,

Come awake, come awake,

Come and rise up from the grave."

The bridge is also fantastic:

"Oh death, where is your sting?

Oh hell, where is your victory?

Oh church, come stand in the light,

The glory of God has defeated the night,

Sing it, Oh death, where is your sting?

Oh hell, where is your victory?

Oh church, come stand in the light,

Our God is not dead, he's alive, he's alive!"

Wonderful reminder of what today is a celebration of. Yes, I ended a sentence with a preposition, oh well. Great reminder of what Christ did for us.

Anyway, tomorrow is a busy day of homework. 18 days until my last final of community college. That went by quickly.

From the Realm of Randomness,

Ashley

Update-April 7

I know I have been slacking in updating this. Guess the life of a college student truly is busy.

Anyway:

• Enjoyed National Grammar Day (and my birthday) immensely.
• Kind of enjoyed Pi Day, too.
• Had Spring break last week. I wish it was still break. :( It wasn't a very exciting break, but it was a break, and it went by too quickly!!!
• Officially bombed a math test today. I failed on so many levels....
• I am officially going to a four-year school, and therefore GRADUATING from community college!!!
• I can't believe it's already April
• I'm going to Colorado in May.
• Life in general has been busy.

That is the past few weeks in a nutshell.

From the Realm of Randomness,

Ashley

Pre-Birthday!

Wow. Tomorrow's my birthday. I'm hitting a milestone. So weird. I feel OLD. But tomorrow should be a good day! :D

From the Realm of Randomness,

Ashley

School Exhaustion

I have now reached the level of total exhaustion and extreme stress for this semester.

Actually, it's better than previous semesters. Some semesters I got to this level around Week 2 or 3!!! But right now I have way too much to do and no time or energy to do any of it. Sad. Hopefully I'll get everything done.

Also, I am SICK of snow!!! I'd say it's time to bring out the hairdryers and extension cords.

From the Realm of Randomness,

Ashley

Blizzard 2011. Groundhog Day CANCELLED!

Well, I think it's impossible to cancel a whole holiday. But any and all groundhog day festivities were cancelled today due to weather. They probably needed to shovel the groundhog out of the snow.

Anyway, in case you don't know, the Chicagoland area has been dealing with a CRAZY blizzard. Started around Monday night(ish) and ended sometime today. I think we got 20 inches of snow. Some places got more. It's been insane. Every school in the area (including mine) has been closed since Tuesday afternoon. I did NOT have to go to work yesterday or today. YAY!!! I enjoyed my day off today (and my partial day off yesterday), but I have no idea what I'll do tomorrow. Other than sleep. Maybe.

From the Realm of Randomness,

Ashley

It's a Little More Damaging, but I Like it

I will explain the title in time.

Well.... Today was interesting. I'd like to say that it was a good day, and in many ways it was, but I don't feel too happy right now or like it was a good way. So weird, maybe homework got me down. I'll just have to remember that the first day is always the worst day, it should get better after that.

To go over my day:

Woke up at 6am. I oddly wasn't too tired, considering I didn't sleep well last night. I left for school at 8am-ish, scraping snow/ice off of my car beforehand (I hate snow). Went off to Shakespeare.

Had my Shakespeare class. I know it's too early to tell, but right now I pretty much love my teacher. I could definitely tell that she loved Shakespeare, which is wonderful, and the class should be good, too. I actually contributed a few times. Sure, it was for minor questions and I didn't say much, but if you know me, you know that I NEVER, EVER talk in class unless I'm directly called on, so that says about how good my teacher is. Looks like the plays that we will be discussing are A Midsummer's Night's Dream, As You Like It, Hamlet, King Lear, Henry V and the Tempest. Looking forward to it.

Then I went to Intercultural Communication. We only did introductions, syllabus stuff, policies, etc., but the teacher seems good and the subject seems interesting. It will definitely become my most challenging class as far as personal stuff, because it looks like being shy may be a MAJOR problem for me. But hopefully it will turn out okay. The classroom was HOT, though. Seriously, if I was wearing a sweater with a T-shirt underneath, I would have taken the sweater off!!!

Next, I grabbed some free food, chatted with a couple of people and then... CALCULUS. It was... interesting. First of all, my Calculus teacher (who was my teacher for precalc) was still as good as ever, but there were some slight changes to grading policy that I need to adjust to. They're nothing major, just the fact that he may collect homework now (before he expected it, but didn't collect it), but it's just a little jarring when you expect one thing and get another. Second, man, I couldn't understand ANYTHING. Who cares about limits, anyway??? Okay, that's a bit harsh. I'm sure part of it was that I had a headache and was tired, but still, very overwhelming. Maybe once I start the homework, I'll be okay. At least I saw a few people that I knew and liked there. And now I will explain my title. Someone asked if we could have class outside in the spring, and our teacher said sure, but we'd need to find a chalkboard to take outside. So someone suggested drawing on the sidewalks/parking lots. Then someone else suggested spray-painting the grass with math, and that is where a classmate said "It's a little more damaging [than chalk], but I like it". Funny.

Anyway, I drove home to work, scarfed down dinner so fast that I burned my mouth, but it STILL wasn't fast enough-I was three minutes late to work. Grrrr. Work was fine, though I was more frustrated about little stuff than normal. Don't worry, hopefully none of my frustration showed.

So, it could have been a better day, could have been a worse day. I think my main issue is that it was an exhausting and rushed day. Not fun.

Well, time to attempt homework. Fun....

OH, I forgot (wow, I'm self-centered), today my brother had a birthday!!! I won't say anything else about that subject as he might get mad if he found out that he made it into my blog.... ;)

From the Realm of Randomness,

Ashley