The Okie College Girl

I’m  more than ready for Fall 2011 to be here.  I’m ready to throw my cap into the crowd and walk off OU’s campus as a College Graduate.  I can’t wait for that day to come….but until then I’m stuck abiding by rules and doing hours of homework.  Less than 365 days until I’m entering my last semester of college.  …Well until I decide to go to Law School or get my Masters.  Not quite sure I’m ready to think about those days.  So, until then – I’ll keep my nose in these books and dream of graduation.  No more changing my major – it’s time to graduate.  Besides, I’ll have 3 degrees by the time I step off of Memorial Stadium

Today was my first day back at school in awhile.  Well at least it seemed like awhile.  Due to all the snow/ice, school was canceled for a few days.  I actually went to school early, very early.  I was there by 9am, class starts at 1pm.  Oh yes, it was early.  The downside to leaving early was having to drive on an ice packed road in my neighborhood.  It was awful.  I kept thinking I was going to crash into a mailbox.  It would’ve been a comical story, but I’m sure glad I won’t have to actually tell that one – unlike a few other ones.

Besides waking up earlier than I’m used to, I managed to take my first Calc I quiz, buy a few more costly Accounting books, and go to class.  That’s the most school excitement I’ve had in awhile.  So much in fact, that I was wiped out when I walked in the door around 4:30 this afternoon.

I ate breakfast/lunch and decided to lay down for just a little while.  I knew I’d wind up falling asleep, but didn’t bother to set an alarm or think for just a second that my naps, aren’t really naps.  Instead, of just a 30min nap – it was 4 hours.  Not the longest I’ve ever slept during a “nap”, but long enough to leave me still tired.

So today, I feel like Sleeping Beauty & I’m sure there will be an earlier bedtime than there normally is.  Funny how school can just totally drain all of my energy.

I braved the snow & ice combination that Oklahoma has and made it to class.  Although, I’m not sure it’s the smartest decision my college has ever made – I’m here.  I finished purchasing a few things I needed for my Accounting class.  This class is costing me a small fortune & between Accounting & Calculus I’ll be surprised if I have much free time to do things on a whim.  I now have to plan to go out or at least have a majority of my homework done.  Just a few more semesters left & I won’t be known as the Okie College Girl any longer, I’ll have to come up with something else.

Today’s agenda after Calc I is to go home & take a nap.  I need one and bad.  Ellie kept me up most of the night whining and running around in bed because ice/snow kept falling off the house & making loud booming noises.  Either it sounded like someone was going to fall through the roof or the house was going to cave in, it just didn’t sound good – not good at all.  Can’t wait for this exciting thing to happen just as soon as I get home.

Hopefully tonight will be a better night for the both of us.  I’m sure she’s all snuggled up in blankets at home keeping warm.  I’m just sure of it.  I’ll be there shortly to keep in company, just another 2 something hours and I can crawl back into bed and sleep.

So far it looks like school is going to be open.  Am I a fan of that? No. All the metro public schools are closed, just not the colleges.  Maybe now is when I wish I was still in public school, let alone, high school.  Seems like that chapter of my life is so very far away.  I know I’m a young’un, but May will make 6 years that I have been out of high school.  I can’t believe it,  time sure does fly.

As I embark on the roads tomorrow pray for my safety.  I have no idea what they look like, since I was out on them on Friday.  I’ve heard good & bad things about them, so I guess I’ll have to find out on my own.

I’m going in early, very, very early.  Like 3 or 4 hours early.  I have things I need to accomplish before class and hopefully I’m leaving myself enough time to do all of those things before class, but if not – there’s always after class.  Can’t wait to see what’s in store in the morning.  Calculus, ugh I’m trying not to remind myself.

Busy day ahead of me.   Calc I & lots on my plate for today.  Can’t wait to get home & take a hot bubble bath and unwind from this crazy day.  I downloaded Dear John to my iPod and plan to read it in the near future.  Hopefully the movie is good too.  Hopefully nothing unexpected pops up anytime soon, other than the huge snow storm that’s supposed to show up in the metro later this week.

…..after looking at this image I’m looking forward to the minute I finish my Calc class today.  I’ll be headed here, to ahem, unwind.  The hardest decision I hope to make after Calculus today is choosing what movie to pop into Petunia.  I have many to choose from, so it makes that decision that much harder.  Crossing my fingers this decision won’t be too hard.

What did I get myself into?  Anyone out there know this stuff?!  HELP!!!

I had my very first class yesterday.  The first class I’ve taken since May 09.  I missed going to class.  It’s hard to fathom that I could actually miss sitting in a class for a few hours learning something that I’m not going to remember in the future.

Calculus I was yesterday.  I’ve never taken a Calc class in my life, so I didn’t know what to expect.  So far, it looks a lot like Trig & I’ve already completed my homework for the week (Go Me!).  It was a pretty uneventful day compared to the day before, you know when my car got stuck not once, not twice, but three times in an automatic car wash.  Yes, that was quite a day.

I did go out to P.F. Changs for dinner with some friends.  They’re trying to get me out of the house, so once a week we’re going to a new restaurant within the OKC metro area.  I’m excited.