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

It’s a little after 7am and I’m awake.  It’s a miracle.  I’m actually getting ready to go knock em’ dead on my Calculus test.  I’m ready for test week to be o-v-e-r.  I’ve studied and studied for this bad boy and I’m already looking forward to the outcome of this particular test.  Hurry up relaxing weekend, I’m ready for you to kick in.

I did see this yesterday as I was looking at Yahoo’s home page.  I’m very doubtful I’ll get anything for Valentine’s Day, but I did find this comical. Not sayin’ I wouldn’t do it, maybe one day I’ll pull a prank like one of these.  I did manage to plop my Valentine’s Day card in the mail the other day, I don’t expect it to reach the recipient in time, but it’s the thought that counts….right?

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.

I added another class to my Spring 2010 schedule: Calc I.  I missed seeing it when I was registering for classes the other day & well it’s the ONE class I really need to obtain my Applied Science Business Associates Degree.  Yep that’s right – after May 15 I will have my ASSOCIATES!!

It’s a long time coming for this one degree – I’m ready to get it & move on.  Less than 55hrs after this semester til’ the BIGGER day of graduating with my DOUBLE MAJOR in Management Information Systems & Accounting.   The light at the end of the tunnel is becoming more & more visible.

As for other news – my Wine Cellar is being shipped back.  I opened it & the thing is coming apart.  Yes, I’m serious.  For now, I’m going to hold off on getting anything for my new wine obsession.

I did order my new Sony Vaio, which I have named Petunia.  She will be here on Thursday – so look for pictures of the new baby then.  Gizmo is still around, but I’m in the process of either getting rid of him or transferring him over to my parents, will just have to see how things work out.

In May, Baby Brother graduated.   I’m officially old. Papaw came down to spend the night with Roomie & I.   Baby Brother was the last grand kid to graduate so of course Papaw had to do it up big.  Things started when Papaw got lost on the way to mine & Roomie’s house.  I still don’t know where exactly he wound up getting lost at, but Roomie helped him out & all was good again.  Roomie actually chauffeured him around and I just tagged along in the back seat.  After his graduation we all had cake back at the house, then baby bro went off into the night to party and we headed back to our house here in Norman.  We all had a great time.

Oklahoma’s very own Kim Henry spoke at Baby Bro’s graduation.  She might be better known as the Governor’s Wife, but she too is one of our own alums (as well as Governor Brad Henry).  Her daughter is actually in Baby Bro’s class, so of course she remarked about how she had better hurry up, because the partying post-graduation was something the kids couldn’t miss out on.  Ha.  I honestly don’t even remember who spoke at my graduation.  Some guy, that’s all I remember.  At my graduation all I thought about was Project Graduation and staying out until 5am.  Really, that’s all I thought about.

The final moments of being a High School Senior.  Man, to relive those days.  Who knows what things I would do differently, if anything.  I know one thing, I sure am glad to be finished and out.  I hated high school or maybe I just hated that high school in particular.

He did it!  Here is studly Baby Bro post-graduation.  I’ve never seen Baby Bro in a tie, this was definitely a first for me.  Usually, well usually, he doesn’t even bother to fix his hair, put on cologne, or even wear a belt.  So yes, I was shocked by what he was wearing under his graduation robes.

A high school grad, Mom & Dad & Papaw.  Baby Bro lucked out and got the tall genes of the family.  He’s 6 years younger than I am  and a little over a foot taller than I am now. Honestly, when did he grow up?  I must’ve missed seeing that or just didn’t realize it.  I’m officially the runt of the family now.

Mom & Paps during graduation.  I can’t help it – I got bored and started snapping photos.  Thank goodness Mom & Pops don’t have any more kiddos, because I’m not too sure I could do another graduation.  Although, I believe mine was definitely the longest one out of all the ones Paps has gone to.  It was also one of the roudiest ones he had ever been to as well.  I blame that on the huge graduating class I had.

….and because his class just isn’t as cool as mine was, they were watched very closely at what they took into the church.  Both sets of my grandparents as well as my parents all insist that my graduation was one of the rowdiest graduations they had ever been too.  That’s speaking volumes considering I have many cousins on both sides in which my grandparents have attended their graduations.  Let’s just say my graduation involved guys wearing lipstick & kissing the Principal, fog horns, beach balls, silly string and just pure mayhem. This went on for a good 10 minutes after being announced the Graduating Class of 2004.   Our diplomas were even held because of that incident and now the classes after us are having to suffer.

Maybe I should’ve mentioned that our class was nicked named the Class from Hell when we were in Junior High?

I spent a majority of my time at school today.   I had to be advised for adding another class {lots of line standing}, go across the “hall” and enroll {more line standing}, and then finally go to the bookstore {not as much line standing}.

I did manage to enroll in a Finance class.  We will see how that works out.   It’s one of my uppers for the University of Oklahoma, which I’m already starting to get nervous about.   I have no idea what to expect out of a finance class; but I loved accounting, so I hope this class won’t be too bad.

Saturdays are going to be busy {8AM to 5PM} mostly.  I have 3 Saturdays off, which is just fine with me.   I don’t do much on the weekend anyway, and if I do, it’s normally when its dark outside.  Like very random Starbucks Dates {which occured this week and is above this post} or a Girls Night which will happen Sunday evening until Monday.

So, the schedule: Microeconomics, Accounting II, Business Statistics & Business Finance.   I’d like another class, but I couldn’t get the other math class {Calculus} to fit.   Oh well, I tried.  So in all, 3 possible Saturday classes {2 definite} with some great teachers {research does wonders} and 2 evening classes.  I still may add another class, I will just have to see.  The first class is Tuesday at 5:30P, for my Finance class.

{to all those wondering why I’m taking evening/Saturday classes, it’s simple.  I’m working on getting a babysitting job with a friend of a friend.  Hopefully it will give me a little spending money, compared from last semester when I had none.  Cross those fingers that i’ll be babysitting this semester.}

Today will be eventful.   I have to clean up the house & type a few papers.  It shouldn’t be all that exciting, I’m hoping to accomplish a class or two today and that way I will just have to worry about two other come next week.

I did drag myself to the doctor yesterday.  I hadn’t been feeling the best since around Wendesday night.  Maybe it was all the cooking I did?  Right Roomie?  Who knows . My strep test was negative.   I took a short nap while that was running (it took nearly a hour for a 15min. test).   Needless to say I don’t have strep.  Thank goodness.

Instead I’m being tested for mono.   I had the kissing bug when I was a 4th grader AKA 1996.   I remember that for all sorts of reasons.   I missed a week of school.   Papaw told me to eat orange peels because I lost weight (mostly just keep my strength up & eat everything I could).   I slept on the top bunk in our (mine & Roomie’s) room nearly the entire week (when I wasn’t at the doctors office).

Mono can reoccur when your body runs down (only if you have had this nasty bug before).  Trust me, I had it again 2 years ago.   So, yesterday we did a blood draw.  Yes, my blood will show mono, but we are looking at the white blood count to see if those are up.   If so, then yes – I have mono for the billionth (more like 3rd) time.

If it isn’t mono, well it’s a virus.  I hate having a virus.   It can’t be treated and I would have to just wait until it goes away.   Luckily, the doc did prescribe a Z-Pak.  Hooray.   I started it last night.   Although my head is still pounding and my throat is scratchy I feel a little bit better.  By the end of the week, or even next week I hope to be back in the cold jogging.

{I’m sure that will be a long conversation the Pulmonologist has with me later.   Mom already said I need to go somewhere & workout to stay warm, but I’d rather be where someone is watching me run on the tredmill because I’m sure I look like a dork.   Plus, when it comes to exercise equipment – it’s better for me to leave it alone.  I broke my nose by falling off a yoga ball.  I even fell of Nicole’s tred mill (years ago) and scarred both of my knees.  I believe I will just take running outside in the cold over a tredmill and risking getting hurt again.}

….I Wouldn’t Dress Up For Class.  I just decided I needed to today for some reason.  A typical day is the college attire of shorts & a t-shirt, no make-up…definitely not heels and earrings; I haven’t worn either in years and an actual bra.  No, I do NOT have plans for anything after class.  I am coming straight home and cleaning up the rest of the house and getting rid of more stuff.

I look nearly 24 and all “grown up” now.  No, I’m not pushing my age onto 24.  I don’t need to flip over to a new age group any time soon.  Maybe I’ll prefer to look 24, but still be 23.  Yes, yes; I prefer to do that.

Since I’m sort of starting to realize that I’m developing a fan base, I should probably try to update a little more….

Well I got on a cleaning whim today.   I cleaned out my closet and both dressers.   The end result, more room.   I won’t be buying new clothes, just deiced I needed to dump some of the clothes from JR high and high school.   Plus, somewhere in there are the “clubbing” tops.  I am thrilled not to look at them any more.  I don’t go out and have no desire to.  So, I have no need to keep them collecting dust.  Plus with all the major cleaning I discovered that my closet can now house me if I ever feel the need to lay on the floor.   Did I mention that I also moved in part of my things into the second closet?   HAHA, just wait until Roomie reads that one…Enough about cleaning though…

I’m looking forward to Hurricane Ike.   It’s hard to believe that less 2 months ago we were all in Galveston and now it’s hard to believe that some of the things we saw will no longer be there in a matter of days.   BUT, I am looking forward to the rain.   It’s FREE water and it makes my grass look amazing!!   I will have to take a picture for all of you bloggers to see…I’ve really done well with seeding, fertilizing & putting turf builder on it.   So, we wound up with good looking green grass this year, aside from last year’s nearly dead sod that we had with tons of weeds and bare spots.  I’ll have to find a picture from last year and compare it to this year.   Funny thing is, dad has yet to say one word about what we’ve done.   So, I’ll just let him think that the magic he worked during early spring did the trick and made our yard look awesome.

President Bush will be here in OKC tomorrow.  He’s participating in some event that McCain is throwing.   Not like I care, but it was on the news…so I guess Oklahoma is sort of important for that.

I’m currently taking a break from studying.  I have been going over accounting problems/equations & definitions all day.  Numbers are spinning in my head along with many pages of information that I have worked through.  I’m ready for my test.  So, at 12o tomorrow afternoon, that’s what I will be doing…taking a test.

I have a great obsession, called CraigsList.  Roomie & I have sold the most bizarre things.  We are currently liquidating our Bath & Body Works Collections, so hopefully we can dwindle it down enough to where we can actually use the closet in the office.  Seriously, we have too much of it and honestly could go a good 10 years before we used it all up.  We have found some great deals on things too, we check it every day just to make sure there isn’t anything we need or see on there that our parents would like…HA HA.

Things are going very well here in Norman.  Although I haven’t been to a single solitary game while I’ve lived here, I do manage to go to Walmart instead.  The entire town is near death we Roomie & I make it out & about during game times.   It’s wonderful!   I never knew you could get through a line at Walmart in less than 5 minutes!  Usually it’s like 30 minutes and 3 magazines before we even reach the checkout place.

That’s all the random information right now.

So far, I’ve made a B in my Nutrition class.   I’m awaiting grades in my ethics and medical term classes.   I will finish with my Dev. Psych class sometime tomorrow evening and will be done for the summer.  I can’t believe I’m finishing school this early.  It’s amazing.   Now, I will have more time to get my things in order and how I want them.

I think Roomie is adjusting and loving the way the living rm is arranged to.  Now, we just need a bigger TV and we’ll be uptown.  Maybe one of those 50″ plasmas?   Just an idea, don’t think anyone will buy it…but I can dream, right?

Roomie and I did buy a Pack & Play. Yes, I’m talking about one of those that babies use. I love it. It’s PINK and fits us and the future Ellie just perfectly.