Finished!

I am officially done with college classes!
Yesterday, I got to class at 8, completed some corrections, plotted out my final and turned it in by 8:45. But I hung around until 10 because I was suddenly in no hurry to get away. It is such a bittersweet feeling. I am glad to be done but so uneasy about facing the unknown and not having the comfort of those classrooms and "my" desk. I just feel at a loss as to where to go from here.
On my way home, I paid our rent and went to the bank. I came home and decided to treat myself to a nap. T worked Sunday 10p-8a and had to be back at work 4p-12a so he was asleep when I got home. Sleeping without him just isn't good sleep. I am sure several of you understand. It seems to take forever to fall asleep and then once I do fall asleep, I am restless and keep waking up to see what time it is. I think my 2 hour nap was better than my 8 hours of sleep Sunday night. Ha.
I worked 5 to close last night. We had a baseball team and several families call at 9:30 and say they would be there around 9:50(10 minutes before close). We had a mad rush to put everything back together that had already been broken down for the night but it honestly wasn't as bad as we were expecting it to be. That honestly wasn't the worst part of the night. Two people I work without decided I would be the victim of their teasing tonight and proceeded to tell me numerous times that I "look and laugh like a retard". It bothered me but not as much as it would have 2 weeks ago(Thank you, Beth Moore and So Long, Insecurity).
When I got home I finally had the motivation to go work out and since I didn't need to leave the house until midnight to go pick T up, it worked out well. However, my legs are feeling it today. One of those "good hurts".
T and I both slept in this morning. He left at 11 to go back to work and I decided to cook up my favorite for lunch: Fried rice, steamed broccoli and carrots, onions and Japanese pink sauce. Yum!
The plan for the rest of the day is to clean, organize coupons and wait patiently for a phone call at 6pm. I am beyond excited about this phone call. It isn't a job interview but a possible opportunity that would make me beyond happy. :o)
Thanks for reading(if you made it this far) my ramblings. Time to get my shoes on and go walk to Walgreens for some cleaning supplies. I am pretty sure that will be the extent of my workout today unless I get a random burst of energy and my soreness disappears. :)

As far as basic cleaning supplies, what are your go-to items? What do you always need to have on hand? I tend to go with whatever I have coupons for.

Snail Mail

I have a list of 130 architectural and engineering firms in Orlando, FL that I am sending my resume to. I have all of the labels printed out, all the resumes printed out and today I will finish printing out the cover letters. My goal is to have the envelopes stuffed and ready to drop off at the post office no later than tomorrow at lunch.

I will then start the list of firms in Dallas, TX and New Orleans, LA. These are some of the growing areas in architecture. Let's be honest, there isn't much going on in Mississippi. Simple example? On indeed.com, there are 618 drafting jobs listed for Texas and 18 for Mississippi. Big difference! Orlando is probably our first choice. We loved living down there when we worked at Disney and we have many friends who still live down there. New Orleans would be nice because we wouldn't be too far from either of our families. Trevor has never lived in Dallas but that is where I grew up. I consider it my home as much, if not more, than Mississippi. I loved growing up in the DFW area.

It is a big effort and I hate having to pay the cash up front for all the mailing supplies and postage, but it seems like the best option right now. If I only hear back from 1 firm, I suppose it will be worth it.

Just be praying for patience as we go through the waiting process. I want to fully rest in the fact that God has a plan and I have done all that I can on my part.

As for graduation, it is May 13th. I don't have any real significant plans. Just enjoying the moment and spending time with friends and family. Today is our graduates luncheon with our department. I am sincerely going to miss some of the people that I have been with for the past year and a half. But there are some characters that I can do without. ;) I am done with my AutoCAD Seminar in Revit and Structural Design. I should be done with my Architectural Design 2 class before I leave for lunch. That just leave Elementary Surveying. I'm so close to being finished, I can almost taste it!

Show Us Your Life - Schedules

My schedule is not really a schedule. Honestly. :) Between school(16+ hours/week) and work (30+ hours/wk), I feel like I have zero time to get things done at home. I have honestly felt like I have been failing as a wife and a homemaker recently. And we won't even begin to talk about how I have felt the last few days with all the time in the world on my hands, Thanks Strep Throat, and not being able to get anything done.
I am open to any and all suggestions on how to better balance this!
T works 3-4 days a week from midnight-8am and then 2 random shifts. This makes life with 1 car rather interesting. We shuffle a lot. ;o)
Monday through Thursday
6:00 - wake up. Or try to at least. I get up no later than 6:20
6:40 -7:15 Breakfast, let Coach and Lady take care of business and feed them.
7:20 Out the door for the commute to school (If I have to pick T up from work before I go, I leave at 7).
Mondays 
8-2:15 Architectural Design 2, short lunch break, Structural Design
4-10:30pm Work
Tuesdays/Thursdays
8-10:15am Elementary Surveying (this is the class I hate because it is outside half of the time. I would NOT be taking this if it wasn't a requirement for graduation in May. Ha)
10:30-12pm I work on my hybrid Revit Architecture assignments
2-10:30pm Work
Wednesdays
8-2:15 Architectural Design 2, short lunch break, Structural Design
6:30pm Renewal at Church
7:45-9pm Adult Choir practice
Fridays/Saturdays
no classes! I try to spend my morning productively getting things done around the apartment or running errands. But I do enjoy sleeping in until a *shocking* 8am. Those extra 2 hours are heavenly!
2-10:30 Work
Sundays
11 Church
Lunch at my parents
4:30 Chi Alpha (youth choir at church) practice
Sunday evenings are spent with T. With his crazy hours and my busy hours, we know that our Sunday nights we can just be still and relax. We call this our "date night" even if that date night consists of us vegging out in bed catching up on some shows via the internet.
Cutting off our cable several months ago seemed like a crazy decision at the time but honestly, I don't even know where I found time in the day to watch all the shows we watched! If we had it now, I can guarantee that I would get nothing productive done when I find some spare time. :)

Spring Class Schedule

I thought that I had posted this yesterday but it was floating in draft status.

Monday/Wednesday 8-10:55 Architectural Design 2

Monday/Wednesday 12-2 Structural Design

Tuesday/Thursday 8-10:15 Elementary Surveying

And a hybrid, work at my own pace class - AutoCAD Seminar for Revit.

This load sounds SO much better than my class load last semester. You know, where I was in class from 8-3 Monday through Thursday and Friday from 8-12. Hello new semester where I am out by 2pm on Monday/Wednesday, 10:15am Tuesday/Thursday and the beauty of class free Fridays. :)

And for the record, Trevor dug out his long johns from junior high(his old hunting digs) so that I don't freeze to death every Tuesday and Thursday morning. Mississippi is having some beyond unusual weather and Elementary Surveying is an OUTSIDE class. Help!

I want to be a wife and mom. Period.

All I have ever wanted is to be a wife and mom. I am not opposed to working but for me, I want to be a stay at home mom one day. Thankfully, with my Architectural drafting degree I can work part-time from home when that time comes. Children are not in our foreseeable future... but I will be completely honest. I have baby fever. Badly. And we are not even sure that we can even have children of our own. When I was paralyzed and finding out the extend of my spinal problems, my doctor told me I would not be able to carry a baby to full term and if I could, then I would most likely be paralyzed for the rest of my life. Add on top of that the fact that Trevor had some health problems several years ago that might make getting pregnant even harder. I trust completely that if God will fill the desires of my heart to be a mother, whether it is through our own children or through adoption. And my prayers lately have focused on me trusting in His will, and requesting patience.

Sometimes it is frustrating to even be in school when all I want right now is to take care of my husband and work towards that goal of being a mom. I keep reminding myself that I am so close to being done that I can almost taste it. May will be quite a celebration, for sure.

Since I have started working again, life seems to be speeding by me. While I know that this is God's plan for us right now and a way to help provide, I can't wait for this to be over. Or more accurately, I can't wait to get adjusted to where this is manageable. I am taking 19 semester hours this semester which turns into approximately 35 hours in class a week. Add working on top of that. I am so grateful for hours and to be earning money. But how in the world do I balance school, work, and being a wife?

Strangely, I am not really stressed. I'm not sure how to describe it. Seeking more hours in the day? Needing to reorganize? Discouraged? Something...

My classes were cancelled for tomorrow and since Wednesday is my day off at work, I plan on sleeping in and catching up on TV/Netflix, but I am determined to get a lot accomplished. I will share the fruits of my labor later. Maybe that will motivate me even more - having documented proof of what I did or didn't do with my day. ;o)

This too shall pass. And though it is hard to find the time to do everything I need to do I WILL find time to Be Still. I won't quit school. Period. It isn't an option for me. But I'm still looking toward my ultimate goal of being a full-time wife and mom.
It is so hard considering that very few of my friends are married. We can't really relate to each other on the wife/mom type of level and many of them don't even understand my desire to be a stay at home mom. Any encouragement and advise would be appreciated. I think maybe I just need to find new friends who are on that wife/mom page. =)

On a different note, I have discovered the beauty of scheduled posts. My last two posts were scheduled. It's so nice to take advantage of some down time to go ahead and type up multiple thoughts and posts without loading it all down into one random post(which this one might be categorized under - Oops). I think I might blow my monthly posting average out of the water this month. Not hard considering I have never posted more than 8 posts in a month. Ha. Now I am determined to post more often. Not going to lie, getting feedback and responses has been motivating me to be more active in posting. I will do my best to keep reading and commenting in my spare time(especially down time at school).

I'm going to call it a night but look for a post tomorrow detailing my day of productivity. =)

Monday, Oh Monday

Just a short post... really short.
It has actually been a good Monday. Our friend Brooke, whom we worked with at Disney, is visiting us for a couple of days from Arizona. I am so excited to have her here.
School starts in a week. I am excited to be starting my final year of school but dreading it knowing that this is my last summer of freedom for a little while. And it is also sad knowing that we haven't had a single vacation or trip the entire summer. :(
I told you it was a short post. I will update later in the week. =)

P.S. (edit) I have spent the last couple of hours going back and forth between doing a puzzle with Brooke, watching Anne of Green Gables, and trying to install the free Student Version of AutoCAD 2010. It FINALLY finished downloading... and it is beautiful. Be still my heart. Oh, how I adore AutoCAD. =)

8 days off

Today was the last day of our current homestand at work. Then next homestand is 10 days long, starting on a week from tomorrow. However, I have Monday, Wednesday and Saturday off. So I have 8 days off in a row.
On one hand, I am looking forward to it. On the other hand, I have a feeling that I am going to get bored out of my mind. I am going to try to use that time to get a few things straightened out here around the apartment.

~ I only have one room "finished" in the entire apartment, the guest bathroom which is also known as Trevor's "man bathroom". This is the bathroom that Trevor wanted to make a pirate bathroom but ended up turning into a Nautical themed bathroom. I like the way it turned out. Keep watching for pictures in the next couple of days.

~ I absolutely love the work of Thomas Kinkade. Seeing as how it will be a very long time, if ever, that I can actually affort one of his paintings, I have been putting together and glueing some puzzles of his paintings. I have 3 done so far and I have 5 or so left to complete. I am not sure where I am going to hang them or what I am going to do with them... But I can guarantee you that they will be used to fill up some wall space. I HATE white walls. Period. And, of course, living in an apartment we have nothing but white walls. I am sure I will put them to use somewhere. :)

~ I need to find some piece to a twin size bed frame in order to get the guest bedroom in order. My friend, Brooke, is coming in 3 weeks to stay with us and I WILL have it all in order by then. Somehow in the move, we lost two of the four brackets that connect the bed springs/frame to the head board and foot board. I am going to hunt around at some thrift stores to try and find the pieces that we need.

~ I need to make a shower curtain for the master bathroom or try an find one.I want a lovely adult bathroom. :) I want something that incorporates certain colors but I don't want a pattern that is really busy. And seeing as how the bathroom is small (way smaller than the guest bathroom, I need to find something that is going to make the room look larger... not something that will make it look smaller and "swollow" the whole room.

~ I have several Disney postcards that are replicas of some of the famous Disney paintings. I want them to go on the wall around my desk but I am not sure if I am going to frame them or find something else to do with them. I have a castle painting that is going to be hung on the wall and I want the photos to be arranged around the painting. Any suggestions?

~ I think I might go to Hobby Lobby tomorrow. I just LOVE Hobby Lobby. :)

I will be posting pictures and updates of what I get accomplished. Maybe that will motivate me to get everything done quickly. :o)

Long Time No Blog

It has been a week since I last blogged. I was doing so good and then life got in the way. :)
I am getting over a kidney infection. I was completely out of commission for most of Thursday-Sunday. The pain was absolutely awful. My MIL gave me some samples of a prescription, my friend Martina gave me some cranberry pill supplements and I have been major friends with cran-grape juice. Yes, I know I am supposed to drink plain ole cranberry juice. But I don't like it at all. So I drank Cran-Grape because I like it. I compromised on that one because I knew I would not drink much, if any, of the Cranberry juice but I already like the other... so I drank something with cranberry rather than nothing with cranberry. I didn't go to class on Friday. I told Mrs. West that if I couldn't get comfortable in my bed and sitting is painful then 5 hours straight in a computer chair would be unbearable. I came back yesterday and I was still ahead of everyone else.
I am not going to class tomorrow. If Trevor can get off work, we have a funeral to go to for sweet Kristin Purvis. She went to school with Trevor and played basketball at Tri-County. She was the first person to ever befriend me years ago when Trevor and I started dating. She came and sat with me after she got finished playing her basketball game and she talked to me while we watched Trevor play.
Thursday will be my last day of class. I will come in and finish the project I started today in class, turn in my take-home final exam, and my assignments for my other class and be DONE! So excited! I need some relaxation. I want to enjoy my last free summer before getting a big kid job! :) Thursday is also my amazing mother's birthday. Not sure what all we have planned. I have the night off of work but Trevor does not. I work tonight, tomorrow, Friday and Saturday. Trevor will be working Monday through Saturday this week. Needless to say, I will pamper him with one of his favorite meals on Sunday evening. ;o) I may even let him pick the movie we watch.

I am going to get to work on this take home exam.
OH YEAH, we get cable and internet this afternoon! I have so many of my shows to catch up on. Pitiful, I know!

Exhausted...

I have not been this tired in a very long time. Friday night, with the help of some of my girl friends, we were able to move a decent sized load from my parent's house. The biggest part of this trip was getting our couch and love seat to the new apartment. Trevor did not get home from his cousin's funeral until Saturday night but we picked the truck and trailer up from Mom and Dad's and got to work. We got the majority of our things out of Heather and BJ's house and then got the furniture from Trevor's parent's house. We have a small load of boxes that are still at his parent's house but I feel like we have gotten a lot accomplished because we no longer have furniture, boxes, etc at Heather's house, my parent's house or at my parent's storage unit. Needless to say, with such a late start Saturday night we did not get done until after midnight and we got back to our apartment around 1am after dropping the truck and trailer back off.

Sunday was a very busy but good day. =) Church, lunch with my family, picking up and dropping off another load from T's parent's and then the Chi Alpha(XA) concert at Pinelake. I miss being in XA so much. I am hoping to be able to go as a chaperone next year.

Yesterday morning we started summer school. Trevor's class only had 3 people in it so they transferred it from a classroom type lecture to an online class. One of my classes for July that had been dropped is now being offered in June as a hybrid class. So I will still get at least 2 classes in this summer. I am so thankful for this. It will make my load for the fall and spring much light and hopefully clear the way for me to graduate by next spring. Exciting!

Last night I hung out at Valerie's and helped with housework while Trevor was working. The game went into extra innings and he didn't get off work until 11 or so. At that time the game was still going and it was in the bottom of the 13th. We got back home around midnight again and it was up at 5:30am again this morning.

So not only am I exhausted from the extra physical activy of moving, I am going on less sleep than usual(4-5 hours a night). We both work tonight through Thursday. Maybe I will be able to get some sleep this weekend. =)

For the first time ever...

I am not really looking forward to summer. I am taking summer school so that I can have less of a workload during the fall and spring. If all goes correctly, I will graduate in the spring and I am so excited to finally get a "big kid" job.
While I know in the long run I will appreciate taking the classes during the summer, it seems like such a drag right now. I have never had to take summer school before and I love everything about summer. The weather, the leisure, the feeling of a weekend lasting all week long. :)
I have exams Wednesday, Thursday and Friday next week and then I will be done for a few weeks until summer school starts. We have today off but tomorrow starts a 10 day home stand at the Braves. I have Monday, Wednesday and Friday off but Trevor will most likely have to work the entire 10 days straight. Normally, the hours and work would be appreciated but during finals week? I think he would rather have a few days off to dedicate more time to studying.

Many things to do and not enough time to do everything, so a super short post for my non-existent readers will have to do. =)

Not as bad as I thought

Ok, so today has not been as bad as I expected it to be. My morning class was canceled ahead of time and my group for our group project(due Wednesday) was supposed to meet during the normal class time to work on our project. However, only one of the three guys in the group I am leading showed up. Thankfully, we are each assigned a section on the project and our graded individually instead of as a whole. We had been having trouble finding information, but today we hit the jackpot and I feel alot better about it.

Another plus was that we were able to take our test early instead of staying around until 12:30 to take it. So it is only 10am and I have found pictures for our presentation board, put together information for my part in the presentation and taken my test. Now I just have to wait around until my 11 class and head home.

We have baseball games tonight through Friday, which will keep up busy. I also calculated that we have 5 class meetings left in each class(including today), so I feel like this semester is finally coming to a close. So far I do not feel overwhelmed with how much is left to cover over the semester. Hopefully it won't be too bad. The only class I am even remotely worried about is my speech class. I am hoping to get an A so that I will have a 4.0 but I don't know of anyone in the class with an A. Most of us have B's.

Needless to say, it is going to be a busy week with classes, homework, baseball games, work study, and everything else that happens in our daily lives. But, thankfully, I am not stressing out about anything. I have always been what my family refers to as a "worry wart". I like to have everything organized and laid out. It isn't necessarily that I am a control freak but more than I just want it to eventually turn out right. I have been working on turning the effort I would normally put into worrying into praying. It seems to be working beautifully so far. =)

Girl time

I only have time for quick post before heading to Clinton for some much needed "Girl Time". I love my husband and I am very glad that he is my best friend, but just like he wants AND needs time with his guy friends, I want AND need time with my girls. :)

I went to Mom and Poppa's house last night for some absolutely delicious chicken and dumplings. I was hoping to see Heather since she broke her nose yesterday and everyone got to see it except for me. But she decided to take it easy and go to bed early, which is very understandable. I got to see pictures on her blog today and it is quite lovely!

School this morning went well and I got back my mid-term grade for my Drafting class - 96.7 WOOHOO! I worked for 5 hours this afternoon and, surprisingly, it flew by. I am not working tomorrow because as soon as Trevor gets out of his one class in the morning we are heading to watch the lil guys while mom takes Joshua to see my favorite doctor. Well, I don't think he will actually get to see Dr. Veda(my neurologist at UMC) the first time around, but Josh is going to his office. Hopefully they can find a solution for Joshua's migraines. I know Dr. Veda helped me out tremendously!

Saturday, Trevor and I are doing the "SHINE" project with Pinelake and several other churches in the Jackson Metro area. I am so excited to serve! Saturday night I am going to see the Beauty and the Beast ballet with ALL of my sisters and my mom. I can't wait! It has been so long since all of the girls went and did something together. I am guessing the boys and dad(and maybe Trevor) will have a Guy's Night/Daddy Date.

Sunday is our one year anniversary! What an amazing year it has been =) It has gone by so quickly but it has been a year full of blessings and memories. I am excited about having a day long date with my sweetheart.

That is all for now. Have a lovely Thursday evening!!

Oh dear...

Where to start?
I am sick. And as a women who is sick, I understand that everything seems 20 times worse than it really is. So I am trying to keep everything in perspective and not worry or stress.
I cannot seem to kick the sinus/allergy problems that I am having. I am miserable about 18/24 hours. The only time I seem to get any relief is when I sleep. Yesterday, I didn't do my work study at school and came home after school to eat lunch, take meds, sleep from 2-5, study and eat some chicken noodle soup, and was back in bed by 8:45.
I woke up at 4:30 this morning which I guess is to be expected since I went to bed so early. So I woke up and took advantage of the extra time to enjoy a long shower, study, and cook Chocolate, Chocolate Chip Muffins. Seeing Trevor's reaction to the muffins was totally worth the extra effort. He was so precious this morning. :)
My test went well this morning... and then everything seemingly went downhill. Since I had so much time before my next class, I went to the financial aid office. They had told us at the beginning of the semester when we received our awards letter for our pell grants that the refunds come in two parts and the first would come February 20th(this Friday). So I just wanted to find out when the second part was coming.
Come to find out, they changed the refund schedule. Pell grant refunds for students who live on campus and student loans come back on Friday. But pell grant refunds for commuter students aren't being returned until April 8th. *sigh*
It's frustrating to think for a month and a half that we are getting our money back soon just to find out that we won't be getting it for almost another 2 months. Since Trevor and I don't start work until April, our cash flow is rather limited. Needless to say, I almost busted into tears in the F.A. office. I got a hug from my sweetheart before his class started and then went to the car to cry and call my mom. It's so hard to go from thinking that we had almost $750 coming in Friday and another $750 coming in April to not having any money coming in until April.
I know I am opening myself up for more of the critisism that we received when we first got married. Claims that we are too young, inexperienced, not financially settled... so on and so forth.
But it's ok. Every hits rough spots and everyone has worries and things that cause them stress. We aren't the only ones. After talking with my dad, I felt so much better. Poppa told me that he learned a long time ago to never worry, because if you can change the situation or make it better then there is no reason to worry. And if there is nothing you can do to make it better, then there is still no use wasting your time,energy and emotions worrying over something that can't change.
This afternoon we went by my parent's house to pick up some of my bonds. I still have some of mine left that my grandparents put up for each of us. I got to the bank and got out of the car, just to see the lady walk out and lock the door. So we'll have to wait and deposit it on Friday since I have classes and work study (plus extra since I didn't work Tuesday).
It was a rough day, but it isn't so bad now. I am venting on here to absolutely no one and catching up on TV shows on the internet. :0) Sounds like a pretty good evening plus going to bed early. Though it won't be as early as last night. I am thinking 9:30 rather than 8:30ish.

Goodnight =)

Thank goodness it's... Thursday

Which is my Friday. :)

My tests went well and I like the results that I have so far. I made a 91 on the written portion of my drafting test and a 100 on the drawing portion. Seems like a good way to start off the semester to me. We'll just see if I am feeling as optimistic on Monday when I get the grades back from my other two tests.

Yesterday afternoon I rode with Trevor and his dad to Monticello to take Eli some money to get his truck fixed and to pick up some tires and other random parts for Mr. Allen's race car. Honestly, I heard the names of the part at least a dozen times and I STILL don't even know what they are. HA. I guess it's a good thing that I have a husband who understands cars and the language that goes with them.
We got back around 9 and I tried to check off at least a few of the things that had been on my to do list for the day. By the time 10 rolled around, I was exhausted and ready for bed. Trevor was still up watching TV, so it was just me and our dog, Lady, in our bedroom. And... let me tell you, I had a first. I have never slept with a dog in my bed before. I don't really like them in the bed period but I guess she and I were both tired and somewhere between the petting and loving on her and waiting for Trevor to come to bed, we both fell asleep. haha.

Tonight we are going to the Utica campus to watch the basketball team from Jones play against Hinds. Of course, we will be sitting on the Jones side and cheering them on since most of the guys were on Trevor's team last year. It should be an interesting experience sitting on the "wrong" side.

Trevor has been keeping busy with school and his new volunteer coaching job at Clinton Christian Academy. He is considered volunteer status until he reaches a certain amount of credits(end of spring semester 2010 which is also when I am supposed to graduate) and then he will be considered part-time until he graduates. They have already offered him a full-time job once he graduates. We shall see where the Lord leads on that one. :) He has been putting in several hours and a lot of effort. I just think he is amazing. Of course, I already thought that, this only reiterates the fact. ;)

Monday - Enough said, right?

I keep telling myself that I am going to post more often. I get on here everyday and religiously read everyone's blogs but I just don't feel the urge to post.
Being that it is Monday and the start of a new week, I figured I would just put together a little schedule of what my week is going to look like. :)

Monday/Today: I am currently waiting for my 2nd class to start. Yes, I am at school and blogging. That's what happens when facebook is blocked from school computers but blogger isn't. ;) My first class, Construction Materials, wasn't too bad. My next class is my least favorite class, Interpersonal Communication, and I just want to be done with it! We are reviewing for a test on Wednesday. My last class, Principles of AutoCAD, will be interesting. We are having a sub teach and our teacher sent us an e-mail Friday saying she decided to have the test Wednesday instead of next week. Seriously? She isn't going to even be here between now and the time she decided to give the test. UGH. Tonight is Bachelor/Secret Life of the American Teenager night at Honey's and BJ's house. I made Ritz Chicken Casserole to take to her house, one of mine and Trevor's favorites. :)

Tuesday: Drafting test. This test includes both a written test and drawing test. eek. I can draft all I want to but I have never had to draft under pressure and with a certain amount of time to get it done. It has always been done in a project manner rather than a test manner. We shall see how that goes. Work study from 12-5ish

Wednesday: AutoCAD test and Interpersonal Communications test. This is enough stress for one day so I will probably spend the rest of the day recovering. ;)

Thursday - Drafting class but no tests or assignments so I am resting easy for the day. Work study 12-5ish.

Friday - Finishing up my 12 hours of work for the week with work study and then heading to Trevor's parents house to do more cleaning, weeding out, throwing away, giving away, etc. Basically decluttering.

Saturday - Valentine's Day and my niece, Josie AKA Monkey's, 2nd birthday and birthday party. I am meeting mom halfway to pick the little guys up for the party, giving her and poppa some much needed quiet time.

Sunday - Church, dinner with my family and spending the evening with my coupons....

And then it starts back over again... Ohhhh Mondays.

School, Apartment "Updates", etc.

School is going really well right now. It is great to be able to focus completely on school and not have to work. I am not sure how much longer that will last, but I am thoroughly enjoying it for as long as I can. I am really excited about actually having time to work ahead on projects and I hope that I will keep on doing it even after I start working again. The naps every afternoon are really nice as well.

Apartment... well, the night Trevor and I got back into town from our honeymoon, we noticed that our roof was leaking and sagging in the bathroom. After a week or so of having what we named the "lovely toilet water" from above spattering all over our bathroom. They worked Tuesday through Thursday last week replacing the toilet and flooring upstairs. Today they came in and replaced our bathroom ceiling. It really spoke volumes that they came in as soon as we put in our maintenance request and worked until it was fixed.

I have been enjoying organizing everything. The one of the best parts is being able to cook lunch and dinner for Trevor everyday and have it ready for him when he walks in the door. It is just so fulfilling. :) I also love having my sisters and our friends over. Almost every night there is someone over at the apartment and I LOVE it. Trevor and I both love all of our friends over but it still allows us to have some good quality time together.

Just as a quick side note, it amazed me that no matter a person's age, they still result to the immature levels of making everything a competition. People who rosey up their lives and try to make everything sound as close to perfect as possibly, really are just making a blaring statement that they hate their life and are trying to convince others as well as themselves that they are living the picture perfect life. I feel sorry for these people. And I hate to admit it, but, at times, they make me laugh.

2 days!

I have been writing in my journal but decided to make a random entry here while I wait in the Interior Design house for my teacher so that I can turn in my project that is due tomorrow.
I am going to give myself *happy* points because not only did I get this project done and it looks really good(if I do say so myself), but I am turning it in early. It annoys the mess out of me people know when things are due but continually procrastinate. In the case of this project, we got an extension of two day and I had mine done before the original due date. But because of printer problems here at the ID house, it hasn't gotten plotted yet. Also, I chose to take a test early and I turned in a portion of my paper that is due in 2 weeks for reviewing and received extra credit. :)
So far, I am rather pleased with my morning.
I have been busy setting up home in the little apartment that I will share with Trevor. It is so exciting. I know it isn't small but we won't be in Hattiesburg forever(I mean, honestly, we don't even want to be in Mississippi for more than we have to) so there is no point in looking into something "bigger and better".
In 2 days I will be a married woman! True to prediction(a large joke among me and some close friends) I am the first Clegg girl to marry and the first one "living on my own".
Besides not enjoying school entirely, life is amazing and wonderful. I am beyond happy!

So long ART 113

Well, after much prayer and consideration, I have dropped ART 113 which frees up about 6 hours a week in class and an uncounted amount of hours doing homework. It was just too much with my workload this semester. So I am putting it off until next fall(or in the summer if it is offered).

The Crush Party last night was so much fun. I love all of my ADPi sisters so much. They are my family here in Hattiesburg and I don't know what I would do without them.

3 weeks and I will be married and enjoying Disney World! :)

Home Sweet Home

I moved into my apartment last week. And though it is small and not top of the line, I love it. It is so good to finally have a place to call my own. I have slowly gotten some unpacking done and I have been reorganizing the furniture until it is just to my liking.
Trevor came over last night and what was supposed to be a couple hours of organizing and "home-ifying"(to quote Trevor) the apartment soon turned into him being there until 2 am putting up shelves and making everything seem more like home. It's beautiful in its simplistic way and I love it!
The guest bedroom is still a mess of boxes and chaos but it will be taken care eventually. I will get it done before March even if I have to stay up into the wee hours of the morning (again).
School has been challenging so far this semester but, for some odd reason, I am enjoying it. Well, I take that back. I am not enjoying ART 113 and all the wire sculptures I have been making. But this too shall pass and I will be stronger afterwards. :)
My favorite classes so far are my World Lit. class and my history class, which really isn't that surprising for me. As long as we don't start reading poems or anything, I will be fine!

Well, I am off to work on some more homework!

Here's your update, Honey

Well, honey told me to update. So here it is...
I survived my mini-session and got an A out of it! :)
I'm really glad I did it. It was amazing to get that class out of the way in a week rather than a semester. And now I feel like this semester and summer school will be a breeze after going doing that class.
I found an apartment! It is practically on campus. It doesn't look like much on the outside but it is nice on the inside, and for that price I am not complaining! I will get the keys tomorrow as long as they get dad's signature back quickly enough. Which means I'll probably be living in there for a few days without furniture.
It is really a blessing that the timing worked out this way. I was already planning on going home for the weekend for Poppa's birthday. And it will be a great time to bring a truck load of furniture and things back since we have Monday off. I'm not sure how I will like living completely by myself, but Trevor and I will be getting married in less than 2 months so I won't be alone anymore.
On another note, I found my wedding dress and I LOVE it! I can't decide between showing it to everyone or just surprising everyone. :) We shall see!