8/14/11 Swimming/ Musical

So yesterday I needed a break from the claustrophobia of school preparations and cleaning/packing my room. So I decided to put together the Winter Concert for choir this year. Well, I knew it had to be WINTER themed. No holidays whatsoever because holidays and school don't (and shouldn't) mix. Some parents do get upset that their child would be celebrating a holiday that they at home to not celebrate. Even in a secular fashion. So I set to work scoping out songs, publishers, and prices. Unfortunately, we don't have a pianist, so I have to buy the performance cd with the music. Each one is about $30. As you can imagine, this eats up my budget! Thankfully, I happened upon the J.W. Pepper website (I've sung their music before) and stumbled upon their mini-musicals for kids. BINGO! So after perusing the website and finding adorable little musicals I paired my list down to two of my favorites. 1) The Big Chill, and 2) Crazy Carols.  Crazy Carols takes well know carols and gives them school-setting lyrics: "Still, Still, Still, Why Can't You Just Sit Still," (Still, Still, Still), "Our Good Principal" (Good Kind Wenceslas), "The First Snowfall" (The First Noel), "They Test You Merry Gentlemen," (God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen). They lyrics are hilarious. But, it does use the tune of traditional carols, and seems sort of easy for 3-6th graders. So, I decided to go with #1 The Big Chill. Which is a cute musical about both the students and teachers/staff wishing for a snow day, and how they both discover that they want the same thing and that they are alike. It's cute and makes you want to dance in your seat. Plus the price is right and has no religious undertones! (So no upset parents, especially at the school that I would like to work at permanently!) If you want to know more about the musical, you'll just have to go to the concert. Or, you can go here: http://www.jwpepper.com/3300814.item

Also, I got my friend to go swimming and "workout" with me in the pool last night. The "workout" didn't really work-out, but we had a lot of fun. =D

End On A High Note!: 8/13/11 Friends, food, and beer. lol

End On A High Note!: 8/13/11 Friends, food, and beer. lol: "I went over to my friend Erika's apartment tonight and had a most delicious, yummy dinner. Sausages and green beans, potatoes with garlic an..."

8/13/11 Friends, food, and beer. lol

I went over to my friend Erika's apartment tonight and had a most delicious, yummy dinner. Sausages and green beans, potatoes with garlic and onions, and juuuuuuicy watermelon. Mmmmmmmmm! Oh, and I had half a beer. he he he! That's something I just don't seem to have -ever- these days. And for good reason too. I'm still recently off surgery.  Well, I'm off to bed now. Night night!

8/12/11 Workout and Milton

Today was good for two reasons: 1) I got to do a pool workout, which helps to keep my joint pain under control. The weight of the pool water helps to squeeze out the fluid in my joints. And it will help me get fitter. 2) I finally got to start reading Milton's Paradise Lost.  Yes, I am aware of my English-Major geekiness right now, but I think that the composition of the work, its allegory, extended metaphors and intricate/poetic descriptions are beautiful. Plus, I find the whole "other side of the story" vibe, alluring and intriguing. You go through so many emotions. Lucifer is kind of like the Phantom from Phantom of the Opera. At first you feel sorry for the dude, and then you realize just how far gone the dude is. His screwed up logic almost makes sense. Key word ALMOST! Satan's f*cked up crazy. lol.

8/11/11...and continue....

Transcript drama continues. But unlike all the other drama in my life...I like this drama! After waiting for two months to get started with this process (stupid college board jerks) I love that the emails are flying and things are actually happening! So I noticed that there were some courses that I felt I should receive transfer credit for, although, I didn't get credit. Sooooo..... I put together a spreadsheet with the courses I felt I should receive credit for, which requirement they would complete, a course description, and notes on why I feel I may be eligible for transfer credit. Hopefully, I will get credit for these courses, it would be great to knock them off the list. According to WGU I still needed to take a course like zoology. Um, I already took Animal Science and Entomology. Those should count and pass the requirement. Also, even though I was an English major, I somehow hadn't transferred over the Language and Communication: Presentation requirement. Wha...wha...wha...what??? So I went searching through my transcript and remembered that I took multiple DHC seminars. These definitely had presentation as a major component. We had to research, find potential solutions and the prepare for convocation. Then, we had to actually present at convocation. I think I should defo get credit for the presentation skills... DHC had a lot of presentation!

Hopefully I'll get credit for those courses!

8/10/11 The Transcripts Continue!

So when I got my transcript evaluation, they had said that they would need a syllabus from Edu 120. So I set it to them. Then, they said that they had made a mistake, it was actually EDU 110 that they needed the syllabus from. Okay! So I sent that one to them. It would be great to take that course off the list! Other than that, it's GHOST HUNTERS night! Woot Woot!

8/9/11 Transcript Evaluation

Whoo hoo! My transcript evaluation from WGU finally came! I was so excited. I then proceeded to look up all the courses that my program had and went course by course seeing which I still had to do. It ended up being 26 courses. Although, some of those course are observations from my mentor, so they don't really count as courses. So yeah! Also, some of the courses I have already take during the UC Davis Credential Program. Also, there are some courses that I have to take for my Special Education Credential that I also have to take for my Multiple Subjects Credential. Soooo if I take those courses before spring, they might transfer over to the UCD credential. Yeah! Less courses in Spring!

08/08/2011 Doggie Alarm Clock and Waffles!

My alarm clock this morning was my doggie Molly jumping up on my bed and laying down on my legs! So cute!

WAFFLES! YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY WAFFLES! Can you tell what I had for breakfast? Lol. If you guessed waffles, you're correct! My mom has a belgian waffle maker that my dad and she received as a wedding present all those years ago. It (amazingly) still works wonderfully! Yum! I made waffles and then cleaned up the entire kitchen--which was a great surprise when she got home!


                                                                         (This is what Molly thinks of Waffles, she prefers kibble instead)




waffles. =D MMMMMMMMM!

08/07/2011 Wedding Planning

So I planned my wedding this weekend. And in case you're wondering, no, I'm not engaged! I decided to change from the slightly over-done yet gorgeous red and gold color scheme, to a soft pink and antique gold color scheme. I still am keeping the love bird theme. Everything in my head and on my inspiration board is gorgeous. One of my favorite things is the picture wall. A new trend in wedding pictures is to have the guests take fun pictures as keepsakes of the wedding for the bride and groom. Photo booths are popular, as well are props and fun poses. What I've seen in a couple of weddings is a small hanging wall that's decorated in the weddings colors and has lots of ornate picture frames on it. Most of these frames have pictures of the couple together, but there are a few medium and large sized frames that are cut outs. The guests look through these and take a picture for a fun and unique wedding memory.

Also, it was my mom's official birthday! Congrats!

8/6/11 Happy Birthday Mom, Happy Anniversary Bro!

Last night I came over to my Mom's house for her birthday weekend! We had amazing tri tip and German chocolate cake! mmmmmm! I decorated the table in the purple and white vineyard print that my mom had and added some purple and white flowers in a vase. She loved the present I gave her: a "stained glass" flower that doubled as a pen! =D

My brother also celebrated his 8 month anniversary with his girlfriend. =D They are so cute together!

I've been doing wedding research and have changed my palette to a soft pink/peach/soft gold color scheme. If only I was actually getting married! lol!

8/5/2011 I iz a Penguin!

So today was "Halloween Day" at work. I had originally wanted to be the Wicked Witch of the West, but I couldn't find my Wicked hat. Then I decided to be a princess. Well, I was changing at camp and I thought: " Well, I've always called this my penguin dress, so that's what I'll be!" My old choir dress from high school is black and white. It looks like the under dress is white with a long black floor length jacket over the top. It's very penguinish and the female version of a tuxedo! I added orange "feet" and a "beak" and had myself a VERY CUTE penguin costume! =D I know what I'm gonna be for Halloween! I also added a cute little tap dance a la happy feet!

Also, one of the parents today told me that back on Monday her daughter came home and said that she was really happy that the regular sculpture teacher was sick, because I got to teach her this week! lol!

=D

August 4th, 2011

I lost 2 more pounds.

TRANSCRIPTS!

My transcripts from The College Board FINALLY arrived at Western Governors University! This means that I can finally start school next month!!! Woot woot! It's only taken 2 months and countless phone calls and annoyances. They have the worst customer service I have ever had the displeasure of working with. Horrid. But, they are there! So excited!

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Day whatever-August 3rd. 2011

I am SUPER EXCITED for my last day without a diagnosis!!!! Hopefully this means that tomorrow I can start medicines tomorrow!

July updates!

Well, well, well...it's been a while since I've last posted. I've been in a serious depression funk and that's impeded my posting. Since I've been in tremendous pain for months, I think depression is understandable. Here are some of the highlights from the last month: *Dressing up as Marie from the Aristocats for "Disney Day" at camp. *Having an old-fashioned slumber party with my friends. We did makeovers and painted our nails. And then we went to the Drive-In Movie Theater. We got there at the same time as everyone else did and it took 40 mins  to actually get into the movie area. But since they broadcast over the radio, we listened to our movie, Cowboys and Aliens, and acted it out as we listened. Lol! The movie was good, but had a lot of plot and less action than we were expecting. The double feature also had the Green Lantern playing...we all fell asleep. Not exactly the best movie ever... *Steak-yummy at my Mom's house, yummy at my house. * Finally getting in to see the Rhuematologist. I had 15 x-rays, 15 vials of blood drawn, and 28 tests done. *Seeing my family at a double birthday party and finally getting back at the a**hole that thinks he's better than everyone, and that my generation and I suck. * The next day seeing my cousin on the news for helping save a fawn that had been entrapped in their pool. * Talking to Julia, and her being my Angel! THANK YOU!!!! * Visiting my bro at Rock n Water, and witnessing the most awesome sandal tan ever! Oh and finding Gold in the river. *For Harry Potter day at work- I dressed up kinda, and turned my walker into a Nimbus 2011 seated edition. I put a broom and the label onto the back of my walker. *Having a BBQ and going swimming with friends. *Found/finished my stained glass! Over a year of work on that thing and I love it! *Having the best campers in the world: they may drive me crazy, but they are a lot of fun! *Instead of doing the normal July 4th things (I was in too much pain to do anything or go anywhere) Mom and I watched the fireworks spectaculars on tv and saw over 40,000 of them go off over the Potomac. * Relaxing and watching Brad Paisley music videos. *Going swimming at my Aunt Sharon's house and getting to see and play with her puppies. 


Whew that was a lot of highlights. 


TTYL!