I Made It!

Listen to me as I breath a sigh of relief. I finished my first test in psychology in about 10 minutes. The instructor splits the class in two groups and we play "Jeopardy" for the first twenty minutes of class. That helped quit a bit. It was a time of question and answer time and who ever won got an extra 10 points. We stay in these same groups throughout the entire semester and the team that has won the most games gets an extra 20 points. I had three of those smarty pants high school boys on my team, but the proved to be a little less help than I anticipated. I totally missed the first chapter and tried to borrow notes from others but never could get all the notes I needed. So, instead I read, reread and studied chapter one on my own. As it turned out, most of the stuff she tested on over chapter one was not out of the book but out of the notes. I was left a little high and dry there, but the Jeopardy really helped out in that area. I tried to remember the answers that were given. Now, the questions on chapter two, I felt like I breezed through them. They seemed very easy, and I'm hoping that I really did know the answers and not just fooled by trick questions. I got to talking to two ladies at church yesterday who had this class with this same instructor and they said her tests were hard and very misleading. I've really been studying my notes and the book and my notes helped immensely. I must be an okay note taker. I sure hope that the next test will be all the much easier for me since I will be present for all the classes discussing the chapters. I can't wait to find out how I did on this test! Those ladies at church had me all worried because they said they both got D's on their first test in her class. I really hope I didn't bomb it. It only took me 10 minutes to take it. 32 questions, multiple choice. I'm a fast reader and some of that stuff I actually knew! Go figure! LOL
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Okay, next subject: Weight Loss. I have reached my goal! I'm so happy for me! My short term goal of reaching 175 lbs. I have lost 28 pounds and am now 175 lbs. I can wear my fat pants again. I'm leaving behind my extra fat pants. It felt so good this morning to put these pants on. These same pants that when I tried to wear them at Christmas they lacked about two inches to even button. I couldn't even lay on my back and squeeze into them. Now, I have them on, (right now) and I was standing up when I buttoned them. They are even comfortable, not so tight that they bulge my gut up to my boobs, therefore bulging my boobs up to my neck giving me cleavage to my chin. They are comfortable when I sit, they are comfy when I squat. I could go to work in these jeans and not be dying to unbutton them by 9:00 in the morning. I could wear these on Tuesdays when I go to work, then stay in town for my 3 hour Lit class in the evening. That means wearing them from 7:00 in the morning till 10:00 at night. Isn't that exciting?
Now I have a new goal. My new goal is 165 lbs. Just 10 more pounds. I CAN DO IT!
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I should go now on this high note. I'm feeling pretty good about myself right now. I don't want to think too much or I might find a reason to pick apart my good mood. I have my paper for Lit class already written and it's not due until tomorrow night. I do, however, have quite a bit of reading for that class still to do. So, I'm outie!

How The Heck Are You?

I am alive. And well. I know it's been forever since I've posted. No electricity and all, I kind of had a hard time getting the computer to turn on, ya know?
Now that the winter storm has passed, everything is starting to get back to "normal". Whatever that means anymore. I did finally get to start my classes at NEO Grove Campus. I was planning on going that next Monday, right? Well, that didn't happen. Almost the entire town of Grove was blacked out. I didn't make it to my Tuesday night class, either because everything was still all screwed up. I also didn't make it to my Wednesday morning class. But by Friday morning, I was able to get to my first day of class. They were already on chapter 2. Oh, well. I think I'll be able to catch up. There's some pretty smart little boys in that class. High school boys who could, and probably will, blow me out of the water, when it comes to test times and quiz times. How humbling. Other than that, everything is hunky dory.
I have also been doing some filling in here and there at the day care where I use to work. I've been keeping up fairly well, so far. Next fall will probably be much harder because I will be taking more than two classes. Buckle down, Stacie! Get with it. I'm going to have to work on my study skills. Now I know where Shael gets it..lol. I waited until 10:00 Sunday night to start reading my required reading for psych. I finally closed my book at 11:21. Why do I do that to myself? It's like how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop. The world may never know.
I have nearly made it to my 175 lb goal. I am currently hovering around the 178, 179, 180 mark. I have been eating only fruits and veggies these past two weeks. Tomorrow starts another round of cabbage soup, fruits and veggies. Yay! Can't wait to smell that cabbage cooking. Right. But, I can do it. Especially when I look at the scale and see I'm only a few pounds away from my first goal. I have lost 23 pounds, give or take a pound, depending on what time of day I weigh. I can now fit into the jeans Mom bought me for Christmas that I could fit into last November but not Christmas day. I'm wearing them right now, in fact. Please excuse the small London moment when I say "YAY ME!"
I am currently at the NEO library in Miami. I came up here to get my student ID and the little sticker for my car. I brought Valerie because she's also enrolled at NEO this semester and needed to get her ID and sticker. She also needed help on her computer class, so she brought her flash drive and I was going to help her. Well, shoot that idea out of the sky because we can't even find the documents she was working on. I feel stupid and lost. I won't speak for her, but I think she might, too. After about a half hour looking, and neither one of us being able to find them, I told her to send her instructor an e-mail asking for help. So, she did. Hopefully, she gets back to her quickly and she can go get some help from someone who knows what's going on in that class. I thought for sure I'd be able to help her because it's only Microsoft Word. But, you can't do much when you can't even find the document you need. How frustrating. She was very bent out of shape with frustration when she came in to work Tuesday after her first class Monday night. I felt so sorry for her, she was all crying and everything. Bless her heart, it's got to get better.
Okay, now I'm feeling old. Sitting her at the Miami Campus looking at all the young booties walking by. Actually, it wasn't too bad until I got in here in the library and all these "children" are sitting around me in the computer lab. I mean all these students sitting around me in the computer lab. I think about it and realize I could almost be old enough to be their Mama. Quit that talking loud in the li-bary, you youngins. You whipper snapper. You chillens. You want me to call you mamas? I certainly feel every pound and year I'm carrying around.
Well, I think we are getting ready to get the heck outa here. Valerie is getting more and more frustrated. I wish I could help her. It's got to be something simple that we aren't doing. Leaving one little bitty step out that alters the whole outcome. Computers are so fickle, aren't they? One day you know, or think you know what you are doing. The next, it all looks like a foreign language. At least her Comp class is going better.
I found out that I have to take Speech. Me? In a speech class? Oh, heavens. Whatever will I do? Make speeches, I suppose. Not looking forward to that. Unless I could make my speech in front of a bunch of one and two year olds. Now, that I would like to see. HA!
I hope to post a little more often now. When we finally got our power back on, I went to check my email and our Internet is down. Great. Mike used his debit card to pay for our Internet service. His card expired in December and he got a new one. The ISP wants our new credit card info over the Internet and Mike won't do it. He can't make up his mind if he wants to keep the same ISP or get a new server. So, in the mean time, we have no Internet. Which sucks. I wish he'd hurry up and make up his mind. But, you know men. Or, I know mine. The only people I know who are bigger procastinators are myself and my dear old Daddy. Which should make some interesting stories for the kids to talk about when they have families of their own.
Ta ta! Take care and keep your stick on the ice.

Nothing Like Procrastination

It drives me nuts. Why do I procrastinate? I'm like my dad when it comes to that. I have yet to have my financial aid filled out and school started Monday! So, what did I do? I went and enrolled and paid for it myself. I only enrolled in two classes, so at least it won't cost me a fortune. I should start tomorrow, but I have something else so I can't make it, but come Monday, I will be in class at 9:00. I'm taking Psychology and Lit for Children. Psych is MWF at 9:00 a.m. and Lit for Children is Tuesday nights from 6:30-9:30. All for the low, low bargain price of around $500. That's including those $75 used books. I've really got to get down to business now, don't I?
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Well, the holidays left me, like a large percentage of Americans, several pounds heavier. My regimen that I started last summer was left by the way side when the marital problems peaked. I had lost those 15 or so pounds back then and I pretty much kept them off until around October. I took my fat pants and my extra fat pants with me to Maine and I could still wear my fat pants, and did, but they weren't as comfortable as my extra fat pants. A couple weeks later I went to Dallas and did some clothes shopping. Mom bought me all these cute clothes that I tried on. She kept them until Christmas but by the time Christmas came around, hardly any of the clothes still fit. I was so mad at myself. Four tight bras, two long sleeve t-shirts that made me look like I was wearing a sausage casing, and a pair of jeans that lacked about two inches to fit around the waist. That's my version of 12 Days Of Christmas.
So, needless to say, I've started my weight loss routine again.
Not only had I gained the original 15 pounds back, I also added about 10 extra to that. I gained about 25 pounds between October 1 and December 31. How do I do that? That put me over the deuce mark, and let me tell you, I did not like that at all. That is indecent for someone of my height. I'm into my second week and I've lost around 15 pounds. I'm really determined to work on it until I get it down to a respectable amount. My short term goal is now 175 lbs. Then when I get there, I will change my goal. But for now, I'm aiming for 175. 175 doesn't sound very respectable until you compare it to 203. I know I won't be satisfied with 175 but I don't want to pick a goal that seems too unattainable. I think, no, I know I can attain 175.
Pray for me!

Dead Man

JARS OF CLAY

"Dead Man (Carry Me)"

January 1, I've got a lot of things on my mind

I'm looking at my body through a new spy satellite

Try to lift a finger, but I don't think I can make the call

So tell me if I move, 'cause I don't feel anything at all

So Carry Me,I'm just a dead man

Lying on the carpet

Can't find a heartbeat

Make me breathe,I want to be a new man

Tired of the old one

Out with the old plan

I woke up from a dream about an empty funera

lBut is was better than the party full of people I don't really know

They've got hearts to break and burn

Dirty hands to feel the earth

There's something in my veins,

But I can't seem to make it work... won't work

So Carry Me,I'm just a dead man

Lying on the carpet

Can't find a heartbeat

Make me breathe,I want to be a new man

Tired of the old one

Out with the old plan

Can you find a beat inside of me?

Any pulse?

Getting worse?

Any pulse?

Getting worse?

Inside of me, can you find a beat?

Carry Me,I'm just a dead man

Lying on the carpet

Can't find a heartbeat

Make me breathe,I want to be a new man

Tired of the old one

Out with the old plan

What's Going On?

I don't know what the deal is, but I haven't deleted my blog. It's been a couple weeks since I've posted, but I haven't deleted anything. I'm hoping I haven't lost everything.
Today is Mike's 34th birthday. I skipped church to be with him and so far he's still in bed. When he decides to get up we are going to go around to the casinos and get his free money. I'll probably just stand and watch.
Well, I'm not going to post too much just in case this doesn't show up. I don't want to spend an hour on a post only to have it disappear in la-la land.
Adios!