School and stuff
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averygoodun42Well, I may have just received my first low A on a test. Not sure, but a few of the multiple choice questions were tricky in their wording, so it's possible I may have misinterpreted stuff.
I'm pretty sure I rocked the problems, though... Even if it made me twitchy not to do a journal entry for the last one but just calculate the amounts. (I triple checked the instructions, and it only said to calculate. No other instructions.)
Unfortunately, the shininess of school has officially worn off, and I'm beginning to not care. I mean, I do care about getting educated, and I will continue the slog, but... it's harder to care about the material. It's requiring discipline, darn it! I'm not good with discipline.
Of course, it doesn't help that I've determined I'm not going to go for a bachelors in accounting after all. Even if it is easy. But I am going to get my associates in accounting, and there's still 39 credits to go for that to happen. After this semester. *yawns*
Ach well.
In brighter (though not literally) news, Fall is definitely here. The foliage is changing color, the skies are more likely to be gray and damp (today it's misting, which makes the yellowing grasses look fuzzy and cuddly), and the temperatures cooler.
My region seems to be suffering from a stink-bug invasion. This specific area doesn't seem to be too bad off, though. I got buzzed by one on leaving the house yesterday, but that's been about it. *knocks on wood*
Page volunteered to make breakfast for us this morning. It ended up being only breakfast for him and Geoff as there wasn't enough to go around, but wasn't that sweet of him?
My back has returned to being messed. I need to restart regular acupuncture sessions again. (But when?)
I dreamt that I dreamt of having a really bad day. I had just got back to my childhood home from a long trip which included a very, very long flight (maybe I was coming from Oz?). I went straight to bed, completely exhausted, only to be woken up a couple of hours later by the sheriff's department, as my parents' house was being foreclosed upon. Right then. (Which was, as I related this dream to a friend in my dream, rather odd.) So, evicted, I wandered about, trying to remember phone numbers of people I knew there, except, no one was left. They'd all gone away. At some point Page appeared, and we continued wandering through town. I even went to the planetarium to see if I could use the phone there or borrow bus fare (seeing as I had no money) from anyone I used to know who still worked there, but by then it was Saturday morning, and they were closed.
And then it started raining. Not normal Front Range rain, either, but a Midwest-type downpour that soaked everything through in two seconds and looked like it had settled in for the week. So there I was, trying to protect Page from the rain, huddled on the college campus (in front of the planetarium) and feeling utterly lost in familiar surroundings. I was completely alone, had no resources and just didn't know how we were going to survive.
And just as despair was about to take over, I saw my sister on the horizon, along with sunshine and the storm cloud's silver lining. :-)
In a different dream from a different night, I found a trilogy of books about three beautiful, blond, sister princesses, and how each of their stories shaped their world. The first one was about the youngest sister who happened to be a shape-shifter. However, in their world, when she was recognized as such, she was pointed out as a "werewolf". And it was interesting that in being seen for what she was (by the children, who were the only ones to really see people), her magic was broken, and she reverted to her true self. (She had been disguised as a handsome prince.) There was much more to the story, and I really wanted to know how the "evil" sister (the one who was far more prone to selfish, power-grabbing behavior) saved their world (and how the gentle youngest sister managed to put it at risk!), but my dream-reading time was interrupted by having to do other stuff. I got the impression from the book's blurb that she had to evolve.
Heh. Thinking about it now, I bet anything that the "three" sisters were really one princess at different growth phases of life. Seems like a typical subconscious' MO.
And now... I should go start some bone broth. Or have a nap. Or do my homework...
ETA: Oh, and I have a feeling that this is going to be a splendiferous winter. I think the exiting neighbors are stripping their place of anything and everything that can be removed. Including, if neighbor's help of a friend's pre-foreclosure stripping suggests, the furnace, kitchen cabinets, water heater and other basic things we here in the US tend to expect to be there when we move into or leave a place.
Which means, should someone buy it at auction, a noisy winter. If no one buys it, it means an expensive winter, as their place will be sapping the heat from ours. (I guess I should break out the blankets and decorate the inner walls, eh?)
I wonder if Geoff asked nicely whether they'd leave the building's sump pump in place and running? *sigh*
I'm pretty sure I rocked the problems, though... Even if it made me twitchy not to do a journal entry for the last one but just calculate the amounts. (I triple checked the instructions, and it only said to calculate. No other instructions.)
Unfortunately, the shininess of school has officially worn off, and I'm beginning to not care. I mean, I do care about getting educated, and I will continue the slog, but... it's harder to care about the material. It's requiring discipline, darn it! I'm not good with discipline.
Of course, it doesn't help that I've determined I'm not going to go for a bachelors in accounting after all. Even if it is easy. But I am going to get my associates in accounting, and there's still 39 credits to go for that to happen. After this semester. *yawns*
Ach well.
In brighter (though not literally) news, Fall is definitely here. The foliage is changing color, the skies are more likely to be gray and damp (today it's misting, which makes the yellowing grasses look fuzzy and cuddly), and the temperatures cooler.
My region seems to be suffering from a stink-bug invasion. This specific area doesn't seem to be too bad off, though. I got buzzed by one on leaving the house yesterday, but that's been about it. *knocks on wood*
Page volunteered to make breakfast for us this morning. It ended up being only breakfast for him and Geoff as there wasn't enough to go around, but wasn't that sweet of him?
My back has returned to being messed. I need to restart regular acupuncture sessions again. (But when?)
I dreamt that I dreamt of having a really bad day. I had just got back to my childhood home from a long trip which included a very, very long flight (maybe I was coming from Oz?). I went straight to bed, completely exhausted, only to be woken up a couple of hours later by the sheriff's department, as my parents' house was being foreclosed upon. Right then. (Which was, as I related this dream to a friend in my dream, rather odd.) So, evicted, I wandered about, trying to remember phone numbers of people I knew there, except, no one was left. They'd all gone away. At some point Page appeared, and we continued wandering through town. I even went to the planetarium to see if I could use the phone there or borrow bus fare (seeing as I had no money) from anyone I used to know who still worked there, but by then it was Saturday morning, and they were closed.
And then it started raining. Not normal Front Range rain, either, but a Midwest-type downpour that soaked everything through in two seconds and looked like it had settled in for the week. So there I was, trying to protect Page from the rain, huddled on the college campus (in front of the planetarium) and feeling utterly lost in familiar surroundings. I was completely alone, had no resources and just didn't know how we were going to survive.
And just as despair was about to take over, I saw my sister on the horizon, along with sunshine and the storm cloud's silver lining. :-)
In a different dream from a different night, I found a trilogy of books about three beautiful, blond, sister princesses, and how each of their stories shaped their world. The first one was about the youngest sister who happened to be a shape-shifter. However, in their world, when she was recognized as such, she was pointed out as a "werewolf". And it was interesting that in being seen for what she was (by the children, who were the only ones to really see people), her magic was broken, and she reverted to her true self. (She had been disguised as a handsome prince.) There was much more to the story, and I really wanted to know how the "evil" sister (the one who was far more prone to selfish, power-grabbing behavior) saved their world (and how the gentle youngest sister managed to put it at risk!), but my dream-reading time was interrupted by having to do other stuff. I got the impression from the book's blurb that she had to evolve.
Heh. Thinking about it now, I bet anything that the "three" sisters were really one princess at different growth phases of life. Seems like a typical subconscious' MO.
And now... I should go start some bone broth. Or have a nap. Or do my homework...
ETA: Oh, and I have a feeling that this is going to be a splendiferous winter. I think the exiting neighbors are stripping their place of anything and everything that can be removed. Including, if neighbor's help of a friend's pre-foreclosure stripping suggests, the furnace, kitchen cabinets, water heater and other basic things we here in the US tend to expect to be there when we move into or leave a place.
Which means, should someone buy it at auction, a noisy winter. If no one buys it, it means an expensive winter, as their place will be sapping the heat from ours. (I guess I should break out the blankets and decorate the inner walls, eh?)
I wonder if Geoff asked nicely whether they'd leave the building's sump pump in place and running? *sigh*
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Date: 2012-10-03 06:18 pm (UTC)Page is adorable, but you knew that already :D
We finally had a break from the unexpected heat wave that hit last weekend, and it's been wonderfully foggy on the coast today.
Interesting dreams- sounds like you're processing a lot of different things. The princess dream sounds like a book you should write :D
Blargh, here's hoping the neighbors stripping doesn't leave you out in the cold (Hee! Pun!). Were you able to get their shed?
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Date: 2012-10-03 07:02 pm (UTC)Yes, he is, and yes, I did know that. Every now and again he's not, but on the whole, yes, yes he is.
Until I saw something on the featured bit of the LA Times (my crossword purveyor of choice), I didn't even realize you guys had been suffering from such a heat wave. Ergh. But yay for the marine layer! (Saw an ad for San Diego the other day, and gosh I'd like to go back sometime.)
While I was still dreaming the princess dream, I was trying to pay attention so I could write it down. Unfortunately, I only retained little tiny glimpses of it, and I don't seem to be getting much inspiration from the muses lately. At least not for developing cool ideas... ;-)
I decided against their shed, as it really is too big for my purposes. However, it's possible that another set of neighbors might buy it, and if they do, they might sell us their little plastic shed. It would be a temporary solution for us, but... *shrug* I can wait.