My Life as a College Student, day 2

I was totally ready for our first quiz on Saturday - I had this down!  And then the teacher asks "does anyone have any questions about the homework?"  At first, there was only one hand up... but then another... and then another... and another... and another.  WHAT?!  So the teacher tells us, "well I was going to give you guys some hard questions, but since this many of you had problems with the homework, we'll wait 'til next time."  NOOO!!! I was actually a wee pouty about the whole thing.  I guess it's good that we get an extra week, but, I was so prepared for it, you know? or is that just me?

2012.02.02  I realize the arrogance of my ways.  Baby, know that not everything is about speed.  Take your time; I am currently trying to learn to take mine now and (I don't know for sure, but am willing to bet it's true) it's just so much easier if you learn to do this sooner than later.  It's Thursday night before class #3; we had a lot less material to go through this week and I've just finished my homework tonight.  Take your time.  Rushing is the #1 reason for my wrong answers - I rushed through the problem and missed the obvious.  D'oh!  Always remember to breathe.

The Moose is such a helpful little one  :)

Quilting Day 2

So, I'm half way through the first block!  I was going to try finishing it, but then I burned the pizza, so I thought maybe I should be done with scissors for the night LOL  

I made pizza for the first time tonight  :)  It burned in the spots toward the bottom top of the crust, where the cheese was thin.  It didn't even BURN burn, but it still set the smoke alarm off!  Yay!  Of course, this was all after the Moose had been asleep for about an hour. so it woke her up in the most horrible way.  Poor baby, she wouldn't stop crying until both of us were there holding & hugging her.  After we comforted her a few minutes, she breastfed a bit and was pretty easily calmed after that.  She cried out for a minute as soon as I let go of her, but she quit as soon as the door was shut. 

Happy Friday

So, I may be coming down with something  :(  my poor snot has been trying to run away all day.  I really hope that's the extent of it!  A lot of people have been telling me to hope I don't get "the cough"... apparently the start of "the cough" is the start of a nasty yuck that's been going around.  

But, in happier news, Yobo actually joined me & the Moose for Mother Goose Rhyme time at the library today!  He normally goes to the library with us, but then trolls the library shelves while we go to story (or now rhyme) time.  And guess what?  He totally enjoyed himself.  Wait for it... Duh!  The Moose is getting more active & outgoing while we're there now - she crawls a little further away and "investigates" some of the other babes.  I don't really mind if he doesn't go, but I also don't want him to miss out on the amazing interactive happenings of that 20 minutes in a room full of other little people! 

We went grocery shopping afterwards and while we were in the baking aisle, a lovely woman smiled at the Moose & said something about her wonderful hat - I almost hugged her!  I thanked her & told her it was the first hat I'd ever made and she said "What?!  You MADE that?" followed by some wonderful adjective and words about how adorable the Moose was in it.  I was, and am still, BEAMING with love and joy and a bit of pride  :)  

And THEN we get home and Yobo shares a post about crunchy chicken stuffed waffle pops - don't they look and sound AMAZING?!  We're totally going to try making them for dinner tomorrow night!  Plus, we picked up an ice cream on the cheap and will be trying our hand at homemade vanilla ice cream to top off our chicken stuffed waffle dinner  :)  Yobo has a lush stash of whole Madagascar vanilla beans.  Yum-yum!  Oh, that reminds me that one day I will need to post about our wedding cake - homemade (by Yobo) chocolate cake with a vanilla bean creme filled heart in the center of the top layer.  It was even topped with the Care Bears from our first shared birthday cake (there were 2 - one for each of us).  Whenever I write about that, I'll also have to bring up the shared birthday thing.

Anyhoo, tomorrow is my 2nd day of class  :)   And there's gonna be a quiz!  I actually got all my homework done & feel pretty good about it.  The only thing I have to really remember is to SLOW DOWN.  Yobo says this should become my mantra in life and is, begrudgingly, right about that.  If I can just breathe and not rush through it, it'll be ALL good  :)

Quilting Day 1

Better late than never - it's progress! I have finally started one of two January quilt blocks  :)  The pieces have been cut anyway!  It took a little while to get it done tonight, but once the Moose went down for the night, I was able to squeeze this in before homework time.

The pictures really did not come out well.  There's a lot more yummy orange to the colors than you can see here.  Those strips in the middle are folded in half; they will turn into the asterisk of the asterisk block I'm working on  :)

Red Days

Kid, there will definitely be some days ahead where your only saving grace is the fact that you wore black pants that day.  I promise, it happens to almost everyone and it is OK.  It sucks, yes, but it is OK.  Anybody worth a damn is not even going to care other than to maybe offer a few words of support.  And if they laugh, punch them in the face.  No, not really, but that's what you'll feel like.  Just scoop yourself up off the floor, put your head up, and keep moving forward.  Don't let idiots dictate your actions or life.  I love you.  Practice a little grace everyday, especially when under pressure; trust me, the universe needs it.  And I still love you.

the BITER emerges!!!

OH NOES!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11!!!!!!!!!!1  Biter baby has emerged!  I hoped it was a fluke when the Moose tried to bite me with malicious intent the other day, but, alas!, it is not!  She did it again tonight - to me AND the cabinet door!  Yes!  There are a lot of exclamation points in this post!  It was baby feeding time & I let her eat some pear off a fork, she got mad at me for taking the fork away after she got the pear in her mouth & went to bite me in the thigh!  Then she was playing with one of the kitchen cabinet doors, got it cracked open and it shut again because she was also leaning against it.  She yelled at the door and bit the knob!  I really hope this trend doesn't take long to correct. 

I remember when I moved back to Anchorage from Denver, my nephew was like 2.  I went to my dad's & the sisters came over.  Damian (not his real name, but a loving nickname from me since his birth) came running up to me - I thought he wanted a hug, yay!  NO!  He wanted to take a fat bite out of my thigh while I was standing there with my arms wide open.  Horribly traumatic... for me.  Oi vei.

My Life as a College Student, day 1

Well, today was Day 1 in my new life as a college student.  I am SO thankful I got a Saturday class in Eagle River.  The building was small and easy to navigate; there were probably 20 students and the teacher seems pretty cool.  The bathrooms were also easy to find; however, they were only 1 or 2 stalls and when a 3 hour class lets out, there are a LOT of people anxious to do the same thing.  Luckily, since it IS in Eagle River, I can just go to the in-laws' house.  

Also, since it's in Eagle River, I can drop the Moose or the Moose & Yobo off for a grandparent fix  :)  They hung out with grandpa today & he even held the Moose for about 20 minutes (he wasn't exactly "kid-friendly" even as a dad).  Yay! for progress!  We'll melt him like butter in no time  :)  

Oh, so, the class.  It's just pre-algebra, so today was a very long 3 hours.  It starts out with adding & subtracting larger numbers (like 51,293 + 8,257).  Thankfully, everyone in the class was pretty much on the same page and we just blew through a LOT of material today.  I was like half an hour early - I need to find the bathrooms & be one of the first people seated, I loathe coming in late & having to wade through a crowd to find a seat.  But, being early also lends the benefit of having some one-on-one time with anyone other classmates who enjoy being early, as well.  I met Ms. K today - like me, she's going back to school after a LONG.  She has FIVE chillins, aged 16, 11, 7, with 2 year old twins!  One of the twins is her prized baby girl, all the others are boys.  She gave me a good stink-eye about my #1 being a girl LOL  She's studying to be a nurse and today was her 1st official day of college, too.  We got to chat about 15 minutes before anyone else showed up.  I have to say, though, that I was a little appalled at how many people were late to class. 

Well, now I have loads of homework!  I also need to go buy a paper notebook.  We found one around the house, but it only has like 10 pages left in it LOL w00t! I get to go school supplies shopping!  Yes, I'm THAT nerd!