Thursday and Friday

Well this is for yesterday and today. I had class from 11-9 yesterday with only 40 minutes for lunch and the rest of the day was class straight through....so I didn't even feel like getting ready for bed, let alone blogging. Today was a fun day because I didn't have class so I had time to pick up the house a little and relax. Ryan was home for most of the day too, cause he only has a test in the morning. I also got to go to Marshall's and get a few things cause I got paid today. I got a bedding set for the spare bedroom so that it looks really cute when we have company (which will be soon!) It looks really nice in there and I only spent about $100 on everything. Ryan and I are gonna spend the whole weekend together, just us, and have some alone time. Its really nice because its a 3-day weekend! Yea! Well I better get some sleep.

Blog for Tuesday & Wednesday`

Well I am still trying to get accustomed to blogging everyday. I'm having trouble finding a spot in the day for it. I need to do it towards the end, naturally, but I tend to wait until I'm ready to go to bed, and then remember, "hey i have to blog still..." So yeah, still trying to adjust that. Today is an example. I am ready for bed but need to blog...so I am not as inspired because I feel rushed. I know, this is starting to run on and not in a good way. Chemistry is starting to get harder now and she goes pretty fast in class so I spent most of the evening reading ahead in the chapter and working out the problems so I know what she is talking about. I have Chemistry, Stats and A&P tomorrow, so I will need to study a little in the morning before class a 11. I am planning on getting up with Ryan and making him breakfast. That way he makes me get up and I have time to do stuff. I love you baby Dino! Yesterday wasn't too interesting. Had class all day. We got our first lab report back in Chem and mine said 13.8/20. I was freaking out because thats a 69% but at the end of class I asked her about it and she was supposed to put 13.8/15, which is a 92%. Phew!

Short post

Studied all day and went to A and P lab tonight. I really like the lab cause you get to touch the bones and point and feel everything and it really helps you learn. Then I watched "Miss Pettigrew lives for a day" a really awesome movie that is actually still in theatres but I watched it online...ummm! Have class all day tomorrow!

I am a bum

So I did get quite a bit of studying done, but spent the entire evening watching movies. I know, I'm a bum. I just needed one of those night though, you know? I watched Dangerous Beauty, which was pretty good, then Love and Other Disasters, which was not so good. And then, Notting Hill, which, amazingly enough, I had never seen before. Don't know why I waited nine years to watch it - I loved it. If you haven't seen it, go rent it. That was pretty much the whole day. Ryan spent all day studying for a midterm tomorrow. He is freaking out about it, but I'm sure he will do fine. He always does. Well its almost 3 am so I'm out. Nite!

Sabbath always goes so fast

Again, I forgot to post last night. I am realizing that it is much harder to fit it in on the weekends. I think I am just so busy doing fun/relaxing things that I don't think about it before I go to bed. Yesterday was a nice Sabbath but it went too fast as always. We didn't make it to church unfortunately (shame on us!), but Jesse, Joanna, and Maddie came over for lunch. We had tortellini, peas, a delicious salad and they brought some really good garlic bread. We had white cake and chocolate peanut butter ice cream for dessert. After lunch we chatted a little and then parted ways to take naps and so they could take care of Maddie. In the evening we went for two short walks, one at the VA hospital and another in Redlands. We topped off the evening with a trip to Nubi, delicious tart frozen yogurt - I get mine with fresh blueberries. Last night Ryan and I watched a couple episodes of Generation Kill, an HBO miniseries about the war in Iraq. I thought it would be kind of like Band of Brothers, but it was very disappointing. It is extremely hard to follow, so in that sense, is very boring because you have no clue what is going on - you just see them either driving around in their humvees or sitting around in their humvees, and either way, they are dropping f-bombs left and right. So yeah, I don't think I will finish the series - it feels like a waste of time. After that, the Spain - US olympic gold-medal basketball game was on and Ryan wanted to watch it. I popped in a Redbox movie I got - Fool's Gold. I liked it because I was in the mood for a silly meaningless movie that was simply entertaining. Anyway, tomorrow (today) is a big study day for both of us...

oops

Well here's the post for yesterday. I did cleaning a grocery shopping and was really tired from that when I was done, so I didn't remember to blog. I will write a longer blog tonight about today.

Long, but interesting day

Well today has been a very long day, made bearable only by my fascination with the classes that I am taking. Today I had Chemistry lecture and lab from 11-4. I've never taken a science with a real lab, so it was a fun experience and I am looking forward to all the hands-on learning because it really reinforces the things we are learning. After that I had statistics for 2 hours. My only issue with that class so far is the physical surroundings. The room is about 20x10 ft packed with 60 people, a wall of windows facing the afternoon sun, and minimal air conditioning, probably due to the fact that the building is waaaay older than I am. After that, I had my first session of Anatomy and Physiology lecture from 6-9. So yeah, 11 am-9pm. The A & P class is going to be very interesting as well as challenging, but I'm up for it. I snapped a picture of the sorry lecture hall where the class meets. I'm pretty tired right now which is surprising since its only 11:25, but thats what a long day will do to you. Oh yeah, I almost forgot the best part - I went to gym and worked out on the way home! Are you proud of me? So now I'm just going to finish reading my Christian fiction novel and read a little of Christ's Object Lessons and hit the sack. Tomorrow is a big day of cleaning, grocery shopping, and studying. And then Sabbath! My favorite day of the week.

That reminds me: In my stats class this week, the instructor used Loma Linda as an example saying how the people who live here live longer that most people in the Valley and the students started saying reasons and it was very interesting. They actually knew that it was because we are SDA and rest for a whole day every week. Most of them thought that was a major factor in our extended lives. I feel really sorry for the rest of the world because they are expected to "get stuff done" every day of the week. How exhausting.

This picture is of me holding baby Maddie, Jesse and Joanna's little girl on the day she was born, July 21, 2008. She is a cutie and getting big already!

One year of my life

Well I am wanting to embark on a journey. I just know that even though part of me really wants to, it will be very hard for me. I am talking about a daily blog for one year. That's a big commitment, but I want to try to write SOMETHING about my day or my feelings or just pictures maybe, everyday, for one year. So I am starting today, August 20 (technically its August 21 but I haven't experienced the day yet). To catch up, let me summarize what is going on in my life right now. I moved to Loma Linda, Ca on June 15 of this year. My hubby started PT school in June. The plan was for me to work until he finishes and then we would start our family, or something like that. I am a teacher....but I really don't like being a teacher. So, I decided to become a statistic and leave the teaching profession in the first three years. I have decided through observing Ryan and talking to people, that I want to go to PT school as well. The problem is that I need 28 semester units of classes to meet all of the prerequisites. This is nearly impossible to do while working full time, especially since I am taking mostly science courses with labs. I have decided to go to school full time this year. I am attending SB Valley college, where the tuition is as cheap as possible for a non-resident - $180 a credit hour. This is our first week of classes and I am really excited about being back in school. I have a lot more confidence in my academic abilities than I used to. I have scheduled my classes so that I have MWF during the day free to sub or work a part-time job if I can get one. Tonight I had General Psychology and my teacher is a little nutty but she is kinda funny and she has great stories. The class seems interesting and not too hard. After all, it is a 100 level class. I should be asleep, but I am such a night owl and have not made myself go to bed at a decent hour all summer - which, by the way, has been amazing...not working...yeah. So I will sleep when I'm tired and drag my sorry butt out of bed when the alarm goes off at 8:30. I know that sounds late, but I'm a night owl and I hate waking up. I mean, of course, I'm glad that I wake up vs. the alternative, but I hate the feeling of waking up...maybe because I don't usually get enough sleep...i need like 10 hours a night. I will try to post pictures with each blog. These pictures are out the car window on the way home from Ryan's parents in central Cali a few weeks ago. I just love this time of day. I can't resist snapping photos, even though I'm in a moving vehicle and using a crappy camera.

As I begin this journey of recording the day to day events of one year of my life, the question on everyone's mind - or atleast on mine- is, Can she do it? The answer is, I hope so. I have a very strange relationship with writing. As with many things in my life, my passion for it is inconsistent. Actually, passion is probably the wrong word. Let's just say I appreciate the outlet for personel expression and recognize its value. I'm not good at it and most of the time I don't particularly like it. Therein lies the doubt. We shall see. As Lord Byron would say, "Oh, who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried."