Why I worry about things I can't control

My stomach and head have been doing a number on me.

First of all, I have been super stressed out about school, not just school stuff that is happening this semester, but much more and it isn't fun. Here is the break down:

1. I have to take my Generalist exam in December and pass it mind you. I am really nervous because of the amount of content. I am also nervous about how the test is set up, they give you these situation questions with four answer choices. The problem is that the four choices all sound great! GAAAHH, I can't stand it.
2. I have a lot of classes this semester, 6 classes, 60 hours of field work ( in two separate schools), and so many books that I had to create a filing system to manage them all.
3. I'm getting married in the not to distant future, my future husband and I have yet to set a date or even talk about the wedding.
4. Last but not least, I am a terrible procrastinator. I can't help it, I know I have three assignments due and yet I feel the need to play hours of tetris. I need an intervention

I have taken steps to quell all of my self induced sickness, I have started using my planner to... wait for it......oh you will never guess.....Plan My Day! Usually when putting stuff in a planner it consisted of what is due and some important dates. Now i have a daily play by play of what I will do and when I will do it. I didn't follow it yesterday, which was a mistake because I got to freak about it when I got to school, but it did work out. I just had to put those extra stressful moments into my day.

Why does the title say "things I can't control" when you really are in control of them, you might ask.
That had to do with me meeting with my advisor and loosing sleep the night before. I freaked myself out because I had a meeting to talk about graduation and I thought he was going to tell me I missed a huge chunk of classes and I would have to stay another year. GOSH I WAS STRESSED! It ended up working out though because I am graduating this may and I will pass that certification exam, and will get a job. Until then I will just have to do my best.

Semi-Cabin Fever

I Love TETRIS
I was really excited about Friday, I didn't do too much. The day started off with a marathon of Tetris. I love playing tetris on Facebook, it's almost like an addiction because I had to pull myself away from it to shower. After that I got a little camera happy I took some shot of me and of BD. She has this little mechanical hamster that moves around and makes crazy noises. I had to take pictures of it because it makes me laugh.

I then headed over to see what my parents were up to. I brought over a bottle of wine, it called Fish Eye Merlot. http://www.badgerwest.com/fisheye.shtml
My opinion on the wine is that it was a little acidic, but mellowed out and had nice fruity flavors. My Mother didn't drink it because she is a wine expert now. I can't lie though her wine was a little bit better then mine. I don't know the name though, I'll have to get back to you on that.

While driving back to my house I got stuck at the light at Nacogdoches and Higgins road. So I decided to take a picture of the street sign and send it to CPS and tell them they need to fix it, because its an awful long wait. Well as I was being a weird child taking a picture of a street sign, I noticed out of the corner of my eye that the person in the car to my left was looking over. I thought to myself "oh great creeper alert!". I didn't look over until I got a phone call from a friend making fun of me!!!

Later on in the night the fiancee and I went to go and visit our really good friend A at her work. It was a fun night. We played Word feud on our phones all night. Its like scrabble for your android phone. With intermittent conversations with A we stayed out for a good while. Well now is the time to figure out what I'm gonna do today. Any suggestions?

A New Semesta!

School is Back in session!
I am very excited about this new semester I am starting a UTSA, so much is going on right now. I have six classes that I am taking and three of them include field work. So 60 hours of field work on top of six classes makes me really tired at the end of the day!



I am still allowed to have fun during the weekend though. They let me out long enough to do that.


I have already read a novel called Feed by M.T. Anderson. Its young adult science fiction, I actually enjoyed it. Its bases is that we are in the future and Americans have a feed installed into their brains. The Feed is like the internet automatically installed in your brain. It makes me think, "Is this where our society is headed?" Oh, my next book is Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. A multicultural book that is geared more towards the lower grades and by lower grades I'm talking about 4th and 5th.
It is really interesting because it deals with pre-civil rights south. So once I am done with it I can tell you if I like it or if it really isn't for me.

This morning for B-Fast I had egg whites, pico de gallo, fat free cheddar and a nice whole wheat tortilla. It was delicious.
(I know, "Where is the Pico?", you ask
well I ate all of it and then decided to
take the pic, so no pico! ha ha)

Since I haven't updated any of my blog in a millennium, I want to share some wonderful pictures that I have taken over the down time I have taken from my blog duties!



This little girl was hanging out next to a swimming pool, I've never seen a real praying mantis before. I do have to say that is real lighting, she looked more green. (The reason why I am calling her a girl is because she looks big and I heard through the grapevine that the females are bigger and they rip their mates heads off!)This right here was last Tuesday, it was a monsoon! I had to drive to Harlandale right before I took this picture. It was a miserable ordeal, I was using the GPS on my phone and driving the Fiancee's car, so it was scary. But this is at UTSA and it was torrential!

This is a delicious 10 layer cake that my dad made awhile back. I love that we both have an affinity for great food. The cake I really don't know the ingredients for, but I do know that frosting was a chocolate ganache.