Moved in…Sort of

I have officially moved back in with Tim and Mom. It has been an interesting adventure that has made me swear that I am never moving again. I’ve been joking with Tim telling him that he’s stuck with me. lol. But I’m here! There are still boxes everywhere, and my room is still barely navigable. Poor Kita, my dog, is still trying to figure out if she’s training to compete in an obstacle course or something as she gingerly works her way to her kennel which is in the far corner of my room. The problem, if you want to call it that, is that just a month ago I had an entire apartment to put stuff in. Now I have a bedroom. Well actually, I don’t have “just” a bedroom. I also have all of my boxes of kitchen stuff stashed at Nana’s house, and I have clothes stashed next door at Gram’s. Oh, and I have a pile of boxes along with a washing machine stashed in the garage. For that reason, I don’t know that I’ll ever get completely moved in, but I’m back in Florida anyways.

Just a Warning - I'm Getting on my Soapbox

I’ll tell you what amazes me about students, especially adult students. When a professor specifically gives you a handout stating how he wants a project in his class to be done, he expects that your project will conform to the handout. Most adult students do not seem to understand this concept. On more than one occasion, I have heard students come into class the day a project is due and flippantly say something along the lines that they just didn’t have enough time to finish the project, and the professor will just have to give them more time. What makes anyone think that they are exempt from the rules? What make anyone think that a professor is required to bend the rules just for them? When an assignment tells them to do something that they don’t agree with such as print their name on every page, why do they baulk? Why do they make the superior decision that their name shouldn’t have to be printed on every page. It costs them no time, no money, no nothing to do it. So, do it!! Why do students think that they have the right to complain about a teacher or a grade that they got in the class when the real problem is that they lack the humility to fall under the authority of the professor and follow simple clear-cut directions? I've been asked on several occassions how exactly I get the grades that I do. Well, 40% of it it simply following directions.

Paper, Paper, Whose Got the Paper? Wait a second, that would be me...

I think that I am drowing in papers. Actually, I don't think that one can really drown in papers. It's more like suffocation. At least the semester is half way over. Eventually, the papers and the reading will end...I hope.

October

I can't believe that it's already October 1st! This semester is really flying by. Before I know it, it will be Thanksgiving again. Speaking of flying, I'm flying home today for a visit. We have this coming week off for fall break, but I'm leaving a little early. So, no posts for a while.

Odd

I saw a butterfly today. I never expected to see one this late in the year, but he was busy, busy trying to get as much food as he could out of one of the flower beds on campus. Even odder, I actually had a camera with me when I saw the butterfly. Even more odd, the camera actually had batteries in it that weren’t dead, and oddest, the butterfly stayed in one place long enough for me to not only check all of these things, but also to take a few pictures.

Time Crunch

I am on a huge time crunch right now. There is just so much that needs to get done before September 30, but I'm sure that it will all get done eventually. It always does. I used to stress majorly when projects started piling up, but a little perspective always takes my stress level way down. I have never not finished a project on time. I'm trying to finish 3 papers, my class reading, 4 quizzes, and I have a conference to go to this weekend. Man, when one teacher decides to pile on work, it seems like they all decide to pile it on. Prayers would be appreciated.

First Day of Fall

I've got to quit talking about fall so much, but today is officially the first day! I desperately want to pull out my light weight sweaters, but it's still not quite cool enough. However, thanks to an over active air conditioner, I have been able to wear my jackets to class. To make this first day of fall feel even more official since the weather is only being slightly cooperative (at least it's not oppressively hot), I'm sitting here eating Brach's pumpkins which is pretty much the best candy ever invented. Thanks mom for the care package!

I decided to walk around campus between classes today, and found many signs of fall including...

Some steps that are covered with leaves that the grounds crew has yet to get around to.



And some smaller trees that are already looking very bare.



There are also some signs around the house that fall has officially arrived.

For instance, Kanon has hung a great fall-esque wreath on our front door. Yes, I'll have to admit for those of you who are wondering, it does creep me out a little bit. I'm constantly checking it for snakes and other critters as I go in and out the door, and I seem to make a point to move it around a lot so that nothing could get comfortable in there. If you don't know the story, Julie got a snake in her house a few years back because she opened her front door and unbeknownst to her there was a snake who had decided to take up residence in her wreath. I'm not sure that I've ever seen a wreath on her door since then, and I definitely wasn't going to put one up. However, I really do like how they look so all in all it may creep me out, but I like it.



Also, ever since I fell in love with and bought one of Wal-mart's candles from their fall line, I think it's pumpkin, our house has not only looked fall-esque but also smells like it. I don't think that I have ever burned a candle of this size so fast in my life. I've lit it at least once if not two or three times a day since I bought it, and now after only two measly weeks it's almost gone! Maybe I'll have to limit myself to burning it only once every other day or something so that I can make it last longer...



Now if only the leaves would start turning and the new season of CSI would start...