Where do I start?

School's in full swing again. I'm retaking one of the classes from last trimester but it's actually more interesting this time around. Our first exam was this morning and I feel decent about it. We'll have to wait and see when the grades get posted. I really dislike my Microbiology class. I had one at Tech that was AWESOME compared to this and I didn't really like so at the time. The other classes are pretty boring except for Organ Histology (teacher is amazing) and Palpation (hilarious awkwardness ensues because we get to know each other more than we were planning on). I will say this and leave it at that - drawing on VERY LOW backs right now.

My class did an outing to see the local minor league baseball team play. It started raining part way through the fifth inning and the game was canceled. Sean was my knight in shining armor and ran out to get the car in the downpour. The amount of water coming down was ridiculous. We got a little ways down the road and discovered lots of rain + road at river level = stalled car. We managed to get it out of the road and onto higher ground in a short period of time but it took a long time to get home. When we finally got back, we swung by the fire station in case there'd been a call (Sean's a volunteer fire fighter) and, low and behold, there was a downed power line. Sean came home long enough to change into dry clothes and then was off again. He didn't get to come home until 9 the next morning because the power company could get out here until then. Instead of sleeping after that, he went to the library with me to donate blood. I found out my iron was too low so no donating for me. Sean donated and THEN came home to sleep. Crazy man.

We're in the process of buying a motorcycle from one of my aunts. We've got it down here now and are trying to pay her for it in chunks. It's a 1981 Honda CB 500. Sean just got it back from the repair guy today (needed some cleaning) and says it runs great now. He's down at his cousin's working on siding on their garage.

Woo-hoo for a fast paced life.

My vacation is almost over!!!! :( Very sad.

We went back to Michigan last week to visit my grandparents and spent some time at an aunt's house. My grandpa has Parkinson's Disease and hasn't been doing well lately. The aunt that we stayed with came down here to help finish painting. We're pretty much done except for the stairwell. That might be a day in itself.

School starts back up Tuesday and I don't want to go! I like what I'm learning but having time off is really nice. We don't really get vacation time the rest of the year. *sigh* I suppose I'll live.

We sold the minivan yesterday! The only guy that actually came out to look at it bought it on the spot! Awesomeness!!!

We started painting today. The bathroom walls are done unless we decide to do a second coat. There's a few spots we're having some trouble getting because the walls are textured. I didn't realize it made that much of a difference. Learned something new anyway...

Tomorrow's adventure: start on the bedroom!

Maybe tonight if I get overly ambitious...

Maybe.

So, updates... Yeah... There's this crazy thing called school...

I just had a hard time doing anything outside of school work. My only free time was spent trying to be around and available when Sean was home. I deemed working on our relationship a little more important than updating this thing. It's really sad that I can miss him when I live with him.

School ended yesterday! I believe I passed all but one class. Seven exams in five days also sucks. Yes, there was a weekend in there since finals start on a Friday but exams kind of kill any free time you normally would have had (assuming you were studying for the Monday test because you knew you might be able to pass the class, that wasn't me). I suck at getting anything done when I know it isn't going to make a difference anyway.

I know all but two of my final grades. One A, one B, two Cs and an F. Hopefully the other two classes will end up being Bs too.

I am very annoyed that I was unable to sleep in this morning! It wasn't because I had something I needed to do either. I got up long enough to hug Sean before he left for work and go to the bathroom. That was it. I laid in bed for an hour before I decided sleeping again wasn't going to happen. Most frustrating since I haven't really slept in two days. Last time I slept in until 11:30.

Sean's grandma ended up in the hospital a couple weeks ago and that just added to the craziness. She was diagnosed with colic cancer that has spread a bit to her liver. She started chemotherapy (AT 81 YEARS OLD) and actually seems to be doing rather well. Sean's parents and sister came down for a few days while Grandma was in the hospital so that killed more of my time. Oh well.

We're still trying to sell our minivan and hopefully Sean's cousin is going to buy it. His oldest kid is turning 16 this month. We're also trying to decide if we should fix the Buick or try to sell it as is (blown head-gasket). That's assuming we ever get the title for it... Grr.

I have THREE WHOLE WEEKS off of school and we're going to try to see my grandparents back in Michigan for a few days. We're going to attempt to get out apartment painted and maybe I'll actually get it clean for the first time in a while. >_<.

So, the engine light in MY car went out without us having done anything to it but the one in Sean's truck came on THE SAME DAY...

AutoZone says it's the "thermostat heater" and nobody there even had a clue what that was. Since we don't know what this part does it might not get fixed for a while.

On the plus side, my last series of tests went better. I managed to do LOTS better on my Spinal test this time but somehow still failed it.

......BY ONLY 0.2!!!!

So my car may or may not have a legitimate problem. The check engine light came on while I was driving to school Monday and we spent most of the afternoon trying to figure out why. Took it to AutoZone and they hooked up their reader thingy which gave us a diagnosis.

Toyotas 1998-2002 seem to have issues with their charcoal canisters. They seem to get blocked up and need to get replaced on most cars from those years. We think that's the problem with mine. The canister is part of the fuel system but is just an add-on to reduce emissions. Technically, this shouldn't cause a problem if we don't do anything about it.

Oddly enough, failure of this part may have improved my gas mileage somewhat...

So.

I have joined the select ranks of those who have been pooped on by birds.

I am not pleased about this. The only good thing was that it didn't get on my skin, just one of my favorite shirts.

I meant to post this yesterday, but alas, I forgot!

I saw a van that had the license plate of 'VN GOGH'. *snerk*

If I am the only one that gets this I will be most disappointed in all of you.

Having your cell phone start vibrating in your pocket when you're leaning over a cadaver tank is not the best way to end your day...

And I'm going to be late for school if I don't get my butt in gear. :(

Took a much needed, but longer than planned, nap so I can function again. Though I'm still tired. I've got a test tomorrow at 7:15 AM and then still have to get through the rest of my day until 6:30 PM.


Somebody shoot me...

Sean got our 'dead' car started this weekend and is going to try fixing it in the hope that we can either drive it or get it working enough to sell. Our van is on its last leg unfortunately.

My break from exams is ending so there goes all my free time. *waves as it disappears in a cloud of smoke*

Can't remember if I mentioned it already. I got over a foot of my hair cut off for locks of love (and it was getting unmanageable). Can't do as many styles with the way it is now so it's either in the way or falling out of whatever I managed to do to it. Gah... Grow faster!

My dad sold our horses without telling me and didn't think it would bother me that much.



WRONG.

I thought I was going to be cleaning a lot this week since I can catch up on the things I've been too busy to do, but I've been reading books. Oops. :/

So. I finally saw my last grade yesterday. As of now I have 1 A, 4 Bs, 2 Cs, and 2 9s which I think equal As because they were pass/fail classes.

Yay for not having to retake anything!

Shedd Aquarium was awesome except that they are renovating and the whales, dolphins and something else (seals?) were on 'vacation'. :P

I also may have made a horrible mistake. Palmer offered free physical training. Jessie thought, "Hey. Sean and I are a bit overweight and out of shape. Maybe this would be a good thing for us."
My friend Devin is our trainer.
He tried to kill us yesterday.
Sean and I are both sore today and we have another session tomorrow.

Sean might kill me.

My finals week is finished!

I was really afraid I was going to fail two of my classes and I DIDN'T!!!
I got a 71% on the final for one, which gave me a C and in the other, I apparently can't add and didn't fail even though I didn't pass the final (didn't study because I thought I had to do it again anyway).

I got an A in 3 of my other classes and 3 Bs in the others that I know grades for. The last one won't be posted until later today but I can't see how I could fail it.

Just 'cuz I'm exited and you don't want to do the math/don't care, that's NINE classes. Granted, some of them didn't run through the whole trimester but they did take some time.

I'm happy!!!!!!!



P.S. - Sean is taking me to the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago tomorrow!!! Fishies!!!!

P.P.S. - I slept in until 11 today and it was AMAZING!

Finals start this Friday and go into next Thursday.


Eeeep.....

x_x

So, I now have a Toyota Corolla because Sean's car died and I have a longer drive than he does. He is now driving the van instead of me. New car is a 1999 with not even 80,000 miles on it and is in really good shape. Unfortunately, it's an automatic transmission and is MAROON.

I also have a cold and two exams this week. At least it isn't FOUR like last week. I swear they're trying to kill us all...

Back to school, helping Sean's cousin, car issues and the annoying neighbor boy.

I have a bajillion tests constantly and can't seem to get in enough studying for any of them.

Sean's cousin has an old Mustang fetish and always needs Sean's help fixing and switching parts around on the three/four/whatever that he has (only one runs).

We had to replace a lot of parts on the Buick that we got from Sean's uncle until we finally figured out that the fuel pump was bad. We'd already spent several hundred on parts that didn't fix the problem and the car isn't even ours yet.

Timmy from downstairs has some mental issues and is constantly coming over to ask Sean for help with fixing lawnmowers/leafblower/pedal bikes that he's broken. Most of the time it's while Sean and I are having a conversation or us time. Plus, the us time is getting really hard to find...


Grrrrr.

So, Christmas was...interesting.

Did not realize this but some wedding pics are up on Sean's site. http://www.flickr.com/photos/yoopersean/

They are also NOT in order. I don't know how to fix that.

Sean and I went to a Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert today and it was AMAZING!!!!
If you ever have the chance to go to one it is so worth it!!! Wasn't the music that Sean was expecting since he'd never heard of them and I was expecting more strings but it was still fantastic.



Just don't take anyone prone to seizures. There's a lot of flashing lights...