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Hey guys. I'm still alive--it's just that break = relaxation. I should probably find my Accounting book one of these days.. Anyway. I had a good Christmas, very merry. I'm quite happy with the gifts I got, and pretty happy with the ones I gave. Speaking of gifts, tomorrow I'm going to sew Drew's pajamas. I promise. I've been telling him I was going to do it for days and days but something always gets in the way. Tomorrow, for real. I will also do my laundry and pack and shower and straighten my hair. And probably some other things that I am forgetting. Goodnight, people.

Yay. In other news, I am going to yoga class this morning. Yes, I am. If only I could get out of bed. My brother's present came yesterday--that will get wrapped today. Also, I will go get my dad's present today, also to wrap today. Other things to be wrapped: the six Amazon items to mail off today (bringing the new total to FORTY) (I had to look up how to spell 'forty' because I often still spell it with a U).

P.S. I got my grades yesterday. :D
       Stats: A
       Art: A-
       Management: A-
       Econ: A
       Spanish: A
       Yoga: Pass

Today has been busy, so I'm going to spend the rest of it relaxing, I think. This morning I got up around 7:30 so that I would be good and awake by the time I needed to leave for the morning Yoga class. (Also because Ty and Mom were talking, and I was sleeping kind of fitfully anyway because it was so hot in my room.) So I mailed the THIRTEEN Amazon orders that came in over the weekend, went to the Yoga class at the Y, did a bit on the treadmill, went home, showered, made myself presentable, and went to visit the high school. Apparently Mr Rideout et al reads the blog (unsure how that happened, but it's all right since I'm not going to say something on here that I won't say to a person's face, not that I usually have a bunch of bad things to say to people's faces anyway) (though it was kind of weird that like the second word out of Woodchuck's mouth to me was "Calapitter")--so, hey people. Mr Rideout also returned to me a bag of stuff that I left there: some blue cotton material with firetrucks on it, a sewing pattern for a shirt, a portable iron, and other sewing items (including black fuzzy puff-balls??).

I also said hello to Mr Leech, who said he went to Memphis recently to run the half marathon with his wife.. Gah, running 13 miles doesn't sound like a treat to me. Anyway. Being back in the classroom kind of reminded me of the last day of English III in high school; we had done chalk drawings on the board and I wanted to take pictures and remember them that way, but I didn't have my camera at school, and it all felt kind of melancholy. But just because you leave high school doesn't mean you can never go back.

*sigh* I am a loser.

I've been home for almost a week now, and haven't posted because of some error with MovableType, which my dad kindly fixed for me. I had written an entry with a bunch of my goals that I hoped to get done while home. Some I've done, some I've added since then.

1. Buy Drew, Dad, and Kristen's Christmas presents.
2. Sewing projects: Drew's pajamas, mending stupid pillow, adding stripes to pants, and maybe Rosco boxers?
3. Continue selling and mailing off Amazon items.
4. Clean the bathroom and the kitchen.
5. Visit the high school.
6. Go to some yoga classes at the Y.
7. Watch a lot of CSI.
8. Redesign calapitter. REALLY, I mean it this time.
9. Hit the books and re-learn Financial Accounting so I'll be ready for Cost Accounting. :-\

Yesterday we bought the Christmas tree and decorated it with the ornaments. We also made new picture ornaments for me, Ty, and Rosco. I'll take pictures of them and put them up later. I think at least part of today will be dedicated to helping my mom wrap presents, and then when we run out of wrapping paper (which is sure to happen), head to Target and face the sea of humanity there to buy more paper.

What else have I been doing? Not a ton, I've been mailing off Amazon items.. I have nine to mail off tomorrow, making the current total 30. :) Oh, commerce. I also straightened up the laundry room, which had a bunch of jumbled laundry baskets in it. I think that's about it.

What I haven't been doing: working out at all, for like 2.5 weeks, which is bad. My poor fitness blog over there is suffering. I know I'm feeling bad about it because I dreamed last night that we were eating out and as I was giving my order (which was probably something relatively unhealthy), the waitress kind of sat down next to me and pinched some fat on my stomach and was like, "Oh no honey, you can't have that." It was awful. But this is my break and I'm trying to recover some of my energy, which is hard enough when I'm running back and forth to the post office, trying to get all my orders mailed off. I guess if I get enough sleep tonight, I can get up on the "early" side (around 9:00) and go to the morning yoga class tomorrow at the Y, maybe run a little afterwards.

That is it for me, for Junior Fall semester. Now Drew and I are going to see Narnia. Yay!

Eleven pages in 90 minutes is a little extreme, don't you think? Even for an Econ final. Especially for an Econ final, where you have to draw graphs AND explain in detail.

I wonder if I did something wrong.. why was I the second-to-last person to finish?
Last semester I was ragingly ill, high on DayQuil and albuterol, and I finished in the middle of the class. (And I ended up with some ridiculously high grade in the class, as well.)

Maybe I should find that albuterol thing before my Stats exam tonight. ;) Just kidding. That thing gave me a heart attack and a headache every time; breathing isn't much use if you're dead.

Becky - Les prometí mandar para las 5 hoy la nota que tendría cada uno sin el examen final. He terminado de leer el segundo y de hacer los últimos càlculos. Voy a leer los ensayos una vez màs esta noche para estar màs seguro pero ya puedo darle a cada uno una estimación casi final de su nota. La tuya es A. Si quieres saber algún detalle, estaré en el despacho mañana por la tarde. Los ensayos se los dejaré con mis comentarios la semana próxima. -Prof. Henager

Becky - I promised to send you (students) by 5 today the each would have without taking the final. I've finished reading the second essay and doing the last few calculations. I'm going to re-read the essays once more tonight to be sure, but I can give everyone their "almost-final" estimation of their grade. Yours is an A. If you're want to know about any details, I'll be in my office tomorrow afternoon. I'll leave the essays for you (students) next week.

*Just sayin' hello to the ground..* So I've been studying Stats, and I got that done, but I'm dedicating today to studying Econ. So, to review my notes about Gains on Trade, I made up my own example, featuring my dad and me, trading golf games and poems. Dad has the absolute advantage on golf games, and I have the absolute advantage on writing poems. :D Check it out:

If you know stuff, it'll make sense. Otherwise, it might just look pretty. Whee.

THE END IS IN SIGHT.

[EDIT 12/7/05 3:30]: Exempt from the Management final, with a semester grade of A-. [/EDIT]

[EDIT 12/6/05 4:30]: Yeah, it's been hard so far. However, tonight is the worst night, I think: I have to write my Spanish paper and study for my art test. However, good news: If I did well on my Management test today, I may be exempt from the final (I'll know, at the latest, Friday morning .. probably earlier).. AND I found out today that the entire Spanish class is exempt from the final because we were all so darn good (apparently). Aight, that's all I have. [/EDIT]

Don't count on hearing from me for a while. If you're concerned about my existence, you can call my cell, but let's keep it brief, because this is what I have stacked up.

• Monday -- Stats: class, Art: class.
• Tuesday -- Management: test, Econ: class, Spanish: class, Art: art event (@ Brooks Museum).
• Wednesday -- Stats: class (homework due, quiz) , Art: exam , Spanish: essay due (requiring reading about 40 pages of criticism & constructing coherent, grammatical correct sentences), Yoga: class.
• Thursday -- reading day = prepare for Management final exam, go to Stats review.
• Friday -- Management: final exam (1:00 pm); prepare for Econ & Stats final exams.
• Saturday -- Econ: final exam (8:30 am), Stats: final exam (5:30 pm).

Sunday night Olivia gets back, so we'll hang out sometime Monday afternoon. Monday morning I have a dermatologist appointment and maybe a Spanish final exam but I might be exempt from that. Monday night I'll spend with Drew, and then I'll leave Tuesday morning.

Only massive amounts of Yoga and Dr Pepper will carry me through this. And maybe a couple smooches from my Drewbie.