Snake on the Deck

I had lunch with the girls today, and when I got home, mom was hanging laundry outside. I put the dog on her leash and went out to see mom, but the Teddy wouldn't come off the deck. Know why? See the title. Snake on the deck. The thing that makes this funny is that mom is absolutly terrified of Snakes. Even stuffed ones. So, she FrEaKs out (<--just like that!) and grabs the dog, shoos us all inside, and locks all the doors and windows. Cause, you know, that foot long garter snake is totally going to bust in here and hold us all at fang-point.

I guess you had to be there.

Anyways, yeah, I guess things have been going better. It's been a rocky week. But, at least I know that every 15 minutes, I get a minute or two of happiness before the murderous rage, headaches and urge to crawl into a little hole and bawl my eyes out comes back. Kinda like watching the OC.

Speaking of the OC, Why have there not been previews for season premiers yet? I mean, It's mid-August, so you would think that the networks would be promoting the next seasons of shows that catch the ratings, instead of just pushing all the new crap. I need to mark my calender, set up my BitTorent searches and prepare for download!

I don't know... I don't really have too much to say right now. I might be going to visit an old friend tonight, so I'm debating taking a nap. I feel bad, because he's going through a rocky divorce (or "seperation, but we really can't stand eachother", as he calls it), and they're kid's not more than a year old... And it's nice to be able to talk to someone who hasn't heard my epic whinings... er... rantings... 500 times over...

Well, I'm off to free the phone line...

And put that snake back on the deck... :)

My mom's awsome.

I just got off the phone with my Mom. She's awsome. We spent an hour talking about books in the reading que and movies we want to see. She just finished reading the newest Nora Robert's triolgy, and A Child Called "IT", and is now into the Nora Roberts Christmas book I gave her for christmas. I love that my mom reads this much...I'm not sure why. And she's so open-minded about what she reads... I don't know... it's just cool.

She has this attitude of "Just press on, and everything will get sorted out". I know it comes from experiance, but I always find it really refreshing that she can listen to what I'm saying, and say "oh, well, these things happen", but still be sympathetic about it.

Yeah. Mom rocks.

Anyways, that's all I really have to say for tonight. I think, just for giggles, that I'll go up to the school early tomorrow (like, 10am instead of 3pm) and work on some of these assignments. Jo and I got to talking today, (she's in both of my psych classes), and we've realized that studying is going to be a hard-core thing this term... Especially for Psych of Ed. I get the material, but his tests and I don't agree. And since there's no exam in that class, I have to kick ass on the last test to really pull up my grade in the class. So I want to be able to have time for that, especially since that test is the day before my Exam in PSL, which covered a lot of content. Though I understand all of it (for the most part), there's still a lot to go over, especially in regards to heteronormativity.

I need to pick and widdle down my topic for my PSL essay, as well as come up with some sources, since it is a research paper, so I think that will be tomorrow's quest. Thursday might wind up being a day I spend just at the school doing research and writing that essay and my drama essay... at least part of it. And I need an article for my learning presentation. I'm hoping that if I come up with ideas for the intro and conclusion, as well as the historical blurb (for which I'm using one of my own psych books) and a modern article (which is the basis of the assignment), that the other person in the group can throw it all into power point and do his share, and we can really kick ass on this project. I mean, I got a 72% on the midterm, but only because of that wonky 7 bonus mark fiasco... I should have gotten a 55% (which was the class average). I just want something that will keep me afloat should the Exam not go well.

So, I know it's crunch time, but I don't think that this time it's hitting me as hard. I kinda have a plan, and I know what I need to do. Tonight, I'm working on some "external" projects, so I have nothing extra-curricular on the back burner. And getting a good night's sleep.

That's the plan, at least...