Last Week :)

It's finally the last week of classes here at the University of Wisconsin and I could not be more excited! I am so ready to be done for the semester. Normally I would have a class today (Monday) but my professor is out of town for a conference so I don't have class today. Basically, it's an excuse to work on my paper that's due Friday. All I have left for the semester are three presentations (two this week, one during finals), two finals (both during finals week), and the aforementioned paper. Then I am finished and it will be grand.

So, remember the socks that I had a huge stupid about? Well, now I've started them on two circular needles. I'm not sure how I like it just yet but it's better than fiddling around with DPNs. We'll see. I'm doing one at a time, however, because that's how I was taught. So there.

Also, I have something else that I can finally post about. But, I have to size the picture correctly or we're in a whole lot of trouble.

Don't wanna!

I'm having a hard time being in classes today. I had a psychology test earlier and now I have to sit in...well, let's be honest, this class is boring. Very boring. I'm really not looking forward to sitting here until 7pm (it's not even 4:30pm now).

Gah.

But, on the upside, spring break starts tonight for me :)

Somethings never change...

I'm going on a yarn diet. It's been a week and a half since I decided this. It's going well. I've not even been tempted. I haven't had time to be tempted. Classes started this week. I've only had two of my four classes thus far. My child psychology class is going to be fun...I'm not so sure about my applied behavioral analysis class. I think that one is going to be a right pain in my ass. I have psychology again today and I have individuals with learning and behavioral disabilities. We'll see how that one goes...

I went to the OB/GYN yesterday. Nothing new to report...just that I need to get rid of some of this weight (again - nothing new). When I got home, I noticed that the house was cold. Granted, I'm normally cold...but this went a bit beyond. I checked the thermostat and it said it was 64 in the house...we don't set the thing for any lower than 68. Guess what? The furnace is broken. Now, if this was the furnace that was put in when the house was built in 1992, I wouldn't be surprised. However, this is the furnace that was put in January 5, 2009. It's a furnace that is 380 days old...a little over one year. It's brand-spanking-new...and the damn thing doesn't work! So, I went up to the place that installed the furnace and I talked to them. They had someone here at 7:30 this morning to work on it. He thinks it's either the module that controls the blower or the blower itself that isn't working. I'm not very happy. We just had the air conditioner (which was replaced the same day as the furnace) fixed in June because something was wrong with it. I'm about ready to scream! Hopefully it'll get fixed today and we can be warm again. This cold house is beginning to suck a lot.

Anyway, that's about all I have for right now...maybe next time I'll post some pictures of what's going on in my little world.

Frustrating times ahead...

So, I'm back in school at UW Madison. This is all fine and well. I'm a full-time student, taking 15 credits (for now - more on that in a mo').......and yet, I have no time to do anything. I'm barely keeping my head above water. I have never had this problem before, even when I was student teaching AND working 30+ hours/week at the same time. What's the problem, you ask? Well......I'm taking two Rehabilitation Psychology & Special Education (RPSE) classes and a Communicative Disorders class (ComDis). Again, these are fine. They're all required for my special education major. I'm taking an Educational Policy (Ed Pol) class. This was kind of for "fun" but it fits well with my major, my work experiences, and potentially my future goals. And then there's my Art class.......that was supposed to be my "fun" class. Granted, it's a studio class and will require projects on a weekly basis and reading and my sketchbook...but, seriously, it's a 100-level class and you want me to mat things? And you expect me to use Illustrator C3 (or, in my case, C4) like I've been using it for years? And you seriously want us to do a project in less than two days, taking in to account that not everyone lives on campus, has access to campus facilities all the time, and actually has a job? I don't think so. I'm thinking that I'm going to drop the class. So what if I'm going to have a huge W on my transcript. I want my sanity back! I spend more time doing work for this class than all my other classes combined!

So, I think, pending hearing back from my advisor (that I've never met), I'm going to be dropping this class. I was so excited about it......and I'm hating it. I don't need it for anything and I don't want to be messing up any of my other classes as a result.

Other than that, I haven't been knitting much......too much homework (see above). I started a sweater whilst camping but I didn't get very far and I haven't really had time to work on it since then. We'll see. I was hoping to finish it before Hallowe'en but I'm not sure that's going to happen. Also, I have at least one baby blanket to make and a shawl...when, oh when am I going to find the time.....