fishing and good grades...

my fishing trip yesterday was rather amusing...the one fish i caught ended up flopping around so much that it fell off the hook, onto a rock, and back into the little creek i was fishing in yesterday...so i lost the one fish i actually got up out of the water...

still, it was a gorgeous day to be out & about, and my mom and i drove up into errol some -- just into the southern part of the 13 miles woods...it was so nice...

we didn't see much wild life either...no birds, really, to speak of...and no moose, which was okay with us both...

i was bummed that the eagle's weren't at the nest, but it was still such a nice day for a ride...

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we came home and i talked on the phone some with my sister in law up in alaska, which was nice...and then i watched something on TV about eating disorders...it was called "starving for perfection" .... what an interesting show...i learned a lot, and of course, it ties right in with what we're discussing in class, so i used that for an academic journal entry...go me!...

speaking of my addictions & family dynamics class...you know how i had that big paper on that book i had such a hard time with (chemical dependency a family affair by olivia curtis) ??.... well, we got our papers back today...

as the instructor was handing them back she said "now remember, class, a B is considered really good...i very, very rarely give A's, especially on a first draft of a paper...if you have any concerns about your grades, feel free to see me after class..."

i was certainly expecting a B if even that...it's not that i had any doubts in my writing skills in general...i just had doubts about the paper i had produced...for more reasons than one...i like to think i'm a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to my papers and my classes and such....

so, i'm scanning the margins of my essay to see what types of comments might be there (primarily editorial...) non on any of the first three pages..."okay" i think to myself "she's going to nail me on the last page..."

i turn the page, and there it was...my grade...i saw it, blinked a few times, looked at it again, shook my head, looked at it again and then said "oh my gosh..." and the girl who sits next to me said "what'd you get?..."

i showed it to her and she was probably just as shocked as i was...

i got an A- .... on my first try...

needless to say, i am VERY excited....

and, i'm still trying to decide if i want to try to do a revision or not...

i have until the 11th night of class to do revisions, so i might wait a couple of weeks and see how i feel after that...

i just feel really, really good about that grade, though...

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also, i had my allergy testing today...i am allergic to dust mites...go figure...that's about the only allergy i have, out of the 30 things i was tested for today....

and i needed 30 injections to determine that i had that one single allergy...

ah, well...at least it's done & over with now...

anyhow, i'm off to bed...i've got work tomorrow...

happy week to all...

-ramona anne

one good thing that happened today: well, i think i'm gonna say my A- on my first draft!!... hee hee... :-)