the weeks go by so fast...

i had a bit of an off week this week...well, at least the beginning of it was off...

monday i went to class, like i always do...there were some things that were brought up in class that left me feeling really emotionally drained by the end of the evening...i left class and i ran into fran (a friend of mine who i have had for a few classes, and who teaches a class in the same building as my class, and during the same time frame...)

so we are talking and she could tell i wasn't my usual self...so she and i talked for a little while and then i went to go pick up my mom at my aunt's and she headed home...

the next morning i got a nice email from her, which really made my day start of on a brighter tone...then i went in to babysit...and of course, that was really good -- to be with the kids...(they do my heart such good...) ...

tuesday afternoon and evening was okay...i filled my bird feeders and spent some time outside, enjoying myself, although i wasn't really "happy" ... i mostly just coasted for the evening...

wednesday was a rough day....i felt off all day...it was greay and gloomy, which made a big difference, i think, in how i felt...

i was almost about 40 minutes late for home group, and even before i left the yard i was in a small fender bender accident...my brother (wo seems to be moving back in, and i am REALLY having a rough time with THAT....) has decided that he needs to work on his truck here, in our yard...but he doesn't have the money for the parts...so, his truck is just sitting in the yard...up on the jack, becuase the wheel is off....

it was dark and rainy wednesday evening...and, his truck hasn't been there that long, and i had forgotten it was there...

his truck is solid...and, i backed into it and crunched the fender....i don't know how much it's going to cost, but it will need to be repaired...i am VERY upset about this...

i didn't notice, though, that anything had been done to it, until yesterday....

so, i don't know what i should do -- call the insurance company, or just try to fix it myself somehow...

at any rate, i'm VERY upset...

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thursday was better...my aunt & cousin came up and spent the night, and my cousin and i went to youth group...okay, i'm really technically too old for it...but because leah was with me i was able to stay and hang out, which was nice...

before we went to youth group, we all went to eat at tony's pizza and sub shop...i got myself a buffalo wrap, which i hadn't had in over a year...i forgot how addictive those things can be!...lol!!...

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leah and i (and our moms of course!!) came home and leah and i stayed up until like, 2:00 in the morning talking...it was nice to catch up with her, though...

then we went to bed and i fell asleep pretty quickly....i woke up around 8:30-ish yesterday morning...

i started working on my project for next weekend's "experiencing the arts" class...i am going to share some of my photography...and share a bit on the history of photography, i guess...

after leah got up we hung out some but didn't go anywhere, which was fine...

we had a nice dinner (lunch) of corn chowder and grilled cheese and then hung out until the garage called to let my aunt know her car was ready (she came up to have work done on it here...)

so we took them down to the car, then my mom and i ran a few small/fast errands...we headed home and i was almost home when my friend moira called my cell phone and said her crew was home and i could head out to have supper (dinner) with them...

so, i dropped my mom off, grabbed a few things and headed out there and had a nice meal, walk, and visit...

they have two dogs who proved to be very entertaining when i started playing some bird calls on my iTunes on my laptop...that was hilarious...these two dogs would cock their heads from side to side and try to figure out where the sounds were coming from...it was too cute!!...

one of them even came right up to my laptop and was sniffing at it trying to figure it out...

my cat, on the other hand, could care less when i play my bird calls...

go figure...

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that's about all the "news" for now...

i didn't get to bed until after 2:00 again this morning, but i slept in until about 10:20....

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my brother came in while i was getting ready for bed, apparently with the intention of staying in his old room...i was upstairs and in my room in bed before he came up and he was REALLY upset because his bed had been stripped and the bedding was being washed...

(okay...keep in mind that he has moved out...he has not been here for months...)

the other two beds in that room had been freshly made up the night before for my aunt & cousin...you think he would have just climbed into one of those bed, right?...wrong...he had to turn the lights on and trash and crash and throw things around and swear and cuss and yell and make all this noise becuase he was angry because his bed had been stripped to wash teh sheets and blankets...

he just took some of the bedding off each of the beds, then threw what had been on his bed onto those other two beds, made his bed and slept there...

i'm very un-impressed with my brother right now for a number of reasons...

his behaviour last night was totally inappropriate and unacceptable...

i think with my next paycheck i'm going to buy a new doorknob so he can't pull any of those stunts anymore...

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it'd be different if he was here for a few days until his truck would be fixed...but the thing is, he isn't even working on the truck....

soon the snow is going to come and the plow will need room to turn around...and if his truck stays where it is, the plow won't be able to come turn around...and we could end up having to shovel ourselves out...

the town has maintained this road forever -- and we're grandfathered into it....(besides, my mom is in her 70's and the town does take care of it's older residents...) but, if the plow can't turn around, i really don't think they'd be obligated to plow us out until we fixed that for them....

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so, today my plans are to catch up on homework...and that's really all i can afford to do today...

tomorrow will be church, which will be great for me....

monday it's back to class...i'll be glad when classes are done...i really need a break....

i haven't looked into next term's classes too much, but online registration starts on monday, and i'll be calling my advisor to go over what i will take...

i will (after this semester) only need 11 more credits for my associates in liberal arts...

how on earth did that happen?!...

also, so far i'm doing really well in both my classes and i think i will earn A's again this time around...if i can swing that for the last three classes as well, then my GPA would be at least 3.7 (what it is now) and that would mean i can graduate with some kind of honors i think...

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graduate...that's a scary thought...

but if i go for my bachelors, i won't have to graduate right away... and that's a much happier thought....

i've never graduated from anything before....(well...kindergarden and the DARE program, if they really count...) so, the thought of a graduation ceremony...and getting a diploma...are really odd to me...

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anyhow, i need to go catch up on homework....

have a great day, everyone...

-ramona anne