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April 5th, 2006

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February 23rd, 2006

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09:57 am - Elevators Just because I can I'm going to complain to the internet world about the elevators at Cleveland State. Every day I get out of my car and walk to the building where I work, it isn't a far walk, but I park on the bottom of a parking garage, so I take the stairs to the top, walk across the plaza, and into the elevator lobby to go up the elevator. Now, there are only 5 floors to this elevator, floor one being the basement, I enter on the actual floor one and depart on the top floor, floor 4, every day this is my pattern. There are two buttons to push, if you want to go up, you hit the up arrow, if you want to go down you hit the down arrow. I always push the up arrow if it isn't already pushed. However, why is it that some people feel the need to push the up arrow again, even if it is already lit up, not only do they push it once, they push it about 5 more times, just to make sure the elevator got the message. Sometimes people will come and push the down button, and I think to myself, geez, it's only down one floor, just walk. But I give them the benefit of the doubt, maybe they had a rough day or maybe they are just super lazy. Then the down elevator comes to go up, but guess what, it is already full, so no one can get on. How can this be, it has only come up one floor (from the basement) how can it be full already. Well either there are a lot of people waiting at the basement level, or, they have cheated and rode down just to go back up again. Yes, that is it, even though the elevator shows that it is going the opposite direction then they need to go, people will always get on the elevator, no matter if it goes up or down. So then what happens is that when it comes back to actually go the direction the people want to go, it is already full. So every day I find myself conforming to the elevator laws at Cleveland State, no matter which direction the elevator is going, if there is room, get on the elevator. Even if the elevator is heading in the opposite direction, people still push the floor that they are intending to go to, like maybe the elevator will change its mind and go up to their floor and then go back down to drop everyone else off that just cam from that floor. I feel the need to post signs next to every elevator lobby, that say, "You're in college, learn how to ride and elevator". I sometimes wonder if other people feel the same way I do about the elevator situation, or if this problem occurs in other locations around the world, people try to get on a crowded elevator heading in the opposite direction they want to go, just so that they can avoid walking up to many flights of stairs. So now you're thinking, why don't I just stop being lazy and walk up the 3 flights of stairs to the 4th floor, well cause I'm exactly that, lazy, and my bag has my laptop in it, and it is just to plain heavy, and I just don't want to, can you hear me whining? Thats it for this update in my world, for other recent news, ask me, but really, there isn't any! Current Mood: well not really

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November 17th, 2005

11:29 am - BORED BORED BORED! So, I'm way bored right now. It's a long story, but basically, I've been without my car all week cause Tom has it since his in the shop. I had to call off work today, no way of getting there, and since I get paid if I'm there or not, it's that big of a deal, it just leaves me sitting at home all day bored with nothing to do. I have class tonight at 6:00, but until then, nothing to do. I watched the Toledo game last night, Karin and Ben came over. That was, fun, Toledo lost, that sucked! All the years we weren't supposed to beat them and we did, this year we were supposed to win, and we didn't, how lame! The rockets never do anything the easy way. Lets just hope they beat BG and NIU loses next week! Classes are going well, I'm still doing relatively well in all of them, I got back some stats hw yesterday and got an A on that, no worries about that class. I just expected grad school to be a lot more work. I think maybe it would be if I wasn't in math, but math is one of those things you either get it or you don't. There is not research to be done, no papers to be written. So when it comes to doing the homework, you can either do it or you can't, luckily I get it, so the homework is always done with plenty of time to spare. It's starting to snow here today. I guess the east side has a bunch of snow already, glad I don't live over there. Snow stresses me out, cause of the driving, I hate driving in the snow. Like last year I would wake up every morning stressed out if there was snow on the ground. Hopefully I don't let myself get as stressed this year about it since my job isn't as important and doesn't rely on me being there. I need to get new tires on my car though, and I've been procrastinating big time on that, basically I'm waiting for Tom's car problems to be over so I can get mine taken care of. HA! I'm watching TV right now, and they are posting closing for PM kindergarden school classes on the east side. Boy am I even more glad I don't live over there, we don't even have any accumulation yet. Harry Potter comes out this weekend, Tom and I are going to preorder tickets, I think for Saturday morning (we want the matene(sp) price). I'm way excited for the movie, but I'm really worried I'm going to be disappointed when they cut out a lot of the book. Well I guess I should get over this boredom and do something with my day, but the question really is what to do, I can't go anywhere, and there is nothing to do here! Current Mood: bored

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November 5th, 2005

09:33 pm I do these quiz things all the time, but I usually don't post them...but this time I am, so know you know you gotta do it! You Passed 8th Grade Math Congratulations, you got 10/10 correct! Could You Pass 8th Grade Math? Current Mood: tired

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October 17th, 2005

11:49 pm - It's late Well, it's later then usual, but I'm still awake, and trying to keep Tommy company while he finishes his stupid homework assignment for his stupid probability class, which has no real application to what he is doing at all, but anyways, enough about that, now lets talk about me! So, we moved, we are oficially all settled in to the new apartment. We also managed to get a months free rent out of the management, and it almost didn't happen, but thanks to Tom's persaverance (sp?) they gave in and we are now totally happy with our new place. The only thing I was sad about at first was that we lost our tree, since that was how we tied up Damon, but this weekend Tom and I bought a stake to hammer into the ground, so it is even working out better then the tree for a couple reasons. Damon can't wrap himself around the stake like he did the tree and the roap tied to the stake reaches the door so we don't have to go outside to tie him up, Damon loves it too, cause he can not hang out outside with out us having to be out there. Let's see, I haven't said anything about alumni band yet, but it was definitely a great time. I had more fun then I've had in ages, just being with old friends and being silly. Boo on Dr. Dumbo, for making us be cramped in the stands, that totally sucked since I couldn't hear at the end of the night with the trumpets right behind me, and not being able to see the game since I was behind the tubas. But, enough complaining, it was a super fun day!! If only everyone still lived in the same area code we could all get together more often. School is going well, I've gotten two assignments back and got 100% on both assignments. So I guess I have what it takes to do this grad school thing. Now I just need to figure out what I want to get my masters in next, HA! I have my first test on Wednesday, I'm a little nervous, but I've been keeping up on my reading, so it should be okay. Plus it's open book and notes, so it won't be to tricky. The only thing I'm worried about is finishing on time, since I take forever to do my homework as it is. This weekend Tom and I are planning another trip to Toledo for the last Saturday Football game. So that is what I'm looking foward to this weekend. Hopefully it isn't cold, and hopefully it doesn't rain! I think that is all I have to say for now. The semester is half over, and I'm 1/6 the way done with my Masters degree! Now just to figure out what the hell I want to do when I graduate. Current Mood: cold

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September 30th, 2005

08:49 pm - flood again! So yeah, Tom and I are moving. However, in a very unconvienent fashion. Our apartment flooded again on Monday due to it raining from the second hurricane. Nothing of ours was damaged, more of just the annoyance of having to deal with it. Well this time the apartment decided we should probably move (why did they not decide that last time, I'm not sure) so they wanted to move us up to the 4th floor on Monday. Well, too bad with the dog, we have to have a first floor apartment, the entire reason we moved to this place. So, they have an apartment opening today, the end of the month. You would think they would be quick, trying to get it ready for us, but they wanted us to wait another week in this apartment, to bad we are out of town for the alumni band next weekend, so thats not doable. So Tom arranged it with them to give us the keys asap, and then we will move our stuff after 8 every night when we get home from class/work. Then on Friday, since I'm off, they will have their movers come and move all our big stuff, furniture and shit. We are trying to work some free rent out of them, but they are claiming they don't have the authority to make that decision, then who the hell does, so annoying. So needless to say, we're moving, and we don't want to. And the apartment isn't close either, it's on the other side of the lake, I don't even know if it has a near by parking lot, so next week promises to be very busy! In other news I'm totaly physched for alumni band, seeing everyone, hanging out with everyone, and getting to play my piccolo, which I need to find, cause it has seriously been awhile since I last played it, and I'm not sure if it is here or at my dad's house, and what closet it's in, or bed it's under, lol. Classes are going well, I'm slowly gaining confidence in my answers, not always needed someone to check if my work is right. I guess that is a good thing. The teachers seem to like me, but what isn't there to like about me. Nothing really new there, still no tests, so nothing to complain about yet. I just got back from going out with some friends tonight, went to Winking Lizard, had a beer, talked a lot, well listened a lot to a pretty funny story full of drama. Now I'm home, and ready for bed. Yay for the weekend, just keep your fingers crossed for me that it doesn't rain anymore!!! Note: the tired mood face, is still bouncing??????? Current Mood: tired

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September 23rd, 2005

12:55 pm - It's Friday again! Nothing much is new, but hey, I can't complain, life is good right now! My schedule changed at the tutoring center this week, someone in the late shift quit, so they had to move people around, and now I'm only working 3 days and 16hrs, instead of 4days and 16hrs. I'm pretty pleased, I have Tuesday and Friday off, but on Tuesday I still have class on 4:00. Yay for sleeping in, I'm getting really used to it, I never have to set an alarm clock any more, I let my body wake me up. I usually get up between 8 and 8:30, it's very enjoyable. I've been working out every morning, which makes me feel good for the rest of the day. I finally accomplished the switching of my Facebook account to Cleveland State. For awhile I had accounts at both schools, so I had half my friends at one place and half at another place. So anyways, I fixed it now, so everything is on the Cleveland State account. However, I have 0 friends at Cleveland State, HA. Maybe I can make it through to graudation without a single friend. I still have my Toledo account, it's just hidden so that no one can find me and add me as friends. I know this whole facebook thing really isn't that big of a deal, but it seemed that every other day someone new was adding me as a friend, and I was sick of guessing which account they added me to, and having to check both. But, it's fixed, and I'm happy. Although, I suppose I'm a little old for Facebook, but oh well, I'll be nosy anyways, cause thats what I'm good at! Classes are going well. I've been working alot with Maple, and I'm actually liking it. The Professor gave us a program to find the Null Space of a Matrix for an assignment yesterday, but for whatever reason, I felt like adding some code to it, so that it would say that it did not find a Null Space in k attempts, instead of not returning anything. I did this because I was sick of it not returning anything, and me not knowing if it was working or not. So needless to say, I was pretty pleased with myself, and I knew Tom would be proud! :) This wedding stuff is progressing slowly. We've now officially checked out 9 different halls. Both of us know which hall we want, but yet we are making sure we look at all the places that have been suggested to us. I'm waiting for a couple more returned calls to check out 3 more places. Then we will call it done, and put our down payment down. Then I move on to reserving the church. Which is going to be a problem since I don't want to have it at St. Mathias, but rather Holy Family, but I'm not sure if I can since I'm not a member, and if they will and then charge a lot. Then there is the problem that Tom is not catholic and not even baptized, so yeah, I have a lot to figure out there. Since I have Friday's off, I've been trying to keep myself busy. On Friday's I've been cleaning and doing laundry. It makes it easier to enjoy the weekend then, since I don't have to worry about cleaning. Kristen is coming home today (big surprise) she misses me again, ha! Not sure what the plans are for the weekend, but hopefully we will find something enterataining to do. Current Mood: awake

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September 15th, 2005

01:17 pm - YAY internet! So, nothing much new going on with me. School, tutoring, sleep, thats about it. However, I finally finished the last of the Harry Potter books last night. I was very disappointed in the ending of book 6 for several reasons, needless to say, I am not very anxious for the maybe last book to come out, but I have to wait 2 years, which is incredibly stupid! School is going well, not much homework yet. I got my first assignment on Tuesday, it's not due for another week and half though, and I'm practically done with it. I was pretty damn proud of myself too, cause we had to try some maple programming, and I got it to work all on my own. I was able to write a program to find the L U Decomposition of a matrix of any size just by entering the dimensions, I know pretty exciting isn't it. It's the fact that I actually got it to work on my own without having to scream at Tom cuase it wasn't working, which I started to do, but he went to bed instead and left me alone, forcing me to do it myself. Although, he doesn't even know maple code, so it's not like he could have helped anyways. I brought my laptop to campus today to finish up some of the Maple stuff while I was tutoring (since it hasn't been busy yet) and I finally figured out how to set up the wireless network on my laptop. Very exciting! So, therfore I am currently at work, playing on the internet, not doing my class work which i was my initial intention. Oh well. I had a great weekend in Toledo, the football although was a blast, although the game was not exciting itself, it was more of the socialization and just plain having a good relaxing time. This coming weekend has no plans at all, which is a good thing cause Tom and I both need a weekend off. However, I promised him if he opted not to go to the Temple game that we would go to Dave and Buster's. So, it looks like he will finally get to check it out since he is not going to the game (by his decision alone, not mine!) Like I said, nothing much going on in life right now. There is nothing to complain about (other then the fact that I hat my boring stats class.) Current Mood: accomplished

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August 31st, 2005

08:54 am - Stupid Hurricane! So yeah, the stupid hurricane caused my apartment to flood! However, I shouldn't complain to much because it looks like a drop of water compared to the south. But, still very annoying. Half of the back bedroom has water all over the floor. You can't see it, but if you walk on it its very very soaked. Tom woke me up at 6:30 telling me about this. We then call maintenance and they were over within 20minutes and ripped up the carpeting and the padding. So, now you can actually see the water sitting there. My job now is keeping all our stuff off of the water. This stuff includes the dog's cage, the poor dog was sleeping on top of the wet carpet. He is fine, kinda startled with all the excitment this morning, so he is sound asleep next to me right now. Supposidly they are going to send carpet people over this morning to dry out the carpet, but wait, it's still fricken raining!! So, we'll see what happens. Also, the guy said he was gonna have to do something with the outside wall, so again, we'll see what happens. I'm just praying we don't have to move. In other news, I started my classes at CSU. Statistics is hard, I hate it, but I'm sure my negative opinion to begin with wasn't making it any better. Needless to say, I'm going to be doing a lot of reviewing and studying for that class. The professor is really nice though, so that helps. My two other classes were great, linear algebra and engineering math. I rocked those classes, answering questions, and having problems worked out before the professor did. We are using Maple to do some of the work for those classes, so I needed to buy the program since the version I had was WAY old. Luckily I have Tom, and he got me the hook up, so I saved my self $100 there! I have an orientation for the work I'm going to be doing tomorrow at noon, so hopefully that goes well and they give me good hours. Well I'm almost finished with Harry Potter Goblet of Fire, so I'm gonna get to my reading cause I wanna finish it before this weekend when Kristen brings me the last two books! Current Mood: irritated

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August 19th, 2005

02:07 pm So, my Lakewood career has officially finished, no more summer school, no more nothing!! I can't be any more excited about this! However, I'm still getting paychecks, yay! I received my books for CSU in the mail today. Looking through them makes me nervous, am I really cut out for this math masters after all? I mean, yeah I rocked in UT's math program, but CSU might have a real math department with real expectations. These past few weeks have been extremely boring, after summer school ended I have had nothing to do during the day. I went to Meredith's wedding, which was exciting. I'm so happy her and Joel can finally start their married life together! I went shopping with Kristen, alot, but thats what she is good for, since she is my personal shopping assistant. Tom and I saw War of the World's, it was very entertaining, and I highly reccomend it. Went to an Indians game, that was semi-entertaining however they definitely lost, didn't even score a run! I had to go to a couple showers, those were extremely boring, but I survived. So what else is new? Nothing! I'm working on the reserving a hall for the wedding reception, but that has been everything but fun. So many phone calls and the prices are ridiculous, I never rezlized it could cost $42 per person for a wedding reception. But, I will keep looking! Oh, and then there is my dilema, my cousin's wedding is Oct. 8th, which is also the day of UT's homecoming game and marching band reunion deal. I want to go to the wedding (well not really) but I really really want to go to the band reunion thingy. So, I guess my decision is made already for me and I will be attending the marching band fiasco. I just wish I had one of those things like Herminie in Harry Potter has that can allow you to be in 2 places at once. Maybe someday! And that brings me to my next topic in my oh so random post. I've been reading the Harry Potter series. My boredrom got to my last week sometime and I started reading the books. I am on the third book, prisoner of Azkaban. I also reccomend you to read these books, because the movies skip so much. I am now gettig the answers the questions the movies left me with. Tom likes to read over my shoulder sometimes, and he gets confused trying to figure out where I'm at in comparison to the movie, but there are lots of parts that aren't in the movie. I guess thats why in so many cases people always say the book is better then the movie, now I understand why. I think thats all I have to say right now other than this time of the year is usually band camp, I didn't miss it last year, but for some reason, I'm really missing it this year. :( Current Mood: irate

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July 20th, 2005

07:44 pm - It's been awhile... So, things are going well, really well, actually my life can't get very much better right now. However, at the same time, I'm still anxious for things to change, cuase I strive on new and exciting things. So Tom and I moved into our new places, it's awesome, no complaints, yet! Tom has his room (the den) and the rest of place is mine! HAHA! It isn't exactly decorated the best, but that will happen with time, we want to save something for our wedding shower. The only thing we still need to get are kitchen chairs, we have a nice table, but we are using folding chairs. Summer school is on it's last leg, only 7 days left! I'm gonna miss it, my summer school class has been a really good class, very well behaved. It is definitely because they had to pay to be there. I can threaten them by keeping them past noon, and they hate it. Tardies, my biggest problem during the year, if they are tardy, they add up and so many tardies count as an absence and they can only miss 2 days. I haven't had to kick anyone out yet, it's been great! I'm going to miss Lakewood, I learned so much this past year, and met so many interesting people. But, it wasn't the school for me, it was just to big and overwhelming at times. I still don't know who my suprivising principal was, since there was 5 of them! Oh well...We'll see what happens in a couple of years if I go back or not. They are asking me to already. I have to go to Cleveland State this week or next to sign some paper work for my tuition wavier. Kinda scary, that I'm going to be getting my masters, I'm not even sure if I'm smart enough yet, my grades say so, but my grades were a lot of work, and I don't know if I'm going to have enough time and energy to put in all the work for the masters classes. Hopefully UT served me well, and I'm better prepared that I'm thinking. Tom started a real full time job last week. He is getting paid really money now, again, kinda scary, cause it means we really are growing up. Living on our own, supporting ourselves, it's crazy, I sometimes feel like I'm still 18. Tom needs to get in gear though, cuase he still wants to go to school parttime, but he hasn't even signed up for classes...so if you talk to him, yell at him!! A couple weekends ago I went and visited friends at camp in Cincinnati. It was a ton of fun, partying like old times. It was nice to have friends so excited to see me, it was almost as if we had never left. I even responded to my camp name as if it had never changed. When I was there I kinda realized how I had outgrown that life, but yet I missed it so it was nice to visit. So it was kinda sad, cause I have my camp shirt that says camp counselors we never grow up, and I had it on the other day, and Tom said, well I guess that statement isn't very true. Kinda depressing, I don't wanna grow up, but I guess it is inevitable! Tom and I are going to Toledo this weekend to visit with this family and of course for me to go shopping with my personal shopping assistant, Kristen, yay! I need to get a new dress for Meredith's wedding next weekend. Oh, and the wedding date we decided on is May26th, 2007. I know it's far away, but we don't want to rush, and take our time planning. That date isn't carved in stone since we haven't reserved a hall, but we've been trying to find a perfect place. Like most girls, I have never really dreamed of my wedding, so planning a wedding that I have yet to invision is going to be difficult. Any tips or suggestion are welcome. Thats all for now, I think...I've been enjoying my part time job and my afternoons off to relax and enjoy the summer. Current Mood: happy

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June 19th, 2005

09:37 pm - The wait is over...for now... So finally, it happened. Tom proposed to me 2 weekends ago. Nothing really so extra out of the ordinary, but romantic and sweet, he is so adorable, and I love him and really, thats all that matters. I guess though, since the idea of being engaged and being married has been in both of our head for over a year now, it's not as exciting as it could be. It really just makes it okay for us now to talk about it, instead of pretending like it wasn't going to happen. The ring is beautiful, he spend to much time picking it out, part of the reason it took him so long, hehe.. It is a solitare princess cut diamond that is absolutely flawless and colorless. When it hits the sun just right, it can make a perfect cirlce on the cieling, yay for that! If you wanna see it, you'll have to see me! This coming weekend is the big moving weekend, yay for that! Tom and I are finally moving in together!!! We bought couches, matresses, tables, and a bedroom set this weekend. Spent a lot of money, but got some good deals! I'm just so anxious to not have to say goodbye to him for weeks at a time anymore. Believe me, this situation was really getting old, and I don't know how much longer I could deal with it! Our apartment is in broadview heights, so hopefully we will get a lot of visitors!! Summer school started this past Thursday. I am warning all future eductation people, never teach summer school. This is seriously torture. 4 hours in a room with the same kids teaching the same subject. It gets really old!! However, on the plus side, the money is great, so I shouldn't be complaining to much. It just sucks having to do a weeks worth of lesson plans in one day. So boy have I been lesson planning like crazy lately. Luckily, I taught geometry this past year, so I'm reusing a lot of stuff, I just have to make sure it is compatible. Only 28 more days left! Well I think thats all I got now. Life is good, I can complain right now! As for wedding plans, Tom says I'm not allowed to bring any of that up until after the move, so maybe after next weekend, I'll have more details on that! Current Mood: cheerful

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June 6th, 2005

10:18 pm - Patience is paying off... So I've waiting for life to figure itself out, and it finally is, and that makes me very very happy..... Lakewood has finally made up their mind about me, and basically they waited to long, they offered me a full time job for next year to which I polietly said, sorry, I already have plans, maybe if you would have offered it to me in April. I must say though, although I was disappointed at first, I am more then exciting to know that I don't have to deal with all that shit again next year. So if you're looking for a math teaching job, not that any of you are, thare are definitely two openings in Lakewood for full time jobs. Next year there is another teacher retireing, so there will be another opening for the possibility that I may come back, we will see... I found out that I am most likely teaching summer school Geometry. That will be nice since its good money and good hours, plus I already know Geometry. I just have to figure out what time summer school is. So last Thursday I randommly applied for a job at National City, it was kinda on accident, I clicked to fill out a profile to view the jobs, and by doing that I applied. So anyways, I had to take this test thing online, and of course I passed, and now I have an interview on Thursday. The idea would be to work their part time this summer in conjunction with summer school and then also during the school year with conjunction with CSU. But whatever happens happens, like I said, I didn't even mean to apply for the job. I finally scheduled my classes at CSU. I'm taking a numer analysis class, a engineering math class, and a probability class. I'm most worried about the probability class because I had a poor stats class at UT, got an A but learned nothing. In the spring I'll be taking some more classes but I'm most excited about this cryptoraphy class. I kinda took a class on that at UT, hated the professor, but I learned so much and really enjoyed the material. I discussed it with my advisor and he thinks it would be a fun idea for me to my cryptoraphy my exit project. So watch out, maybe I'll be working for the NSA one day! So yeah, still waiting on Tommy to get his act together, I'm getting my part straigtened out, now it's his turn. No pressure honey! Oh and just to add some complaining. The battery connection on my laptop needs to be replaced, which means sending my computer to Dell. It's under warrenty, so it won't cost anything, but a major hassle. I'm putting it off till Tom comes here next so he can deal with taking the hard drive out... Thats all for now, yay for summer almost starting!!! Current Mood: accomplished

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May 31st, 2005

05:38 pm - Weekends over :( So much can change in a weekend... First off, it was so nice to have a long extended weekend to spend with my Tommy, I miss just hanging out with him so much!! However, the time that we will be apart is coming to a quick end!! We found our perfect apartment, and we move in on June 25th, needless to say I'm very excited. It is in Broadview Heights, and the apartment is huge, not that we really needed a huge apartment, but it's always a plus. We wanted a two bedroom since Tom has so many stupid computers. The one we got has 1 bedroom and a den, even more perfect. The den has French doors to the living room, why we need French doors, I'm not sure, but it's something to be excited about! We are on the ground floor so we have a patio. The most perfect part of the apartment is outside we are facing a grassy hill, no other buildings or the street, just a hill with a tree. So perfect for Damon, so I'm really excited. And because it is on the ground floor and doesn't have a real view of anything, that brought the price down, so yay about that, it is definetly within our budget, so excited!! Tom checked in with Best Buy in Parma and it looks like they are going to be able to work something out as far as transferring goes. So until Tom gets into gear and finds a real job, he can keep up the routine at Best Buy. However, after a good weekend, I went back to a stressful day at work. I'm just stressed out about next year. First off, they still haven't decided about summer school, which is way lame, I talked to another principal about it today, ahhh... They are working on the schedule next year, and they are trying to keep me on as part time, they really like me, which is a good thing, but part of me just wants to go to Grad School and forget about Lakewood. So now the head principal (there are 5) wants to meet with me tomorrow to discuss everything,and probably try to convince me to stay part time...we'll see what happens, but I'm kinda stressed out about it...AHHH, I don't wanna say no, because I do want to be there, but I just don't know how much time and energy grad school is going to take. Anyways, I'm on my way to Toledo for the weekend Friday afternoon, so yay for that. Tom and I will probably start packing up all his shit so we can be on our way with moving!!!!!! Current Mood: stressed

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May 26th, 2005

07:22 pm - I survived!! So, today was the last day for seniors at Lakewood. They were all dressed up today, and talking about their prom tomorrow. My first year of teaching is coming to a quick close, kinda scary, yet exciting at the same time. Watching and listening to them reminded me of the last days of my high school experience. Unfortunately, I don't remember as much as I would like to. (Not because I was drunk or high like my students, but just because I forgot, it has been 6 years.) I finished the application for my 5 year license today! YAY for that! Basically it means I finished my entry year program and praxis 3, but I had to send the state $60 to send me my new license. I also had to fill out paperwork saying what I was going to do in the next five years as professional development. Luckily, I have an easy answer, get my masters, done. So I gave all the seniors their finals, they are doing well, I guess they really did learn something from me this year. As for the geometry class, their Final is next Friday, and I doubt they are gonna do to well, all multiple choice, mostly vocabulary, so we'll see. I made a kick ass crossword puzzle for review, and I'm very proud of it! I still haven't heard about a summer school job, but the word on the street is that I got the job, they are just waiting till next week to tell me. I've been bugging them, so we'll see what happens with that. Tom and Kristen graduated a few weekends ago. Well Tom really graduated, Kristen fake graduated since she still has to student teach. But she'll get there eventually. Tom decided for sure on Cleveland State (he hasn't made it official, but it is). He put his 2 weeks in at Best Buy a week ago, and now he is starting to chicken out on quitting, hopefully he'll follow through, he really hates it there now, they are treating him like crap for multiple reasons. He is actively searching for a job in the Cleveland area doing some type of computer work. We are going to stop by Parma's Best Buy this weekend to see if they have anything to offer him. We have been apartment hunting for a month now. We are down to two places and we hope to pay a visit to both of them this weekend to see what they have to offer us. Unfortunately, Damon has been an issue when it comes to apartments. Only so many places allow dogs, so it narrowed our search very quickly. My first choice is a place on Broadview in Broadview Heights right now, so we'll see what happens. We are hoping for the rent to stay under $600. However, there is another place in Parma that is over $600 but includes untilities, so we are still debating. Saturday is Kristen's birthday, I still don't know what I'm gonna get her, she is more picky then me, so we'll see. June 2nd is Tom's birthday, I know what I'm gonna get him, but I'm not telling. Friday we are going to get new cell phones. Tommy and I are getting a family share plan, it's cheaper then us both paying full price since my dad is kicking me off his plan. I'm hoping to keep my number, but since Tom is switching to 440 his will change. I think that is all thats going on now. I've been pretty board as school draws to a close, I've actually been reading, for fun, whats up with that?? Current Mood: accomplished

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April 25th, 2005

07:50 am So real quick... There is about 18 inches of snow in my driveway outside! Every single school around here is canceled, but guess what, Lakewood was not!! Therefore I decided to make it a snow day for me for several different reasons. First, I haven't been sick yet all year, second, I couldn't get out of my driveway, and third I really wanted a snow day! So needless to say, I'm at home today with nothing to do, and enjoying every second of it. Tom gave me his gamecube a few weeks ago since he doesn't have time for it. So, you can only surmise what I will be doing today! YAY for Mario Tennis! If only the weather was nice so I could play real tennis, but for now Mario's version will work. Current Mood: relaxed

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April 24th, 2005

09:39 pm - 6 more weeks till schools out!! My life is again starting to figure itself out. I must say, I'm sick of things always changing year after year. But like the old adage says, the more things change, the more they stay the same. (Or whatever it says, but you get the point.) So, I'm going into Cleveland State this week to sign my contract for next year. Contracts are scary and very permenant, so I'm scared. But I know this is the right decision, hopefully. I'm really excited about it. Part of my really wants to keep teaching at Lakewood for a variety of reasons, but if I decide next year that I miss it that much, I can always go back, as long as there is a job. I'm very well liked there (I mean, who wouldn't like me) but everyone is really disappointed that I'm leaving, so it makes me feel good. I didn't think my work got noticed this year, but I guess I was wrong. I love working with the students, it is so much fun teaching, especially when they really understand something and start enjoying math, yay math! So I finished doing the full time thing while the teacher was on maternity leave. Well...she ended up getting the chicken pox after being back for only a week. So needless to say, I filled in again for her the past two weeks. I guess my ability to step in and take over classes at any time is what is making so many people like me, maybe. But, now she is coming back tomorrow, so that is over again. Now I'm waiting for her newborn to get the chicken pox so she has to be out again. No complaints from me, its more money for me. So yay Kristen and yay Tom! The two people in my life that I'm the closest to are both graduating in two weeks, and both of them are graduating at the top of their class!!! Following in my footsteps! I'm incrediably proud of Kristen, we all know she is the smarter Hoegler sister, however...half of what she knows she learned from me. So, therefore, it can only be true that she would be only as half as smart now if I didn't teach her so much. As for Tom, of course he is still super stressed because his senior project thesis thing still isn't finished. However, it's not his damn fault that he didn't finish. He has such a stupid partner, that if I ever met I would punch in the face. I guess this partner doesn't do anything for himself, ask Tom, he'll tell you the stories. Tom has to present his project this week, and it's not done, but I know that since he is the top CSE student this year, he will definitely have crediability saying that its not done. They will believe him that he worked on it non stop, and actually listen to what he is saying, rather then just failing him for not finishing (which Tom thinks is going to happen). Tom was accepted to Case a few weeks ago, and now they are discussing with him the possibility of doing something with NASA, which would be AWESOME! He really wants to go to CASE, it's such a great engineering school. The only concern is money, and if they are going to give him any, and how much. But, loans aren't a bad thing, and school is an investment. So I'm done bragging about Kristen and Tom...as for me, life is good. Tom graduates in 2 weeks, and then we can discuss our summer situation more and our living situation. I applied for summer school at Lakewood, and I'm in discussions with CSU about a summer job there. We'll see what happens. So again, I say things are falling into place, 2 weeks left for Tom to graduate, and then life will be good, no great! Current Mood: tired

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April 6th, 2005

08:32 pm So things aren't so bad for me lately...I guess... Biggest news, I was offered a TA position at Cleveland State with a living stipend. Basically that means I would be making money while going to school, yay me! However, I won't be making nearly as much money as I would as a full time teacher. Right now money is a huge issue for me, since I'm eager to move out. I don't know if this living stipend will be enough for me to move out. The apartments and houses are a lot more expensive in the Cleveland area compared to Toledo, not much more, but I'm hoping to stay under $800 a month, which is very very cheap for around here. So, basically I need to decide if I am going to take this job as a TA. If I don't take the job as a TA then my other option is to work at Lakewood. Now the only issue is, that they have not officially offered me a job yet, I may have to wait until June for that to happen, which would be quite frustrating. So, to make a long story short, I'm stressed out about making this big decision. However, I know whatever decision I make I will happy in the end, life always works out that way. It's just hard becuase I've really made a home out of my classroom in Lakewood this year, I am actually enjoying it alot. I've made some good friends, and I'll be sad to leave, but life goes on, and it's just another thing to add to my growing resume. Another decision I have to make is about what I want to do this summer. I've already crossed out the camp idea, which was a super hard decision, and for awhile I didn't even wanna talk about it because I was depressed that I couldn't go back again. I kept thinking about everything I would be missing out on. But, then I realized that that doesn't mean I have to forget about all the good memories that I have of my 2 summers in Cincinnati. I really am going to miss the camp, but again, life goes on, and it's just another thing to add to me resume of life. So that leaves me to figuring out what I want to do this summer. I could just take the summer off, but then that goes back to the making money thing, I need money! I could work summer school, which seems like a good option right now. Or, I could find another job doing something else. I want to teach summer school, but the thought of having to deal with all the kids that I'm failing is annoying. They failed during the year for a reason, probably attendance, or bad behaviour since it really is difficult to fail a high school class unless you just don't go. So, I could do that, we'll see. It's just another decision to make, and it again is stressing me out. On a good note, I went to the KKPsi formal this weekend. I was actualy an alumni, kind of scary, but in a good way. I had no involvement with the evening, so that made it enjoyable. Besides the music way sucking and not feeling well, it was a nice time, talking and catching up with everyone. I know I've said this multiple times, but those vases were awesome, such a good idea!! The convention is this weekend. After going to 4 conventions it is strange not to be going this year. I wanted to go, but I wouldn't have anything to do, so it would have been pointless. I'm going to miss it!! One last thing. Tommy is stressed out like crazy right now, and it makes me feel so helpless since I can't be there for him. Between his senior design, honors readings conference, and Best Buy, he can't handle all the stress. I love the fact that he is a perfectionist, but sometimes it pulls him away from the reality of things. He is very intrinsically motivated, which is strange, and he pushes himself to hard, pulling all nighters in the computer lab which a partner that has no idea whats going on with the project. But like I already said, i love his perfectionist side. I'm just so anxious for his senior year to be over, so his stress can be over for awhile! on a different note, I have a perdiction about when "it" is going to happen, I don't want to post it because he'll read it, but we'll see if I'm right. I love you honey! Thats all for now...so even though my life is rather boring lately, I still am managing to be stressed...typical I guess!! Current Mood: sleepy

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March 26th, 2005

03:34 pm - The start of spring break.. Finally, it's here, spring break is here, I never thought I would make it. I have a few things to update on... Praxis is over, I'm pretty sure I passed, it is really hard to fail, they make it that way. I'm still waiting on the scores, I guess there has been a computer glitch and a lot of scores have to be reentered. I got accepted to Cleveland State, not like I didn't expect it. I finished the FAFSA last week, so now I'm waiting to hear about award money, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for an assistanceship so I can go to school for free. However, that requires me going to school full time and not teaching at Lakewood. Lakewood still hasn't posted any jobs for next year. I'm anxiously awaiting. I really want to be back there but if it doesn't happen then it obviosuly wasn't meant to be, and I'll have more fun at Cleveland State anyways. So I'm done being full time, yay, I'm so excited that I survivied the torture, and made some great money doing so! My bank account has never seen so much money, I just have to be careful not to spend it. I'm saving for a down payment on a house...maybe... So since I'm not full tiem that means I'm going back to my 3 classes and boring afternoons subbing. Plus I have nothing left in my life right now to stress about, so pretty much, I'm going to be bored out of my mind!! Spring break is going to be nice and boring also. I'm actually wishing Spring Break was later on in the quarter, I don't really need a week off just now. I don't have much to do, and like I already said, I don't have much stress going on, so there really is nothing to do. However, I'm not going to just waste the time, I'm probably going to clean my room and stuff a lot, so I can start to get ready if I move out at any time in the near future, which I really want to do. Kappa Kappa Psi's formal is this coming weekend and I'm super excited. I get to see everyone that I haven't seen in forever! Plus I get to be goofy and I don't have to act like a teacher, which is even more exciting! I'm just disappointed that it happens to be the weekend that we turn forward the clocks and the end of my spring break. So that means I have to be anxious all spring break for the saturday before it's over. But, still I'm excited! It's gonna be great to see everyone!!!!! Oh and as for Tom...I'm still waiting...and he has been super stressed about school lately, so I don't know how much longer I'm going to be waiting...but I'm trying to be patient, trying very hard! Thats all I have to update on for now, I think... Current Mood: shocked

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