The Good Old Days!

When I think about growing up these are the images that come to my mind....

This was one of the first barbies I remember playing with.

I remember shows like Salute Your Shorts, Hey Dude, What Would You Do?, Legends of the Hidden Temple, Double Dare, Ready Or Not, Flash Forward, and The Babysitters Club.

I still love all of these artists!

I just remember loving Hulk Hogan!

Other things that I remember and are nostalgic about:
-Sliced hot dogs and mac and cheese on colored divided plastic plates.
-Sneaking down stairs after being put to bed and sitting next to dad on the floor watching Married...With Children and eating peanuts (never understanding the jokes)
-Every time I eat a gumball I automatically go back to the Christmas that Chad got a gumball machine.
-I can still smell Grandma and Grandpa's camper.
-Summers in Indiana playing in apple trees, playing house with Mal, and playing store in the upstairs at the farm.
-Doing gymnastics in the house( hand stands on the door and one handed cart wheels with a burrito in one hand)

I miss the "magic" of Christmas, and the weird feeling of getting out of school early. (Whenever I would get checked out of school I always thought, "So this is what is going on while I'm at school?" HA!) I miss begging for toys rather than groceries (when Momma comes to town!)

I am very happy with who I am and my age right now....I just sometimes want to be a kid again and my biggest concern for the day would be whether to play house or school!

Procrastination

On my agenda for the weekend I HAVE to get done the following 1)my art history paper (due this Monday-haven't started) 2)my teaching strategies PowerPoint (due this Monday-haven't started) 3)my 2D project (it is due this Thursday and although I have already started it, it has a long way to go! and 4) I have to draw one of my shoes and a piece of my underwear (???) for my Drawing one class (due this Monday).

Here are my problems....
1. It is a BEAUTIFUL day today and I quote from a great movie, Ferris Bueller:

"How can I possibly be expected to handle school on a day like this?"

So instead of doing homework I went and laid by the pool and read a book. It was wonderful!
2. My other problem is that my Drawing one teacher requested an assignment that I feel is a little inappropriate and he requested to present our assignment on special paper that I have looked for at Hobby Lobby and Michael's and cannot find! And in Valdosta if it ain't at those two places you can just give up because there is no where else to look.
3. And I guess my third problem is that I just plain out don't want to do anything. But of course this time tomorrow I will be so mad at myself for not doing anything today so I am going to go try to talk myself into doing something productive...
I just keep telling myself, one more week of school, one more week of school.

This is my boyfriend...

I am completely in love with this man......




And I couldn't be happier!

Oh Rainy Nights!

It has been raining a lot lately in Valdosta so James and I decided to go out and play!

The Sun is Shinning!

I am begining to see the light at the end of the tunnel! I have 1 more week of school left and I am loving it. And I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders so I am in a much better mood. I still have two powerpoint presentations (TO START) and 3 papers to write, plus study for all of my exams and finish my final project for 2D which is barely underway, but I am going to stay clam.
Poor James. Friday morning we walked in and I was crying because of the stress of school and the shower and wanting to go home. I was so upset because I had to get all of my shopping and shower stuff done in one day and my apratment was a disater area. I mean it was horrible. James calmed me down enough to go to class. Then from there I was out doing my errands and with two trips to the mall, 3 trips to Walmart, Khol's, Ross, Target, Publix, and a 40 minute converstaion with the bank trying to get a new debit card because I lost mine...even though I had used it 2 hours earlier at The Dollar Tree, I was on my way back to the apratment to go out to eat with my future roomate that was in town. But when I walked in to my apratment, it was spotless. James had cleaned up all the clutter and mess and made my bed and put everything away! I started balling as he walked out saying, "I did this so you wouldn't cry." I mean I was crying hard! You know the ugly cry. That meant more to me than anything he could have ever given me.

And the shower went great...a couple of people didn't show up but I think Kody had a good time!




Her gift from me:

I have been dreading the arrival of April so much and just as I suspected....it has brought all of its curve balls and loops! Here are the random "eye crossers" I am dealing with:
*I now have 3 weeks of school left which means I have 3 weeks to write 6 papers, do a final art project that is worth 25% of my grade, a PowerPoint presentation on teaching strategies, a presentation on a YouTube video about teaching, an art history "project", and 4 finals to study for.
*Kody's shower is this Saturday and I have MAJOR cleaning, shopping, and cooking to do.
*I was out of cable and internet for over a week-we just got it back 2 days ago.(thus my absence in the blogging world)
*And I know that I am forgetting something on my "to do" list I just can't remember!

It has also been raining here non-stop all month! I mean we have had so much that half of Valdosta was flooded. People actually had to use boats to get to their homes!

But the sun did come out the other day and sunshine came my way when my momma came into town for 5 days! We had a great time and I hated that she had to leave. We went to the beach and didn't get burnt! We watched Marley and Me and cried like little babies. And we had the best time just being together! Thank you momma for a wonderful weekend.

Although I am about to cry at all that is ahead of me to be done, I am trying to focus on one thing at a time and stay calm. I know I can do all of this! I just don't want to!