Blue Roses

I had a great time with my family! I woke up early, around 8, and cleaned up my room and stuff because I was getting claustrophobic. LOL Then I had time to finish most of my 376 notes before they got here around noon, and watched Xena...It was the ep with Lucy as Diana and Xena. I loved it! So yeah, they came at 12, we went shopping, then we dropped the food off here and headed out to lunch. Josh picked Chili's. LOL Then we went back to their hotel to check in and go swimming. I got 2 of the 3 readings done for 376, and played with Josh and talked with mom, while daddy was reading John Grisham's Skipping Christmas. It was fun. Josh was SOOO cute. He's starting to sing along to Bye Bye Bye now. <.giggle> I love that song, but he kept playing it over and over and over. So now I'm at least temporarily sick of it. <.g> I kept stealing his tape player and ffing to It's Gonna Be Me, or flipping the tape over to get some older songs. He seemed to like I Want You Back. LOL Oh, but another cute thing....he got these little Sonny and Cher gorillas for Valentine's Day, and they sing I Got You Babe, and Josh sings with them!!! LOL He kinda grunts "Ahhhh" everytime they say "I." <.giggle> I love my little guy. What a cutie! I love spending time with him.

So I've done quite a bit of studying this weekend. I did all of my 385 study guide and notes. I did 95% of my 376 notes (gonna finish tonight) and 95% of my 376 readings, and that just leaves reviewing the book. God, I hope I do well. I've never put this much effort into a class before. I've never *had to put this much effort into a class before. I honestly don't know what else I could be doing to help myself and study. I go to every class, I take pretty detailed notes, I learn my notes, I do supplemental readings, I read the text book...I do everything except talk to my teacher. Which I learned from my advisor doesn't help anyway. <.g> So, I hope this is enough.

Now to read the Sun-Times that my daddy bought me, and start studying. Again. 'Cause my mommy and daddy will most likely be calling me early in the morning. LOL But hey, the plan seems to be driving me to class in the afternoon, and I'm always all for such a thing. <.g>

Oh! Going back to not neglect daddy in the first paragraph reminded me of something. <.g> My parents are starting to think of my 21st birthday. They had forgotten that I desperately want a new monitor. LOL But their suggestion was them and the McFs paying for a 5-6 day trip to wherever Erin and I want to go this summer...NYC, Florida, London, PEI, etc. (What reminded me was Daddy reading the book and asking if maybe we'd like a cruise. I reminded him of my motion sickness, and we knocked that suggestion out. <.g>) We'd go in August, so both of us were 21 (her birthday is July 31), and I think it'd be a lot of fun. I can't imagine a better person to have a birthday trip with than my best friend. But like I said, I also really want a new monitor. <.g> So I have to decide which I would prefer. I mean, I could wait on a monitor until Christmas, really, and not go too insane. LOL So it's something fun to consider!