What is that white stuff?

It is snow! It is snow! They have called, and called, and called for us to get snow- and it has arrived!! Not only has it arrived, it is sticking to the ground. I'm at work right now and our parking lot is covered already. Maybe, just maybe, I won't have to go to class tomorrow night. Hopefully, maybe.

If I do have to go to school tomorrow I will be signing up for summer classes. Sigh, already. By the time I get through this semester, I'll have to do it again. During the summer, the classes are longer but the semester is shorter. I'm looking forward to the second part. I want to be finished as quickly as I can.

I read Hattie's blog the other day and I love how she ends some of her posts, so I'm going to do the same thing. I don't know if it's exactly the same thing, but this is my version.

3-2-1 Blast off!

On My Nerves...

One of my biggest pet peeves is... when a teacher says they are going to let you out early and they don't! Tonight, our teacher came in and said she didn't feel good and she would let us out early. Well, that is false and we even stayed later than what we should. Ggggrrrr...

Anyways, I saw on another post where someone wrote seven weird things about themselves. So I am going to write seven weird things about me:

7) I just tried pickles for the first time a few months ago
6) I have never tried an onion, but I love the smell of them
5) If you haven't already noticed, I am a picky eater
4) I'm from Arkansas (haha)
3) Alot of people want to get away from my hometown (in MO), but I want to raise my family
here
2) I want to be a teacher (in a few years I will probably wonder what I was thinking)
1) Matthew Ryan is my favorite person :) :) :)

Have a great day!

TGIF

Two weeks down, only 13 more to go at SEMO (14 at TRCC)! YES!! I just wanted to write and say I am very happy it is Friday. Why? Because it starts the weekend. A time where you really don't have to do much- unless you have homework. A time where you can relax- unless you have homework. A time where you can take naps and sleep in- unless you have lots of homework. It's not that I have alot of homework to get done this weekend, but I have enough to take up some of my precious time. Most of my teachers have assigned us to read chapter one in our books. I'm not quite for sure if I'm going to do that or not. When they make you read, it is so boring and you don't want to do it. I love reading for fun. When I can find some spare time, I love to sit down and curl up with a good book. That doesn't happen very often when I'm in school.

In other news- I'm getting my hair cut today (I know, you're all excited). Nothing drastic, but I change my mind all the time on if I want to keep it long or cut it all off. Everytime I go in, Chrissy always asks me if we're going to chop my hair. She's just used to me changing my mind.

That's all for today. Have a good weekend!

Tinkle on a Bell

Let me explain our block classes-
Monday night we begin at 4:00 and end at 9:00, Tuesday night we start at 6:30 and end at 8:20, and Wednesday we start at 5:00 and end at 7:00. In each class, we have the same group of people. These people will be in almost every one of our block educational classes until we graduate. It is a good thing they are entertaining because I would not be able to stay awake in my classes without them. Our teacher is not at our site, and the only time they hear us is if we turn on the microphones. The wonderful thing about that is, we can talk, talk, talk and they won't hear a thing.

Where did the post title come from? Well, we were in class and our teacher was talking about our breaks during the class period. Since we have such long classes, they usually give us a 15 minute break. This teacher told us that we won't give us a break, but if we needed to go to the bathroom, to just leave. She continued to say that teachers are the only professionals that learn to tinkle on a bell.

Just some stuff to look forward to when I enter the teaching profession.

Valentine's Day

I know boys, you feel this is really early, but the day is coming. It's actually less than a month away, so you need to get to thinking about what you are going to get your love interest. Last week I brought up the topic with Matt. I asked him what were were going to get each other. I see Valentine's Day as a holiday you can use your imagination on. I try not to get stuff that you would receive on your birthday or any other holiday (even though last year I failed miserably). Anyways, Matt had no idea what we were going to do. More than likely he hasn't really thought about it, but that's ok because he's a guy and most guys wait until the last second. That is when I came up with the brilliant plan that we would make something for each other. I'm kind of crafty, but that includes scrapbooking, not making a gift for my significant other.

What's that old saying- the way to get to a man's heart is through his stomach? So I am going to make something for Matt, and it is going to be something to eat. He already knows about this because I asked him what he would like to eat. Now, for those of you who know me (and those who really don't) I do NOT cook. I love making Hamburger Helper or other easy dishes, but nothing too hard or will take forever to make. Well in a few weeks I am going to branch out and try something new. I'm sorry to say that I won't do this for just anybody, but Matt is pretty special to me and I'm going to dazzle him with my hidden cooking talent.

So for the past few days I've been looking for a special recipe I can make. I've looked through some cooking books and I came across this little recipe I think all could enjoy:

Recipe for a Happy Day
1 cup of Friendly Words
2 heaping cups of Understanding
4 heaping teaspoons of Time and Patience
Pinch of Warm Personality
Dash of Humor

Instructions for mixing: measure words carefully. Add heaping cups of understanding. Use generous amounts of time and patience. Cook on the front burner, but keep the temperature low; do not boil. Add a generous dash of humor and a pinch of warm personality. Season to taste with spice of life. Serve in individual molds.

I really liked this recipe. Sometimes we forget to measure our words carefully, understand things that happen to us, forget to be patient, and we tend to boil over.

Oh yes, class last night was really good. I do believe I'm going to like that teacher. If the rest are like her, I feel this is going to be a very enjoyable semester, well as enjoyable as a semester could be.

Why?

Now when you read the title of this post, you have to stare up at the ceiling, with your fists in the air, and cry out in a very whiny voice- WHY?!?

Why? you may ask. Because this question is commented for the fact that I am starting another semester of school today. It was such a wonderful break that I wanted to last forever. But, alas it could not. One good thing comes from today- because I am starting another semester, it means that it will be over and I will only have two left. If I keep that outlook on it all, before I know it I will have no semesters left and I will be accepting my diploma for all of my hard work.

Oh hey, I have thought of a second good thing about this semester. We are actually starting educational blocks through SEMO. I guess these classes will teach us how to teach, or try to teach us how to teach. I am kind of nervous going into these next few semesters. All of the other educational classes we've been in just required us to observe a class. Now, we will actually be teaching the future of this country. I do think that both Matt and I will make it. We have a guy that has been in some of our classes that is our inspiration. We have told each other that if he can make it, we can make it.

I do have a few goals for this semester:
a) to make it to May with a smile on my face!
b) to pass every class (we both have a big load) with a really really good grade
c) to try and enjoy it- even though I don't like school, it only comes around once

So, as I am joining the millions of other college students around the country, I just hope I don't stress out and I don't kill Matt (he tends to complain).

What's in a name? and a picture?

When I began thinking about starting a blog (and joining the elite group of individuals who are already blogging) I could not think of a name! For the past few days I have thought and thought. So today I was sitting here and asked Jackie and Matt for some help. Finally, Jackie thought of Laugh alot with Laura and then Matt suggested along. Well now I have changed it again, but I hope you like it. Like my heading says (hopefully it says this because I'm not for sure if it's up there) I hope you enjoy reading stories about my life and what goes on everyday. So ta-da, here I am to blog and put my thoughts to print on the Internet. I have so much knowledge in my head to add and share to the world. I also hope you enjoy my profile picture, courtesy of Matthew Ryan himself. That is probably the only thing he will contribute to this blog, unless he surprises me and decides to write something down.