Oh yea...I still have to graduate!

Well these past days off haven't been as much fun as my days before! For those of you who don't know...I am in 2 online classes. DRC needed me to start in January, and I wasn't suppose to graduate until May. So I talked with my advisor, and we worked it out that I could finish online. So the 2 classes I am in are Creative Writing, and Modern American Literature. If you know me the least bit, you will know that these are not my strong points! I am definitely a math and science girl...not literature! So besides working 2 jobs, moving to the keys, and the classes being online, these haven't been the easiest classes for me. I keep forgetting about them, and then I have to rush and do a lot of work all at once. Thankfully, Creative Writing is great! My teacher is awesome and so laid back! Modern American Lit has been awful! My teacher is so mean and always sends these mean e-mail about how we need to work harder and were not putting enough effort into the class...I think the class started with like 40 people in it...it now has 12! Unfortunately, I need this class to graduate so I can't drop it! So yesterday and today I spent all day working on that stupid class.

But I do have to say, today while reading Booker T. Washington's autobiography (or part of it) I was a little inspired by what he said. He said that he noticed over the course of his life that "the people who did the most for others were the happiest, and the people who did the least were the unhappiest." Now I know I don't get too deep, so bear with me here...but I really liked that. It reminded me of how I can better other people's lives and to not always focus on my own. (Now that is the only good thing I can say about that class!)

Yesterday, I did take a break to go to Jamie and Patrick's house for Jamie's birthday. We had a Thanksgiving Dinner! What a great idea! It was so much fun and it did make me thankful for the wonderful friends I have made since moving here. Everyone has been so great and helping me get adjusted, I couldn't ask for better friends! :) And a big Happy Birthday to Jamie too!!! She is so great and has been so wonderful to me! Your the best Jamie ;)

So...on Monday night, I had an interesting encounter....with a SCORPION!! It was the first scorpion that I've seen in my room and I was so scared! I had to call Sarah because I didn't know what I should do. Bear chased it out from under the bed (thank goodness!) but he continued to chase it around my room. I was so afraid he was going to chase it under the refrigerator or somewhere else I wouldn't be able to get to him. Sarah told me to spray it with some type of cleaner to stun it...and then smash the crap out of it! So I did and luckily I killed it, but it was so gross! I can't wait for Tyler to move here so he can handle all the weird Keys Critters that are always around! Here is a picture of it after I killed it...

BEAR UPDATE: So my Bear update was basically that he chased a scorpion around on Monday night. He basically turned into a different cat! He was all in hunt mode with his butt sticking up, and stalking the thing...it was so funny to see! But heres a picture of him just sitting on the pillow on the back of the futon...he just looks so cute!

So needless to say, I didn't go to the beach on my days off this week, but good thing because my beach towel was occupied! :)

I hope everyone has a great rest of their week! :)