Em and the Possibilities There are no guarantees in life…only the possibilities

Short and sweet

Two exams next week. Tuesday and Thursday.

All weekend sleepover. Theoretically extended until tomorrow.

Study time – NADA.

Chapters to be tested on – 3 in Hist and 5 in Soc.

Please scuse me while my head esplodes.

and new number. If you had the old one and/or want the new one, holla at a bitch >:-)

Did you ever read someone’s blog post and sit there nodding….

read a little further and think “Didn’t I say that?”

read a little further than that and think “How did KathyHowe get inside my brain??!!??

I love that woman. I really do. Every time I feel down and frustrated about my life, KathyHowe goes and blows me away.

I took my first Psych exam today. Test anxiety sucks.

Laugh at me, please.

I walked into the library, handed the librarian my ID, and had the following conversation:

Hi there! I’m here to take the exam!
Which exam would that be?
The Psych exam?
OK, I have two Psych exams. Which one are you taking? Psych A with Dr. Psych or Psych B with Prof Psych?
*blinkblink* Uh, y’know, if you hadn’t asked me, I could have told you. Do you have a sign-in sheet with my name on it perchance?
Well, you’re not on this list, let me check the other one.
Oh wait, it’s Dr. Psych and PsyA.

The good news is – he smiled at me, wished me good luck, and made a comment about test anxiety making it seem worse than it really was.

The bad news is – while I didn’t completely bomb the test, I didn’t do as well as I wanted to.

The worse news is – I have two more exams next week, and I’m not very well prepared for them either. Good thing I’ve got the weekend to work, right?

Surprise phone calls are the best *beams and winks knowingly*

Blurbily yours,

Emily

on my way out the door, keys in hand, when I realized…

The bank and post office are closed today.

It’s the start of a beyootiful day.

Our library, defunct. Books barely organized. Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the technology. We have the capability to build our family’s first Bionic Library. Better than it was before. Better, stronger, longer-lasting.

So I took an hour yesterday and got started on my library boxes. On this first attempt, my goal was to get everything Textbook, inventory it, and decide if I was going to keep it or unload it. There is no continuity to my textbook collection, and that bothers me. I feel that I can either fill in the gaps, or dump it and start fresh. Due to my disillusionment with the textbook quality, I’m dumping.

The second thing on the library list after the grand dumping takes place is organizing the books we have left, and making new (to us) purchases. I’ve decided that library binding is the way to go for books that I think will be popular, or end up as school assignments.

And That’s the News That’s Fit to Print for the Moment.

Next post: My Post-Apocolyptic Planning Journal

Stay Tuned!

Today, I realized what a waste of money pork bacon is. Ready for the experiment? (No pictures, sorry )

Materials needed:
12 oz package of bacon (bought for $2.79)
Frying pan
Pyrex measuring cup OR Canning jar (if you’re gonna save the grease)
Stove (uhm. Duh?)
Babysitter (optional. Can’t have the little ones getting splattered, right?)

Method:
Place the frying pan on the burner, and turn the stove to medium heat. When the pan is hot enough, add the bacon 2 or 3 slices at a time (depending on the size of your pan). As the grease accumulates, pour it off into your measuring cup.

Final Analysis:

In this experiment, I poured 4 ounces of bacon grease into my measuring cup. Since we rarely (if ever) use the grease for cooking, that’s 4 oz into the dump. One third of the purchased weight…in the trash.

This does not please me!