Update November

So this is a short post. Updates are going to be in the mail with Christmas cards which I will email next week (or as soon as the pictures I ordered get here). I figured some new pictures were in order for a good update. I also have a current dislike relationship with the camera so there is only one of me, but enjoy the ones of Sam. :)

Update on Sam and this blog

Okay, the semester is slowing down...*crossing my fingers that I am not jixning myself*.



I am passing all my classes with a minimum of a B which is thrilling for me. I know I haven't updated this blog as much but I will try and do better, mostly I use this one to update family about Sam and I and use my other blog to update on anything fun. I know complicated. I will post the link to my other blog so you can see more of what I have been up to stuff I like.



I think I have decided to make this update blog password protected so I will email those that I know that read this blog the password and keep my other blog open to the public as it won't have much personal info (like how Sam is doing and talking about where I live). I realized that anyone could read this one and I am not really okay with just anyone in the world knowing where I live and where I go on a daily basis.



Anyone else who reads can just go over to: www.bibliophilist89.blogspot.com

And for an update

Sam is enjoying the first few days of his new job. I am just glad he has a job because he was driving me insane!

Pictures

Update: Finally some pictures

Also I am thinking of making this blog private because it is really just to update family. My other blog is more open and talks about anything. So I will try and email those that I know read this blog with the password and leave this blog open for another two or so weeks.

Update again

I have pictures, will be uploading them tonight.

Sam is still looking for a job and driving me insane in the mean time.

Dad is home now, he dropped out of his PhD program because it wasn't worth he said to continue doing stuff he hated (research).

I am working and keeping up with school. More to come later.

Life

So...I have written a letter updating people who don't read blogs, now my problem is actually mailing them. I am horrible at mailing stuff, I normally mail stuff once a year christmas and that is only because I kick my butt into gear at that time of year.

Update on Sam, he was just laid off this week because there isn't enough work to go around. He is searching for another job and hopefully studying for the test needed to get into the military like he says.

I am totally stressed out with school and having a hard time keeping my head above the water so probably won't post for another 2 weeks...

Wait take that back I will probably post in the next day or two because I finally have pictures of Sam to put up...it only took blackmail to get them...lol.

When I can safely swim again I'll write more posts.

another update

Another update for family:

This once a week thing is so not going to happen in the coming weeks because of the amount of papers I have to write in the next week and a half as it is mid-terms.

Sam is good, he got transferred to Midland pit and is staying in a hotel that is down town so he has lots to do when he isn't sleeping or working to occupy his self. He is working day shift till friday then he is back on night shift. He was home this last weekend but again no pictures he is hard to get pictures of lately. But since I need to take christmas pictures soon I will get some.

I am okay, super busy with school and getting ready for student teaching next semester...and writing this reminded me I have something I need to turn in today oops. Guess I will get to that after I finish writing this.

I take the GRE this friday and I am soo unprepared but I am too stressed about it because I just found out I really don't need it to get into Grad school at the school I want to go to so it is all good.

Still working at the archive and loving it as well as at the nursery at my church. Love both so it is good. I got involved in a bible study on wednesday nights so I am plugged in to my church at least once a week.

Sorry it is so short but don't have much time to write today.

Update

Quick update with no pictures

Now a month in to my senior year and it's going well, if a bit crazy.

I start observations at a local highschool for my education classes on Monday, that will be four days a week.

Went to the doctor again for a follow up (this experience has cemented in my mind I don't like doctors), and found out what my knee pain is about for the last like 10 years. I have Patella femoral syndrome, also known as: Chondromalacia Patella. It boils down to my kneecap likes to rub on my femur bone resulting in the pain and sensation of instability.

Wrote my first paper of the semester it was supposed to be 2-4 pages but I wrote 5 so I had to cut back on my paper, which is a first.

Sam is doing well. Working nights still, he is home this weekend and I will try and get some pictures to post.

Survived

So I survived the first 2.75 weeks of my senior year.

It has been so crazy with school, work and doctor's appointments.

Finally have my schedule down between work and school and it is about to be messed up in another week or two because of observations in a public school soon for my education classes.

I finally got my knee checked out and got an MRI, still need to get an X-ray done before tuesday I think I can get in either tomorrow or Monday, the Dr. on base told me I didn't have to make an appointment and just come back anytime to get it down but I haven't had time. I am going to call tomorrow morning to double check that because I am paranoid like that.

Sam is doing well. Still working nights, had a couple on call nights because of the weather we have been getting.

Update

Okay another update on Sam and I.

Sam is working like crazy, from 7:30pm to about 7am. He does get a "dinner" break at like midnight and he seems to be liking working at night.
He has been looking for a car and it looks like he had found one but it didn't have AC and to add it would have cost $2500 on top of the cost of the car. And if you live in Texas AC is a must because inside of a car temp can be 30 degrees higher then outside (and when it is 103 degree F. it is unbearable).
He is thinking of working where he is now for another year or two and either testing to get into the military again or going to a trade school. He is beginning to save for retirement (crazy but good saving now (19) and retireing early because he was smart...me not so much).
He is starting to lose his tan now that he is only working at night but he will always be more tan than me because I think I am related to Casper or something...

Me: Getting ready for school to start in two weeks (from today), which is crazy. I have paid tuition now I just have to get my books which I am dreaded. I have at least two books $90+ and a couple in the $50 range. No fun but I need them for my classes.
I do have a doctors appointment on the 23rd (first day of classes but my class MWF don't start till 1pm and the appointment is at 10am) to get my knees checked out finally. Not really looking forward to it because I am not a fan of doctors (they do really good things I just hate having to go to one). But hopefully what ever is wrong with them can be easily fixed. But until then I am not jogging as much because it hurts my knees to much right now (think can't extend fully for the next 2 days after jogging).
I am praying for cooler weather to come quickly because this triple digit stuff is killing me! I want it to be like mid 80's but I can't really expect that till mid-October.
I can't believe I only have a year to go for my Bachelor's degree is finished. I have this Fall semester of classes and then in the Spring I student teach. The Spring is going to be the hard part lol.

Okay no pictures (because Sam is avoiding my camera :( I can't help it if I love taking pictures....

But hopefully next month I can get sibling pictures done so that I can use them in the Christmas cards in Dec. Yes I have to plan that far ahead because Sam is only home 2 weekends a month and Texas only stays pretty for so long...

here is an update:
Sam is taking the test to see if he gets into the airforce tomorrow afternoon. I am praying it goes well as it is something he has actually been studying for (in the last couple of weeks). He is still looking for a part-time job to work during the waiting period between when he takes the test and goes for basics. He now has a car (scary thought lol).

It is almost finals time for me. I am so stressed with school this semester as this has been my hardest semester yet. I ended up dropping a class and only taking 12 hrs instead of 15 and it is still hard. My GPA is going to drop this semester as I will have at least one C (economics, for the life of me I can't make a 70 on a test, even with tutoring from my dad).
Thats the update, sorry its so short. Here are some pictures though:

sibling pictures: