Some stress relieved

My class is scheduled to end on the 24th of February. HAHAHAHA. Yeah, not even close to finishing.

Last night I emailed my counsellor asking if I could maybe register for part 2 in April instead of March, especially since I would be losing the better part of this week with the move (and work, but I didn't bother her with that information).

She emailed me back and said I could either:

A) extend until March 28th, but because I was "still at the beginning of the coursework this would require a lot of hard work and dedication to finish because the clinic notes take around 130 hours to complete" (I think she was trying to scare me).

OR:

B) I could re-register for part 1 in March, giving me 16 more weeks, but I would have to retake everything I've already done.

Ummm.....

Yeah........

I opted for the extension until March 28th.

I also informed her that I study until around 2 AM every night, and this extension would enable me to not kill myself.

Mike seems to think I can finish the course by the end of February. HAHAHAHAHAHA!

Yeah right!

Especially since I am now working on "resources" and learning about word history, etc, and my medical dictionary (the one that weighs like 20 lbs) is packed away in the bottom of one of the many boxes stacked in one of the many rooms of our apartment. I am not going to unpack everything just to find this book. That would be crazy.

So, this defnitely takes some stress off my shoulders. Maybe now I can focus on getting over this blasted cold I have suddenly gotten (that has totally kicked my trash - I came home from work, put Marshy in his high chair with his dinner, and fell asleep on the couch for 40 minutes!).

Funny

Found his old Bumbo while I was packing up his things yesterday. Funny how when they're big enough to use the thing they HATE it, but now that they're too big they want to play with it. It's his favorite new chair. In fact, he threw a fit when I took it away and put it in the "to be boxed" pile.

He's having a hard time understanding what's going on. I packed up almost all of his toys yesterday while he was eating dinner. When he got to his room and saw the pile of boxes he didn't understand. He saw "Horton Hatches an Egg" (only one of his favorite books of all time so far) through one of the hand holds in the boxes. He flipped out until I opened the box and pulled it out. He can still see part of one of his trucks in there, but I am not getting it out for him. He'll just have to deal with it until Saturday.

Mike is going out of town on business tomorrow (Idaho this month), so it will be just me and Marsh packing. Well, really just me. This means my days will consist of something like this: get up, get ready, go to work. Work until 5 or 6, go home, eat dinner. Put Marsh to bed, pack until 9 or 10. Study until 1 or 2. Yeah, so much fun. All by myself. Oh well, I can do it. I think I have half the house packed up already! YAY for me!! :D

My class is supposed to end on the 24th. I'm not even to the midterm yet (but I am close!) I emailed my counselor to see if I could register for part 2 in April instead of March, since I am not finished with part 1 yet. Hopefully she says yes!

My Gears are GRINDING!

"You know what really grinds my gears?" (~Peter Griffin on Family Guy)

Seriously. The fact that Hotmail has been down for over 14 hours is ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS!!!!

The best part about it is that when you post a question to their help forum, they send you an email to your hotmail account. HAHAHAHAHA So NOT FUNNY!

How do I know it's going to my hotmail account? Because my windows live messenger still works. I just can't access my email.

And, it's not just me that is affected. From what I can tell, there are at least 100s of people affected by this. Again: ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS!!!

We've all been posting on the forums, and of course, the Hotmail Live Help Team isn't giving us any answers. All they do is send you a link to a "help" page that has absolutely NO relevant information about how to fix the problem, and then say they can't tell you what's going on or how long it will take to fix it.

What I want to know is, how long will this be down? Seriously! 14 1/2 hours!!! That's most of my day that I haven't been able to access my email account.

THIS IS MAKING ME VERY ANGRY!

..... and you wouldn't like me when I'm angry.

GRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!

FINALLY!

The last year of TV has been rather difficult for us. We've had to give up several of our favorite TV shows because we have cable TV instead of DirecTV, which means we don't have Tivo. We have given up CSI (sadly, but we did get to see Grissom's last 2 episodes, which were really REALLY good), Without a Trace, Biggest Loser, Law and Order SVU, Amazing Race, Intervention, Secret Life, and Mike has had to give up Paranormal State because it comes on at 11 PM and plays for 2 hours.

This past Monday was especially hard. Chuck is back on NBC now, at 7 PM, and House is on Fox at 7 PM. We picked the 3D Chuck over House (sadly not knowing that Chuck would be in standard def on Hulu the next day!). At 8 PM it was Heroes, which was awesome as usual, and at 11 PM was Secret Life on ABC and Paranormal State on A&E. I chose Paranormal State, and then watched the Secret Life re-play at 1 AM.

Well, enough was enough! We are moving, and the city we're moving to has digital cable, which really made Mike happy.

We did some looking around and found an AWESOME deal on a Tivo today. We went over to Best Buy and got it.

OH HOW I MISSED MY TIVO!! I don't have to miss any part of my shows because someone is throwing a tantrum because his bottle is only halfway full instead of totally full. I don't have to stay up late to watch all of Hello Dolly on AMC because I can now record it. It is a dual channel Tivo, so we can watch/record 2 shows at the same time again. Do you know what this means?? DO YOU??? It means I can go back to watching ALL of my shows!!

I am so excited!! Seriously, we have majorly missed out! AND! Because it's a Tivo and not a DirecTV unit we get to watch our Instant View Queue from Netflix on the Tivo box! YAY!

I feel like the people in the Comcast Triple Play commercials (you know, the one where they are so excited about their deals that they run out and tell everyone they see?). Yeah, just a little random post tonight about how happy I am.

Honestly, I don't know why we didn't just get a Tivo last year! Okay, I'm done now. I just really missed it. And I'm glad it's back. :D

So......Sleepy....

It's 3:15 AM.

I can't finish my Pharmacology unit because I need my foot pedal, which happens to be on the now empty bookshelf in the bedroom where Mike is soundly sleeping.

I really wanted to finish Pharmacology tonight. They started us on actually transcribing...or at least practicing it. It is HARD! VERY VERY VERY HARD! Some of those doctors speak so fast that I have no idea if they're saying US-193 or an actual drug name!

Since I can't finish studying my unit, I guess I'll go to bed.

Before I go to bed, I'd like to leave you with this:

He was watching Toy Story 2 on Mike's Blackberry Storm on the way home from work today. One minute he was chatting away at the movie, the next he looked like this. Seriously, he went from talking to totally out. It was funny.

I am now going to assume a similar position, only one that is a tad bit more comfortable, in my bed with my down pillows and hopefully manage to get 5 hours of sleep. Hoping that Marshy doesn't wake up at 4 AM again!

Good News

I am typing this post right from my brand spanking new LAPTOP! WAHOO!! Best Buy was having an awesome sale this weekend, so I went and picked one up. I even bought the 2 year warranty. Yeah, I know, I splurged. But, now I am going to be able to study without sitting in front of the 42 inch plasma to study, but on the couch or at the kitchen table. Also, I'll now be able to run Quickbooks without crashing the system every time. YAY!

Top 5

You remember when you were a teenager, and you'd see a movie with the latest "hunk" and you'd totally be in love, because he was close to your age (because back then that totally mattered) and there was a chance that maybe you'd meet him on the street or something and he'd fall madly in love with you and you'd get married and live happily ever after just like in his movies? (Yes, that was my fantasy with Freddie Prinze Jr. and Heath Ledger. Obviously it didn't come true!) This doesn't really have to do with anything...just wanted to make sure I wasn't the only one. hahaha

Anyway.... tonight we watched The Incredible Hulk. The 2008 version, not the crapppy 2003 version that SUCKED. This one had Edward Norton in it. I didn't realize how much I like his movies until recently. I've always like the Italian Job, but that was because of other actors (mainly the characters Handsome Rob and Charlie) in it. Recently we watched the Illusionist (much to my protestation) but I ended up quite enjoying it. Tonight when we watched Incredible Hulk I had a realization. He is almost as hunky as Hugh Jackman. Almost. (Another plus for the movie was that Robert Downey Jr was in the last few minutes...and I quite enjoy him too).

So, who do you think is the hunkiest actor out there? My top 5 (and my favorite roles they played)?

5. Harrison Ford (Han Solo or Jack Ryan) tied with Collin Firth (Mr. Darcy)
4. Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man)
3. Edward Norton (Hulk)
2. Hugh Jackman (Wolverine...although I could do without the sideburns. I haven't seen Australia yet, but I hear he is quite the "hottie" in it!)

and....

the number 1 hunkiest actor out there on my list goes to:






1. Christian Bale (Can't decide if I liked him better in Newsies, Little Women, or Batman....hmmm...maybe Batman)