Last

Today was my last day of our original homeschool co-op. I think I learned as much as I possibly could; indeed, I have been greatly blessed by the wonderful teachers that have been there. As good as it is, there aren't any more classes left for me to take. I will be greatly looking forward to once again taking really hard (not hard as in lots of homework, but mentally challenging) classes.

The Rainy Day

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The day is dark and cold and dreary;

It rains and the wind is never weary;

The vine still clings to the moldering wall,

But a every gust the dead leaves fall,

And the day is dark and dreary.

My life is cold and dark and dreary;

It rains and the wind is never weary;

My thoughts still cling to the mouldering Past,

While hopes of youth fall thick in the blast,

And the days are dark and dreary.

Be still, sad heart! And cease repining;

Be hind the clouds the sun is still shining;

Your fate is the common Fate of all,

Into every life some rain must fall,

Some days must be dark and dreary.

Christmas Wish

On the way to church last night, Tinny and Oly rode with us from School. About half-way there, Tinny leaned over his car seat and said softly, “Are you think what I’m thinking?” He smiled a knowing look.

Some what perplexed, I asked, “What are you thinking?”

He leaned even closer and whispered, completely assured, “I think I’m going to get a million dollars for Christmas!!!”

Done!!

Yay!! It is done!! I Finished my career paper!!
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D:
Attempt #4 decided that it would finally work. I guess that is better than writing five papers......
Well anyways, it is done. I'm not exactly proud of it, but at least I'm not ashamed of it like I was of the other three papers. It isn't really the career I would choose, but if you had asked me ten years ago I would have said it was. It was the only career that came close to working, and that I could write about with basically no heart, and that made it alot easier. In some places it sounds a little too dramatic.... It also has some very random stuff that I don't think I'll ever do...... maybe, but it is very unlikely.

It will be so awesome to fall asleep without panicing about the paper.

Frustration

How many meals can a person burn in a day? How many times does the floor have to be mopped in an afternoon? How far does tomato sauce splatter when it falls off the counter? How much flour can one get on their clothes? How long should it take to write a career paper? Why is it so uncomfortable to cry with a sore throat? How many times can a person change their mind? Why can't a house ever stay clean? Why can't the roads be better so Mom and Dad can get home quicker? How can one person be allergic to so much? Why is it so hard to be nice to your siblings? How many subjects are there to argue about in a day? Why does walking throught the snow and then going back in the house and getting warm make a person so sleepy?

Personality Type

Our Financial Peace teacher suggested that to help us with our career paper we take a personality test and see what careers are recommended for that type. According to it, I am a ISFJ. Almost all of the various descriptions of a ISFJ personality report that they "tend to be attracted to troublemakers." Oh dear.

Silly Alarm Clocks

Nana's alarm clock does NOT work. It wakes me up, in the next room, with its annoying beeping, but she sleeps through it!!!!! I'm not sure that there is really anything, besides shaking her that makes her wake up. I could probably go outside her room and scream and she would never hear it. Since she sleeps so soundly, I have to get up and go in her room to turn her alarm clock off and then once I turn it off, she wakes up and sleepily asks me what I am doing in her room. :P And I can't go back to sleep after that, cause I'll I can think of is that I HAVE to get the career paper done. So I lie awake writing the paper in my head and editing it, and then by the time I am working on the second paragraph I finanlly decide that I might as well just get up and actually write it on paper. As soon as I have gotten up and get out the paper to write it down, I can't remember what I was going to say. : ( Bother.

Ice

Snow

things

We have more snow! Yay! Now we can finish our snow fort.

and

We have our christmas tree up! It is kind of misshapen, but looks better than many of our past trees. We got it late last night and had to haul it back in the dark from the back of our woods.

and

I finished Nana's christmas gift last night. I'm glad to have that out of the way, though it always seems like Nana's gift is always the first one I finish.

and

IT IS DECEMBER! Only four more weeks till christmas.

and

Only two weeks till my career paper is due.
Yikes, I had better go work on it......