When I got out of school and was driving home, I was thinking about all the things I was going to do tonight with the time off work. Here was my list:
1) Get caught up on my English reading, Madame Bovery, which is actually a good book
2) Finish up my season on NCAA 08 football. Last game I have left is the Outback Bowl with Penn State, going to be a hard one
3) Go to chruch and help out with the games at there Halloween party
4) And I thought I might just start a new book.
So what happened to that list????
To start off Dad calls to drive all the way to the house JUST to check the mail box when mom is home. That simply enraged me! Eastern still hasnt gave me my check and im broke, so I didnt have the gas to drive down there and then drive back to granny's (which is my current residence and not by my choice) and back to church and back to grannys. That pissed me off, and the broke the screen on my phone to total blackness. Im not happy.
I pull into grannys (and btw I had mom check the mail) and the horses was out. I had no feed there to coax them back into the lot, and three of them you can't lead. After about an hour I manage to get my two up, and the last three don't belong to me and I said screw em'. I called Dad and tell him that the guy that owns them will have to put them up, he calls him. Dad then calls me back and tells me that the cows were in the hayfield, where ALL the hay I talked about in my previous post was in that field. I take the fourwheeler and drive em out with the last second help from the guy who owns the other horses (who also looks after the cows for us) he tells me that they had been in there since yesterday..WTF!?!?!?! Why didnt you tell us! Thankfully ! they didn't get into the hay, but the simple fact that he didn't tell us pissed me off more.
All of this of course put a halt to my evening plans, but im not going to let it get to me. I didn't have time to get ready to go to church, so I decided to blog about this, vent off my anger, and take a deep breath (like that in Dr. Daves's) and try to make best what is left of my evening. I still plan to beat Penn State and I'm still going to get caught up on reading Madame Bovery. I'm just going to stay positive and look forward to a fresh, calm work-less day tomarrow.
Thanks for reading!
I just found UK's blue white game on TV !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This day is getting better !
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
A Day of Ups and Downs
When I finally dragged my butt out of bed, I was looking forward to what today had to offer, not anticipating what was to come. Despite my English class being canceled, today was just going to be a good day. It start with going to McDonalds and waking up with a good cup of coffee. (Their coffee, btw, is the bomb.) So I get in line, place my order of a medium coffee with one cream and three sugars, a bottle of water and a sausage mcgriddle with cheese (those are also pretty dang good) and take off in the truck, listening to good ole' Glenn Beck rant and rave about Obama. So far, pretty good morning.
I stop at the store, see Papaw, and drop off some battery cores for my boss because I'm just that kind of guy. Here is where it goes down hill. While eating and driving I allow my coffee to cool and take my first big swig of coffee and it's disgusting! Apparently they put 10 creams, and instead of sugar I get Sweet and Low. Not good. I try to make the best of it, but after 3-4 sips I have to pour it down the sink. NO COFFEE!
If you really don't know me, then you don't know that I have to have coffee in the mornings. You're probably are saying, "Just go and get another cup." Well I'm broke. So far Eastern has still deprived me of my refund check and my account is running very low.
So, I'm getting ready to go to school without a wake-up. Day so far -- on shaky ground. I get to school, sit in Java and try to inhale the coffee fumes thinking maybe that will do the trick. Nope. I text the Carrot and she tells me that Trick or Treat is Saturday night, and I'm off work, so I get to go with my nieces trick or treating. (Jara is being a pirate and you would just have to see and hear her talk like a pirate. It's hilarious!) . Day takes a turn for the better.
I tet into history class and our professor starts talking about the New Deal. I'm pretty interested. [I also learned a mind-boggling fact about FDR: Eleanor's (his wife) name was Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt, she and her husband were FIRST COUSINS! Their Papas were full brothers. I had NO idea about that![ Anyways at the end of class we get back our essay papers. I was feeling pretty good about the paper and was expecting a high c or low b........low d!!!! Well that sent my day crashing down, and I quote from my facebook status: "I just want to crawl into a hole."
After getting a C on the midterm, a D on the paper, and missing two quizes, my grade is not looking good at the moment. So here I sit, doing the math to see how I can get at least a B in the class, and I find it's going to be challenging. But I have to get it up to a B. This day is going further downhill fast.
After doing the math for my History class, I figured my GPA. (I need to get a 2.75 this semester.) But then I stumbled onto my English paper on Blackboard. I scroll down expecting a C at best (it was late and she was taking one letter grade off). Then I see with amazment: a B+!!!!!!!! (And that was AFTER she took it down a letter grade.) So, had I turned it in on time, I would have had an A+, and just like the stock market after hearing good economic news, my mood sky rockets!
Now im off to work, which is always full of awful surprises, so I'm sure the day will contniue with ups and downs...
[Note from Carrie, also refered to as Carrot, the amazing friend that edits this blog: It must be thoroughly understood here and now that Jon is, and forever will, a die-hard Republican. He is not a violent protestor of Democrats, but he will NEVER let me live it down that I voted for Obama. Please excuse his biased tendencies, and forgive him if he's a bit too conservative for your tastes. I promise, he's hilarious enough to make up for it. I wouldn't have put him in my side-bar if that weren't true. ;) Also, please note that I only SLIGHTLY edit these posts. My grammar is much better than this on my own blog, but I feel that a few mistakes add to Jon's anti-English-major personality. Thanks for reading. :)]
I stop at the store, see Papaw, and drop off some battery cores for my boss because I'm just that kind of guy. Here is where it goes down hill. While eating and driving I allow my coffee to cool and take my first big swig of coffee and it's disgusting! Apparently they put 10 creams, and instead of sugar I get Sweet and Low. Not good. I try to make the best of it, but after 3-4 sips I have to pour it down the sink. NO COFFEE!
If you really don't know me, then you don't know that I have to have coffee in the mornings. You're probably are saying, "Just go and get another cup." Well I'm broke. So far Eastern has still deprived me of my refund check and my account is running very low.
So, I'm getting ready to go to school without a wake-up. Day so far -- on shaky ground. I get to school, sit in Java and try to inhale the coffee fumes thinking maybe that will do the trick. Nope. I text the Carrot and she tells me that Trick or Treat is Saturday night, and I'm off work, so I get to go with my nieces trick or treating. (Jara is being a pirate and you would just have to see and hear her talk like a pirate. It's hilarious!) . Day takes a turn for the better.
I tet into history class and our professor starts talking about the New Deal. I'm pretty interested. [I also learned a mind-boggling fact about FDR: Eleanor's (his wife) name was Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt, she and her husband were FIRST COUSINS! Their Papas were full brothers. I had NO idea about that![ Anyways at the end of class we get back our essay papers. I was feeling pretty good about the paper and was expecting a high c or low b........low d!!!! Well that sent my day crashing down, and I quote from my facebook status: "I just want to crawl into a hole."
After getting a C on the midterm, a D on the paper, and missing two quizes, my grade is not looking good at the moment. So here I sit, doing the math to see how I can get at least a B in the class, and I find it's going to be challenging. But I have to get it up to a B. This day is going further downhill fast.
After doing the math for my History class, I figured my GPA. (I need to get a 2.75 this semester.) But then I stumbled onto my English paper on Blackboard. I scroll down expecting a C at best (it was late and she was taking one letter grade off). Then I see with amazment: a B+!!!!!!!! (And that was AFTER she took it down a letter grade.) So, had I turned it in on time, I would have had an A+, and just like the stock market after hearing good economic news, my mood sky rockets!
Now im off to work, which is always full of awful surprises, so I'm sure the day will contniue with ups and downs...
[Note from Carrie, also refered to as Carrot, the amazing friend that edits this blog: It must be thoroughly understood here and now that Jon is, and forever will, a die-hard Republican. He is not a violent protestor of Democrats, but he will NEVER let me live it down that I voted for Obama. Please excuse his biased tendencies, and forgive him if he's a bit too conservative for your tastes. I promise, he's hilarious enough to make up for it. I wouldn't have put him in my side-bar if that weren't true. ;) Also, please note that I only SLIGHTLY edit these posts. My grammar is much better than this on my own blog, but I feel that a few mistakes add to Jon's anti-English-major personality. Thanks for reading. :)]
Friday, October 23, 2009
A peaceful week coming to an end...
Well, it's Friday, and after reviewing this week I've found it was actually really enjoyable. Here are a few things that I accomplished:
1) 200 bales of hay baled; 30 rolls. I actually didn't help much in this, but its a great relief knowing that the horses and cows have food for the winter. ;)
2) Picked out some cows to sell this weekend which equals money in my pockets!!! (But it's going right into the bank for this winters farming expenses...)
3) Finished Dan Brown's new book The Lost Symbol. It's a pretty good book, but Angels and Demons is still the best book ever!
4) Completed my financial aid paper work--getting refund money this weekend. That money WILL go into my pocket...buying new tires, paying mom's credit card off, stuff like that.
5) I actually went to a cultural event on campus. I have to go to 4 of them before the end of this month for my (I cant being to spell this word) orientation (is that right ?!?!?!) class. Still need 3 more though.
6) And finally, I got to play NCAA 08 Football!!!! Lost to Florida 21-16. I had that game won, btw, but threw and interception in my in zone, very disappointing. But I walked all over Mississippi State, which was ranked and I'm not, 38-13. Very solid performance. :)
7) Hey I forgot! I did two...count em' two....blog posts !
So how did I get to do all of this? I didn't have to go to work for three days, and that is how it ends. I get to go to work for the next 4 days.
Thanks for reading!
--edited very briefly by Carrie.
1) 200 bales of hay baled; 30 rolls. I actually didn't help much in this, but its a great relief knowing that the horses and cows have food for the winter. ;)
2) Picked out some cows to sell this weekend which equals money in my pockets!!! (But it's going right into the bank for this winters farming expenses...)
3) Finished Dan Brown's new book The Lost Symbol. It's a pretty good book, but Angels and Demons is still the best book ever!
4) Completed my financial aid paper work--getting refund money this weekend. That money WILL go into my pocket...buying new tires, paying mom's credit card off, stuff like that.
5) I actually went to a cultural event on campus. I have to go to 4 of them before the end of this month for my (I cant being to spell this word) orientation (is that right ?!?!?!) class. Still need 3 more though.
6) And finally, I got to play NCAA 08 Football!!!! Lost to Florida 21-16. I had that game won, btw, but threw and interception in my in zone, very disappointing. But I walked all over Mississippi State, which was ranked and I'm not, 38-13. Very solid performance. :)
7) Hey I forgot! I did two...count em' two....blog posts !
So how did I get to do all of this? I didn't have to go to work for three days, and that is how it ends. I get to go to work for the next 4 days.
Thanks for reading!
--edited very briefly by Carrie.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Okay, so its been a month...
Well, a month since my last post, I have finally found the time to make another one for all my wonderful followers to read. (Please note at this time I have attracted a total of ONE follower. :P) When I typed my last blog, I should have been studying for test that I was about to take. Today I'm doing a post while I should be studying for a Geography test that is less than two hours away... Does anyone sense a theme here?
I have been trying to think about what to talk about. Considering it has been a month since my last posting, I'm thinking this signals that I have a pretty boring life, and that I do.
There are, however, a few things that have bothering me here recently that I think are worth addressing. When I think of college, or higher education, I think of people trying to broaden their education to better their lives in the work force. So, it seems to me that students will be asking question after question of professors. So you would think that they'd receive answers, right? Well thats not the case in not one, but two of my classes. Just a few days ago in one of my history classes (which I have grown to hate for reasons I will explain later) one of the graduate assistants was giving the lecture. I have to say that she is was about the single most boring person on the face of this earth. (Besides me, of course.) Its nearing the end of the class period and she hasn't finsihed her lecture, and she is pretty much freaking out. A student in the back of the lecture hall raises his hand to ask a questions, and she was like, "I'm sorry, I have to finish this powerpoint!"
WTF!!?!!? (Please excuse my MSN lingo.)
You have to finish your Power Point and not answer a students question? Forgive if I'm mistaken, but a classroom is where questions should be welcomed, not shunned! In this same class we are given discussion points, so they punish us if we don't talk in discussion, but then ignore our questions! Does this make sense? Am I missing something? Was her Power Point more important than her clarity?
Like I said before, that was not the only instance of a student being ignored. A few weeks ago in my Geography class a student ask a VERY litgitmate question, one to which I actually knew the answer. ;) The Professor basically looked at him, sputtered a few words and went on, completly not answering the student's question. What is it with these people! It seems to me that when someone gets a degree they look down on people who do not have the "knowledge" they have. This has really been nagging at me and I had to get it off my chest.
Thanks for taking the time to read this, my amassed group of follwers.
--edited briefly by Carrie.
I have been trying to think about what to talk about. Considering it has been a month since my last posting, I'm thinking this signals that I have a pretty boring life, and that I do.
There are, however, a few things that have bothering me here recently that I think are worth addressing. When I think of college, or higher education, I think of people trying to broaden their education to better their lives in the work force. So, it seems to me that students will be asking question after question of professors. So you would think that they'd receive answers, right? Well thats not the case in not one, but two of my classes. Just a few days ago in one of my history classes (which I have grown to hate for reasons I will explain later) one of the graduate assistants was giving the lecture. I have to say that she is was about the single most boring person on the face of this earth. (Besides me, of course.) Its nearing the end of the class period and she hasn't finsihed her lecture, and she is pretty much freaking out. A student in the back of the lecture hall raises his hand to ask a questions, and she was like, "I'm sorry, I have to finish this powerpoint!"
WTF!!?!!? (Please excuse my MSN lingo.)
You have to finish your Power Point and not answer a students question? Forgive if I'm mistaken, but a classroom is where questions should be welcomed, not shunned! In this same class we are given discussion points, so they punish us if we don't talk in discussion, but then ignore our questions! Does this make sense? Am I missing something? Was her Power Point more important than her clarity?
Like I said before, that was not the only instance of a student being ignored. A few weeks ago in my Geography class a student ask a VERY litgitmate question, one to which I actually knew the answer. ;) The Professor basically looked at him, sputtered a few words and went on, completly not answering the student's question. What is it with these people! It seems to me that when someone gets a degree they look down on people who do not have the "knowledge" they have. This has really been nagging at me and I had to get it off my chest.
Thanks for taking the time to read this, my amassed group of follwers.
--edited briefly by Carrie.
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