Maxine - Brrr....it's cold

I received an email with the following comics in it and thought they were hilarious.

This first one is my favorite.

A University Update

Just this past Thursday I broke down at work because the stress and difficulty of the math course I've enrolled in, is taking a toll on me. I took half of Thursday off and all of Friday to get a break from things and to make a decision or two without any distractions.

I made a phone call to the university to confirm a couple things and ultimately ended up withdrawing from the Math 209 course with plans to re-register at a later date. I have re-registered for Comp 200, which I withdrew from last year, and it will start in March. There is a bit of a silver lining to all this. I can still work on my math, without a tutor, and when I re-register I will be further along in the course, will be able to hand in the assignments, and complete it within the first deadline (and that's my theory.)

I suppose a bit of a weight has been lifted by doing this but at the same time, by doing this, I may have jeopardized my funding from my union. I think even if I stayed in the course I wouldn't have completed it by the last deadline anyways, and that would've put a Fail on my transcript. By doing what I did, I get a WF (withdrawal failure) but it's not on the transcript.

Now it's Monday and I didn't take my math stuff to work today. I had been doing that for the past couple months as my work days are very slow so I'm able to get in a couple hours of studying.

I hope I made the right decision. I'm rarely confident that I do make the right decision with big things such as this but this one had to be made.

Crisp, Winter Day

This was taken last week in the middle of the day from the balcony of the house I'm house-sitting. Is it postcard worthy?

A snowy day on the lake

The hot tub on the balcony. I'm estimating about 3 feet of snow has accumulated over the past month and it's impossible to shovel/push without a snow blower...and that I do not have.

This was taken just after my driveway was plowed. The night before I got about 8 inches of powder/heavy snow and I got stuck at the bottom of the hill just before the train tracks. Luckily, through the power of the cell phone and a round-about way of arranging things, I was picked up by a co-worker also going to work. If I wasn't able to be rescued I would've sat in my car until day light so I could see where I was walking going back to the house. I wasn't wearing boots and I didn't have the winter coat on either because it was only -3 degrees and there's no need to over dress when it's that "warm".
Have to make a walk way for the old, decrepid kitty I'm living with.

2008 Wrap-up

As I chose pictures to upload to this blog entry, I forgot that they show up backwards so bear with the non-chronological story.This is our New Years' eve outting at the Grapevine, the local pub/bistro. We were probably the loudest in the whole restaurant!! Actually the 4 females at the far end of the table were the loudest....while being completely sober too. After dinner we went our seperate ways and I doubt we stayed awake until midnight too. Such party animals we are!
This was taken on Christmas Eve at Caitlin & Brad's house. They hosted a Christmas eve party for both sides of the family. This is Bellard....aka Bella. Bella became Bellard when Caitlin & Brad realized she was a he. When he gets fixed, he might go back to being Bella.
Christmas eve again. Notice the coordination of colors? Black, brown, black, brown. Brad is beside Caitlin and then there's Brad's dad, and brother. This was taken on Dec 13th when my 2 step nieces opened their Christmas gifts from the Bonk family. Alicia and Cassidy went to Hawaii with their mom and family for Christmas. I gave them camera cases for their trip. Another pic from Dec 13th. Here is Saibry....lovin' the gift wrap that surrounded her that night. Such a cutie.

Christmas is only but 361 days away

The tree is put away, the stockings are packed away and all the Christmas baking has been eaten. Some homes may keep the tree up until 2009 but my parents took theirs down yesterday (Dec 28th). Guess it gets in the way when vacuumming....

This Wednesday is New Years' Eve and the only plans I have is "wing night" with some friends from work at the local pub. Wing night has been a weekly ritual for us for the past couple months now and we all look forward to getting out, having fun, and having someone else cook our dinner. Other than that, no plans but to sleep in the next day and probably do some house work, math homework and whatever else. Has New Years' eve/day become over-rated?

My Christmas was nice and quiet. My sisters and their hubby's were over in the morning and then went to the in-laws for the rest of the day. So I spent the day with my parents. I tried to get a nap in every day and even went to bed super early for two of the days....guess I was tired. The drive back to BL was a bit hard. I had drank 2 cups of Iced Tea and a Starbucks coffee before and during the drive but my eyes were battling to stay open. At least the roads were in good condition and there wasn't any wild life lingering on the side of the highway. After getting home, I unpacked and went to bed at 7:30pm. I'm such a party animal!

Well 361 days until Christmas again....I don't know about you, but I don't plan on getting into the spirit until at least October!