Sickness and Exams

I would like to start off this post by thanking my brother, for sharing his lovely cold with me. I know it came from the bottom of his heart, and I am sincerely grateful. Well, maybe not. He did give me his cold, but, it was totally unintentional. So that is my reason for not being at church today, for which I am sure you are all very grateful. Even though it is close to Christmas, not everyone wants to go around looking like Rudolf. Like me. I better get well soon, considering all of the Zicam, Airborne and Vitamin C Dad has been pumping into me.

All of my CORE exams were last week, and boy am I glad those are over! Latin and Government were fairly easy, Anatomy and Physiology was ok, it would help if you studied the correct material, and British Lit was a nightmare! The only grades I have received are my Latin grades. But I was not worried about that grade, so I am sitting on the edge of my seat waiting for the rest of them. I should receive them soon.

For those of you who do not know, I am now CRCS's yearbook editor! I am soo very excited at this opportunity. We held our first meeting last month, and I am honored to have a very talented staff. Things are off to a fairly good start, and I am praying that we have way more pictures turned in this year, than last year.

Yesterday was an interesting day. We had plans to go to a Christmas party at 12, a play at 2 and then the Cookie Swap at 6. All that changed at 9:30 yesterday morning. Grandma was coming over to check on the little girl's progress of the cookies, when she lost her balance and fell. When she fell, she landed on her left hip and elbow, and her head hit a pottery urn. Surprisingly, her head wasn't the concern, it was her hip. She couldn't put any weight on that leg. Oh, did I mention, Dad was in Vestavia for a Math Tournament with no way to contact him. So Mom and my uncle somehow managed to put Grandma in the van, and they drove down to the hospital to get it checked out. Thankfully, her hip was not broken. They pumped her full of pain meds and sent her home. Due to the fall and the meds she is on, she literally, cannot walk without someone supporting her every step. Which is very limited. Please keep Grandma and especially Mom in your hearts and prayers, as the meds are making Grandma confused and harder to please. Hopefully each day, Grandma will be able to walk and get around more.

It is time for more Vitamin C and Kleenex. You know you are really resembling Rudolf, when your family members start singing the song around you.

Callaway Gardens

This past week, Mom, Elise, Skye and I went to Callaway Gardens for a couple days. The trees were gorgeous, and the weather was nice. It was nice to wander around the gardens, admire all of the fall foliage and be able to take a lot of photos. Below are some of the many pictures I took during the trip.

The Importance of Punctuation

A woman without her man is nothing.

A woman: without her, man is nothing.

British Literature

In my British Literature class, my teacher gives us 25 vocabulary words a week. When we meet once a week, we have to be able to spell them correctly and give 5 definitions. Since I took her American Literature class last year, I knew what to expect. Or so I thought. In looking over the lists, my eyes kept meeting strange words. I didn't worry about it, because she is known to throw some weird words in the mix. Only later, during the test, did I realize that those strange words were FRENCH! And since I had studied how you might say them in English, I had no clue as to what the words were. Here are some of the French words I have encountered in the past weeks; cidevant, citoyen, morbleu, noblesse, sangfroid, soupcon, bonhomie, sobriquet, fait accompli etc...
When I first realized that they were French words, my first thoughts were, "wait, what class am I in? I am supposed in British Literature, not French. Ok, yes, I am in the right class. What is going on?!?" After mulling things over, I finally accepted that I am in BRITISH Literature class, and since we are going to encounter French words in our reading, we probably need to know a few French words. Yes, she has a method to her madness, but, COME ON! French words?!? In an English class?!?

Ok, I have said my piece. What do you think?

More Random Pictures

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School and Nickel Creek

School has started. I always knew that as you got older your subjects got harder. Last year and especially this year, I am really feeling the pressure of my four classes through CORE academy, and my three at home. The classes that have me stressed the most, are Anatomy and Physiology and Government. A&P is a lot of process and memorization, where Gov is just plain hard.

While I worked on my Gov homework today, I listened to a Nickel Creek CD/DVD that we borrowed from the Morgans. I liked four of their songs so much, that I had to go on iTunes and buy them. I tend to go through fazes where I listen to a CD until I get inspired by another song. I am sure I drive my family insane, because it takes a lot for me to get tired of a song or artist. As you can probably guess, I am addicted to Nickel Creek right now.

Well, my typing about school has reminded me that I need to go finish some A&P homework. And since I really do not want to have to do it tomorrow, I better go finish it now.

Random Pictures

Here are some random pictures that I have taken over the past couple weeks.

Callaway Gardens

We went to Callaway Gardens this past week and had a blast! Here are some pictures of our two days there. Enjoy!

PS Callaway Gardens is a photographers dream!