Catching up.

I apologize for the hiatus.  I have been really swamped at work lately and behind on my reading/note taking at home.  I had a big pathophysiology test on Tuesday and after going camping two weeks ago I felt really stressed about being so far behind.  I. was. freaking. out.!!  I pretty much did nothing but study all weekend this past weekend and even though I was still nervous going into the test, I felt much better afterwards.  I have heard that this class is hard and there is a lot to study, and there is, but I felt the exam questions were very fair and if you study the questions he gives with each section and take notes on the information he gives, there will be no surprises or difficult questions to deal with.  I felt pretty confident through most of the exam until I got to one area I didn’t study as much.  I took a couple of guesses, then erased, then guessed again, then erased again – you see the pattern here.  I can’t remember if I finally filled in my first guesses or not, but I definitely didn’t do too great on those 3-5 questions.  I won’t find out my score until next Tuesday, but I am guessing I have at least a B. (I hope!) 

   

I have a statistics exam on Monday that I need to study for, but it shouldn’t be too bad.  The material has been pretty simple so far, it’s just a matter of remembering some vocabulary, steps to conducting an experiment and a few math equations. 

In other school related news, I finally received my secondary application questions from WSU.  I have until November 1 to fill them out, but I would like to get them submitted by the end of the month.  I‘m almost certain this won’t happen, but that is my goal.  The essays are pretty typical, what volunteer experiences do you have? What leadership service do you have?  I don’t really like these questions because I feel that this is my weak area mainly due to having to work full time while taking evening classes and only seeing my family on the weekends.  I know I am missing out on a bunch of opportunities, but I want to spend the two days I have with my family, with my family. 

And on the home front, we finally have a basement floor, which means they will start framing next week!  

Garage Floor

Basement floor

 

 I can’t believe how things are coming along.  We are at the stage where we get to start picking things out, such as colors and wood grain and flooring, oh my!  We have an idea of what we like, but we need to sit down and see the selection they have.  We have picked out windows and made some changes and I am really excited to see how it turns out.  Here is a couple of inspirations for the changes we made.  

 This is what we would like to do with the window in our closet.  I love the little bench and the storage above the window.  Ours will just be a regular shelf (to start with), but it will be perfect for Brad’s cowboy hats since I won’t be able to reach up there.  Ha! 

  

This is what we would like to do in the living room.  We replaced the huge eight foot window two smaller windows, one on each corner so we can make a lovely window seat area.  I just love this look!  It makes me want to curl up with a good book.  The best thing about this is, if you look closely at the benches, they are just a box sitting next to another box, which means easy DIY project! The hardest part will be figuring out how to make the cushion for the darn thing.

Well, I think I have caught you all up on my life for the moment.  Hope I didn’t bore you too much!