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Re: Good Morning
Ask her about it. I'm sure she will be glad to tell you all about it.
Kasa,
I always need transition time after events. The first day is clean up day (desk, decorations, supplies, etc.), the 2nd day is catching up on emails, etc. It usually take a week to get back to "normal". I think you almost need to schedule a day off a week after the event. You can't do it right after because you need to that to wrap things but, you you need a mental day to regroup.
Maybe.
Mine is a C655 or a C660 or something like that. Can't quite remember. Great computer for the price, for sure!
Yep, this was exactly how the first two days went. Now I'm on day 4 and I'm bored (even though I do have work to do... just not as interesting or urgent).
I always have to start with a new to-do to get myself going.
In other news, I've been researching European destinations for an upcoming trip! I think I have three really general itineraries in mind that we need to choose from.
- Paris, Brugges, Amsterdam
- Munich, Innsbruck, Vienna
- Rome, Florence, Venice
I'd also kind of like to fit a stop in London in somehow, but I'm not sure it's going to work.
Seriously, waiting for this last grade is driving me bonkers. Also, waiting for final grades in two of my classes is also a bit nerve-wracking (we have the possibility of being bumped a half step based on participation). I feel like this might be unlikely for me, but not impossible and that bump would make a HUGE difference in my B- class especially. I don't think I reported my third grade, which was a B. Meh. It's in a 4 cr class, so that's sort of a bummer, but I can live with it.
In my head, I know it's not really a big deal, it's done and fretting won't change the result. I just feel like that one thing is standing between me and complete closure on last semester. Then again, a high grade in this class puts me above the requisite GPA to keep my scholarship and a B- or lower puts me in a position to have a lot more work to do this semester. So in some ways there is a lot riding on this one. Nesties have always brought me luck, so if any good juju can be spared to wish for an A, I'll gladly take it!
What kind of laptop did you get?
Toshiba Satellite
Haha. That is funny.
My H has a FB account, he checks it once in a while, and posts something about once a year.
DP:
London would probably work best with your Paris itinerary. If you were doing that, I'd fly in/out of London and take the Eurostar train to Paris. But I think London works really nicely with a UK tour that adds in Ireland and/or Scotland, so personally I would be inclined to do London separately.
I'm going to advocate for the Italy itinerary. The political history in Rome (and Florence) is just amazing. There is a spot outside the Ufizzi museum (where the David is) in Florence where there all these statutes of notable Florentines--Machiavelli, DaVinci, Galileo and more and you just feel kind of awestruck to know you're standing where they stood, you're seeing the same River Arno. Rome is equally awesome (in the true sense of the word). In Rome, by the Coliseum and the palatine hill you're standing on stone streets from THOUSANDS of years ago, looking at a building that people used hundreds of years before our country was even on any map. It's so breathtaking. I've never been anywhere where I felt the power (both for good and bad) of what civilization can do and be.
And then there's the food (and the wine). Which might be reason enough to visit Italy
My husband is similar, although he's a slighly more frequent user.
However, he spends most of his time complaining about FB and the type of stuff that people post.
Lol. And double lol at you wanting to dial back hearing his insightful zen master musings.
I hope you get bumped up DP!
I'm still waiting for grades. I'm about to scream. they usually get the senior's grades out first... Come on Cooley!!!
Good morning, almost afternoon. Work is trying to get me to lose my patience today. I'm going to try to go kickboxing tonight I haven't been in almost 6 months. Good luck to me!
Sometimes I think our husbands are twins separated at birth. L has an entire series of FB rules, one of which is that he and I are not allowed to communicate with each other via FB.
Haha! I posted something (an article?) on B's wall once. He was very confused. "Why didn't you just email me? Or tell me about it? Why did you post it on my wall?!"
I would like an example of his wisdom, please.
See, it sucks even more to know that this endless waiting for grades won't get any better when I'm no longer a 1L.
I don't know how Cooley does it, but our system is so complicated and feels like just one more thing the administration conceived to torture 1Ls.
First, the grades from each course are posted by exam # on a bulletin board outside the student lounge. They might simultaneously appear on the records webpage, or it might take days and days for them to go up on the website. Next, some number of days later the final grades appear on the bulletin board with the exam numbers that have received a bump. Finally, and who knows when this will be, we'll personally get final grades with our gpa formulation sent to our university records site (where we pay bills, check university email, etc.).
My H has a thing about his friends' list. He can only have a certain number of friends at a time. (Way under 100.) He is constantly deleting people. Constantly.
Oh yeah, another of L's rules is that he has a hard cutoff of 100 friends. I wouldn't say he's constantly deleting people, but he refuses to exceed 100.
Sometimes I wish I never had FB because sometimes there is too much drama and then there are a few pyscho people that find you and wanna start sh!t. Ugh stupid stuff,
H noticed he was at 99 the other day. He said, "Oh crap! Need to start getting rid of some people."
Hehe.
He also blocks people that post too much. He said he would block me if we weren't married. LOL.
Sometimes, he keeps people strickly for entertainment purposes. Our "Biggest Looser" friend posts way too much, but she is very entertaining. He keeps her.
Yah, I know London would be kind of awkward to throw in here (although it would work best with Paris). But my approach to this trip is that I don't know when or if I'll be able to visit Europe again, so it's important to me to see those cities and sites that I'm most interested in. And London has always been toward the top of my list.
Italy sounds so amazing and is probably the most tempting itinerary to me! But it also seems the most overwhelming to me, from a logistical perspective and that makes me nervous. I think that transportation, language, and pick-pocketing would be slighly more problematic compared to my other options. And since we've never really left the country before (I don't count Ontario and a Jamaican all-inclusive), and we're both easily flustered and not very "go with the flow", this is a concern.
Yes! I think we'd be able to survive on Parisian cuisine (and drink) too, though.
B has blocked the majority of his friends. Most of his family members and all of the old high school contacts annoy him, so he's blocked him. There aren't a lot of people left! He mostly see updates from me, SIL, my brother, my cousin, Bernie Sanders, and Michael Moore. (A nice group, no?)
This intrigues me. I can't recall ever having FB drama. "Pyscho" people can be blocked, right? There is a block function.
I'm thankful for my normal FB friends and lack of pyschos in my life.
I'm not on FB either. No real desire to set up an account either.