All's well that ends well.

Phew! I just got back from Anatomy and physiology lecture (night classes are a killer sometimes, but sleeping in is nice) and I had my exam for part of it. I was so nervous about it! I didn't even get a chance (due to poor time management) to study all of the material (above listening really well in the lecture). Thank God, my studying must have been directed the bit that I did do because I knew everything on the test. That's not to say that I didn't get a few wrong, but overall I felt solid on the information. Now I can really focus on my English lit class and everything else until the next big event. It definitely helps that we have off for fall break on monday and tuesday. It seems whenever I get large amounts of free time I always blow it, so hopefully I can use my time wisely then to study all that I have.:)
That's all.

Tour de PA.

O my my my. The common cliche "Time Flies" becomes ever truer with the passage of summer and the sudden appearance of autumn. Everything goes on as it ever has with minute changes now and again. I'm back at school in PA now, and it's hard not to feel as though I have regressed and am hopelessly behind in my studies. At this point if I had stayed at the same university I would be finishing my B.S.E. in the spring. Be that as it may, I can not allow myself to dwell on that which is now out of my control (namely the past). All that may proceed is a future avoidance of dereliction of studies and thoughtful preponderance in the way of accomplishing what I set out to do.

Adieu,

Claire

tough stuff.

A couple of posts ago I noted the difficulty of formulatin goals to reach after. My difficulty now lies in the fulfillment of those goals I set. I must say, it is much more difficult when one works full time, but it is necessary because a number of my goals involve financial freedom from the student loan bondage I am currently under. I have slacked in giving cards on occasions promptly, and have not hung out with at least 5 friends a week, and have not practiced my violin, and have not been studying an hour a day. I have almost finished with "Jude the Obscure" by Thomas Hardy which is some sort of achievment. It is an alright book but I don't believe I will be spending much time with Hardy's literature in the future.
In conclusion, after reviewing my goals previously set, some do need revised and I need to work harder at fulfilling the ones that stand. I will not be returning to LU and hence clubs pertaining therein may be transferred to MU.
My reasons for leaving LU are as follows:
-first and foremost and primarily because the academic department of biology and chemistry still lacks the resources and rigorousness of curricula that will prepare me for graduate school if i should so choose to pursue such ventures.
-secondly, MU offers the rigorousness of curricula and further academic opportunities to gain experience in undergrad for a third of the cost of LU
-thirdly, if I choose to pursue a teaching career (as the case seems to be set) my pay will not be able to sustain the basic costs of living and the absurd payment I am sure to have to fork over (it is absurd as of now and I only pay interest on my private loan from this past year, but that interest payment would be doubled on top of other bills that I need to cover.) by the end of this year I would have to make interest payments of 240 a month to sallie mae on top of 120 to another company for a parent plus loan which I pay for myself, as well as 20 to my credit card co. which is just the minimum payment. In order to cover such exceedingly high costs, I would have to work like a fiend and then try to find time to study for a full schedule of 18credits with all of my core classes (o.chemII and upperlevel bio courses)

In conclusion, my choice has been made. I do not regret my time at LU in the least, in fact I am rather glad that I had the experience I did. I had my Liberty experience, it was just shorter than most.

Yesterday Germany lost to Spain 1-0 for the semifinals of the worldcup which is a big let down but the netherlands play uruguay today so we will see what happens! This being my day off, I can actually watch the game today! :)

Doin' Work.

As Kobe Bryant once said, "I'm doin' work." Yesterday that was the state of affairs here. I got a lot knocked off of my to-do list, but there is still much to be done. The main thing is to maintain focus; focus on what I want to accomplish short-term and how that impacts long-term. What I do today impacts the overall shape of my life so if I choose to waste it, that is one day less to accomplish what I purpose to do with my life.

Remember: "He who says he can and he who says he can't is usually correct."
-Confuscius

That's all.

Hard Work Pays.

Today I woke up, and I said to myself, "Claire, let's do something good today. Let's get a lot done while we still can before work starts up next week." So I got a lot done! :) I vacuumed the upstairs and downstairs and got the stairs as well, I did a lot of wash today, and cleaned both full baths! I wanted to get outside and garden a bit but I didn't get to that today. I also made a dinner..a chicken stir fry with balsalmic vinaigrette, a touch of karo corn syrup, a bit of soy sauce, fresh cracked salt, and fresh cracked pepper, a dash of oregano, garlic-olive oil fried tomatoes, lightly grazed orange bell pepper sliced, chopped onions, garlic, and sprigs of brocolli. It would have been cool if there was rice, but I ran out of time. It really comes together really fast!

That's all for now. I'll update about my goal list tomorrow.
note to self, check out gal. 2

Hit the Road…

Hey yall! I just set up my runnersworld profile..I haven't used it for a while, but it's a great tool to track mileage and map out routes!

check it out:

 

http://traininglog.runnersworld.com/profiles/c6abb7729161473da6cec763f1de1d4e

So much to do…

There is so much to do, and so little time and energy in which to do it. That past few days have been really productive for the most part and I've been working on my list (The monster list project I've begun). So, I'll run through some of the stuff I've knocked out this week.

#8. At the moment I'm finishing up Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy. As others have said in the past it is truly a deeply saddening book. It is a book of crushed dreams and a broken life. Otherwise it is a well written book that I'm glad that I am reading. I'm at the part where Jude returns to MaryGreen after having failed at Christminster and returns to the place of his youth, his Great Aunt's house.

#24. I hung out with A and T the past two days which was so much fun! I saw 'Letters to Juliette' which is now one of my favourite movies. It is a fairytale, but nevertheless is excellent.

#17. I had the opportunity to volunteer at church today. What a blessing it is to reach out to others! In helping other people, it makes the helper happy and is consequently helped!

I'm slacking on #11! I made my friend, M a bday card but forgot to give it to her and I completely forgot to give L her graduation card! All will be well in a week when I see them again though. Hopefully I remember to give it to them then. I always make cards, and then fail to give it to its intended recipient.

#12. I've been reading in the book of Luke lately, and it has been really good. I'll have to share some of what I've been learning in my next post (I don't have my Bible beside me at the moment).

#3. I'm working on cleaning the house top to bottom and in upkeep of that I dusted the living room and vacuumed it. Unfortunately the sweeper I used did not have adequate attachments to vacuum the couch so I'll have to do that soon. I also need to do behind the couch which is atrocious with dust, cat hair, and etc.

#46. I've missed out on a couple of vitamin days, but have done good for the most part. On the days I haven't had a vitamin, I've had a nutritious smoothie with kale and other good things.

#19. I have been doing really bad at studying every day and hence will start studying again. I need to learn to persevere when it's easy so I can learn to persevere when it's hard.

#27. I only was able to give a few dollars in tithe, but I gave what I had on hand.