Respond

Why do people not respond to questions? Last week I sent an email to my teacher addressing three issues that needed a response. No response! Yesterday, I left him a voice mail... no response. I have now left another voice mail and am still waiting for a reply. Why am I so stressed out? Because his class ends tomorrow and I need to find out when I can take the final! Only having one vehicle and a husband self-employed in construction, the logistics of getting to school is a nightmare. The teacher is teaching the class on-line, but wants his students to take the final in person. Funny thing, my husband took this same class last year. The class was in person, but the final was sent home and the students had two weeks to fill it out and then just needed to bring it in on the last day of class. Why is this so complicated? Oh, yeah... and the teacher hasn't posted any of the week's work that is supposed to be done by tomorrow.
Side note - I got my paper back in Philosophy - got an A-. Not too bad since I had no idea what I was talking about. I have found out that I get a better grade when I talk in circles and never actually make a statement about anything. Never get to the point and all is well. Go figure!!

Diet Soda

I was reading the paper today and an article stated that drinking diet soda contributed to weight gain. I am at least a 2 diet soda drinker a day (hey, I don't drink coffee and need my caffeine from somewhere) and that puts me in the category where waistlines increase 5 times more than a person who doesn't drink diet soda. Guess I need to find something else to drink now. Hmmmm.... now what do I put with my rum????

Middle Age Texting Codes

ATD -at the doctor.

BFF -best friend fell.

BTW -bring the wheelchair.

BYOT -bring your own teeth.

FWIW -forgot where I was.

GGPBL -gotta go, pacemaker battery low.

GHA -got heartburn again.

IMHO -is my hearing aid on?

LMDO -laughing my dentures out.

OMMR -on my massage recliner.

ROFLACGU -rolling on floor laughing and can't get up.

TTYL -talk to you louder!

Philosophy

According to my "Philosophy Made Simple" book (which is an oxymoron of itself ... we cannot acquire knowledge through learning. One cannot learn what one does know since one already knows it. And one cannot learn what one does not know, since if one doesn't know it, one cannot recognize it as a truth when one learns it. Therefore, learning is impossible, and any knowledge that we can have we must already have." Clear as mud... What I figure is I am guaranteed an A since I do not have the ability to learn it! According to Plato, if I don't already know it, I can't learn it. Hmmm, I need to figure out how to use this to my advantage gradewise.

Facebook

Ok, I admit it... I am addicted to CafeWorld! I have the nicest unknown friends in that realm. I have gotten recipes, chatted, made friends with the nicest people from around the world. These unknown people are just so nice. I never would have met them if it wasn't for CafeWorld. Let's not go down the road of how much time that take up... but going to school online helps me justify it.

Heritage

So, I haven't blogged in a while... been in a bad mood lately, but heck after rum and cokes it's all good...lol. Interesting thing about heritage... I am married to a Mexican and so we figured my kids are 50% Mexican and 50% PDW (pretty darn white). Not so much. Now my son never was an over the top, gung ho Mexican kind of kid. Now that he's been told what I've found he's now extremely excited about it. Turns out he and his sister are quite the Heinz 57, with more of his ancestry coming from over the pond... auntie will be happy! My son is only 25% Mexican, 12 1/2 % Mexican Indian and another 12 1/2% English from his father's side. In doing research I found out that I am 50% Irish so my son is 25% Irish, 12 1/2% French and 12 1/2% German. Goodness, how do I fill out those ethnic forms! My son has quite quickly adopted his Irish roots and now wants to go and visit his newfound homeland.

Two Weeks

So... I tell my husband that my parents are expecting us to move out in two weeks, and he looks at me and says "uh huh." Um, you know that means they think we are moving out in 2 weeks. "Yep." Why is it everyone thinks we are moving out in two weeks? My husband, my parents.... Gee, why do I have doubts??? Let's think this out... neither of us have steady jobs, my summer classes won't end for another 4 weeks, and we have no place to move to... Is it just me, or are we not moving in 2 weeks. If you ask my husband, we are. If you ask my parents, we are. Why am I the only one in the dark about this??? Ab has work for about 3 weeks (then there's nothing), well, that's beyond the 2 weeks... my school has 4 official weeks left (again beyond the 2 weeks), and we have nothing else lines up... am I the crazy one or what??? How do I make plans with this kind of info... If I bring up specifics my husband gets angry and irritated. Doesn't want to talk about it. Um, how do I make plans without any info???? I am pulling my hair out and my ulcer is not happy! My parents are dancing thinking we are leaving in 2 weeks. This should be interesting!!! The countdown is on as far as they are all concerned (let's not even think about the calendar countdown until the school year starts!!!). I need another drink...lol