I can’t believe it’s almost Monday already.  Thanksgiving was nice, Matt and I had food and napped and spent the day together, which was awesome.  We went for pie at a friend’s house, which was really nice until my wisdom tooth started to bother me.  All in all, even though I got a toothache, Thanksgiving was nice.  I miss my family, but then that’s nothing new for the holidays.

I spent all day yesterday, and all day today (and I mean literally) studying for my geology test.  The test is tomorrow and I don’t feel like I know anything.  This test, which is over 3 sections, is the hardest test we’ve had so far and I don’t think he gave many (if any) extra point days, so I’m on my own with this one.   The problem is, I epic failed the lab final last Monday, so I really need to do okay on the lecture tests just to make a C in this class.  Right now, even after the whole weekend spent studying, I feel like I’m going to fail it.

This is not my usual doom and gloom, believe me, there’s a difference between freaking out for no reason and freaking out when there’s plenty of reason!  This is the second, there’s plenty of reason.  If I don’t pass this test, and I fail the class as a result, then I don’t graduate, and don’t go to grad school and everything is messed up.  I do mean EVERYTHING.  If I don’t graduate, I can’t get anymore financial aid because I already had it repackaged.  Everything’s set for me to move on, I just need to actually do it and graduate, which is riding on this class.

Oh, and did I mention that just to make matters worse I have to mail my video card to Alienware to have them fix it.  So, my desktop doesn’t work.  Not only does that suck, it’s down right bad right now since my netbook doesn’t have MS Word, just Works, and I have a 20-25 page paper due in a week.  Yay for my shitty luck.

And, if I didn’t feel shitty enough, I failed at NaNoWriMo but lucky me I got to watch Matt validate and collect the winner goodies.  I’m proud of him, but I feel pretty damn unhappy that I didn’t finish.

Ugh, okay, I’m done bitching.  I know this probably sounded like a crazy amount of rambling.  I’ll let you know how it goes.  For now, even though it’s only 9pm, I’m going to bed.  I’m going to get up early in the morning and study some more before class.  Wish me luck, I need all the good luck and good vibes I can get!

I hope you had a very happy Thanksgiving.  See you on the other side of doom test!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I’m making thanksgiving dinner for Matt and me, so I’ve been up since 8:30am working on it.  What I didn’t realize is that for the kind of ham we got, it only takes two hours to cook, so dinner may actually be more like lunch. I got it in the oven about 9am, so it should be done by 11am or so.  Then I have to make the stuffing, potatoes (which are coming out of a box this year), and a veggie.  Then, about the time I was putting the ham in the roaster, I realized that I had managed to forget to take the cool whip out of the freezer (which is always a problem for me) so the pink salad won’t be served with lunch, it’ll be a part of desert because it takes 6 hours to defrost in the fridge.  C’est la vie — it should be delicious no matter what time of the day it comes together!

We got a pumpkin pie and a lemon meringue.  I know the lemon isn’t exactly a holiday pie, but Matt likes it, so we got one.  Which reminds me, I need to take them out of the freezer… okay, maybe not, it says to leave it in there until it’s ready to cook.  Works for me!  Of course, my freezer is so full, taking something out made it impossible to put it back in the same way.  I love Thanksgiving, really, I do — you believe me, right?

We got so many awesome invitations this year, but we’re staying home together and having food.  We’ll probably go to Melanie and Joey’s for pie and games later tonight, which will be fun!  Then, tomorrow, it’s back to work studying.  I’m going to spend tomorrow studying for my geology make-up, Saturday & Sunday studying for my geology test, then Monday afternoon studying some more for the geology make-up.  Two tests in two days, what a nightmare.  After that, it’s onto the paper that’s due December 7th.  So much to do, so little time to finish it all.

For today, I’m trying to be thankful for all I have.  I’m thankful that I’m finally graduating (barring unforeseen circumstances).  I’m thankful that I’m healthy and have a husband who loves me.  I’m thankful that I have an amazing family and some really great friends.  I’m thankful that there’s a roof over my head and food in my mouth.  Most of all, I’m thankful that I got my grad school acceptance letter… Ha!  No, no, I kid.  I am very thankful for everything I have and I hope y’all have a really Happy Thanksgiving holiday!

Time to check on the ham!