What Now

Apparently getting a degree in art doesn't mean that you will know how to use velcro. It took a LONG time for me to figure out that the reason the sign wasn't sticking was because I had the hook side of the velcro on both the back of the sign and the sign frame. My professors would be so proud. Not to mention that I'm working in a space museum. Velcro was designed for the space program...you see this mentioned in more than one spot here. If nothing else, I should know how to use velcro!

I'm still not done with my paper. I would honestly rather eat my laptop with no salt than work on it, but if I don't I will still be in college when my grandkids get there. I've just hit kill me mode I think... I'm going to be typing on that #%@^$&*(!!! paper while I'm eating Thanksgiving dinner, I swear. The bad thing is, it's my fault I'm not done, so I can't even blame Steve! Strike that, I'll find a way! : ) Actually, one of my friends made a very valid point. If I took as much time to write my paper as I do to write my blog, I'd be done by now. *ouch!* So after today, I am taking a short sabbatical from the blog and focusing my mental energy (equivelant to a AAA battery at this point) on the Stupid Paper. I've gotten a couple of pages done, but I'll have to go back and add in all of my citations and footnotes later. I can't think when I've got to do all of that at the same time. At any rate, I'm on my way to getting it done, so GO ME! I'll give you the limerick version of my paper, so you'll know what I'm dealing with. I wrote this is math class today:

A usurious man named Enrico,
feared his soul up to heaven would not go.
All his sins tried to bury,
by building a chapel to Mary,
And intrusted its frescos to Giotto.

It saddens me that I have to come up with many, many pages to say what I just said in 5 lines.

SIGH.

Anyways, I'll go ahead and do my weekend update. Well, at least what I remember of it!

Friday started off a lot of fun. I was almost out of gas, so when my car had trouble starting that morning, I just thought that I had better get gas ASAP, so I stopped at the Cheveron near our house to fill up. After I paid, I tried to start my car. Nothing. I tried several more times, wondering what the heck I had done to Rudolph to get this kind of reaction, but still, nothing. The good samaritans next to me, two big dudes who had been jawing about the Iron Bowl, or "Arn Bow" and I've come to think of it, never even looked my way. In fact, when I tried cranking it up for the fifth time, they ran away. Oh well, I suppose that helping people isn't as important as talking about college football. Buttheads.

Anywho, I went inside to let the owners know the reason Rudolph was blocking one of their pumps and the nice Indian gentleman who owns the store offered to give me a jump. Apparently, he didn't have a stake in the game. (Sorry, but I'm a little bitter about that.) Well, we got my truck started, and luckily was next door to a place where you can get your oil changed and other automobile type stuff, and they checked my battery and informed me that I would need a new one. Great. Well, with that taken care of, I got to work about an hour late, and was surprisingly productive! I stayed an hour or so late to get a few loose ends tied up, and then went to Wa-Mart to get food for Thursday. We normally got to GA for Thanksgiving dinner, but since Ms. Rhonda can't travel, I decided that we would have dinner at our house, and I would make it! I mean, the holiday is about families getting together, so I wasn't about to take her only child off somewhere else if she couldn't be there. I'm a little nervous about making a whole dinner. Of course, I've made a Thanksgiving dinner once before, but Josh was helping and it was much more complicated than what I'm doing this year, so I shouldn't worry too much. I just know we are going to have 7 cubic tons of turkey left over, but I was given what I was told was a great recipe for Turkey Salad, so I'm going to make that and use it for leftovers!

Saturday Steve was off with the Fellas, so I used the quiet time to work on my art history stuff and to clean. I think I swept up enough dog har to make four new dogs. Yuck. I can't wait until School is out and I can disinfect the place. I was able to get a lot done to the house, as well as get my class presentation and slide show ready to go. As Forrest Gump says, "That's good. One less thing." Steve called and asked if I wanted to go to see Harry Potter that night, so I was all about that, however, those plans fell through and we ended up going to dinner. Afterwards, Steve took me home so that I could work on the Stupid Paper some more, and he and Josh went out for coffee.

Sunday was church in the morning. Steve caused me to have "laugh in church syndrome" right as service started, so I didn't get to laugh for about 45 minutes! We have a guy who comes to church who is an...eccentric dresser. I mean, he's got some unusual taste to say the least. I'll just say: Pink Zoot Suit. Well, he didn't dress very weirdly that day, but he had his hair spiked straight up on the top and slicked back on the sides, looking for all the world like Vanilla Ice. Both Steve and I saw him come in, and I was about to ask Steve what he thought of the guy's hair, but when I turned around, Steve deadpanned "Word to your mother" without me even mentioning anything. Of course, Service started right then, so I sat there trying to look like I wasn't laughing and making choking noises. Steve does that to me all of the time!!!

Since my mom and dad had plans for lunch, Steve and I went to visit Ms. Rhonda and Mr. Lee. After that was more working on the Stupid Paper, and FINALLY I got a respite to see Harry Potter. I am an utter Potterphile, and the movie was great. I hated that they had to cut so many of the little subplots out, but if they hadn't, I'd probably still be sitting in the theater. I still give it too thumbs up, and another thumb for their choice of the actor who plays Voldemort. I don't know his name, but he played Francis Dolerhyde in the movie Red Dragon, and he is one scary guy. I hope no parents took little kids to this movie. It would cause nightmares for weeks.

Today hasn't been that eventful. I went to school and found that I didn't fail my algebra test, by the sheer grace of God, and I was also given my grades to see what I will need to make on my Final to pass. I think I'll do that now.

In case I don't get to write again for a while, I hope you have a very special Thanksgiving, and that you have plenty of things to be thankful for! I know I do!