Contacts and Group Presentation

The quarter has come to an end. We had a group project in my Small Group Communications class. We decided to volunteer our time to senior citizens at an assisted living place. It was great, except for the dead weight girl in our group. We had to pull it together without any effort from her. Her excuse was pretty much a custody battle her nephew was going through and how she got stuck in the middle of it all. It's not like all of us have our own stuff to deal with as well. We all have lives outside church, work and school. She should have just dropped the class. If it wasn't for our Power Point presentation, and how she pulled it off... Anyway, groups in classes suck. Next time, if there is a next time, I won't hesitate to have them kicked out of the group. The Quarry was the place, and if I had the money, I wouldn't mind living there. The amenities they had to offer were phenomenal. I was very impressed when we had the tour.

ASL was a little quirky this quarter. We had issues with the class. First of the quarter, we had the professor telling us that we need to return the books and purchase different ones. So I did, and before the book arrived, the head of the dept had to split the class up, because the level we were in were for the former high school students. So, she split us up and she ended up teaching the class. She then told us that we need the books that we formally had to begin with and repurchase them. I was furious, because I already spent money on eBay for the other book, right before returning the books at the bookstore and that I couldn't purchase the books for another couple of weeks. I bought the books back and that was that. The quarter was interesting, because we were over three weeks in already that she didn't have a lot to go on with, so we just went through the book and learned certain things from work, school, home, etc. This quarter was supposed to cover finger spelling, but we didn't cover much of it, in fact, there wasn't a whole lot that we covered. Instead of learning out of the book, I want more of a conversational atmosphere. It seemed to me that if we were to just talk and converse with one another, I believe that we would learn more than just trying to learn just the theory behind it. I can see that it's a fairly new program at Clark College. Maybe I should suggest it to the professor. Have a class that is called conversational ASL. This class, you just talk about what is on your mind and anything that is going on around us. Plus, it doesn't help that I don't know anyone that is deaf around here.

My other class that I'm taking is online. Talk about interesting. Nice instructor and all, but the class is a bit much...

Now that I'm practically on Spring Break, I purchased for the year, contacts. Costco's insurance covers a year supply, so I got them. I never had them before, so I had my "First time" appointment for contacts. I tried to get them in for almost a half an hour, but my eyes were so irritated that I couldn't get them in. Plus, I had to get the girls from Trina because she had them while they were doing a Non-stress Test at the hospital. Legacy Salmon Creek is awesome. That is where we are having 'Turd #3' at.

I went over to Optical right after I got off of work to try and put the contacts in again. I struggled. When I realized how to do it, It only took like ten seconds to get them in. When I'm done with school and all, I'm getting Lasik done. I hate wearing glasses, let alone contacts. At least the contacts weren't that bad putting them on today. I hate wearing glasses.

New year... belated!

Okay, I'm such a procrastinator. When do I ever blog? I really suck at it... Okay... Where to begin...

New Year Resolutions 2010

-Weight loss

-Exercising/Running

-More time with family (whole and individually)

-Getting my Associates so I can finally finish up Clark

I was thinking of running a marathon next year; possibly the Portland Marathon or Hood to Coast. With Trina having the baby hear any day now, since she is 31 weeks along and Ammie getting married in July, I didn't want to go through the hassle of having to worry about that this year. This way, I can prepare for it this year and be ready next year.

Okay, so Trina is due May 3rd, but she is most likely to have this kid earlier than that. I can't wait because this is our 3rd and LAST kid. I don't care what people say... this is our last kid. The reason why I say this is (1) Trina's pregnancies have been hell from the get go. Kaylee and Sam's have been the worse of them all, but this one, not as bad... but, she hasn't gone into bed-rest... YET. (2) She is at "High Risk" for this one, which is no surprise, just like the other two. So, I have time off of work to spend time with everyone and work is already prepared for anything. They are so awesome when it comes to that kind of thing.

Spring Break is coming up. I am excited. We are getting ready for our last kid. My mother-in-law has found some things to add to our house. She found new chairs for our kitchen table and Trina painted them all black. They look great. She also got extra dressers for the girls room as well as a living room entrance dresser. I bought a new recliner and a chair from Costco for the living room and it looks great in here.

Last month I bought Trina brand new High Efficient Front Loading washer & dryers. It was awesome watching it wash our first load of laundry. I love it, being able to do three times the amount than the last W/D that we had. I don't think that I will ever go back. We have washed almost 10 blankets, including that HUGE one my grandma made us when Trina and I first got married. That was my Valentine's present to Trina and her present to me was the net-book that she bought me. It's so light and the battery power lasts about 8 hours.

Winter Quarter at school is coming to an end. Speaking of... So, I talked to my ASL professor about getting my bachelors in ASL. She told me that there are a few schools that have that program. The closest one is at Western Oregon University by Salem. I don't want to move again. I need stability in my life and with the crap that is happening with the school system in Oregon... no thanks. When you got Liberals running the state, they seem to ruin it anyway. We have got it too good here anyway. There is one at Utah Valley University, but no way would I ever live in Provo, unless they can offer me an excellent six figure income with awesome benefits, including buying a house for us. Other than that, I will have to pass. So, I'm back to square one. Changing majors can suck. But then again... I was actually considering Business Management/Administration. We'll see what happens.

The last major thing that will be happening after the baby is born, within three months following, Ammie is getting married. July 17 is the date and July 20th is Trina and my 10th Wedding Anniversary. Where does the time go? We will be in Salt Lake for about a week, so it will be nice to see family and some friends while we are there.

Talk about a fun fulfilled year. We don't have any relatives visiting this summer, for once. It will be nice, because Trina and I don't want anyone to visit, with having the baby and all. I just don't want to deal with anyone staying and having to worry about it this summer. Next summer, not so much.

Next week is our presentation in my Small Group Communications class. So glad when that is over.

That's about it so far... I will keep updates, until then...