A Good Time at Home

Well, I'm back in Bemidji again after my week and a half respite. All in all, I had a pretty good visit home:

• Celebrated my birthday
• Renewed my driver's permit, again. Please let me be ready to take that test sooner than later so my next renewal is a license. I did drive most days though so that was good.
• Got a much needed haircut
• Picked out a digital camera as a birthday gift (a Kodak EasyShare.)
• Bought a bigger fridge for storing things like fruits, veggies, juice, milk and lunchmeats...I gotta eat better this summer than last. (a great deal, $99 for 4.8 cubic feet)
• Got a new laptop!! (another Gateway, great price and good financing deal at Best Buy)
• Saw a play
• Visited relatives at my cousin's high school graduation party.

And now...back to the routine...well, the summer version of the routine anyhow.

21

Yeah, it's my birthday. Low key day with dinner at Red Lobster.

Happy Birthday to Me...
Happy Birthday to Me...

Getting Out Of Dodge

Well, I got the calling center job. But, neither they nor the Ed Dept need me until Summer Session starts...

So...I'm going home until Memorial Day.

Everyone needs a break.

Blog Haters?

I was randomly exploring the websites on my sidebar the other day, and came across an interesting article linked in the E-Rhetoric section of Morgan's Wiki...

Why I F**king Hate Weblogs

A tongue-in-cheek examination of bloggers and blogging. Worth reading, for the humor value if nothing else.

No Hot Water

Yes, I discovered yesterday that Maple will be without hot water for 2 weeks...fun. And did anyone in Res Life think to tell me? Nope. Thank goodness the ARHD is still here and knew what was going on. So for now, it's showers in Pine. As my mother said last night, it's like camping...hahaha right.

All the more reason to try and get out of dodge for a bit later this week.

At least the weather is warming a little...

It's Coooold!

It's 38 degrees at almost 10 am on MAY 15!! And my room is FREEZING!!!

It's too cold!!!

(and to think I was giving B & D grief for complaining about yesterday's weather, LOL)

Ya Gotta Love it....

When someone includes a memory of a Cake Fight, that took place two years ago in your conference hotel room, using a cake your mom baked, in her commencement address...


Priceless memories...

And as you can see, Julie won that fight.

Another School Year Gone

It's hard to believe, but my 3rd year at BSU has come to a close. It seemed to fly by very quickly. I survived all my classes and the most recent round of finals, and now I settle in for another summer in Bemidji.

Commencement was yesterday...congrats to all the graduates!! Lots of friends and acquaintences in that ceremony. It is kind of weird...it seems as though the majority of the people I've come to know here and interact with on a regular basis are older than I am. Needless to say I've seen quite a few come and go in my time here.

I know most of these people will keep in touch, but I'll miss the day to day things...probably more so with Senate people than anyone else. Getting "Fired" on a daily basis, laughed at for a crazy quote, being teased for my crazy sayings that apparently no one has heard of, or hearing "Hey Bernicus!" as I am shaken from my momentary slumber in one of the lovely orange recliners in the office. And we musn't forget ex-Senators who ask you where your hat is as soon as the temp drops below 50.

I hope they know how how much the little things have meant to me.

A Bit of Humor

Nicole IMed me this link....it's pretty funny:

Hunorous Look at Government Warning Signs

Finals Done!

The two finals today went alright. Weren't much fun, but I think I did OK and am glad they are over with. WooHoo!

Finals Week So Far

So, yeah, we are in the midst of the fun we call Finals Week. I suppose it's not THAT bad, but the very mention of the word Final is usually enough to raise the ol' stress level a notch anyway.

Yesterday was the presentation of our Pedagogy unit, which went pretty well. That was the painless part. The real work was the written stuff...spent a few hours on that over the weekend and it all came together, which was good.

Today was low key, a meeting with a prof, finishing a write-up, and Senate's dinner at Q's. It's always a good time...nice to be able to interact with administration in a non business setting on occasion, and we laughed our heads off. Had study group tonight for Dev Rdg tomorrow.

Tomorrow will be rough. Dev Rdg and American Lit II...back to back. Not sure how ready I am for either...we shall see.

Blogger Mobile

Do we really need to be able to blog from a cell phone?

Dinner for Three

Bought dinner for Julie and Jake tonight at Green Mill. Hadn't been there since it's been in town. Quite good. Good food, good company and a lot of laughs. Those two crack me up. Enough said.

Strong Bad...Does Garage Sales

Here.

And the three types are so true.

Last Senate Meeting of the Year...

Was a good one. Kind words, pizza, and really funny awards from Nicole. Kory came up, which was fitting seeing as he's been to most of our meetings latey. I think he likes us. Kind of a strange feeling...always is. Hard to believe three years have passed, Senate wise and in general. Time flies.