As I sit here at my desk, trying to remove the cobwebs from my brain, I begin to ponder the meaning of life, which has thus far, escaped me. Both girls lying in my bed, watching Sponge Bob Square Pants and slowly waking up. Nickelodeon has begun their fright nights which is a big deal in this household. A feeling of contentment washes over me as I realize they have not once interrupted my early morning thoughts with MOM!!!! I'M HUNGRY!!!!!

Halloween is fast coming upon us, and I realized I have not made a move in the costume department. Somehow, this does not surprise me. As the Chief Procrastinating Officer of Chez Moogie, I must strive to do my very best, which includes, leaving things until the last moment. One would think I would realize I could decrease my stress level 100% if I would just plan ahead, and complete things in a timely manner. Somehow, that message has never buried itself into the dark recesses of my mind, such as it is. It looks like I'll have to do some research on the various websites to see what I can come up with...fast. My friends have often asked me why I just don't buy a costume for the girls, and be done with it. Bah! That would be too simple. Where is the fun in that? The creativity? Of course, I could just wait until the last moment and buy a costume, which would not go against my Procrastination Creed. We shall see.

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My Thoughts On Graduating
That is, of course, assuming I have any. I'm really not sure how I feel about it. It hasn't quite sunk in yet. I think that once I am truly "finished" it might begin to sink in. I have two more classes to go. I am taking the last two as directive study, which means you work one on one with the instructor via email. I thought these would be a piece of cake. Color me purple and call me surprised, but that is not the case. The homework has basically tripled, which, when you think about it makes sense. You are not working with study groups (we call them learning teams) so you have to make up that work somehow. The one I am currently taking is Organizational Behavior. The next assignment is due on Monday. Please, don't ask if I have finished it. You already know the answer to that one, I'm sure. The other one is some type of Science class.

My parents came out to see me graduate and this pleases me immensely. I have worked long and hard to get to where I am and I am looking forward to having somewhat of a normal life. That is, if one can have a normal life with children around. I have had many people tell me that I won't know what to do with myself when I have no more homework to do. Ha! I assure you, that will not be a problem.

We are allowed to "walk" if we are within nine units of completing our degree. Since most of the members of my group are in the same boat as me (a few classes to go), we all decided to walk together. That will be nice. At any rate, my folks will be there, as well as my brother, his girlfriend (who has the same first and middle name as me, but that's for another post) and her three children. After the ceremony, we'll all head on over to my brother's girlfriends house, and have a celebration. I am just wondering how my two midget terrorists will deal with a two-hour ceremony.

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You Never Forget
...or so they say. When we bought our new car, we got a free bicycle to go with it. We didn't know that at the time we bought it, but found out when we were filling out all the paperwork. It is a really nice mountain bike, and since my husband already has one, it became mine. Heh. I have not ridden in ages. Everyone always says that you never forget how to ride a bicycle. This may be true but I can say that I am very thankful America's Funniest Home Videos was not anywhere near me when I made my first attempt. I looked a lot like a Weeble. Remember those? "Weebles wobble but they don't fall down! It is a somewhat humbling experience to have your eight year old daughter riding behind you saying, "you're doing great Mommy, just take it nice and easy!

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Little People and Legos
For some reason, Little People and Legos are the toys of choice, at the moment. We have a Little People dollhouse, gas station, fire engine, helicopter, airplane and bus, as well as most of the Little People themselves. The collection started with my eldest and kept on going through my youngest. Same with the Legos. We started with the Duplos and have various sizes. Luckily, they are stored in one bin, in a vain attempt to keep them from becoming scattered in every room of the house. There is nothing like getting up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night, with no light on, and stepping on one of those little boogers. Worse than a Barbie shoe, but I won't go into that right now. But I digress.

Our house has become the "house of choice" to play in. Yesterday, when the girls came home from school, we had eight kids over. Yes, eight. I had backed the car out of the garage (the other half is filled with "stuff" that could support an entire flea market) to give them plenty of room. Basically, that garage became The Land of the Little People and Legos." There were bridges and buildings out of Legos, and Little People driving and flying all over the place. Surprisingly enough, when it became time to clean up, all of the kids actually cooperated and everything is back in its place.

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Well, that's about it for right now. Today we go and spend the day with Grandma, Papa and Uncle. Not sure what the plans are yet.

Ciao4now!!

Moogs

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Hump Day

A smile for you: Check here

Now that I've got that out of the way, I'll get on with it.

I knew I shouldn't have gotten out of bed this morning. You remember when I said that I wanted to get a lot of stuff done today at work? Well, it wasn't meant to be. My eldest woke up with a bit of a stomach ache this morning, but after a while, INSISTED that she felt good enough to go to school. I should have listened to my gut. Let me just give you a little history about this one. She has always (well, for the most part) loved school. This year is no exception. Even though she has a lot more work, she is having a great time. The teacher she has is abolutely wonderful, but then again, all of the other ones have been that way as well. It is difficult to tell when she is sick because: 1. She is a tough cookie, and 2. She loves school. Getting her to tell you that she is sick is like pulling teeth out of a newborn. But I digress. Where were we? Oh yes, my gut (and no, I'm not talking about the size of it thanks, that's for another post!) At about 10:30 the administrator of her school called me and told me that she was sick. I look at my calendar, made a few phone calls to cancel some meetings, and went in and told my supervisor. I'm fortunate that my supervisor is an understanding sort when that kind of thing happens. It makes it a lot easier.

The problem is this. I feel as though I'm being pulled in two different directions. I was brought up with a strong work ethic so it bothers me that I have to take the time off. Part of me feels very guilty, as if I'm not doing my job. The other part known as Mom, does not. Don't get me wrong. Before I get slammed here, I do know my priorities. To me, my family comes first. When my child is sick, she comes first, above all else. Period. End of discussion. But....

This whole sniper thing in Maryland really bothers me. Who would do such a thing? There are rumors of it being terrorist related. They also talk about the possibility of more than one person being involved. My heart goes out to the family of the victims. I feel deeply for the man who was with his wife at Home Depot when she was killed. I can't begin to fathom the horror this man must have went through. Imagine, not feeling safe enough to go to the store or to fill up your tank at the local gas station. Who in God's name is doing this? I really don't think the authorities have a clue but they are really putting forth the effort.

Update

Since the tragedies of September 11th, there seems to be more of this type of thing going on. Granted, not on the same scale but they are happening just the same. There also seems to be a lot of overreaction to certain situations as well. I think that is understandable, but we really need to be careful not to go overboard. That overreaction even extends to the schools to a certain extent. My neighbors 8 year old son is very creative. He is constantly drawing. A couple of months ago, he drew a picture of a woman, and then beside the woman, a gun, and beside that a dog, with a car in the background. The teacher confiscated the picture and he was escorted to the principal's office. The long and the short of it is, he was expelled for potential terrorist activity. I'm still trying to figure that one out. He was basically drawing cartoons like he normally does, but they were trying to say that he was thinking of killing his teacher. Can someone explain that to me? And how did they tie that to terrorist activity? If they were to take a look at some of his other drawing, Lord knows WHAT they would find there. He has an active imagination. He is only 8 years old for heavens sake and has never been in trouble. If you read his report cards, the teachers always say how well behaved he is. He is always telling us how much he loves his teachers. Go figure.

We got into a discussion this morning about the death penalty first thing this morning while we were waiting for all the players to arrive for our early morning weekly status meeting. I'm not sure how it started, but I can say I was NOT in the majority. I am not, nor have I ever been, a proponent of the death penalty. It doesn't stem so much from being brought up as a Christian (thou shalt not kill) but more of wondering just what is that going to solve? Will killing this person bring the victim back? What about the survivors? By survivors, I mean, the relatives of the person who did the crime. Why are we punishing them as well? It got kind of heated at that point and I think I'm thankful everyone arrived before I go slapped up-side the head. :) Granted, I may very well change my tune if one of my loved one's is a victim....nuff said.

As my little one was sleeping off the virus that seemed to have taken over her body, I was surfing some of my favorite sites. I have a few "journals" that I try to visit on a regular basis. One of them mentioned homosexuality. The writer (sorry J) mentioned that it was his opinion that homosexuality was immoral (let me preface this by saying he had quite a bit more to say about it than what I am referring to, and I agreed with him on the rest) Now, I realize the views on homosexuality from a Christian stand point. This has been a difficult issue for me to deal with. It is my personal belief that it isn't a choice. We don't wake up one morning and say "gee, I think I'll be gay." Well, yes, I'm sure that does happen on a small scale with people who are exploring their sexuality or trying to define who they are. To me, as long as they don't enforce their beliefs on me, and vice versa, I've got no problem with it. I'm not sure I see where they are hurting anyone or doing anything wrong. Nuff said....

That's about it for today. Take care all and ciao4now!

Moo

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¨Pobody's nerfect¨

Happy Tuesday everyone! Things here and Chez Moogie are going really well. I finished my paper for the first week of class and got it turned in on Sunday. Kind of feels good to have gotten it done early. I've already started on my next week's assignments as it's going to get hectic soon. My parents are flying in on Thursday (remember the cleaning thing?), and I graduate on Sunday. I just want to see if I can get most, if not all of my assignment done before all of that.

For those of us who are ladies (the men might be able to relate), I've listed some bumper stickers I thought you might enjoy. A friend of mine from work sent them to me.

Bumper Stickers for Ladies


BEHIND EVERY SUCCESSFUL WOMAN IS HERSELF

OH MY GOD, I THINK I'M BECOMING THE MAN I WANTED TO MARRY!

GINGER ROGERS DID EVERYTHING FRED ASTAIRE DID, BUT SHE DID IT BACKWARDS AND IN HIGH HEELS

A WOMAN IS LIKE A TEA BAG...YOU DON'T KNOW HOW STRONG SHE IS UNTIL YOU PUT HER IN HOT WATER

I HAVE YET TO HEAR A MAN ASK FOR ADVICE ON HOW TO COMBINE MARRIAGE AND A CAREER

SO MANY MEN, SO FEW WHO CAN AFFORD ME

COFFEE, CHOCOLATE, MEN ... SOME THINGS ARE JUST BETTER RICH

DON'T TREAT ME ANY DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU WOULD THE QUEEN

I'M OUT OF ESTROGEN AND I HAVE A GUN

WARNING: I HAVE AN ATTITUDE AND I KNOW HOW TO USE IT

OF COURSE I DON'T LOOK BUSY...I DID IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME

DO NOT START WITH ME. YOU WILL NOT WIN

ALL STRESSED OUT AND NO ONE TO CHOKE

I CAN BE ONE OF THOSE BAD THINGS THAT HAPPENS TO BAD PEOPLE

HOW CAN I MISS YOU IF YOU WON'T GO AWAY?!

DON'T UPSET ME! I'M RUNNING OUT OF PLACES TO HIDE THE BODIES

And last but not least:

IF YOU WANT BREAKFAST IN BED, SLEEP IN THE KITCHEN

Work has been hectic lately, but that's to be expected this time of year. I've spent the last couple of days putting out fires and that gets really frustrating. You go home feeling like you haven't accomplished anything. Hopefully, I can get a bunch of stuff done the rest of this week so I can take some time off while my parents are visiting. Time will tell. I am really looking forward to my lead coming back so I can get back to just doing my job, but it looks like the earliest that will happen will be the first week in December.

My husband has been travelling quite a bit in his job. Right now, he is in the northern part of the state and will be driving to about three different other sites, slowly working his way down towards back home. He's just thankful that he didn't have to get on a plane. What's nice is, if he has to go to a site that is 60 miles or more from home, the company springs for a rental car. For those areas that aren't, they pay mileage. His project manager has just informed the group that he is taking a new job. He also let them know that they have been actively pursuing new work for them all so there is some hope that the contract will be extended longer than anticipated. That would mean that my husband would have longer to look for a permanent job, and also, he wouldn't have to go back on unemployment as soon. Can't beat that.

Musings from a mom...

Picture one toy, sitting in the middle of the living room, not having been touched in several hours. One child walks over to said toy and picks it up. This immediately solicits a reaction from child #2 (THAT'S MINE!), subsequently, causing a riot in the living room, as well as sending mom to the bottle. :=D

Why is it that when your pick your child up after a play date at a friend's house, the other child's mother goes on and on about how well behaved your child was. Further more, she compliments said child on the fact that she was such a great help in putting away all the toys. My general response is who are you and what have you done to my child? For further clarification, see cleaning post. :D

How come your child is really happy when you pick them up from school/daycare, but the minute you get them into the car, they begin to cry/fight with sibling/moan that no one loves them anymore?

To those of you who have children in your lives, whether they are your own, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or students...here is something to make you smile. Does this sound familiar?

Whenever your children are out of control, you can take comfort from the thought that even God's omnipotence did not extend to His own children.

After creating heaven and earth, God created Adam and Eve.

And the first thing he said was "DON'T!"

"Don't what?" Adam replied.

"Don't eat the forbidden fruit." God said.

"Forbidden fruit? We have forbidden fruit? Hey Eve...we have forbidden fruit!!!!!"

"No Way!"

"Yes way!"

"Do NOT eat the fruit!" said God.

"Why?"

"Because I am your Father and I said so!" God replied, wondering why He hadn't stopped creation after making the elephants.

A few minutes later, God saw His children having an apple break and He was ticked!

"Didn't I tell you not to eat the fruit?" God asked.

"Uh huh," Adam replied.

"Then why did you?" said the Father.

"I don't know," said Eve.

"She started it!" Adam said.

"Did not!"

"Did too!"

"DID NOT!"

Having had it with the two of them, God's punishment was that Adam and Eve should have children of their own.

Thus the pattern was set and it has never changed.

BUT THERE IS REASSURANCE IN THE STORY!

If you have persistently and lovingly tried to give children wisdom and they haven't taken it, don't be hard on yourself. If God had trouble raising children, what makes you think it would be a piece of cake for you?

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT!

1. You spend the first two years of their life teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the
next sixteen telling them to sit down and shut up.

2. Grandchildren are God's reward for not killing your own children.

3. Mothers of teens now know why some animals eat their young!!

4. Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't
have said.

5. The main purpose of holding children's parties is to remind yourself that there are children
more awful than your own.

6. We child proofed our homes, but they are still getting in.

ADVICE FOR THE DAY!

Be nice to your kids. They will choose your nursing home.

AND FINALLY: IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF TENSION AND YOU GET A HEADACHE, DO WHAT??? IT SAYS ON THE ASPIRIN BOTTLE: "TAKE TWO ASPIRIN" AND "KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN"

Have a good one! Ciao4now!

Moogs

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Toto, I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore!

I can’t believe it’s already Sunday! Seems like Saturday just flew by. The weekends are never long enough.

I think I’ll take this moment to clear up the real meaning of my name Moogie. It’s nothing exciting I can assure you. My eldest daughter is named Margie Ann. When I went back to work after she was born, one of the kids at her daycare could not pronounce her name. It always came out “Moogie.” That nickname has followed her around since and I decided to use it as my own. Nothing exciting I know, but there you have it.

I’m a great lover of emoticons and one of my good friends sent me a link that is fun to use with your email. It's just a little something that is fun to play around with. :=D

Check it out!

I really need to get started on my day. I've got a lot that I need to accomplish and if I keep fiddling with this site I’ll never get it done.

I’ll sign off for now! Until the next time, ciao4now!

Moogie
CPO (Chief Procrastinating Officer)

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My response

Ok..first things first. I'm not that "Moogie" :) Have you seen the lobes on that woman? And she gives wrinkles a bad name. :) And the teeth. My parents spent a lot of money on braces. :D I mean, take a look.

Click here

As far as what the site looks like..I borged one of the templates offered and rearranged it to suit my needs :) I'll have to remember what Dr. Pournelle says and try to block out writers cramp.

Thanks so much for your kind words. I appreciate it. A lot of work has to be done on the site. But I'm looking forward to the challenge.

Ciao4now...Moogs

PS: Did I ever tell you how I came about the name of Moogie?

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Got a very nice email about the site but I can see I’ll have to clear up the misconception about my name. ;)

[10/19/2002 9:20:48 PM | Laura Gerlach]
From: John Dominik
To: Laura Gerlach
Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 9:00 PM
Subject: Re: Updates...beginning of a website.


Well, that sucks. In a week, you've got a better looking site than mine, and I've been doing this for over two years - and web design for five before that! ;-)

It looks great, and sounds good, too. As Dr. Pournelle says, just keep banging away daily. Some days the words come, and some days, they come after you've stared at the keyboard until little blood droplets form on your forehead... ;-)

It's now on my list of things to visit daily. However, you are aware that "Moogie" was also the name (unsure of the spelling) of Quark and Rom's mother on DS9 - and she was an uncommon Ferengi woman... Didn't go around naked, had a head for business... say, I'm starting to see some parallels here (assuming you don't go around in public naked... ;-).

Oh well - now to see what sort of trouble I'll be in tomorrow... ;-)
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Update: I feel as though I got a good workout today even if I didn't do the standard form of exercise. I was able to do a lot of my cleaning today. The next thing is to tackle the downstairs bathroom (1/2 bath) and dining/kitchen area. The reason I didn't finish today was because I decided to take the time to go through all of the kids’ toys downstairs and eliminate a lot of them. There was just so much. It has been a long time since I've done that. I was ruthless. Tomorrow we shampoo the carpets and finish with the rest of the house. It's a lot of work but it sure feels good to have a clean house when you are done. My husband has been tackling the laundry. We got way behind. Quite a few loads to go yet.

I still need to find the time to do my paper tomorrow. I am a chronic procrastinator and this is not a good thing. I seem to do a lot better when I'm under deadlines and such. I would just prefer to get it done tomorrow so I'm not burning the midnight oil Monday.

It's really funny. When I'm away from the computer, I think about all the things I want to write about. When I sit down to actually do it, the ideas seem to go away. I probably should keep some kind of a list or something but that would mean I would have to be organized.

I've been working on some business cards for a friend of mine I met through Distributed Computing. When I finish with his, I'll start working on his wife's. That kind of thing is really fun for me. Lets me look into my creative side. It's nice and relaxing. Something I enjoy doing when the girls are both asleep. I get to play!

This is an interesting time of life for me. I've just turned 40 and am somewhat confused as to exactly where I want to go in my life. I'm nearing the end of school. I graduate October 27th. If you are within 9 units of finishing, you can walk so I decided to do so because then I could graduate with my classmates. Most of them are within a few courses of completing as well. I've been sitting in for my lead since the beginning of August, or there abouts, and that has been a true growth experience for me. It's made me really THINK before I act. I have a lot of people that I'm responsible for and feel quite strongly about supporting them in whatever they need. The politics is difficult to deal with, but I'm learning. Now I just need to figure out where I want to go in my career. Do I want to get into management? A staff job? What? I started off with the lead job and had no confidence in my ability to be able to handle it. It ended up that I've surprised myself. I've always done better when I've been thrown into a project with no life jacket. When my lead comes back, I've already been informed that I'll be given some special projects to tackle, along with what I normally do. This excites me, as I love to dig in and solve problems. One of them will be to figure out why our non-labor billings are so messed up. Non-labor is my specialty so I look forward to the challenge even though it is really going to add to an already heavy workload.

Looks like my husband is going to be away next week handling some jobs in northern (way northern) California. This isn't so bad as he has promised me he'll be here for my graduation on October 27th. That will be so nice. He's trying to arrange his schedule so that he will be in town for most of the time my folks are visiting.

My husband ordered me a new cookbook called "Cooking Light". There is a ton of recipes in there that look fabulous. I can't wait to try them out. I've really missed cooking these past two years. It will be so nice to get into that again once I'm completely finished with school.

I want to start working on this site to broaden it. I'd like to include an about me page as well as a gallery page to name a few. I don't want to start really working on that until I get completely finished with school though. I know if I do, the homework will take second place and I've come too far to do that to myself.

Well, ‘tis time for me to sign off for now. I've got a date with the midget terrorists to watch Monsters Inc. and eat popcorn. What could be better than that?

Take care all. Ciao4now...Moogs.

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What a week. I didn't have much of a chance to play around with the site. As it is, I'm taking a quick break right now from cleaning my house and grabbing a bite to eat for lunch. It's one of those "my parents are coming for a visit this week" house cleanings." Why I feel compelled to clean every nook and cranny when they come is beyond me, but there you have it. I've talked to a lot of my friends and they suffer from this affliction as well. Seems to be a kid thing.

Well, I finally got the whole directive study problem resolved, albeit, not to my liking. It turns out I have to keep the instructor that was listed on my schedule. Of course, I'd already done the assignment and read the chapters for the first instructor. Figures the assignments are not at all similar. Turns out I ended up having to call the manager of the academic counselors to get it squared away. It seems my counselor was "confused" for some reason (his words) and emailed me the wrong instructor name. I explained to him that I had already done the assignment. Didn't do any good. All he said was "sorry for any inconvenience but there's nothing I can do." Well, the long and the short of it is that the instructor that was listed on my schedule gave me a week extension on the assignment because I didn't get it cleared up until the first night of class. He also granted me the extension with no penalties attached.

Work is going really well, albeit quite hectic. This is a busy time of year for us. We are just closing up a Fiscal Year and beginning another one. I'm sitting in for my lead while she is on maternity leave, so that makes things a lot more interesting. I can't really complain. The day goes by so fast but it's been a bit of a struggle to keep up. We have two new people in our group (I was just informed we're getting another one) and I've been training them. It makes it hard to keep up on my "real job' along with handling the lead responsibilities as well as training. I'm learning a lot though, so all in all, it's been a great experience.

The girls are doing really well. Both of them had a bit of a cold over the week but seem to be getting over it now. They are sitting on the floor doing each other’s hair at the moment.

I am busy trying to think of reasons not to get out of this chair and continue my quest for a clean house. Nothing really seems to be working so I guess I'd better get with it. It's not going to clean itself.

Ciao4now!
Moogie

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Well, here it is again. Early Sunday evening. What a nice relaxing weekend. I really didn't do anything much but sometimes that's a nice thing. I've just finished up all the core classes for my Bachelors Degree in Business Management. All that is left now are two electives, those being Organizational Behavior (which I start Monday) and a science class. Not too bad at all. It's been a long time coming. I'm taking these two courses by directive study, which means you actually don't have to go into the classroom but work with the instructor on-line. You don't have any idea how much that appeals to me now. After a little over two years of going to campus every Tuesday night from 6:00-10:00 and then every Thursday night for study group, it will be nice to actually be home. Between that and the time I spent in the library and in my office researching, I'm about schooled out for the time being. My girls are fairly excited that I'll be home a lot more now. I've been going to school part time pretty much since I graduated high school. I will be glad to put this to bed. I graduate October 27th...not that I'm counting the days.

Getting signed up for the directive study courses was something of a joke. This whole thing has taken me over a month and it's still not all cleared up! I have come to the conclusion that the people who work at the university are complete idiots. You know...they bought the happy meal but it doesn't contain any chicken nuggets? To be fair though, like all of us, I'm sure they are way overworked so it makes it hard for them to keep up. Still doesn't mean I have to "feel" charitable, just as long as I remain polite.

They finally assign me my instructor. Ok. No problem. I email the instructor with the email addy my academic counselor provided me. It was wrong. I called the school, get what I HOPE is the right one and send her an email. Well, it didn't bounce back but I didn't hear from her until today so I wasn't sure.

But wait..there's more. I go to check the university's website (I can check my schedule/grades, etc on-line) and 'praise the lord and pass the peanuts!,' they have my class listed on my schedule. Finally. Get this...its got a different instructor listed! Arghhhhhh!

So I emailed my academic counselor and asked, "what's up with that"? (that's the polite version) Of course, it's the weekend so I'm not sure what is going on. In the meantime, the instructor contacted me by email and by phone. We both agreed to go with it, even though it's not offcial..yet..

Oi, oi, oi. I'm almost done right?

But wait (oh no.another update)..I just got emailed by the instructor that was on my schedule! He told me what my assignment is and what to expect for the class..Ugh..now what do I do? I'll work it out tomorrow morning I hope.

My husband is travelling to Washington tomorrow. He'll be there until at least Thursday. He'll be servicing the east side of Washington. Hopefully, all will go well.

That's it for today! Take care all and Ciao4now...Moogie

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Today is the day I enter in to the world of computers. Assuming things go as planned, I will post here often. I'm hoping to eventually move this to my site once I get that started.

So everyone, hop on and fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy ride!

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