A Little Break and A Lot of Food

I have spent the day cooking amazing food for my family. I cannot wait to eat! I made a very successful Guinness stew, in the crock-pot all day, corned beef and cabbage, colcannon, and my specialty; Bailey's cream pie. It is nap time around here. So I actually have a few minutes for a break from everything.
I don't have to work at all this weekend and am really looking forward to that. Amelie and Kyle's birthdays are Saturday and Sunday. What a busy weekend. I also have to find time to squeeze in my English final exam.
Unfortunately, I did not do as well as I hoped on my Theory final. However, I still have an A in the course. I am nervous about the 80 wpm speed class next quarter.
Oh, Mr. Tax Fairy, where are you? I really need you to come...
Well, Happy St. Patrick's Day to you all! Hope you will be eating and drinking as good of fare as we will be! Enjoy the day! And if you want a little funny from the Irish check out this video:

Give Up Yer Aul Sins

You Did All That Work For Nothing!

So my quarter is almost finished at school. That means it is time for final exams! I just received a post for my English class that says my teacher won't be requiring us to turn in the final draft of our group project because she wants us to have plenty of time to review for our final. So all of that extra time I spent at the library, studying and all of the stress I felt because of the lack of communication between my other group members, all was for naught. On one hand, it is a relief that I don't have to do any further work on what was quickly becoming a big pain the the keister. I can't help but think that it is a little crappy to have put in all that work for nothing.
I have my final test in Theory tomorrow. And then... No school on Thursday. That's right. St. Patrick's day really should be a national holiday. So I will be playing hooky from school to drink and fill my stomach with all the potato filled fare I can.
Yeah, it's bigger than Christmas. I know everyone looks forward to my Bailey's Cream Pie. Especially me.

Find the humortunities and reduce stress!

That's right, your humortunities! We had a guest speaker, Karyn Ruth who is a motivational comic, give a very entertaining presentation on reducing stress. As I walked into the assembly room I noticed neon pink pieces of paper on each seat. Sitting down, I scanned over the page that had tips on living and laughing with less stress. Toward the bottom of the page there was the phrase, "Look for humortunities." I knew that the speaker was supposed to be some sort of motivational speaker, and prepared myself for a great big cheese fest about how we needed to breathe, meditate, empower, consider the other person's feelings in our moment of frustration, etc.
However, Karyn Ruth was no such motivational speaker. She was amazing! I literally laughed for an hour straight. She was not cheesy or overly sentimental, but she was motivational. She talked about finding humor in stressful moments, evaluating situations and how to stop beating ourselves up for being human. She advised us to ask three things when we find ourselves in a most "human" moment, i.e. locking our keys in the car, while it is running. Those three things were: What can I learn from this, what do I want to create from this moment forward, and would this be funny if it were happening to someone else?
She also advised us to find our humortunities. To focus on the humorous and interesting things around us. For example, the next time you're going through a revolving door and someone is waiting to go through next, just keep going. Wave and smile at them each time you pass.

Hello World!

Well, it has been a while since I have written anything new. Sorry for the dry well. Things are getting more and more complicated in Theory. We are learning to unlearn previous rules and having to apply a lot of memorization to how certain words should be written. I am finding that I hear and pronounce words quite differently from other classmates. Has anyone else noticed that I talk funny?

English has been crazy! A huge amalgamation of frustration! (Say that five times fast!) We are half way through our group project and I do not remain hopeful about the end result. I think I will be lucky to pull through with a grade of B. For yeah, you were able to Bullshit your way through this Bunch of Bull.

Steampunk! I love everything and anything related to steampunk. I want to steampunk my Steno machine!

If you want an amazing fantasy/sci-fi/steampunk/adventure book to read please pick up The Court Of The Air, by Stephen Hunt. And while you're at it the rest of the books in his Jackals series for me too. I accept personal delivery, Fed-X, UPS, USPS...