I’ve finally finished and passed Quantitative Literacy: Statistics, Probability, & Problem Solving. I’m so glad to have this test behind me forever! The stress of this course has weighed heavy on my shoulders. So heavy that my sleep and eating patterns have changed for the worse, and I’ve been off kilter for weeks. I’m just so honestly glad to have it over with!

On the bright side Darryl and I have joined a hiking club. It starts May 2nd and will meet every Sunday until June 27th. We will hike a total of 70 miles in the course of the two months. I”ll be bringing my camera with me so I’ll be able to post lots of good photos each Sunday night. It’ll be nice to get some exercise and hangout with my hubby in the nice outdoors.

I’ll be happy to have some time off in May. It will give me the chance to get some of my long standing projects done. Hopefully I’ll also have time to post some photos of the projects that I’ve already finished.

I might as well shoot myself…

Now I can move on to Quantitative Literacy: Statistics, Probability and Problem Solving & Fundamentals of Economics, Global Business and Quantitative Analysis. I’m hoping to use this time between semesters to study so I’ll be prepared for the tests come Nov 1st. Once these two tests our out of the way the rest will be a piece of cake.

And now I’m going to relax… so don’t ask me to do anything (that means you Darryl!)

Calgon, take me away!

It was last weekend. It started off innocently enough, but the next thing I know we’re all stuck in the basement hammering out school work. The clencher, the date was September 12th and we had two assignments that had to be turned in by September 15th.

The assignments you might ask? The first one involved a topic of our choice in how science has changed certain things perspectives, like climate change and recycling. We knocked out that paper Sunday morning. After that paper it was on to the next assignment, which was a friggin’ science project. Margaret did hers on thermal dynamics of water and salt water. Mine was on moisture retention of different soil types. We knocked that assignment out around 6am Monday morning.

So now you that you know a little history let me embellish a bit.

When Margaret and I do our assignments during crunch time, it’s straight up work work work. Throw a little booze into the equation and voila, our formula for success. The first assignment was nothing, we can knock out papers in a day or two with all references and citations. It was that damned science project. Margaret got hers done in no time and mine…….we’ll get back to that when I get my grade. But it was the paper portion of writing down all the crap that we had to use, how we used it, and why that took all the time. Totally sucked.

I knew on Sunday evening that the Weekend of Eternity wasn’t full blown as the first time, but it reared its ugly head to let us know that it’s still there. While we were walking the dog Monday morning, it almost felt like a religious experience, because I felt so happy that everything was done and the Weekend of Eternity lost another battle.

I’ve got a bad feeling that I’ll be getting them back for lots of revisions! I’ll let you know the outcome.

…to be continued

And the good new is I”m going to TN to visit in August from 8th-16th. I”m so excited to see all my friends and family. Darryl doesn’t get to go because he doesn’t have the vacation time yet. Hopefully he can live without me for 8 days. lol I should have lots of photos when I get back so watch out for the blog post saturated with pics…

Well almost time for me to hit the road to work so catch you later.

It wasn’t bad, because it was essentially two papers that we had to write. The hard part is down the road where we take the test, but you know WGU has been pretty good so far as in making you study what you need to know. And it’s not like you’re really studying, because you’re researching information on your papers, so of course you’re going to retain more info. That’s not trying to say we won’t be studying, but you get the gist of it.

Other than that, that’s all I gots to report on. I’m gonna enjoy my coffee and let my belly settle from my awesome egg breakfast.

The first essay we had to write was an opinion piece based on a given situation of a company who does have a very good social responsibility to the surrounding community. I found this paper really hard and could feel myself struggling to find the words to convey what I was trying to say. Of course this is an area that continually stumps me. I’m not to happy with it, but I’ve beat myself up over it long enough… I’m going to submit it and see what I get.

The second paper wasn’t really an essay. We had to come up with a code of ethics for our pretend company, a training course, system for monitoring, system for auditing, pathways of reporting violations, and a plan to review/update the code.  I am really proud of how this paper turned out and can’t wait to see what grade I get.

We’ll let you know the outcome! Hope everyone had a great weekend!

I just wanted to pop in saying that I just opened up the window next to me in the computer room and the outside air smells so good and refreshing.

btw, today is lasting so long. Too bad Saturday wasn’t that way.

Right now I’m getting ready for my s-i-l’s baby shower. I’m supposed to be the co-host, but I have no idea about anything that’s been done or needs to be done. I’ve tried to get info from my s-i-l and my s-i-l’s mother, but they either don’t call me back or don’t answer my questions. Oh well, I guess I’ll play this one by ear. It’s a good thing that I took vacation Thursday, Friday, and Monday or I would be running around like a chicken with my head cut off. I’ll make sure to post lot’s of pics of my s-i-l’s baby belly… I think pregnant women are so pretty.

Darryl has been studying to take his Dante’s next week so we can start the BSOM program on 11/7/07. He is doing so good and I’m so proud of him!Well I have nothing else to report on, but I’m sure Darryl will post tonight. Hope everyone has a happy and safe weekend!

For the 1st assignment we had to list artworks (artist & title) if we can, and a brief description. Then we had to tell why the artworks mean something to us. Below are the two artworks that I picked for the 1st assignment. I had to look them up because I wasn’t sure about the title and artist.

Title: Singing Butler
Artist: Jack Vettriano
Description: There are four people in the picture. Two men, one is dressed as a butler and is holding an umbrella and one is dressed as a business man. The other two people in the picture are women. One women is dressed like a maid and is holding an umbrella, and the other is dressed in a red slender dress with red gloves. The business man and the women in the red dress are dancing on what looks like a deserted beach. This artwork appeals to me for two reasons. The first one is because the picture exudes love and romance and the second is the women is wearing a red dress. Red has always been my favorite color and I’m drawn to it.

Title: La Belle Dame Sans Merci
Artist: John Waterhouse
Description: A knight and a peasant lady are in a forest. The lady is setting on the ground bare foot and the knight in full armor is kneeling in front of her. The women has her hair wrapped around the knights neck and is pulling him closer to her. It looks like they are about to kiss. This artwork is also very romantic, and I love that the lady has her hair wrapped around the knight. The knight seems captivated by the lady and is unable or unwilling to pull away. I had always associated this artwork with the Arthurian times which are one of my favorite genre’s.