Of Birthdays and Chuck Taylors

This week has been much better than last week started. My meds kicked in and my UTI is improving. (I'm sure it would be even better if I could remember to take my meds like I'm supposed to. Since I had to move the box I keep my meds in to the kitchen instead of the bedroom, I keep forgetting them.) Friday the 13th was my 42nd birthday. Paul and I spent the day Saturday celebrating in Shreveport/Bossier City, Louisiana. (Did I mention that my student loan finally came in?!) I got a coupon in the mail from DSW when they sent me my rewards card, so I was dying to get some new shoes. The stores there, even Target, have different stuff than the ones here in Texarkana and I wanted to go clothes shopping. We bought all our fur babies some goodies at Petco (since we don't have one here) and I got a few new books at Barnes & Noble. I ended up only getting one pair of pants at Target. My plan at DSW was to get a new pair of New Balance shoes; the ones I have are getting pretty old and worn down. Since they didn't have any in my size, I looked at the clearance section, where I found my new favorite pair of shoes:  pink Converse All Stars.

The last time I had an actual pair of Chuck Taylors was for PE in fifth or sixth grade. I was devastated because nobody else had shoes like that and I thought they were dorky. Since the '90s, I've loved them!

My classes have gone pretty well this week. I take my makeup exam for my research class this Friday after I get off work. (Friday is the only day I'm off work early enough to make it to the Testing Center.) Mr./Dr. G commented on the paper I wrote Sunday:  "Extremely good discussion with both sides presented!" It was only worth 10 points, but I'm about as happy as if it were worth all 50 points. I got 22 out of 25 on my Chapter 2 test in Human Growth and Development last week. I'm pretty sure I'm getting a B in that class, but I'll take it.

I had planned to go to the university Sunday to work on my reading and my homework. But I procrastinated. I didn't get up and start moving around until after 12:00. We had a few errands to run and a little shopping to do, so it was about 4:00 when we left Target. The library closes at 6, so there wasn't much point in going to the university. Fortunately, Starbucks was empty enough that we got seats where I could plug in the laptop. We spent a few hours there while I finished reading and wrote my paper. I'm thinking we may go back there this Sunday instead of going to the university.

I'm actually trying to get ahead this week in my web class, which will leave me more time for research for that class and Human Growth and Development. Anyway, we're learning about Excel this week. I answered the questions for the first part pretty easily. My problem came when I had to start actually working on a spreadsheet. I must've done something wrong, because I got stuck. It wasn't giving me the option to perform one of the actions we're supposed to perform. I tried to figure it out on my own, but that wasn't working. I had to message Mr./Dr. G, so I'm done with it for tonight. Since I have group the next two nights, I may not be back on it until Friday. After I take my test, of course. Now to read the five chapters for the test in my research class Monday night!