How Many More Tests??!

I just finished my psych quiz, after much studying, and got 100%. YAY! Yesterday was also a day for a psych quiz, as well as a Statistics test on chapter 4. So glad to have those done. 100% on both, btw. But, come tomorrow, I may not be so smug. There is a comprehensive psych quiz, which shouldn't be too bad...and.... a lab practical exam in Anatomy (shriek!). I have SOOOO much studying to do tonight.
Remember that son of mine? The one I'm having the GPA contest with? Well, this morning he made me log on to the SIS system that the middle school has for all the students to check their grades...he's getting, what?, let's see: 110%, 107%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 98.9%, and for his lowest score? 97.7%. I'd say my competition is a little stiff.
So, while there are some fun videos I'd love to show you - namely the "Cat-Faced Spider Scare," that happened to my kids over the weekend - I must make good use of my time today.

Good luck with all your tests, Aggies!

Fantasy Football Files

In honor of USU's homecoming game today, here is a fun little video for you to enjoy:

Don't Give Up!

Hey everyone. I know it's Thursday and you probably have as many quizzes and tests today and tomorrow as a dormroom has dustballs, and I know that you wish it was already Friday, and I know that you're probably wondering why you're taking as many credits as you are...but hang in there. I posted this picture from the USU main website because it reminds me what I'm ultimately working toward. Personally, I want to become a DPT: Doctor of Physical Therapy. So, when I struggle with the 'egg' problem in stats class half-a-dozen times, I just remember why I'm doing all this craziness, and put these frustrations in their proper perspective. If you could be ANYONE, WHO would you BE?

My email address:

OK, so I was a little behind the times and only just got my aggiemail account. You can reach me at:
usublandingrep.c@aggiemail.usu.edu
I'd love to hear from everyone :) Tell me what you're finding the most challenging, your major, what you wish you could change, etc.

*WOW* Wasn't yesterday's storm amazing?!! I love a good thunderstorm. Thankfully, we didn't have any power outages to go along with all the ground-shaking thunder, the lightning, the hail... so we were able to sit on our front porch and enjoy the show. I've found that the more I'm able to watch storms with my kids, (and ooo and ahhh), the more they are able to appreciate instead of fear the tremendous energy in the sky.

Just a friendly Friday Reminder:

• check your course calendars for weekend projects/homework
• make sure your tuition/fees are all paid
• spend today like a regular study day - the weekend starts at 5!

My Friday calss was cancelled today, so I'm here in the library working on stats and psychology. The weather is gorgeous today - and Fall is the perfect time to get out and go hiking! Everyone have a great weekend!

LEXOPHILIA IS THE LOVE OF WORDS:

• I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.
• Police were called to a day care where a 3-yr-old was resisting a rest.
• The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference.
• To write with a broken pencil is pointless.
• When fish are in schools, they sometimes take de-bate.
• The short fortune teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.
• A thief who stole a calendar got 12 months.
• A thief fell & broke his leg in wet cement. He became a hardened criminal.
• When the smog lifts in Los Angeles, U.C.L.A.
• The dead batteries were given out free of charge.
• A dentist and a manicurist fought tooth and nail.
• A bicycle can't stand alone; it is two tired.
• A will is a dead giveaway.
• Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
• A backward poet writes inverse.
• In a democracy it's your vote that counts; in feudalism, it's your Count that votes.
• A chicken crossing the road: poultry in motion.
• If you don't pay your exorcist you can get repossessed.
• The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine was fully recovered.
• A grenade fell onto a kitchen floor in France , resulted in Linoleum Blownapart.
• You are stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.
• A calendar's days are numbered.
• A lot of money is tainted: 'Taint yours, and 'taint mine.
• A boiled egg is hard to beat.
• He had a photographic memory which was never developed.
• Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.
• When you've seen one shopping center, you've seen a mall.
• When she saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she'd dye.
• Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.
• Acupuncture: a jab well done.
  Would a bank robber who's camping be criminal in tent?

Welcome Aggies!

Good Morning USU Blanding! Yá'át'ééh Shik'is.
School's been going for a couple of weeks now and I've only been at this job for a couple of days, so give me just a second while I catch up. I'm the new student rep for USU Blanding. You can find me over at the anatomy lab, in statistics, college algebra, at the CALL center or in Laurie's office. Now and then you might catch me trying to rush over to Subway for a quick turkey/provolone between classes.
Last week I visited some of you out at our distance sites of Monument Valley or Montezuma Creek. You guys are doing great - I love seeing technology work to our advantage!
This is just a quick 'hi' to make sure you know where I am, and to tell you that we're going to have a great year!