05.05.10 #18

This is my last post. Finally. Hopefully I get the extra credit to go along with an A for the journal project which would be the only one for the semester in this class. Reflecting back in the course, I have to admit that I didn’t give it my all. As admitted, I just did what I had to just to get by. This was the least that I’ve spoken to anyone in class. Usually I made friends in the others and had a class buddy. It seemed as though everyone in class was uptight and wanted to do their own thing. Or was it because I was the old dude in class? Nonetheless, I’m relieved that this part of my return to school is over. I feel like Rodney back to school.Dangerfield in Back To School where he is an established person and goes back to school.

05.05.10 #17

There’s a good chance that we’ll be moving from our Aurora house to possibly a condo or smaller townhome. If it doesn’t sell soon, we might go for the short sale. We still plan on living in Aurora, just a couple blocks west in Kendall County from DuPage county. This benefits us in several ways but the main reason is for my school purposes. Although I live in DuPage, I am still in district to attend Waubonsee Community College for general courses. I am not in district to take part in the Nurse Program which means I have to pay higher tuition fees and also have less priority to get in the program where there is an overload of applicants.

05.05.10 #16

My family is taking a vacation the weekend of June 19 to Kauai in Hawaii. After 12 years for working for an airline, this will be our first time going to Hawaii. Since I’m on a leave of absence, we purchased tickets for the first time in god knows how long. We purchased them fairly cheap at about $575 each and ironically enough, on American Airlines. We’re only going to be there for 4 days and I campaigned for a longer trip but we cannot leave the business in others’ hands too long. We also got a great deal on the hotel which received 4 out of 5 stars and is located on the beach. Six more weeks!!!

05.05.10 #15

I mentioned that I am a business owner with my wife and that I also have a regular job for an airline. The question that might be posed is: Why am I back in school? I’m in school to be an RN. Apparently RN’s, especially males, are in demand. But I’m not trying to be an RN to work at a hospital. I’m trying to be an RN to be able to sign off on forms and save money on our business by not hiring anymore outside RN’s. Our business is in the home health care agency. We own Benevolent Home Health Care, Inc. based in LaGrange, IL. We service mainly medicare patients and occasionally Medicaid as well.

05.05.10 #14

After completing the required entries for this journal, I need to get crackin’ on the revisions that are needed. I need to redo the annotated bibliography and possibly revise the editorial analysis. Depending on my time, I’m probably going to be able to do only the annotated bibliography; I can live with my C+ for the other. Actually, the annotated bibliography is not a redo, but that I have to add 12 more entries to have the minimum of 15. Sounds simple enough but time is definitely against me. The portfolio is due Friday with everything completed and I also have my final lab test for Anatomy and Physiology. But I will try to make time for the extra credit of the reaction of a child to the original story of Cinderella.

05.05.10 #13

Whenever I turn on the television, I surf the channels according to my favorites first and go through the rest. I start with my present favorite the Travel Channel. I think I enjoy 90% of their programs especially now that they picked up Three Sheets with Zane Lamprey. That show started on MOJO exclusively for Comcast as a starter HD channel. But since then, hundreds of other HD channels popped up and drowned out MOJO. FLN picked up the show last year but didn’t do too well considering the other programs surrounding it wasn’t in the same ballpark. But I think it’ll have a great home in the Travel Channel. In short, Three Sheets is a show about a guy traveling the world and drinks the native drinks.

05.05.10 #12

The Storyteller, in the movie of the same name, is John Hurt. The name was vaguely familiar and I could not put a face to the name. For some reason the face I associated with the name was Sam Neill’s, of Jurassic Park fame. I Googled The Storyteller and The Three Ravens and imdb had an entry so I found out the right. I’m usually good with useless information and pop culture trivia like this. One of the best time suck web sites to go to is www.sporcle.com and I could sit for hours, if I had time, and go through the questions.