Status: Passed

YIPPIEEEEE!!!!

I saw the email subject line: your state test unofficial score.......
(the official score will be snail mailed)

I sat there for like 5 minutes just praying before I opened it. I was so scared, and my palms were getting sweaty.

I opened the email and I have no idea what the beginning said because I just scrolled down looking for the magic words: PASSED.

I screamed!!

Aquarius

My horoscope for today.....

You know the value of hard work, even (especially) if the results won't be available for a while. There's nothing like laying the groundwork and then seeing that the final product is just as great as you thought it would be.


I am thinking this is a positive statement towards my state test? I hope so!!

The suspense is killing me!

I haven't really given it much thought until yesterday when I was talking on the phone to a friend and he asked how I did on my state test that I took April 8th.

I walked away from that test having no idea how I did. It's not one of those tests where you know you got the right answer or not. It is more of a situational test and you have to pick the best possible answer and hope the maker of the tests feels the same way you do about the situation.

I don't like multiple guess tests. In school, while learning to be a teacher, we all know how standardized tests don't prove much and they are not very beneficial. So when they test us for certification what do they do? They give us the same test that they tell us is not beneficial. Go figure!

Ok, off my soapbox.... so I keep checking my email. I should have the results today or tomorrow the latest. I am so nervous because it took me 4 attempts to pass the qualifier just to get to the state test. I hate not knowing! I will be so disappointed if I didn't pass and have to take it again!! UGH!

Gray skies are gonna clear up!

Saturday's forecast
Scattered Thunderstorms
High: 75°Low: 56°

Rain, Rain, Go Away
Come Again Another Day

We do need the rain, just not this coming Sat. My mom has a garage sale planned. I have a big test to take, which is indoors but I don't want to drive in the rain to get there. Lil'babs has her last soccer game...Go Sparks!! And we plan do go to Six Flags after all of that! We got FREE tickets and a free parking pass (thanks to xboyfriend). A total savings of $89.00! Plus his company will have free food from 6-8pm which saves on spending money on their high dollar hamburgers.

So everyone please send big vibes for a nice day this coming Sat!

My mascot...

Babs Bunny

Got my car back....

I drove a Taurus for 15 days. It was alright. I liked the extra room, BUT it did not have a keyless remote for the door locks. Oh man, was that a pain in the butt! It is one thing if you have never had keyless remote, but I have had keyless remote since at least '98. It was weird! I can't tell you how many times I walked away from the car and then remembered I didn't have the remote and had to walk back and open the door to push the lock button. Then because the doors automatically locked when the car was in drive, I had to unlock the back door everytime to get lil'babs out. And would you believe the passenger side did not even have a key hole? That was weird. What if I was a man on a date? I would have to walk over to my side of the car, unlock the doors and then walk back to her side to let her in. What a pain! Anyways can you tell I was just a little peeved about that?

I was so happy to be back in my car again. I missed it!

Several people have asked me if I plan on asking for financial compensation. My mom said "you'd better". Now, my neck did hurt real bad the first three days after we were hit. It took a good week for it to feel better and I was able to sleep better. So, I will tell them that I should get something for the pain and suffering. Lil'babs has had some bad dreams because of it, too. I just have no idea what a fair amount would be. Any ideas?

I've got to go finish up homework now. 6 more days of this semester (spread out over the next 2 weeks) remaining!!! Yes!!

Weekend update.

I ended up not going out last night. My friends and I were going to go to the Arts festival here in town and then go out dancing afterwards. She called and told me that her beautiful 13 year old white german shepard was not doing well and that they were taking her to an ER. They decided to stay home with her. I don't blame them, I would have done the same. BUT I was all geared up to go out! I was bummed. I had a new outfit and everything. If you read my other post you would know how hard it was for me to even go shopping to get a new outfit. I hated it. But I had it and wanted to wear it. Oh well, I guess I'll save it for next time.

(Unfortunately next time won't be for awhile. I have a big qualifying test next Sat., wish me luck!! The following weekend will be spent studying (I originally wrote studding, haha) for finals...whoopy!)

So instead, I stayed home and watched a movie and pigged out on a big solid chocolate bunny. It made me feel good while eating it and I felt guilty afterwards about eating the whole thing!!

I ended up not getting any homework done yesterday so I am working feverishly to get it all done today. Things sure are taking longer than I expected them to. I hope I get it all done.

There's my weekend update, thrilling isn't it?

3 weeks and counting.....

I have 3 weeks left until the semester from hell is over. Every weekend my life has basically consisted of homework. It will be no different this weekend. I have 4 classes that require a end of the semester portfoilio notebook. This is a notebook that consists of the entire semester's work and you have to reflect on everything. Basically it is like pulling BS out of your butt and talking about it. I suck at that. I am usually direct and to the point so I have problems elaborately.

Anyhoo, I have had a couple of friends ask how my love life is going. Love life? What's that? I don't have time for one right now. I wouldn't mind going on a date, but finding the time for one is hard. A girlfriend of mine's boyfriend has 2 male friends that I see everytime I go over to their house. Both have told my GF that they are interested in me. I told her to tell them I don't have time right now, which is the truth. I did forget to add that one is too ugly (is that mean?) and one is too short. Although, it was very flattering.

I am headed over to a friends house right now. She got married last summer to my best male friend from high school. I set them up 3 years ago. She is pregnant and will be induced on Tuesday. Seems like everyone around me is pregnant. Even Lil'babs keeps asking me when will I have another baby. She wants a brother and wants to name him Jose, which I thought was so funny.

Well I hope to go out dancing Sat. night with friends (depends on if I can get my homework done in time). I haven't been out dancing since Nov. I love to go out dancing, but at my age everyone I know are a bunch of fuddy duddy's that want to stay home with their spouse and do nothing. I need some more single friends to go do stuff with!!

OK, so this post was a bunch of ramblings, no specific point, eh?

Wanted: Personal Shopper

Men assume I like to and women think I am strange because I don't. Why you ask? I hate to shop!

Now I ask myself all the time, why am I like this? I dunno. I like to go in and get what I need and get the hell out of there. Well this works well for grocery shopping but not clothes shopping. I just don't have the patience.

Like yesterday, Kohl's was having an awesome sale. I went and the place was packed. Ok, that makes me sick to my stomach. I had to wait in line for the fitting room, geez. There were people everywhere! I was there for a total of 30 minutes and had to get out. I couldn't stand it.

I hate to try on clothes. I'd rather be the guy sitting in the chair waiting. I hate it. I hate looking at purses, mine is 2 years old and I desperately need a new one. I hate looking at jewelry, too many to choose from although I could really use some because my stash is pitiful. I can never put the right clothes together, I am always buying what is on the manequin. I hate spending the money on clothes. For all these reasons I hate shopping.

What I need is a personal shopper. Someone who is the exact body type and same tastes to just go buy what I need. I can't tell you how many times I have wanted to ask someone I've seen in a cute outfit if they would just go buy me that exact same outfit they were wearing and I would pay them back. I see a lot of cute stuff on other girls, but when I go shop it is all blah! I just don't have it in me. The only good thing that comes of this? I save a lot of money on clothes, jewelry, and purses that I don't buy.

Life's a beach???

I wish!

I have reached that point in my school career where my brain has already checked out. I can't retain anymore information. All I can think about is going to the beach. This should be me:

I really would love to go to Cancun. The water there is awesome. I want to lay in a hammock on the beach and have the cool ocean breeze blow across my skin.

I would even settle for a beach in Texas. Because of costs that might be where I end up this summer. I have lived in TX for 20 years and have never been to a TX beach. I have had all kinds of suggestions on where to go and where not to go. I just wanna go!

That is all I have been thinking about. So I am on a mission. I'm headed to find brochures and info on the TX coast. 2 1/2 more months and lil'babs and I can go. Anyone want to join us?

Calgon take me away!

My xhusband is driving me crazy! It is a long story...let's see how well I can hash it out.

January 2004 my XH bought out my half of the business. He didn't have the money at the time to pay me so I agreed to payments over a one year period. My name would remain on the business for that year as backup to make sure he paid. I would take my name off Jan. of 2005.

Well I should have done it sooner. I was kind of a silent partner the year of 2004. He handled everything. (I use to do the books, accounting and etc.) Well he drove the business into the ground. Jan. 2005 my name came off the business even though he still owed me 3 grand. I didn't want to be responsible for any problems he may have been causing the business. I have since found out that he neglected to pay sales tax for that entire year. Also, when he filed federal taxes, the amount he filed was too low. He owes them additional taxes, too. The sales tax owed is in both our names, but the IRS taxes are only in his name.

So, today I had a personal visit (he came to my house) from the state comptroller's office. He wanted to personally let me know that if we didn't pay the sales tax owed, it would be turned over to the attorney general and become a court case. Any assests we own will have leins against them. Well I don't own any property or have assests, but plan on it in the future. I don't have anything that they can put a lien on and neither does he. But it still doesn't sound pretty.

I called him to discuss what needs to be done. I put the ball in his court because this was his doing. The business was 99.9% his when he decided not to pay his taxes. I am caught in it only because my name was on the business. He no longer operates this business. I am sure he does some cash jobs because he still has a van and equipment (carpet cleaning was the business). I told him he needs to sell the van and equipment and use that money to pay back the sales tax, pay me back and whatever is left pay to the IRS. HE thinks that part of the money HE OWES me should go towards that. I said WHAT??? Are you out of your mind. That was not part of the agreement and that money should have been paid to me a year ago! (I do have a notarized agreement) He thinks because the IRS is asking for more tax money because the wrong amount was filed that I should be held responsible for that, too. UM, hellllloooooo. The business is responsible for that , not me! It is not my fault that he ran it into the ground and it is not generating any more income. If his business was doing great and prospering would he be sharing the wealth? I don't think so!! UGH!!! He can't get it through his thick skull! He tells me, "oh I see how you are, you wanna play that way?" Play that way? I'm not playing anything. He just acts like a baby and hangs up on me. So he is just going to let this slide just like everything else in his life. What does he care. He has bad credit and can't even open a checking account. How much worse could it get? He doesn't care that this will ruin my clean credit.

So this is what I am thinking. He has the van. The title is in my name and his name. I have keys to it. I am thinking about taking my happy ass over there and just take it. I don't know if I can sell it without his signature on the title, though. Anyone else know about this??? But I can keep him from using it. Why should he go out and do cash jobs and not share the wealth, but he expects to cough up money when he is in the hole? I won't keep it at my house. But somewhere. I'll find a place. So how much trouble do you think I'll get in? Right now I am thinking none, except I'll hear it from him. Think he'll try something in return? Ok so now I am just thinking out loud. Anyone else have any ideas, comments?

my longest post so far.....

Oh man, have I been sick!

It started Mon. at around 2:30 (I know this because I looked at my watch). I had a strange headache. Not my normal -I've been sitting at the computer too long- headache. I was headed into class and was begging anyone for an Advil. My friend J came thru for me!! I figured I'd be better in 30 min. Not the case! On the way home I felt a lump in my throat. Uh oh. I grabbed a chocolate shake cuz ya know ice cream makes everything better! If I felt worse after ice cream then I know it is gonna be bad. It was! I woke up Tuesday morning and I felt like hammered shit! That's pretty bad! I took my kid to school and immediately called my friend K to the rescue. Now K is my best friend. I'll tell you straight up she is the bestest of friends. The kind that would do anything for ya. She came thru for me. I love you for it!! I never needed anyone as bad as I needed her that day. She came by and picked up Lil'babs after school and kept her all day for me. A round trip drive for her to do that is 1 hour! She is awesome!

Now I don't have health insurance because I am a broke student. So I need to find a cheap doctor. A friend of mine referred a doctor and he only charged me $35. Not bad! During the visit I was running a 102 temp. You know the paper sheet they put across the bed like thing that you sit on? I was so hot that it got all wet. (ok get your head out of the gutter) I had chills, aches, sore throat. I basically hurt all over. He said I had flu like symptoms and prescribed antibiotics and pain killer. Gotta love the pain killer! I went home and went to bed. My lovely mom picked up Lil'babs and took her to her soccer game and let her spend the night. She took her to school the next day and picked her up and kept her all that day. Lil'babs came home Wed. night. I felt almost as bad Wed. as I did Tues except I had no pain. Told you, gotta love the pain killer!

I missed a big day at school Wed. I'll be paying for it this weekend!! I have homework coming out of my ears! Thurs I was considerably better. It has moved to a head cold. Today I have a lot of congestion and Nyquil is my best friend. I can actually function today and had my first outing all week to Wally World.

One good thing is that I haven't eaten much all week. Mainly soup and chocolate shakes. Nothing tastes good at all. Hey, maybe I have lost a pound or two? Not a diet I care to do again.

One bad thing is I am going to miss a "single girls" weekend in Houston!! And The Girl's wedding. I was so looking forward to getting out of town, getting a break from school, spending time with friends and watching two of them get married!!! Instead, I will be doing homework. What a rip off!

Well wish me luck tomorrow. I am taking the state PPR (Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities) test. It costs $82!! I better pass it! It is one of 2 state tests that I need to pass in order to receive my teaching certificate. It starts at 7:30 in the morning, ugh! It will take me about 40 min to get there. I better go to bed early. I am very nervous!! I need some good sleep and a less clogged head!

I think this catches me up for the week.