So if you haven't guessed I am sitting im math waiting for the teacher to finish "grading" the practice tests we "took." I was trying to figure out what the heck everything was asking me to do so I didn't actually answer any of the questions, so she came over and pressed random answers and now I have a score of -5/20... if that had actually been me who had guessed those answers I would have probably been very upset with myself, as it is, it's still bugging me that I have to have that sittingon my screen until she deems me failed enough. *sigh*
Ok, before we get to my weekend im going to do something Mum has been bugging me to do for a while. I will give an explaination on how to comment without a gmail account so that my poor technologically challenged family can tell me what they think of what's going on in the life of Devyn.
1: At the end ofthe post there will be a running tally that says # comments, and on this blog it is usually 0 comments. Press it.
2: That will automatically take you to a page exclusivly for the post you have decided to comment on and hopefully to the end of the page where a little box is headed by "Post a Comment". Press and type in the box.
3:Under the comment box is a little line that says "comment as..." and it has a little pull-down box thing that should have a lot of options for your "profile," just choose the last one, "anonymous"
4: press the "post comment" button under the profile selection and comment box.
5: this will lead to a preview of your comment where you have to fill in a "word verification"... its usually semi-hard to read and a crazy color or two but fill it in with a normal font in the box provided.
6: press "post comment" for the second time.
7: you should have been successfull, if you weren't then you are probably the poor robot on a commercial where everything electronic it touches breaks... i wish you luck with that.
dang, if I only had 3 more instructions I could have called it: "How to comment on a blog post for electronic killing robots and the Packard/Halberg/extendedfamily family..." which sounds sooo much better in my head btw.
ok, my weekend. well, friday night after i stoppedwaling around in my new heels and writing my blog.
I went over to Kristin's and hung out with her and 7 other girls, half of which played various games on the wii and the other half of which talked and were social. I was one of the social ones because a) there was a lot of candy floating around and b) I REALLY stink at playing on wiis and such gaming consoles... I can play comuter games and board/card games but not games with strange controllers and random flashy noisy colorful... things... im not sure what to call everything that appears on those games.
I had a pretty good time, though Kristin kept feeling down about one of her exes (im stuggling on how to spell that... anny suggestions?) so I tried to talk her out of her funk for a while. It kinda worked, but about half way through Harry Potter 4 she went to bed... which was probably a good thing since she went to bed before 1 and still slept longer than me and the other girl who stayed over.
Since Kristin went to bed before everybody left I assumed the role of hostess because I live closest and it seemed like the thing to do. :D I didn't actually go to bed before 2, and i woke up a little before 10 so I got a good amount of sleep! Yay!!! I woke up and the other girl and I went and scavenged up some brownies for breakfast and watched some anime. it's called Strawberry Panic if anybody's wondering!
Eventually we woke Kristin up, because really, a couple of brownies are not a very filling breakfast, and we weren't sure what was up for grabs and what was off limits. We ended up having pizza and watching a documentary on JK Rowling. it was fun, but tventually (at about 4) we went home. I worked on writing an outline for a story ive been kicking around for a long while, and relaxed. Unfortunatly I learned that Pappa would be taking the car on Sunday so I either had to push back my skype call with my parents, or not go snowboarding, because most people I could have gotten a ride with stay 'til close and that wouldn't have worked for me. Oh well.
I woke up the next day at about 11, and after some breakfast I went with Mamma and Kazan for a walk. we made a long loop with a little de-tour for some horses. :) I love horses, so I might see if I can exchange my cleaning services for some riding time. That would make life interesting! one of the horses when i held out my hand so it could smell me and decide I was alright would lick my hand, then turn away looking rather dissapointed... sorry sweet horse! I am out of grass and didn't have any apples! D: There were also reigndeer tied in a pen on the other side of the barn. cool huh?
It was a nice walk, it took about an hour, and when we got back I decided that I showed would be a nice idea, since believe it or not you can really work up a sweat when you go tramping down partially or un-plowed norwegian side roads... it was kinda gross, but nice to get out of the house!
after my shower I went upstairs to see if the web cam would work, but since nobody was on and you cant talk to yourself on skype i just had to leave it up to fate and hope that it worked when in an hour I would talk to the parents and G... and as you all probably guessed it didn't.
On the plus side I could see them!!! that was nice :) I got to hear a little news about how things are going with my dear family, but not much since G was doing hmwk and dad always looses interest in skype time about half way through our conversations and Mum's life has been consumed by medical text books... she says she has about 300 pages of reading every week! oh-boy... what am i going to get myself into?
But there was a little to talk about, such as there being more snow in mass and newyork and such states now than there has been in a whole winter on average... cool huh?
also in big news, I am almost completely convinced that my parents actually painted my library pink, so, if people want me to have somewhere to live this summer I either need your couch or a brigade of volunteer painters to go paint it a color that doesnt make me want to rip body parts off... :D please help! I like yellow, and blue and i guess purple could be okay, I just dont see it in that space...
also about the house, it sounds like all but the kitchen will be livable by next week, the kitchen is proving difficult though... a long story that involves cupbords and remodling and countertops... basically the kitchen at this moment = FAIL!!!
I wasn't really ready to stop talking to them, but I guess it was a good time to stop since we had talked for 2 hours... but stories of Thistle can carry on a conversation for only so long... speaking of my dear kitty-cat, I hear she has more torture methods for my family now that she is an indoor cat. taking up a whole queen sized bed is only one of her talents. she now sits on the automan, that the dog has taken to sleeping on, and watches as the dog circles around trying to figure out how she can get up there without being attacked. Thistle obviously enjoys tormenting the dog this way, and sometimes to add to that fun she hangs a paw over the edge of the automan and whacks the dog as she passes... wonderful cat isn't she!!! I absolutly love her,and i miss her SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much... actually, it's getting to the point where when im home sick im usually home sick in this order: Thistle, Mom/Dad (these two change places depending on how im feeling... if i need someone to talk to about deep and emotional topics often about myself growing both mentaly and physically or about people problems, I want Dad. If I want cuddles as in hugs or head on lap, its mum, but if I want someone to be warm and plushy the obvious choice is dad!)
We also talked about my birthday, which seems to be freaking Mum out a little bit because of proximity... less than 2 months then I'll be 18!!! I feel kinda old... but i know im not... just feels weird. Oh, Dad also said he would drive with me out to college, which I found slightly amusing, since we've been planning that I would buy my dorm supplies out in MN (the question is where in MN) so i wouldn't have to transport so much out there... so I said that we could go if we drove in my car (Grandma's bribe that Grandpa didn't know about) and then send Dad back to Maine by plane... he said the whole reason for driving was to avoid TSA... which he has a running grudge against. he hates them, and thus he refuses to fly anywhere... which made Mum's DC vacation plans crash and burn... sorry Mum, unless you drug him he wont change his mind. but then we reminded him of the origional plan about dorm supplies.
Also in college news, I am planning on keeping my blog up in college, no promises, but it seems like a good way to rant about random things and share my views on things that happen to me... :D just in case you're interested.
I got to bed reletivly early for me, which was nice, and since I took a shower in the middle of the day on sunday I decided that I could sleep in for 20 min on mon! so i slept 'til 7! HAHAHAHA!
Today has been okay, except for having to walk half way to school in the windy cold and with 2 bags... I couldhave done without that. and math, if I could just not have math me life would be so mch better, but actually, I would have math over history sooooo... :D
Norwegian with the 3rd grade was ok, we watched people present about the books they read, which could have been really interesting, but I didn't really understand what they were saying, and i realized that I probably have to help present the book that "my group" read... I listened to it and still didn't really understand what happend... ugh. maybe I can just read a couple of slides... ARGH MY LIFE ISCRAZY WITH GROUP WORK!!! the only group work i enjoy is in my 2 favorite classes- bio and soc...
Gym was fun, except for the fact that I didn't know we were actually having gym so I had to it in my jeans... we did drills which was fun, it made me feel able to do something active! yay!!! Im going swimming after this, which is great. Because Im in norsk for utveksling studenter now... thus im only paying about 50% attention to what im actually doing in class... thankfully I've only got abotu 15 min left, then I can go to teh city and get pølse, because I didn't hae quite enough lunch. om nom nom.
ok, since there probably wont be anything interesting that happens for the rest of the day I will end this post here.
Vi snakkes! and now that you have instructions on how to post a comment I hope there will be more comments! and if you want me to know who you are then just sign your name at the end, then I can be more personal when i respond!
okai! ha det til fredag!
first of all, you spelled "exes" perfectly. you know, if in doubt, just google the word you wonder about (for example, the first thing that comes up when you google "exes" is a wikipedia entry that clarifies the fact that yes, that is the plural of "ex.").
ReplyDeletealso, here's my little piece of momish advice about school: i know that after zoë came back from germany, she regretted spending ANY time at all worrying about tests, etc. anything about school, actually. it didn't matter for her, and it matters even less for you!!! just have fun, the rest of your year is going to fly by so quickly.
xo
Thanks Liz! I usually do just that, but i was trying to be sneaky about blogging, and that requires not looking at the screen so often... :D
ReplyDeleteand SEE Mum! there is no need to increase my study time! I shouldn't worry!!! Liz supports me!!!! XD I was trying to convince her about that yesterday Liz, that's why I had to say that. Incase you'rewondering :)
yea, I agree with the concept, except putting even a little effort in would help your time at school. I was just trying to tell you even a twing of studying would help.
ReplyDeleteBTW, I have 2-3 hundred pgs. per class. That is 800-1000 per week. See, Im not the only one who doesn't listen all the time.
gottat go. clinical time almost. xoxxoxo