Destined to be friends

Have you ever met a person and automatically had a deep connection with them? I'm not talking about the chemistry between a male and female, I'm talking about the friendship connection between friends. God has blessed me with a few wonderful friendships in my life - both living close and living far away. I may not talk with the friends living far way as often, but when we do talk, we don't skip a beat.

I met two ladies this weekend that have already become cherished friends. I drove to San Jose on Saturday (a 2 1/2 hour drive) to attend (more like work) a concert. Troy had to stay in town for church on Sunday (one drawback with him being on tech staff) so I was on my own. I was introduced to two laides that were also volunteering at the concert.

When I met Ruth and Lisa, we connected immediately. Ruth, another red-head (I love my read-headed friends!! lol) is very energetic, full of life and has the passion for the ministry as I do.

Her friend Lisa, was just along from the ride, but she and I also clicked. We're both the reserved, quiet types. We LOVE coffee (that's an understatement) and are both singers.

I love my friends and I cherish my friends!

Marketing Grades

This class was by far my favorite so far... and my grades show it. I GOT AN 'A' BABY!! My overall percentage was 95% and I made the Dean's List! I am sooooo psyched!!

After a week off, I start 2 Classes on Sunday. Computer Applications and English Compisition. One class on computers and one class on writing. Ummmmmm, I think I'll do ok in these classes! ;-) Thanks to being married to a computer geek, I know a lot about Computers, and I've always done well in Writing. The computer book is HUGE, but it has a lot of illustrations in it, thank God!! :-)

I'll keep you posted!
Blessings, everyone!

2nd Class - Officiall DONE!!

I've survived my second month back in college. My second class officially ended yesterday a,d I think I did pretty well. Except for 1 crazy week when I submitted a not-so-great paper, I have gotten all A's in my Marketing class. I'll get my final grades in a few days, and hopefully make the Dean's list this month! :-) I really enjoyed this class and loved the professor.

Going through the last through classes, I've wondered.... is it the specific course, or a professor that helps a student be successful. Taking what would be 2 some-what easy classes for me, I found my first class (Intro to Business) difficult because of the professor. She INSISTED that we call her Dr. and her bio was more like a resume of all her creditials. She was unclear with her instructions, not very approachable when it came to questions, and nit-picked with every little detail. I barely made a 'B' average in that class. My second class (Marketing) was fun because of the subject material, and the professor was very friendly. We got to call her by her first name (she wasn't a Dr), grades us according to the effort we put into our assignments and encouraged us every step of the way.

Thinking of my early college years, I now understand how some 'kids' aren't quite ready for college yet... especially if they don't know what they want to be (which is the case with most incoming college freshman and graduating seniors).

Did you know what you wanted to do when 'you grew up'?? I had a few interests but didn't know what I wanted my career to be. My failure of a college career right out of high school has made me realize that eventhogh I was a good student, I needed a break from 'school' to figure it out. The last few semesters of college, I mainly spent with music classes (choir, piano, voice, etc). I didn't mean to take 1o+ years to get back, but I think me being older (and maybe a little wiser) now, I am realizing what area of study I want to pursue. I can now focus directly on achieving those goals.

So, back to my classes: I have a week break before I begin my next 2 classes!! Yes, 2 classes at the same time! It'll be interesting to see how I handle that, I was barely able to do one class at a time! I'll post my final grades for Marketing when I receive them in the next few days.

Hope all is well out there in blog-land!
Take care, ya'all!!

It's good to be free!

I am officially off of jury duty! Hallelujah!!
I started the morning out with questioning and by 10:3o, I was outta there! I don't know if it was the fact that I knew several people in law enforcement or my strong convictions. Either way, I'm free!

I made a quick stop at Starbucks and went into work for the afternoon.
I tell you, I appreciate my boring work far more now since I had to endure the even-more boring time of sitting in a courtroom listening to the same questions over and over again by an idiot defense attorney.

:-)

The Joy of Jury Duty!

The first day of jury duty is always the most boring, and the brain-deadening experience. I spent the first 2 hours waiting to see if I was getting called to a trial, or if I got to go home. The California court system has a 1 day/1 trial policy where if I'm not called to a trial on the first day, I'm excused for a year... I was so hoping!!!!!!

I'm sorry to say, I got called to a trial - allbeit one that is to last for 2 weeks. So I go up to the court room, where I listen to questions over & over (& over & over) again - for HOURS!! After lunch, they started again, with the same question with different prospective jurors. All afternoon long, I sit there and listen to these questions and the excuses of those who don't want to serve.

Listening to the 'hardship' of others in the group had, I feel so fortunate that God has blessed me with a good life. Some with multiple reasons as a relative's passing, many children to provide for, are self-employed and can't afford to miss work, and many, many other sob stories!!

So, FINALLY, around 4ish I finally get called up to go through the questioning process... and what does the judge do, she breaks for the afternoon. I sat up there for a whopping 2 minutes! So I have to go back tomorrow, sit and endure the pain of the boring, redundant questioning to see if I'm fit to be a juror.

Let's see how quickly they'll dismiss me tomorrow! :-)

It snows it CA!

Troy and I recently had an overnight stay up in the mountains. On the way up, it started snowing. We just got to the hotel in time before it started snowing so heavy that we needed chains on the car (which we didn't have)


It snowed the whole night and we woke up with a blanket of snow covering the outdoors - including our car. It was beautiful!

And the view outside our window was absolutely gorgeous!
It was a great reminder of the glory of our King!