Elizabeth

April 26, 2006So, upon receipt of our cable bill this month, I proceeded to turn red in the face and sputter in anger. $100 for cable internet and 70 channels! HIGHWAY ROBBERY! Josh and I immediately started thinking about changing our service to another company, perhaps satellite TV and DSL. Upon inspection, each of those plans would also cost us $100 or more all together, so I muttered and glared at Charter's website to find a cheaper alternative.

There it was... a shining beacon of happiness and value: Digital Cable (260 channels) on the main TV, plus better, faster, stronger internet for a measly $70/month. One tier of our choice is included, such as the Movie tier. (Too bad they don't have a "You're addicted to the History and National Geographic Channels, so here are 20 more like them" tier.) Not only that, but unlike the satellite TV where we would have to pay an additional fee for each additional TV, we can still have extended cable service on the other TVs for no additional charge. I called Charter to ask them if we were eligible and what the rate after the introductory period would be. The angel on the line informed me that, yes, indeed, we are eligible and after the first six months, it will be $72/month. Josh and I were quite confused as to how this incredibly better package would cost us less per month. The operator calmly informed me that it was not, in fact, a miracle sent from Heaven, but it was "the reward you get for doing your homework." Apparently, they frequently have good deals listed on their website which they will also give you if you call them, but they just won't tell you. You have to ask for it.

So, on Friday a lovely person will come and install the digital cable box and make me smile. I love the taste of a better deal in the afternoon.

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April 26, 2006So yesterday in my READ class (you know, the one I super hate!) our professor "reminded" us that our final exam is not next Tuesday like it says on the schedule, but in fact this Thursday. THIS Thursday. I hyperventilated briefly, then remembered that I've only lost about 10 points the entire semester. I was comforted even more when Dr. Alfred told us what would be on the exam. According to the syllabus, by this point, we should have covered chapters 6-8 and 13 in one text and chapters 3-6 or something like that in another text. That's a lot to study on short notice. It won't be so bad, though, since we've only covered chapter 5 since the midterm. Yeah, that's right. Half of a semester = 1 chapter.

Don't worry - the baby is still cute.

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Increased Baby Time

April 23, 2006I hate that incompetent people can use groupwork to succeed in school and go on to get jobs, be incompetent, and get promotions based on other people's work. For once, it's not my group that's making me cranky, but Josh's school work.

I am really looking forward to the end of the semester. As you may know, there is only one more week of classes, then a week of exams, and the semester is done. Josh and I will visit his family, see his brother graduate and visit with his dad and stepmom. Then Josh shall skip off to Colorado to have fun and games and leave me with the baby for a week. I want Josh to have lots of fun, but I have to say that I'm not too pleased with having the baby on my own for a week. So, I shall spirit myself off to Hendersonville to stay with my parents for a few days. Hopefully Jeana and Randy will let us keep Zeus at their house for a little while, but if not, we'll have to find a vet to board him at. (Our old vet displeases us. We want a new one that won't make my cat smell like smoke and look like he played in ashes.)

I am very excited about the summer. It will be nice to play with the baby more frequently. There are some days where I feel like I hardly see him at all, so I'm looking forward to spending more time with him. Josh will be working all summer, which means I'll have the baby all the time on week days, which is also a little bit of a bad thing. and unfortunately, I'll have no excuse to continue putting off cleaning the house. Alas.

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April 21, 2006As I mentioned, I got a poor grade on half of the presentation, because the professor was talking to other students and not listening to us talk. (This is the same professor who walked out of the room and came back 2 or 3 minutes later during someone else's presentation.) She told me that if I wanted to improve my grade, I could write a paper with the other girl in my group who got a poor grade. I told her I'd love to do a paper on my own, but if I had to work with her again, could I just keep my 80?

So I wrote the paper on my own, turned it in last week, and expected maybe 5 additional points. I got the paper back yesterday. My presentation grade is now a 100. (Yeah, that'd be higher than my groupmates who didn't have to write a paper.) Needless to say, I am quite please.

In case you were curious, yes, Daniel's still cute.

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April 19, 2006Once again, the husband is out late working on his Thermal Design project. I vaguely remember what he looks like.

The project for the education class isn't terrible. The assignment is to make a small number of a variety of test questions, which is exactly what we've been doing all semester in another of my classes. In fact, it took less than 10 minutes to finish my portion of the task. It's not the work that I mind; I just hate group projects.

I'm a little bit of a control freak, and I like things to be done a certain way. When it comes to my education class, I will, however, settle for any way that is competent and correct. Unfortunately, I believe that might be asking too much. I HATE relying on other people for part of my grade. Because Joe-Shmo happens to be lazy and care little for his grade, my grade can suffer? Not cool. (Or should I say it's not money? I'm told that's what the kids say these days...) The group work has to be done in the same group as the last project. Now, I don't dislike all of them, but even with the ones I like, we have very different work ethics and styles. Did I mention that I loathe group work?

On a happy note, the baby is still cute.

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