FINALS are FINALly OVER!!!

Not that I'm very excited, BUT finals are OVER!!! Oh, happy day! Now to see if I succeeded in getting a 4.0 this semester. I know that I previously may have stated that a 3.8 would be fine, but now that I have 2 of my final grades back, and they are both 'A's, and I'm sure that 1 maybe 2 of the next grades will also be 'A's, I'm only waiting on the edge of my seat for one grade! Just seems that if the others are all 'A's, that the last one should be also! It will be a matched set!

As a creepy side note, I drove home from school in the snow. Okay, it was the fluffy kind that only makes the ground wet when it lands. Definitely not the snowman kind. But the point remains that it is the LAST DAY OF APRIL! I mean, really. Spring was supposed to spring in March! It's a month late. I'm not happy about that.

On a happy note, I'm going "home" to New Mexico (where, by the way, it has not recently been snowing....)!!!! I'm excited to eat green chili! I'm really excited to go to a place that doesn't look at you strangely when you ask for green chili on your hamburger! We used to order pepperoni pizza with green chili. Try THAT in Idaho. Although, I must say that I've never had a better potato than those that I eat in Idaho! MMMMMMM good! SHHHHHHH....don't tell anyone, but we are going to surprise my Nana for her 85th birthday. She thinks that her birthday celebration was last weekend, but she doesn't know that it was just a red herring.... Hope we don't surprise her so much that we have a funeral to go to....HAHAHA! It will be fantastic! :D

Snow, snow, go away! Don't come again another day!

I just want the world to know that I really hate snow! I love snow in the movies, and I have even been known to be excited about the first snowfall of the season....but really, this is becoming ridiculous. I went to the grocery store last night. No big deal. I came out, and had to sweep a couple of inches of that horrid, white, cold, disgusting snow off of the car before I could drive home. I wasn't the powder kind that you can just turn the wipers on and get rid of. No. It was the sleety, icy kind that sticks to everything. Cold. Bitter cold. I am going "home" in just a couple of short weeks! I plan to pack nothing but warm weather clothing! I REFUSE to wear a coat! (And, just as a side note, I plan to eat myself into a coma....eating nothing but green chili!!! Yay!)
I shall have to reflect upon this post come July when I am whining because we don't have air conditioning. Of course, who really needs air conditioning when you only have summer for one or two weeks of the year? There are only two seasons in Idaho: Winter, and Road Construction...

"Worry Wart Woman" is my name

I have had a stressful spring. I've stressed over whether or not I would actually make it into the nursing program at school. I've stressed over what I would do with my children while I am in school if I DO make it into the program, as it begins in the summer. I've worried about what I would do with myself if I DIDN'T make it into the program. I've worried about the price of gas, the price of wheat, and whether or not we will have another car break down. I've worried about not having a 4.0 (I know, I know, I'm an over achiever, and I need to get over it....). I've worried that spring will never come, and I will never see my lawn again! I've worried that spring will come, and our lawn mowers aren't working to cut the grass. I've worried that my daughter will graduate from college and not know what to do with her life. I've worried that she will graduate and WILL know what to do with her life. I've wondered what will become of my sweet little boy who wants to join the Army National Guard this summer. I've worried what will become of my sweet little boys who only want to play video games. I've worried about what another daughter will do if she doesn't get financial aid, and what she will do if she can't find the right job this summer. I guess it all boils down to one thing: I'm a worrier!
But, life has gotten a little bit sweeter! Not easier, but sweeter, nonetheless. I made it into the nursing program! I have worried about my little boys, but (thank you President Bush) when we get our "stimulus package" later on I will be giving that to my daughter that needs a summer job. She will be the mommy for the summer. I get to have my boys watched by someone that I trust (and who, frankly, will probably do a better job at being a mom than I do! ;) REALLY, she is that great with those boys!), and she gets some of the money that she needs for school! I can do nothing about the price of gas, and nothing about the cost of wheat. BUT, we bought some food storage, and that lets us rest a little easier about the wheat. We just had another car break down, and it is some serious money to fix. BUT, we have a car to drive. We finally see the grass, but it's not growing enough to mow (maybe it is, but, for now, I refuse to acknowledge it! :D haha). So far, I have a 4.0. But, I've decided that there are more important things in life than an 'A' (I know....we'll see if I'm singing the same tune when I get a 3.8....)
All in all, life is great! My kids are healthy, my husband is healthy and has a good job. We have a nice home that we can afford. And.... I'M GOING TO COLLEGE!!!!!!!