Can I get an amen?

iPod gym playlist this morning hmph

Twisted

It's been an amazing five days!  On Wednesday I made it to the theater to meet my friend for the Breaking Dawn marathon 11 a.m.-12 a.m. and it was, hands down the best movie to date and I will definitely be going to see it again while it's still in theaters.  I had to do some grocery shopping afterwards so that put me home around 1 a.m. Friday morning.  I made it to the TCC campus to take their placement tests and I scored 95 on one and 97 on the other thereby testing OUT of and remedial courses which allowed me to enroll in any course offered!  Who knew?  My theory is that when I did ACTUALLY attend classes, I must have retained more than I thought because the answers were just there in my brain, and I didn't even have to think about it.  Not going to lie, I was more than a little shocked.  I am now enrolled in three Spring 2013 classes for a total 10 credit hours, Medical Terminology online, Human Anatomy and Physiology class at the Metro Campus on Saturday from 8:30-2:20 and lastly Microsoft Office also on the Metro campus on Thursdays 5:30 p.m.-8:20 since I get off work at 4:30.  My goal is to have as many prerequisites done before my real classes start in the Fall of 2013, since the RHIT is by application approval only, but I will know around May when they start their application process if I made it into the program.  I've heard that based on the fact that I am working in this field already I may be able to get work credit, and that would be ideal.

No news from Christopher but I found out he went to Santa Cruz and visited the "Mystery Spot", and he had made comments on it being "trippy", which I found to be funny because that is SUCH a Ted thing to say, but there again it's also a typical Northern California teen saying, so who knows.  Anyway, as I've blogged before Ted and I spent more than our fair share of time NOT in school but hanging out in Santa Cruz, so in a weird way it's comforting to me to know where he is at, and what he likes to do, and that we share that place in common now also, and it would sure be neat to show him around and show him little known or traveled places there on the cliff faces Ted and I discovered together; even when I was pregnant with him. I hope Christopher stays FAR away from certain elements in that area (unlike Ted), but unless you travel in those circles already you aren't likely to run into any problems unless you go looking for them.  I don't know if Christopher just went to hang out, because Santa Cruz is a bit of a drive from Sacramento, or if he is going to college there, (like my cousin Aaron did) or if he is going somewhere else nearby; I sure would like to find out.

Inextricably Wednesday 11/23/2005 by Samara Sant

 Cannot forget, destinies intertwined eternally.

Souls altered and enraptured and endeared.

Invisible currents travelling through sinewy muscles,

Pulse quickening tempo

knowing a presence is present simply by sensing it in the vicinity

Like two threads became inextricably interwoven in a complex tapestry

no distinguishable end of one to the other now.

PAC

My volunteer activities are kicking into high gear with the holiday's quickly approaching. This weekend I worked for the play "November", and it was funny and chock full of poignant moments.  I am really looking forward to A Charlie Brown Christmas and A Christmas Carol, and then the Tulsa Ballet festivities kick off, but not before Christmas Train starts at Church on The Move, and I am excited to get dressed up in period clothing and have fun entertaining the guests with my Link friends this year.  Winterfest starts soon also and time seems to be flying by.

Alright now on to Twilight stuff, I leave work until 11 on Thursday, and then I'm going to meet my friend (who'll get there early to save me a seat on the top row center section) at the Broken Arrow Cinemark for the kickoff marathon that starts at noon and will wrap up around midnight, then we're going back to my place to catch some z's then we're getting up and heading to TCC where I'll take my reading and comp tests and head to breakfast after that, then chill at my place for the rest of Friday until the rest of our friends get off work, and then BACK to the theater to watch part 2 again.

This weekend is also my good friend Sharon's birthday and I am fairly confident that will mean going out to at least one adult beverage establishment.  I've decided to take piano lessons and at least one acting class through TCC as an elective because it'll make me happy and I am all about the self enrichment these days.  I've been studying for the test Friday and I am surprised with everything that stuck with me from high school, as I was taking this timed computer test for math, science, and geography; I was able to answer most of the questions correctly without thinking, I just relaxed and took a deep breath and cleared my mind and I did great.  I think that studying and my enthusiasm for learning that I've always had, although not ever applied really, will help me to not only succeed in school but really excel. 

Update on my Roku purchase, it is an awesome but evil device that I MUST not allow to take over my life.  Speaking of tech, my living room TV which I had convinced myself was possessed Friday, turned out to be a known Samsung issue of the manual volume button turning itself down.  I was able to Google the fix and one of my brilliant IT friends came over and performed surgery and the good news is that it'll live and I won't have to replace it, yay!  I've decided to buy a Samsung Chromebook for school this weekend after much research and a recommendation from my aforementioned IT friend, however I am hard pressed to find one available to purchase in stores or even online, but that isn't shocking given the $249.00 sticker price.

My office will be closed next Thursday and Friday so I'll be doing just a smidgen of Black Friday shopping but other than that it'll be R&R and probably more than a couple of good books.  Just like last year I am trying to decide if I should buy a tree or not.

I am beyond excited about school starting up in January, and I can hardly stand it.  I believe I will reach my potential after all.

Glimpse by Samara Sant

Unexpectedly the curtain is pulled aside for a brief moment I see my favorite upon the stage shining brighter than any heavenly body more beautiful than any Renoir, her eyes hold such promise for her future, and then just as suddenly the curtain falls back into place, but the glimpse of that smile sustains.

Storm

You were the last person that I ever wanted to see again. Ever. And you were the only person that I ever wanted to see again.