I can almost see the finish line

This class has been very demanding but I am almost there. All I have to do left is finish my Last final presentation by Wednesday and then complete the extra credit by next Friday. The Excel spread sheet was not as bad as I initially thought and the APA paper was more of the same. The instructions and my own expectations of each of these projects lead me to believe that they were going to be far worse projects than they ended up being. But they did make for a stressful weekend and also with the finishing of these projects came the realization that I still have a massive PowerPoint to finish by Wednesday. I have already put in some work with it but I do wish that we had a little more knowledge about this project sooner than we did. I would have liked to have had it done by now so I could just relax and enjoy my break. Because work has been very stressful and it will be nice when I don't have class or homework to do.

It snowed today and of course everyone was freaking out. I think the news is calling this one "Snowblast '08." I'm lucky because I don't have to work again until Tuesday so I can be holed up and work on this project for the next couple of days. Going out only to purchase more fire wood and provisions. But you best be believing that I'm gonna get enough of it done by Tuesday evening so I can go to the Blazer game. I haven't been to one in a couple of weeks and I can't wait to see them get back on a winning streak in person.

-Stephen

Last week was super-sweet!

Not having school and only going to work for a week was fantastic. I got to attend a Blazers game and got to watch the others from start to finish. Something I haven't been able to do all season. It also worked out that I didn't have to go into work on Thanksgiving day. Instead, I slept in, ate pumpkin pie for lunch and went to Colleen, my lady-friend's, family's house for dinner. We played with 2 and 4 year olds most of the time, had a big feast featuring relatively healthy foods for once, and watched the movie Kung Fu Panda. Which is actually pretty good. But I have to admit that I am a sucker for Disney movies.

This marked the first time in over 7 years that I didn't have to work Thanksgiving day at all. Working in the service industry means that working holidays is a fact of life. I am very much looking forward to a teachers schedule full of holidays spent with loved ones. My mother just moved to Portland a few months ago but before that all of my family members lived over the mountain in Central Oregon so I spent all of my holidays working then heading over to a friends house. Which wasn't all that bad but nothing compares to holidays at home with people you have known for your whole life.

This week I'm back at it again, work and school, and gearing up for the holiday season. I got almost half of my holiday shopping done today and will hopefully be done by next Monday. This will also be monumental since I usually wait until the week before Christmas to do any shopping at all.

-Seacrest out