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black outs and study sessions

So I have missed a few posts but that ok right? I mean that is what these things are for! Sunday was a fun day. First there was church then Walmart for 4 hours. Yes that is right I said FOUR hours and we even left with more money than we came with! How is this possible? Well we were selling coupon books of course! Yep more of those coupon books for the missions trip. We sat outside of the Walmart in Wake Forest and sold five books. There were also some pretty generous donations given to us. It definitely required some stepping out of the comfort zone because we were solely in charge of the whole deal. The weather was beautiful so we couldn't have asked for a better day to be out there. I even think that I got a little sun on my face! After about hour 3.5 we were all getting hungry thus we hurried on over to matthew's mother's house for some chow.

Mondays are basically mondays. I mean who really likes Mondays? I know I don't. Out of all the days of the week I have to say that Mondays are my least favorite. I had class and lunch with my hubby then more class and then homework. The best part about Mondays for me is the great Monday night television shows. I (used to make but now don't have to) make Matthew watch the line up with me. It starts at 8 with the Secret Life of an American Teenager then Make It or Break It at 9:00. But last night was the season finale of Make It or Break It so it will not be on again until later this summer. Another reason why Mondays won't be as good with out it. Oh well.

Today is Tuesday. The count down is on for spring break! There are only 3 more days, 5 more classes, and one test until the big break!! Today has been a beautiful (almost completely) spring day. I woke up early this morning, earlier than normal. Tuesdays are my days to go to Knightdale high school for my student observations. It was a pretty interesting observation today because about fifteen minutes into the class the power went out! The whole school was in the dark. The back up generator came on and made the hallway lights come on but the classrooms were running off the window light. As to be expected, the students freaked out for about 10 minutes and then my mentor teacher decided that even if the lights don't come back on she was still going to get on with her lesson. So we did the lesson in the dark! It was definitely an experience that could be helpful in the future. I believe the school let out early but I was not able to hang around and find out. I normally only stay for first period but today they were doing the tenth grade riding test so I stayed a little later. We believed that they were trying to make sure that the tenth graders could finish the writing test before they sent everyone home. The school can not continue running without power for obvious reasons like no lunch and no light.

Soon after I left the school I had to head to my school for classes of my own. I had my religion class and human sexuality class today. I was a little bad today though cause I decided that since it was so nice outside I was going to leave my human sexuality class early and enjoy the weather. I headed home to find my husband's college diploma in the mail!! I am so proud of him! I had to call and tell him about it of course. With that good news I made myself a frozen pizza, opened all the windows and doors to let the warmth in and started studying for my test on Thursday. This is as far as the day has gone yet the best is yet to come when my husband arrives home!

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