I think I just officially completed...

I think I just officially completed my first class of real college.  I submitted the last assignment available in Orientation 101.  I guess he could add more, but I think I was told that that class ended earlier than the others so maybe we're done.  It would be nice to check at least one thing off my To Do list every week.

I have a busy week ahead - lots of Algebra homework and even some English homework this time.  That's ok - I love to type.  😃  I just wish I wasn't so tired.  And hurty.  Maybe it's the wet weather, but my knees are hurting again, arthritis meds be damned.  🙁  I have no idea why, but this week is kicking my butt.  The whole thing has been kind of crappy so far.

For those of you who didn't know or remember:  Shadow's birthday is Sunday so he's gonna be 15.  I guess we're not doing a party - that almost never works out.  We do have family coming over so I guess I need to do the required cleaning.  It's a lot to cram into one week.  I have class tomorrow evening so most likely nothing will be done around here (homework or housework) until Friday and Saturday.  I hate to leave things until the last minute, but I don't think I have a lot of options right now.  Is it Wednesday, right?  😵

I'm about to go and sit on the couch with the kid.  Shaun will be here soon with the usual hummus and pita bread for Shadow, who is anxiously waiting as though he hasn't eaten all day.  😂  Gotta love teenagers.  Later, Internet.  I'm tired!  ❤

Do you remember when...

Do you remember when I had an allergy test done last year at Dr. Hamer's and they said that I was allergic to chocolate, dogs, and pecan?  

Well I was supposed to start my allergy treatment at the first of the year, but they never called me.  I called them a few times and left messages, but no one ever got back to me.

SO... I asked Dr. Edmond about treating me.  They have a different allergy company so his allergy company tried to contact the company that did my test, but they couldn't get them.  The allergist today said something about them having moved or gone out of business or something.  So, they had to re-test me.

The new test shows that I am NOT allergic to dogs, but that I AM allergic to cats - which is what I suspected.  I can't stand cat hair in my face.  It really makes my nose itch and then I cough and sneeze.  There were no food allergies on this test, though I suspect that chocolate was BS, too.  I was allergic to a bunch of trees and weeds on the last one and I am on the new one, too, but pecan wasn't on the new one, so who knows about that.

Anyway, I start my shots in two weeks so I'm excited about that.  It doesn't hurt that I feel a LOT better about this test than the last one.  Allergic to dogs and not cats?  Psh.  That was some craziness.

Ok nerds...

Ok nerds, (as you are probably the only ones who will feel my excitement), check it out!  This is my polish list table.

Ok, so I have column for the polish brand, one for the name, one for the quantity (because there are some that I have duplicates and back-ups of), that little paperclip column holds photos (PHOTOS!!!), the color column is for a brief description of the color, and then my favorite column, the polish type.  There are so many different finishes out these days and they all do something different so I figured it would be good to know at a glance that information.  See that list of polish types?  I made that list and I can add new types as they come out. 😃😃😃

BEST OF ALL - I can sort by any of this information so then I will know what all blues I have, or what all crackles I have, or whatever.  Since I keep them all stored by brand, I will always know where to find them.  HOW FREAKING EXCITING IS THAT?

So, it's not even done.  I have most of my polish brands / names / quantities in, but I haven't even started on color descriptions or photos.  I think that can wait.  I still need to finish the rest of my other tables and then link them together to actually make a working system, but this is my start.  Pretty cool, right?  RIGHT?!  😃

Internet - if I'm not around...

Internet - if I'm not around it's because I'm busy being a super nerd.  So I have all of my Polish All the Things data in Excel because duh - it had to be in something.  But now I've got Access and HOLY WOW - I am having the BEST time trying to get everything set up in that.  I want it to run like Peachtree or Quickbooks when I'm done so it's a BIG project.  It's gonna take me weeks, if not months, of working on it in my precious little spare time, but that's ok.  We haven't even started on Access in school yet, but I got excited and jumped the gun so whatever.  😛

I think that Database Developer or something along those lines is really gonna end up being my calling.  I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE FORMS, Y'ALL.  AND REPORTS.  AND ORGANIZE MY DATA ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT WAYS.  You don't even know how excited that makes me.  😁😁😁  It's pretty much all I've been thinking about the past few days.

Anyway, I'm off to work on it some more.  My goal for tonight is to get my Polish Table all finished.  Woohoo!  ❤

I am not trying to be all flippy-floppy over here, but...

I am not trying to be all flippy-floppy over here, but after playing in Access for a couple of hours - I'm SUPER PSYCHED.  My original plan for college was to graduate and become a Database Administrator, but now I'm thinking that becoming a Database Developer would be SO MUCH FUN.  Like - this is even better than Excel - AND I LOVE Excel.  😳  If you can really get paid to mess around with programs that you love all day, then like... whoa.  My mind is blown.  I have to go to bed because I got so excited that I got tired. 😂  And I have English in the morning.

Goodnight, everyone!  😃😃😃

Two things:

Two things:

1)  I have the best Shaun ever.  He's so nice to me even when I'm crazywild - like today.  Also, he hides chocolate in my house.  WHO DOESN'T LOVE THAT?!?!

2)  I am totally geeking out with some Access tutorials.  😳  FEED MY BRAIN!!!  😃😃😃

Laurel and Emily were making fun of me the other day...

Laurel and Emily were making fun of me the other day for thinking "Tort Baby" is a name.  It just came to mind that my first dog was named "Little Girl."  Y'all just jelly of my naming skillz.  😂

Edited to add:  Just occurred to me that I called the pig I found "Piggy."  BOOM.  Another creative gem.  😂