I've had a pretty great day. 😁

I've had a pretty great day.  😁  I slept late, then the kids came and brought me some Reese's Pieces, some paper (I am a nerd and I like it!), a watermelon-flavored drink, and a sweet card.  Shaun got a beautiful ceramic fireplace heater for my sun room, as well as a new utility sink for easy plant and animal watering.  Since he didn't have something for me to open, he also bought me a delicious-smelling candle.

After I saw my gifts we ordered Olive Garden online and picked it up curbside.  We ate at home as a family and watched some shows we like.  We shared our desserts and talked for a while.  After the kids left I had a little nap.  All in all it was a wonderful day.

I appreciate all of the birthday wishes.  I have some amazing friends.  ❤️  I hope you all have had a lovely day, as well!

Keeping myself accountable again.

Keeping myself accountable again. I (unfortunately) didn't get far with math today; I've had a stubborn PMS headache all day and even though I slept last night I was tired all day. That is normal for this time of the month for me. 😕 Also, I couldn't get warm for most of the day (even with layers on and the heat up) so my body was really uncomfortable and sore. I am about to call it a night because I am just DONE.

Regardless, I practiced something I blew big time on Quiz 3 - the D operator, which we use to solve Systems of Differential Equations. I have no problem converting from regular derivative notation to this (and back), but mathing around with it like it's Algebra throws me for a loop for some reason. I think I figured it out today, though, so while I didn't do pages upon pages of problems and calculations I did get something important straight in my head.

Yesterday (as I predicted) I was not in a good headspace, not only due to the lack of sleep but also hormones. Shaun was asking me about something yesterday and I looked at him with what I can only guess was a dumb and / or confused look on my face because he was like "Yeah, you're not studying today." 😂 And I was GRUMPY, oh my gosh. But we got a lot of things done at the house so it wasn't a day wasted.

Hopefully I'll be closer to 100% tomorrow. I do understand the processes of how to solve most of these problems, but I need a lot of practice to get good at it.

I hope you all are doing well. Goodnight, friends! ❤️

I felt SO GOOD yesterday.

I felt SO GOOD yesterday. I had energy and since I didn't want to sit still studying I went to the house in Talladega to work with Shaun on some things. We got a lot done, but you know how when you get busy and then suddenly it's the middle of the night? That happened.

I didn't get home until almost 3 this morning. Unfortunately, that knocked my sleep schedule wonky and even though I feel sleepy I can't nap because my body is just not having it. My brain feels foggy and I'm not sure I'll be any good at studying today. Maybe it's another work day. I can mop a floor and move things with less brain, but that's not true for math. 😂

I hope you all are having a good day. I think I will. I'm going to work hard, crash early, and get back to my math tomorrow. No sense in wasting a day just because I can't do the more important thing. ❤️

I'm keeping myself accountable.

I'm keeping myself accountable. I studied Inverse Laplace Transforms today. I re-wrote these notes because the professor worked the second half of the last problem before the first half and I hated it. 😂 Also, she said "Step 1: Take the Laplace Transform of both sides" and then worked the whole thing, not mentioning any other steps. 😂😂😂 That didn't work for me. I need to know all of the steps!

That's not a complaint, y'all. I'm just picky and have my own way that things need to be organized. If you can't tell, it's a lot to keep up with and we all get lost in it sometimes. 😊 Check out the last example. It spans 4 pages. Yes, I write large, but DANG. And something similar WILL be on the final, she confirmed. 😳

I took my last quiz today and I have no more lectures to attend.

I took my last quiz today and I have no more lectures to attend.  I feel that I did better on this quiz than any other all semester.  I finally feel like I am caught up.

If my calculations aren't incorrect (and they could be given my track record with math lately) I need to make a 75 on the final to pass my class with a 70 and graduate.  Thankfully, my final isn't scheduled until December 8th, so I have a few weeks to make sure that I'm fully prepared.  Barring anything out of the norm happening and hurting or distracting me I *think* I can pass the class if I try really hard, which I am 100% prepared to do.

I have to check in on here because I admin a few groups, but if y'all catch me wasting time during the next few weeks feel free to tell me to put my phone down and study.  Differential Equations has been a really fun class; I love the material as well as my professor this semester.  I hate that I got behind, but some things are out of our control.  If I can help it I would rather go ahead and graduate than retake the class.  I feel ready to re-join the workforce with my degrees and new skills and find out where that takes me.  😁

Once again...

Floor down (mostly), pipe reinstalled, carbon monoxide detector not alarming.

Floor down (mostly), pipe reinstalled, carbon monoxide detector not alarming. Impulse-bought some toilets and a hand truck. (Apparently, we can now flush 7 billiard balls at once if we feel like it). 😂😂😂

I need to think of some way to make that pipe less of an eye sore, but it's not urgent. It may end up surrounded by cat towers for all we know.

I also had my 'Rona test done today at the Walgreens drive-through. I should have my results in a few days.

Pic of sun room in progress! in the first comment for those who are curious.