I am taking a break.

I am taking a break.  My hands hurt from writing and all I want is a nap.  However, I've got a Tech Writing assignment due tomorrow and Mega Man due on Friday so it's gonna have to be a short break.

So far this semester is keeping me busy.  I feel like I'm not where I want to be and I have stress from that, but I am nowhere near as overwhelmed as I was last semester.  I am grateful for that.  I am just having to hustle to keep up; 5 classes is definitely a lot of work.

I guess I am off to see what else I can get done.  I need to do what I can before my brain craps out entirely for the day.  Later, friends.  I hope your week is going well.  ❤

Today has been rough for my old doggos.

Today has been rough for my old doggos. Boo has had a fatty tumor about the size of a golf ball on his side for a few years now. It never seemed to bother him so the vet didn't want to operate due to his age, but it ruptured this morning and it was a mess. Thank goodness for Kira; I was getting ready for school and she was the one who noticed it. I called the vet and they said to bring him this afternoon. We got the bleeding to slow down and it didn't seem like an emergency so that was great. I dropped Kira off at school and then headed to class myself when Shaun sent me this photo.

He took Shadow to school and came over to fix Booka Bear up. I had put one shirt on him so he wouldn't scratch at his wound and make it bleed more. Since Boo can get naked if he wants to Shaun had the very smart idea to put another shirt on top of that - except from his butt. 😂 Then he stapled the blue shirt to the red shirt so it wouldn't come off. And then he stuck a miniature chip clip on there for good measure. 😂😂😂 As funny as it looks it was effective. It was all still in place when I got home. Now my boy has pain meds and antibiotics so he doesn't get an infection and it thankfully seems like he's going to be just fine.

As for Faith, she was pretty rude to Nom (the tortoise) today and she got her foot bitten... bad enough to make her yelp, but he didn't break skin. He held on for a good second because she had to pull her foot away twice to free herself. Nom has been loose with Boo countless times and never bites him, but Boo leaves Nom alone. Faith, however, won't share her food with Nom and doesn't like it when he falls asleep buried in "her" blanket and insists on rudely digging him up every time he does so they aren't friends. I will be interested to see if she leaves him alone now. Probably not, because his revenge wasn't swift and she's a little daft, but who knows.

Anyway, I'm off to do a million homework. I hope your Monday went ok. ❤️

I just finished my first project for Game Design 1

I just finished my first project for Game Design 1.  We were assigned Pong.  There weren't a lot of guidelines so it was pretty open for interpretation.  Mine is green with a black border, white ball, one pink paddle, and one blue paddle.  It has a welcome screen and a loser screen.  It just re-sets when you lose; otherwise, I suppose you could play forever unless you beat the CPU (which I doubt is likely to happen).  😂

We only had a few days to do this; I did get frustrated last night because OF COURSE I wanted to go all-out with more creative graphics and fancy stuff like keeping score and levels and actually being able to win the game (LOL!) and all that.  But I think I was trying to go too big with software I was just learning to use.  I kind of assumed I'd have a little more time to work on it, also.  We got the assignment on Monday and it's due in a couple of hours at midnight.  Yes - that is all week, but with classes and family and other homework it didn't feel like a lot of time.

Anyway, the professor said that the point of this was to get us familiar with the software before starting the group projects so I don't think I'll get a bad grade.  We also have one more solo project (up next is a re-make of Mega Man), and then we'll be working in teams for the rest of the semester.  I usually don't like working with other people, but this actually sounds like a lot of fun.  I think we'll be able to get a lot more done as a group and that will be awesome.

Now I'm off to relax.  I have housework and homework waiting for me tomorrow.  Later, friends!

I had a pretty awesome time this weekend...

Ok, so today wasn't great. I got a migraine and missed two classes. Some Excedrin Migraine and a nap later I am feeling better. THANK GOODNESS. 

I had a pretty awesome time this weekend, though. Shaun and I took Shadow and Kira to the Birmingham Museum of Art on Saturday. Then we met Laurel and Emily at Outback for dinner and ate some super great food. Gosh, we miss Outback. Anyway, Emily made Kira some adorable and tasty cupcakes. Laurel gave her some makeup and a Unicorn makeup pouch. My besties were both so excited to meet her and I was so excited to see them because it had been far too long.

After that we stopped at Ulta where I got to meet the lovely Vallerie in real life. She's so little like me! Such a pleasant surprise! And then went to PetCo to see the animals. Kira got to hold and play with some baby ferrets. I think she's in love. 😍

This picture is of a sculpture that is at the museum made by one of my favorite artists, Frank Fleming. I hope to own one of his pieces one day. There are so many artists I want to support once I finally get a money job. Which, speaking of, I'd better get off the Internet and see what all I missed at school today.

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That feeling when...

That feeling when you're in class and you feel a migraine coming on but think "Nah, I can wait it out" but then the nausea hits and you leave class abruptly and head to Wal-Mart because you're out of Excedrin Migraine and want a Coke for your stomach and then you get home and forget that you're short so when you try to put your Coke in your loft bed you accidentally pour it all down your back and then start to fear that's not the worst thing this day has in store for you.

Today has felt like a Monday.

Today has felt like a Monday.  I woke up late, my car windows were so frozen that I had to scrape ice off so I could see to leave, I fell down outside while doing that because I'm clumsy, and on top of that I forgot to bring both my stylus AND my mouse to school with me (meaning that I feel like a toddler trying to work my laptop because that's just how I am, I guess).

I'm so glad it's been a short week and that it is Friday.  I'm about to do as much studying / homework as I can while I wait for Java class to start.  I'd work in Aleks for my math class, but you have to plot some points pretty precisely so I can't do that without my mouse and / or stylus.  But I have other stuff to do so I guess that is great.  😂

I just found out that our first game re-make is going to be Pong so that sounds fun and not too hard.  We just have to cover the basics so anything above and beyond on that will get us bonus points.  Woohoo!  😃

I hope y'all are doing great and staying warm.  I know I'm trying!  ❤

Woohoo!

Woohoo! Up to 86% on Aleks. I could be done now, but I'll do more tomorrow since I'm out of school again. Time for a break!