Ugh. I feel a migraine coming on. 🙁

Ugh.  I feel a migraine coming on.  🙁

I don't know if it's any one thing that is setting me off, or if it's a combination of seeing that dog, stress from finals coming up, having a bad night with the power / computer last night, me coughing and blowing my brains out of my nose every few minutes, or whatever, but I feel absolutely awful.  I have taken some medicine and I'm hoping it helps.  I can't think of anything worse than having a migraine - and I have wayyy too much to do to be feeling this way.

Also, I only made a 90 on my Algebra test today.  There were 17 questions and I missed 2.  It's not bad, but I wanted to do better.

Is it seriously only Tuesday?  🙁

I feel traumatized.

TRIGGER WARNING:  Animal Mutilation

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I feel traumatized. I think I just saw half a dog. 🙁

Local people:  If you are on Noble Street down where that light is on Greenbrier behind the Kangaroo... That's where it is - on the railroad gravel. Avoid it or check it out - whatever you need to do. I was on my way to work and couldn't stop, but he can't be alive. I can't tell if he's actually in half or partially buried, but it didn't look gorey just driving by.

Shaun left Dad's BBQ on Noble where we met for lunch a few minutes after me. I had to call him and ask him to look as he went by to make sure I saw what I saw. Unfortunately, I am not being crazy this time. 🙁

If anyone is missing a bull dog or boxer (or some other stocky, short-haired breed), make sure it wasn't yours. He was brown and white.

My computer survived.

My computer survived.  Most of the work I did on my paper survived.  I only wish I hadn't been forced to go to sleep when I was making so much progress, but I'm back on it now.  Woo!

I was making real progress on my research paper...

I was making real progress on my research paper for English and my power just went out. It came back on, but my computer won't. It says "disk read error." I am so scared that my computer is fried and that I've lost the last 4 hours of work. I just feel like crying. 🙁

Kind of afraid to try to troubleshoot the PC - the power is flickering. I am so distraught.

I have spent my entire weekend studying Algebra and hanging with the kids.

I have spent my entire weekend studying Algebra and hanging with the kids.  It's been nice.  🙂

I'll have my Chapter 5 Algebra test on Tuesday and I feel pretty ready.  My Algebra Final isn't until the 30th, so I'm giving myself a break on studying for that.  I'll pick back up on that this coming weekend.  I think it's time to dedicate a couple of days to my English research paper now.

I do have a big PowerPoint Presentation coming up on the 30th also - which is my computer class final, but that will be a lot of fun to do and probably not hard for me at all so I'm not going to freak out on that one.  My biggest worry is wrecking my Algebra & English grades.

Anyway, that's my plan.  Just trying hard to stay sane and one top of things all at the same time.  Easier said than done, but I do feel relieved about how much I got done this weekend.  Yay me!

My study buddy for the day.

My study buddy for the day. Obviously, I can't get up until I'm finished with my work and he's done napping. He's over here snoring so loud. 😃 I also hear Nom eating again. He chomps his food loudly.

I am not distracted at all. 😛

I guess the down-side to being a tortoise is that you don't make much noise.

I guess the down-side to being a tortoise is that you don't make much noise.

I'm sitting here studying with the door open because it's nice out and Emma just jumped up and ran to the gate - like something was going on.  So I put down my books and followed her because I listen to my animals.  She stopped at the gate and was huffing and prancing, like "There is something going on right here!"  I looked down and Tort Baby was just laying there - pathetically up-side down and not even trying to get right.  I don't know how long he'd been that way - whether he had been upside down for a while and was tired from trying to flip over, or if he was just waiting for someone to rescue him.  LOL

I will admit that whenever me and Shadow see him upside down we help the little dude out (even though the mean old Shaun-Daddy thinks it's good practice for him to flip himself [I know it is, but YOU try not to help him!]).  So it's quite possible he was just waiting for assistance.  Or, he could have been that way for a while.  I have no idea.  Either way he's fine.  I put him back in his house to warm up and rest and he's hanging out and basking now.

I guess that's the down-side to having an animal that doesn't really vocalize when they are in distress. 

Thank goodness for doggies who keep an eye on everything.  ❤