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.

Plot Twist: Shaun unintentionally poisoned me. 😂😂😂

Plot Twist:  Shaun unintentionally poisoned me. 😂😂😂

So his dad's house has a really nice sun room. It will be amazing for our animals and my succulents. Um... I guess I skipped a part:  We're moving out there. I don't know what we're going to do with our current house (Sell it? Rent it out? We've never done either of those things before. We have lots of research to do.)

ANYWAY... the sun room was full of junk and had old smelly carpet for flooring. Shaun has been working hard to empty and clean the room; it's been his main focus because I'm not staying away from my plants and animals. Since this sun room was a later addition to the house there was a pipe (through the floor from the basement going out the roof of the sun room) venting the water heater. I think neither of us realized how important this pipe was because he took it down and I was all for it.

After a few days he thought better of it and Googled its purpose:  to vent CARBON MONOXIDE from the water heater. We wanted to put new flooring down so we thought we'd do that first before putting the pipe back since it would be easier and look nicer to not have seams through the middle of the floor. The sun room has lots of windows, so to be safe he opened them and turned on some fans. He thought that would be sufficient to keep the carbon monoxide from building up.

Long story shortened: it was NOT. 😂😂😂 He told me last night that he thought that's what's been wrong with me. He said he was feeling bad, too, but not as bad as me. I looked up the symptoms and yeah - moderate carbon monoxide poisoning looks exactly right. After spending a few days not there I feel much better. I went over last night to do some work and had a headache by the time I left. Thankfully, we got most of the flooring down the other day (before I got super sick), so he's able to reinstall the pipe today.

I still have a 'Rona test scheduled for today and I'm going to go ahead and have it done just to be super sure that's not my issue, but yeah. I'm like, 99% sure it was just carbon monoxide exposure. We're getting new pipes to use for venting today and we're also going to grab a carbon monoxide tester thing to make sure it clears out and that there are no leaks once we're done.

Fun times. 😂 I do feel better now that I think I know what was going on. I knew I was off in a big way but just couldn't put my finger on why or what it was. I did have a car that leaked carbon monoxide like, 20 years ago. I remember being sleepy at work after driving to my job back then, but the headache was unfamiliar and that scared me since, you know, pandemic. Anyway, I hope you all are doing well! I'm ok. I've just gotta put my focus on school for the next few weeks and hope I pass my class. If I do it'll be by the skin of my teeth, so I have to buckle down. Later, friends! ❤️