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So I found this site via my good friend A-dub and highlighted all the countries in Europe I've been to as well as the states I've visited in the U.S. I marked all the ones I remembered so I've been to your state and didn't mark it, it must have been too boring to remember! Ha! I was excited to see how much of Europe I've seen but I still have so much more to see! Hope you all are having a great weekend!

A Valentine's Survival Story...

So as most of you know, Valentine's Day is not my favorite day of the year, and this year was definitely not going to be any different. I actually thought it would be a pretty depressing day considering Adam and I not being together anymore. But I must say, God has a pretty amazing way of giving me what I need most on days like this...a really good laugh. Not only was it "Singles Awareness Day" but it was also Wednesday, the most dreaded day of the school week. The day I drive to San Marcos at 9:30 a.m. and cannot return until about 9 p.m. Well, here's how my day went.
I go to Schenkerian Analysis, the hardest class on the face of the earth and this guy won't stop talking to the prof about stuff in the music...none of us know what he's talking about and I'm getting frustrated because I have no clue what's going on. In my effort to vent my frustration, I raise my hand and tell the professor I have no clue what's happening, then I proceed to tell her what I had in my mind and she gets this great "Aha" look on her face and tells me I'm right! WHAT? This arrogant guy who likes to hear himself talk is the one who has no idea what's going on? I was the smartest one in class! By mistake, mind you, but yet still the smartest one in class...for about 30 seconds and then I was completely lost again, but still feeling good about myself.
Then after class, I settle in the library to work on some stuff when one of the undergraduates in my analysis class comes and sits across from me. He was nice but very awkward. He strikes me as the kind of guy that doesn't get sarcasm all that well (and if you know me at all, you know I live for sarcasm). It's obvious by the headphones in my ears that I'm not inviting any conversations yet he still decides to talk to me. It went a little something like this:
Undergrad: Did you see the Valentine's Day card I made as a joke in class this morning?
April: No, I didn't. What did it say?
Undergrad: It said "I SchenCARE about you" (note to reader the name of our class is Schenkerian Analysis)
April: (laugh) Oh that's funny.
Undergrad: Get it, it's a play on words

At the point I have to tell all the people this very important fact...the joke's not funny when you explain it to the person who very obviously gets it! HA! He made me chuckle since he thought I might not understand the joke. Anyways, after he left, I had a conversation with a classmate about him liking me and how I should go for it. After I reminded her that I'm old enough to practically be his mom, I went on with my day.

Then night class happened. This class always gives me a good laugh because I'm usually tired and to the point of giddiness by the time I get to 5 p.m. Dr. Schuler is also just a hoot and a half. He has this awesome German accent that makes everything he says more interesting. Well, tonight, he's talking and this horrible smell starts to fill the room. It smelled like burnt rubber! The smell gets so bad that he decides to take our break early. It turns out there's an electical problem in the building and there is some insulation burning. So the fire department has to come and check out the situation and we have to evacuate the building. It's only about 6 p.m. by this time and we still have 2 hours of class left. Does he dismiss class? NO...he has us reconvene at "Grins" a local restaurant up the hill...on valentine's day. We are sitting in a room discussing how to properly review a cd or book, while there are couple's around us celebrating their love for each other. Ha! It was a good night...I laughed a lot!

I'm sure my words do not accurately depict the situation but hopefully you got the idea of how humorous my day turned out to be...I hope your Valentine's Day was equally filled with fun!

A Lesson in Not Falling Asleep in Class

So I walked into my Schenkerian Analysis class yesterday and there was an undergraduate kid sleeping at his desk. It turns out that he fell asleep in the class previously before my class and no one bothered to wake him up! Well, none of us bothered to wake him up either. He woke up about five minutes into the lecture and was totally disoriented being in a class with different people and a different teacher! The greatest thing about all this was Dr. Gonzales handed him our assignment just as if he belonged (which I think disoriented him even more!) and he stayed in there! Ha! It's like he thought he had to stay because she handed him the assignment! Finally, she said told him he could go and he gathered his things and parted. We all had a good laugh about it. I think the kid would have stayed the whole hour if she hadn't told him he could go! It was so funny!

Finally, Some Sleep!

So ever since little Dexter has arrived I haven't slept at all. I can't let him run loose in the house because he'll bother Karessa's dog, I can't shut the door to my room because Thomas will freak out at the idea of a closed door. When I put Dexter in the kennel he barks and cries all night (not to mention makes messes!). I had to do something! Well I was talking to my good friend Amanda and she says, "Build a barricade!" It was brilliant! I built a barricade that Thomas could jump over but Dexter couldn't! In fact, Thomas decided he could be king of the castle by sitting on top of the barricade. He slept there for two nights...I even put a blanket down so he would be more comfortable (I know they are spoiled rotten!). I slept much better that night!



And so did they...