Moving, moving, moving...

Well... just my blog that is!

http://kaceysmulligan.wordpress.com/

Same old nonsense, same old name, just a lil' change up above. wordpress.com instead of blogspot.com

Once I figure out how to update the email stuff, you 'regulars' will be back on the list. Until then, you'll have to make the effort to visit me at my new home. :)

Midterms...blech... at least it's halfway over!

Procrastinating as we speak/write/read. Midterm. Due. Tomorrow at noon. This is for the class where I have forgotten to submit 2 previous assignments due at noon on Mondays. I now realize that this is quite a difficult concept for me to grasp... the noon deadline. Most online classes are perfect for procrastinators who like to wait until midnight to turn in their assignments on a late sunday evening. It's perfect in giving you the whole weekend to work with, yet turning it in at the last minute before the work week beings. Well this class is messing with my mind and busy, busy life (ha, yeah right). When it says due Monday, I think "oooh... a whole extra day I can waste." Then the world falls apart when I get home at 5pm and realize, oopsies, missed another deadline.

Obviously I've got the hang of it now. I have until noon tomorrow to get this midterm typed up. I'm working pretty hard at it. Here are my 10 cancel that, 8 steps of procrastination and successful avoidance, starting with this morning:

1. Go to church. Takes up a considerable amount of time, but provides the opportunity for reflection which is necessary for some good paper writing.

2. Went to a movie. This gave me the opportunity to relax and giggle a little bit before I buckled down to start the above mentioned writing.

3. Went to Paradise Bakery to do the homework. I was starving as usual. They provide free wifi, yummy salads and cookies, mmm. I wrote about a paragraph. That was a good start though.

4. Thought that since I was headed in the right direction with that one paragraph, I would continue brainstorming, take a break and hit up Trader Joe's on the way home since I'm completely out of groceries.

5. Roomie had rented some new movies. Of course I must watch one. Giggling is always good for the soul... and brainstorming, of course.

6. Realized that the toe/fingernails needed a lil' lovin'. I had previously purchased my new FAVORITE nail polish in 'Cherry Red'. This brand is the bomb. Better than any of the stuff we used at the salon I used to work at. Fantastic!

7. I could have posted the before and after, but I think the results are good enough. Which leads me to the fact that, YES, I have purchased a new camera. I had found one at Target on clearance the other day, in my quite affordable price range. I stood at the counter forever looking at the selection. I pretended like I knew what I was looking for, testing them out on random strangers. I hemmed and hawwed, finally deciding to go with the one on clearance, of course. It's on clearnance. Duh. I sheepishly asked the camera counter lady for assistance and I was told they were out of the one I wanted. hmmph. I must have looked so depressed that they offered the other one I had been looking at for the same price. So yay! New lil' camera! It kinda matches my toes! Get excited about lots of random photos headed your direction by way of my blog.

8. I guess #7 was just an actual act of procrastination. Lets make this one count. Blogging. Look at how much I can type when it doesn't actually matter. Why can't I just make this my paper. Oh yeah, my blog doesn't have anything to do with Religious Issues. Duh. My paper is supposed to be on the family unit. I'm going to be addressing the fact that it has changed and adapted with society and our culture. I'd rather just talk about my new, sexy, red nail polish and camera. Why can't I just write that families can consist of many different options and that everyone should be able to have cute lil' babies regardless of their family situation. Married, single, gay/kinda married, should all be able to have cute lil' asian adopted babies. We all deserve happy homes. There's my paper in a nutshell. Now I just need 5 more pages to back that up.

Wish me luck.

Someday...

Lately I have been able to distract myself from the idea of owning a Mini Cooper, but then the weather here in Arizona became PERFECT and the boss then drove us to lunch in his cutesy pie yellow, adorable Mini and this is how I felt the entire way... WHEEEEEE!!!!

I do realize that was a fantastically long sentence above, but how else could I capture my love and excitement for my future car. I can't wait for the day I get to drive around this gorgeous state with perfect fall 80 degree weather in a cute lil' Mini Cooper. Patience.

PATIENCE.

I had quite the experience with cat trapping this week. My roommate has been feeding the neighborhood kittens and decided that they needed to be caught and spayed/neutered. This is quite the concept for me to grasp... catching stray animals to pay for their surgeries. Especially when all I think of is lil' great grandma telling stories about throwing the strays in a sack with a few rocks before tossing them into the canal! I can just imagine her rolling her eyes as I sat in the dark parking lot, begging those darn cats to go in their cages. ha ha ha.

What an adventure we had trying to catch these lil' critters. The first 3 were caught pretty easily. We lured them into their cages with tuna, fresh out of a can. The momma cat and the oldest kitty were stubborn lil' buggers. The roomie had to wait until the next night to catch those two. I opted out of round two though. She had to brave it on her own. Thankfully it was a success. I can't imagine enduring a third night. blech.

It is nice to see our lil' friends now that they've recovered from surgery and are out hanging around their home/shed waiting for dinner. Many people from the complex have fallen in love with this kitty family. They're a welcome sight after a long day at work/school. Such cutesy pies. They'd probably be perfect co-captains for a lil' convertible Mini Cooper with the top down, wind in the hair. Well until we hit a speedbump and they fly out the back!

Ohhhh... the weather outside is frightful.

Ok, ok, not really. It is getting there. Waking up to 60 degree mornings is pretty cold for this sunshine girl. I have to wear my jacket unless I'm standing in direct sunlight now that the high temperature only reaches 85. I'm not complaining though. I love it! It makes me want to do all sorts of fall shopping with my imaginary money. Like this lil' gem... oh so cute.

This might be justifiable after surviving another long, hot Arizona summer. I figure since I get to buy my own birthday gifts this year, I'm going all out. Well, maybe once it goes on sale and then I'll wear it next year. ;)

In other news, I'm still surviving the semester. It's been somewhat calm. That's always a bit scary. Like the calm before the storm. Lets all pray for continued calm weather, at least until the semester is over. Then we can celebrate with plenty of rain, thunder and lightening.

I'm still waiting for my pet owl to arrive. I really appreciate whoever (mom?) ordered it for me. I guess I'll just be really, REALLY sad if none of my family/friends took the initiative to order it. I'm talking big alligators tears... MOM!

I have found my perfect pet!

Look at this lil' adorable thing. This is totally my kind of pet. No food, water or attention is required. Just a bit of sunshine during the day. It's like we're soulmates. We could possibly even lay out by the pool together. Me snoozing, my lil' owl nodding her head back and forth in the sunlight. I love solar power. Fantastic. So anyone out there who loves me... a mere $30 will buy your way straight to my heart. Plus I'll let you off the hook for my birthday. You better act fast, because this is a sale item!

Now all I need is a name for this lil' girl.

I love red tape.

Especially the red kind that heals all taillight wounds. About a month ago I noticed that the taillight on my car was a lil' bit broken. I figured I could get away with it for awhile. Well that ended on Sunday morning. As I was driving home, the cutest highway patrol guy EVER pulled me over. I was pretty tired and that usually leads to some 'duh!' moments, so you can imagine how much fun I was.

First of all, he walked up to my car and I had to open the door, because the window doesn't roll down. Classy, I know. He said he pulled me over for the light and then looked at my cracked windshield and said 'that too', as he pointed. hmm. ok. He asked for my insurance and license, which is 2 addresses old. oopsies. He had to show me on the back of my license that I have 10 days to update. Well I explained that I was busy... too busy to care or put on my to do list.

He heads back to his car, I assume to see what kinda nutcase I really am. That magic computer must have prompted important information, such as crazy, recently divorced lady, who works two jobs and goes to school full-time. When he got back to my car he asked what had happened to my light. Like I knew, I had just noticed that it was even like that a few weeks ago. He then asked why I didn't file a report. Well gee whiz. Who has the time to file a report for a slightly broken red light cover? I have plenty of other stuff to worry about. I stumped him there. He was speechless for a few minutes. So then he asked where it happened. I lied and guessed, Walmart? He seemed disappointed to realize that was private property. I think he was wanting to be nice and friendly and offer to file the report right then and there. Of course I screwed that up.

Oh.. and he asked if I lived out of my car! I swear it isn't that messy. I only had one big Target bag in the backseat and maybe a bunch of school books/papers. hmm... a lil' bit messy.

After at least 45 minutes of discussing important topics, such as where I live, work, do I get tuition benefits, are they hiring part time... I got a WARNING!! woot woot! He then suggested that I go to the lil' auto store and buy some red tape, or if possible a new light cover. pfft. I went with red tape, of course. I gotta keep up the appearance of the crazy, homeless lady living in the backseat.

So, that was my Labor Day weekend. Hope yours was equally exciting.

Embarrassed again.

These first two weeks of school have been tough. Not so much in the amount of work due, because it's mostly been reading assignments. I have had trouble with the little things. I already mentioned the due date and time issue I had on Monday. Well in that same class I had to write an introduction about myself in the online discussion board. Easy peasy. I did a quick note about me and submitted. I decided to scroll back and read some others. That's when I realized that I had already introduced myself last week when the assignment became available!

This is what happens when I try to be proactive. I forget that I had done the assignment and when the due date rolls around I fall back into the 'rush, rush' procrastinator mode and hurry to submit. The whole Google calendar idea is a great tool, but only if used correctly. I have learned my lesson. Now is not the time to change learning behaviors. I will save that for grad school. I am going back to survival/procrastinator mode where I know I can be successful.

It wouldn't be so bad if I spread all my oopsies into different classes. Oh no, I choose to make all my 'duh!' moments happen in one class, Religion and Moral Issues. I'm sure my professor is going to start to wonder about my obvious issues. 15 more weeks to go. As if I'm counting. pfft.