FINAL POST



Well, here we are at then end of the road.  I am done blogging and glad that I will not HAVE TO DO IT anymore.  I can blog if I want to and not blog if I don't.  I have enjoyed this class, much better than when I took ENG 101 ten years ago at St. Louis Community College - Florissant Valley Campus.  The papers were alot more interesting to write, the BLOGGING was something new and different and REAL WORLD writting, the way the class was taught was very nice. No more having to write English papers, no more blogging, no more, no more.The INSTRUCTOR, Mr. Nadjeiko, IS VERY COOL.  If I HAD TO TAKE ANOTHER ENGLISH CLASS, which I don't think I do, I WOULD DEFINATELY TAKE HIS CLASS. (No, I am not trying to get brownie points like you or he may think.)

NEXT SEMESTER is going to be a whole new world for me as well.  I am taking ONLINE CLASSES and going to be working probably 40+ hours per week every week.  It will be very difficult to stay on top of my "CLASS WORK" and work that many hours.  All I can think in my head though is, IF I DO IT NOW, I WON'T HAVE TO DO IT LATER.  THE SOONER I GET THIS DONE, THE SOONER I HAVE MY DEGREE, THE SOONER I GET A BETTER JOB, or should I say CAREER. 

So, to all...FAIRWELL. 

Have fun,

Enjoy life,

Live everyday as though it is your last, your never know, it may be.

LONG PAST DUE THANKSGIVING BLOG

   

     Well, it was another holiday.  Thanksgiving at my grandmother's house was going good, UNTIL DINNER.  They ran out of gravy at the BIG TABLE (which is for my grandmother and her kids and their spouses), so someone asked if anyone could go to the kitchen to get more gravy.  My aunt said that she would, so when she went to stand up she bumped or leaned on the table and my one uncle got VERY UPSET, because his wife's soda got spilled.  He stood up and was throwing a tantrum just like a child.  {IT WAS AN ACCIDENT, give me a break.}  He started to scream, yell, and curse.  I was trying to bite my tounge and not say anything, but my kids where there and did not need to hear all that.  So, I finally stood up and said something to him and asked him nicely to STOP THE CURSING AND YELLING, WE HAVE KIDS HERE.  He did not seem to care.  My other uncle decide to tell me that I needed to SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP, BECAUSE IT WAS "A CHILD".  Hardly, I am grown, married, and kids of my own now.  The rest of the night ended up just being a big argument.  I decided to leave.  This made me upset as well as my parents and grandmother.  I just proceede to tell them that I would see them on FRIDAY at our house for Thanksgiving dinner where there would not be any of this arguring, yelling, and cursing.  Then one of my aunts, who is my godmother, decided to stick her nose in where it didn't belong and proceed to tell me that it would probably be worse with the other side of my family (my wife's side).  I proceed to inform her how she had gotten on my nerves and been VERY RUDE all day to me and that IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN at dinner on Friday.  Of Course, IT DID NOT HAPPEN.  We had a VERY GOOD, PEACEFUL, AND ENJOYABLE DINNER on Friday night with my wife's family, my parents, and my grandmother.

WHO KNOWS WHAT CHRISTMAS WILL

HOLD AT MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE?????

ITS FINALS TIME

THIS SUCKS!  I AM SOOOOOO TIRED!  I CAN NOT STUDY ANYMORE!
IS IT OVER YET!?!?!?

Well, here it is the END OF THE SEMESTER and IT'S FINALS TIME!  Unfortunately, I have to come to class Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, AND Thursday of next week for FINALS.  I have 1 on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, and TWO on Wednesday  :(  .  I am LUCK though that my PSYC FINAL is the only one that I have to have on Thursday.  I wish it was later in the day on Thursday though, it is at 9:30am.  My OFFICE SUITE FINAL is going to be an easy one though on Wednesday, I probably will only have to be in class for about 30mins or less.  The ENGLISH FINAL, well, we all know that it may not take long either, as long as I have everything together and in order, I can be out of there on Tuesday in a jiffy.  The BUSINESS FINAL, well it shouldn't take long, maybe 45mins or so, which is just like one of our normal tests for the class.  My ACCOUNTING FINAL, that will probably be just like the Business final, only about 45mins or so, again, just like one of our normal tests for the class.  THEN THAT'S ALL.  I will be done for the semester.

PSYC

Psychology is not one of my favorite subjects.  I had to do a presentation in class on December 1st.  My presentation was on SEXUAL PREDATORS and PERSONALITY DISORDERS.  The presentation went better than I expected and I ended up with a 72%.  I thought that I was only going to get a 65% or less and FAIL the presentation.  I was happy with my grade. The instructor on the other hand told me that they thought that I was going to do better than I did.  But that is OK.  I like my grade, and yeah, I probably could have done better.  If I wouldn't have forgotten a few little things to turn in and if I ddin't go over my allotted 10-11 mins, which I did 13mins (-2 pts.).  Well, it is done and over with now and I am so relieved that it is.  Now it is on to studing for they FINAL in the class which I think is on Tuesday, December 14th, I THINK.  Well, whenever it is, it is.  I hope that I can get at least a 70% on the FINAL so that I can maintain my "C" average in the class.

TAX SEASON TRAINING

Well, last Wednesday, December 1st, I had my last training class for the upcoming tax season.  We spent 8 weeks getting updated on all of the in's and out's of doing taxes.  The only thing that we will have left to do is ONE FINAL UPDATE CLASS in Janurary when the Federal goverment, the IRS, finallizes all of the rules and regulations on tax law for 2010.  It was very interesting, I even learned some new things this year, that I wasn't total up on last year.  These things included POAs (Power of Attorney), Small Business returns,  and a little about FARM returns.  I also got chosen to do the loans which will begin on Dec. 7th.  I will be working in our Columbia office for the month of December.  In January, I will be working at all three of our offices: Red Bud, Waterloo, & Columbia.  This is very nice to be able to get the additional trainning and refreshers that I needed to be able to better serve my clients and possibly gain some new clients because of the knowledge that I gained thru this training.

  

St. LouIS Holdiay Magic

This past weekend on Saturday, the family and I went to America's Center for the St. LouIS Holiday Magic show.  It was a good time.  We ended up getting a coupon from someone and it only cost us $20 for the whole family, so only paying for the two adults and the two kids were FREE.  The event had LOTS to do.  We did alot while we where there.  We had photos with Santa (which cost extra), watched some of the Purina Incredible Dog Team show, watched the Six Flags Entertainment (which was Christmas show, that was only 15 minutes long, just enough time that the kids didn't get to irritated or annoyed), ate lunch at "The Alpine Lodge" (which was a small eating area within the show that was set up like a ski lodge - and of course cost extra over addmission), rode on the rides (including the Apples, the Carousel, the Kiddie Coster {a Dragon}, went down the Super Slide, and rode on the Kiddie Train {on the track, not the trackless one}.  We also visited or at least seen all of the vendors, which were mainly for adults.  Overall we had a good time and would probably attend again next year if they have it.  We were there from about 10:30am - 2:30pm.  It was pretty reasonably price, or money spent, for a FAMILY DAY OUT.