Hey Dallas~

Will you send me your email addy, puh-lezzz?
jklduncan@yahoo.com

Thanks :)

Day 4: A Good Day!

School was a joy today :) I only have 1 course on Tues/Thursdays. It's Drama Lecture. My teacher is a Grad student and super upbeat. Today we were split up in groups and put on 2 minute long skits. I have to say, our group was the BEST :) And, i'm not just saying that either... It was cute, and we made everybody laugh. We were even giggly as we did it.

Thanks to all those who have said prayers for me this week! My first French quiz is in the morning. Eck! Wish me luck! Oh, I feel WAY smart in French 1. I'm no longer the biggest idiot in the class... even better!

* I *think* i'm going to try to wear 'real' clothes tomorrow. I have a cute new dress I'd love to wear and I picked up new shoes today for 3 bucks! (I think somebody put it in the system wrong, but it was good for me!) I do lots and lots of walking, so I am not sure how this will go. Decisions... I just feel better when I'm not in slouchy clothing.

Hose Play

My camera lens was foggy. It was in the beach bag by a bottle of cold water. But, these pics were to sweet not to share. Oh, look-- must be avoiding something...
Au revoir.

Day 2: Lost

Drama Lecture: Good. Meet some very 'fruity' new people. Interactive class. I think it's going to be great.

Lost: (not a class, but a 'blonde thing' I do frequently.) Jessica got on the wrong bus. Let me explain: at my school we park WAY far away from the actual school. So, they provide a free transit system for us. There are several different bus routes, and you get on the 'color route' according to your parking lot (I use lot 56A). My bus is green, but I learned today that there's a little 2 words under GREEN on the sign. Pomfret. I haven't noticed this before. I usually luck out and get on GREEN w/o realizing it, I guess. Today, I get on Pomfret green. And, they stop near the baseball stadium. My lot is by the football stadium. Do I really pay that much attention? Uh, no. I get out and am going, oh crap. There's not a big parking lot near me. I don't think I went to the right place. So, I start walking thinking surely I will run into it. This campus can't really be that big right? I walk on. And, start to fret. I try to call my hubby b/c I found a street sign to explain where I am potentially at. Um, somebody forgot to pay that bill (I am NEVER late on bills, but for some reason the cell phone escaped me. Must've been that it was due when we were in Florida.). So, my phone is shut off. And, I can't call to ask where I might be. I keep on walking. I walk for like an hourish. Finally, I get to my lot. I walked through sprinklers even. It was hot. Thankfully, I learned a VALUABLE lesson yesterday. You could tell by clothing the experienced "U of A" students. They all had on comfy clothing and tennis shoes of some sort. Me, well I tried to look 'cute' for the first day. In blue jean capri's and flipper floppers :P Today, Jessica wore the tennis shoes and cotton shorts w/ a tee. So glad, that many steps in flip flops would have sucked.

I have 2 lessons:
1) any upcoming college students, dress for comfort your 1st day and don't forget your tennies!!!!
2) ALWAYS make sure you get on the correct bus and don't get off at the baseball stadium thinking it's the football stadium. (Actually, I didn't know which was what, I just saw the bleachers)
Oh and a 3rd, PAY ATTENTION to your surroundings.

I'm no longer in Cal. I switched it for Developmental Psychology. Joy. And, I've spent atleast 3 hours on the phone w/ Sprint today. Ugh.

Avoiding My Homework

This is what happens when you avoid homework. I got a new photo edit program. I've been playing around. Not studying or doing what I should be doing. There are a TON of family pics I need to upload. Here's me a little monkey. (Ps- the ocean was nasty looking the day we did those pictures. Tropical Storm Fay blew in that night... I'm sure thats why)

Bad Day

Day 1: SCARY.

French: I walked into French (a la Francais) confident. hahahaha I walked out, and immediately pulled out the laptop to drop it. Don't fret, I'm back in Francais Un. Or however you say French 1.

Genetics: Ah, well ok. Read Ch 1 by Wednesday. 10-4

Lunch: With a friend, Chick-fil-A. Yum

Calculus: Oh, Lordy. I took notes, and was totally pumped. But, I think my teacher has it in for frat guys. She gave a speech on "if you aren't strong in algebra and trig and want to plegde and be in a frat, get out of my class." There was also the "I have thrown chalk at kids for disrupting" speech. I think that lady is Koo-Koo! Left there, still happy. I'm a female for one :) No thought of pledging to anything.

Calculus Drill: Test # 1. 9 questions, no calculators of any kind. Just brains. Well, only your brain. And, mine. Is so out of 4th grade. Which was what the quiz was on. 2/3 * 1/4= ? I missed it. Infact, I missed like 5 of the 9. I can't divide decimals, I got the numbers right, just put the decimal in the wrong place. I'm stressing.

I hae a TON of homework to do. I should not be blogging. I needed to vent~ to all those people who stopped reading after my first sentence. I've been searching for a new class since 6. It's now 10. I'm in trouble. Wish me luck.

Panic Mode, ON!

I start school tomorrow. My summer ends in just a few hours. Gulp.
I've started panic mode. Seriously, panic.... I haven't decided on my foreign language. French or German. I've signed up for both, until I can make up my mind. I bought both books today, b/c I can't decide. The biggest issue- they would start me at Elementary French 2 whereas if I took German, I'd start at level 1 (or below that, whatever you consider elementary to be). I've had French before, yes- but, hello?! It's been since high school. Like 10 & half of 11th grade. Whoa.
And, on Calculus. I nearly poo'd all over myself when I opened the book. I am HORRIFIED. I was foresure going to drop it yesterday. Today, I'm thinking- just maybe I can do it. But, now-- well, ECK! I took Trig in spring of '06 and College Algebra in like '04 (and, I pretty much sat at our kitchen table crying over my book the entire term). It's been a LONG time since my last math course. So, I panic. I'm not so sure I can do it all.

I HAVE no choice but to work my tailend off and get all A's. I want to get into the Honor's program. I have to have a 3.5 GPA, so I basically am shooting for a 4.0 GPA for this term. I'm stuck at a 3.31 now, which isn't good enough for me. Could you all just say a prayer for me. That I make it through the week, that I don't go into any wrong classrooms, and that I can learn to control my 'stress' and not freak so much?! Thanks :)

A Tropical Storrm Experience

Friday Night was crazy. We hung out at the condo most of the day, watching people pack their cars and get out of town as Fay was expected to hit Destin by sunset Friday (the big stuff holding off until the AM hours Saturday), with rain totals of up to 12 inches. We went to fill the gas tank up, we experienced very LONG lines at the pump, and people leaving w/o getting gas. The lady came on the speaker informing us there were satilite system failures a good part of the evening and we may not beable to get gas. The 2 cars infront of us left with no gas. As we pulled up, Adam decided to try. She came back on the intercom saying it was working then, but didn't know how long it would last. We also noticed a gas price hike from the time we arrived to our departure. Nothing huge, 10 cents/gal max. When we returned to the condo Friday night, there were like 5 cars in the parking lot. Going from a full lot the night before. We managed to make it out of town without to much grief. High winds and heavy rain, which did make the drive a little more interesting. We said many prayers for the people in the southern FL region. They experienced some major flooding.
This is taken standing on our back porch. You can 'sort of' see the way the wind was blowing the tree's in the next 4 photos. These were all taken around 7:30am Saturday.


View from our condo's front door.


A picture of the TV screen, before heading out Saturday. We were behind the lady, you can see the N sticking out. "DestiN"

Taken along the "Destin Bridge" (The next 4 pics were my attempt of catching the waves, which were much larger on the way out of town!)

Destin Coast

Bridge in Pensacola

Welcome Home!

We got in Saturday night around 10:30ish (pm), we walked in to (after being in the van since 8am):
* Lightbulbs unscrewed
* Doll head, and boots stuffed in our bed (the 'doll' is what Ann practiced hair with, she's a stylist- and VERY good... if you need her #)
* Jim on the side table
* The Matress and box springs switched (mat on bottom, box springs on top)
*And, as I go to SIT on the toilet, I find brown smeared stuff and a chunk of stuff in the pot. I later learned it was Reese's PB Cup, not poop




We have some terrific friends who 'house & fish sat' for us. All we can say is~ hehehe you just wait til we watch your house!!! :) (and, nah we aren't mad, we thought it was pretty funny--- but, we know where you sleep! LOL) Yea, I had Adam hide the doll head. I'd end up waking up and see it and freak out thinking it was a real person or The Bride of Chuckie was out to get me. No joke, I'm freaky that way- I don't do scary!

Watch Out World!

Why you say?! Well, LOGEN IS 5!!!!! He had a nice 'little' celebration. We swam in the ocean and the pool, went to dinner at Fudpucker's, played at a playground (BTW: Destin has some AWESOME kids play areas, like I mean HUGE ones with 6 or 7 different slide/climby things) went to get cupcakes, and little turkey was up till 1am playing with the bestest gift ever (that daddy picked out), a Batman costume.
First evening on the beach, when it was great (full day 1, he didn't think it was so great)

Logen~ "Cheesin' it up!"

Soooo super super excited. The Spiderman bag really excited him. :P

Notice his outfit. It's a "Logen picked out one". He's got a thing for camo these days.

My Hero, Batman (AKA Logen-Man)


PS~ I have a TON of pictures from our trip to show you all. :)