Round One of Exams...Done

Yes!  Round One of my exams ended last week!  For three weeks, I had atleast one exam per week.  I will also be having one exam per week until the third week of November, which is the week right before my Thanksgiving Break.  With an exam each week, it is hard to decide when one round ends and the other begins.

Oh well...I survived one round and I will make it through the next rounds.  I am happy with my grades on all my exams.  No they were not perfect scores but that is a good thing.  If they were perfect, then I would have nothing to learn and that would be boring.  However, I really do know a lot.  If I didn't, then I would not be where I am today. 

With that quick little run down, I better get back to studying for my AgTM 315 lab exam that is tomorrow.

Quick Trip Home

Last weekend I made a quick trip home because I hadn't been home for five weeks and I was really missing my family and boyfriend.  It was a quick trip, but it was just what I needed to to get pumped for the next several weeks of exams. 

I cruised home Friday afternoon and spent Friday evening after dinner with my boyfriend as he packed to head off to college because his classes started Monday.  I spent Saturday with my family taking some pictures, going to a car show with my dad's jeep, playing with the horses, and making homemade pizza.  It was a great weekend at home!

Taking these pictures was something my dad had been wanting to do.  I say his idea was a good one!  I mean look at them--they look great and so do Erin and I!  I have a feeling these pictures will be making more appearances...perhaps around Christmas time on a card?  Now, I have to share this because this is always how it goes.  Erin and I we just going to wear black t-shirts, but it was cold outside.  When we met in the hallway after getting ready we were wearing these matching flannel shirts.  Kind of funny, but we often wear similar or matching clothes without out planning to.  Turned out nice, though, for the pictures if I do say so myself. 

Also, the Hay King is something our farm is quite proud of.  We won this recognition at the Grant County Fair back in August.  We won this competition for making great hay.  We are pretty happy about it!  We've won twice now in the last four years!

So the weekend at home was just what I needed.  I survived my two exams this past week and am ready to take on one exam per week until Thanksgiving break comes around.  Happy Fall!

I Want A Pet

So I really, really, really want a pet of some sort.  However, it is not going to happen because I don't want to clean up after one and I don't want to pay the fee for having one at my apartment.  The fee would be for a cat or dog.

My three pet choices are a cat, dog, and tarantula.  There are pros and cons to each of these critters.

Cat 
Cons:  smelly litter box, hair, claws, meowing, pouncing in the night
Pros:  a friend, cuddly, cute, entertaining, sleeps a lot

Dog
Cons:  too big for apartment, may bark at night, my be mean to other dogs, needs walks
Pros:  would get me to go on walks, could be a protector, a friend, eat leftovers, lick the dishes, play with

Tarantula
Cons:  a spider, creepy, needs a warm environment and I don't want a high electricity bill, can hold
Pros:  small, inexpensive to feed, doesn't need walks, would be quiet

So obviously there are goods and bads to my pet choices.  Even if I could have a pet, I would have a hard time choosing which one to get.  I would also like to have my horse here at school but she is isn't allowed at the apartment complex and she would miss her horse friends at home.  So for now I will keep dreaming and loving all my friends' pets here at school.