First week of on-campus classes

I finished reading Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks last night. What a wonderful book. If you haven't read this book, please do. Make sure you have a box of tissue nearby. After finishing the Nicholas Sparks book I started reading the first few pages of Sophie Kinsella's Can You Keep A Secret? Truly, a good book is a great way to relax.

The first week of my Fall semester is behind me. Things are going well. I enjoy my on-campus classes and feel I have an understanding of the text we are studying. That, of course is subject to change. I also enjoy my three online classes but I need to get a routine going for those classes. I hate checking every few hours each day to see if there are assignments. I think I need to make myself a schedule of when to check and stick to that.

Brittany is doing pretty well in school. She seems to be enjoying it more this year. Several of her textbooks have materials available online and we have been taking advantage of that. She is such a great artist. She seemed really excited about the books I got her yesterday while I was out. It was a nice variety of books, Arthur, Scooby-Doo, Larry Boy, Magic School Bus and of course a Joke book.

Jim seems to be doing better but these extreme temperatures have us all drained.

My Summer Semester Ends, Brittany's School yr begins...

We have really been busy. Now that it's too hot to do much I can catch up on blogging. I got my grades back for my summer semester classes. I made A's in both of the classes(Advertising & Sales Promotion, Office Graphics & Presentation). I got my books for the fall semester and won't have anything to be done before classes begin on Aug 17th. Brittany's classes start tomorrow. I went to her open house last night and met her teachers. She will be changing classes so she has about 4 different teachers. She also has a locker this year so I wrote a check for that and got that taken care of. They will assign them tomorrow. Her bus will be the same as last year at least the same route and driver however they got a new bus and bus #. She seems pretty excited about school. Also one of the girls who was in her Kindergarten class is in her room this year. I've been working with my resume and looking at jobs so I should have that down pretty good by the time I graduate in December.

Fall Semester Registration

Working on my schedule for the Fall Semester. Not sure if I am exempt from Orientation requirement or not. I've been attending since '95 and this is my last semester before graduation so I don't see the logic.

Business Management and Supervision
Associate in Applied Science Degree
GENERAL REQUIRED COURSES

• ORI 101 Orient to College------------1 ?
• ENG 101 English Composition I-----3 x
• SPH 106 Speech-----------------------3 x
• HUM 101 Humanities or Arts---------3 x
• MTH 100 Inter. College Algebra-----3 x
• CIS 146 Microcomputer Applics-----3 x
• CIS 196 Computer science Excel---3 fall semester
• PSY 200 Soc/Behav Science--------3 x
• ECO 231 Princ of Macroecon-------3 fall semester
• Section Sub Total --------------------25

MAJOR REQUIRED COURSES

• BUS 100 Intro to Business-----------3 x
• BUS 241 Principles of Accting I ----3 x
• BUS 275 Principles of Mgmt---------3 fall semester
• BUS 285 Principles of Mkting-------3 x
• ECO 232 Principles of Microecon--3 x
• Section Sub Total --------------------15

OPTION IV - Entrepreneurship
Specialized Courses

• BUS 178 Purchasing------------------3 x
• BUS 242 Princ of Accting II-----------3 x
• BUS 263 Legal/Social of Bus--------3 fall semester
• BUS 271 Bus Stats I-------------------3 fall semester
• BUS 277 Mgmt Seminar--------------3 x
• BUS 279 Sm Bus Mgmt---------------3 x
• MKT 220 Ad & Sales Promo---------3 x(currently enrolled)
• BUS 215 Bus Commun---------------3 x
• OAD 246 Office Graphics------------3 x(currently enrolled)
• Section Sub Total--------------------27
• TOTAL HOURS ----------------------67

New Year--New News

We had a pretty good weekend. Brittany and I went to a birthday party for her friend Meagan. Brittany really enjoyed herself. Saturday and Sunday's weather was wonderful. Temps were around 70s though the wind was a bit cool if you weren't standing in the sun. Saturday and Sunday the playoffs were on the tube. I watched some of the games with Jim. Brittany and I are both out of school Monday and Tuesday. I plan to do a little studying. I still have to come up with an idea for my Small Business Management Class on what business to write a business plan for....I am leaning towards a Genealogy Research/Document retrieval kind of service. I'd really like to see if there is a market and it seems like the perfect excuse to check that one out. Brittany has dance class on Tuesday. She is really excited about dance....and going to Burger King afterward for that matter. My shows should be new soon. American Idol will be back on soon ....also hope The Shield will start back up soon. My other favs are Friday Night Lights and Standoff. I haven't got to see several of the last Standoff episodes because it was on the same time as FNL(I think that was the show that was on at the conflicting time) I need to try and take one or two classes this spring to insure that I can graduate this fall. Only problem is I will have to pay for that out of my pocket and my funds are pretty much nothing.