Now the work will start

This is the last week of my very first class at GCU and I can't wait for it to be over.  I am glad that the next class will be more challenging and that I will actually learn something from it.  I am sure that I will at many times become so irritated with people in my next class that I will want to through the computer out the window but I am expecting people in the next class to ruffle my feathers so to speak as the next class is called "Christian World View."
I am sure there will be people that bash other religions because they do not understand them.  I'm sure there will be missionary opportunities but will I be able to recognize them or will I be so frazzled by what other people are saying about other people or religions to notice that they are there.  I am really hoping and praying that I will be able to recognize them and act upon them.  At the same time I am really hoping that they are not there at all and that I can just get through the 7 week class whole and without problems of any kind.
I don't really know what to expect from this class but I'm sure I will make it though just fine.  This first class has been so easy that at times I have wanted to rip my hair out for lack of boredom.  However, I now know that I will do just fine with taking care of my family, home, church callings, and school work
So here's to the last week of what will probably be the easiest class I will have to take in the next four years and on to the harder work that I will actually learn something from and be able to apply to not only my classroom when I am done but also in my home when helping my children with their own school work.

And a HUGE HUGE HUGE thank you to the most wonderful husband in the world that has been extremely supportive of me starting school back up and getting the education that I want.  He has sat next to me on the couch watching TV not complaining about the typing noise going on next to him that he would much rather not be there. As well as taking the time to look after our four children so that I can get some school work done when he is home during the day and on the weekends.  And to the family and friends that have encouraged me to continue the good work and support they have provided and will continue to provided through out the next four years.

1st quiz

Well, I took my first quiz, why I don't know.  I have until next Sunday at 1am my time to get it completed and turned in and there is nothing that says I that it is not open book.  I didn't do as well and I thought I had done so it's probably a good thing that we are given two chances to take it.  Now I just have to make sure that I get 100% the next time I take it since there is an average to the two scores to get the final score. 
I had a gut feeling that I should just go to bed and worry about taking the quiz later in the week since it is getting a little late and I have been dealing with a two year old that refuses to go to sleep for the last three hours.  I really don't think that my mind is working to the best of its ability so 10pm was probably not the best time to take a quiz.
I still can not believe I missed that many though.  I have been through this whole web site and classroom a million and one times and can get exactly where I need to be without having to click out of one screen and back track to get to the right place.
Oh, well I guess I'll review a little bit better tomorrow while my children are napping and take a crack at it again later on.  I may even jump around the web site while I am taking it.  There are only 30 questions and we have 30 minutes to complete the quiz so that is an average of 1 minute per question.  I think I can search and find all the correct answers in 1 minute per question.  Beside there are some questions that I have no doubt in my mind at all what the answer is and they were cake questions to answer.
So, here is to another try tomorrow, or the next day since I have week to take the quiz again.

3 weeks left

Well, I am over halfway done with my first class and it feels great.  I still have a 100% on all of my assignments and that is an awesome feeling.  I know that the courses are going to be getting harder and harder as I go but I still have a goal of graduating with a 4.0, I really don't know why I wasn't this motivated in High School.  I guess maybe then I was more worried about other things and didn't apply myself as much as I should have.  I didn't get bad grades but I know I could have done WAY better in high school and gotten better grades.
College I applied myself a bit more and that felt great that I was on top of things for most of that.  But, this time around I'm really wanted to be better than I have been in the past with my studies.  My academic counselor had to be the bad guy for a few minutes the other day when I told her that my goal was to graduate with a 4.0 and tell me that "it's a great goal but, don't get discouraged if you get an A- in a class because one A- will drop my GPA down from a 4.0."  Not what I wanted to hear but she has to remind me of things like this as well as encourage me to continue to do well in my courses.
I don't really know what happened on the other end of someone using my work as their own, however my teacher did post to everyone the rules of on lines classes again and that they need to use thier own ideas.  She was unaware that someone had done this and made sure that it was corrected.
On top of all this studing and everything that I've been doing, I've also been keeping up with my house and kids and the million different directions everyone likes to run as well as starting a new workout program called Shawn T Insanity, and it really is Insanity.  I feel like I'm going to die everytime I do it.  But I'm feeling better and I'm feeling a difference in my body and how I feel.  I have muscles that I forgot I had so that is a good thing.