A New Year Has Begun
Happy New Year to one and all!
I've been so busy with holiday shopping and studying for final exams, I didn't get a chance to write. I am so glad that the holidays and final exams are over!! But I'm not too happy with all of my grades. I really shouldn't knock what I received but I can't help it. I took four classes - healthcare management, CQI/TQM (that's a quality assurance class), Math Strategies (remedial) and Writing Workshop II. I got all the grades that I expected except for my writing class. I was expecting at least A- or a A and I ended up with a B+. I am really upset because I never missed a class and was one of the few that always handed in our paper and essays on time and I ALWAYS excepted constructive criticism from the instructor. Receiving the B+ didn't really make much of a difference in my GPA. It rose from 3.42 to 3.47 but I was aiming to get over 3.5. I still think I am doing pretty good for a single mother rearing four children but I try to set high expectations for myself and it gets a little disheartening not to meet them. Oh, well....c'est la vie!
Over the holiday, I was really disturbed to hear about the devastation in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand. But for some reason I really wasn't surprised. My mother and I had a conversation about this and I mentioned to her that such a horrific event sounds like something out of the Book of Revelations. She confirmed what I was feeling. She agreed with me that it is definitely a sign of the times and that everything mentioned in Revelations is coming to pass. I believe her because although I don't attend church regularly, she does and she knows a lot more than I do. I really need to get myself back in church because I'm not trying to spend the rest of eternity in fiery heat.
A friend of mine told me that there are blogs that show the devastation in those areas but she didn't mention which ones. Since I'm still relatively new to blogs, would anybody have any idea how I can go about looking them up?
Time for me to go. Hopefully, I will be able to write in more often. Keep the comments coming. I love to hear from fellow bloggers like myself.
Peace,
Trili
I've been so busy with holiday shopping and studying for final exams, I didn't get a chance to write. I am so glad that the holidays and final exams are over!! But I'm not too happy with all of my grades. I really shouldn't knock what I received but I can't help it. I took four classes - healthcare management, CQI/TQM (that's a quality assurance class), Math Strategies (remedial) and Writing Workshop II. I got all the grades that I expected except for my writing class. I was expecting at least A- or a A and I ended up with a B+. I am really upset because I never missed a class and was one of the few that always handed in our paper and essays on time and I ALWAYS excepted constructive criticism from the instructor. Receiving the B+ didn't really make much of a difference in my GPA. It rose from 3.42 to 3.47 but I was aiming to get over 3.5. I still think I am doing pretty good for a single mother rearing four children but I try to set high expectations for myself and it gets a little disheartening not to meet them. Oh, well....c'est la vie!
Over the holiday, I was really disturbed to hear about the devastation in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand. But for some reason I really wasn't surprised. My mother and I had a conversation about this and I mentioned to her that such a horrific event sounds like something out of the Book of Revelations. She confirmed what I was feeling. She agreed with me that it is definitely a sign of the times and that everything mentioned in Revelations is coming to pass. I believe her because although I don't attend church regularly, she does and she knows a lot more than I do. I really need to get myself back in church because I'm not trying to spend the rest of eternity in fiery heat.
A friend of mine told me that there are blogs that show the devastation in those areas but she didn't mention which ones. Since I'm still relatively new to blogs, would anybody have any idea how I can go about looking them up?
Time for me to go. Hopefully, I will be able to write in more often. Keep the comments coming. I love to hear from fellow bloggers like myself.
Peace,
Trili
posted by Trilivonel @ 9:07 AM
3 Comments:
At January 8, 2005 at 12:01 AM,
PRINCE CHARMING said…
I think I remember seeing a link on the main blogger page after you log in that linked to some of the blogs about the stuff going on in Asia. I haven't really paid attention to the links for the past few days, but they're probably still there.
I can relate to you on the grades thing. Although I did fine by everyone else's standards this semester, I didn't quite reach my own (and we all know that's what's truly important). I must say however, that you are doing your thing to have such a high GPA and still have time to spend with your kids...that in and of itself is amazing...and just think of the positive example that you are setting for them.
Happy New Year to you as well and I'm sure I'll visit you again soon.
At January 10, 2005 at 11:04 AM,
Trilivonel said…
J.
Thanks for the encouragement! I am truly considering fighting that grade because the instructor really didn't follow the course description for the class but even so, I'm not going to let it get me down!
Thank your for your comments. Please do come back soon!
Trili
At November 3, 2005 at 10:16 PM,
Roberto Iza Valdés said…
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