It was worth it though. Last weekend, I finished my senior project. 103 pages of tension, sweat, and bloody keyboarding. Earlier this week, I completed my final final. Say that with me: "final final." No more exams, EVAR! I am one-hundred-per-cent, now and forever, i's dotted and t's crossed, DONE with my degree requirements.
Once I get my grades back and do all the formalities, I'll have:
(assuming that I passed of course)
- Diploma in Homeland Security
- Associate's degree in Computer Information Systems
- Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, focus on Programming
Besides schoolwork, we've had the typical whirlwind of family stuff happening around the house. I have a few dozen topics dancing with the sugar plums in my head. I really need to flush my brain and start over, though. Kinda like coming back from vacation and deleting the email inbox. If it's important, it'll come back.
Megan lettered for doing her 3rd season of color guard in the marching band. She's just now a freshman, so she got credit for the years she was in middle school, but spinning flags w the high school band. She's kicking tail in her classes too. Missed straight A's the first semester by one class: B in violin class.
Sam is home from Radford. For keepsies. Before you jump to conclusions, her return is by choice. She earned solid A's and B's her first semester, but decided to switch schools. She's already registered for the spring semester at NOVA, and will be transferring to JMU either sophomore or junior year.
Ethan just finished a really cool science project. He built models of three different bridges, and tested how much they flexed under different weight loads. His project looked like the projects you see in the movies, 1000x better than anything we ever did in school.
Joe and Celeste are doing their thing down in Kentucky still. My mom and I took a road trip a while back, checking out their apartment and delivering furniture. The apartment is super cute in a nice neighborhood, just up the road from where he's working. They're coming into town for Christmas, so I'm looking forward to getting caught up on all the latest.
Christmas for us is actually starting tomorrow. Since the kids have so much family, step-family, and extended family, December 25 is insanely busy. We do our famstuff on a different day, so we can relax a bit and enjoy the time together without dealing with a high-pressure schedule. We're going to dinner in Alexandria at Columbia Firehouse. I know it sounds like a bingo hall, but it's actually a really cool restaurant built into the shell of an 1800's firehouse. After dinner, we're heading down to the National Harbor to check out the lights and shows, before heading home to exchange gifts.
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Balls. Not like that. These are balls in a Christmas, as well as a use your brain, kinda way.
This game kick's some Christmas ass! You'll soooo wind up on the naughty list, though. Super Santa Kicker!
(Why is Santa so jolly? 'Cuz he knows where all the naughty girls live.)
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Five ways to let your Facebook password get stolen. (Side note: it drives me effing crazy when people say "I was hacked!" After a decade in IT, I've only seen one instance when the user hadn't done something boneheaded first.)
Gawker's password database was compromised. Here's a graph of the most common passwords in that data spill. If your password is on the list, maybe you should be a little more creative...
Der-duh-derrr.
Dog people are infinitely funnier than cat people.
Dogs don't need people to be funny: "I made food! I'm magical!"
Candy is my favorite part of Halloween.
The 1985 John Riggins limited edition Ford F-150.
Only in West Virginia.
CrifDogs NYC!
All I need is the little box of 8 Crayolas.
I just got free of my BlackBerry. I can vouch for accuracy of the dinosaur picture.
(btw - Verizon, which caught a lot of my venom over the summer, backed off of their stupid "pay extra for nothing" policy. We renewed the contract and got three new phones, including my Droid X. I'm still irritated at Verizon, but I LOVE MY DROID.)
CHOMP!
Dammitall. I knew it was them.
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