Only two more weeks…

I’ve got a 71 word paragraph…It’s taken me all day to get that much. I can’t seem to get this essay to go anywhere. It’s driving me utterly mental. I’ve had a half a dozen bits and pieces and starts and stops…*sigh* And here I thought this would be the easy one, and that it would be the Linguistics paper that gave me trouble.

*pokes at paragraph* This is what I’ve got…

With three-headed dogs, cranky ferrymen, sulfurous lakes, hordes of demons, and even the occasional lost soul, why would anyone living dare venture into the realms of the dead? Yet every culture has some sort of tale of a hero’s descent into the Underworld. The descent story has even crossed from the realms of mythology into modern day hero tales. That presents the question, what is the importance of the descent story?

& a bunch of scattered notes. My initial thought was to first talk about the different ‘versions’ of the Underworld, and then talk about the reasons why people go there, with examples from myths…I don’t know…I just feel like it’s all utter rubbish.

*pokes @ French class* 
I really don’t know what he’s going to do. We were suppose to have review for chapter 9 exam yesterday…But, like last Thursday, we sat in there and waited, and waited, and waited…Only to discover that class was cancelled.
So…We are going to have to have review Tuesday…Which would be Ch. 9 Exam Thursday…That only leaves two days of class…There is no way he is going to be able to go over chapter 10 in one day and expect to give us an exam on it the next day. [Honestly, we shouldn’t of had class Tuesday either, he looked like he was about ready to fall over. His wife had stomach flu for 5 days, his daughter had stomach flue for 5 days (reason why class was cancelled a week ago) and apparently chicken pox had infected the household as well.]

I did go ahead and buy program to help with learning French & another book that acts like a teaching work book. Hopefully I can keep my brain working and go through it over the summer and get the stuff I need to stick in my head somehow (as I’m so hoping I at least passes this semester), so I won’t have such a rough time next semester. [Learned that French 201 we have to give a presentation too…This time in FRENCH!]

& Though I was quite nervous in during my presentation, I don’t think I did too bad. & I know I did a lot better than the girl who went before me. Seriously, I’ve always thought she was one of the better students, but…*shakes head*
The project was suppose to be about a French city, it could be something they were known for, or something they did, or just about the city in general, pretty much whatever. I’m still not even sure the name of the city she was doing her presentation on. I don’t even think that her initial ‘speech’ was two minutes…& it was pretty much… “Here are some endangered wild hamsters, they only live in this region, by this city, and eat this food. But the farmers started growing corn, and they can’t eat corn, so they are disappearing.”  Though they are some incredibly cute hamsters. She was maybe up there for 3 or 4 minutes more because the class was asking questions. But, most of the answers she gave were “I don’t know”, and the questions that got answered were more or less answered by sounding things out from other classmates.

& then there is American Lit.
I need to read at least one of the stories in the book I bought, and take some notes from the bios I printed out, and watch the video I found again, and perhaps go and watch the longer version. & then write 1,000 words about the story in our text book & adding information from the other sources…[Which will hopefully prove easier to write than the evil Mythology paper is.]

We were suppose to got to the indoor water park to day for Harley’s very belated birthday present. But the schedule didn’t fit with Mum’s schedule, so it’s been postponed again. *sigh* It’s looking like it’s going to be another month even. Poor Harley. It’s not fair.

Booked my return flight last night…Wasil is coming up at the beginning of June for his vacation & taking me back with him, like we did last year.
Apparently I’m trying out the different airlines in all of this…When I came back last year it was on Delta…When I went for Spring Break I flew United both ways, and this time I’m coming back on American Airlines.

So yeah…That’s about it…My paper is trying to kill me…I have to have it done by Sunday night…& have another one done by Wednesday before I leave for class.