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Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :

I finally received my final grade on my English graduation exam this morning. The first part was a test, which I got a B+ on and was very happy with. The second part was an essay, which I *thought* was 50 percent of the final grade till I got to the testing site. Ummm, nope...it was 75 percent. After freaking a bit over my lack of preparation (I'd read the book but had not taken any notes) I just gave up worrying and did it.

My final grade is an A! [Party]

That's my good thing for the day.

space opera

Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :

I don't have a good thing for this particular day, but I do have a sort of good thing for the week (which actually hasn't happened yet but will happen). My parents are coming up to see me on Saturday, and they are bringing me a desk for my 2nd computer and recliner so I can actually have somewhere comfortable to read. Hooray for that.

EDIT: I guess a good thing for today would be that swelling in my pinky finger has gone down quite a bit. I scratched it last Thursday on the wall of my bathroom, and it sort of swelled up some and looked sort of nasty (not to mention hurting quite a bit). The swelling is nearly gone now though, and it doesn't hurt. So I guess that's a good thing for today.

[ August 25, 2005, 12:53 PM: Message edited by: pfresh85 ]

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

I just got a Death Star Pez Dispenser.

Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :

I forced all colors in my browser to be how I want them. Black background and grey text. [Smile]

It makes me quite happy. (The glaring white screen was hurting my eyes...see the whining thread to find out why.)

Oh, and another happy thing is that my headache is very minimal right now. [Smile]

Posted by jexx (Member # 3450) on :

I took a nap.

A loooong nap.

(Being unemployed is weird.)

I am teaching myself HTML coding using a web-tutorial. Feeling pretty good about that.

Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :

I highly recommend the one on http://www.w3schools.com , as well as their other tutorials (I suggest doing the HTML one, the CSS one, and then the XHTML one).

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

Our desk chair fits me just fine. [Razz]

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

My co-worker figured out how to download pictures from the camera. That's pretty cool.

Posted by jexx (Member # 3450) on :

fugu, that website is where I am self-tutoring from! Good to know that I am on the right track. (Lead recommended that site as the least offensive to her sensibilities *grin* )

Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :

It's official. Our house is sold. [Party]

Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :

jexx: great [Smile]

I recommend that, in addition to playing with the interactive examples, you create at least three webpages over the course of doing the tutorials (one after each tutorial).

Posted by jexx (Member # 3450) on :

Yikes, I opened a can of worms and got friggin' *homework* by posting on this thread! LOL Thank you, professor fu. *VBG*

/derail

Congratulations to everyone in this thread for your wonderful accomplishments (except you, kq, for gloating about your perfect desk chair when you *knew* mack was having such a tough time [No No]

hee!). Thank you, SO, for starting this thread!

pfresh, take care of that finger. Sounds owie!

Posted by Sopwith (Member # 4640) on :

Our daughter, Valorie (gotta come up with a good screen name for her) rolled over all by herself for the first time yesterday. [ROFL]

Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :

Sasha almost memorized a song:

"Rain, rain go away
Come again another day
Little Sasha wants to play
In the rain!"

Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :

My throat feels better.

Posted by Olivet (Member # 1104) on :

I can see! I can drive and stuff!

Went to the optometrist yesterday, and could even make out some of the 20/15 line. With no optics at all.

Y'all don't realize what a miracle that is! I had to have -17.5 optics (both eyes) before the lens replacement. Plus, the cataracts are gone, so no tan film over everything.

I 'd use the party graemlin, but I'm really still at the cry-when-I-look-at-my-kids-because-they're-so-beautiful stage.

Posted by Kettricken (Member # 8436) on :

It's a bank holiday this weekend. Three days off work, and I'm going away with my boyfriend [Smile]

Posted by Sopwith (Member # 4640) on :

Awwww Olivet! So glad it went so well for you. It made a huge difference in my step-mom's life to have that surgery, too.

Posted by jexx (Member # 3450) on :

Oh, Olivet! You're going to make ME cry.

So happy for you. I can't imagine what it would be like to have compromised vision in that way. I mean, I have glasses, but no cataracts...anyway, not the point.

Hurrah for you and your eyeballs that work!

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

Oh, yay for Olivia! I've got one: I've found my favorite Christmas tape and I'm playing it. [Big Grin]

Posted by Phanto (Member # 5897) on :

I got asked out.

Posted by Tinros (Member # 8328) on :

I have fun classes this year(namely AP Calculus, Physics, and French 5).

My section in marching band is doing REALLY well now(I'm section leader and we got off to a bad start).

Matt is my friend.

I have a date to Homecoming and prom.

Football season starts tomorrow(woohoo!!! Marching band performances and free food after halftime for the bands!)

umm...

That's all for now.

Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :

*happy sigh*

I get a kick out of reading people's good things because they're just fun. [Smile]

space opera

Posted by Jess N (Member # 6744) on :

My teaching quarter is almost over (hurray!).

I'm taking a fiction writing class.

My mom came out of gall bladder surgery just wonderfully.

My kids don't have to spend the weekend with their dad.

I guess that's really it...

One last thing...

I started blogging almost daily once again. It feels good to do that.

That is all. [Big Grin]

Posted by Ophelia (Member # 653) on :

I have a started a new job--one that's temp-to-perm instead of just temp.

Posted by Olivet (Member # 1104) on :

Yay! For Ophelia!

I'm in a really positive headspace. This is really good, because I've been off the Zoloft for over a year. I started taking it when I still had post-partum depression (my baby was almost three) and nothing else had helped. I thought I might be on it forever, and I was okay with that.

But I'm not on it anymore and I'm more than okay with THAT! [Smile]

Posted by TheHumanTarget (Member # 7129) on :

We may finally get discharged from the hospital today!

Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :

I get to play 18 holes of golf tomorrow.

Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :

THT, That's fabulous!

Posted by TheHumanTarget (Member # 7129) on :

Thanks ElJay. We've been in for 29 days, so we're pretty excited.

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

Hooray! And Mazel Tov!

Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :

That's great news, THT!

Oliviet- I am so happy so you can see well now.

My good news is I got 4 pairs of pants and a skirt for 50 cents each at a yard sale. I don't know if they fit yet, but at that price it doesn't matter.

Edit: They all fit!

[ August 26, 2005, 07:31 PM: Message edited by: romanylass ]

Posted by MandyM (Member # 8375) on :

It's Friday!

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

We have gift certificates for El Pollo Loco, so I don't have to cook tonight. [Smile]

Posted by ambyr (Member # 7616) on :

One week into my new (and first non-temporary) job, and I love the work and the people.

Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :

I convinced my boss to let me get an inkjet multifunction printer for my desk that nobody else gets to use. [Smile]