It's the end of the semester...am I dead yet?

Here I sit, in my Monday night class, taking notes and trying to be productive. Last time this class met I completely forgot, but it's a good thing I made it today because if not I wouldn't know what I've got to get done this week!

There is one week of regular classes left in the semester; next week is finals week. I thought I was pretty stress free and on the ball. Opps! I have a 7-10 page paper to write by Friday. (This new paper is for another class, but I found out about it tonight.) Oh happy day...or not. I think I've figured out when to do it, but it completely puts me off. I was going to use the whole week to finish up revisions to my Research paper and start reading any and every book I can get my hands on! I guess that'll have to wait for next week.

I had been on a self imposed ban of reading for pleasure. There was just too much going on and too many distractions this semester. I've got a couple books started but decided they would be too involved for me to concentrate on at the time. AARRRGGGG!!!!!!! I'm ready to be done with this semester and all the baggage that goes with it.

I guess signing up to extend my Thursday night shift was actually a good idea. Instead of reading the first book on my list I'll spend the night working on one paper or another! Yup, I've got from 7pm Thursday night until 2am Friday morning! But wait, here's a problem: the library is going to be crazy busy, probably all night. It IS the week before finals. So reading a book was going to be the perfect set aside and pick back up activity for the night. I'm gonna get cranky and pissy if I keep getting interupted while working on a paper. So maybe I'll REALLY have to get moving and try and get it ALL done Wednesday...seems unlikely. We'll see how well I hold up to the late night. It might be a good idea to give me a call Friday (AFTERNOON) to make sure I'm still alive!

There are two sides to every story...

Exploring iGoogle

Can you guess? Today I have been exploring iGoogle. On Wednesday I will be helping my "cooperating" librarian with her teacher workshop on iGoogle Sites. I've had an iGoogle account since I set-up this blog, but haven't really done much with it. So today during my practicum hours I'm giving myself the crash course in everything iGoogle!

I've spent a LARGE chunk of my time adding gadgets to my iGoogle homepage! I am trying NOT to add a bunch of junk games and such, but it's sooooo difficult to stay away. I have added and deleted a couple of gadgets after seeing them on the page and testing how they work. My first gadget was my hamster! My friend had one on her page and it was so cute! It's useless...but darn cute! I also added a Wikipedia search box, I find I'm less opposed to Wikipedia these days. I'm not saying I want kids to use it as a reliable source for serious research topics, but it does have it's uses! I plan to spend the rest of my day playing with the Google Sites.



After searching the site for more information I was able to figure out how to delete a whole site. So I'm going to start playing around without the fear that my practice site will be forever "out there." :-) I'll have to think of something FUN to create a site for!!!! Maybe I should call for back-up...I'm not the most creative person...



On a completely different note I am starting to choose YA SF titles for my research! I have some great recommendations to start so I have no fear I'll have PLENTY of titles to choose from. One title I will be using for sure is Carbon Diaries 2015, as I have been asked to lead a book discussion about it! I'm excited to do it, but I haven't read the book yet, and the discussion is on Wednesday...that only gives me two days to get it finished! I'm on a mission tonight...I haven't been able to find a copy within a 50 miles! If I can't find the copy in the library today then I'm driving until I do! I'm just gonna say, this is a fairly NEW book, and a sequel JUST came out but not a single bookstore in the area has had one on hand!!!!!! Which may actually be impossible!