Monday Mashup: Pipe "Smoking"

[So the idea behind a "Monday Mashup" is that I have many pictures that are similar to other pictures, so I'd like to get a chance to share them "mashed" together. Enjoy.]

This Monday Mashup is brought to you by my husband and I fourish years ago! That's right, folks. I give you two pictures from 2010.

While we did know each other at this time and we may or may not have been talking with one another, I find this to be a rather humorous comparison.

He attempts to get me to smoke a pipe, so here is proof that I've "smoked" one before... and in the same year as he actually smoked one!

If you have any mashups, you should share them with me! I'll try to post one each Monday just for fun!

The Days Are Getting Brighter

Today marks the last day of my first school week of my second semester at my new school. Haha.. Did you catch all of that?

So, I just got home and I had a stupid grin on my face, so I decided I'd put the happy feelings to proper use and write a post about my week back at school.

On Monday, after my first day had been completed, I came home at 7:30pm to flowers and dinner all cooked and ready to eat by my wonderful husband. He's such a winner.

Today in my Foundations of Reading class, my teacher, who is super fun and amusing, dubbed me to be the "classroom leader," a.k.a. the main contact person between her and the entire class. She said that in the event that she has an early death, she would contact me.. and I would post on our classroom door that class was canceled. What the heck! Hahaha... I made sure to say that I hope that never happens! Goodness! Anywho, she also had us write in our journals, like she does at the beginning of every class so far, about some things that are "aaaallll goooooood" (why yes, that was said in her voice) in our life right now. I only wrote down three, but I feel that they encompass a lot more than just three items. They explained my feelings toward this week and why I came home with a cheesy grin.

1. Being married -- I'm daily blessed to be able to have my husband for his support, love, care, and goofiness.
2. Working towards my B.A. in Elementary Education -- I'm getting closer to the degree I have always wanted and I'm enjoying the process that gets me there.
3. Making friends -- This semester is a lot better than last semester. I'm definitely starting to feel more comfortable in my many new surroundings.

I've been thinking that I didn't post anything last semester for a multitude of reasons. I feel like saying, "I didn't have enough time" is an extremely terrible excuse that I'm trying to stop using, so it will not be used. Most of my posts would have been very rant filled because things were crazy. I never really found a place and everyone was super intimidating. 

However, there were some great things that happened...

• I managed a B+ in Calculus (which is definitely another reason for the lack of posting. I think it almost ate me during the semester.) after not taking any Trigonometry.
• Volunteered at a center that provides English Language Leaners (ELL) with tutors to work on their English skills. I was able to help a fun and enthusiastic 19 year old from Mexico who improved so much within the time I was able to work with her. It was a rewarding experience.
• Enjoyed most of my classes.
• Made several "it's a small world" connections with a few faculty members.
• Cooked more than I have in my life.. haha..
• Worked on a project about eyes for my Expressive Methods course. (It's rather fun. Maybe I'll do a blog post about it at some point.)
• Went to two weddings. One wedding my husband was in and the other was for my youngest uncle. Might I add that the latter of the two was right in-between taking finals. Craziness!
• FINALLY finished knitting a scarf for my husband (...one year later... To be fair, it was my first scarf I've ever knitted and life gets busy.)
• and definitely a lot more that I'm too lazy to add.

Even though I did enjoy things in my semester, it wasn't my overall favorite semester. 

Luckily, a strange turnaround has occurred. I don't know what happened. Maybe winter break helped me gather my thoughts, or maybe it really took three or four months to adjust. I don't know what happened, but I shall not complain.

This semester I get to..

• Lead the Advertising and Social Media committee for one of my jobs.
• Take Practicum, which will allow me to get 60 hours of in-class field experience and create connections with my future colleagues.
• Hopefully, work more at that center to help improve my English while teaching and improving others.
• Cook more new dishes and treats.
• Become skilled in the area of C++ in my Computer Science class.
• and who knows what else!

Cheers! To the new semester and to hopefully more of my rambles about things. Thank you for reading. (:

(p.s. After writing the blog's title, this song decided to play in my head. Now it can play in yours!)

It's Hard to be a Productive Human Being When...

I find that it is extremely hard to be a productive human being when...

• you're a college student on winter break.
• you have approximately 4 days of freedom until classes start back up.
• you've actually been super productive the past two days.
• and last, but definitely not at all the least important... (see picture below).

(The picture is a screen shot from weather.com)

Am I right?? Why yes, yes I am. I find this weather to be extremely cold. My apartment's heat is set to 80 (because my husband and I, most thankfully, don't pay for heating) and the temperature in our apartment is 60. It isn't right... NOT RIGHT. Not even left. It's just, to put it simply, cold.

To make myself feel like I did more than absolutely nothing today, I think I'll list everything I've done.

I have..

• watched an episode ..or two.. of Bones on Netflix (I've been trying to finish it forever..).
• left the apartment for lunch with the husband and his co-workers and their spouses.
• completed a load of laundry.
• folded the laundry.
• put the laundry away.
• worked on an assignment from work.
• watched another episode of Bones.
• FaceTimed a lil' sister.
• made pizza rolls for dinner.. (What?? everything else took longer to cook when frozen..)
• AND, soon, I will have finally written a blog post for the first time in... EVER.

Wowza! So, maybe I have been a slightly (emphasis on the word slightly) productive human being. I mean, writing a blog post??? That's like running a marathon! *wink*

And that is all. I hope your day was more productive and warmer than mine.