Finally took a break

I have to admit that I needed to work on my paper yesterday, but my daughter took me out to a movie and late lunch. That was the best time I have had in a very long time. I really enjoyed spending time with her without the grandchildren around. We went to a place called Genghis Grill. The food was absolutely out of this world. We talked about different things and laughed till we almost cried. Needless to say I am behind now, but would not trade yesterday for anything in the world.

My thoughts on Peer Review

I do not mind having other people read my paper because the feedback is very helpful. On the other hand I do not feel that I am qualified to give advice to other people. I know when there are errors in spelling and if a sentence does not make sense. I just don't feel comfortable about references and telling someone if they need to move a sentence or not. The writing center paper review would be a better place for advice. I did review a paper that had a reference missing but was cited and I told that person to check the references. I am not sure if the reference information is in the right place. I guess I am slow in learning this aspect of writing.

What I have been through

The last two months have really been a bummer for me. I have been living with my daughter and family because I can't afford to move into my own place at this time. My son-in-law wants me to move out by the end of next month. My son rented my house and was told that the people could have a dog. My son calls me and tells me that the neighbors are conplaining about the new tenants. They told my son they had 1 dog and the truth is they have 6 dogs, 1 ferret, and 1 pig. I don't know if I am coming or going anymore. Between the 2 papers I have to do for my classes,the other assignmnets for class, working part-time, looking for a job that has benefits, freaking out about the tenants, and trying to figure out what to do about moving I feel like I am loosing my mind. To add to all of that my insurance ran out from the divorce and I can't afford to go to the doctor or get any medicine. I wish I could twitch my nose like a witch to make things get turned around for the better. Everyone keeps asking me what is wrong and I try to tell them what is going on but no one really listens to me. I wished there was some one I could just sit down and talk to.So much for pouring my heart out for everyone to see.If this blog does not make since you know the reason why.

Life since school and to the present

To be honest I didn't have much of a life outside the home and it has not changed much since I went to school. My life consist of substitue teaching, looking for a full time job, and doing homework in two different classes and trying to get enough sleep to start all over again. I have to admit that school has been interesting but I am finding it hard to get everything done for both classes in only a weeks time. I would give anything to be able to go out to eat with someone my own age and go to a movie. I feel that I can't do this because all of my free time is taken or I will be so far behind that I would never catch up. I have never claimed to be the smartest or the fastest person when it comes to school. If anyone can give me some suggestions I would greatly appreciate them.

Another day of bad news

I wish that I could have a day where I don't receive bad news about something. My son who is renting my home out for me called to let me know that he is getting phone calls about the tenants. He found out that they lied to him. I said it was alright for 1 dog as long as it stayed outside. He found out that they have a pig (yes I said pig), 6 dogs, and a ferret. My son was so mad that he told them all of the pets have to go. I can only imagine what my house is like now. I know that I will never go back there to live, but it makes me so mad that people sign a lease and then try and tear the place up.

Plagiarism

Plageriarism is when you do not give credit to someone for their work. I know that you can get expelled from school, fired, or sued if you do not give the credit to the person for their work. I have never had to deal with plagiarism before and to be honest I would not know what to do. I still have trouble with referencing so I hope that I am not plagiarizing in any way. There are so many ways plagiarism can be used. You Tube and Wikipedia are two examples. With these sites you can not possibly take anything serious because you can not check the facts. I truly do not see how these two examples can get away with what they do. There is plageriarism because they do not cite or reference anything. If you use these as a reference you are also committing plagiarism.

This is my opinion only. What do you think?

Day After Christmas

Well Christmas is over and the last two days have been so much fun. We had snow on Christmas Eve even though there was not a lot of accumulation. I have not ever seen snow coming down like that before. Christmas with my grandchildren was exciting. The sad part of Christmas is children used to go outside and ride bikes, play with the toys that they got and have a good time. In this day of video games, computers, etc. you do not see children out playing like they used to do. Sometimes change can be good, but in this case I think it is very sad. Happy New Year to everyone that reads this.