Famous Last Words: Week 8

This has been a more relaxed week in this class since we do not have to really read anything or be very creative, there is a lot of responding and I like these assignments because I don't second guess my abilities as much! The craziest night happened on Wednesday night though that I just HAVE to remember down the road (so I hope this post is revisited by my future self). After a crazy day at work (which is at a daycare so this was kind of normal), I came home with all my homework done for the day and no test to study for the next day so I decided I would plan a double date night with my boyfriend, and our friend couple and go see Annabelle! I have been wanting to see this movie since I saw a preview in theaters. Our friends live in Shawnee so it would be a long drive to Bricktown to see it but they agreed since they had been wanting to see it as well. Waiting for my boyfriend to get off work at 7, I got ready and was rushing to find a sitter and such. Well the moon was full and teasing because it had that glow... you know that glow. I had to get Brady in the car and he had my phone and dropped it so I had to pick it up while holding him and being very pregnant, I got frustrated and put the phone on top of my car..and left it there. Drove off to my next destination and came back to find it after realizing what I had done and lo and behold it is a disgrace. Found part of my otterbox piece by piece down the road leading to my phone. I found it and my heart sank. I had so many pictures and memories on it, I did my homework on it and it was my first iPhone ever.. little emotional about something so menial I know.

personal photo R.I.P. iPhone

Getting to the movies, I found my friend and then my boyfriend went and got drinks. He did not know where we were and we played a game of hide and seek hypothetically and ended up getting frustrated that we wasted half the movie going up and down aisles taking turns looking for one another. So we went to fuzzy's to eat and they give you these cups to go home with you and before I could even fill mine up I was putting it to my forehead thinking "how can this night get any worse?" and then the cup broke. Thanks for answering my thoughts universe. Then I got a new styrofoam cup this time and drank that. Second drink in, I spilled soda all over myself. Woo. Then we left to go sit in front of the movie and wait for our friends so we could apologize for leaving early and making them come all the way out. At the end of the movie nobody came out, so we waited and waited and then we went inside and found out that there are outside exits that most people use. Ugh! So we missed our friends and left to get our son. Brady had a good time at his sitters but came out with a glow stick and halfway down the road I noticed his face was glowing, by his mouth. He had chewed this thing. Of course I panicked and didn't have a phone to check to see if this stuff was toxic or not so we had to go all the way back to the sitters to see the packaging, luckily it was not harmful. :) still a minor heart attack though. While driving, almost got in numerous accidents, almost. Get home and when exiting the car I almost step on a scorpion. Freaked out, I walk away and see a gecko scurry across the wall. Then getting to the door there's a large praying mantis by the handle. What a trio in such a short distance! And I live in the city so it is very weird. Anyways, I blame this night on the full moon and its mocking nature. It got to me but it could have been way worse ! Now to figure out a phone situation..... and survive the rest of the week.

full moon from pixabay









Reading Diary Assesment

I have used numerous methods of composing my reading diaries. There was focus on characters, comments on major events with respect to the reading guide, note as I go along with the reading, go back in the book and write what I remember thinking in bullet points, paragraphs about the entirety of the reading assignment, thoughts separated by plot and characters/beginning and end of assigned reading pages... there's a lot. I think that I started to use the bullet point method a lot though and it was helpful to just write my thoughts in this way without having to adhere to a certain topic or constraint such as character or event. This next part of the course I think it would be beneficial to write in the actual book or underline things I felt were worth going over in my notes AS I read. When I tried to read the book and type up my notes as I went along, this took a longer amount of time, interrupted my thoughts, and was less accessible to do because of technology (having my phone out at work with a book was difficult, or having my tablet at home while reading was more difficult than simply the book and pen/pencil). Also, typing my notes after I read the passage would allow me to understand things or connect things that happen in succession of each other and then note that connection in my reading diary.
I would say I have been doing a sufficient job at keeping up with the readings, but it is harder to do when there are things due everyday so I focus on those things first instead of alleviating the reading assignment on Mondays and Tuesdays. For example, if I could read a little everyday instead of 50 pages all in one night plus making a reading diary for it, I would probably be more likely to get the whole reading assignment finished with little stress. There have been a couple times I was not able to finish the whole reading assignment but thought that since I read most of the pages that I could make a sufficient reading diary post based on what I did read then go back and review the reading guide so I know what happened for the rest of the section of reading. I like the reading guides in this respect. Managing my reading throughout the week would be a better bet of me finishing and not just rushing through though, which causes me to lose a lot of important detail and essence of the whole book.
All in all, I use the reading diaries to set up my storytelling posts but do not go back and look at them otherwise. Since there are a lot of assignments during the week that pertain to the book, it is easier to remember the content in the book than it would be by just reading it and making notes and being done with.