The slotted spoon CAN INDEED catch the potato!!!!

Who needs a life? There's homework!!! And meetings, and work, and social obligations. Interesting that I said a life, and then mentioned social obligations. I guess what I should have said was who needs solitude? The answer is ME!!!!! I NEED SOLITUDE!!! Even if that means doing my homework, alone - I'll take it!!!

The quote was for Becc, she got it!!! I don't play catch with my food, at least not usually. Sometimes though . . . oh nevermind. WWI was indeed the first use of poison gas; the battle I'm looking for was the Battle of Ypres (April 1916). The poison gas was introduced by the Germans, and it was so devestating for two main reasons: first because it had never been used before and had therefore never been seen and second because the gas was heavier than the air and therefore wafted down into the trenches.

I had a really good, although exhausting, weekend at home. It's amazing how things look when you start looking at them, I mean really looking at them. Congratulations to Neika for becoming a 'brother' in our family of Christ - if you understood that smile and remember good times together as a family. If you didn't understand that, take a minute-smile and remember good times together with your family.

Anyway, so...since Sunday, I came back to Redding. Classes, work, homework, RHA meeting, pointless shopping, homework. My life is pretty much the same week after week. Although tomorrow might be the GREATEST day in FOREVER for me. Do you know why? Because I'm getting a phone that WORKS!!!! Like actually calls people!!! And rings when people call me!!! Not that my phone has ever rung a lot, but now when someone's calling me it will actually ring!!! Thank you JOCELYN!!!! And Chad if he had anything to do with it and THANK YOU JESUS for cell phones!!!! Again, it's amazing how we take things for granted in this modern world of technology and instant gratification.

Okay, I'm leaving now, one more homework thing and then I'm going to bed.

Trivia question: How many flash cards did Natasha have for her third World Civ test of the semester?

Love to all,

Cpt. Skippy

The slotted spoon doesn't catch much soup...

Don't ask, you probably won't get it.

So, I posted on Monday...Tuesday - Friday was classes (big surprise) and homework (another big surprise) and work (wow, three for three!!!) and Tuesday night I did something but I don't remember what it was . . .

Thursday after Biblical Backgrounds I went with my roommate and took Rebecca to the airport to meet her dad, and then I got back and went to more classes. Thursday night we had a prospective student stay in our room, so that was really fun.

Friday seemed to drag on forever because I was getting to go home!!!! So Mom and Shelle got there around 5:15 (I think) and then we headed home. Saturday I got up and went to breakfast with Shelle, and then we sat and talked for three and a half hours. Then there was some studying, a nap, a freak out session, some food, and then lots of Skip Bo with my sisters - good times.

And now, on this BEAUTIFUL Sunday morning, I'm up waiting to get into the shower. And then I'll go to church, and then I have to come back to the house and try to get some stuff out of the storage shed to take back to school with me. And then this evening Neika is getting baptized!!!!

And then I'm going back to school to more classes, more homework, and more work.

Trivia time: the Suez Canal was basically a big ditch that reached 150 miles connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. This allowed sailors to get from one Sea to the other without having to go around the whole of Africa. It was dreamt up and built by a guy named Ferdinand Lesseps, and was completed in 1869.

New Trivia: What was the first battle where poison gas was introduced by the German forces?


Love you all, have a good week, please keep praying.

Cpt. Skippy

Hola,

Hello all!!

Umm, updates: this weekend was spent doing homework, and more homework. Today was classes and, you guessed it, more homework.

Trivia response: Florence Nightengale was in fact pretty much the first nurse. She cleaned up after doctors and changed the bandages of the wounded men; she went around with a lamp just to check to see if they were still breathing, and due to the fact that someone actually cared if they lived or died, the men improved a lot. She was active during the Crimean War (1853 - 56) and the Crimean War was the first war to be photographed.

The point of this post is actually to update you (those of you who don't live there) on the home front:
Dad started his chemo treatment today. Chemo today, chemo next Monday, a week off. Then that three week cycle is repeated four times.

Your continued prayers for him and the rest of my family are greatly appreciated!!

Thank you!!!

Skippy


Trivia: What is the Suez Canal and why was it important?

Thursday

Some people have really bad Mondays, some people have really bad Wednesdays. As I have already stated, I have really bad Tuesdays (Neika, this Tuesday was even worse, for both of us!!) and I really like Fridays because I only have two classes.

Today however, was GREAT. I got up and went to both of my classes (my normal third class was canceled!) I think I did okay on the test I took in Music in History and Context and I actually ENJOYED that class today!!! You have to understand, I usually HATE that class, but today was really, REALLY good!!!! After classes was lunch and then I went to work, and then shopping (always fun!) and then dinner and then homework (exciting, I know) and then more work and now I'm staying up past my bedtime to update you and to try and wind down to bed.

The point of this whole post, is just that today was great - but as I sit here trying to explain it, I just can't. I don't know how to tell you, nothing in particular happened . . . I didn't see anyone that I don't usually see, or get something I've been waiting for. But I was smiling pretty much the WHOLE day!!! Maybe it was because I was back in the real world (Well, okay, the real Simpson Bubble) after two days of almost complete isolation, but I just loved today!!!

Due to the fact that I only posted yesterday, I won't comment on the trivia question. But I must ask, who is 'me'? You can't expect me to know who you are because there's at least one person in every sphere of my live (home, school, random people, MPM) that would just say 'me', and since it could be any of you and I can't hear your voice, that's not fair!

Love you all,

Skippy

P.S. WEAR GREEN TOMORROW!!!!!

This week . . .

Hey all,

Sorry it's been a few, this week as been . . . interesting.

So I posted on Sunday; Monday was okay, kinda long because we didn't have classes. Tuesday I got sick (flu), and today I didn't go to classes, but I started feeling better around 3pm. Instead I watched The Mummy and The Mummy Returns (complete with special features and commentaries) and Into the Woods. And now I'm going to bed so that I can hopefully get up and go to classes tomorrow.

So pretty much nothing has happened, but I just thought that to avoid the screaming emails and comments about posting, that I would post.

Trivia - who was Florence Nightengale and what did she bring to what war and every war after it?

Love you all!!! (P.S. Jesus loves you too!!!!!)

Cpt. Skippy

Extra credit: the war that Florence Nightengale was a part of, what was something that happened for the first time during that war?

I promised!!!!

As promised, post before Monday morning.

I don’t remember last Sunday. I know we went to church, and I’m quite sure that I studied a lot, but other than that.

Pretty much the whole week was work and classes and homework, but instead of writing that every time, you can just add it mentally.

Monday I took my Theory Midterm and went shopping with RHA (Residence Hall Association – we’re the group that puts on stuff for the whole dorm) we were doing Welcome Bags for the girls that were coming to stay in Irwin for Genesis.

Tuesday was just classes and work.

Wednesday I took my World Civ midterm, and worked, and then my roomies and I went out to dinner.

Thursday was INSANE. Got up and went to a class, then to chapel (I’ll explain about that in a minute) and then I had 40 minutes to straighten my hair, get some pictures to my roommate, and finish my homework before I had to run to class. I made it through about an hour of class (on Tuesdays classes are an hour and a half) before my head hurt so bad I had to leave class. So I came back to my room and took a 20 minute nap, then I went to my next class. Then I went to work for three hours; and then I started my homework.

Friday was a little better, but it was LONG. Classes and chapel in the morning, lunch, work, homework. I worked in the Genesis Tent welcoming students from 4-6 and then we went to dinner. Then I went the Welcome Rally with Alexa (One of the girls who stayed in my room, we had three at one point and then two) and at 8:30 we got in line for Nite Life. Nite Life is pretty much “let’s get up and make fools of ourselves and make everyone laugh” – it was GREAT.

Got up on Saturday and went to class – I know, class on Saturday. They do this Genesis weekend so that prospective students can see what classes are like; and then we get Monday off after all the Genesis students have left – we deserve it. After classes I went and worked in the Genesis tent some more, and then I went to the concert that the Chorale was singing at. We went to the Commissioning Service at 7 to hear from the Spring Break teams and commission the teams that we’re sending out this summer. I had to leave early because I was guarding the Street Faire. The Street Faire is a bunch of booths set up in the Genesis Tent by the different teams to tell Simpson about their trips; and because the teams were still in the commissioning service, we were out there to make sure that people didn’t get in before the team members had a chance to get settle. IT WAS SO cold, but it was fun to be a security guard. There were four or five of us, and we were all girls. It was cool.

So this morning we got up and saw our girls off, everyone went to church, I had some solitary time with God (always a good thing) and went out to lunch with Joce and did some shopping, and then came back and took a nap.

And now I’m filling you all in on my week before I start the homework load for this week. It was an INSANE week, but it was overall good, and I’m definitely glad that it’s over. However, I did get to go to chapel 7 times this week!!!! Anyone who knows how I feel about music at camp, that’s pretty much how I feel about Chapel. The reason we had chapel 7 times this week, is that we had our normal Monday Chapel, and then Don Everts got here and he spoke Wednesday – Saturday. On Friday night at the Welcome Rally they had a worship service, and at the Commissioning Service they had a worship service lead my one of the guys in my Theory and Theory Lab classes. I definitely loved having lots of chapel this week not only because of all the worship services, but because Don was a REALLY REALLY REALLY great speaker. He reminded me a lot of someone else I know that is a really good speaker, (physically too, he’s kinda tall, really skinny, wears glasses, throws in lots of random things…) and it was REALLY great to hear a down to earth guy speak about such Heavenly things, and it had been a long time since I’ve had a speaker who got into the next instead of just referencing it.

Anyway, so I had better go now. I have lots to do, and Exodus is tonight too. Exodus is the party they throw for all the Simpson students for getting through Genesis.

But before I go,

Trivia question: When was Italy as we know it created? And did it happen all at once or in parts like the U.S.?

LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!

Cpt. Skippy

Sorry!!!!

Hey all, I'm sorry that it's been so long!!!

So it has basically been an INSANE week, and it shows no sign of stopping. I PROMISE that before Monday morning, I will post a full update; until then, please bear with me!!!

Love ya!!! Cpt. Skippy

Saturday Night -

The trivia question for today is: what color is the sky at night?
(ONLY Anna can answer this question, all other answers will not be excepted.)

Sorry it's been so long, I TOLD you this was going to be a crazy week.

Here, finally, as promised: A Child of the 90's:

You know you're a 90's kid if...

You can sing the rap to "The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air"
Used to be able to, can't anymore.
You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey from "Blossom" and that "How Rude!" comes from Stephanie from "Full House"
Totally remember "How rude!"
You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
Definitely - but always by myself . . .
You got super excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.
YES!!! On those little green computers and all the kids ALWAYS died and we would name them after our friends in the class and our crushes!!!
You remember reading "Goosebumps"
Only a few, and while my younger nieces could watch the movies, they scared me senseless!!
You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, wax off"
Uh, nope.
You remember the craze then the banning of slap bracelets and slam books.
YES!!! I used to have a glow in the dark one with stars on it.
You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence...Not...
I still do that . . . oh wait, I shoudn't have said that . . . Not.
You knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the green Ranger were meant to be together.
DUH!!!! Hello? Where have you been?
You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up"
Don't remember that one either.
You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates
I'm not that old!
You ever got injured on a Slip 'n' Slide
Oh yes. Many, many a time. I even made a homemade Slip 'n' Slide for my nieces once or twice.
You wore socks over leggings scrunched down
NEVER! At least not that I can remember . . .
"Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack, all dressed in black, black, black, with silver buttons, buttons, buttons, all down her back, back, back" SHE ASKED HER MOTHER MOTHER MOTHER FOR FIFTY CENTS CENTS CENTS TO SEE THE ELEPHANTS ELEPHANTS ELEPHANTS JUMP OVER THE FENCE THE FENCE THE FENCE" he jumped so high high high he touched the sky sky sky and he didnt come back back back til the forth of july ly ly he jumped so low ow ow he stumbed his toe oe oe and thats the end end end of the elephants show ow ow
Most definitely!!! Ah, good times.
You remember boom boxes vs. cd players
I caught the end of that . . .
You knew what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare"
Indeed; but even that was better than the 'boo bahs' they have today.
You remember Alf, the little brown alien from Melmac and Vicki the Robot from "MY Little Wonder" it was "a small wonder"
Remember Alf, who was Vicki?
You remember New Kids on The Block when they were cool
Oh yes, my sister liked them, alot . . .
You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell"
Most definitely, such CUTE boys!!
You played and or collected "Pogs"
All the time, wish I could find mine now.
You used to pretend to be a MIGHTY MORPHIN Power Ranger and you owned a Skip It
Oh yes, and I hated it when the boys made me be Kimberly just because I was a girl, I hated pink.
You had at least one GigaPet or Nano and brought it everywhere
I NEVER did, but my niece was obsessed.
You watched the original Care Bears, and Ninja Turtles
Oh for the innocent days of mutated turtles . . . do they have those on DVD yet?
Yikes pencils and erasers were the coolest.
Oh yes, and so was Lisa Frank.
You remember when the new Beanie Babies were always sold out.
Why have a miniature stuffed animal?
You remember a time before the WB.
I remember when the WB was the "Anamaniacs"!!! And Pinky and the Brain!!!
You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"
Sorry, no.
You thought it would be so cool to be Alex Mack.
Sorry, no.
You know the Macarena by heart.. LOL
Yep, still do. The best was watching my third grade teacher do it though . . .
"Talk to the hand" ... enough said
So much less work than being polite . . .
You thought Brain would finally take over the world
What are you talking about? I will take over the world one day, just you watch!!!
You always said, "Then why don't you marry it!"
Yes, in 10 years the one that says "You know you were in High School in 2005 if you said "YOUR MOM" after everything and drove everyone crazy. I hate that saying.
You were the KING/QUEEN of the Tether ball Court"
Yes, and does it tell you how behind the times Biggs Elementary is that they STILL have teherball courts?
Ren and Stimpy Were Awsome
Sorry, nope.

So, like I promised, a child of the 90's, in the flesh. More later, hopefully. For now, either laugh at me because you watched all that happen from the adult side, or because you weren't even born yet, or because you remember like I do the innocence of childhood . . .

Have a good Sunday everyone,

Love from,

Cpt. Skippy