Wednesday, October 6th, 2010

I didn't sleep very well again. I kept anticipating Elan waking up, but he didn't until 6:30.

I fed the kids breakfast and helped them get ready for school. When Sol left for his bus, I brought Elan to preschool and Nara to her bus stop. We were a few minutes late to Nara's stop, but luckily, the bus driver waited for her. I am going to make a point to be earlier for Nara's pick up for the remainder of this week.
I went to the MCTC Library and spent the next few hours finishing up a working draft for my American Radicalism Essay which is due tomorrow. I feel like it is almost complete. It could use a bit of editing, but I plan on taking some time from it for readability's sake.

Before class, I stopped by the financial services window to pay my fee to join the PTK Honor Society at MCTC. I then stopped by the Student Counseling Office to turn in my application and other materials to officially sign up for TPK. My letter of recommendation came from my Posi-Psyche teacher. She gave it to me Monday after class. Here is what she wrote:

To Whom I May Concern,

It is a pleasure to write this letter of recommendation for Michael Nelson.

I met Michael during fall 2009 when he took my General Psychology course and his currently in my Positive Psychology class. I was delighted to see that he had enrolled in that course. Michael is very talented academically. He has excellent verbal and writing skills and engages the material in meaningful ways. His class comments enrich the course for students and teacher alike.

Michael is highly self-disciplined and motivate dot succeed. He has excellent, on-time attendance and is well liked by his classmates. In small group situations he often assumes a leadership role.

Micheal is an outstanding candidate for PTK.

I recommend him highly, without reservation.

.........
Elain Huaff, Ph.D. Psychology Faculty
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I was thrilled to read this when I turned in my application packet for PTK. I hadn't opened it or read it til then.

In Pop-Culture class, we watched more episodes of The Twilight Zone and identified ties between the culture of the era it was written and how it is still relevant today. My classmate lended me her TZ textbook (I had it checked out from the library, but it was due back a couple weeks ago so I don't currently have one) so I can be totally prepared for a quiz next Monday.

After class I spent time in the computer lab touching up my mid-term AmRad Essay and following up with my English 1111 assignments due before Friday's class.
I checked in about my financial aid on-line and found out I have officially qualified. My award letter is still pending, but I should have it by next week!
My next step is to apply for a child-care grant and appropriate student loans to help me finance the final semesters in my journey towards a two-year degree.
I picked up Elan from preschool before picking up Nara from her bus stop and going home.

We had spaghetti for dinner and Nara did homework while Sol, Elan and I played catch and tag outside for the evening.

The struggle between Sol and I this evening centered around trying to convince him to do homework. We made an agreement, but he didn't follow through with his end of the bargain after we finished playing outside.

I was feeling disappointed, but made it clear to Sol that even though I don't like his choice, I still love him. My disappointment doesn't mean my disapproval of him as a person.

On a personal level I was very frustrated because the kids seemed somewhat needy and I couldn't even find the Twins game on Television. On top of that, I felt stupid for letting all of this bother me.