Lizet's Place

How good are you at eye/hand coordination?
My...what now? I don't think so. lol

What was the last time you tried to pat your head and rub your tummy while hopping on one foot? Or even without the hopping, can you?
Either when I was a kid or when I was volunteering with kids last summer during VBS

What was the last thing you painted?
My toenails like 8 months ago. I thought about painting them red, but then I remembered that I have some bits and pieces left from past Color Street manicures that I can use on my toes...so I'll be doing that instead.

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I've been really apprehensive and procrastinated in doing my business law final exam. I have 2 more days to do it. I definently need to do it tomorrow though, because I don't want to be stressing over it on Thursday.

Tomorrow afternoon I have my lady exam and get the results of the lab work I had done last week. I actually got the results Sunday night, but I could only figure out what 2 or 3 of them meant, so I definely need all of them explained. And I'll be taking a notebook so that I can take notes lol

I need it to be Friday so I can go get my hair done and not think about anything the 3 hours I'll be at the salon.

Oh, I finished Christmas shopping. Now waiting for the things to be delivered. They should be coming this week and sometime next week I'll wrap them.

What weird food combinations do you really enjoy?
I don't know. Maybe eggs and ketchup and hot sauce?

What’s wrong but sounds right?
All you can eat jumbo shrimp haha

Should kidneys be able to be bought and sold?
On the one hand, yes because the person selling the kidney should be able to do what they want with their organs...but then no, because there are people waiting on the transplant list who can't afford to buy needed organs and they could die while some rich dude (who probably got his money illegally) can buy one.

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Today has been A DAY!

I was woken up 40 minutes before my alarm for a video call with my cousins. I was going to decline it but something told me to accept it. So I did, and it was a good thing. It was one of my cousins with an update on her mom (my aunt).

I was closer to her when I was younger and spent time with her during the summer, but other than her being my dad's sister and her coming out for a few days while my dad was on hospice care, I didn't have a real connection with her. So my sister, one other cousin and I got to see our aunt and tell her that we love her, even though she likely couldn't hear us.

Then about 7 hours later I found out that she passed away.


So that's been my day. I didn't get anything accomplished after the phone call. I halfheartedly went through my mail from the last year and sorted what I'd need for tax purposes next year.

Tomorrow is Kim's IHSS recertification. I hope she gets more hours because that means more money for me. What we do not want is for hours to be decreased...although that would probably help me get more CalFresh money, but no. I already struggle with paying my bills. I don't want to struggle even more.

I also have my Intro to Accounting final. It becomes available in 2 hours and 55 minutes, but I don't plan on starting it until after Kim's appointment. I need to think about one major thing at a time

I definitely got too full of myself in my Business Law class with regards to Exam 3. I got 75%. It's still passing and I'm still passing the class, but man...that was a blow to my ego lol

I was less than a percentage point away from an A (90%) in the class, but with this 75 on Exam 3, I'm now firmly in middle B (84% that's less than a percentage point from an 85%) territory.

Earlier today I did Exam 4. I don't know when I will get the grade for that. On December 17 I have the final. It's ONE QUESTION WORTH 200 POINTS!

But...she said that since she grades on a curve, any student [that] receives a 90% on the final exam and did not have enough points to achieve a letter grade of an A [(which is 90-100%)] in this course, that student will still receive an A in this course.

This grading system provides each student [with] the most equitable opportunity to earn an A in this course by learning from past mistakes. Good Luck.

I need to get a 180 on the final and I will likely get an A in the class! I will be happy with my high B in the course because these exams have been so stressful for me...especially with waiting to know the grade on them.



Time to wash the dishes and clean off my bed. I have an early start tomorrow. I have to be at my Dr. for labwork at 8:45 am. Thankfully the medical building is a 5-minute walk from where I live, so leaving at 8:30 gives me plenty of time to account for the lame street signals around here.

When as the last time you rode in the back of a pick-up truck?
I think like 28 or 29 years ago? I was definitely a kid and my friend's mom had a truck.

Have you ever read or currently read Mad magazine?
I've read the magazine before. I was probably too young to have read it when I did.

I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing - just a regular song or a Pepsi commercial?
Wouldn't that depend on if it came first or was written for the Pepsi commercial?

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I'm doing this before my class tonight because I know after it, I'm either going to go to sleep or start on the homework.

I have final exams on December 14 (Intro to Accounting) and December 17 (Business Law 18B) that I need to study for.

I'll at least know my grade for my account class once I submit the final exam, but for Business Law, it will be a pain waiting for that grade. I remember the previous Business Law course I took with this same professor...for some reason it took her 2 months to post the grades...or at least make them visible for everyone? I don't know. It was a frustrating time back in 2018 school wise.

So...let me guess...it's time for an update from me.

Thanksgiving was decent. Went to the Sotelo's like 2 years ago/ This time there was 8 of us. Last time there was closer to 14 or 15. Christmas was also okay. Christmas Eve, we went back to the Sotelo's and Christmas Day we went to John and Colleen. Lora spent a ton of money on me. I would feel bad about it, but she told me, when we were out Christmas shopping, that she promised my mom to help me as much as possible since my mom was moving across the country. Oh that's great to know considering about a month after my mom moved, she wouldn't return any of my calls or text messages and that was why I had to move in with my sister! Now she's all about buying my clothes I need to update my wardrobe and making sure Kim and I aren't without food because my EBT was canceled at the end of the year (but that's another story I'll get into in a bit). But whatever. Like I said, I would feel bad about her spending a lot of money on me, but I don't.

I'm 99% set up as Kim's caregiver with IHSS. Thursday I go for an orientation and to set up my w-2 info. I was hoping that Kim would qualify for at least 50 hours a month, but they only have her 48 hrs and 2 mins. I'm kind of salty at how low the hours are, but at least I don't have to pay rent to anyone so I can keep up with my personal bills and start paying my mom back for money she's given me over the last 2 or 3 years. Anyway...the pay is minimum wage and I'll get paid every 2 weeks plus the backpay from when I started caring for Kim on October 16.

My EBT was canceled at the end of the year because I was honest and said that I'm in school and working, but not getting paid by the county because they're taking their sweet time. So what does that mean for me? I'm stuck with no way to get food because Kim lives on a fixed income - she barely has enough for rent and utilities and $45 left over. Groceries run about $50 every 2 weeks. So the EBT people said if I'm in school, I need to be working 20 hours and getting minimum wage. I appealed that. They cut me off without a way to get food, and yes, I'm surrounded by kind people who have taken me grocery shopping, but the county dropped the ball on this. Like...oh, you're in school so you must have a way to pay for that, so that means you have money for food. IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT! Now I'm waiting for when I'll get to have my actual appeal date and then more waiting for them to determine if when they'll give me money for groceries. I just want something to cover me until I start getting paid from IHSS.

Finished the semester on December 15. Two B's and a D. Unfortunately I have to make up the class I got a D in because it's my lower level math and I need that to go on to the next level...and eventually transfer for my Bachelor's degree. Spring semester at LBCC starts on Feb 5 and I'll be taking 4 classes - 2 online and 2 in person on Mondays and Wednesdays.

I'm back into choir at church. I'm teaching Sunday school for the 8-10-year-olds twice a year (2-three month sections) and teach children's church once a month. I'm all for being more involved...to a certain extent.

Now it's time for lunch. I'm trying to get Kim on a steady eating habit but she sometimes takes this literally...like she ate breakfast at 10:20 am, so she can't eat lunch before 2:20 pm because that's 4 hours. It's frustrating, but she's eating regularly, and that's better than before.

Mom asked me if I'd go with her to the hospital when my dad goes for his surgery and at first I said no. I have the presentation on my family and the rest of the review for the final going on.

Then I thought about it. She's not going to have anyone there with her. I can be there with her. They leave at 5:30am for the admittance or whatever, so theoretically I could go to the hospital and from there go to campus if I won't get to class late.

So I emailed my professor and let her know what was going on and asked if I could do my presentation on Monday if I wasn't able to make it to class.

Now I'm nervous waiting for a response. She says she checks her email at night and in the morning, but I'd prefer to have a response tonight so I'm not worrying about that as well.

I think, though, I'll play tomorrow by ear. I'm not going to rush out and leave my mom alone at the hospital. I'd be worried and distracted while in class.

eta: Heard back from teacher. I can do my presentation on Monday. One less thing to worry about.

First week of Spring 2014 semester finished. Instructor for in person class more toned down than he was last semester. Could be because it's only the 2nd day, but I hope it continues. Did the reading and assignment for my online class. The assignment was due by Saturday at 10 pm. I turned it in today.

Yesterday I put in my application to get medi-cal (insurance like Covered CA but could be free for me since I no longer have income) and food stamps (this is a long shot as my parents get income from SSI and that could mess with it). The lady called me today for a mini interview and said that tomorrow or Saturday I should be getting some follow up paper work that needed to be completed and returned within 10 days. She told me that I could make an appointment to turn in the requested info in person, and I think I will so that I can ask some other questions if I have them.

Hmm I can't think of anything else because of these stupid cramps I have, so I'm ending this and going to watch a movie.

Happy Thursday/Friday everyone!

finals done! semester complete! Grades are in!

Intro To Admin Of Justice A
Concepts Of Criminal Law B
Criminal Procedures A
Criminal Evidence A
3.75 GPA

I honestly don't know how I passed the Intro to Admin of Justice class. I didn't do well on the other tests and I absolutely HATED the instructor and how he taught the class. (sadly I have him again in the Spring, but I know how he runs the class so I can be better prepared)

I'm just so glad this semester is over!

I took another absence today (it makes 3 for my Tuesday/Thursday classes). Yesterday I woke up not feeling well, but pushed through and went to school. I had a paper to turn in and the instructor wasn't accepting late papers.

By the end of the first class I was feeling worse and thinking about skipping my second class and going home. While waiting for the bus (for an hr!) I started to feel better. I went for lunch and went back to campus and made it through my 2nd class.

While waiting for my 2nd bus home, I saw my parents driving down the street, so I got a ride home. I made myself some apricot tea, had something else to eat and waited for my Wednesday night tv shows...but then I started to feel sick again. I didn't make it through Criminal Minds and was asleep before CSI came on. I'll be watching those later today.

Now for today. congested and throat hurts. I didn't go to class. haven't had breakfast yet either and it's almost lunch time. I would have gotten my test results from the exam I took on Tuesday, but now I have to wait until next week. By Saturday or Sunday I should have my grade on the research paper I turned in yesterday.

Yesterday I decided to check my credit report and was pleased to find that the only things I had on there were my student loans and credit card!

All the delinquent crap from when I used to mail order stuff was gone! Thank god!

There have been a few inquiries to my credit, but none of them mess with my credit score.

The next thing I have to do it so check what my actual score is and work on improving it. Last year it was pretty low and if I were to have gone to my bank for a loan, the interest rate would have been ridiculously high. Now it's sort of a moot point since I'll be out of a job at the end of the year and what money I will have will only be used to paying my bills. I'll have about a 9 month cushion (3 month severance pay from job, 6 months worth of financial aid money), after that I will need to have a job.

Movie night at the church in a couple of hours. Oh, yeah and I have homework to do. Yesterday I just stared at the open document for 15 mins before saying to hell with it, closing it and watching Alasaka Troopers on netflix. I can't procrastinate anymore. The assignment is due Monday at 12:30 pm.