Things come in threes...

So I have three pieces of news, which I have to keep short, and you'll soon find out why. Two pieces of good news, and one of bad, but three pieces none the less.

Good news first...

1. When I walked out of my classroom today at the morning break, my backpack was just sitting there in the hallway. I screamed. I was so excited. The secretary jumped out of her chair. It was like being reunited with an old friend though... for all the REALLY valuable stuff that was in there (monetarily and need-wise) I was just so happy to see it. Serisously, I realized a little bit later that my heart was actually racing, because somewhere deep down I feared that I would never lay eyes on that bag again. I know, I shouldn't get so worked up...but I was. So now I have all my books, my make-up, my phone charger, hair-dryer, and Vegemite! :) And some other stuff...mostly school related. I am so happy. I feel complete.

2. Brenda went to visit a possible new apartment today, and came back with news that it was completely acceptable. Yay! We're moving by Saturday at the latest. Thank Goddess. I realized last night, when I was getting changed for bed, that landlady had actually been in my room that day, and had moved my stuff. Like, she put a pair of pants that I had neatly draped over my chair in my closet. And she made my bed nicer. I really don't mind having a maid, but, I like a maid who follows my directions, and I didn't give this lady any. I am not down with it. And I am glad I will not have to put up with it much longer.

Now, the bad news...

3. The class I am taking right now is called Research Methods. As you can imagine, we are learning about research, learning how to do effective research, learning to critique other people's research, etc. Well, our last assignment due on Friday is a research proposal which we will carry out during the fall semester of our online classes. I'm guessing the prof forgot to give us the actual information for this assignment, as the only stuff we had about it so far was titled "preliminary information about the research proposal". Well, for the last two days, but especially today, he has been dropping more and more random facts about this assignment that it seemed he expected us to know, but I didn't. So, being the courageous student that I am, I asked him if he could give us a full explanation of what should be included in this proposal. He said he'd have it to us in the morning. So, that is due Friday, and I'll start it tomorrow. But the really bad news? He reckons that we "won't be able to write it in less than 12 pages." Yeah...so, 12 page paper to complete between now and Friday (which really means Thursday night). That is why this has to be short, and I have to continue collecting articles that I can include in the literature review of my proposal. But, the one kind of cool thing, is that he says, if we complete this task up to a certain standard (well, that is the whole research project and paper) he'll do what he can to help us get published. It wouldn't be easy, and I'm not setting that as my goal...but if I happen to be a stellar researcher and research paper writer, then who knows, you might finally see my name in print. :)

Oh, and I have a quiz tomorrow in that class... can you remind me of the APA standard for citing a work in text, how to find the standard deviation of a raw set of scores, and how to diagram a true experimental design (as opposed to quasi-experimental) study?

Can you?

Ok, I'm just kidding... actually... I think I'll ace that quiz! I know all that stuff! :)

Anyway... back to the books...