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I know I never post to this website. I promise I will start again, after the New Year because I am leaving to go up north today.

I graduated from college a week ago. It feels good and strange to be done. I worked so hard, and put forth a lot of effort to get to where I am now. I am happy. I feel that I have accomplished a lot in my life. I will get my actual bachelors certificate and my teaching certificate in the mail around mid-january.

For the present, I am just going to be substitute teaching around my house. I am going to start applying for jobs come April/May. So cross-your-fingers I get a job in the fall.

For the future, I plan on teaching. I plan on getting an apartment and starting my life. I am going to pay off my credit card debt, save money, and try to stay happy.

I hope everyone did have a wonderful Christmas. I spent time with family, ate too much food, laughed, and cried. I am hoping this next year will be great.

Right now, I just need my friends. I feel like I have lost my best friend and I am already losing sleep over it. If I called you and left a message, call me back whenever you get the chance, no rush, no hurry, you know where I will be.

Geoff: Thank You! You have no idea how much it meant. Talk to you soon!

I will be back from up north on Sunday, Dec 31st! If anyone has any plans for ringing in the New Year tell me where and when and I will be there!

Stephanie

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Some people look at a mathematical story problem the same way they would look into the toilet at a dirty gas station. Myself, on the other hand, look at a problem like that with enthusiasm and wonder. It is a puzzle that needs to be solved, and if i can be the one to solve that puzzle, I feel fulfilled and satisfied with myself.

However, though I do appreciate a good math problem, what i do not appreciate is a terrible setting in which the student must put themselves into in order to solve the problem. Here is an example of what i mean by that:

bq. Three brothers, Jim, Matt, and Eric, after finishing a meal in a restaurant, ordered a bowl of stewed prunes. While waiting for the prunes to be served all three fell asleep. After a while, Jim woke up and found the prunes on the table. He ate his equal share and went back to sleep. Then Matt awoke, ate what he thought was his equal share and fell asleep again. Eric woke up, ate what he thought was his equal share of the remaining prunes and went back to sleep. Later, all three brothers woke up and discovered that eight prunes were left in the bowl. How many prunes were in the bowl originally?

First of all, I would have to say that this is the stupidest problem I have ever read in my entire life. It is the worst “situationâ€? of a math problem… I almost died trying to read it. Why on earth would 3 brothers go out to eat together, order prunes, and then all fall asleep, occasionally waking up and eating the “prunes” (couldn’t it be something more interesting?), just to turn back around and fall BACK asleep. AT A RESTAURANT! If I, for one, were to fall sleep at a restuarant with two of my siblings, and I awoke minutes later to find both of them sleeping, I WOULD WAKE THEM UP! Split up the damn prunes and go home, where we would all go straight to bed, because we are OBVIOUSLY so darn tired!!!

WORST PROBLEM EVER!!!

Second of all, the answer is 27.

_I am a female, technically._

I want to see your smile.
I want to feel your touch.
I want to hold your body.
I miss you oh so much.

I want to hold your hand.
I want to gaze into your eyes.
I want to kiss your lips,
Which should come at no surprise.

I want to be with you forever.
I want to laugh with you all night.
I want to share all our memories.
And never, never fight.

I know we are apart now.
I know it’s for the best.
I also know that you are an amazing man,
Who is different from the rest.

I am happy I have met you.
And honored to be by your side.
I still can’t believe I am the girl,
Whom you want to share your life.

I love you today for certain.
Tomorrow I will love you more.
I know we will be together soon,
Which is something I adore.