I know you think you understood what I said, but what you heard was not what I meant.

Sister Julius, a Dominican nun who taught my eight grade class mystified us with the above quote.  I’m not sure if this was an original quote or something she struggled with at graduate school.  Sister Julius discovered “dippidy doo” when she was a Graduate Student.  I’m not sure she received any of the proceeds from her discovery, since I’m pretty sure she took a vow of poverty.  However, I could be wrong. 

Sister Julius and my parents always had a good laugh about me on Parent/Teacher meetings during school.  My parents would always exclaim that I said I was doing good at school and Sr. Julius would mockingly hold her head in wonderment.  I’ve always been a great optimist.  Never did a stitch of homework, which was my downfall.  Sr. Julius never judged me harshly for being a free spirit. 

I sometimes wonder what happened to Sr. Julius at St. Patrick’s grade school.  The last time I heard about her she had gone back to school to get her doctorate. 

One thing about going to St. Patrick’s school in grade school.  It seems to me, that everything and anything that I learn there has served me very well.  At St. Patricks I learned about the constitution.  I remember watching President Bush and VP Cheney break the law and ignore the U.S. constitution and wondered why I was the only person upset by this. 

At St. Patrick’s grade school I also learned grammer.  Yes, Sr. Julius thought I wasn’t listening to class, but I was.  I still recall the grammatical rules now and then that I learned in Grade School.  Funny, I thought I’d never put them to good use. 

I haven’t really seen Sr. Julius since I graduated from eight grade.  I do appreciate all her teachings.  I wish I had a picture to show you of Sr. Julius.  But Alas, I don’t.    Wishing you and yours a good night.

Well, Of course I did, but then I said…

Well, as I mentioned earlier, I worked in the garage yesterday.  Making room for a car.  And remember I live in Florida, so the garage has bugs.  I have a thing about bugs.  Yes, I know they’re God’s creatures and they deserve a place on this earth.  But I don’t like them.  I kept finding these little tiny Beatles all over the place.  If you’d open a box, there’d be like a hundred of them rolling around in the bottom of the box.  Ugh. 

Last night as I slept I dreamed of tiny little brown Beatles in my hair, crawling all over me.  I didn’t sleep well.  I kept waking up and brushing off my arms, my face,… 

Today I had a placement exam at school.  I thought it went okay.  My reading comprehension and sentence structure was in the 92 percentile.  But my algebra needed help.  So back to basic-Algebra for me.  But I think if I had slept better last night I would have gotten a better score all around. 

Now if I did have OCD, not saying if I do or do not, I would apply my OCD to the bug problem in the Garage.  First, I’d order Martha Stewart’s latest book on organizing your garage (I love you Martha!!!).  Then I’d move everything out of the garage and clean the floors and walls.  Then move the shelving back into the…

Oh, I know you don’t want to hear this.  But this is what I’m thinking all night as I try to fall asleep. 

Unfortunately they do not offer a degree in Nutrition at the local community college or the local University.  So I still have that piece of the puzzle to figure out. 

I decided to study Nutrition for a number of reasons.  First, I am passionate about nutrition.  I love reading new books on nutrition.  My favorite is Michael Pollan’s book “In Defense of Foods” ; Wow, what a powerful book(five out of five stars)!!!  I just loved that book.  I love it so much, when I finished reading it, I didn’t sell it on eBay.  (I sell all my books on eBay). 

Which brings me to my next great purchase, an Amazon Kindel.  I’m waiting for the price to drop a bit.  When they first came out on the market they were $400.00 each.  They are so great, you can load hundreds of electronic books on this device.  Most book downloads are $9.99 or less.  This is the perfect gift for someone who loves books.   

Oh and while we’re on the topic of books, I’m almost done with the book “The Other Boleyn Girl”.  I was getting board reading it and so I am guilty of the cardinal sin of reading books – I jumped to the last chapter to see what happens…  And bad new girls… Anne Boleyn is beheaded in the last chapter of the book.  I’m so filled with sob,…. I can hardly bring myself to complete the book.   Actually, no, Anne Boleyn is not the kind of character about whom you feel connected.  I think the author does a good job in this book(4 out of 5 stars).  Kudos to  Philippa Gregory.  I really feel a lot of empathy for all the characters in her book. 

Anyway I digress.  Back to why I’m interested in nutrition.   Well, I am fascinated with food and how it can heal the body.  And I’m hoping to pursue a degree in Nutrition and perhaps get my masters at UCBerkley, If I move back to California.  We’ll see…