math studying...i'd rather have a million and two paper cuts with lemon juice poured on

i know it's been a good vacation when bruno and chaco don't want to get up in the morning. this morning i asked if they were ready to get up and they both groaned and rolled over...bruno said he hates alarm clocks and doesn't see the sense in them. i whole-heartedly agree. they are a necessary evil (but not on vacation).

after playing around with the math portion of the gre, i am pretty sure i am going to tank on this test. i feel like hunting down all of my former math teachers and blaming them. (except for ms. fasquelle...she's the only one who really tried to help me and of course mrs. smallwood my tutor-bless the lady-she had patience with me!)...for the rest of them...i don't even have words.

 i hope i don't need the sine and cosine thing because in my mind those are things you do when you purchase a new vehicle or house...and tangent...well, i'm off on a tangent right now! seriously though, as i sit here looking at problems, they're like a foreign language to me. (a strange, harsh foreign language-not one of the romance languages, either).bruno and chaco offered to help, but every time i mentioned a problem, they made a joke about it. no help whatsoever. and when it came to the answers, bruno kept saying,"b for bruno!" and chaco would pipe up, "no!it's c for chaco!"  if i pass this portion of the test, it will be purely a miraculous guessing game. and i don't say that in false humility like some people might...i really do suck at math. period.

so, remember the tree i got for Christmas? well, i finally got around to looking up what it is going to grow into

.check out the link. it wasn't quite what i was expecting..when i think pine tree, the first thing that comes to mind is:

minus the weird eyes

 i need to transplant it-after reading about it, the seeds are edible cooked or raw, folks. so there you have a great little snack chock full of oil and has a hint of resin flavor..and the young pinecones can be ground for flavoring. (there are some medicinal attributes as well but when they preface it with, we will not be held responsible for..i usually stop reading).


well, i'm back off to studying-i don't want it to be a total waste.
julie