I'm dreaming ... of a nap!

It's either allergies or tension or exhaustion ... I'm not feeling too well. There's been so much crammed into these past few weeks that I'm starting to feel it! Rest is on the horizon, though!

So I have developed a bit of a love / hate relationship with Zotero and RefWorks. My humanities project was due yesterday, and I had a last minute realization that Zotero didn't pull through the cities in the citations. I was able to get it all corrected, but MAN! It was a bit aggravating to have to go back to find each source again - I am just so thankful that it's all over!

Today is the day for the 2600 quiz. I'm re-watching some of the lectures to cram in every bit of info that I can. I have no idea how well I will do - open book will help a lot, but that means having a strong enough understanding to find anything that I need to look up. I also need to work on the assignment for this week. We're getting so close!!!

I'm Quizzed Out!

Oh my. So I just finished the quiz - I don't feel very good about it. I didn't even have time to get to the extra credit! There were a couple of questions towards the end that I was not really prepared for, either. My answers felt rather vague - it was frustrating because I have all of these examples that I could give from work (especially since we're going through a major conversion), but I had absolutely no time to get it all out! I totally blanked on one question, too. At least it's over, right? Deep breath. I still have so much left to do this weekend - ONWARD!

Day of Preparation

Quizzes, tests ... they all make me incredibly nervous. Today is solely dedicated to preparing -- and hopefully taking it (if I feel comfortable enough). I've listened to all of the lectures, done all of the reading, yet don't really feel comfortable enough with the material. I am so thankful that they are keeping it open all weekend! I'll let you know how it goes.


I bought my tickets for FastTrack weekend Thursday. I am honestly disappointed that 2600 is not meeting. I have to take a day of vacation time at work, fly out there, and then spend two nights in a hotel just to go to one three hour lecture to make a presentation. That's an expensive three hours!!!

Lab One - CHECK!

I just finished my lab in Dabble DB. I'm happy to say that it went pretty well. I use Excel daily at work, so I was pretty familiar with all of the tasks. It was a little awkward following the instruction sheet, though. I'm used to running free - but this was good experience. I work in the Treasury department at a retail corporate office, and one thing that I do is manage the check receivables. I create numerous spreadsheets each month documenting every check that we receive (all of the basic info - payer, amount, check number, date, etc ... as well as coding for our internal accounting structure). I then load the spreadsheet into our ledger. I'm really thankful that I have the experience to work with Excel ... I only wish I was able to attend training to learn more of the functionality. It is really interesting to watch some of the expert users automate systems with Macros. It's a wonderful tool - I wish I had more experience!

I honestly forgot about the lab, so I have been working on that instead of the Zotero project. The goal is to get Zotero done tomorrow, as well as watch a lecture and the research assignment for my other course. I know it's a lot to squeeze in one day, but husband gets back from his race on Sunday afternoon, and I want to spend at least a little time with him. I also need to start getting ready for this quiz! I'm hoping that there are not too many technical questions on the hardware - that has been the most difficult part for me!