Done with Business Finance

I checked my grades from school this morning and my finance grade (finally) was posted. I passed Business Finance!! Which means that I don't have to retake that class next semester. I would have liked a higher grade in that class but at the same time I'm just glad I passed that class. I'm still waiting on one more grade from my online class and when that grade posts I can finally say my summer break has officially begun.

Hopefully next semester will be better for me because I don't have to take any more math-related classes in college!

"I've never let my school interfere with my education."
~Mark Twain

Done With Finance (Hopefully)!!

I'm (hopefully) done with Business Finance!! Why do I say hopefully? Well at MTSU if you enroll in Business Finance 3010 everyone has to take the final and everyone has to pass the final with a 45 in order to pass the class. Does not sound too hard right? Wrong!! Business Finance has been one of the hardest classes I have taken at college so far and probably one of my worse classes, which was why I was so nervous about taking the final exam.

Last night the final started at 6:00 p.m. and we had 2 hours to take it. The final (to me) was not as bad as i thought it would be but it was still a very, very tough test. Now all I can do is wait. I have to wait until my finance teacher posts my grade for this class to know whether I passed this class or not. I really do hate waiting ugh.

Keep your fingers crossed!!

A Long Road Ahead...

I'm still here everyone I have just been really, really busy with school and work lately.

Finals at college started this week and studying for them has used up all of my brain power capacity. I have already taken 2 finals so far and I still have 2 more finals to take before I'm done with this semester of college. The final I'm worried about the most is Business Finance. That final is tomorrow night at 6:00 p.m. and this past week I have done nothing except agonize and study for this final. The catch with this test is you have to get 45% correct or you will fail the class--that goes for anyone taking this class. Well, you think getting a 45 on a test will not be that difficult well it is going to be from what I can tell. There is so much information you have to know for this test that my brain is about to explode. I'm really not sure if I can get the grade I need on this final. I really hope I can get a 45 on this test. If I don't then I'm going to have to retake this WHOLE course next semester. :-(

Once these finals are over with I will (hopefully) be able to relax somewhat.

So far, this current deployment has been going ok so far. Josh is doing well and he tries to call me everyday or so, which makes me one very happy camper. ;-) I know we still have a long road ahead of us but hearing his voice often sure makes this deployment go by a lot faster.

I'm sorry that I have not blogged in a while and I will try to blog more often which I believe will happen since I a have long and boring summer ahead of me.

"Whenever there is darkness there is an an extraordinary opportunity for light to burn brighter."
~Bono




 

It Has Been A While...

It has been  a while since I have updated my blog and I apologize for that in advance. With this school semester coming to a close, working two jobs, and this upcoming play I'm stage managing for I have had little free time to say the least. So here are some updates about what has been going on:

I'm almost done with this semester of school!!! After this week I'll have two weeks of school left and those two weeks are going to be hell for me. However, after those two weeks of hell my summer break will officially have begun. :-)

I'm stage managing a play at my local arts center so that has also been keeping me busy a lot lately. I have had rehearsals every night the past two weeks and the play starts this Friday night and runs through the last weekend in April. But this play is worth taking my time for because it's such a great and funny play to say the least.

Josh is doing well; I get to talk to him more than I thought I would but I'm not going to complain about that lol. I just cannot wait to see that smiling face of his again.

That's pretty much it for right now. I'll try to update my blog more but I can't really promise that until these two weeks of school are done with.

I hope everyone has a good day!!

"When you have completed 95 percent of your journey, you are only halfway there."
~Japanese Proverb

I Quit the 30 Day Challenge.

Sorry to say but I have officially quit the 30 day challenge; I just don't have the time for it anymore.

After today I only have 4 weeks of school left until the summer time!!

I would post more but that school work is not going anywhere anytime soon ugh.

Group Projects Suck!!!

I have always hated group projects in school because it always felt like to me that I was the one who was doing all the work. Well, at the beginning of this school semester we were assigned a promotions plan group project that included a 10-12 page paper that had to be bounded and a PowerPoint presentation in front of the class.

This morning a girl from my group and I went and got our paper bounded and I think it looks really nice. However, when I got to work this morning I noticed a couple of mistakes with the table of contents. Are you freaking serious??? (the guy who did the table of contents didn't bother to proofread it ugh).

We have five people in our group and one girl has only done only 1 page for this entire project and she pretty much abandon our group. Two other group members were giving me and the other girl detailed instructions on how they wanted it bounded, but when we ask them when can they come with us to get it bound they say, "We are too busy; we can't do it." Ugh!!!!! The bounded part is due tomorrow and I'm pretty some of my group members will go off on me for not being the bounded the right way and if they do I'm just going to say F*** ya'll because I have done most of this project.

And this is why I HATE group projects!!

"Never let go of hope. One day you will see that it all has finally come together. What you have always wished for has finally come to be. You will look back and laugh at what has passed and you will ask yourself...'How did I get through all of that?"
~Unknown Author

Day 06-A Picture of a Person You'd Love to Trade Places with for a Day

I would love to trade places just for one day with Kate Middleton. She is just so beautiful, charming, and very well-dressed all the time.  



Day 05-A Picture of Your Favorite Memory

Josh's Boot Camp Graduation-It was amazing and full of great memories:-). In this picture from left to right: my mom, Josh, and I on Family Day.



Day 04-A Picture of a Habit You Wish You Didn't Have...

I really wish I didn't have the habit of biting my nails ugh.

The End is in Sight

School is almost over; I only have 5 weeks of torture left and then I have a nice, long summer break. I have never looked forward to summer as much as I am now.

The promotions group project is almost done with; after work today I got to go to school and do the powerpoints for the project. This Saturday is my cousin's wedding and on Sunday I'm going to the library to study for this finance test--so you can say that I'm going to have a busy weekend in store for me. On a brighter note, Josh and I got to talk on the phone for over an hour yesterday ^-^. It was just so nice to hear voice again and today we are going to attempt to skpe each other for the first time (this should be interesting lol).

I hope everyone has a good weekend!!

Day-03 A Picture of the Cast from Your Favorite Show

Modern Family-I LOVE this show!!! I try to watch it with my dad every week:-). 



Is It Over with Yet?

I'm so freaking tired of school right now. In past semesters, I took 15 hours per semester, however, for this current semester I decided to take it down a knot and only take 12 hours. I thought by taking only 12 hours it would be an easier workload for me. Well I was WRONG on that for sure. This semester of school has been so busy and hectic for I'm just ready to give up already. The only things that keeps me motivated to keep pushing through school is Josh (because he wants me to graduate college) and the fact that there is only 6 weeks of school left. I'm so ready for the summer to be here already.

"Life is like walking through Paradise with peas in your shoes."
~Charles Edward Jerningham, The Maxims of Mermaduke


 

Day 02-A Picture of You and the Person You Have Been Close with Awhile

I do have a picture of the person I have been close with for awhile but it will not let me upload the picture-sorry about that.
Anyways, the person is Raelle. We are only 2 days apart in birth and we have been friends for a long time now. She is married to a soldier (Army) and lives in Colorado with him now.

30 Day Challenge

I have seen a lot of people do the 30 day challenge thing on Facebook and I thought I would try it out on my blog and see if I can complete it.

Day 01-A Picture of Yourself with fifteen facts.

1. My full name is Hayley Kathleen Reed.

2. I have lived in a small town in Tennessee my whole life.

3. I'm in my third year of college now.

4. My major in college is Marketing.

5. My favorite colors are blue and green.

6. I'm dating my best friend.

7. The fella and I have been together for 4 years and 2 months now.

8. I have traveled to 4 different countries outside the U.S.A.

8. I'm obsessed with books-I read a book every week.

9. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy is my favorite movie(s).

10. I'm the youngest of 4 siblings.

11. I'm pretty shy around people.

12. My favorite subject in school is history.

13. My dream job would be to a historian and travel around the world to ancient civilizations.

14. I have monkey feet-I can pretty much pick up anything with my feet.

15. I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with my Marine:).

Me+Talking to Josh=Happiness

I talked to Josh yesterday!!!!

I was in Target yesterday doing a little shopping when Josh called my cell phone. We talked on the phone for almost 30 minutes (while I was walking around Target lol). It was just so wonderful to hear his voice again after almost a week of not hearing it. I just can't wait for him to be home already so he can hold me in his arms once more. I love and miss him so much.


"Be happy. It's one way of being wise."
~Sidonie Gabrielle



Getting Through It

Slowly but surely I'm getting through this deployment one step at a time. It has been only a week since Josh has deployed, but it seems to me like a lifetime. I did not realize how hard this deployment would be until it started. So far it has been a difficult journey, but I know I can make it through this journey if I believe in myself and in Josh.

On a side note, I got to chat with Josh on Facebook for about 10 minutes last night; it was so nice hear that he is doing ok.

“I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”
~Hellen Keller

New Day

Today has been an ok day so far (considering how Mondays go anyways). I managed to get some homework done this morning and I also sent off Josh's care package (hope he likes it). This past Saturday night I had a girl's night with a friend from college and it was great!! I have not had that much fun with a girlfriend in quite a while. Yesterday (Sunday), I quit the Adkins Diet because it is just way too hard for me to stay on. So, I joined Weight Watchers online and so far I like it a lot more than Adkins. Hope this diet works better for me in the long run.

"Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are."
 ~Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

Pictures!!!!!

I got back the pictures that me and Joshua had done about a month ago and I love them!!!! Here are just a few of them:



A More Relaxing Day Today

Today so far has been a more relaxing day I have had for a while. I managed to finish up my paper this morning over the seminar I went to this past week. I still need to do some finance homework *groan!*. After my midterm last night I went to Wal-Mart and got Josh a bunch of goodies for his first care package. Today I'm going to go to Dollar Market and pick up a few other things that I forgot to get last night. I hope to get back the pictures that Russell (the photographer) took of us hopefully tomorrow so I can put some of those pictures with Josh's care package. Tonight I'm having supper and seeing a movie with friend so it gives me something to look forward to.

Also, yesterday I chatted with Josh on Facebook for almost an hour. It was really nice just to talk to him again. I sure miss that boy. I really hope I get to hear his voice sometime soon!!

"Love the moment. Flowers grow out of dark moments. Therefore, each moment is vital. It affects the whole. Life is a succession of such moments and to live each, is to succeed."
~Unknown

Source: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.botany.com/img/plants/dictionary-plants-flowers.



This Week Is Almost Done With...

This week is coming to a close, which I'm glad because it has been a very busy and hectic week for me. The seminar went all right last night; I left it before it was done with because it was suppose to last until 8:00 p.m. but when it hit 8:15 p.m. I was pretty tired and and I thought I had enough information about the seminar to write one page about it. This morning when I logged onto facebook I had a couple messages from Josh, which was nice. I hope I get to talk to him pretty soon. Today's schedule for me is to work all day and study for this retailing test that I have tonight at 6:00 p.m. Hopefully, tomorrow will be a little more relaxing for myself. This Sunday I plan to go to Wal-Mart and get Josh's first care package under way. I hope everyone has a good day today!!

"The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson."
~Tom Bodett

A Better Day

Today was a better day for me. I got to talk to Josh this morning!!!!! It was so nice to hear his voice again it pretty much made my day. The half of the school project that was due today our group made an A on, so can't complain there. The test I took this past Tuesday I got it back today and I made an A on it too. Overall, this day has been good. Tonight I'm going back to school to go a seminar for extra credit for my promotions class. Still got to study some more this stupid retailing test I have Friday night ugh. I hope everyone else has had a good day today too!!

"Never underestimate someone's strength who has yet to be tested."
~H.K.R~

A Sad Day

My boyfriend is officially deployed now. Even though this deployment just started I miss him already. I just want this deployment to be over with already.

I still have a bunch of stuff to get done this week. I have a meeting this morning at school and tomorrow I have half of a project due and a seminar to attend tomorrow night. Friday night I have a midterm (which I have NOT studied for yet). The only thing I'm looking forward to this week is Saturday night when me and one of my friends from college are going to see a movie. It will be nice to hang out with another girl and actually have a good time.

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

My Semper Fidelis Poem

This a poem I wrote for Josh for our four year anniversary. I hope everyone likes it:

I thought I knew what love was about

until I saw you

no better friend, no better love than you

strong both inside and out

with a great heart and a great laugh

and I thought I knew what love was really about this time

I thought I knew what love was

until our one path separated into two paths

one was leaning towards to school

 while the other one was uncertain where it wanted to go

but it soon made a decision that changed everything

and the paths met each other again at the crossroads

where they became one path once more

and I finally thought I figured out love

I thought I knew what love was

the day you left for boot camp

me saying goodbye to you while I shed silent tears

waiting for letters sent by you

treasuring every word that you write

reading your letters over and over again until I have them learnt by heart

and when I saw you once more after three, long months

my heart jumped out of my chest

proclaiming that I finally knew what love was really about

I thought I knew what love was

The day I heard you were going to deploy overseas

my heart was split into two pieces

one piece accepted the way it was and tried to toughen up

the other piece rebelled against it and cried its silent tears

but the two pieces came to an understanding

in order for this to work out they have to work together as one

so the two pieces merged as one whole heart yet again

but this time stronger and beating more than it has ever done before

and I thought for once and for all I have this thing called love all figured out

I thought I knew what love was

until one day it finally clicked with me

love has many different stages in life

there are some that are wonderful

while others can be hurtful

but whatever the stage of love is currently going on

there is one thing I will always know for sure

that my love for you will always be Semper Fidelis.



Today is the Day...

Today is the day that my boyfriend of over four years deploys. I have been dreading this event for a while now but it's going to happen whether I want it to happen or not.  However, I see this as a challenge that I must overcome and I very determined to meet this challenge head-on. I'll have college to keep me busy for another few months but when summer hits I'm going to be bored as hell so I need to find things to keep me occupied during the summer. Does anyone have any suggestions that could keep me busy during the summer?

What's with the Title?

Why did I choose Combat and Cowgirl Boots for the title of my blog? Put it simply my boyfriend is a Marine so he wears combat boots. I'm from the South so my cowgirl boots are my favorite thing to wear everywhere. Put two together and that is the result.

"I'm the girl who waits months for a single kiss
 a kiss that makes the months apart worth every second."
 ~Unknown



Just A Regular Day

Today was just another regular day for me. Woke up late, played video games, exercised, got ready, and came to the Boro. Now I'm just waiting around for it to be 7:00 p.m. because that is when my meeting begins. On a side note me and mom started the Adkins Diet today-I really hope this diet works because I need to lose weight badly. Wish me luck getting through this week!

" Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams."
~Ashley Smith

     

Surprise!!

My sweetie surprised me yesterday by sending me flowers to my workplace. It made my day! Love you Josh!!!!



My First Blog

Hello, I'm new to this whole blogging thing and I thought I would try it out and see if I like it.

My spring break from school was this past week and sadly it's coming to a end. Next week will be very hectic for me as I have two tests, half of a project due, and two meetings. Also next week is when I say goodbye to my boyfriend for a while (something I'm not looking forward to at all). I just can't wait for next week to be over with already. I hope everyone has a good day today and a good rest of the week.

"The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be."
~Horace Bushnell