My Life in a Hard Organic Capsule

Time for a real LITE update.
As those of you who follow my journal regularly may note, I have not been particularly active in my livejournal lately.
This is not to suggest that my life is dull, but rather that I haven't had the time (nor, to some extent, the inclination) to post.
Actually, I've wanted to post this particular post for a couple days now, but have been way too busy.

So what's going on in my life? Well let me tell you.

I) School
True, I'm in only one course this semester, but it's a difficult course. Sediment Transport is a challenging and difficult course and while I LIKE the teacher and know she's trying her hardest, I don't think she's the best teacher. She understands this stuff, but doesn't seem to be able to really explain it in a way that we understand it without arguing.
Part of this would be helped if she didn't have the problems of making homework that can feel nearly indecipherable. (What's riprap diameter? That's not the Particle Reynold's Number! What does this have anything to do with the topic at hand!) I've already snapped at her once (which was not good of me, and I've NEVER snapped at a professor before, but it's all very frustrating.) and still get frustrated.
I know she knows this, but she never comes across like she does or that she can teach it well.
*sigh*

II) Work
Work is, actually, coming along well. My thesis is coming. We're making progress and I feel good about it.
The negative side of this is it takes up alot of my free time so I can't be on Chaotic as much as I'd like.
That said, C'est La Vie. This comes first.

III) Personal Projects
When I'm not busy pounding out code for my thesis, I'm busy adding mp3s to My Playlist. I'm also extraordinarily happy with my progress on this project. I've already entered 2370 mp3s which makes me about 3/4 of the way done. Within another half week or so, I should be able to start sorting through new mp3s and adding them to the list.
Mostly, I'm just excited about having a dynamic mp3 list. Something that sorts mp3s for me and displays them like I like.
Mostly I'm just excited about having a huge mp3 list on my computer with all the music I love.
I have a plan of, eventually, creating playlists such as "The Best 500 Rock Songs" and "LITE's Dancity Dance Revolution" Playlists.
I just love my music :)

IV) Family
Ah. Family Life is, unsurprisingly, most busy of all.
Which is not actually a good thing.
Let's start with Marc.
Marc has a car (god knows how since I thought his liscence was taken away).
He says a coworker just gave it to him, but I doubt and I'm not sure it matters anyways. I'm not going to even delve into the webs of lies and deceit that is Marc's life.
Anyways, since Marc has a car, he needs insurance.
Mom doesn't want him to ask Progressive because her own car is registered at my GRANDMOTHER'S address at Progressive (Don't Ask. Long story.) To sum it up, mom's worried that him even enquiring, forget what will probably happen if/when he gets into an accident will screw her badly.
So she asks him nicely to NOT ask Progressive.
I suggested he ask Geico.
Apparently, he asked Geico and they turned him down.
So he asked Progressive.
We have paperwork here at the house that appears to be auto insurance from Progressive.
So... I dunno what'll happen with that.

Then we can get into Josh and Mom.
Mom had an exceedingly bad day on Friday that ended with her putting her key into the lock and coming out with the entire lock mechanism.
Now I had plans to go roleplaying Friday night, long in advance and Josh was working.
So the plan was for Josh to go to the store after work and install the lock.
I get home about midnight and there's no lock on the door. When I ask where Josh is, mom is seething. He had made plans to go midnight bowling. Mom had asked him to stay because she did NOT want to be in a house with no lock by herself. He went anyways.
So feeling (rightly, I agree) that Josh is getting WAY too big for his britches.and should be punished.
I suggested she take the TV in his room and the Playstation away.
She wanted, instead, to lock him out for the night. I disagree with her because I know that it will be *I* who will be woken in the wee hours of the night to let him in since mom A) is turning the phone off and B) has her TV on so she can't hear him.
So I disagree with her, but in the end she wins, cause.. hey, she's the mommy and this is her house.
So, I tried to sleep, but I kept waiting for Josh to come home and I KNEW I'd have to answer the door, so I slept terribly.
3:00 comes around and I'm just AWAKE. I expect Josh to be home any minutes. So I sit and read and wait for him.
3:30 rolls around. No Josh.
4:00. No Josh.
4:30 Josh FINALLY tries to come in. By now, I'm exhausted and angry that he came home so late. So he tries to get in, and I inform him he's barred for the night and to go sleep in his car. I give him his keys and he goes to grandma.
Well, grandma hit the roof. It's bad enough she was woken up in the MIDDLE of the NIGHT but over something SO STUPID. So she calls home and yells at mom, then sends him back home telling me to let him in (since by then I was awake and if I tried to sleep at 4:30, the cats would not allow me to.)
So Josh gets back home at 5:30 and I let him in.
Now, mind you, come SaturDAY I'm supposed to help mom get her test for her college course together, but I'm exhausted.
Saturday comes and mom's furious at Josh and Josh is furious at mom and grandma and I are furious at both of them for acting so stupidly.
Things have... well, not settled.. but gone to a status quo. Josh won't talk to mom. Mom isn't talking to Josh.
Personally, I'm waiting for the time when I am NOT available. They both need each other.
I'm too busy to do all of Josh's jobs if he won't and mom needs him to get certain things (like cat litter) done.
Not that Josh has many jobs, mind, but...
And Josh needs mom, for money, for food, for rides...
So there'll be another fight eventually.

That's the MAJOR stuff going on in my life, at the moment.
And I really don't feel like writing anymore right now.
So I'm going to end this.
Baibai folksies!