Day 31 is a Treasure

Happy Monday!I haven't heard back from the Dept. Chair yet, but I'm hopeful. And I'll email him tomorrow or Wednesday if I don't hear from him by then.
I hope you all had a great weekend, and a great Monday :-)
Today the prompt is a picture of your favorite superhero.Superheroes are awesome in their own ways, each of them are unique and interesting to read aboutBut I'm going to have to say that my favorite is 

Batman.Because he's a real person using technology and his own strength to try and make a differenceHe's pretty rad :-)
In other news, Reasons to Lose has finished it's third "season."Each season is three months.So I'm motivated to write about how I did, and I'll share those results with you all too in case you don't read Reasons to Lose. Which I would understand... Though it is awesome. ;-)
So I'm linking this to Nain's meme, Motivation Monday
Who is your favorite superhero? and What is motivating you this week?

Day 30 is a Treasure

I was doing so well for 29 days! I cut it a little close by posting some just before midnight, but still... and then yesterday I didn't post at all.Oops :-)
Oh well, I don't really feel bad, because I've been busy.So, I decided I would post today to make up for it, since I haven't been posting on Sundays at all
The photo for day 30 is a picture of someone you loveI love a lot of people. A lot.
And normally I would post an adorable picture of my husband, but I wanted to mix it up, seeing as if I could turn this into 30ish days of photos of him! haha, excluding a few days of course. Like day 28. I'm just saying.
But since today is Mothers Day I thought I would share a picture of my beautiful mom.

 It's a little fuzzy, but here are two pictures of my beautiful mom.

She was an amazing woman.

The second picture is my mom holding me when I was a baby

And I thought I would also include two great mother figures in my life right now

My step-mom, JoAnn, and my mother-in-law Bobbi. They both do so very much for me and Michael. They are great women as well.
I hope you all had a blessed mothers day!

Day 29 is a Treasure

Michael and I met with the dept. chair today, and I'm very hopeful.Thank you all for your thoughts, prayers and positive vibesI feel like a weight has been lifted, I don't feel defeated anymore, and I don't feel helpless. It's great to feel empowered.
The things my instructor is accusing me of, I can defend. All five of them. Some of his accusations are silly, but I don't want to write about them yet. I want to wait until this whole debacle is behind me. I don't want to give anyone any reasons to not let me pass the class.
One thing I will say is that he definitely did not follow the published policy at my school, and he attempted to take away my rights to defend my paper and my honor.
I think I have a pretty good case. I'll keep you guys updated.I'll hopefully find out more on Monday. The dept chair was very nice, and he seemed very willing to work with me. I provided him with a very thick packet of all my evidence.
Since Monday night I haven't been sleeping well, and I've been so stressed out and worried. I'm hoping that tonight I'll sleep better and that my stress will leave because I know I have done all I could thus far.
Anyway, today the challenge is to share a picture that always makes you smileThere are a lot of pics that make me smile, I'm a picture-a-holic. But acceptance is the first step, right? ;-)I seriously take more pictures then I know what to do with...
I chose this one

This was taken at Lagoon last summerI love this picture, and it always makes me smile, because we were being so care-free, playing in the water. My dad was able to capture a moment of such joy on Michaels face. I love it.
What's a picture that makes you smile?

Day 28 is a Treasure

Today's photo challenge is a picture of something you're afraid ofI, of course, had to choose spiders. 
They frighten me immensely 

And really, can you blame me?
What's something you're afraid of?

Day 27 is a Treasure

Well, I got my paper back finally! It feels like it took forever. I'll update you all about it tomorrow.

I just wanted to post todays challenge before midnight, that way I'm technically not a day late ;-P

The challenge is to post a picture of you with a family member

I chose this picture of me with my brothers and sisters because this week we're all together again!

My sister Helena is visiting from Pittsburgh.

Her husband didn't get to come, which is unfortunate, but we're glad we get to spend time with her :-)

Thank you all for your supportive comments, thoughts and prayers. 

I'm meeting with the department chair on Friday, so if you don't mind sending good vibes, thoughts and prayers my way a little longer that would be greatly appreciated :-)

Small Treasure Tuesdays

Hi everyone.
I'm not feeling like my normal exuberant self, I simply am feeling drained.I feel like I've been violated, picked on, humiliated and manipulated.
I'm in desperate need of reading your treasures, and I need to think about my own small treasures. It's important for me to not get defeated so that I remember I am not guilty, and so that I keep fighting for the grade I deserve. 
So, you know the drill (and I don't feel like copying my normal spiel) Link up your post in the comments, it can be anything that is a treasure to you!Anything at all. No pressure for a long post, or anything.And I would also encourage you to read other peoples posts, because they are all really good.
I'm glad I have this photo challenge going on, so I can use todays challenge as my treasure.
The challenge today is a photo of something that means a lot to you.And so even if I didn't have this challenge I think it would be the same thing: 

The way my husband and family have confidence in me, know who I am and are willing to help me with this battle of accused plagiarism.
So, write up a post and leave the link in the comments, and I will add it to the bottom of this post!Please? I need to read happy things today :)
Treasured ParticipantsChloe @ My New Life as a HousewifeNain @ View From Down HereDenise @ Pitterpat and the StickycatBrynnie @ There's a New Brandall in Town

Day 25 is Not a Treasure...

I'm sorry I didn't post this sooner guys, you would not believe the day I'm having.
I'm being falsely accused of plagiarism for my last paper.Yeah, awesome huh?
I have an excellent case though, I am building a packet to take to the Dean if my teacher doesn't work with me on fixing this, and I'm working on what I'm going to say to my teacher. 
1) I didn't plagiarize. Even if it was unintentional (which the only thing I can think of would be that I missed an in-text citation).
2) He didn't follow the guidelines laid out by my University, instead he just gave me a 0 in the class
3) He didn't give me the chance to defend myself, or my paper...
the list could go on, and it does. I'm writing everything down. I emailed him today, and if he doesn't respond tomorrow afternoon I'm calling him, and then if he doesn't work with me I'm taking it to the Dean, and the school newspaper and possibly getting my dad's lawyers involved. 
He is breaking the protocol on how these things are supposed to be dealt with, he gives people poor grades when they don't agree with his opinions, and he has given people B's even when they did not provide scholarly sources as the syllabus stated they needed to.
I am not taking this lightly, because accusing someone of plagiarism in college is never done lightly. I don't know why he did it, he hasn't explained why. I feel so violated, and unrighteously judged. 
Wish me luck guys. I'm calling him tomorrow, and then possibly going to the Dean the day after.
And now for my photo of the day.The challenge is to post a picture of you a year ago:

This was me and Michael almost exactly a year ago, at one of my closest friend's weddings. I was the maid of honor :-)
I'm linking this to Nain's meme, Motivation Monday, because I'm motivated to defend my honor and not let a teacher ruin my reputation over something I didn't do, and accuse me falsely for plagiarism.