Update

For anyone who follows this blog, you can see what I've been up to lately by checking out my other blog Clusterpuff. If you're interested you can see what I've been up to and what keeps me busy while I'm still looking for work.

This one was set up for school and I don't update it anymore. I'll probably delete it at some point.

Parenting sucks

I have 4 kids. I love them to death, but they drive me absolutely crazy.

 

My teens are both grounded for bad grades. The deal is, if they want to be off punishment they can't have any Fs. If they want fun and cool stuff (cell phones/computers), they have to have As and Bs. One has a trip to NYC scheduled for the spring with her Choir class, but first she has to be passing ALL of her classes. So here's the deal, this weekend she heard an add on the radio about some talent scout being in town and the first 200 callers could get an audition. So she called. She was one of the 200. Then she comes to me to ask me to talk to them. I said no. She runs off crying and I feel like a jerk. I justify it to myself that one, she's grounded and used the phone without permission; two, she called first and then asked; and three, what in the world made her think I'd say yes, when I won't even let her hang out on the porch with her friends? Grounded is grounded. I'm pretty sure I was right, even my mom told me I was right. I still feel like a jerk.

My first grader is addicted to video games. I've had to severely limit his playing. Now he can only play a couple times a week for up to an hour, but first he has to do his chores and any homework he may have.

My three yr old punched me in the face yesterday because I told her no. I don't remember what it was about, just that we were sitting on the couch, she wanted something and I said no. What a shock!

It's Monday, I was hoping with the three going back to school things would settle back down here. They haven't. Maybe I have PMS, but it seems every little thing is irritating me today. Either that or it's the fact that I'm feeling abused and taken for granted and the kids are bouncing off the walls. Where's dad? Sleeping because he didn't sleep well last night o.0

Today is almost over and hopefully tomorrow will be better.

Old and New

We made it through another term and although I only got a B on my A&PII final, I still got an A in the class so I still have my 4.0! Took a week off between classes and was just lazy around the house. Read a few novels, played the Wii a bit, played on FB a lot!  Now we're back in a new term (term 5 for me). Medical Office Management (MOM) and Diseases of the Human Body this time. Had MOM yesterday, lost audio 10 minutes into it and it never came back.  Made for an interesting class.  Diseases is today and so far it's been pretty good. Looking forward to having an awesome term in both classes.

Unit 10

Wow, it's hard to believe we're in unit 10 already. I'll admit, I was seriously dreading taking this class. The last time I took a writing class was more than ten years ago and I didn't do nearly as well. Although I won't be writing a book anytime soon, I'm now less resistant to the idea of writing. It's not something that I want to do every day, but I'm more confident in my ability to write a decent paper now. Thank you, Dr. Manning for teaching a wonderful class and giving us all such helpful feedback. You truly did make this an enjoyable class :)

Where does the time go?

Wow, I can't believe we're already in Unit 9. It seems like every term goes by faster and faster. This week has been especially hectic for me.  Not only did I have two big papers to finish, my daughters are going to their first Homecoming dance tonight. The last couple of days have been absolutely crazy. The mother of one of their friends offered to make the dresses for me, I would just have to pay for the fabric. She didn't finish them until this morning and they didn't fit :( Amber borrowed a dress from one of her friends, but Alicia couldn't find one that fit so three hours before the dance started we were at the mall. Ugh.  The good news...we found a dress, it's cute and it fits. The best news...it was 40% off! huzzah!!  Really not sure what's going on with the tights here, but my girls are a little bit funky and they had to let that come through some.

To blog or not to blog…

There are times that no matter how much I think I would like to blog, I really don't have anything to say. This week has been one of those weeks. I'm thrilled that the kids are back in school and although I still have one at home, it seems like I'm getting such a big break during the day from the constant noise and chaos!

Soooo, now that that's been said. I really don't have much else to say so I'll respond to one of this week's topics :) Change that. I'll respond to all three!

•         Discuss any issues you have had throughout the process.

•         How do you feel about the comments, or lack of comments, that have been made to your blog posts?

•         Do you plan to continue your blog even after the course?

 
1. The only issue I find I'm having with the blogging process is taking the time to actually sit and do it. I don't always feel I have something worth sharing to say and when I'm in that mood it's really hard to write. (My mom tells me I'm "shooting myself in the foot" when I talk about not thinking anyone wants to hear my thoughts or I don't think what I write is very good. Maybe someday she'll convince me.)

2. I haven't had very many comments to my blog posts. The few I've had have been nice and I think I would like to have more. It's nice to get feedback on what one has to say.

3. As long as I think of things I want to share I'll continue to blog. The last blog I had lasted for a couple of years before I stopped posting to it. Who knows how long this one will last, only time will tell. :)

Uninspired

After 33 days of rain, the sun has finally decided to bless us with it's warm, golden presence. Because it's been so beautiful outside, I have been completely uninspired to remain inside and do my school work :( Two of the kids started school this week, one starts next week, and the little one will stay home with me.  Now that I'm finally getting fewer people in the house during the day I just don't want to stay in!  Maybe this is me trying to get as much outside time in as possible before the snows come, who knows. For now, I'll just struggle through to get my schoolwork done so I can enjoy the weather while it lasts!

 First sunset I've seen in over a month, my son said it looks like heaven!