TGIT

As classes wind down I must say that I am thouroughly exhausted. My mind is so tired from so much crowding and stuffing information in it! When I started on this particular college journey years ago I thought, hmmm....this won't be so bad. Well...was I ever wrong. Online is definately a new set of challenges for an old dog like me. You have to learn to be well disciplined and structured. Two things that I do not have anywhere in my life. School is definately getting harder and the classes are more in depth. This combined with running a household, being a mom, and trying to be a good wife makes it even more of a daily struggle. I now know the reason parents always try to get you to finish high school and go straight to college and not get out until you are quite sure that you are finished, then start a family! I did everything in my life backwards, but no matter how I get my degree I have made the promise to myself to stick with it until it is in my clutched hand! Congrats to all of those who go to school while working, raising children, keeping a marraige together and trying to keep your house from looking like a tornado ran though it!

Near the End

I can't believe that we are almost done with classes. It seems like yesterday and I was logging in trying to figure out the flex schedules and where to go. Both classes have been great. I have been challenged to think beyond what I ever thought was possible and proven to myself that I can do it!
This last week has proven quite the challenge. I have had a very sick baby who doesn't seem to be getting better, only worse. On top of that I hurt my back and can hardly move or do anything. Then I have Girl Scout candy to deliver, Signs to put up all over town, A house to clean, Laundry to do, Dishes to put away and clean, and children that won't behave! AAAAAAHHHH! I am going to pull out all of my hair. So the good thing is I might be bald, but I will have made it through both of my classes with passing grades!
This particular block of classes has been quite hard and challenging. I don't know if it is the classes themselves or maybe in conjuction with this time of year. It could be that my brain is just very tired! I will definately be glad when we have a break and I will be relaxing not thinking about anything! For Once!

Two Weeks

I absolutely hate the last two weeks of classes. It's crazy you spend the first two weeks of the courses feeling them out and figuring out what goes where and what your teachers expect and how they grade. Then things even out and its great. Then you start getting anxious about 6 weeks in and can't wait for the class to be out. Then the dreaded last two weeks come when papers are becoming due and your brain is tired. I know I can do it and pull off good grades, but my mind just doesn't want to. It makes me so tired to think about the comprehensive exams and the papers that are due. Yuck!!!! Why is it we complain and mope. We know we have to do it and that it was coming. Not like it was some big surprise, we have been working up to this point. At last though here we are and all I want to do is run the other way and not face it head on!!! We are such funny creatures! Well I guess its back to the old pen and paper to get them just perfect! (Which never happens)

OMG! Angels with Snot

Trying to get this done before my deadline! Hmmm...You know I don't really know what to right about and I really love to get on this blog. I hate to bore you again with complaints and drama. Sooo...Lets see I guess I will tell you something funny.

First I will start off by letting you know that I am a Girl Scout leader and have a troop of 6 Juniors right now. I have been a leader to these same girls for several years now and just stuck with them since they were Daisies. So every year we color paper angels for a community service project. These angels are for another organization I am in and we use these angels to write down lists that children in need are wanting for Christmas and hang them on the community Christmas Tree in town for the community to adopt. Well my girls are 9-10 and usually very caring and loving. Today I don't really know what got into them! Usually they never want to sit still for a meeting and want to draw and color, so I give them the chance today-Noooo! Today they wanted a meeting and didn't want to color! Heck some of them colored one angel and then said they were bored!!! Oh my! Well we had about 70 to get through and then cut them out. Well I pushed and they started coloring and cutting and finally all done...or so I thought. At the end of the meeting the girls are leaving and saying there goodbyes. I start to go through the angels and hole punch each one. While going through them I look down and notice that someone has decided on making these angels umm...well a little present on their noses. So here I am punching holes on these beautifully colored boy and girl angels and some of them have little green snot dots hanging out of their noses. Now wasn't that just the cutest thing!!! OMG! I can't hang these on the Christmas Tree! So now I am busy coloring and cutting new beautiful angels without the green dots! ARGGGHHHHHH! Children!  I just had to laugh some of them even had little tongues sticking out. So my cute little Girl Scouts did complete the job I asked them and pushed them to do, but it does look like they did get the last laugh!

Just wait! We will have another meeting. That will give me plenty of time to think of something to do back to them for their thank you! LOL!

Procrastination

Why is it when I have a job to do I just procrastinate until the very last minute. I tend to do this with everything. I really need to be more diligent about doing things on time and on schedule and I even try. I make a list and set out to do it. I even do most of the things on my list, but there at the bottom of the list lies the very thing that I dread doing so I continue to make excuses for myself to myself and put it off longer?! Why oh why? I could just do the dreaded duty first, but noooo. I don't do it. I have even put myself through bootcamp and made myself become more task oriented and more diligent about finishing. At most of these tasks I have gotten better at completing and doing on time and not waiting till the last minute, but there before me lies the things that I dread that I do wait until the last minute for...homework, folding the laundry, packing for any trip, there are a few others left nameless.

So as far as folding the laundry goes I wait usually until one of my daughters is either looking for clean socks or a pair of panties. How sad is that?! I just absolutely dread folding the laundry. It really doesn't take that long I just hate doing it, so I procrastinate! Packing for trips! Oh boy, now there is something done on the fly. No matter how much I plan and try it just never happens on time and early. Here I am at 4 A.M. packing and we have to leave at 5! Nothing new here for me. The homework issue, now there is an issue. I start off doing great early on in the class then as time goes on the homework gets turned in later and later. What is wrong with me? Especially with writing a paper. Now there is something confusing. I could be writing over a great subject and one that I love and I am even great at writing usually. Put me on a deadline though and I have major mental block.

Hmmm....Oh well, guess some things never change. Maybe my best work is done under pressure.

Just Some Good 'Ol Venting...The joys of motherhood!

So I thought that it was great that my kids were off this week for fall break. It was the perfect opportunity to get caught up on some much needed house cleaning and have them help me with odds and ins. We did great. We got everything done and my house is so clean and smells so good. Whew! I was relaxing in the chair patting myself on the back when I realized...Crap I forgot about doing the laundry! So my house is clean, but now I have a big pile of laundry to fold!

Why is it when we always think we are ahead of the game and on top of things we turn around and realize we are still behind? Do we ever catch up? Will there ever be time left over in a day when we literally have nothing to do?

It cracks me up to think about my husband coming home from work and relaxing in the chair while I am scrambling around still trying to get things done. Why is it he gets to clock out and get time off and my job is never done? Makes me think about that new show "Sister Wives" heck I want the wives, but not the man! LOL! I would love for someone else to share in the housework and know what needs to be done without asking and actually doing the work!

I think that my children and my husband think that there is a little fairy that comes in and cleans the clothes, the dishes, the house. Picks everything up for them and cooks them a great meal. They are oblivious to what I do, obviously! Apparently they think that I don't do anything since the question of the day is always "What did you do all day?" I mean really...What do you think I did all day? Why is it that we as wives and mothers get asked that question? One day wouldn't it be great to take a sick day or even a day off. Heck even to get paid for the job we do! Wouldn't it be great one day for them to come home and see what we don't do. Have the laundry strung all over...dirty socks on the couch, underwear on the floor, shoes in front of the door so you break your leg walking in, wet towels on the bathroom floor, clothes laying by the hamper but of course not in the hamper, dirty dishes left in random places all through the house with half glasses of milk left out all day, trash cans running over, kids running through the house with scissors and knives dressed in mommys make up, heels and bra with chocolate faces and clothes covered in dirt from making mud pies and playing in the toilet, and me sitting in the chair relaxing watching Oprah and painting my nails sipping on wine....Then asking my husband sarcasticly "What did you do all day?"

Your opinion is not always wanted

Why is it that people feel the need to burst others' bubble in life. If you have an opinion about something that doesn't mean that you need to share it unless asked. My mama always said if you don't have something nice to say then don't say it at all. Well you shouldn't say it! If you don't like something that doesn't mean that you need to share it with everyone! People are all different and like different things and that is what makes all of us unique and special! So of course we won't see eye to eye on everything and that is okay. Just because you don't like something does not mean that your negativity is needed. You don't have to agree, but you also don't need to be rude.

Why don't all people follow the same rules?

I don't understand why it is when rules are set for all people that certain people feel that they can break and bend them to fit their own personal needs or gain? Rules and regulations are set in place for a reason. I don't care who you are or who you know-everyone should abide by the same set of guidelines. What really peaves me off is besides not following the rules then you throw it in others faces and flaunt your gain and when questioned about your new fortune you continue to omit the truth! If you are a person of integrity and honesty you would make sure to follow the same guidelines as others. Not doing so only puts a bad taste in everyone's mouth that is involved. (Besides the fact that it changes how people view your character and question their associations with you)

Multi-tasking and the Cell Phone

Why is it that we can be involved in one thing with a group of people or a person and still be on our cell phones? What did we ever do before cell phones? I think that if you are talking to people use common sense and only hold one conversation at a time. It still comes off as rude. If you were with more than one person you wouldn't hold two different conversations at the same time, so you shouldn't do it with your cell phone either. I can understand if you had an emergency and needed to know something. We have become a society though that is involved in ourselves and forgetful about others feelings. It does not make people feel good and makes them feel disrespected when you are involved in something on your cell and don't even acknowledge others that are right in front of you.

My New Job

So today I started a new part time job as a sub at a family home day care. The day went very well. I was wondering if I would be able to manage all of the children at one time without losing my mind. Well I survived, and so did they! My husband was ever so sweet to text me from time to time to make sure everything was going good- He also wondered if this was making me get the urge to have another baby-Are you kidding?! Hell no! Managing 4 children under the age of 3 does not make me want more! It makes me want to run the other way! They were all sweet boys though, Glad I could give them back to their families!

FYI: When Looking for a Vehicle

Okay just a quick comment on vehicle searching and buying. When you go looking for a vehicle let's say a truck always look for something that you can afford. Good rule of thumb for anyone! It makes no sense to look for a truck and then call the person and offer them a riding lawn mower in return! I mean really! I know we live in a small town, but how is that going to look sitting on a car lot with a For Sale sign. I guess you could advertise it as "Great Gas Mileage" "Great In Town"! LOL! Really people, use your brain. Truck for Lawn Mower does not equal good trade, even out here in the sticks!

If Its Volunteer Don't Demand

What is it with people and their expectations of others. If someone volunteers to do something nice for you and you except what they have to offer that doesn't mean to start making requests and ordering how things are to be done. If you want it simple and easy then don't call them and tell them that you only want particular things there and this is the way you do it. It makes people want to scream at you "To Do It Yourself"! Gee wiz try to be nice and others think that you are a secretary, taxi driver, master chef, party planner, decorator, and that you have a money tree at your disposal. Really people give me a break! I do have a life that you seem to have forgotten about, do you really think I got up this morning and said hmmm...what could I do to fill my time for the next 24 hours? I know I will do all of someone elses stuff today! As if my going to school full time, my 3 kids, and my own to do list don't matter. Really....Rude!

My First Blog Ever

Similar to the Cat in the Hat in Green Eggs and Ham I thought I will never blog Sam I Am. Well here I am on an assignment from school starting out into the great unknown public world of blogging. I feel the excitement building as I start to type and try this all out. Not bad, not bad at all. I hope in this journey I can let others take a break from their own life and let you see into the window of mine. My life is pretty ordinary, but hearing about chaos and mayhem in someone else's life always seems more juicy, just look at the Real Housewives. My life is Reality TV on steroids, but without the 19 kids, 3 wives, and rolls of cash to toss about! (Although I could use a tag team of Jackie Werner and Jillian Michaels to cattle prod me away from the doughnut shop!)