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 |   I am finding my stride and living life in a world filled with chaos and change. |
  And here's my Simpsonized picture...  and my daughter, Baba. Isn't she cute?  Actually, I need to upload the whole family, just for the heck of it sometime. Then, I'll always have them right here with me.  This journal forced itself into being because I loathe, no, I mean, I love to write. It is a struggle to state what I am thinking inside so a daily blog is just what I need. Not because I want to, I must. My thoughts are begging to be heard before they are lost in the caverns of my mind.  |
Nothing special to anyone but I think to my husband and me is that our son was born one year and two months after our first wedding anniversary. We were married April 12 and he was born June 12. Now we've been married 18 yrs and our son is 17 yrs old. and I finally found a good way to keep track of how long we've been married!  I figure I've got to come up with something ''cause the years are going to run together but if we track it on our son's age, which is always a year, two months less than when we were married, it'll all stay clear. |
| I don't know when the last time was that I wrote on my blog but today, I feel the need to say that I feel overwhelmed. My computer has been down since Friday, and I have a paper that is overdue because I, along with my kids, came down with the flu ALL of last week. I've never been quarantined and it feels awful. Hopefully, my computer will get fixed today so I can get back to studying and doing productive things.  |
| Well, it has finally come around again...my birthday and I just wish that it could have somehow been different. It's not that I really want something special, it's just that nothing out of the ordinary ever happens on my birthday, and sometimes I wish it would. My husband is a dear and he bought me a gift, something that I picked out at the last minute and it just felt not surprising since I knew already. *sigh* It's not his fault...it's not my fault, we just don't do those things, and sometimes I wish we did. Well, I'd better get to bed and get this day going. |
| So, it's been awhile again since I've dropped by here. I guess it is no wonder why I am NOT a professional writer; I just can't seem to write what down what is going on WHEN it is going on! I've been potty training my daughter since her birthday in November and after some prayer, some prodding and repetition, she started USING the potty. Now, my daughter is a stubborn one, I am learning, and she always starts doing things in the ninth hour. When most of our hair is gone and we are starting to feel VERY frustrated, she will do it. I'm sure you think I am being unreasonable but here's a background story. Our little one was sixteen months old and just couldn't seem to walk. She is preemie so she qualified for services to help her with walking. I reluctantly made the call, and the woman visited us both. We talked in my daughter's presence about what they would do to get her on track for walking and she left. Her appointment was the very next week and I kid you not, my daughter started walking that WEDNESDAY and our meeting was on Monday. I am telling you she KNOWS! Ok...back to her emptying her own potty bowl.Now, she is one a roll but she wants to empty her own potty bowl. (sigh) She saw what I did when I cleaned it the first time and then, viola!, my girl is up, running and yelling, "I'll do it! I'll do it!" and I'm starting to sweat thinking about the splashed urine on the carpet...but she has managed to do it just fine. Yes, I did let her empty it...she is going to be an independent one but she also realizes that there are times when she can say, "Mom, you do it", so knowing that those times will be here before I notice them, I'm going to let her do this with guidance, of course. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm back in school this semester, even though I did NOT finish the GMAT exam. The Lord intervened for me, He knew that I was loosing it for all the wrong reasons when I decided that I would go for a 2nd bachelor's instead of the MBA. I was so disheartened when I failed Econ. but a wise adviser realized this and she spoke to the MBA chair right in my presence and told him how I could use the Org. Management class and just get back in synch with a class that I could enjoy, even though I am NOT supposed to be there unless I have my GMAT. They are giving me the TIME I need to study right and I am so grateful! I feel so much lighter and I enjoy this class. I think that I will remember this time in my life as one when I felt like I almost lost my way; I almost believed that I was not the right person for the job...but I am. And I am so glad to still be in the program. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ok, well, that was more than a few words so I'll save the rest of what I was going to write until tomorrow. Till then, thanks for visiting! |
| Well, here it is Friday the 19th and we still have so much to before Christmas arrives. It doesn't help that I just can't seem to shake this head cold, and I'm the main person to help steer things while my husband is at work. So, when I can't do my part, we just fall behind around here. We are presently getting some ice/snow mixture around here, which is strange for us. We just get the snow; not the ice, so alot of us are a bit concerned about driving on the stuff. But actually, I should be fine, I didn't keep the car today so I'll only have to be concerned later on when we head out. On a more positive note, my daughter and I baked sugar cookies yesterday and it was SOOOO much fun to because I ventured to do the cut-out type and she caught on so quickly.  I bought us a gingerbread house kit so we can put it together over the weekend. Wish me luck on this one; I've never done it but have always wanted to. 21 one days from now I have to take the GMAT for school and if I don't pass it for some reason or the other, I won't be able to continue in the MBA program until I do. So, I've got that on my plate in spite of the holiday season to think about. Well, back to the grind...I'm going to think happy thoughts and it will be fine. |
Yesterday, I signed on to find that someone had gifted me with a costumicon subscription.  I felt so loved and appreciated when I saw this because I really wanted one, but have had to watch my gps for other site events. I just want to say that I TRULY appreciate the thought and consideration for someone to think of me in this way. I felt so bad over the past couple of days but I feel the cloud lifting from my head; I can see the world around me again. Sickness is such a drag and it impedes whatever good you think you might do or was in the midst of doing. I am now behind on my reviews because I fell sick but I do hope to catch up with some of them this evening. My daughter is watching her one of her favorite dvds, "Max and Ruby" from Nickelodeon. It is such a sweet and innocent show. I'm glad that kind shows like this continue to air for the little ones. |
| Well, I thought that I might be able to start blogging a bit more with my little area but sickness has overtaken me, even though, I have alluded it for sometime. So, I am trying to slowly get back to reviewing but I've got to get well first and then, I'll be back here with more vigor than before. |
| Wow! It has been such a long time since I have ventured into my own domain to write about anything, and it seems to get harder because I feel like I am starting all over again. Finals were yesterday in Economics class and it looks like I will be taking it again either next semester or in the fall semester.  I tried my best and it's not that I didn't get the principles but I really was studying distracted. I have certain constraints (econ word!) that I have not been able to overcome, so far, but I think if I address those areas that kept me from excelling this time, I'll get the grade that I need. My child is sick today. She rarely gets listless like this and I find it so unnerving. I was able to get a bit of chicken noodle soup in her and she is staying hydrated, so that is the good thing. I'm not feeling all that great myself and I'm using this opportunity of "no school" to sleep in...ahhh, feels good. I'm hoping to get back to some reviewing and reading too while on break and hopefully, I won't be a stranger in my own blog. |
| I knew that I had taken a long time between my last post and to my shame, it was April when I last wrote something. Much is going on in my life,so my writing is not on a lack of activity but too much at times. I am currently studying for the GMAT and the school admitted me on a conditional status though I MUST finish the GMAT by Nov. or forfeit my admission until it is completed. So, there you go...between studying for that and managing my kids, I just don't take any time for "pleasure" any longer. Such is life... |
| ...what's so bad about the past few months of my life is that there have been some pretty interesting things that have taken place but I have been too involved with striving for that A grade that I didn't write anything down. Oh, here and there, I would write about some important friends, new groups that I am now a part of...they would get chronicled but the rest of my life...was just left to skies to take note of. I'm just too tired. I will finish my final research paper this weekend and my final class before graduation is this Monday. It's a happy day for me but I know that I will only seek to rest my brain and it won't involve writing.  Once I finish my last class, I will post my expected final grade for the whole degree program. Now THAT I am very happy about but again...it has all come with a price. I scarcely speak to anyone here these days, even though my heart aches to have that interaction, I can only seem to balance what is directly in front of me. For that, I feel pretty inadequate. |
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