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 |  Krysha's Scribbles
Just my blog!!! |
  Welcome to Krysha's Scribbles!!! This is my blog. I'm 26 and I live in Northwestern Vermont with my husband and our two dogs, Kasey and Sparky. I attend Southern New Hampshire University online, studying Creative Writing with a concentration in Poetry. For fun, I like to write articles online, crochet, read, and write short stories and poetry that I post to Writing.Com. My blog entries will be prompted by various things, from online prompt generators to ones that my friends come up with. Who knows what fun and hilarity or at times some seriousness. You just never know! But come get to know me and how my funny little brain works by following my blog! |
| School, school, school. |
| So last week in math class I had an A. This week I have a B. And I have no idea how to do the homework for this week either so I’m sure my grade is going to go down even farther. This sucks! At least I still have my A in creative writing. But I was really looking forward to getting A’s in both of my classes this term. *sigh* Anyway, school is about all I’m doing right now. Quay’s semester just ended and he got all A’s in five classes. I’m really proud of him. Now he has three weeks off until he has a class starting on the second of January. School, school, school. That’s all that seems to happen here at my house. |
| My Husband |
| Prompt: Who is the one person who makes your life better? Without a doubt, the one person who makes my life better right now is my husband, Quay. He is my knight in shining armor and will do anything at all for me to make me happy. I met Quay in 2007 when he came up to Vegas from Phoenix with my brother to party hard in the city that never sleeps. It wasn’t until April of 2008 when I went to go visit him in Phoenix that I started falling for him though, and when I say fall, I mean hard. By May 22nd we were official and by August 15th we had our own place. I had a job in Phoenix and we lived okay. We wanted to be near family though and Vegas had one of the worst economies in the country, so we moved to Vermont where he was from and his family still lived. We’ve been here since 2009. Since then, he’s been in a major car wreck that lost him a job and forced him to use his GI Bill to go back to school. But he’s always taken care of me. He’s bought me a home, provides me with food, and best of all, gives me all the love I could ever need. And in a couple of years, we might just expand this little two-person family.  |
| Can't Sleep... Rambling at 2am! |
| It’s 2am. I have to be up in 5 hours to go to my husband’s physical with him. I doubt I’ll get to sleep since I’m not even tired. My sleep patterns are all screwed up. I think that’s the only thing I need to talk to my psychiatrist about next week. My moods have all been stable. No mania. No depression. Just weird sleep that comes and goes. I think I am going to start setting my alarm to get up by a certain time every day regardless of when I go to bed. Maybe that will get me on a somewhat regular schedule? But when to get up, that’s the question. Maybe 8am? I think any earlier than that is too early and any later is almost like sleeping in. Maybe I’ll get Quay to do this with me so we can be on the same schedule. I doubt he will, but it’s worth asking him, right? LOL The only other chore for tomorrow is to take the hubby to the dentist. Yes, he gets a physical and goes to the dentist on the same day. Poor, poor baby. He needs a new filling where an old one chipped. But after this, neither one of us has to go to the dentist until April and that’s only for cleanings. I’m so happy! It was getting rather expensive having to go once a month to have something or other done. It was mostly my fillings so I guess I can’t really complain, but dental work is expensive when you don’t have dental insurance. At least they adjust the prices based on our income level where we go. Still expensive though. So I registered for classes that start in Term 3. This is AFTER the Creative Writing and Math class. I registered for The English Language and Intro to Humanities II. I’m hoping that English won’t be too focused on linguistics because I totally bombed a linguistics class awhile back and I would hate to have a repeat of that. But from what I’m told, while it has a linguistics component, it’s not completely based in that. That’s good, right? Right.  And I already took Humanities I, now I just have to take Humanities II. That should be easy. The only bad thing about Humanities was that I remember it being a very writing intensive course. But since I’m a Creative Writing major, that shouldn’t be a problem.  |
| I'm Writing a Memoir!! |
| So there’s a week and a half left of my macroeconomics class. I can’t wait to be done with economics. Between this economics class this term and microeconomics class last term, I’m just fed up with economics. The stupid thing is that I really don’t feel that I’ve learned anything of value from the classes either. I mean, I don’t think that I can read about our economy in a hoity-toity newspaper article and understand what they mean with all the numbers they talk about, not even the gross domestic product (and we’ve been talking about that in our class for weeks now). Oh well, the class will be over soon and then I will get to start on the next two classes, yay! My next two classes are Math for Humanities, which I’m told is an easier version of statistics, and Intro to Creative Writing. I simply cannot wait for to have my math classes completely done so I can’t wait for that class to start. And well, I’m a writer, so I can’t wait for my Creative Writing class, either! The books that they’ve chosen for the Creative Writing class are excellent ones and I’ve already read two of them. I’ll read them again for the class just to be current and remember what they were about and whatnot but at least I already have something to go off of. These are the books we have to read:  On Writing Well  The Practice of Creative Writing: A Guide for Students Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within Check them out! I bet you’ll want to read at least On Writing Well and Writing Down the Bones yourself – those are the ones I’ve already read and they were great. But I have a secret reason for wanting this class to get me back into writing so bad. I want to write a memoir and I want it to 1) teach me how, and 2) get my booty back into the writing mood! I also bought a book about writing memoir written by someone who teaches at the Vermont College of Fine Arts, Sue William Silverman. It’s called Fearless Confessions: A Writer’s Guide to Memoir. So far it’s an excellent book. There are writing exercises to get your fingers typing, or writing the long way, whichever works for you, and they are really inspiring. She gives a little of her own story as well, so you get to know her while you read the book. I’m only a few chapters in and I’m really enjoying it. I think I’ll finish it soon so that I can start outlining what periods of my life I want to focus on. I’ll need to talk to my mom, brother, and sister about what they remember about those periods of my life because to be honest, I really don’t remember much about growing up. My memories consist of photographs taken in time that have gotten jumbled up in a box. Some pictures are missing, but they are all out of order. And I need a lot of help fixing them. My close family has already agreed to help me do that. My caseworker has already learned of my plan to write a memoir and she thinks it’s a great idea. She thinks it will be healing and will be a great exercise for my writing since it will be a big endeavor for me. She knows it may bring up parts of my past that may be hard for me to deal with, but we’re getting prepared for that by 1) knowing it will happen, 2) having people in place that I can talk to about things that come up, and 3) having a safe place established where I can go if I need a break for a few days. So that’s what’s going on here. You’re all caught up on what I’m doing. I think I am going to start blogging more regularly so that I can get in the habit of writing out my thoughts and just writing in general each day. I hope you like to read! |
| Dropping a class and registering for more... |
| Okay, so I dropped one of my classes. It was Organizational Behavior. I was having a major problem with it. Well, the instructor really. She nitpicked everything I turned in to give me the lowest grades possible and told me I had summarized something when I did nothing of the sort, I just used the core essentials of the video as my structure. I don’t call that summarizing. But I had a feeling she was going to hold everyone in the class to extremely high (ridiculously high) standards when she introduced herself as a member of 10 different organizations for high-IQ people, including MENSA. She doesn’t even know what normal people are capable of let alone what average is, how can she grade people? Does anyone else agree with me here? Or am I just being a witch? Anyway, I also registered for two more classes for next term. I’ll be taking Math for Humanities, which is statistics for the real world, and Intro to Creative Writing. I tried to see if I could test out of the creative writing class but she said it wasn’t possible. I guess it will just be really easy and I’ll have to get an A! I’ve also been busy with freelancing. I’ve been writing, and also keeping my writers busy with their own projects. It’s been nice keeping busy and knowing I’m making money and contributing to the household a little, especially since we have to start paying my student loans back now and that’s a big chunk of money every month. I know I have to get a part-time job to pay those loans back and I’m looking but it’s hard to find something that won’t be too overwhelming with school and writing, you know? Anyway, I’m going to go back to eating my graham crackers and listening to love songs on Pandora. Hope everyone had a good Monday! |
| Degree Change - Freelance Work Available! |
| So I changed my major at SNHU. I’m now majoring in Creative Writing with a concentration in Poetry. I am so excited! If I could’ve had my choice of any degree program, I would’ve chosen that one, but I chose others based on what I thought would get me better or more jobs, etc. However, now I’ve learned that the Poetry degree will get my degree a whole year sooner than any other degree program available, so it’s a logical choice to save money. Plus, it’s a writing degree and it will help me with my freelance writing career even though it’s in poetry. It’s still a writing degree, you know? I’m super excited about. Plus, I didn’t need either one of the classes I was in this term. I needed to stay in one of them to keep my financial aid so I’m only dropping the one with the crappy instructor. Works for me! So my main focuses now are my macroeconomics class and my freelance writing. My writing is going well. I have a lot of projects going on that I am using writers for. I have more work so if you’re interested in being a freelance writer, let me know! But that’s it really. You already know about us getting a roommate. They finished painting the room today so she will probably move in next weekend or something. That gives me a week to get the carpets cleaned in there. I’m really excited to have a roommate! I hope everyone had a good Friday and is ready for the weekend! |
| I can do this! |
| I feel really good about myself today. I woke up at a decent time and stayed up instead of dreamily lying in bed for hours until I finally decided to get up. And while Quay was in school, I went to the University of Vermont library to sit and do stuff in an environment that wasn’t my bedroom. I got so much accomplished there that I felt like I could really get shit done, you know? I reviewed the 6 entries for Round 48 of "Pond Poetry" and ranked the top three. I just have to wait for Brooke - Playing Catch Up!  ’s picks and then I can award the round. We’ll be all caught up on Pond Poetry! It’ll start back up again in October and I want to have a clean slate. I checked and organized all three email accounts that I have. I have one for freelance writing and work, one for personal stuff, and my Writing.Com email. I’d let them get out of control and I really needed to clean them up – so I did! I got all of the homework done for my Macroeconomics class – and it was the first day of class! I just have to make a few responses to other people in the discussion forum for the week once more people post there. But I can do that, no problem. I assigned two writing assignments to a couple of writers that sometimes work for me and helped them get started on them. I also submitted an article that had already been written. This freed me up to organize my writing work and finalize the terms on a new project that I’ll be starting tomorrow. Isn’t that awesome? I got this done starting at 11am until about 6pm. And I didn’t really feel all that worn out from doing it like I would have if I’d been at home trying to get all that stuff done. Tomorrow, I have more homework to work on (my Organizational Behavior class this time) and I have to start on that new project. The new project is writing detailed product descriptions and there are 89 of them, so I really need to kick it into gear as far as that’s concerned. And of course, I need to check email and check the writing sites that I belong to, making sure that I am current with everything and I am responding to my clients or writers. I won’t get to the library until 2pm-ish tomorrow but we can stay quite late. I think it closes at midnight or something like that. I think that if I can keep up this pace each day, working strong for 6-8 hours per day, I can take a couple days off each week, allowing myself a much needed rest and relaxation. This is my goal and I really want to make this work so that I can be more used to these kind of hours for when I graduate from college in a couple years and get a job outside the house. I know I’ll have off days but I really want to be able to push through them and accomplish something on those days, just to keep the momentum going. I know I can do this! |
| Getting a roommate! |
| So it looks like we’re getting a roommate. She’ll be moving in by the end of the month. She’s been living with her ex and it’s been really uncomfortable but she can’t afford a place of her own so we’re renting her our spare room. We don’t necessarily need to rent out our room but it’s good for both of us. She gets a place to live and we get an extra few hundred dollars each month. Nice, huh? School starts on the 4th. My classes have been open for awhile and I”ve been meaning to get an early start on that so I could get a head start but things have been rather hectic with my writing so I haven’t yet. I guess I’m running out of time to be ahead of the game, huh? LOL I’m looking forward to having two more classes under my belt though so I can be that much closer to my degree. I really want a degree. And as I mentioned, I’ve been writing again. Lots of freelance writing projects to keep me busy, busy, busy. I need to make some money to help us build our savings back up. Of course, selling one of my cars (since we have a total of four of them) will help do that, too. But of course some will have to be spent on fixing the remaining cars since some of them need a little work. So my writing will help all around. Just stopped by to say hi and give an update since I hadn’t in over a week. I hope everyone has a happy and safe Labor Day! |
| Finally, An Update |
| Wow, I haven't written a blog in forever. Although technically I'm not writing this, I'm using Dragon software to talk this while it texts for me. Pretty cool, huh? I finally got through those two classes I was taking. The microeconomics class was hell though. I did get a B+ though. My human relations class was much easier and I would've gotten in A had I not missed two assignments. I guess I just dropped the ball. I start two more classes on September 4. I am taking macroeconomics and organizational behavior. Quay has already taken macroeconomics so he should be able to help me out. And organizational behavior uses the same textbooks as my human relations class from last term. I should be able to get through next term with good grades. Quays classes start on Monday. He's taking five of them. He really wants to get through his bachelor’s degree as fast as possible now that he has his associates degree. I work for my mother-in-law for three days next week. Monday through Wednesday. She's the one with the day care center in her home. From what I've heard about kids she has, those three days will be very trying. But it will get me out of the house and the extra cash won't hurt. I also got in touch with a few of my old clients. I may be writing again soon. It sure would be nice to build up that fat bank account again! Not that it ever really got that fat to begin with, LOL. I'd like to be able to juggle a freelance career with my full-time schooling. I tried it once before and did okay for a little while, but I think I tried to take on too much freelancing. I got a little overwhelmed with it. The break sure has been nice but it will be awesome to get back to writing. Oh, and I just got back from a trip to Boston. I went to a Patriots game, went to a Red Sox game, saw the Boston public library, and relaxed in the hotel pool a comfortable hotel room. I think Quay and I really deserved that vacation. If your friends of mine on Facebook, I have lots of pictures up from our trip. If you're not my friend yet on Facebook, let me know how I can find you and I'll add you! So that's what I've been up to, what have you been doing? |
| Big Burst Bubble |
| I seriously have no motivation right now. I’ve been waking up between 3am and 4am every day after only a few hours of sleep. I think between that and school I’m just mentally exhausted. I’m taking two classes at SNHU for the first time since attending there. The classes are half the length of a traditional semester with all the same studies so they are more intensive, and with two of these classes I am having a really hard time and I’m really overwhelmed. One of my classes is Microeconomics and I really don’t understand any of it. I’ve never been so lost in a class in my life. There’s so many terms, so many concepts, and I just can’t wrap my head around any of it. And because this class is so mentally taxing, I can’t even concentrate a little bit on my other class which should be really easy. And this week has definitely been out of my comfort zone. I didn’t expect it. Quay has a one-week course for which he must attend from 9am to 6pm every day. Usually he’s only gone for a few hours a couple times a week for school and he’s home the rest of the time. This is the first time in a very long time that I’ve been home so long without him being here. I think it’s really affected my mood. The realization that I depend on him so much really hit me hard. It’s okay for me when I’m the one who goes away on a trip or goes to work, but when he’s the one who leaves I feel so alone. I’ve been doing really well lately, too. So I think the fact that I feel like crap now just burst my bubble, and my bubble had gotten pretty big. *sigh* Guess I’ll have a lot to talk about with my psych on Monday. |
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