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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.  |
| 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. |
| I am so elated over my invite to the Circle of Sisters group, which is a group of intelligent, helpful, loving, fun, warm, generous and kind women who all work together to support each other, along with various activities here on WDC. I am so HAPPY...SO VERY HAPPY that they thought that I would be a good fit for the group. This feels so special, I just hope that I can even live up to all that these women do here. Hopefully, some of their good qualities will rub off on me and help me to be a more well rounded individual. 2008 just keeps on getting better and better... Adore in the Circle of Sisters:
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| blogged everything that I was thinking or experienced in any given day, I would stay here blogging it all for hours. If I signed on here when things happen, on the day that they happened! But I don't. If I would just write what my daughter has just done, or those zany exchanges between me and my son but I let the moment pass, and they become memories that I tuck away in the hope that I will be able recall them for comfort at a later date. Or my surprise at finding out that I am going to do "better" in the grades from my statistics class than the marriage and family, which I felt that I had all sewn up. Who would have thought that the philosophy professor was not as persnickety as the marriage and family professor! Sometimes I think that he is taking himself too serious and is projecting this upon the class.  If I only were willing to disclose my thoughts on feeling overwhelmed, at times, by all that I need to do in conjunction with my role of wife and mother. I tend to think that this only serves to temporarily address my angst but I need to find some balance on all that I am attempting to do, to make up for all of those years of foolish and ignorant living. I told my son that I may still be in college when he starts in a few years, that is, if I chose to go for a Ph.d but it was a sobering thought. My husband is slated to start college in three years, and this is the real sobering idea that he would be finishing his bachelor degree along with our 18 year old son. All I could think is if I could only turn back the hands of time and do things right. |
| Two days ago, my husband and I went out for the evening and our oldest son watched our young daughter under much duress. For our son's troubles, we rented him a copy of a video game to have a bit of fun on while we were gone. Before leaving, I put our daughter to sleep, or so I thought...my daughter has a small alarm inside of her that goes off if I'm not in the house, and after I left, she woke up, but we still were out of the house and didn't get back for several hours later. When we arrived, we found our son on our bed, with our daughter, trying to put her back to sleep and we were in high spirits just wanting to drop into the bed for the night. But oh, no, our son had to give us the entire recap of his night, along with the interruptions he had while trying to play Medal of Honor online with some people he did not know. We ended up laughing hysterically at his reenactments of the voices online calling out to him for assistance. "DUDE!!", he heard one voice call out, "our squad is getting bombed! Where are yoooooooouuu!!!" to the sound of mortar and machine gun fire. I am telling you, the visual that he gave really made us laugh but our son wasn't all that happy. The rest of the players were so pissed at him that they started shooting at his character for the heck of it. All I can say is that it's going to be a bit longer before our son watches the kid again. |
| One of my biggest problems is with procrastination, and then, the ensuing stress over not completing things in a timely manner. What makes it so bad is that I do really well when I get started but it's starting that is my issue. I had two huge assignments that revolved around completing 12 different artistic events and then to write a 2 - 3 page paper about my learning outcomes from attending these events. I was given this to do back in fall '06 but I didn't finish it, along with the learning outcomes about the life of Jesus of Nazareth until Dec. 22 2007. That is sad. The worst part about it is that once I actually started on the work it wasn't all that bad. Writing the papers wasn't that tough. I really did learn new things to talk about at length in my papers. I was SOOOOO stressed and all for nothing. I must get past this, especially since I am planning on going into the Masters program in the fall of '08. So, I cannot play around once I am doing graduate work. Playtime will be over for me, but I so enjoy learning, and in learning about past philosophers, artistic events and many other things, I am learning more about myself. I guess that is a good thing...that I am learning, not what I am learning... |
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