So first things first, I am going to be changing the template of the blog. I plan to add adsense as a way to make a few pennies during the month, as I have 9 whole readers on average. I don't expect to make money, I just want that option. The problem is I have no clue how to add an adsense add to this template... I don't really know how to do it with the blogger templates either, but I think it will be easier because that's how things always work. So expect a few aesthetic changes in the future.
Second, my birthday is this week! I am excited. The big 3-0. Okay, maybe it's only big for me, but 30 is another decade older. I have been alive for 3 decades. That just sounds old! I have really wrestled with the idea of being 30... thirty years old! I don't know why, perhaps because when you are 15 the oldest you can think of is 30. Who knows. But it's been hard to wrap my brain around!
On top of that I am also struggling with how little I have accomplished in 30 years. I think that one is taking more of a toll on me than anything. In 30 years, I have accomplished nothing I wanted to do in life. I am still in school, trying to get a bachelors for fuck's sakes. I do not have children. I am ringed with someone (which I never thought I would do). I have not traveled outside of the US..... I mean, the big things I have just not done. Not because I didn't want to, but because I couldn't. It's hard to realize that you won't achieve your "before 30" list.
Either way, I've been struggling with that and school this week, which means I've not had time to do much of anything else. But now I can focus on the good a bit.
The good you say?
Well, I am working my ass off this week in order to go out this weekend. Hell yes, I am going out all weekend. Friday my partner is taking me somewhere for a quiet dinner. We typically do the melting pot, but that will be saved for another weekend this year. I haven't decided where we will go, but honestly I'd be happy with Chipotle or somewhere low key like that! Then the real fun starts!
Saturday we are heading up to visit friends in another city. Not just a few friends, but there are going to be around 20 of us (including spouses) all hanging out, enjoying a meal, drinking, and just being goofy people like we are. Why? Well, why not? I mean, yeah, this really isn't happening because it's my bday, but I can always pretend. :-p
So this week is full of school so this weekend can be full of fun! Seems like a fair trade off.
Until Next Time!
Showing posts with label School. Show all posts
Showing posts with label School. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Monday, February 16, 2015
Twitter, blogging, school and other assorted things
First, I have officially joined Twitter. @Parading_Hawks. Feel free to follow me. I am very new to this, so I have no clue what is happening quite yet. But I was able to follow Neil Patrick Harris, so I'm pretty happy.
Blogging was off the table last week. It was test week at school, the first bit test of my education, lol. I got a B in Biology and I'm still waiting for my grade in Math.... not too shabby. My Spanish test will be this week at some point, which is going to be interesting. Needless to say, last week was a tough week for me to have any time to do anything but study for tests.
Since school was the theme of last week, that is all that is in my mind right now. School was called off today because of the snowpocalypse that we were expecting. We are probably 6 inches in so far (maybe more, I haven't taken a ruler out there) and I'm happy. So very happy. I am hoping to maybe get one more snow day, but that is mostly because I do not want to have to traipse through a foot of snow after lab tomorrow evening.
Though, this brings me to my next point, I got a new pair of gloves and a scarf. Whoop whoop. This is mostly so when I have to traipse through a foot of snow after lab class tomorrow I will have something to cover my hands and my face. My new gloves also have the special something or another that allows me to still be able to use my smart phone touch screen, which is an added bonus.
We spent our snow day doing nothing of much for nothing. We are currently finishing up Rosewater, which is a good movie. The story is powerful and thought provoking. The book is also awesome, and the movie very much plays out just like the book. It stays very true and I feel John Stewart did an amazing job putting this movie together. We absolutely give it glowing reviews. And wish we knew what more we could do.
Really that is all I have to say for now. I really need to go write a lab report for biology.
Until Next Time!
Blogging was off the table last week. It was test week at school, the first bit test of my education, lol. I got a B in Biology and I'm still waiting for my grade in Math.... not too shabby. My Spanish test will be this week at some point, which is going to be interesting. Needless to say, last week was a tough week for me to have any time to do anything but study for tests.
Since school was the theme of last week, that is all that is in my mind right now. School was called off today because of the snowpocalypse that we were expecting. We are probably 6 inches in so far (maybe more, I haven't taken a ruler out there) and I'm happy. So very happy. I am hoping to maybe get one more snow day, but that is mostly because I do not want to have to traipse through a foot of snow after lab tomorrow evening.
Though, this brings me to my next point, I got a new pair of gloves and a scarf. Whoop whoop. This is mostly so when I have to traipse through a foot of snow after lab class tomorrow I will have something to cover my hands and my face. My new gloves also have the special something or another that allows me to still be able to use my smart phone touch screen, which is an added bonus.
We spent our snow day doing nothing of much for nothing. We are currently finishing up Rosewater, which is a good movie. The story is powerful and thought provoking. The book is also awesome, and the movie very much plays out just like the book. It stays very true and I feel John Stewart did an amazing job putting this movie together. We absolutely give it glowing reviews. And wish we knew what more we could do.
Really that is all I have to say for now. I really need to go write a lab report for biology.
Until Next Time!
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
A frustrating day
I am so frustrated right now and it is all because of bullshit. Basically, I am just having a frustrating day. And it's really frustrating. Did I mention it was frustrating?
Because I'm frustrated.
On a different note, school is going well. I had to drop chemistry, it just wasn't worth it. From there the 4 classes I have left are awesome. I am learning some and generally enjoying my time at school. I won't say I'm making friends... I'm not sure I know how to make friends in the classic sense. But, but I did sit on the bus and talk for a bit with a guy in my class. I learned about his past, what brought him to my quaint city, what his plans are for the future. I don't know that we are friends, but we are friendly. He is also typically my partner in class for partner assignments. So there is that.
Life at home is moving slowly but surely. Our goal this weekend is the dig out a little in the nursery and to get our bedroom and bathroom cleaned. One down side of me being back in school is the house doesn't look as pretty as it used to, but I think we are both okay with that. It just requires us to both work on the weekends to make the house presentable to outsiders, lol.
I guess that is all the update I have right now. Life is trucking forward and shit moves on. Hopefully tomorrow I will be less frustrated.
Until Next Time!
Because I'm frustrated.
On a different note, school is going well. I had to drop chemistry, it just wasn't worth it. From there the 4 classes I have left are awesome. I am learning some and generally enjoying my time at school. I won't say I'm making friends... I'm not sure I know how to make friends in the classic sense. But, but I did sit on the bus and talk for a bit with a guy in my class. I learned about his past, what brought him to my quaint city, what his plans are for the future. I don't know that we are friends, but we are friendly. He is also typically my partner in class for partner assignments. So there is that.
Life at home is moving slowly but surely. Our goal this weekend is the dig out a little in the nursery and to get our bedroom and bathroom cleaned. One down side of me being back in school is the house doesn't look as pretty as it used to, but I think we are both okay with that. It just requires us to both work on the weekends to make the house presentable to outsiders, lol.
I guess that is all the update I have right now. Life is trucking forward and shit moves on. Hopefully tomorrow I will be less frustrated.
Until Next Time!
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
100 posts
I feel like I should post something exciting! It's my 100th post and here it is. A big ball of nothing.
School has slowed down mostly because I dropped a class. But tonight is the first night in several weeks that I haven't been swamped with homework. It sucks I had to drop a class, but it is really for the best. I am still a full time student, but now without the overwhelming anxiety that came with that one extra class. It is amazing how calm I truly feel.
So here is my 100th post, a post to deal with the lack of anxiety I feel over school now that I am one class less than I was 3 days ago. My dogs and I are now going to go upstairs and debate if 8:40pm is too early for bed. I'm leaning towards no, since they are both already snoring.
Until Next Time.
School has slowed down mostly because I dropped a class. But tonight is the first night in several weeks that I haven't been swamped with homework. It sucks I had to drop a class, but it is really for the best. I am still a full time student, but now without the overwhelming anxiety that came with that one extra class. It is amazing how calm I truly feel.
So here is my 100th post, a post to deal with the lack of anxiety I feel over school now that I am one class less than I was 3 days ago. My dogs and I are now going to go upstairs and debate if 8:40pm is too early for bed. I'm leaning towards no, since they are both already snoring.
Until Next Time.
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Sunday night..
.. and I'm tired.
Okay, okay, "Feeling right" would rhyme, but I'm just too tired.
School is eating me alive. I need to find my rhythm, my balance. I need to get in the swing of things. But right now I am finding myself pulling my hair out trying to make it all work. Trying to remember deadlines and what happens when, and who goes where. It is making me a little anxious. I am going to try to get a post up detailing how I outline my week and do my work, but I am still trying to find that sweet spot.
School - life balance is also non existent at the moment. I find myself doing school, then working on the child advocacy program I volunteer for, and then whatever time I don't have left over is offered to my partner. And that is unfair to him. We laid in bed an extra 10 or so minutes this morning before I realized that no, we really needed to get up go about the day. It was just depressing to me that those 10 minutes were the best I could offer him today. Today we had to get groceries, we had to do laundry (which was a comical sort this morning when we forgot to load the washer before running it... ), I had to meet with my kiddos I advocate for, I had homework to get done, and eventually we have eat. All this had to happen in a 15 or so hour day. And it's taking its toll on me.
All that said, right now in our life is the perfect time for me to go back to school, and we both know this. It is perfect timing for me to get a degree that in the future will actually help our family. It's perfect for me to be away from the house and relationship quite a bit right now, because in 2 years this will be all worth it. In two years this will be a distant memory as we are finally making enough to support the size of family we both want. In two years this will all be worth it when I have a flexible job doing something I love.
But right now, in the here and now, life is rough.
And sadly this is all the blogging time I have for today. For now I have to go help figure out what is for supper, register for a couple of my labs that start this week, complete Spanish homework I haven't done yet, and help with folding and moving over laundry.
Until Next Time.
Okay, okay, "Feeling right" would rhyme, but I'm just too tired.
School is eating me alive. I need to find my rhythm, my balance. I need to get in the swing of things. But right now I am finding myself pulling my hair out trying to make it all work. Trying to remember deadlines and what happens when, and who goes where. It is making me a little anxious. I am going to try to get a post up detailing how I outline my week and do my work, but I am still trying to find that sweet spot.
School - life balance is also non existent at the moment. I find myself doing school, then working on the child advocacy program I volunteer for, and then whatever time I don't have left over is offered to my partner. And that is unfair to him. We laid in bed an extra 10 or so minutes this morning before I realized that no, we really needed to get up go about the day. It was just depressing to me that those 10 minutes were the best I could offer him today. Today we had to get groceries, we had to do laundry (which was a comical sort this morning when we forgot to load the washer before running it... ), I had to meet with my kiddos I advocate for, I had homework to get done, and eventually we have eat. All this had to happen in a 15 or so hour day. And it's taking its toll on me.
All that said, right now in our life is the perfect time for me to go back to school, and we both know this. It is perfect timing for me to get a degree that in the future will actually help our family. It's perfect for me to be away from the house and relationship quite a bit right now, because in 2 years this will be all worth it. In two years this will be a distant memory as we are finally making enough to support the size of family we both want. In two years this will all be worth it when I have a flexible job doing something I love.
But right now, in the here and now, life is rough.
And sadly this is all the blogging time I have for today. For now I have to go help figure out what is for supper, register for a couple of my labs that start this week, complete Spanish homework I haven't done yet, and help with folding and moving over laundry.
Until Next Time.
Saturday, January 17, 2015
.......Hello.
Oh hi. Yeah, I know, I forgot to post this week. It happens, sadly. However, this week I have a REALLY good reason. Yes, it is really good.
School started.
Dun dun dunnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
School started and my class load this semester is a little insane. Mostly because I had to take a biology course I wasn't expecting to have to take again. Who knew that when you sign up for a class at a community college, with the understanding that it will transfer to the university you will be going to, that it wouldn't transfer! And you wouldn't find out until the day you register for classes. So I had to take another course this semester to stay on track, and thus I have way too much shit going on this semester.
But it will be okay! It will all be okay because I am a good student and I ignore everything outside of school when I get stressed. Hence the lack of blog posts this week. I am slowly working out what I need to do, though it is going to take another couple weeks I think until things calm down. Just in time for midterms!
Other than school nothing exciting is going on around here. We have our homestudy update and we are now waiting for our placing agency to give us a call so we can interview with them and get this ball rolling. It's an exciting ball to get rolling again. Our ball is a little moss covered as we recovered, but now we are ready to start rolling and stop collecting moss.
Now I must sign off and go back to Spanish homework. Who doesn't love a good language homework in the middle of the day!?
Until Next Time!
School started.
Dun dun dunnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
School started and my class load this semester is a little insane. Mostly because I had to take a biology course I wasn't expecting to have to take again. Who knew that when you sign up for a class at a community college, with the understanding that it will transfer to the university you will be going to, that it wouldn't transfer! And you wouldn't find out until the day you register for classes. So I had to take another course this semester to stay on track, and thus I have way too much shit going on this semester.
But it will be okay! It will all be okay because I am a good student and I ignore everything outside of school when I get stressed. Hence the lack of blog posts this week. I am slowly working out what I need to do, though it is going to take another couple weeks I think until things calm down. Just in time for midterms!
Other than school nothing exciting is going on around here. We have our homestudy update and we are now waiting for our placing agency to give us a call so we can interview with them and get this ball rolling. It's an exciting ball to get rolling again. Our ball is a little moss covered as we recovered, but now we are ready to start rolling and stop collecting moss.
Now I must sign off and go back to Spanish homework. Who doesn't love a good language homework in the middle of the day!?
Until Next Time!
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