Yesterday, making it count & worth mentioning

"Now that it’s all over, what did you really do yesterday that’s worth mentioning?"

~Coleman Cox

      Yesterday, I walked Samantha to Paradise Skate to celebrate her friend Loran's birthday. We got there an hour early, so we went to the Antioch Flea Market to kill time.  Samantha saw a cool knife and asked if she could get it.  It's her birthday soon, and it is a cool knife, so of course I bought it.  So proud of myself for buying my daughter her first weapon.  I know that sounds silly, but I like knives as well, plus I have been telling Samantha I would get her some once she turned 13. She was pretty excited.  We walked back to paradise Skate to meet up with her friends.  Instead of going home, I decide to walk to the pier to take some photos and meditate.  She was going to be there for about two hours.  I walked down L Street and went to Humphrey's. The so called "New Boat Launch" is where the park used to be.  I remember taking the kids there for picnics.  I walked out to the dock and stood there, just feeling the water rock me.  When a boat decided to dock, I walked back to the Pier by Humphrey's and just sat there quietly for a moment.  I walked around a bit to take some photos and then headed back to Paradise Skate.
      It was nice to have time for myself.  It's been to long, most of my ME time has been shower or sleep.  I haven't been blogging or working on my 30 day challenges due to the heavy workload I have for school.  It's about to get heavier.  I'm starting to get behind and I am studying every chance I get.  The only thing I got done for February's 30 day challenge was organization. THAT'S IT!  Gah, so frustrating. I haven't even started March's challenge.  Though it is frustrating to not be able to keep up right now, school is far more important to me.  So the challenges can easily be put on the back burner and done at another time. I was thinking about swapping some of the challenges to fit my schedule.  I told myself I need to schedule in blogging at least 30 minutes a day, even if I don't finish the post I can complete it the next day and then post it.  As long as I get something done.

     So... I guess what I am saying is what I did yesterday was worth mentioning because it helped me Refresh & Focus.  Moving forward and making each day count.


NOTE - Revising one of my old blogs and started posting there again.  Mostly quick notes and quotes to myself.  Maybe I'll share it soon.

Just a Little Bit of Everything

  I have been so busy with my last week of the school session that I haven't started sewing yet.  I have been organizing my sewing projects though.  The sewing shall start this weekend YAY!  I am having such a hard time with my math class.  I am barely passing.   Medisoft is almost done too and I'm a bit sad, but I know the next classes I take will be just as awesome.  This session wore me out. Though I think Samantha being sick has been part of my stress and exhaustion.  Her blood work should be ready tomorrow, so I will post an update as soon as I get it.

I guess that's it for now... I'm off to shower and then sleep.  I am so darn tired.



P.S. Samantha is a blanket hog.  She has been sleeping in my bed and, every night I wake up cold, with very little of the blankets covering me.  I feel sorry for the man who marries her.

Project 365: Week 2

Random photo taken of the clouds. :)

  This week was very busy. School started & I have a lot of work this time. I am taking math, Advanced Excel, & Medisoft.  If you don't know what Medisoft is, well it's the program they use to put your info into the system at the Doctors office or Hospital. Not all use the exact program I am using but I'm learning the basics right now. YAY! It's not really hard, but tedious work. Every tiny detail has to be correct or everything is wrong. It's a pain in the butt I tell ya, but I like doing the work. It's a bit of a challenge for me & I like that.

  We 3 became ill midweek & stayed home from school one day. A stomach bug is going around & of course we caught it. Samantha was sent home early & she was so kind to share her cooties.

  As I was looking at my blog when I was revamping it again. I noticed that I had 2 pictures for each day. How silly, I am using my 30 day challenges as part of my Project 365, so there only needs to be one photo. DUH! So now when I share the photos you will see Day _ of 30/ _ of 365- ... Psshhh How did I not think of this before starting?

Day 7 of 30/365- First day of my second session at school. It was freezing that morning. I caught the 7:30 bus instead of the 6:30. I didn't want to get out of bed.

 Day 8 of 30/365- Sitting at my desk trying to read, highlight, & take notes for my classes. I was getting a little bored.

Day 9 of 30/365- I stayed home from school because I wasn't feeling well. I decided to attempt to clean & reorganize my room. I got rid of some stuff & have a bag of things to bring to school to share with classmates.  I'm not done with all the cleaning yet, hopefully tomorrow.

Day 10 of 30/365-  Went home early because I started feeling ill as the day went on. I made the mistake of having a soda & the carbonation didn't sit well with me. The bus was filled with weirdos at 2:30. I'll have to remember not to get on the bus at that time again.

Day 11 of 365- No Self Portrait. The day was so busy that I forgot to take one. So here is a crappy photo of the random hail from that night.

Day 12 of 30/365- Fresh out of the shower & about to blog. I'm still working on my room. I'm not rushing because then i'll just shove things back in boxes. I want to get rid of the boxes so I really need to look through everything.

FML, but not really.

This photo to the right explains how my week has been going perfectly. To say I have had a rough week would be pretty accurate.

I got hurt snowboarding last weekend. It was my first time, but some jerkface knocked me down, and then I got hit by another person. I didn't think I was hurt that bad and was able to go dancing the same night. As the days went by the pain got worse and I started getting dizzy and nauseous. So I went to the ER just to be safe. After being in the ER for 2 1/2 hours i was told I had a pinched nerve and some bruising but I would be fine after a few days. AWESOME! Well maybe not, a classmate asked if I had been sick this winter yet. Uhm winter just started, and I was a little sick in September, so I think I'm good. Wrong! I woke up Friday with a fever and body aches. Good job classmate, you jinxed me. So here I am sick in bed. I've been studying and trying to think of things to blog about.

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Wait, back up. Did I tell you I started school? Maybe in a recent post? Well I started taking classes at a local Adult Education school. I entered into their Medical Secretary program. It's 40 weeks and classes are 5 weeks long. I like the fact the classes are short because they will keep my interest and I learn better in fast paced courses. I started 11.19.2012 YAY! I have already finished one course. Yes I finished one in less than 2 weeks, it was easy computer basic skills. The computer classes are self paced and once you are done with one you move on to the next one. Perfect! It will give me plenty of time in the end to work on things I suck at like ten key (200 strokes per minute) and typing (50 wpm). Now I can type pretty well and do ten key as well. But this program makes you do it the way you should, not like I do, almost never using my pinkies... oopsy. So anywho, the Instructors are great. I have met some nice ladies in my classes and in the "Student Lounge".  The school was once an elementary school. I believe it was the first in town. It's pretty neat how the now City has turned it into an Adult Ed and high school on one campus. The high school is more of a continuation school, but I dont think we use that term anymore. So far I am really enjoying the classes and I'm excited to participate. Unfortunately I have already missed two days because of being ill and hurting my back. I don't want to miss anymore days. So I better get well by tomorrow night darn it.

So the week was good but at the same time LIFE tried to f**k it up. Try a little harder next time LIFE.

P.S. I need to post the few pictures I took last weekend so maybe i'll do that in a few.

Thanks, but no thanks.

Thanksgiving week was busy. So busy that I gladly agreed to run away for the weekend.
I started school for a medical secretary certificate this week. What a weird time to start. I'm taking Medical Terminology, Computer Concepts, and Customer Service 101. I don't get a choice in what I take, but so far I like it. I cooked for thanksgiving this year. I made pumpkin pie, yams and stuffing for the first time. I usually buy pies and stuffing pre-made. Everything came out good. The turkey, yams & pie supplies actually came from Samanthas school. She won the 7th grade girls Turkey Trot. The prize included supplies for a turkey dinner.

I don't do the shopping on black friday or anything. I hate the weekend after Thanksgiving. I normally hide in my home. But this weekend I am being taken away to somewhere cold. I have no idea what is in store for me.