50th Post!!

I am excited because I am posting for the 50th time today! Not that there is anything especially significant about it, but I do like the number! I am having a pretty good day today so far. Colin woke me up early, but it was fine since I needed to make sure pay bills anyway, so it worked out. He ate breakfast while I worked on the computer, so that was nice also because he doesn't usually like it when I am distracted and not playing with him. By the way, he is learning to eat by himself and today he fed himself a bowl full of yogurt and made hardly any mess! I just had to remind him to use his spoon instead of his fingers a couple of times.

Its nice to have a calm and peaceful morning after a bit of a stressful day yesterday. I went to the MOPs meet and greet yesterday morning with Colin. For those of you who don't know, MOPs stands for Mothers of Preschoolers, and is a church-based program for moms to get together and talk, learn new things, share food, etc. while the kids are babysat for a few hours. I think it will be nice, but since I didn't know anyone yesterday, going to a houseful of women and chatting was extremely exhausting for the somewhat-introverted person that I am.

From MOPs, I dropped Colin off at my mom's and headed to my doctor's appointment to get the results from my MRI on my back. Well, it was bad news (no real surprise there since my back and leg have been killing me). I have re-herniated my disc, but not only that, but it actually looks worse (bigger) than the first time! SO, Dr. Lee wants to preform another surgery. Keith and I are discussing the logistics.

In the evening, I had my first Anatomy and Physiology II quiz. I had read my chapters, highlighted definitions, made notes, etc. Then, I printed the quiz, answered the questions on paper before submitting them on the computer.  When I was sure that I had answered them to the best of my knowledge, I submitted by answers on the computer and got...a 47%.  That's right people, I had FAILED my first A&P II Quiz!! I just about had a nervous breakdown. I was crying, telling Keith that was it, I couldn't do it, and wondering what I was going to do with myself. After all, I had not been able to get a teaching job and was banking my future on this nursing degree.  I started looking over my answers to see where I had gone wrong, how I had done so badly, when I noticed that the answers the computer had recorded for my quiz were NOT the ones that I had input! When I re-graded my written quiz - I had actually only missed 3 questions out of 35 - a 91%!!! Whew! Now to get my professor to understand and re-grade my quiz. I sure hope he does.

Ok, enough about yesterday. I'm ready to move on with today. I think we have playing on the new porch, maybe going to the park, and naps in our future! Enjoy Wednesday everyone!

Monday!

Boy, am I glad its Monday! Want to know why? Because it means that I finished tiling my back porch last night! Hurray! I tell you what, I NEVER want to tile anything again. I am SO glad it is not my daily job to tile houses. My knees are killing me (I even wore knee pads) and I think I took a layer of skin off my hands and arms from the thin-set and the grout. That stuff really dries out the skin. BUT, it looks BEAUTIFUL! I haven't taken any pictures yet because it still needs to be mopped and cleaned up a little, but I'll post some when its all the way complete. (Btw, big shout out to Mom and Dad and Amber and Julian for helping get the grouting done!)

Today, I am trying to get everything ready for my classes tonight. I completed the extra-credit quiz for Human Development and finished reading the chapters. I have also read some more, but not all of the chapter I need to read for Anatomy. Man, that book is dense. Plus, I find sensory receptors boring. Really boring. Snooze-worthy.

Let's see, what else is going on? I told the children's minister at church that I would teach a rotation of a little kids class, so we'll see how that goes. I am going to a MOPS Meet and Greet tomorrow morning, so that should be interesting. Um, I guess that's it!

First Day Back

I know a lot of teachers and students had their first day back at school yesterday, and so did I! Although this year, it was not as a teacher. To my dismay, I did not get rehired this summer. However, I am taking a couple of classes at TCC, so started back as a student yesterday. Because I did not get a teaching job (at least, as of yet), I get to spend my days at home with my super cute little boy. We get to play, make messes, run around, go to the pool and park, and just enjoy each other! How fun, right?

Then, on Monday and Wednesday nights, I drop Colin at my mom's work, she takes him and goes to pick up Keith and zoom them home, while I rush across town to sit in classes from 5:30-9:45pm. "What am I taking?" you ask. Well, let's see, I am taking Anatomy an Physiology II and the Lab and Human Development. They are the last two classes I needed as prerequisites to the nursing program. I figured if I couldn't get a job in teaching, and I need to have a job, then it is time to change careers.

I am rather nervous about all of it, taking classes again, finances, etc, but am really happy to stay home with Colin. I love not having to put him in daycare (although I really was happy with him at Trojan Tots while I was there). I am sad not to be teaching anymore (and would jump at a chance for a good job), but nursing was my second choice of professions, so am excited about those possibilities too. I just hope I am making good choices.

Ok, my boy is up, so I guess I better go get him up and give him some breakfast! :)