Today I was going to go get on the treadmill for half an hour when my son asked me to go for a bike ride with him. He'd gotten a new bike for his birthday, so I agreed. After half an hour or so of getting air in my bike tires we set off...we went barely a mile before my lungs wanted to explode and my legs hurt. When I was a kid I used to bike everywhere, and now I can barely get around the block. I guess I need to spend more time on my bike in the future. It was either a great workout or I'm really a wimp since I was so wiped out afterward I slept for 2 hours.
Everyone else was busy today. We've had so much rain the yard is out of control so DH and the kids did the mowing. This involves about 2 hours and a riding mower. (We live on 5 acres, and we mow 2 and a half of it, the rest is to full of big bushes and stuff)
The only thing I accomplished today is getting my math homework and a quiz done. I got 100% on the homework and 85% on the quiz. Not bad for someone who can hardly add. I am actually going to pass this class, maybe even with a decent grade rather than a C or something. Not that I don't think C is a decent grade, it's fine, but that's the minimum needed to go to the next class. For me getting a B or better is a marvelous thing, since I really stink at math and this class has been a lot of hard work. It's the first of three classes I need to get my degree, and I have to do well in them. Most of my other classes are fairly easy for me. I read the info, I apply it, and move on. Math is tough because no only does it involves numbers it builds on itself. If you don't get one part it can mess up the rest. If I keep plugging away and doing as well as I am I might pull a B in the class. That would be a first.
Tomorrow the kids will be off school for a teacher in-service day. So I get an extra day to be with them. Next week the MIL visits from California, and I'm taking a vacation day, so another day to see my family. I have to admit right now my hours are getting to me a little. By the time I really start to hate it school will be out and I'll see the kids every day and it will stop bugging me for a while. I have told DH he needs to get more clients so I can go to school full time. I would like to finish all this a little quicker, since I'm going to be 40 in January. I know my grandfather started med school at 42, and age is just a number, but I feel like I need to get this done in a regular amount of time, rather than the 6 years it may take me going part time. And that's just for my Bachelor's degree. Although it would be easier with a different schedule. I can make it work with this one for a while though. I can finish my AA degree while I work at this, then figure out something else when I have to. besides, by the time I have to do my last 2 years things might have changed and my schedule might be more flexible, it's not something to worry about now.
It's funny when I realize that my oldest and I might be in college together though.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Okay, so I've been a little neglectful.....
Maybe a lot neglectful. Between work and school and kids and other stuff I just didn't take the time to write. I also thought no one would be interested. No one has been in the past. but, that's not the point of this. I started this to have fun, and I think for me fun had gone to the wayside for a while.
Today was interesting. I as changing the bed and since I use a water bed frame with a regular mattress, this involves hoisting the mattress up to get the fitted sheet around it. After got the sheet on I let the mattress drop, and there were a bunch of scratching sounds coming from under it. Our cat had jumped in while the mattress was up. Poor thing, had I known he was there I would not have put the mattress down without getting him out first.
Last night was a mom thing, we went to see the school play to cheer on our daughter, who had a single line in the show. Now, the whole family is out for another kid's school function and I am getting ready for work. My day off is tomorrow and I can't wait. In order to get last night off I traded shifts with someone and worked from 5:30am until 2, then went to the play later on and finally got to bed around 11. Screaming kids woke me at 7 am, so I need at least one more night to catch up. Don't let people with big kids fool you...they don't get to sleep on weekends either. They just want you to think they do so people with very young children will see a light at the end of a tunnel. The light at the end of the tunnel is when they move out.
Don't get me wrong. I love my kids. It's just easier when they let me get enough sleep.
Today was interesting. I as changing the bed and since I use a water bed frame with a regular mattress, this involves hoisting the mattress up to get the fitted sheet around it. After got the sheet on I let the mattress drop, and there were a bunch of scratching sounds coming from under it. Our cat had jumped in while the mattress was up. Poor thing, had I known he was there I would not have put the mattress down without getting him out first.
Last night was a mom thing, we went to see the school play to cheer on our daughter, who had a single line in the show. Now, the whole family is out for another kid's school function and I am getting ready for work. My day off is tomorrow and I can't wait. In order to get last night off I traded shifts with someone and worked from 5:30am until 2, then went to the play later on and finally got to bed around 11. Screaming kids woke me at 7 am, so I need at least one more night to catch up. Don't let people with big kids fool you...they don't get to sleep on weekends either. They just want you to think they do so people with very young children will see a light at the end of a tunnel. The light at the end of the tunnel is when they move out.
Don't get me wrong. I love my kids. It's just easier when they let me get enough sleep.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
New Year's resolutions...
It has been forever, I know, but it took me a while to get the hang of working full time, parenting, and going to school all at once. Then, I was asked to make a Christmas present for a relative. I didn't mind doing it, but it was also very time consuming.
Now the holidays are over, the semester is over, and I have the hang of things now, at least I hope so, since I added a class this semester and I'll be taking 2 instead of three. Amongst my classes this semester is an Algebra class. A remedial Algebra class. I know, I know, but seriously, it's been 20 years. How many people do you know that still remember what they took in high school math? I never needed to use it, didn't practice it, so need to take it again. No total loss. I have 2 more math classes to take after this and I think I'd rather have a refresher before I go into them.
Christmas was fun. We got the kids a Wii. They like it, and my husband and I are also playing a bit of golf or tennis with it ourselves. My only beef with it is that I'm left handed, and while it does allow you to set it for lefties it seems to have some trouble reading the controller when it's in my left hand.
But I could just be so used to doing things right handed that I'm doing it wrong left handed.
But I digress. We had a ton of relatives here, of all ages, from grandparents to teenagers to a 3 year old. The house was packed, noisy, kids were running all over. It was great.
Vacation ends Monday the 4th, and my new semester begins the 21th. So, the kids get back into the grind and then I start a few weeks after. Into the new year we go!
Now the holidays are over, the semester is over, and I have the hang of things now, at least I hope so, since I added a class this semester and I'll be taking 2 instead of three. Amongst my classes this semester is an Algebra class. A remedial Algebra class. I know, I know, but seriously, it's been 20 years. How many people do you know that still remember what they took in high school math? I never needed to use it, didn't practice it, so need to take it again. No total loss. I have 2 more math classes to take after this and I think I'd rather have a refresher before I go into them.
Christmas was fun. We got the kids a Wii. They like it, and my husband and I are also playing a bit of golf or tennis with it ourselves. My only beef with it is that I'm left handed, and while it does allow you to set it for lefties it seems to have some trouble reading the controller when it's in my left hand.
But I could just be so used to doing things right handed that I'm doing it wrong left handed.
But I digress. We had a ton of relatives here, of all ages, from grandparents to teenagers to a 3 year old. The house was packed, noisy, kids were running all over. It was great.
Vacation ends Monday the 4th, and my new semester begins the 21th. So, the kids get back into the grind and then I start a few weeks after. Into the new year we go!
Monday, July 20, 2009
Going back to school.....
Me, not my kids. I made a decision and if I can get it worked out I am going back to finish my degree this September. I have two days off from work during the week and a computer, so there is no reason why I can't do this.
Yes, for some reason I'm terrified. It has been very easy to just shrug off the fact I never finished, but it has bothered me for a long time. So, I am commiting to myself that I will do it. At the very least my kids will see that I have homework to do and consider my education as important as theirs, instead of thinking I'm making them do something I couldn't be bothered too.
Yes, for some reason I'm terrified. It has been very easy to just shrug off the fact I never finished, but it has bothered me for a long time. So, I am commiting to myself that I will do it. At the very least my kids will see that I have homework to do and consider my education as important as theirs, instead of thinking I'm making them do something I couldn't be bothered too.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
The Local Wildlife and Weather
So, 2 weeks ago when I was finishing up at my old job, I got a call from my daughter telling me what we were going to have for dinner. I was not happy about the interruptions, but I bit anyway. Her answer?
Barbecued rattlesnake.
I have to admit, that got my attention. "Where did you find a rattlesnake? Is everyone okay?"
Everyone was fine, my younger daughters went out to water the garden and Sarah walked around the outside looking for asparagus that was long enough to cut when she heard a rattle from inside the fence. She saw the snake coiled in the corn, and ran screaming for her father, Danni running after her as soon as she realized Sarah was yelling rattlesnake. DH went out and killed it with a shovel and then Casie called to tell me about it.
Then, later that night, we found a scorpion on Casie's bedroom floor. It was a tiny little thing, but it just goes to show we are still adjusting to living here in the desert.
Another charming thing about living here, (and I mean this, I'm not being sarcastic at all, really) is the Arizona Monsoon. We get rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms a few times a week. Everything cools off, I don't have to water the garden, it's wet enough to weed it. However, (and you knew this was coming) I like it much better when the house doesn't have power surges that knock out 3 outlets, a phone line, and fry our security system. I do enjoy telling the story though, but that also happened while I was at work. I just walked in the door that night to "Mommy, guess what! Daddy got struck by lightning" He didn't, he was holding a doorknob and got a shock, but I might have gotten a bigger one walking in the door to that news!
Barbecued rattlesnake.
I have to admit, that got my attention. "Where did you find a rattlesnake? Is everyone okay?"
Everyone was fine, my younger daughters went out to water the garden and Sarah walked around the outside looking for asparagus that was long enough to cut when she heard a rattle from inside the fence. She saw the snake coiled in the corn, and ran screaming for her father, Danni running after her as soon as she realized Sarah was yelling rattlesnake. DH went out and killed it with a shovel and then Casie called to tell me about it.
Then, later that night, we found a scorpion on Casie's bedroom floor. It was a tiny little thing, but it just goes to show we are still adjusting to living here in the desert.
Another charming thing about living here, (and I mean this, I'm not being sarcastic at all, really) is the Arizona Monsoon. We get rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms a few times a week. Everything cools off, I don't have to water the garden, it's wet enough to weed it. However, (and you knew this was coming) I like it much better when the house doesn't have power surges that knock out 3 outlets, a phone line, and fry our security system. I do enjoy telling the story though, but that also happened while I was at work. I just walked in the door that night to "Mommy, guess what! Daddy got struck by lightning" He didn't, he was holding a doorknob and got a shock, but I might have gotten a bigger one walking in the door to that news!
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Another week begins tomorrow and I feel like the last one never ended. We went to see Up! on Friday, to my dad's on Saturday, and today my DH and the older two kids went on a long bike ride, getting home in the late afternoon, which kind of shot the rest of the day. I just felt all blah today, not like doing much, and I feel like I didn't have much of a weekend. The movie was cute though, I recommend it, it has a plot that grown-ups can get into, at least I did.
We discovered yesterday that the gophers (my mortal enemies) are drinking out of the dog's water bowl at night. So, no more water bowl, we have a thingie on the hose that lets the dog use it as a drinking fountain, and I think that's better, now he'll have fresh water all the time, not just when the bowl gets filled in the morning.
Shortie and I were out in the garden yesterday and she was getting a big kick out of cutting asparagus for dinner. Nothing else in the garden is edible yet, but she is loving the Asparagus. She also keeps checking the apple tree, and gets very frustrated when I won't let her pick the green apples.
We discovered yesterday that the gophers (my mortal enemies) are drinking out of the dog's water bowl at night. So, no more water bowl, we have a thingie on the hose that lets the dog use it as a drinking fountain, and I think that's better, now he'll have fresh water all the time, not just when the bowl gets filled in the morning.
Shortie and I were out in the garden yesterday and she was getting a big kick out of cutting asparagus for dinner. Nothing else in the garden is edible yet, but she is loving the Asparagus. She also keeps checking the apple tree, and gets very frustrated when I won't let her pick the green apples.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Summer Fun
Last night I spoke to a friend in California who is coming for a visit when her kids get out of school in a few weeks. We were trying to figure out what there is to do here besides hang out in the yard. We don't have a pool, so we planned on a visit to the public one in town and looked into a few things worth seeing, like a local zoo and museum, and finally we settled on going tubing down the Salt River. Between that and getting to play paintball (in our backyard) they should have a pretty good time.
While we talked the issues of schools and stuff came up. My friend doesn't want to send her sons to the local high school, they're too overcrowded, just for a start, and I know that when I lived there the thought of sending my kids to those schools bothered me, that's why we were homeschooling our as soon as they hit middle school, we just moved before anyone else got there and here we are fine about sending the kids to the public schools here.
But I digress, what else is there to do here in the summer? I guess we could go to Phoenix to Castles and Coasters, or to other places, like Sedona or Jerome. There's plenty to do if you just go do it. There's always some of the national parks, there are several around here where you can see how the Native Americans lived.
And then there's the fact that they can actually go for bike rides around here, or walk to the store for ice creams or candy, and play water pistols and hang in the tree house. It's just a little more old-fashioned fun, from before video games and movie channels.
While we talked the issues of schools and stuff came up. My friend doesn't want to send her sons to the local high school, they're too overcrowded, just for a start, and I know that when I lived there the thought of sending my kids to those schools bothered me, that's why we were homeschooling our as soon as they hit middle school, we just moved before anyone else got there and here we are fine about sending the kids to the public schools here.
But I digress, what else is there to do here in the summer? I guess we could go to Phoenix to Castles and Coasters, or to other places, like Sedona or Jerome. There's plenty to do if you just go do it. There's always some of the national parks, there are several around here where you can see how the Native Americans lived.
And then there's the fact that they can actually go for bike rides around here, or walk to the store for ice creams or candy, and play water pistols and hang in the tree house. It's just a little more old-fashioned fun, from before video games and movie channels.
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