Keep In Touch

I cant believe this is the last day of my fifth term with Kaplan. I have had a wonderful journey and met some great people. I hope all of my classmates will keep in touch. A special thanks to Professor Sands for all her help and encouragement. I know we all in time will succeed and meet our goals. Please feel free to add me to your facebook. Just remember it is important to never give up and be sure to follow your dreams. Believe in yourself! This has been such a busy week for me and I am hoping that this next week will be a little less demanding. Take care everyone!

Can't Believe Another Term Down

First of all, I want to begin this with a thank you to my professor and my classmates. I was dreading going into this class because I really do not enjoy writing papers. Though when I write letters to relatives and friends I express my writing so well. That is what I have been told. I also want to say how much I have enjoyed this blog but wish I would have had more time to post more and actually read all the other blogs. I may do this after this class is over and continue blogging. Maybe all of us can stay in touch that way. I enjoyed working on this paper and I am satisfied with my accomplishments. I believe we all put forth great effort and will take what we learn with us every step of the way. I just wish in all my terms I had a little longer to absorb all the information. It seems in ways I feel I have not absorbed much as I would like. Anyone else having those feelings? What I do know that even though the terms end I will continue to study and hopefully absorb anything I missed. Way to go everyone!

Where did the weekend go???

I sure can tell one thing it is Monday....anyone else feeling it? I always wonder where the weekend goes it just flies by. Saturday and Sunday was so nice. Saturday we had company over and cooked out. We had tbones and ribeyes on the grill, red potatoes with cream sauce, and corn. We all went swimming with the kiddos. Then on Sunday I took my babies swimming and just spent some one on one time with them. Sometimes I forget how important it is to slow down and breath in all those little things that count. Watching my children love the day with me and them having my attention reminded me they need me. We spent a lot of the day giggling and I just loved those little smiles on their faces. I had to work today and that is how I knew for sure it was Monday :)

This blog is for Last Week !

I am so sorry about not getting to this blog last week. You can blame my 9 month old little girl named Abigail. She was admitted to the hospital on the June 5th for fever and febrile seizures. Upon admission she had to have a spinal tap cause they first thought she had meningitis. That was hard to watch. She was kept in isolation. That test did come back negative which sigh I was so relieved. Through her hospital stay we could not get rid of fever and she was not eating but maybe two ounces a day. Thank goodness they do have ways to keep little ones hydrated through IV. She ran fever 4 days before going in and finally had her last day of fever on the 8th. I know upon entering her white cell count was 26000. Normal I believe is 8000 to 11000. They finally all did return to normal but still left unknown what was the true cause. I know on the 2nd she had her vaccines which I have even questioned. We finally got to go home on 9th. I am just glad she is almost back to normal except for the I dont want to be put down.

Thankful

Well another week has passed and I have had so many ups and downs. I spent Friday night at the ER with my 8 month old daughter Abigail. She had been running fever all that day and just so irritable. She didn't want to nurse and barely would take anything from a bottle. Her eye that evening started looking swollen and green stuff was coming out her eye and within an hour out the other eye. So I took her to the ER that night and was up there til 4:30am Saturday morning. She was diagnosed with an acute ear infection. I am thankful that she is getting better. It is so hard watching little ones be sick. I also had to do a reality check because I have been feeling so overwhelmed and actually kind of depressed. I took sometime Sunday evening for myself which I have not done in a couple years. I don't blame my kids for that I just wanted to be a great mom to them so I have spent most of my time with them. I have found out though I need time to myself and there is nothing wrong with that. I was feeling guilty for wanting that time to myself. I also took sometime to just remember what there is to be thankful for. I am thankful for my babies, my family, my friends, my professors, and even this blog where I seem to just speak what I am feeling. Any of you finding blogging like a stress reliever? Hope all had a great Memorial day and an awesome week.

Can Anyone Relate???

How is everyone this week? It has been a week and so much is on my mind it seems. Monday started off rough by my two year old daughter's daycare giving her milk when she is very allergic to it and then didn't even bother to let me know til 4pm that evening. That has been handled though. Then my eight month old Abigail she has got an upper respiratory infection. So have had my hands full this week dealing with my kiddos. I love being a mommy more than any amount of words can say. No matter what challenges come my way there is nothing that would change how I feel about my babies. Though with school, work, and just everyday juggling my time being a single mom I felt I had to get away. I feel so guilty I guess disappointed in myself for having the thoughts of having to get away. Last night I put them to bed and got their Mimi to babysit and just went and played bingo. I did the same thing last weekend. For the last three years I have not done much. I just feel at times I need to get away and have a little time for myself. Just a little me time. Please don't get me wrong I love my time with my children and I never want to take my attention away from them. We are the three musketeers? Why do I feel guilty as a mother for needing time away? I get time away at work but it is not the same. I did put them to bed before I went to bingo and tucked them in. I love my babies so much and they are the most precious to me. Thinking about taking my two year old bumper bowling? I think she would enjoy it. She has her dance recital coming up on 16th of June. Its a tap and ballet recital and I can't wait. So how is everyone else doing? How is online school going? Sometimes I wonder if sitting on campus would of been easier or if I would be absorbing the information better on campus. I say this because it seems like there is so much to do in a week within online schooling its like a fast track program and I want to learn it all but absorb as much information as possible too. I thought it would be convenient to do it at home but my little ones seem to time everything they need when I time for my schoolwork. I try to wait until they are in bed but by then it is so hard to concentrate cause I am ready for bed. I would like to hear how it is going for everyone.

Another week!!!!

Hi All,
Another week has passed and it has been so hectic. Has it been for any of you? This week I have been working on trying to wake up with a more positive attitude. I do have so much to be thankful for at times even though sometimes I feel I forget them. I constantly try to sit back and reflect on those things. I am thankful for my two beautiful girls, a job, school, and for having no bills due this week LOL....I am sure you all can raise your hand to that one. So what have you all been up to? Yesterday was a rough day for me. It started off with me going to work after I dropped the kids off at daycare. My two year old is allergic to milk. So to kind of fill you in on my story her daycare decided out of the blue to use milk in her cereal after she has been there for 3 months and they know she has to have her soymilk. Anyways, after she was giving it and they realized they had made a mistake. They failed to call me. Instead she got real sick and was vomiting up there. Then yet again they failed to call me. By the time I got her at 4pm she looked horrible. She was coughing really bad like her lungs were filled up with fluid which she could not quit coughing. On top of that it was hard for me to keep her awake. I ended up taking her to her pediatrician which her oxygen level was below normal levels so we had to do breathing treatments. I was just a little furious that when they realized they messed up that they did not even try to make an attempt to call me to see what could be done. What do you all think? On the bright side another week of school has passed. At times it is so hard to keep up but I know with determination I can do this and succeed.