Hmmph!

Life sucks!!

51

Today, my mom would have turned 51. I can't believe it's been over 5 years that she's been gone. I miss her so much! Happy Birthday, mommy!

Field Trip

I got out of my last class of the quarter today (which wasn't so much a class as a poster project presentation day) just in time to go pick up my son from my grandma and take him on a field trip to the Blooms and Butterflies exibit at the Franklin Park Conservatory. He had a good time, and I was glad it worked out for me to be able to take him on his field trip. Here are a few pics from today:


This is one of the butterflies we saw in the atrium. I think this pic turned out really well.


Most uncomfortable chair in the world, I would think. Covered in cactuses (cacti?).


Planting a flower


Us at the conservatory. He always makes the goofiest faces when posing for pictures. This is the best one I could get of him. :)
**(Btw, he insists on buttoning up the top button on his shirts. I didn't do that to him.)

Are we there yet? No.

I am still in need of that break. Just 3 more days of lectures and labs and 2 more clinical days left of this quarter. Next week is finals week! Then I think I have a week off before starting in on Spring quarter. A week just doesn't seem like enough time off. :( But it is better than none, that's for sure! Apparently Winter quarter was originally supposed to start a week earlier than it did, which would have given me a 2 week break. Not to mention, I could still use that break from reality as well! Sigh...

I started reading the Twilight series recently. I took the girls to see the movie and I actually really liked it, so I read the first book (which I liked even more than the movie). When I finished that, I read what is out there of Midnight Sun which, of course, is Twilight written from Edward's perspective rather than Bella's. I am so not happy that the book wasn't finished! I want to read the rest of it, dang it!

Last night, I started in on reading New Moon. I got about 125 pages in before falling asleep. I am going to read myself to sleep again tonight...and every night until I finish the book. And then, I will do it some more with the other 2 books in the series. I guess that this is the closest thing to a break from reality that I'm gonna get for now. :/

For the record...

Let me just say right now, that I never, ever, EVER want to work in a nursing home. More than that, I never, ever, EVER, EVER, infinite EVER's, want to live in one!!!!

This is not anything new. Nothing that just popped into my head recently. My mom worked in a nursing home for years when I was a kid, and I knew this then. But being in a nursing home for my clinicals, just kind of brought this all back to mind once again after so many years. So depressing! Not to mention...they smell bad. :o

Pain, pain, go away...

I just want the pain to go away! All of it. Physical, emotional, psychological, etc. Just GO AWAY!!!!!

Funky Town

I am so ready for a break! From school, from responsibility...from life! I am so tired and I can't seem to shake this funk I've been in. I try to put on a happy face and just get through my days, but I'll tell you what, it is not easy. :(

On a brighter note, I got my classes scheduled for next quarter. It is 3 credit hours less than I'm taking this quarter (which is 17). I don't want to say that it will be easier, because I really don't think that it will be, but my schedule doesn't seem so bad.

I will be "off" on Mondays and Tuesdays, I'll have my clinicals on Wednesdays from 7:00 am to 4:30 pm, Thursdays I'll have classes from 9:00 am until 2:30 pm, and Fridays classes will be 8:00 am to 1:00 pm. I'm also taking a psychology class online to keep full time status (and the financial aid that goes along with it). But, by taking this psych. class next quarter, I won't have to take it 3rd quarter, which will hopefully lighten my course load for that quarter.

I just cannot wait to be done though!

New specs!

My 9 year old daughter got her first pair of glasses yesterday. She had been having trouble seeing the board in her class at school and also failed the eye exam the school nurse administered recently. So, here she is showing off her new specs!