Be Jealous

Yep, I don't post. Get over it. I'm really going to try to post more though, I promise.

The main reason why I don't post anymore is because nothing excited has happened in my life for months...seriously, maybe years. Okay, that's stretching it. I'd be lying if I said I try to make the most out of each day and that I live life to the fullest. That's a bunch of hog wash. I live each day like the day before. I wake up...usually late, get to work...without a moment to spare, teach, go home and eat whatever I can consume in 10 minutes, leave for tutoring, get home at 7, do homework, work out, set alarm, set sleep timer on tv, go to sleep. Repeat. OH, except for Friday because I go directly from teaching to waitressing.

You are literally falling out of your seat because you can hardly contain yourself, am I right? Yeah, that's how I feel. I need a vacation. Heck, I'll even take going or doing something that isn't in my daily routine. Something to break the monotony. I'm going to go crazy.

Tonight I started a running program called Couch to 5K. I don't plan on running a 5K anytime soon, but I don't necessarily want to say I'd never run one. I'm not a runner, but I think this new program is going to help me. At the least, help strengthen my lungs which have been torn to shreds by my father's smoking. Anyway, I'm excited and it's something new, so I'm happy.

Tomorrow something is happening in my life that will change everything. You need only know that this will be a huge step for me and that it has taken a lot of courage to get to this point. I'm ready though and I'm excited for the future.

Well, I really need to get off of here. It's time to complete the evening routine. Brush teeth, wash face, take contacts out, get in bed, set alarm, turn on tv sleep timer and go to bed. Be jealous.

True Happiness

I don't have the words to write how I feel this holiday season. I feel blessed to have so many wonderful people in my life. I'm incredibly happy...

Lots of love,
Wendy

Put one foot in front of the other...

Great Christmas special on tonight!

Tonight was awesome! Shared the Pizza Hut Dinner Box with Kate/Michael. It was bountiful! Then got to spend some much needed time with my little Eric! He's definitely not so little anymore! He is completely off of his oxygen and is pushing 10 pounds. He's a little chunky monkey! :)I love him to death!

Played some CIV with Aaron tonight and it was fabulous.

I can't stop smiling...

~Wendy

How's it going?

Today is Your Day
By: Shania Twain

You got what it takes you can win,
Today is your day to begin.
Don't give up here, don't you quit.
The moment is now, this is it
Know that you can then you will
Get to the top of the hill
Part of the fun is the climb
You just gotta make up your mind

That today is your day
And nothing can stand in your way
Today is your day
Everything's goin' your way
Today (you can do it)
Today (c'mon c'mon)
Today (c'mon do it)
Today

When somebody throws sticks and stones
All they can break are your bones
And life's gonna kick you around
Then kick you again when you're down

But today is your day
And nothing can stand in your way
Today is your day
Everything's goin' your way
Today (c'mon do it now)
Today
Today
Today

mmmm life's gonna kick you, its gonna kick you around, its gonna kick you down

Brush yourself off no regrets
This is as good as it gets
Don't expect more or less
Just go out and give it your best (give it your best)

Today is your day
And nothing can stand in your way
Today is your day
Everything's goin' your way

Today
Today ( I said today is your day)
Today
Today
I said today
Today
Today is your day mmmmm

That song has been stuck in my head all day. I dropped my students off at music class this morning and the class before them were performing it. There are very few things on this Earth that are more touching than watching children sing about hope and encouragement. I was touched and as I left the music room I was rejuvenated. I know, I know...that sounds ridiculous, but it's true. Some days are harder than others and today was one of those hard days. I'm adding the song above to my favorite playlist and I plan to listen to it often. I recommend you check it out and while you're listening imagine a group of 3rd grade students singing it. :)

I've been enjoying life and keeping busy. I just finished my last class towards my Master's degree, so now all I have to complete is an internship and my thesis. I plan to finish up this summer. I feel like I've been in school forever; it's almost surreal that it will all be over in just a short couple months. Today I completed my final exam and received a 100%...well, technically a 96% because there were 2 short answer questions that have yet to be graded. I know that I got them right, so let's just say I got a 100%. Yay, for me!

I'm getting really good at Call of Duty: Black Ops and Gears of War 3. I've been playing both of those quite regularly with the boys. I've been known to get the most points the majority of the time. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing. I recently purchased "You Don't Know Jack!" on the Xbox and DDR. Both have been a blast to play and pretty entertaining. I recommend both! It's a good change up from killing non-human things. I really hope no one reads this because I'm a huge dork. I'm only writing this because I really have no record of what I've been doing for the past 6 months. I'm usually really good about writing in an offline journal, but I haven't even been doing that.

In other news, it's not even December and I have all of my Christmas shopping finished! Woohoo! I was able to snatch up some really great deals on Thanksgiving Day and the day after Thanksgiving. I also did some online shopping and got some even more fantastic deals. I'm usually a procrastinator, but when it comes to buying gifts I don't mess around. Especially when it comes to saving money! I'm thankful that my mom taught me at an early age to bargain shop because it's really paying off now, quite literally.

I better get off here. My cd's have finished burning for church cantata practice tomorrow night and I need to do some laundry for school tomorrow. Oh, yeah...and Andreas and Nathan are here playing Gears of War 3 without me and Aaron. Lame.

Hopefully, I'll write more later this week or a least a couple times a month. It's unacceptable that I haven't written since July.

<3
Wendy

"Fair People"

I'm not really a fan of fairs. I'm not a fan of the heat, food, rides or walking around in close proximity to "fair people". I consider "fair people" a rare breed. I mean, there are "fair people" that live at the fair because of their livestock and whatnot, but then there are "fair people" that live at the fair for the fair. They dress and act strangely unnatural. Until yesterday, I had never been to the Madison County Fair, nor had I ever been hypnotized. To make a long story short, I was given fair tickets from a family that I wait on every Friday night at Todd's. The family actually runs the Madison County Fair and the wife thought it would be hilarious if she got me on stage with the hypnotist. It was funny, indeed. Well, Katie told me I was anyway. I was not convinced that I would actually be hypnotized, but I was. Apparently, I screamed and danced when a certain song was played and reacted to many suggestions from the hypnotist. I don't remember much, but I do remember feeling really tired afterwards. And, somehow I popped a button on my pants. Haha! I must have really been dancing! Katie and I ended up getting dinner at the fair and checking out the prize-winning animals. I ate dinner fried on a stick and then we both left the fair with funnel cakes. BIG MISTAKE! I don't normally stuff my face with fried foods, so I was deathly sick all last night. Needless to say, I will not be going to another fair for a long time.

Why must door to door sales people come to my house? I'm far too nice to tell them "no thank you" as soon as they start their sales pitch and then I feel bad telling them I don't want their product at the end of the presentation. Just now, someone came to my door selling a concentrated cleaner. She cleaned my front door, the rims on my car, and proved that she could take out pen stain from a towel (after I gave her a pen to use because apparently she lost hers). I was slightly impressed, but told her nicely "no thank you" and she went on her way...with my pen in her hair. It's a good thing I just bought 50 8-packs of black pens for a penny each. I guess I can part with one.

Saturday I am going to Zoombezi Bay with the cousins. I wish I could say that I was super pumped, but there's something about putting my life in danger while wearing a bathing suit in public that doesn't sound exciting to me. I need to get out more, but how about some good ol' bowling or putt putt? That sounds like fun to me!

I feel the need to vent about my Contemporary Issues in Education class, but I can't bring myself to do it right now. I'll save it for another day. I doubt my opinion will change in a few short days.

~Wendy

Book-less Library

Well, we all knew it was bound to happen...

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Librarians everywhere are crying. The dewey decimal system is useless.


--Not sure why I couldn't get my link to insert, oh well, I'm sure you know how to cut and paste.--

The light at the end of the tunnel is drawing near...

I'm not sure if I mentioned this in my last post, but I have poison ivy. Well, I've been struggling with it for over a week. I ended up going to the doctor last week and was prescribed Prednisone. The medicine is a miracle-worker. It sped up the healing time and now I'm almost poison ivy free! However, it has caused some severe insomnia. On the first night, I don't remember having any trouble getting to sleep, but on the second day I slept for about 2 1/2 hours tops...and that was after a busy night waitressing. I've never had problems getting to sleep after waitressing. After that night I realized that I had to pair my last dose with some Benadryl, so I would be able to sleep. I haven't had any additional problems, so that's good. This was the first time I had an allergic reaction to poison ivy. I swore up and down that I was immune to it, I guess I was wrong, or else my body has weakened it's immune system...I mean, I am almost 27. I hear It's about time for the body to start falling apart. :(

I just registered for my last class at Ashland University. I was actually registered to take it my first semester at Ashland and I had to drop it because it seemed to difficult, and I didn't really like the professor's personality. Turns out, she is the only professor that teaches the course. Yay, for me. It's been three years, you think they would have gotten at least one other teacher to teach it. I do have three more years of knowledge in my brain, so yeah, it should be a breeze...right?

Speaking of Ashland, my new summer course starts today. I'm not looking forward to it at all. I know, that's terrible, but it's Contemporary Issues in Education. I hear that it's a debate course, and if you know anything about me at all, you know that I am not one to debate issues. I hope I am passionate about some topics in the course, or else I'm screwed. It's difficult to debate something that you are not passionate about. That's what I get for being so apathetic about things...

Well, it's time for me to get ready for class. Wish me luck! Ugh...

BTW: I calculated how much money I am wasting driving to the Ashland campus three days a week and it's roughly $30.00 a week depending on how much gas is at the time. It's ludicrous! :(