Day book 12/26/2011

Christmas was good but very subdued this year. We didn't decorate or even have a tree.  Unfortunately we didn't make it to church either. My son's wife left him and took the baby one the 22nd. We have been dealing with that everyday. Praying for an outcome that is best for the baby.

Outside my window it is rainy and dark. It has been unseasonally warm lately.

I am thinking about my son and the hurt he is going though. Praying that this makes him stronger and doesn't kill him.

I am thankful for my family and the time I get to spend with them. Not all the family was here for Christmas but they were in touch. As long as we stay in touch we will never be that far away.

In the kitchen there is leftover Mexican food and lemon bars.

I am wearing jeans and a red t shirt.  Too lazy to go put on my pjs.  LOL Now that is LAZY.

I am creating quite a big photo album of Emily.

I am going back to work tomorrow. It is nice to look forward to going to work.

I am wondering how long I get to stay in the big office. I share my office with the network server and had to move for maintenance. I have been in an office of someone who works very part time.  I like it and would love to stay. I have been secretly plotting his demise. lol

I am reading "The Edge" by Jeffrey Deaver

I am hoping for a relaxing New Years with my family.

I am looking forward to my WMU meeting tomorrow night. I hope we can get more members and be more active than in the past few years.

I am hearing my husband playing Jeopardy on his iPad.

Around the house the dogs are bathed and the laundry is done and the kids are settled down. Can't wait to snuggle with my man.

I am pondering what tax season will be like at my new firm. I hate learning a new tax program "on the go" but that seems to be the only way I have ever learned them.

One of my favorite things is naps. I only got one over the 4 day weekend. That makes me sad.

A few plans for the rest of the week include my WMU meeting and going to the YMCA.

Here is a picture I wanted to share

That is Aurora Eden, my second granddaughter, who will be here in less than 12 weeks.  I can't wait.
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Day Book 12/20/2011

Outside my window it is dark since it is 9:30 at night. Today it was rather warm and rainy. I wish we would get to winter already.

I am thinking and praying for my youngest son and his wife.  They got married and had a baby this year and they are so young, Divorce has already been mentioned.  I hate to think of Emily not having both her parents daily. Divorce is such a sad, heartbreaking thing.

I am thankful that my kids are old enough to know to truth about Santa, even though I told them very young.  They already got their big present (birthday and Christmas combined) and are fine with not having anything to open.  We will go to church and spend the day together with movies and food and it will be wonderful.

From the learning room, Nothing. Everyone on break.

In the kitchen  there is still the smell of homemade lasagna that I made tonight. I haven't tried to make homemade pasta yet but I will over the long weekend. And I still have tons of lemons that need to become lemon bars soon.

I am wearing a long night shirt and grey shorts. In fact I am sitting in bed writing this.

I am creating nothing. Sad but true.

I am going to be very busy the next few days.  Heather and Lindsay are having their bon-fire/movie party for their birthday on Friday night and then Christmas.  They might as well make my husbands check out to Walmart since it will all go there for food. LOL

I am wondering what I am going to fix for 15 teenagers to eat Friday night. .

I am reading "The King's Speech". And I need to catch up my bible reading. 

I am hoping that I can find the money to take at least one class next semester.

I am looking forward to two long weekends in a row. Of course tax season starts after that but I am not thinking about that right now.

I am hearing my husband on his ipad.

I am pondering if 2012 will be better than 2011?  It has been a hard year.

One of my favorite things is sleeping late on the weekends. I haven't been able to do that in a few weekends and Christmas eve is looking like a good candidate. 

A few plans for the rest of the week include planning menu for Christmas and birthday party and then shopping. Getting ready for party, sleeping late on Saturday and church and cooking on Sunday and then (I just remembered) I am off Monday and can sleep in again.

Here is a picture I want to share

That is Heather and Lindsay, my youngest, they will be 16 on Thursday.  Amazing since it was just last week they were learning to walk. 

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Fresh lemons plus new kitchenaid mixer equals lemon bars.


- Alesia

Emily

I never knew I could love a child I didn't birth this much.



















My youngest son - her daddy

- Alesia

Only the lonely

Yesterday I took my last final of this semester. As on most college campuses, parking is an issue and I had to park quite aways from the class. As I was walking back to my car I was thinking how I felt differently as an undergrade.  In those days I would often crisscross campus to get from one class to the next. I always had a bookbag/backpack and one year I even had one with wheels. (I am over 40 lol)

Even though I live in a neighboring state, I was lucky to find people who live near me that were also going to UWF. We took almost every class together. There was hardly a day that I walked to a class alone. I knew people in my class, we talked often, studied together. I LOVED going to school. I made great grades and the years flew by.

Yesterday was totally different. Most Masters classes are online. To provide more flexibility since even people who went to college straight out of high school would now be working. I don't know my classmates, I study alone, at home.  Even my family doesn't "get" how much time I need to study.  And after work, dinner, spending time with kids and husband, when I finally sit down to teach myself the material - I am exhausted.  And alone.

I think that is what I hate the most.  I enjoy the interaction and learning when I am on campus. But since school is 1 to 1 1/2 hours away, it is hard to leave work, especially during tax season.

I have no motivation, no drive. I am not enjoying school now.

I need to find a way to "get it together" for my last 6 classes.  6!! Yes that is all and I will have my Masters degree.  The joy from that fact needs to carry me on. 

Day book 12/8/11

Outside my window it is sunny but cold. High in 50's, lows in 30's. I hate living where we have to endure the cold but don't get the joy of snow. I guess if I lived where there was snow I would feel differently.

I am thinking about my finals I have tonight and tomorrow. This was not a good week to painfully discover I have a cyst on my ovary and lose two days and nights to hospital and pain killers.

I am thankful that we had the money to pay for the deposit on the ER visit. I won't have insurance until February. It broke us this week but at least the deposit was paid for.

From the learning room, well I don't home school but there are 4 of us in the house in school. Me - Masters program. Ashley - Freshmen in college. Heather and Lindsay - sophomores in high school. We are all in the middle of finals and will be glad when this week is over. Heather also has her drivers test this week, I hope she passes.

In the kitchen there is sadness. Nothing in the crock pot tonight. Last nights' chicken and dumplings were amazing as usual and tomorrow I am making the filling for chicken tacos in the crock pot but tonight we are having store bought pizza and such due to final deadline.

I am wearing grey dress pants, black long sleeve shirt and flats. YES flats. It is truly a sad day.

I am creating a new kitchen. Over the summer we had got granite counter tops. (I sleep with the granite man so all we paid for was slab. LOL) and now my husband in putting up paneling. I can't wait till it is finished.

I am going to stop stressing over these two finals. What is the worse that can happen? I might have to retake one of them. It won't stop me from becoming a CPA, it won't kill me, so get over it already. What is DONE is DONE.  Thank you Lord, Amen.

I am wondering............not about much. I am not really a wanderer (?) I like to know exactly what is going on, find  out the reality of the situation and go from there. Maybe I am just to busy to wonder today.

I am reading "The Girl who kicked the Hornet's Nest." Final book in the series. Will probably watch the movie also.

I am hoping that my cyst plays nice until February when I get insurance.

I am looking forward to the break from school until January 9th. I don't remember undergrad being this hard.

I am hearing ladies chit chat down the hall at work. I work with some great women.

I am pondering what else to get the "Angel" at church. We bought two fairly expensive gifts. I thought about a stocking full of various fun stuff.

One of my favorite things is the way my husband smells. I love hugging him and just inhaling his scent. Before work, after work, after shower, first thing in the morning - doesn't matter. I love his scent.

A few plans for the rest of the week include getting past finals, finishing the last 3 episodes of Mad Men on Netflix with Ashley. (We will then be ready for the new season in March). And getting to the YMCA this weekend and sleeping late on Saturday.

Here is a picture of my granddaughter Emily Payton

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School update

It has been two weeks since I posted anything. Time has simply gotten away from me.

So what has been going on..................

It is finals week and I was really optimistic until Tuesday.
Tuesday morning I woke up and drove Lindsay to school at 6:30 for ROTC. My stomach hurt and I was uncomfortable sitting in car. I didn't give it much thought. Assumed it was normal "stuff" for the abdomen area and would go away shortly.

Well it didn't.

I could  not stand up, I could not get relief sitting or lying down. I called into work.
The pain intensified over the next two hours and when the vomiting started I freaked out. I woke up Ashley to drive me to the hospital.

I got an IV, a shot of intense pain killers and a CT scan.

I have a cyst on my ovary.

I had heard they were painful but I had no idea just HOW painful. I was released around lunch time and went home to bed. I was out of it the rest of the night. Wednesday I was not much better. No pain but so tired I had trouble staying awake if I sat down.

And now it is Thursday.

One of my professors emailed us our final Tuesday night so we could work on it - it is due Thursday by 8:00 pm.  Well I lost Tuesday night and Wednesday night to work on it. So I am leaving work today at 3:00 to go home and work on it and turn it in by 8:00.  Not looking good.

I have another final tomorrow during the day and I have no time to review for it.

Good or bad I am looking forward to coming home Friday night - this semester will be over.