We Are Here!

We arrived in Long Beach last night at 12:45am!  We are excited to be on vacation!  Well, the boys and I are.  Daniel will be in seminars all day.  It is so nice to be away from the heat though!  It is 65 degrees outside with a high of 73!  I am wearing pants! 

English 102 :(

I decided to return to school again.  It is a goal of mine to graduate with a degree that will help our family should anything happen to Daniel.  I am excited to be in school and learning, but I am not excited about the choice in classes I made.  About 9 years ago I took English 102.  I got a "c". This is a horrible grade for me and will not help me reach the goals I have set for myself.  I decided to retake the class.  I regret it!  I hate this class!  I have an English bound sister and a friend with her masters in English, and between the two of them they are trying to encourage me. Every time I sit at the computer to work on my class I want to cry.  Here are the reasons.

Rhetorical Essay-  Okay seriously, my brain doesn't function like that.  you want me to read that word the author wrote and find meaning in the word, not the article.  Right now I can't force my brain to do it.  It take too much thought! 

Character Analysis Essay-  Are you kidding me?  I have to use my brain again!  It doesn't work like it should.  In the stage of life I am in...or pregnancy... I am one emotional, hormonal mess and you want me to try and find sense in a fictional book right now.

Research Paper-  I was given 4 topics to choose from.  All the topic suck.  I can not feel passion for any of them.  How am I supposed to spend the next few months I have left with just my boys dedicated to researching a topic that I have no interest in.  It is a complete waste of my time!  I want to enjoy the last few months I have with just my boys before they get set on the side burner while I try to take care of an infant.  I have a friend that just had her third baby and when I read her blog it makes me want to just hold my boys close and let them know how much I love them.

I did make on good decision though.  I took Sociology!  Yeah!  Read the book, learn the material, and answer the questions.  That is my kind of class for this semester.  Too bad it is too late to back out of that English class.  I am sure that if my life circumstances were different I could actually enjoy stretching myself like that.

Now I have a first grader!

last Wednesday marked Carter's last day of kindergarten.  His class celebrated by having ice cream sundays.  Carter was excited because both mom and dad were able to attend!  Carter really is the most sensitive, sweet child.  His emotions are so close to the surface.  When he is talking about things he really cares about, like his family, he will blink his eyes rapidly to keep himself from crying.   

Kindergarten this year was awesome.  Carter really did get the best Kindergarten teacher.  We were honored to have her teach him.  We are also trying to secure her for Chase in another year.  Carter learning so much this year!  He is reading.  He is also much more mature now.  He went from my toddler boy to a full blown boy.  

Oh, My Heart!

I have a new love in my life.  These bad boys are helping me to sleep at night, and I can stand the taste!  It all started about a week ago.  This nasty pain that decided to keep me awake each night.  The pain was coming from every which direction.  GAS!  HEARTBURN! INDIGESTION!  Geez, where did these come from?  I haven't every really experienced these during pregnancy.  With Carter I was just sick, Chase less sick but uncomfortable, and with by baby girl I am even less sick, more uncomfortable, crazy hormones, and a whole slew of other crazy things.  It is okay though!  I have my new love named Tums. (that I take sparingly)  

Oh Tums I haven't needed you much before, but I LOVE you now.