Long Time No Write

I actual forgot about this blog. I rediscovered it while I was reading a friend's blog. Obviously a lot has happened. It's been almost two years since my first entry. I'm not sure where to even beginning catching ya up. Instead, I'm just going to tell you where I'm at now.

I'm back in school. I love hating it. School's been keeping me busy. This semester I have an exam almost every week which translates into a lot of studying. In my biology class, the exams are probably the hardest. The exams are a mix of short answer, fill in the blank, essay, multiple choice, and true or false. The multiple choice and true or false I can handle, but the other questions I'll admit I just don't know how to study for anymore. I hate admitting that. As a formal education major, I have noticed that multiple choice question exams/tests are getting more popular. I'm not exactly sure why that is. It could be that we put such a high importance on the standardize tests that to prepare the students teachers create tests similarly. Also multiple choice tests are easier to create and grade. I think I can come off that soap box now. You'll find that I have a tendency to go off an little tangents. I am glad to be back in school.

As I said I was an education major. I was actually studying to be an English teacher for high school. As my mom use to say, "You're either incredibly stupid or brave; I can't tell which". I think I was a little of both. I'm not sure what she would say to my goal career now. I am studying business. I plan to manage and hopefully one day own a day care. I love spending time with kids. I don't feel like I am giving up my teaching dream. I am just teaching in a different way. I feel that children are our future, and so many of them grow up in hard conditions. I want to be able to help give children a place that they can grow and learn valuable life skills. I also want to give parents a safe and caring place they feel comfortable enrolling their children. I babysat for a close family friend who had three beautiful children, two boys and one girl. The two boys had hemophilia. My friend couldn't leave them at just any daycare. I want to be able to provide an option for parents with children who have medical conditions that make it hard to leave them. They're actually the inspiration to this new life goal. I'll have to thank them one day when I become a kick butt, awesome and famous child care provider.

My friends are still very important to me. I feel like I can count on them for everything. I have made new friends and reconnected with old friends. I feel very blessed to have them in my life. I have a new boyfriend, Tim, who makes me feel absolutely blissful. I'm not sure what I did to deserve him, but I'll do just about anything to keep him. :-) I feel like I can be my silly and crazy self and not be embarrassed. I've actually found myself making a fool of myself in public more often than I have in a long time. As an example, Wednesday I was putting gas in my car and talking to him on the phone. I had realized earlier that day that I could come see him sooner than I planned for the weekend. As I told him the news I did a version of my happy dance (I have several versions). I was at the pump and without caring who sees I started spinning in a circle on one foot and moving my hands in circles at about head level. I didn't even realize I was doing it til I was done. I figure if anyone saw they'll either think I'm crazy or be jealous that they're not as happy as I am. :-)

Well, I think I've taken enough of your time and have told you just about everything I can think of. I hope you enjoyed it and was able to laugh. I have no problem laughing at myself and believe that if I can make you laugh even if it's at me that my goal was accomplished. Life just isn't worth all the pain if you can't laugh at the small things.