Unit 10 Farewell post

I am only saying goodbye to the class, I will keep my blog going. I have really enjoyed this class and meeting all of you very interesting people. It has been my pleasure sharing in your lives for what seems a very brief moment. I have learned so much this term and I feel this knowledge is very useful. I hope to see some of you in other classes.

Here's Looking At You

Well, here it is the end of the term already. I have really enjoyed this class and meeting everyone. I have learned so much about tech stuff and what some of these buttons are for. I cannot say it has not had its difficulties but with the help from everyone I feel I have exceeded my expectations. I loved having seminar in the afternoon too, I felt more alert and able to retain information. This class has enriched my life as well as educate me.

REALLY????

I get so aggrivated when I submit homework and the teacher (who is not a Composition teacher) and she picks apart my paper for grammatical errors. I reserched and thought I turned in great information BUT now I know it is all in vain. I got the paper back and it was... oh, thanks for turning in your paper, I did not read it, but I made sure to catch all of your errors and you write too "folksy". You may have written a paper on the subject but I will never know because I did not read it. She thinks she is more of a Composition teacher than a Medical office teacher. BLAH!! Just a little ticked, took me 6 hours to do the paper and 5 minutes for it to go to the garbage.

Life is Good

I love this life of mine... I love the upsets and mishaps as much as I love the wonderful. There is so much to learn on a minute to minute basis. I keep my eyes and ears open to new possibilities. I have made many choices in my life some good, some bad but going back to school has been one of the most positive things I could have ever decided to do. I have made some great friends and learned so much about myself along the way. Times have been a little tedious and I have not always felt like doing the tasks that lay ahead but I do and when I'm finished, there is a wave of relief that washes over me from head to toe, not to mention a sense of accomplishment. So it is a win, win situation. Sometimes for me it is not about the grade I recieve but about the way I tackled the work. If I have really tried and have done my very best then I have succeeded. I had a teacher once who told us this little saying; I will not stop until my good has become better and my better has become my best. As long as I keep getting to my best, life is good.(The Best)

Oh, oh, oh It's magic, you know

I just got out of class and loved every minute of class today. I feel like when finished my paper will be as good as all the effort and time I have put into it. I also like reading everyone Else's papers so I can see APA formatting from students and not from the book. I have really enjoyed writing in this class.
Cute little story; The other day I was doing dishes and my girls were being very quiet. I went back their room and they were playing so nice, it was such a wonderful thing, so I went back to the kitchen to finish up. I had to go to the bathroom and turned on the light and saw that the whole bathroom had been toilet papered. I called for the girls and asked them why did you do this, my 1 year old said "because, why" of course, but my 2 year old said," watch mommy, if you turn off the light it is invisible, it's magic", I laughed so hard I could not breath. Where do kids come up with this stuff? I could not even punish them. Life is good through the eyes of a child.
Back to the matter at hand, my paper, I keep getting myself so worked up about references, I know this is just something I have convinced myself is incredibly hard and it is not. Good luck to everyone as we near the end of this journey.

Draft, What draft?

Hello to everyone out there. This is gong to be a very busy week. I am so excited though, all of the information I requested from the National Institute on Drug Addiction (NIDA) has finally arrived. Very good stuff. I know I have at least one reliable source...lol.
I have been really working on APA citation and format, it looks a little better but still not great. I just cannot seem to get it. Oh well, all I can do is keep trying and listen to all of the good advice and feedback I get from all of you (my support team). I truly value all of the advice I receive from everyone. On that note, I feel pretty good about writing my draft and POD. After reading the information on how to construct it and getting the advice to not over think it or stress and make it harder than what it really is, I feel confident. Well until I get to my reference page that is. I will gladly take any helpful advice or little tricks to getting APA correct. Thanks all and have a wonderful week.

I THINK I HAVE A LAG

I feel like I am falling more and more behind lately. I cannot seem to keep up with anything. I wish I had a life of leisure at times so I could just relax. I have had house guests for the last couple of weeks, problems with our new house and a family emergency that called my hubby to go back to Chicago for a few days. It's like trudging up a hill, I'm almost at the top and can't wait to glide down. On a positive note we are healthy and we are all happy. Chaos will never win, I just have to get everyone back on schedule. I know during the day there are things that frustrate me and I want to just give up but at night when the house is quiet and my hubby and I are talking we just crack up over some of the stuff that we found so aggravating. I laugh until I can't breath telling him about what the girls have done. It was not funny at the time when I just finished sweeping and mopping and my two year old decided to dump a five pound bag of flour all over every flat surface in the kitchen but later on very funny. Wow, it is amazing how much better I feel just writing all of this down, I believe blogging is therapeutic.