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.

Great Expectations

I think one of my biggest challenges is my expectation of myself. I really beat myself up when I do not do as well as I could have. I hate it when I make careless mistakes. I am getting better though. I have learned to read instructions carefully and take my time completeing assignments. Another challenge I have faced is time management. I have taken control of that however. When I first started classes I felt guilty when I would use my free time in school and not with my kids now I do both. I let them get involved, I made them their own notebooks and gave them their own "school books" and we do homework together. I also got them their own little laptops (vtech) and they go to class with me too. It is a lot of fun. I get a lot more done and hopefully they are learning good study habits. As far as challenges go though I welcome them, I feel a sense of accomplishment when I can complete them. Life is funny how it all works out, when I was in high school I wish I would have realized how important my education really was, I would have gone to college or maybe had more ambition towards a career. I was raised in a little town in Kentucky and our biggest goal was to get married, start having kids and let a man take care of you. It was a huge eye opener when we moved near Chicago. Needless to say, I did not go back to school I got a glamorous job waitressing and then bartending. I met my husband and we got married when I was 29. My family had declared me an old maid til then. Now here I am in my mid 30's and have two wonderful little girls that I want to give the world to. So... bartending and waitressing for me is not gonna get it. I want to have a career I can go to have a steady schedule and be able to share my life with my family not just co-exist.

Only my opinion

I think that being an online student has given me a lot more flexibility in my schedule. I went to a ground school before I moved to Ma and I hated leaving my kids with a baby sitter, driving back and forth to school, getting up and rushing around in the morning and trying to get my assignments finished in one evening. Anyone who has kids or just a lot going on in general would have a hard time focusing on reading or doing homework. I like being able to plan my day out and list which tasks need to be finished now and which can wait. I love being able to spend more time with my husband and little girls. It feels wonderful when they come running into my room every morning and climb up in bed with me. I don't have to tell them I have to leave them. If I feel like staying in pajammas all day it does not matter, no one can see what I am wearing. I do not have to fight with traffic or worry about stopping for gas. It has become such a pleasure to be a student. I think the online environment is the best decision I could have made to further my education and benefit my family at the same time. I do not regret my choice.

Week 2

I must say, this class has so far been the most interesting I have taken so far. I don't know how many of you know but I am not a tech person. I do not have a great grasp of computers but I do like to figure things out. I was a little hesitant about this blog page but I am feeling a little more comfortable. I really like the idea of free writing to the world. They can either read it or not. I can vent or celebrate without worry. It does seem to take some of the pressure off. I really liked creating the page in general. Well I have research to get started and class tonight so I will go for now.