Life

Life cereal is pretty good. So is the pineapple angel cake (angel food cake mix and crushed pineapple), especially topped with whipped cream (light is great!). Not to mention fish tacos.

So things are still busy and I'm really glad I'm not married with kids while working full time and going to school. How did Mom do that?! I guess overall things are going well - I'm trying hard to stay caught up and not let the little things go (like my contacts spreadsheet, my office appearance, phone calls, etc.). But it's a constant struggle - put out the most pressing fires first, and maybe I'll get around to the small fires later!

I've been thinking a lot lately. About decisions - have I made the right ones? Should I have done that? Should I have said yes or no? Should I not have let my stress level decide for me? Should I have let those little things bother me so much? Should I have been more assertive? affectionate? Should I have tried harder?

Emily's birthday was fun - backwards is the way to go! Mom & I went to Jonesboro to the new mall and shopped some too. That was fun!! I'm glad Mom got to come up and hang out - party, shop, church, just hanging out at home drinking tea. Thanks for your visit Mom - come back soon!

I'm really looking forward to Elissa coming back next week - planning food, things to do, things to talk about (why is she out of the country when I'm dying to talk?!?!?). And of course, I can't wait to sigh over Michael Buble. sigh.

Hope you have a great week.

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So, school is going well. I did well on my first test. I'm working through the Universal by Design Stage 1 Planning. I think I'm starting to "get" it now although sometimes it still seems like a lot of busy work. I'm still trying to get my tutoring hours in - I have three different things so most weeks I can get at least one hour in! If you need a little help learning something new in nutrition, health, wellness, combating heart disease (the number 1 killer of women), money management, etc. - give me a call.

Work is going well. If you are interested in Strong Women, I'm teaching 2 classes again. Mondays & Wednesdays at 1:00 p.m. in the Family Room at College church, and Tuesdays & Thursdays at 2:00 p.m. in the fellowship hall at the First Baptist Church in El Paso. I get to go to LR three times this week - ugh.

Supper Club is Thursday night. The good thing about being in it so long is that I can "recycle" recipes. So I'm making "white chili" which is what Staci made when we were partners in January 2004 or 2005. If you haven't used www.eVite.com it is pretty nice for party planning stuff.

Emily turns SEVEN on Sunday and I get to go party on Saturday!!! Yeah - I feel like it's been forever since I've seen them. I can't wait to see the Tuckers house - unpacked. And Mom will be coming & staying with me. Fun!

I don't have any deep thoughts. I'm looking forward to Elissa coming in a few weeks and we're going to see Michael Buble in concert!!!!! Can't wait!!! www.michaelbuble.com

It's Not Easy Being Green....

I already knew I was a "green" personality (NT for those of you not familiar with the colors). I came up with a lot of gold for my learning personality but I think I'm still green. But I didn't know it was more rare than, say, blue. I keep thinking of Kermit for some reason....

It's been a long but busy week. School is interesting - we even had a socratic seminar on Wednesday. After class, I went to Lara Noah's office to check out her "skylight" from the wind damage. It was good to see her!

I got my Harding magazine today. Best article is the last one, although reading about some of the history and customs of Harding was pretty interesting also.

I guess I don't have a lot to say tonight. I'm sleepy and I have to teach Best Care tomorrow. I should probably go over my lessons again! I get to teach about tax credits and sandcastles & mud puddles. Should be fun.