All Good Things........

I love the quote "All good things must come to an end..." because of it's truth. This week starts the end of another term here at Kaplan, and it is really making me sad this time. I have had some really great classmates in both of my classes, and the professors were fabulous. I have learned so much from all of them. I believe that a true sign of a great teacher is their ability to share their wisdom with their students. This term I got to meet two very wise ladies that are very good teachers of wisdom. It has been a good week of finishing up assignments, and writing final term papers. My two papers were worlds apart in topic, but very interesting to research and write. In my composition class we learned new ways to outline and revise our papers that helped me to finalize my paper into what I hope is a good paper. Drawing off of my experience with my father's surgery, my anatomy paper was on the heart. I think that my experience at the hospital really helped me to get a solid grasp of the the heart and the circulatory system and to summarize it into another good paper. I can finally say that Johnathon and I have had a very good week together writing and reading. I am looking forward to a little time off from school to relax and fuel up for the next term. I am excited to see what the next classes have in store for me. I hope that everyone has a great week!

Sometimes Stress Can Motivate

Wow time is going by so fast this term in school. It seems like we just started classes instead of finishing up. This past week has been a blur of activity. My little one is back in school, and that means a busier daily schedule. I decided this week to rent a computer to use for class until I can afford to buy a whole new computer. It has been awhile since I had to shop for a computer so I was shocked at how expensive some of them were. I was fascinated by the voice activated version. That one was definitely not in my small budget. I decided to wait on buying one because I need to save up first, but I needed more time to carefully look for what I needed. With so many things going on at once, I couldn't devote as much time to looking as I wanted to. The computer that I had was not a very expensive one and that is probably why it is no longer with us. With that in mind I am going to be more careful this time around in my search for a new computer. This whole disaster has me very behind in my schoolwork, but I am very hopeful that since I have a temporary computer that I will be able to get caught up and move forward from this disaster. I will have to say that I am enjoying doing my homework while Johnathon is doing his. I think that watching me do mine is helping to show him how important it is to do your work. I hope that this next week is a much calmer week.

It can only get better.

At this point in the week, I am ready to sit down and cry. It has been a really bad week for me. Last week my computer decided to crash. I have been since told that there is no hope of ressirection. I have lost all of my schoolwork for almost a year, but especially all of my research for my two final papers this term. I am dividing up my time going between my son, my brother, and my father using their computers to try and catch up. I am really afraid right now that I am drowning. My little one started back to school yesterday, and had a great day he said. However, that good feeling did not quite make it through today. I got the dreaded phone call from the principal, and school just started. The funniest part about it is that he just wants to make friends. He has such a big heart, that he doesn't realize some kids don't want to be friends. The world is not the same as it was when I was in third grade, and that is really sad. He has so much love and heart to give a friend that I really hope he finds the friend he is looking for. So that is a short description of how this past week has gone except for not mentioning the extreme internet withdrawals I am having. I truly hope that this week is better, it surely cannot get any worse. Until next week...........

At some stage in our livesour parents stop being the ones we turn to, and we become the caretakers. I jumped right in the middle of that scenario with my dad's surgery. We brought him home Monday, knowing that it was going to be rough for a while. We were told so many times that his personality would change after this surgery, but we were not really seeing any signs of that in the hospital. Now that he is home though, that has changed. He wants my mom, my brother, and me right there all the time. Now besides the obvious things that a single mom has to do like work and take care of the kids, I am a full time college student. This term my classes are very interesting, but there is a lot of work to do as well. Trying so hard to be there to help my dad, has put me behind in school this week. I seem to be having a lot of trouble putting my final paper together for one of my classes. I have so much information gathered on my topic, but I cannot seem to put it all together. Everything that I want to say is in my head, but it is not making it down to the paper. I must say that it is much easier to hit the delete button on the computer these days when you do not like what you have written than to crumble up tons of paper. I love writing on the computer, but I miss having my laptop that I could take with me to keep on working. One day soon I hope to catch up with myself, and catch up on the things that I need to get done. Until next week.....

Hello everyone. It has been a very long week, but a very blessed week. I spent a lot of time with my parents in the days leading up ti his surgery on Monday. We laughed, cried, told stories, and remembered all the times we have had together. The day before surgery I was able to give my parents the certificate that I had received from Kaplan for having a 4.0 GPA. It felt so good to see how proud my father was when he read that certificate. This is just one of the many ways that being a student at Kaplan has influenced my life. At 3:30 Monday morning my parents, my older brother and I left for the hospital and a very long day. As a student studying to be a medical assistant, the whole process was fascinating. I was amazed at how much of the tests and terminology I understood. While my dad was in surgery I sat with my mom, and she actually helped me to study for this weeks exams. We went back a couple of chapters to the chapter on the heart. We had fun studying the heart and getting a better understanding of what was happening in that operating room. He came through the surgery with flying colors, and was settled into the intensive care unit. Once again my schooling came to the rescue as the nurse explained all the tubes and lines, and what would happen next. As of today my father is awake some, and has even sat up in bed. Tonight I know how blessed I am to have the family that I have.

Prayers for my father

Another busy week has come and gone. We learned this week that my father is going to have to go through a triple bypass this week. The trouble that he is having lead me to choose the heart for my anatomy term paper, and has helped all of to understand more about what is happening to him. This grave situation has drawm all of us closer together as a family praying for a successful operation and a quick recovery. Why do we wait for something bad to happen, before we stop and realize how important someone is in our lives? My parents have always been there for me no matter what, and I think that I just took it for granted in my busy life that they would always be there. While I am not thankful for my dads health problems, I am very thankful that God got my attention so that I would once again realize what a blessing my parents are in my life.

Vacation Time

Hello everyone. Last week was very eventful for my family. The time had finally arrived that I could meet my new grandson. His name is Carson and he was born in April. James, Johnathon, and I loaded up the car and headed to Sulphur, LA for the week. I thought that I had planned for everything that could possibly happen on our trip, but little did I know that I hadn't. A little background on my youngest son Johnathon is that he has ADHD and is easily excited. Around 4 a.m. he woke up and started screaming. At this point I was being a good student in the passengers seat working on my Anatomy homework. When Johnathon screamed I shut my laptop quickly with my textbook inside. Needles to say that Johnathon was fine, he noticed the big battleship in Mobile Alabama. My laptop was not nearly as lucky because I had cracked the screen when I shut it. Was this a sign of how the rest of our trip was going to be? When we arrived at my sons home after 13 hours in the car, we were all three ready to be out of that car. I was ready to meet the newest member of the family, and the smile that I got made everything worth while. We set JOhnathon free to run off hours of built up energy, and I settled in to spoil my grandson as much as I could. Since I had done such a good job of destoying my laptop, getting my schoolwork done was impossible. There was one computer technician in Sulphur, and he wanted a small fortune to fix my laptop and that was not going to be possible. I found out quickly that not every household has a computer or the internet. I am very thankful though that I am an online college student because I have been able to catch back up since I got home. We had a great week as a family, and showing all the sights to Johnathon and Carson. We said our tearful goodbyes and headed back to Florida very blessed and very tired.