Along with the new house comes a second job. I’ve had it for about 2 months now, but I just started it today. Christle and I are cleaning my parents church for some extra money. It’s kinda weird, because Christle’s been cleaning our church for free for so many years. I got to listen to my iPod while I was cleaning, and it was really not that bad. I’ve been going non-stop for the past few days and I was kinda hoping for a break. I think I’ve got a little one coming this weekend, if only for half a day.
Category: Activities
Activities occuring in the near future… or in the past is okay, too
Finally Moving
I’m shutting down my computer to let it cool down before we start moving tomorrow. I’m really excited about getting out there. We’re going to have bare essentials tomorrow night, but we’ll be moving everything else on Friday.
School Work vs. Home Work
I lucked out this week. I finished with one of my course’s assignments for the week on Monday night, and the other course I’m taking is giving us two weeks to finish the lesson we’re on, so I don’t have to spend too much time worrying about a deadline this weekend.
The best thing about that is that we’re hoping to finish working on the house this weekend. I’m so excited about making the move that I don’t want anything to get in the way of it. I made sure that I had all of my school work out of the way before this weekend, and now I’m way ahead.
I wish I had this kind of motivation all of the time, because it feels really good to have it done almost a week before it’s due. (I’ve already gotten a perfect score on each one of my assignments for the week.
Continuing Education
I’ve filled out the forms for FAFSA, and it looks like I qualify for financial aid to return to school. I should be starting in March. I’m pretty excited about getting back to getting a degree. I will start slowly and go for an Associates of Applied Science in General Education.
I currently have been afraid of going back to school because I have been afraid of failing. I know that I have to face that fear and push forward in order to build myself. That’s the only way I’m going to stop talking about returning to school and actually go.
I’ll be glad to get something to put on my resume that shows that I’m striving for improvement in my life, and give the impression of growth and the desire for knowledge.
Christle says that I currently lack mental challenges, and I need something to complete the circuit of my desire for problem-solving and learning activities. School sounds like the best thing to fill that need.
Nano Sold
I’ve sold my Nano, and I’m waiting for the money to be transferred from paypal to my account so I can purchase my Video iPod.
It was pretty exciting, because I got to see people fighting over it. I believe I put a pretty good package out there for them, got a good deal on it, and gave someone else a good deal in the process.
The guy who won it has an email address that looks like someone in the US Army. I wrote him a little note to put in the package thanking him for his service.
Today’s Change of Plans
I woke up this morning with the expectations of going to see The Chronicles of Narnia today. My daughter convinced me to spend it with her.
We went to the park to play. We then went to the fitness center to find out about membership info (another new year’s resolution). We then shared an awesome pizza from Village Pizza & Seafood. I took her to the mall to ride on the carousel, where I got sick the second time around, and had ice cream afterwards.
I took her shopping for some stuff for her birthday party, picked up some bottled water, and went walking at the track at the local middle school. She was so thrilled that I couldn’t stop her from running almost the entire time. We came back home and she drove her little Jeep up and down the road a few times until it was too dark to stay on the road.
I had a blast today, and it’s all thanks to my daughter, Alaina, and the fact that I was able to see what was more important in life.
Christmas Shopping is Done
We have completed our Christmas shopping. We don’t have to buy anything else for Christmas this year. It makes my Christmas that much more special, because I don’t want to have to think of buying anything for Christmas again.
I’d be even happier if my iPod hadn’t died today. For some unknown reason, it will not reset, or let me update it with the ipod updater. Windows will not detect it at all. I’m feeling helpless. Hopefully the warranty will be worth the pdf it was saved to (in leiu of the paper it was printed on). I’ve already filed for the warranty work, so hopefully that will work out.
Christmas – 1 Family
We all have those parts of the family that we dread getting together with. There’s one faction of my wife’s family that makes it hard to get through Christmas. Not all of them are annoying, self-annointed, looking down their nose at you, selfish, self-righteous, and always know (think) they’re right people that make me wish I could get in a car accident on the way to the party so I have an excuse not to show up kind of people.
I just found out that they had their Christmas get-together this past saturday. They apparently sent word about the party through a third party that the event was happening, and we (Christle and I) didn’t find out about it until just today. There is a long story to this, but for the sake of wanting to keep things simple, I don’t want to get into it. I’m not offended… ok, I guess I am kinda offended. For those of you who have a brain out there, when you want to invite someone to something, invite them. Don’t tell anyone else to invite them. Build up some etiquette, and do it yourself.
The rest of Christmas should be great.
I really do miss the fact that we won’t be able to spend time with them, I’d just be a lot sadder if they’d cared to make sure we knew we were invited.
Merry Christmas!
Still Here
We got to the hospital around 9:30 this morning, and we’re still waiting to have the baby. Dilation is coming along slowly and the epidural has been applied successfully, and as I’m typing the doctor has just broken her water sack. She’s 3.5 centimeters dilated, and we’re hoping to get to the faster paced stuff pretty quickly.
Inducing Labor
Tomorrow night we will be inducing labor in the evening. This should make for a long night. I’m already starting to feel the effects of the nerves on my stomach. Once she is born, though, it will be nice to be able to get a little rest without having to go to work the following morning.
Good night!