I cannot believe I haven't posted in over a year! But I suppose that happens when life just gets in the way! (That and the ease of Facebook on my iPhone.) Hmmm. Where to begin???
I guess the biggest change came in January, when I started the Nursing Program at Georgia Highlands College. I had been working toward this for a few years and finally I had all my credits and applied for the accelerated entrance. I can't tell you how good it felt to get that big yellow envelope with my acceptance letter! I LOVE SCHOOL! And I know without a doubt that this is what I am meant to do. I have just started my 3rd semester and only have about 8 more months to go. I have met some amazing people that I know will be life long friends. I have found something that gives me back a little piece of Melissa and at the same time, I am giving back. And hopefully I'm making a difference in a few of the lives that I touch. I know I have had patients make an impact in my own life just in the few weeks of clinicals I've already completed the last two semesters.
Chris and I are doing amazing. My only complaint is that we have ZERO time as a couple. But I know one day the kids will be grown and then we'll have plenty of time to read the newspaper and drink coffee together in an empty house.
Neal is in 8th grade and is testing his limits on some days. But all in all he's a great kid. I know I've said it before but I must repeat myself, some days I don't know what I'd do without him. He's very smart, but is in that lazy-teenager stage and likes to sleep, text, and see how much he can accomplish and get by without having to do any more than necessary.
Jacob is in 4th grade and has recently become very affectionate. He's always been a sensitive and sincere child, but as he's maturing I can see that he is probably my most outwardly loving child. He's one smart cookie, too. He exceeded on everything on his CRCT Standardized testing and came pretty close to a perfect score in 3 of the categories. My only worry is that he wants to be a brewmaster when he grows up.
Zach is, well, Zach. He's in Gateway and is soooooooo smart, yet somehow common sense is not his most admirable quality. He is a very unique child though and always finds a way to make me smile in wonder. He wants to be an actor and/or model and is auditioning for his first play in October.
Mikey just started Pre-K. God where has the time gone??? He is by far my funniest kid. The things he does could not have been scripted better by the most comical of screen writers. He's very smart and has zero fear. We finally figured out that his tummy & asthma troubles stem from large consumption of milk & milk products. Not a true allergy, just quantity. So he's been pretty healthy, aside from a stint of Scarlett Fever in July.
Eli is the most stubborn 2 year old I have ever met. He started daycare due to my school schedule and is 3 times the size of the other kids his age. He's also very smart (see a trend here???) He has me wrapped around his finger with those gorgeous eyes and his little manicial laugh. He's such a stinker. But he's also a huggie-kissie kind of kid and no matter what's going on, one good squeeze from that kid and it all just melts away. He dealt with Coxsackie Virus in July (yes, while Mikey had Scarlett Fever -fun times at the Hughes Ranch) but other wise has been very healthy too. That virus was brutal, he was in so much pain, my heart just broke for him!
Mom and I took the boyz on a road trip to Indiana in July while I had a few weeks off from classes and then Neal went on over to Iowa and spent almost 4 weeks with Chris' brother, Matt. I took Jacob & Zach to Six Flags and Mikey to the movies to see Cars 2. We spent a few days at the pool and for the most part had a laid back summer due to my crazy school schedule. Oh, and for Spring Break mom and I took the older three on a fun filled day trip to Atlanta for the World of Coke and Centennial Park to Geocache (which is a new favorite hobby for me and the boyz).
I am very much looking forward to next summer, after graduation, to take them on a nice vacation somewhere beachy and then the following summer to Disney. We all look ahead to the future with lots of hopes and dreams based on my new career. I hope that this decision brings our family to place with some much needed financial peace and helps us move forward with all the wonderful plans we have for our amazing family of seven.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Safety Lessons to Teach Your Kids
About 4 weeks ago I had a very bad nightmare that involved my suburban full of boyz crashing into a raging river. That morning when we were all awake, I told the boyz what they should do if by chance our car ever crashed into a body of water. (I would open all the windows and sunroof and they were to unbuckle themselves and swim to safety, and let me save the babies, and that if I'm unconscious, Neal can help get the babies out but Jacob and Zach should still only worry about themselves, and to get help!) I know there's like a 0% chance of it happening, but if I didn't tell them, then Murphy's Law says those chances would increase had I not told them what to do.
Now, today, Jacob got stuck on an elevator. We were getting off and he was playing around and the doors closed on him. There we all were on the 1st floor and there he was in the elevator, going up. I yelled for him to "press 1" but he didn't in time and up it went. So, we stayed there and eventually (it seemed like forever but was probably less than 2 minutes) the doors opened and there he was on the elevator with 2 women. So once we got to the car, we discussed the options. (Jump out, the doors won't close on you. If it's too late, press the button of the floor you were getting off of. If the doors don't open right back up, ride the elevator to where it's going then press the number to get back to the floor you should be on. If you can't remember what floor, press them all, we will be waiting right where you left us and you will see us when the doors open. Don't panic, don't talk to strangers, and if someone grabs you SCREAM!!!)
Now, today, Jacob got stuck on an elevator. We were getting off and he was playing around and the doors closed on him. There we all were on the 1st floor and there he was in the elevator, going up. I yelled for him to "press 1" but he didn't in time and up it went. So, we stayed there and eventually (it seemed like forever but was probably less than 2 minutes) the doors opened and there he was on the elevator with 2 women. So once we got to the car, we discussed the options. (Jump out, the doors won't close on you. If it's too late, press the button of the floor you were getting off of. If the doors don't open right back up, ride the elevator to where it's going then press the number to get back to the floor you should be on. If you can't remember what floor, press them all, we will be waiting right where you left us and you will see us when the doors open. Don't panic, don't talk to strangers, and if someone grabs you SCREAM!!!)
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
too much excitement for me!
(first let me apologize, this is a copy/paste from an email)
so at the movies i got into a verbal altercation....i was soooooo mad i was shaking. but alas, it did NOT ruin Eclipse for me and Neal. actually we laughed quite a bit about it once we got in the car.
neal had left me to go sit with some girls from school and chat it up. right before the movie started my sweet son came back to sit with me b/c he didn't want me sitting alone. we were sitting there and this girl, about 6 is walking down the row behind us, following her mom or grandmom. poor kid is carrying a large popcorn and a 44oz coke, which i could barely do as an adult. so we're sitting there and something crashes on my shoulder and into neal's lap, yep, her entired 44oz soda. niiiice. she is trying to tell the lady she is following but that woman just keeps going and just ignores what happened. so i'm trying to dry neal off a bit - he is SOAKED. and as i turn to move him to the seat on my left, that woman drops herb big ole purse in the seat. i politely say, my son is going to sit there b/c your little girl just spilled her entire coke on him and he and his seat are soaking wet. she says "she did not spill her coke on him" and i said, "yes, she did" and she again says she didn't. the lady behind us pipes in and says "oh yes, she did spill her entire large coke right on that little boy". and the woman says "well there's three of us and we're sitting here, there's no where else to sit". first of all, we had been there for 45 minutes in our seats, and they just came in. there were actually lots of places to sit. in my opinion they should have moved and apologized. but no. so i say, "look, she spilled her drink on him and you didn't even stop or say your sorry or anything and now he's soaked and so is his seat". she again tells me that they are not moving and too bad for him. and says "do you want everyone looking at you?" i quickly informed her that i didn't care, we didn't do antying wrong and she just looked at me. so i'm like "seriously???? un-freakin'-believable. y'all are the reason he's wet and you're going to tell me he has to sit through this moving soaking we with sticky soda and in a wet seat????" about then the lady behind pipes in again and asked if it was just us and that there's two seats beside her to come on up. so i said "thank you, we'll be the bigger person here and we'll move seats". as i'm picking up my stuff that woman says "good thing b/c i was about to throw your ass through that screen".....i looked right at her and said "and i'll have you thrown in jail". as i turned to neal and she said "i don't care" so as i turn to walk i tell her that "why, yes, i'm sure that's a place YOU'RE familiar with". as we get to the end of the row she says "i'm sorry your mom is so rude" to neal. i thought neal was going to come unglued. but we just went and sat down. i was sooooooooo mad, i was shaking. everyone around us was like "i would be, too" and the lady that offered us the seats said "karma's a bitch". then their other person comes and they start looking for the girl's cup, well neal had grabbed it will all our stuff, since it was in his lap afterall. they asked me if i knew where it was and i just ignored them, and that lady beside me said "do NOT answer her". i sat the cup on the floor. and they got the usher dude to come over with a flashlight to look for it, but the idiots didn't look on the floor behind our original seats, so when i left, i took that $5 cup with me! take that, meanies! the teenage girl on neal's other side also got pretty wet, my shoulder was wet, but neal got the brunt of it. anyway, teenage girl's mom went and got the mananager and that dude did nothing about it, even when i told him she threatened me. all he said is "i'm just trying to avoid confrontation". everyone was like "huh????". so that was my excitement.
then i got to target tonight and realized i've lost my debit card. it has to be on the floor where we were orginally sitting....unless they found it with the flashlight, lol.
i called and cancelled it and moved everything into the savings account.
.i'm seriously drained. i'm too old for this drama.
so at the movies i got into a verbal altercation....i was soooooo mad i was shaking. but alas, it did NOT ruin Eclipse for me and Neal. actually we laughed quite a bit about it once we got in the car.
neal had left me to go sit with some girls from school and chat it up. right before the movie started my sweet son came back to sit with me b/c he didn't want me sitting alone. we were sitting there and this girl, about 6 is walking down the row behind us, following her mom or grandmom. poor kid is carrying a large popcorn and a 44oz coke, which i could barely do as an adult. so we're sitting there and something crashes on my shoulder and into neal's lap, yep, her entired 44oz soda. niiiice. she is trying to tell the lady she is following but that woman just keeps going and just ignores what happened. so i'm trying to dry neal off a bit - he is SOAKED. and as i turn to move him to the seat on my left, that woman drops herb big ole purse in the seat. i politely say, my son is going to sit there b/c your little girl just spilled her entire coke on him and he and his seat are soaking wet. she says "she did not spill her coke on him" and i said, "yes, she did" and she again says she didn't. the lady behind us pipes in and says "oh yes, she did spill her entire large coke right on that little boy". and the woman says "well there's three of us and we're sitting here, there's no where else to sit". first of all, we had been there for 45 minutes in our seats, and they just came in. there were actually lots of places to sit. in my opinion they should have moved and apologized. but no. so i say, "look, she spilled her drink on him and you didn't even stop or say your sorry or anything and now he's soaked and so is his seat". she again tells me that they are not moving and too bad for him. and says "do you want everyone looking at you?" i quickly informed her that i didn't care, we didn't do antying wrong and she just looked at me. so i'm like "seriously???? un-freakin'-believable. y'all are the reason he's wet and you're going to tell me he has to sit through this moving soaking we with sticky soda and in a wet seat????" about then the lady behind pipes in again and asked if it was just us and that there's two seats beside her to come on up. so i said "thank you, we'll be the bigger person here and we'll move seats". as i'm picking up my stuff that woman says "good thing b/c i was about to throw your ass through that screen".....i looked right at her and said "and i'll have you thrown in jail". as i turned to neal and she said "i don't care" so as i turn to walk i tell her that "why, yes, i'm sure that's a place YOU'RE familiar with". as we get to the end of the row she says "i'm sorry your mom is so rude" to neal. i thought neal was going to come unglued. but we just went and sat down. i was sooooooooo mad, i was shaking. everyone around us was like "i would be, too" and the lady that offered us the seats said "karma's a bitch". then their other person comes and they start looking for the girl's cup, well neal had grabbed it will all our stuff, since it was in his lap afterall. they asked me if i knew where it was and i just ignored them, and that lady beside me said "do NOT answer her". i sat the cup on the floor. and they got the usher dude to come over with a flashlight to look for it, but the idiots didn't look on the floor behind our original seats, so when i left, i took that $5 cup with me! take that, meanies! the teenage girl on neal's other side also got pretty wet, my shoulder was wet, but neal got the brunt of it. anyway, teenage girl's mom went and got the mananager and that dude did nothing about it, even when i told him she threatened me. all he said is "i'm just trying to avoid confrontation". everyone was like "huh????". so that was my excitement.
then i got to target tonight and realized i've lost my debit card. it has to be on the floor where we were orginally sitting....unless they found it with the flashlight, lol.
i called and cancelled it and moved everything into the savings account.
.i'm seriously drained. i'm too old for this drama.
Friday, June 25, 2010
Thunderstorms
These seem to be the norm most afternoons these days, today Jacbo and Zach made me laugh about them.
First, it was just starting and Jacob, who hates storms, came inside and said "Zach is outside and it's raining and light-nin and thundrin and Zach won't come in". No sooner than this came out of his mouth, there was a massive BOOM of rumbling thunder and I said "I bet he won't be out
there much longer" and with that this fast streak of 7 year old kid came surging across the yard, onto the porch and in the front door. Jacob and I just laughed, Zach looked like he was being chased by a monster.
Second, Zach asked me "Do you know who makes the rain?" and I said "Who?" Zach tells me the devil makes the rain and Jacob pipes up "No way, the devil can't make rain, he doesn't have water only fire".
First, it was just starting and Jacob, who hates storms, came inside and said "Zach is outside and it's raining and light-nin and thundrin and Zach won't come in". No sooner than this came out of his mouth, there was a massive BOOM of rumbling thunder and I said "I bet he won't be out
there much longer" and with that this fast streak of 7 year old kid came surging across the yard, onto the porch and in the front door. Jacob and I just laughed, Zach looked like he was being chased by a monster.
Second, Zach asked me "Do you know who makes the rain?" and I said "Who?" Zach tells me the devil makes the rain and Jacob pipes up "No way, the devil can't make rain, he doesn't have water only fire".
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Listening
to Zach explain to Jacob why he could have just killed Zach. Jacob put Zach in a drawer and shut it. So when he finally let's Zach out (like 5 second later), Zach says "damnit! if i didn't have much air i could have died!!! you could have killllllllled me!!!! jackass!"
(zach has severe asthma and is hypervigilant to his breathing)
now i'm off to find the bar of soap....
(zach has severe asthma and is hypervigilant to his breathing)
now i'm off to find the bar of soap....
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Is Summer Over Yet??
"no, i didn't"
"yes, you did"
"no, i didn't"
"yes, you did"
"neal hurt me"
"get out of my room"
"undecipherable whining"
"no, i didn't"
"yes, you did"
"can i have a snack"
"eli's poooooopie"
"i'm telling"
"undecipherable thuds from fighting/wrestling"
"that's mine"
"i'm telling"
is summer over yet????
"yes, you did"
"no, i didn't"
"yes, you did"
"neal hurt me"
"get out of my room"
"undecipherable whining"
"no, i didn't"
"yes, you did"
"can i have a snack"
"eli's poooooopie"
"i'm telling"
"undecipherable thuds from fighting/wrestling"
"that's mine"
"i'm telling"
is summer over yet????
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Today
We went to the "lie-berry" and saw "midget horses".
(That's Zach for "we went to the library and saw minature horses".)
(That's Zach for "we went to the library and saw minature horses".)
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