Tired...

Boy, am I tired. Christopher and I have been sick off and on since Thanksgiving (memo to me: get flu and pneumonia shot this year) and it is just about killing me and Ben. On top of being sick, the poor guy has been going through several growth spurts. "What does this all have to do with being tired," you say? Christopher has now decided that he is still sleepy at his regular time of 7:30/8PM BUT that instead of sleeping 10 hours a night, he simply needs 6-8 hours. Which means, he wakes up at  3 or 4 in the morning. On rare occasions he graces the world at 2 or 5, but this morning because he has been so sick the past few days, it was a 12:45AM wake-up call. I am amazed at the stamina I possess at this time considering I have been up for 3 1/2 hours now and I'm not even tired...well, sort of. Oh, and did I mention that I am sick as well. I am just a day or so behind Christopher so I lie in wait to see my fate.
 OH! I think I hear him waking from his "nap"...better go! Get some sleep...for me. (*yawn*)

Halfway Point

I just finished my mid-terms for the first time in about 15 years. Lemme tell ya, the tests were easy but I am not good at tests. I second-guess everything. I did alright, I got B's on my tests and I already have A's so I suppose it's not all bad.
In the attempts to not overwhelm myself, I have decided to add another component to my week: volleyball. It's not a huge commitment but I was hoping to finally be doing something that is solely for myself and not for anyone else. Trying not to think of it as a selfish act, I had my first time at it tonight. I sucked! I think there was only one other bad player on our team. What's worse is that we are big enough to split into two teams. GREAT. Just what I need: an adult version of "last picked". Next Thursday is our first tournament. We have practice on Wednesday and I'm hoping to hone any skills possible!
Well, wish me luck on getting better grades and better skills!

What A Week!

Well, I have completed my first week of school. I have to say, it is quite easy...a little too easy.
If you didn't already know, I am attending University of Phoenix online. Which means that everything I do from buying/reading books to turning in homework and participating in "class" is all done online. It's pretty much a designated forum with a chat room (but not live chat) and a main forum from which we participate in "class". Some of the participation involves responding to discussion questions the teacher has set up for us to talk about. Then we have to respond to other students' responses. That last part is what has me a bit verklempt. Right now I am taking pretty much remedial courses for credit so some of the students in the class are a bit slow on the uptake sometimes. It's incredibly difficult to respond to someone who just found out, for instance, that being overweight and not getting enough sleep is considered poor health. And then to respond to the person responding to the first person who says they were also blind-sided by such information and thought only smoking was true sign of bad and unhealthy choices.
(*sigh*)Aaaahhh, oh well. I really only have a few more weeks until my next course (which I forget what was at this moment), so I will fumble through and search for things to learn about and people to learn from. Either way, this whole experience is exciting for me, no matter how mundane, and I am eager for each new day that will lead me closer to my goal!

Orientation Done!!

Well, I finally finished my three week orientation class. I have a week until I start the real thing. I start with remedial courses pretty much: Principles of Health and Wellness ( :P) and Introduction to University Studies (blah!). Oh well, at least I'm in and starting! I know it's a long road and not a lot of folks believe that I will finish, but I will! I'm trying to gather as much support as possible because, truthfully, I am not what you would call a "finisher". I tend to bite off more than I can chew. This time, though, I am taking a slow and comfortable pace. I am in no real hurry, I have no need to race anyone to the finish line. I have nothing to prove to anyone except myself! I have ideas of what I would like to do when I finish each of my goals...like PARTIES!! My gift to me for finishing the orientation is going on to the next level and begin working on my AA. I am both excited and nervous, but here I go nonetheless.

Yay Me!!

I have done a lot in secret lately, but I'm trying to stop that. I believe there are things you should keep to yourself, of course, but the things I have been holding to myself have just been out of insecurity. I don't like to be judged (even though it's one of my favorite pastimes). I actually care what people think of me and I don't think that is a bad thing as long as it's not taken too far. I don't like rejection either, it effects me in a bad way. I was hesistant to share my entering into school again for fear that I would fail and people would ask about it. At this point and time I do not feel like I am going to fail, in fact I feel quite positive about it. I understand my risks so don't you worry. With that being said, I have another little secret to share: I have been trying to take better care of myself. I don't like to say "diet" because to me that seems to imply that it will all come to an end rather than being a life-long venture. I don't have a weight goal (that's too depressing for me) but I do have a simple goal of just doing better (whatever that means to me). I won't go into too much detail on how I'm doing it simply because I don't want any unsolicited advice. What I am doing is actually working for me, thus the "Yay Me" title of this post! I don't stand on scales because I will obsess too much about that, but I can tell it's starting to work because my clothes fit much better! I pulled my more snug pair of jeans right out of the dryer and put them on without any trouble! No huffing and puffing, no having to manuever my body positioning to fit in my jeans. Nope. Just put 'em on one leg at a time! It..was..AWESOME!! I don't think my weight loss is very noticable, but at least I can tell and that helps me carry on! Yay Me!!

Merry Christmas to ME!!

I don't know why it has taken me almost 3 weeks to realize that my school starts just two days after Christmas!! Right now I am doing an orientation class to get me acquainted with the classroom format for an online course. It is a 3 week class which ends on the 18th of December. Then my REAL schooling begins on the 27th! WOW! So excited and so scared at the same time. I think I'm ready for it though. Bring it!!

Week 2 of School

Just like Alice of Wonderland fame, this school stuff is getting curiouser and curiouser.
Right now I'm only in the trial or Orientation phase, but I've already ridden the roller coaster of knowledge a few times. Some things have been difficult to get the hang of, but like so many other classrooms, I was not the only one with questions (and many of them the same!) But I think I'm finally getting the hang of it all...except...
Because there is no formal classroom that we all meet in (we're all in different states including the Professor) we have to have discussions somehow. In order to be flexible for all involved, the idea of Skyping or any other online video chat is really out of the question. So, we all do sort of a chat room/blog room. The teacher posts questions for us to respond to during the week and we post our reply. The frustrating part of it is, you don't get credit for just replying to the question. You have to comment on others comments. I'm not very good at this because although I blog in a lot of ways it is just me with a few comments here and there...and I'm not graded on it!
Oh well...I guess I have to be more friendly and comment more...here goes week 2!