Just VentingWednesday, May 02, 2007
all done!Well, i took my last exam on monday! it feels so good to be done with it all. My graduation is friday and I cant wait!! Then we have my sister's wedding on Saturday. It's a big week here.
Now i really have to get on the ball about getting things together if i want to go to grad school. I have a lot of questions about the program i want to go into, so i need to go speak with the person in charge of it all. I plan to make an appointment to do that sometime soon, plus i still need to take the GRE. that sounds fun. (**yuck**) oh well.
Today after i got out of work, i had a little while until i could pick logan up from daycare (they dont like us to come during nap time, because logan will wake up all the other kids. he doesnt nap, but he is at least quiet until we show up) So i sat down on the couch to kill some time and promptly fell asleep! I suddenly woke up at about 245 and raced off to get him. (naptime is over around 2, 2:15) what a bad mommy i am! His teacher didnt care at all, he was playing with the other kids. She told me that i must've needed my rest. I still felt bad, even tho i dont think my kid even noticed. oh well.
well, i am off to play outside with the boy now. He just finished watching his sesame street sing-a-long dvd. It's so cute, he sings along to all the songs now...his favorites are twinkle twinkle little star and baa-baa black sheep. Its so adorable.
have a good week! I will try to get pictures from this weekend up on here as soon as i can.
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Kristie ::
6:00 PM ::
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Monday, April 23, 2007
kids & sleepi am trying to study for my exam tomorrow in spanish. Logan keeps getting up. i swear the kid has opened his door at least every 10 minutes, if not sooner since 8. he was unbelievably cranky when i put him down and seemed very tired. And now he is all sorts of pleasant. I would just yell at him or whatever, but he keeps asking to go potty. which when we get there, he wont actually go. Since we are in the middle of potty training, i dont want to discourage him from asking to go, but i know he is manipulating me and just saying it so he can get up.
he did the same thing last night, and i eventually stopped letting him try and a few hours after he finally fell asleep, he peed so much he wet the whole bed and came running into my room at 3 am (i was up for work already so at least he didnt wake me) and didnt go back to sleep until after i left for work at 4am. I had to wake my parents to deal with him b/c he was getting into everything. All last week he went to bed great. no fuss, no getting up. (well, not much, once or twice a few nights, but not like this) Why does he have to be so one way or the other?
So basically that leaves my studying being interrupted every 10 minutes. And i could just quit and go to bed, but thats what i did last night and i still had to get up over and over. I have to be at work at 4 am tomorrow. and then i have a spanish exam i am pretty much unprepared for. and i am tired.
**sigh**
i am just frazzled. i cant wait til this school crap is all over. on a good note, i picked up my cap & gown today. that was cool. it makes it feel more official.
Of course, just because i am not in school doesnt mean i will be a whole lot less tired. i still have to get up early for work and if logan is staying up too late, then i will still be tired. we are gonna try waking him up early for a few days and see if that doesnt help. hopefully it will fix this problem. it's probably a phase or some crap and i just have to wait it out, but it sucks. there, i said it and i 'm glad. ;)
anyway, he has been quiet for a little bit now, maybe he is down for the night and i can get some rest. wouldnt that be nice? good nite.
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Kristie ::
9:15 PM ::
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007
too busyi am so ready to be done with school. only 5 more weeks. and then i will be a college graduate. whoo-ee.
I still havent gotten the pictures from our vacation from my sister, but as soon as i do, i will put them up along with a post about our trip. Which, by the way, was alot of fun, even if it was too cold/windy to use the boat & jet ski.
All i do is study, go to school, go to work. the remainder of my time is spent being mom. Which is rewarding, but it's hard when there you are on your own. by the time i get home, my mom is done. i dont blame her, she's been watching my kid all day and she needs time for herself. but what sucks is that i dont get that time to myself. joe has to work late all the time and even if it's not too late, by the time he gets back to this side of town, logan has already gone to bed. so now i might get a sunday here and there to my self, but not every week. and then i have to try to cram everything i didnt get to thru-out the week into that one day. it sucks and i never get to everything.
i cannot wait to graduate.
i keep repeating that in my head. over and over. it's all that keeps me going sometimes. ;)
well, thats all the update i have time for today. another thing- once school is over, i will be able to blog again. yae.
good nite. wish me luck for my test tomorrow (in the class i dont really get, and that i am not as prepared as i would like. ugh)
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Kristie ::
9:16 PM ::
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Saturday, March 17, 2007
happy st. patty's day!hello from vacation! I am here in Panama City beach and it is spring break, but it's not hot!! arghh.
I am in the hotel for the night. We got 2 rooms for a few nights in case it got cold (which it is supposed to be tonight) for the kids and for all of us to shower and stuff and for internet so my sisters and I could do homework. ;) they have actually done some, i havent ;)
anyway. we havent been able to go out on the boat or the jetski b/c the water has been too rough, it has been unbelievable windy! and it cooled off alot today and is supposed to be cooler tomorrow. but it is still sunny and everyone is having fun.
Camping as a single parent is hard. dont get me wrong, my family is helping me, but it is still not the same as having your partner around to really share the load with. logan is having a blast. he would not take a nap today, altho you could tell he wanted to. So tonight when i put him in bed at the hotel, he rolled over and instantly went to bed! so cute. the boys are having so much fun. when i get home and can upload some photos to my laptop, i will post a few. there are a cute ones of both the boys w/their grumpa. ;)
anyway, just checking in. i am going to soak in the tub and go to bed. have a good one!
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Kristie ::
10:26 PM ::
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Sunday, February 25, 2007
a good end to a nice weekendI had a good day today. I didn't have to work, Logan was at his daddy's, and I finished all my homework and helped my mom finish the Bulletin for the Legion. And now, dinner (London Broil) is being cooked and Joe and Logan are on their way over, and that will be a nice way to finish out the weekend.
Over the last week, we have converted Opa's into the kid's playroom. Opa's was basically our father-in-law quarters. (Even tho Opa passed a few years ago, we still call it Opa's. Just habit, i suppose.) It used to be our garage. We left enough garage for one car and turned the rest into a little studio apartment that comes right out of our kitchen. So the bathroom is inside, but out there is air conditioning, cable hookups and a full kitchen. Yesterday, my parents finished putting sheetrock up in the garage part and while they were at it, Logan and I played and played. I left the door open and we mostly played outside for almost the whole day. I think we went out for the first time around 10 and he was really good about staying in the areas of the yard I wanted to stay in. (we have a big yard so...) We played with our trucks on the side in the driveway, we went in back and played in the sand box and went exploring in the very back part of the yard where it is still a little overgrown. there is also an old broken canoe back there (the end of it is missing, but its mostly in one peice, with the seats) and we climbed and jumped all over it, and according to him "my boat"...then we went to the other side of the yard and played on the swing for a long time. It is sort of like a tire swing, except we have a board of wood in place of a tire. that was super fun. After a while, we made it to the front yard and looked at the pond for a long time. We played on the front porch in all the rocking chairs and with all the wind chimes (most of which he can now reach). We eventually made it back to the driveway where he kept playing with his trucks, in my car while I vacuumed it out...or with the ball and the dog. It was a good time.
A little after 5 we came in and i tried getting him to eat a little something, but he wasnt hungry. Instead he fussed and whined and I kept asking him what was wrong. Around 545, he came up to me and yelled "NITE NITE!!!!" So i set him up on the couch w/a blankie and he was out in 10 minutes. He woke around 7 in a wonderful mood, we ate dinner and then him and Joe went to joe's for the night. He was a peach the rest of the night.
Today, joe and him played alot outside as well, altho he didnt take a nap, and he is not being fussy so, i am going to go a play with him a little while before its bath time.
Have a good week!!
Labels: child, motherhood, parenting
Kristie ::
7:17 PM ::
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Friday, February 16, 2007
bedtimelogan seems to be getting worse and worse about bedtime. i should count myself lucky that he sleeps thru the night and always has since he was a newborn, and that up til recently, he pretty much went to bed with minimal fuss. But lately (dont ask me how long, i am so tired, it all runs together now) he gets up over and over for up to an hour and a half after i put him down. today, for instance, he played hard at school, according to my mom he played good at home, we went out to dinner with his auntie anna and we played good after that. he didnt take a nap except for 5 minutes in the car on the way to dinner. he looks tired. but he is literally skipping around his room. c'mon already. i have to work at 5 am tomorrow and just need to get to sleep. its been 2 hours now. i need a break. granted, i love seeing my kid, because w/school and work, i dont see him all that much, and i would love to just let him stay up all night and hang out with me, but we both need our sleep and in the long run that would not be the best thing for him, so i try to keep bedtime as stable as possible. he pretty much only stays the night as his daddy's once a week now, (if that) so i cant blame him for messing the schedule up, so i just dont know what's up with it all.
sorry if this makes no sense, i am really really tired.
I did get to watch last night's grey's anatomy tho. (altho i had to pause it every 5 minutes to put someone back in bed). what an intense episode. i dont know if you watch it, but you should. i have been a fan since day one. i am almost bummed i watched it..with episodes like that it is more fun to save them for all at once that way you dont have to wait a week to see what the hell is happening. arggh. i still have heroes to watch from monday and lost too. maybe if i am lucky i will get to see those this weekend. we'll see.
well, logan has been quiet now for 15 minutes. hopefully he finally passed out. i am so ready to do the same.
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Kristie ::
9:44 PM ::
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Thursday, February 15, 2007
waiting for sleepi am so tired. but it seems that logan is not. bummer for me. ;(
Speaking of logan, he is doing wonderfully with potty training. Every night at bathtime, he pees on the potty for me. And during the day, sometimes he goes at daycare, sometimes for my mom. Tonight, one of the many times he opened his door after i put him down for the night, he said he had to pee, so i directed him to the bathroom and he actually went!! (he has a habit of saying he has to go just so he can flush some toilet paper...) And then a little while later i went to check on all the noises coming out of his room and he came running out of his closet naked from the waist down. Not only had he dumped all the toys out in his closet, but he had taken his pants and diaper off and peed on the floor in his closet. So we got dressed again and he has been up a few more times, but still. I can't believe he peed so much in one evening! And 2 out 3 were on the potty. Yae! the little things in life really excite me these days.
Besides that, nothing is going on in my life besides what i have already mentioned: school, work, more school and more work. and not enough sleep.
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Kristie ::
8:41 PM ::
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Saturday, February 10, 2007
what a weekthis has been the longest week ever. I had 3 quizzes this week and still another one next week. So that's one for every class i have. yuckers. So between working all week i was supposed to find some time to study...which you can probably guess was nearly impossible. But i still think that I did pretty decent on everything.
I have to work tomorrow, which is good for getting the hours, but sucks because that means i lose my sunday again. and then next week i work both saturday and sunday. eww. but my paycheck will be nice. ;)
I am just so unbelievably tired these days. no matter how hard i try, i just cant get to bed any earlier. I am usually in bed by about 9pm the latest, altho i had some later nights because of studying, but even if i am in bed by 9, getting up at 3 only gives me about 6 hours of sleep. And i am one of those people who really needs 8 hours.
but this is my last semester so it isnt forever..and school is going pretty good and so is work, so life isnt too bad. Logan is doing good, we are potty training and it's going great! He pees in the potty every night at bathtime and some other times throughout the day. He is talking up a storm lately as well. for someone that didnt talk at all for so long, he is certainly making up for it now.
well, we are going to pick up some chinese food so ... have a good week!
Labels: parenting, school, work
Kristie ::
5:32 PM ::
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Friday, February 02, 2007
another week gone bywell, it is finally friday and i am so tired. Logan is coughing again and i have a sore throat today, so i am praying that we are not getting sick again. But when it goes from 80 degrees to 40 degrees and back up to almost 80 in about a week, what should i expect?
Thank you so much to those of you who left the encouraging comments on my last post! i appreciate the support!
It seems i can only make it to this thing to post about once a week lately, and i wish it could be more. by the time i sit down, i cant think of anything to actually write about, or i have so much i want to say all at once, it just comes out as this big mess. All week long i think of things i would like to write about here and if i had the time to do a few small posts a week, they would probably be enjoyable things to read, instead of the jumbled messes i have been posting lately. Sorry. I also hate that i barely have time to get out there and check out all of your lovely blogs. There are so many that i love to read that i have been away from for so long now...
Being busy really sucks. it makes the time go by fast, but it doesnt leave a lot of time for fun or sleep. ;) this is the last semester...i just keep telling my self that...
well, logan is having a "moment" because Gram & I told him he wasnt allowed to keep throwing our jackets over the railing...so i must attend to him.
Have a good weekend.
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Kristie ::
5:26 PM ::
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Saturday, January 27, 2007
**sigh**How is everyone doing? (and by everyone i mean the 1 or 2 people left who read my blog?)
We are finally ok again here. Today was the 1st day Logan has been feeling good in a few days. The 1st day, he just seemed a bit down and out, but the 2nd day, he started running a fever and literally whimpered and laid down the whole day. He didnt want to get up to do anything. He was crying for most of the morning, but by the afternoon, he was just laying there. All pathetic and sad. It was heartbreaking. Its so hard to see your kid feeling so crappy and not be able to anything but hold him. which was all he wanted. he was held by everyone. it was like we were taking shifts.
The next day wasnt much better, but he would at least get up a little and want to play for a bit. Still had a mild fever. But then the next morning (friday) when i went to check on him before i left for work, i discovered he had puked all over himself and his bed. So i put a blanket down on the floor so i could change his sheets and stuff and he started puking again. The kid's a trooper tho, it doesnt seem to phase him when he throws up; he just does it and moves on with his life. So anyway, my mom heard the commotion and decided she couldnt handle a puking grandson and told me to call out of work (for the first time.) ;( Which was fine, they got the shift covered and things were ok. SO logan and i slept in and that was nice and even tho he wasnt at 100%, he was definitely getting better. no more puke. Today, he seemed fine. Wanted to play alot, like he was making up for lost time or something. ANd then his daddy came and got him and now its verrry quiet here.
School is going well, altho it is taking up so much of my time. I am so busy i cant stand it. I should be doing homework right now, but i just have to take some personal time at some point! I cant believe this could really be my last semester. I have an appointment with an adviser to fill out my "intent to graduate" form on Monday. they were supposed to be turned in by december, but at the time i wasnt sure i would get all the classes i needed, so i didnt turn one in, but so far it looks like they will take mine late. we will see this week. I am also going to ask a bunch of questions about grad school. Like how i want to go, but i really need some more general information on the whole process. like whats all this about the GRE and what kind of letters do i need and all this crap. and what's involved in graduate level course, blah blah blah. i never really seriously considered graduate school until the last few months, so i never bothered to find any of this out earlier. My GPA should be good enough, so i am not worried about that.
Work is still going great, but we are going to soon be experiencing some changes. Our immediate supervisor is no longer going to be our supervisor so that means someone else will be. Which could be good, but it could suck depending on who goes for the position. We will just have to wait and see. Being so new, it shouldnt make any difference to me because i am not as set in my ways should any major changes happen, but still...There are definitely some people in the lab i would rather not have as a boss and i can tell that after just a few months there.
Well, thats enough. I probably wont be back for a week or so...Be good!
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Kristie ::
8:30 PM ::
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Thursday, January 18, 2007
hola...hey there. i really miss being able to post more often. But with school & work, it is just so hard to find time to write...
Things are going good. We are all falling into our schedules. Logan is adjusting wonderfully to day care. he goes about 3 days a week for 3-4 hours. He eats his whole lunch there, tries the potty, and even takes a nap. He didnt at first, but I guess after seeing the other kids do it all, he decided to give it a shot. Plus he seems to really like the ladies working there.
School is going good so far, i am on top of all my work so far and my teachers are pretty likeable. It is always harder when the teacher is someone with a personality you dont care for. I always have at least one teacher who is kind of different. Last semester i had a laid back-psychologist type and this semester, my art of cinema teacher is a hippie-ish film guy from San Francisco who graduated from UCLA way back when. He's a trip!
My tattoo is healing pretty good, i really am happy i got it, and Saur- actually this particular tattoo didnt hurt much. I wont lie, tattoos do hurt. But it really depends on where you get it, and how big it is. they dont hurt so much you cant take it. Some people say their hips hurt the most, but the i have on my hips actually hurt the least. My foot hurt the most. The stars nearest my "girly" area hurt, but the rest of them didnt hurt too much. And the whole thing only took about 45 minutes. So, really, by the time i was getting uncomfortable, it was over. I love my tattoos (i have 4 now, not counting the one that is covered by another one). they are addictive too. Now, i dont do peircings tho. i was scared to get my ears pierced, (altho i have 3 holes in each ear) and thought that hurt alot, so i wont get anything else. gives me the heebie jeebies thinking about it.
Anyway, i have to get dinner going for the kiddo and me, so nite nite!!
here are my other tattoos..sorry not the greatest quality pics.
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Kristie ::
6:25 PM ::
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