Something New

I hate summer.....okay it is only April 19th, but I hate the heat and humidity, how about that? I have had a headache since about 4am and now I feel sick. I hate the heat & humidity.

So Ashton is doing better in school, I hope. I pray that the "your child might have to repeat 8th grade" letter that I received from the school was the kick in the butt she needed. Sigh..... On one hand I wonder if her doing so poorly in school is a result of loosing Papaw last year. On the other hand she needs to kick booty to be able to go to high school and she is very lazy about school work. Since I have started school this year I admit I am not as......in her face or bothersome about her school work; clearly this tactic is not working. I have spoken to Michelle and I've gotten her two cents on the whole thing. Although when I received the letter from the school everything Michelle had told me the day before flew right out of my head and I yelled. I hate yelling. It serves absolutely no purpose with Ashton. The minute I start yelling she shuts down, then I yell even more because I'm ticked off about the glazed look in her eyes. Sigh......teenagers.

I have given her an incentive though. This summer I am putting Julia in gymnastics at The Little Gym, so just to be fair I told Ashton that if she worked really hard and doesn't have to go to summer school then she could pick something to do as well. I think she was very excited about this prospect (although she has no idea what she would do), but hey I'm all for bribery :)

School is going fairly well. I've completed the first class, Medical Terminology, which was a beating. For starters it was my first crack at being in a class room in 15 years, secondly it was ALL memorization. Quick! What does hepatitis mean???? Well class, -itis means inflammation and hepa- means liver. So hepatitis means inflammation of the liver. Sounds easy right? Okay what does "coccidioidomycocis" mean? Well class, it is a fungal disease also known as Valley Fever. Doesn't sound so easy now does it???? The good news is I passes that class.....YAY! Now I am taking ICD9 Coding. It is MUCH easier, however I find myself not doing my homework until the night before and then sometimes I don't finish it. That is not good. I need to work on that. Oh, and shhh don't tell Ashton I'm not doing my homework. I think that would put me on the bad parent list......like I'm not already there.....LOL

My head still hurts....................can I go home?

I have started a science experiement. I have decided to purchase $5 of Texas Two Step Lottery tickets every week for a month and see if I win anything. I always like to say, if I won the lottery I could____ <-----insert fun thing here. However you can't win the lottery if you don't play the lottery. SO here I am. I spent $5 last Thursday and didn't win anything, maybe I will this week. Keep your fingers crossed for me will you???

My head still hurts AND I would like a nap.....can I go home?

I've somehow not mentioned my beau in this entire post, so I guess I will now. I have a Beau. He is very nice, sweet, thoughtful, and amazingly wonderful with the girls. Oh and he's not too hard on the eyes either ;) Honestly though when I watch him & Julia interact it makes me all soft and gooey inside. This is what it's supposed to be like, right? A little girl is supposed to crave attention from her "daddy". I know he is not her daddy, she has one of those (well kinda), however she sees my Beau far far far more often than she does her father. Ashton will take some time to come around. She likes him, and she says that I am happier since he's been around which is a good thing. She just doesn't sit next to him and want to hold his hand like Julia. Well honestly I'm happy about that last statement, because that would just be weird.

My head still hurts AND I would like a nap AND I have homework to finish....can I go home??

3 hours down 5 more to go......sad so very sad