Life of A Frazzled Mom

Wow fall has been so busy! I love going back to school- I know that nursing is what I want to do, my pharmacology class is going great. I have an A in the class. It is hard but I love it! My 2nd class starts next week. I have to meet sometime in the next week to discuss getting into the program in the near future. Here lies the problem. I already have a BS in biology and chemistry so I am almost finished with
the nursing degree so they have to decide what to do with me.
I am spendning the weekend on the couch. I spent the past 24 hours in the hospital, I had chest pains and I kept passing out. It comes down to I have low sodium levels. The doctors says I may just have to live with it-Nice! But for now I have to eat a bag of chips when I wake up, it is so wierd. So I am so exhausted right now though so I am off to rest.

Houston was our 3 year old cat who last night decided that he would hang himself. We don't know what he did or how, but we walked into our son Zachary's room to put him to bed and Houston must of jumped from the window sill and got caught on a lanyard that was hanging on the wall right by the window. My heart hurts so bad for this cat. He was a great cat. My son is a mess. He feels one of the other two siblings did it, but no one did. It was purely accidental. I now understand how it feels to lose a pet- I have never lost one of my own, and it feels like losing a child. I am lost without his meowing and following me around to feed him. What I will miss the most is him waking me up to feed him at 5 am.

We had a burial service this morning for Houston and buried him underneath the birch tree in our backyard. Poor Houston- you will be missed!

Well I have been going to for PT for about 3 weeks now for my migraines and it has been working so-so. My back and shoulders have been killing me. Now they are telling me I am out of alignment! What the heck! I am falling apart! Do I have any stress in my life? Well no----Let me think? Hmmmmm, No, I don't think so, I only watch about 15 or so kids a day, their parents are late maybe 20 or 30 minutes a day, my own kids are in about every sport imaginable, and I enrolled back in college after 10 years of having graduated. Oh and did I say my husband is now trying to relocate us to Germany for 5 years. No I am not stressed. This is my normal daily life, I am just trying to cope, and maybe this is why I just need a readjustment every few days to come back and be a good mom and wife and smile and say it is okay and go on with all the craziness! I do love it though for when it is calm it is boring!

Wow- call it a midlife crisis, I don't know but I have signed up to take college classes after having a degree for 10 years. It is not that I am dissatisfied being a daycare provider-it is not that I did not envision this as my profession when I graduated with a BS in premed 10 years ago. 3 children later, I am happy to stay at home with all of them but as Jacob is nearing school, I am itching to do something for myself. I used to work when Brianna was little, I am a published scientist, but I haven't worked in 6 years. So I am going back to school and taking nursing classes. So wish me luck. Most of my classes will be online. I am taking an online Accelerated Nursing Program. I think the only think I have to do is take the clinicals. Right now I am trying to take the 3 or 4 things I have to do before getting into the program. But I am doing this and working with 24 kids a day- now this is stressful!!!!

I am so excited for vacation. We are going to Nags Head, NC on Saturday after our swim meet we are meeting my sister and her two children and my husband and I are bringing our 3 children and my daughter's friend. If anyone can give me any advice on activities and trips in that area I really need all the help I can get.. Thank you in advance.

The first two days of summer vacation have been crazy! As you know I run a daycare- I am crazy! Well I try to do a summer field trip program so the kids can have fun. Well most of the kids complain, and I ignore them and I get more annoyingly hyper to get them excited to go to the next place or activity to have fun. Try entertaining 15-19 kids! Exhausting!!!!!!

Thursday we spend 6 hours at the pool! They had a great time. I really didn't think we were there that long. When we got back I couldn't stop throwing up. Trying to excuse myself to barf in the toilet without letting them know, and then coming back out to play bandage tag is exhilarating. I then realized I had heat exhaustion.

Friday we went to this place that has about 6 moon bounces. They aren't your typical bounce around moon bounces. They are about 15 feet tall and then you slide down, and then they all have a theme. The kids favorite is the dragon and the tornado. We then went to the pool for a few hours.

Is summer over yet?

Back to graduation?

Look at my gorgeous Brianna who received the Presidential Award for having an average of 3.5 or above for the past two years!

Graduations- The first is kindergarten and then 5th grade. Those who know me, know that I am very emotional. So two big ceremonies in one day is going to be an overload for me! Better get the tissues ready! Both of my kids are growing up, I am not ready for this even though they are. So think of me today as I cry throughout the day!