de-stress!

Took my bike(motorcycle) out today for the 1st time. I was afraid to ride it earlier because of my son's graduation. I was afraid I would be in an accident and miss his graduation. My son graduated from Bloomsburg with his Master's in Deaf Education. He was chosen to give the commencement speech and he was fantastic!. My son was born with a hearing loss. When he was 3 he lost the hearing in his right ear and when he was 5 he lost the hearing in his left ear. He keeps proving everyone wrong and I love it. He received his undergraduate from Penn State in Secondary Ed - English and taught public school in PA and in AZ. He will now be teaching at Parkville High School in MD this coming year. I am so proud of him. But I digress. I went for a ride and it was just what I needed! It was just beautiful out today and to get on the bike and just ride was wonderful. I am now relaxed and ready to view the rest of my classes. Then it will be back out for another ride I think!

It's so nice out!

It's so nice out today and I have work to do for my classes. It's so hard trying to find a balance. I am ready for my school to be out for the summer so when I get up in the morning I can put in a few hours of class work and then have the day to enjoy doing things I want to do. Still trying to find time for my class work between my obligations. It will all work out but seriously I think the computer class is going to turn ALL my hair gray. Getting my hair chopped off on Tuesday so I don't have to waste time fixing it - can just wash and go! I don't care if some people are not happy I am getting it chopped - time to be practical!

If I screamed....

If I screamed would anyone come running? Doubt it. I am so frustrated with this computer class. I can't seem to get any of the video's to work tonight!!!! Came home from work with a terrible headache (from the heat?) - took a nap- and woke up with the chills! Have been flipping back and forth between the chills and hot flashes!!!! Yeah this day has been great. Going to bed and will try again tomorrow with the videos!

bad day...

today I am wondering why I ever decided to go back to school...do I really need more stress in my life right now????? All this reading I can handle it's all the computer "stuff" I am having a hard time getting through. I just feel so stupid when I am trying to do the assignments...even the reading....it is just such a struggle. I think once I do "it" once or twice I am OK but I need someone to actually show me how to do "it". I struggle with all the computer assignments because I just can't get it from a book or power point or even a video! I wish I were the type of person who everything came easily to but I am not...I am the type of person who struggles through everything! I sure hope it is worth it in the end and that I actually make it through to the end without having a heart attack!

Thank God today is over!

It is hot as hell out today so of course this is the day for graduation! A packed church - 90 degrees out and no air conditioning in the church! Wonderful!!! Thought I was going to melt. Survived to come home to put the final touches on my essay! Had a hell of a time with the bib but finally figured it out and then somehow inserted it into the middle of the essay!!! Thought I had undone the insertion - apparently not! Maybe I inserted it more than once (possible!) Am glad it is over and done with. The 1st paper I have done for almost 30 years! On to the next one. On a positive note - I found out today that I can watch the class webcast on my computer at work!!!Yeah! Well seeing that it is now almost midnight I am going to bed! Later.

going out of my mind........

I am going out of my mind! I am struggling with my allergies and all this reading is making me feel like I am going blind! I am working on my essay - getting close to completion but am worried about my citations. And then there is the LIS 2600 class which makes me feel like I am stupid. I spend a great deal of time looking up words and then trying to keep it in my head while reading. I do feel like I am computer illiterate and so maybe I need to have a better attitude toward computer work but it is difficult. My own children don't let me handle the remote to the TV/DVD/DVR/VHS/AUDIO equipment because they think I'll screw things up but on the other hand I am in charge of the audio/video equipment at school! The teacher calls with a problem - I pray all the way to the room and I can usually fix it!!!! Divine intervention is what I rely on most of the time...I think it helps that I work in a Catholic School! Maybe I'll try Divine Intervention for the 2600 class too!

thrilled

I am thrilled to tell you that I figured out what I was doing wrong with this blog. I won't lie I had help from one of my students! How he figured out what I did/was doing incorrectly I have no idea and I am thankful that he did. I was ready to just forget about the blog!
I have been frustrated with the whole blog thing and was starting to panic when I looked at the next few assignments in this class. I thought if I can't even do the blog how am I ever going to be able to do the next assignments???
Now that the stress over the blog is gone my list of "stressors" in down to about 20 or so. I am going to go play tennis now and hope to release some of this stress!

I did it I think!

Well I created this blog but have no idea what the URL or the RSS is or where to find them. At this point I am overwhelmed by the reading and the postings! I am hoping that there are others out there feeling the same way that I do!