So we are still alive~

I sincerely do not feel like writing lately!!! Sorry but I am in a funk since we got out of school so late due to UA changing their academic calendar and then Christmas we only 9 days later. I ended up with 4 A’s and 1B for the semester and slightly tanked my GPA from a 3.873 to a 3.839, but I will still graduate summa cum laude in the spring as long as I get A’s in the spring. I am trying to work on grad school apps, but lacking motivation. Hopefully I will get some soon. I do have an in person interview with Oriana House to do an internship which will look good on my applications.

Thanksgiving went well with my daughter, Michelle but the inlaws upset me. We were asked not to stop by because I don’t vaccinate my children and the husband’s sister’ daughter just had a baby with lots of health complications so…..we are persona non-grata. To top it off, the mil sent each of the kids a card with a mere $10 in it for xmas! so subtle to say "We don’t want you or your kids here". We spent the holiday with Michelle and her kids! I spent my birthday (Friday the 28) with Michelle who needed a ride to have an endoscopy/colonoscopy done. We had a nice time. So at least that is going well.

Renee asked me to watch Savannah so she, Kendra, Nigella and my 2 boys could go visit Jasmine in FL. They left this morning, last check they had 5 hours to go but that was 1.5 hours ago. Can’t wait to hear they are there safely. I know that the boys were really excited to go.

I am working on getting the house organized but, not packing up the christmas stuff just yet. Although I might start with the little stuff and just leave the tree until the 14, The Princess b-day is the 16 and I leave the tree up as long as possible for her.

Not much else is really happening here, just me stressing and being angry at Kendra, cannot wait until she moves out and realizes what she has lost because of her behavior.

I am making goals for us as well, I started today with the house goals. I have a couple of field trip goals as well. Now to get my personal goals, homeschool goals and get the kids to write out theirs for the new year. The boys will have to do theirs when they come home. I told them that they could go to FL but that they had tons of work to do when they came home as I’m tired of their slacking.

I will be cracking the proverbial whip on all of them!!! The littles start with swim on Sat. Jan. 05, the Princess starts back to art lessons on the 7th. I start back for my last semester of undergrad on the 14!!!! The Peanut gets his bible in Jan. and the Princess makes her first communion in March!!! We are going to be swamped I can already tell. By March I want to get the boys back to swimming so that they are ready for swim team in June.

I really want to move after I graduate and go to grad school elsewhere but we are stuck here at least until Feb. 2013, but if I don’t get into grad. school here I plan on trying to move and apply in other places……I really do not want to stay in Ohio. I will just study for the GRE math and retake it to enhance my score and then probably apply to more public health policy programs. I am wondering if I shouldn’t apply to some this year but moving would create a bunch of problems before Feb. 13.

Ok, I’m outta here…..