I started graduate school in January, and literally just have not forced myself to take the time to update my blog. It was my first semester, as I’m sure you can guess, and I worried more about settling into the routine than anything. I enjoyed a great semester with decent grades, and a wonderful learning opportunity with my graduate assistantship (not to mention that it paid my tuition!) This summer I am interning at a local radio station, and I hope to begin my blog again! Until tomorrow, take care of you!

This week was spring break at Austin Peay State University, for most students. As a graduate student, I do not really get a spring break. I didn’t have to work this week, but I still had class work to do and finals to take. I still have one to take, but I want to study a bit more before I take it. Tyler has been on spring break all week also, he also will be on break next week. So today, I am taking him to see a movie of his choice; it appears to be between Race to Witch Mountain and Caroline. When we went a couple of weeks ago to see Hotel for Dogs we got this huge bucket that we can get filled for $1 at any Carmike theatre, so we’re going to the theatre at the mall. After the movie, we’re going to bum around the mall for a little while. I signed up for Netflix and have been enjoying movies for the last couple of weeks. I watched one called The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, and cried so hard that I didn’t think I was going to be able to stop, but I did. It was a great movie that I recommend everyone see, though I will say that if you don’t like to watch sad movies, or movies with some history in them, you might not like it. I haven’t decided if I will get it again and let Tyler watch it; it’s not that there is any cussing, or gore that I’m worried about him seeing, but I am afraid that he would not completely understand it yet. The little boys that play in this movie are phenomenal, and the story is touching. James and I both had teeth removed last Friday. James had his two lower wisdom teeth cut out, and I had to have a back molar removed after it broke. I am enjoying my job as a graduate assistant, but I’m really looking forward to the next eight week session of classes because I only have one class instead of three! Hopefully now I’ll have more time to write again, as I’ve really been missing it.

Well I’m almost done with the first eight weeks of my master’s degree. I should be working on some classwork that I have up, but since it’s been so long since I blogged anything, and I’m trying to get ahold of my son’s doctor’s office, I’m here instead. I have been enjoying my classes; however I do not feel that I have been doing as well as I can. I’ve been rather stressed about some major stuff going on at home (James and I are fine) and I have not been able to put that stress aside long enough to live up to my potential. I am working to correct that though, but first I have to try to get Tyler into the doctor and I think after taking an hour for someone to answer the phone and that person being rude that I am going to find him a new doctor. Hopefully I’ll write a decent blog post next week!

I went and bought a new laptop yesterday, I guess to go with my new Blackberry. Okay not really, I did it because I needed it. Of course now I have to go through all the trouble of getting everything off the old POS laptop and getting it onto the new one; plus working all the little kinks out of the new one which is about to get on my blooming nerves. I’ve been waiting for a page to load while I type this, and it still hasn’t loaded, there seems to be a problem between my router and this computer. I probably shouldn’t say that because I actually have no clue what the problem is, only that it’s annoying as h-e-double hockey sticks. So now after a restart I seem to have my internet back again. I have some homework I have to get done this evening, but I thought I would post a quick blog while I had the chance. I used to be a diehard Dear Abby fan until the first of February when she responded to someone by telling them that spanking a child is all out, no-contest, full-blown child abuse. Now don’t get me wrong, if someone doesn’t want to spank their child and it works then I say more power to them; but I know that with Tyler sometimes the only way to get him to stop and listen is to give him a couple of swats across the bottom. I do believe that some people take spanking to far and turn it into abuse, I was one of those kids that it happened to; which is why whenever Tyler gets spanked there is a limit of three swats across the bottom and he has to bend over a chair so that there is less chance of me missing that bottom. I’m just tired of everyone babying kids and then complaining when they get in trouble. A good number of kids now have no respect for anyone, and many parents don’t try to teach them any. Parents send their kids to school expecting the teachers to teach them things that should be taught at home, and then end up in court whining because their kids won’t listen to them. Well of course their not going to listen they know that all they have to do is cry to someone that they had their bottom busted and the parents are in trouble; no one stops to hear the parent say that the kids butt was busted because they beat someone up, or stole something. I could go on more and more, but I’m sure no one really want’s to read it, and I do have some homework to get done. Until next time: Take care of you!

Today is Valentines Day, and I say I hope you all have a happy one. I have been so busy lately that I haven’t had time to post anything; I would let it bother me, but as I’ve said before I don’t have enough readers to let it get to me yet. Grad school is kicking my butt to a point, but I seem to be doing good so far. It’s the 8 week long classes that get me. I am loving my graduate assistant position, and I’m learning a lot already. I have a friend getting married today, and I am so happy for him; I wish them a long and happy life together. I’ve got James feeling guilty this morning because I got him something for Valentines Day and he got me nothing. Okay that’s not completely true, he went to a friends house last night and they gave him a little box  of Jujyfruits to give to me. If I figure out how to do it I will post a picture from my Blackberry later. I just got my new phone on Monday and since it’s my first PDA I’m still figuring it out!! I’ve got homework to do, and housework to do, and James asked me to go to work with him this evening (of course it’s only because he’s trying to suck up now!). I don’t mind him sucking up, the gifts are usually better!! I also got a new-to-me car and I am loving it! It is a four door and has so much more room then my other car! Until next time take care of you!