Back in the Saddle Again

I'm a nerd at heart. I love school and learning new things and if I had my way, I'd probably be a lifelong student with a bunch of different degrees and majors. But getting back in the habit of studying, reading, and note taking hasn't been as easy as I thought it was going to be.

It's not like it's been that long since I was in school (at 25 when I was in law school) but it feels like so much longer now that I'm trying to retrain myself to get in learning mode again. Maybe it's because back then the only thing I had to was study and now I have a full time mommy job and then I have study. But I also had an active social life back then and now, not so much. To put it mildly!

I know it takes 21 days to make a habit, so hopefully things will start to feel normal after I've been at this for a little bit longer. We went to Office Depot yesterday so I could get a few things that I needed for class and lab. Spencer left the store quite happy, carrying a jumbo sized coloring book and crayons. So what did I do when we got home? Colored pictures of Dora and Diego with my girl. I hate to miss these moments of her life, it's all happening way too fast, and I feel like I need to savor every second of it. This means that I'm up past my bedtime reading my anatomy book, but that's okay with me. I just hope I can get back in the learning groove sooner rather than later.

I-T-C-H-Y Rhymes With

The way I'm feeling right now. Yesterday afternoon Spencer and I went to a birthday barbecue for some friends of her PGPs. We had a very nice time celebrating being 85 years young and there was some delicious homemade mac-n-cheese! Unfortunately, there were mosquitoes. A lot of them.

Mosquitoes love me. LOVE me. When we lived in Minnesota, where the mosquito is jokingly referred to as the state bird, I got over 100 mosquito bites on one knee (plus countless more elsewhere) when I was at Girl Scout Camp. A girl had gotten hot during the night and opened our tent, accidentally opening the protective netting as well. It was not a pretty picture. I had to go the infirmary doctor who quickly called my mom and took me to the real doctor. I can't describe the itching, it was the worst, most unquenchable itch that I've ever experienced. I was swollen and red all over, even thinking about it makes me itch.

This isn't quite as bad, but I currently have about 30 bites on my arms and legs. AND I sprayed with bug spray twice! I am SO itchy and witchy right now. The only good thing is that mosquitoes don't seem to like Spencer, she didn't get one bite. Which is great, because I would much rather be the itchy one. It's taking all of my self control to stop myself from clawing off my skin. I'm going to have to sleep in long sleeves and pants tonight- who knows what I'm capable of during my sleep!

I just took a healthy dose of benadryl, so hopefully that will render me comatose pretty soon. Does anyone have any good remedies for mosquito bites? I'm willing to try anything. Anything, seriously!

Bye My Friend

My computer has gone to Electronic Heaven. It's with the Geek Squad now, as they recover all of my pictures and documents. Luckily, they said I won't have lost anything stored on my hard drive. My dad has graciously donated me his laptop (he has a desktop too) until I can buy a new computer. My math class is online, so I have to have a computer. But I have no pictures on this thing and it's too big for my hands. I know I shouldn't be complaining, but I feel like I've lost my friend! I'm such a drama queen.


Yesterday I had class from 8 am to 4:30pm, so I'm pretty wiped out. Hopefully I'll get used to this thing and be in a better mood tomorrow :)

First Day is OVER

Okay, I promised a report, but I just got home a few minutes ago (9:30pm) and I'm exhausted. I'll leave you with these tidbits until I can tell you more about how it was.

• I was the 5th oldest person in the class
• The overwhelming majority of the class was born in 1990
• There were 31 females and 4 males
• Of those 31 females, 6 had things written on their butts
• One of our assignments is to interview our grandparents. I don't have any grandparents that are still alive.
• One of the girls in the class is friends with my 17 year old brother.
• The professor mentioned Watergate, confused glances all around me

But it was good to get my brain working again and I really liked the guy teaching the class. I think I'm going to learn a lot, if I can just get over this being really old complex I've seemed to develop. haha! It was so nice to see Spencer when I got home. She was still awake and now she's asleep in my arms. Happy.

Show Us Your Life - Wedding Showers

I have probably been to 20+ wedding showers, and somehow this is the only picture I can find of me at one. This was at my friend's wedding shower last year, we were playing Gift Bingo- which I won!

I've hosted three wedding showers, but those were both before I had a digital camera and the prints are no where to be found. My favorite one was probably the Lingerie Shower I had for my bestie, Sara. She's the pastor's daughter, so it was all the more enjoyable seeing her squirm as she held up these little skimpy outfits in front of family and friends!


I know that when you have your own shower you're supposed to defer to the host, but after having been to so many showers, I already know what I DO and DON'T want. (If I ever get married, that is!)

DO WANT

• A Photographer! So many times one person gets stuck taking all the pictures and doesn't get to enjoy herself or there are no good pictures. A photographer who has no other obligation than to take good photographs would be such a great thing.

DON'T WANT

• A Stripper! No, no, no strippers for me.
• It to be at my house. After having birthday parties at my residence, it's just too stressful. I want to go to an alternate location.
  
• Any embarrassing stories about me.
• Lingerie. That would be too embarrassing in front of Spencer, I don't care how old she would be!
  

I'm not too picky, I'll leave the micro details to the host :)