I did it...I'm finished.....

There are days that are anticipated for. Sometimes these days are birthdays, vacations, red letter days. We plan, dream, put money into and then finally the day has arrived. Mine was to get my Bachelor's Degree....and finally, the day has come, I've done it! I finished last night, done! All the work, giving up of fun, sleep, travel, sleep, hobbies, sleep, being with friends, etc. has been a blurr! Even my whining has subsided! In actuality it doesn't seem that long ago that I was sitting in the back of the class taking the first step into reaching this goal and it seems rather surreal that it is now done. As with the planning of any event much work goes into the planning and then it is done. So I am done, what am I going to do on Tuesday nights? What will I do with out constantly researching and writing APA formatted papers???? I can think of many things. After my 'clean sweep' to get my house back in order, and watching some movies that I've collected over the past 20 months as well as books....I'll get more involved in my hobbies...so many unfinished projects. So done is done, but really it's sort of a new beginning, and I have to think now that I have attained this goal, where do I go from here? Life is never dull, I have no doubt that something else will come along and consume my time in no time at all.

Hopefully, maybe Candy, Liz, and I can get in to more trouble.... ;D I think that we worked well as a team. We were able to share and we bonded.... the support went further than just school. Candy earned her RNC .... road trip! Liz had a wedding to plan .... road trip! Any excuse .... road trip! Of course, then there was the Pandora bracelets which we all have and continue to collect!!! We DID IT!

Medugorje and Dubrovnik

Awesome!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

I'm off to Croatia!!!

It is finally here! I fly out later today. I go to Chicago, Frankfurt, and to a place called Spit....doesn't sound very nice, but it's an adventure. Am I pack....NO! I have things in piles. I'm still working on homework...yep, still hate school, takes all the fun away! I ran around today, and I'm pooped out from Jessie and Bobby's beautiful wedding. I completed a 300 picture Smilebox, rather hastily I might add. The wedding was beautiful, the couple radiant! Hopefully, the photography end will all come together. I think it was the dancing to "Flash dance" that put me over, my legs and feet are so swollen! Candy and I both walked around like a couple of geriatrics. I hear Liz is about the same......misery loves company! LOL My Brother's Birthday was on Friday! It certainly has been busy. Oh yes, and I was sick....went to work and wasn't feeling that bad, but it progressed worse and I ended up with a lovely rash! I already begged for antibiotics for my travels, just in case...and low and behold, I got worse, ended up with a rash and had to go to employee health....strep she guess, my guess too, and I have swollen lymph nodes in the back of my neck...another sign of strep. My throat is fine, yet I had a whopping sinus infection (yet again). I was one big red rash from shoulders to feet on Thursday but I'm better. I heard through the grape vine that my travel buddy was warned that she should wear a mask around me.....hmmmmmmm. I have extra medication should I need it!!! I pray for safe travels, a renewed spirit, and will pray with renewed energy.

The months roll on...

March came in with like a lion and it is still growling! The good news is there are are six more weeks of school and I'm done! I've been working like a dog to get things done, because next week is a busy one...I don't know how it could be busier than working 11 in a row, but it is. I have a day to do school work on Monday, have diabetes teaching and school on Tuesday, then work the following three, do pictures for a wedding on Saturday the 14th and fly away on Monday the 16th! Whoohooo!!! Of course, the amount of work I have to do before I go, is a lot, but cest la vie! My biggest concern is my loss of my wonderful hour of sleep since it is now time for Daylight Savings. I do like the extra hour(s) of daylight since I go to work in the dark and come home in the dark, but I still miss that wonderful hour of sleep. The past few weeks I've been a bit preoccupied with Facebook. I've been able to reconnect with some wonderful friends....it is fun getting caught up, it's just a shame that life gets so hectic that we loose touch of such awesome friends. (Thanks to ShabbyMissJennDesigns.com for the wonderful desktop calendar template!!!)

Valentine's came and went....

Valentine's Day was on a Saturday this year. I've been prepared for several weeks. Natalie and Caitlin's stuff was given early. Paul wasn't at home. Callie was at home so was the only one I got pictures of, although she loves to make faces!!! Manuel called me when I was shopping and wanted to know if I wanted a card, candy, or flowers...now there's a sign of true love....LOL I had bought little round cheesecakes with chocolate on them and chocolate covered strawberries...yum.

Today, was a day when many things were scheduled. I went up to Bradenton to meet Natalie for lunch. I had the Wii Fit for her also...mom/wii fit/mom/wii fit...hmmmm we had lunch at the Cheesecake Factory and had a nice visit and got caught up. It was nice to get together. We parted and I went home and she was in the area of a friend so they met up. Callie was in the Edison Children's Parade. Over the years all of the kids have been in it. This is the first one I didn't see with one of my kids in it... :-( Once I was home, I had to finish up homework for a class....grrrrr 1/2 way done. I add another class on now also...does it end???? No mater how close...it feels so far....

Chilly days and cold nights.....

The days recently have been chilly and the nights have been cold and damp. This doesn't last for long, and it is a nice break. The days just spin on by like flipping rapidly through the pages in a book. Caitlin celebrated her 21st birthday. We met up with her and Adam for lunch at the Cheesecake Factory. Always great food! She was thrilled with her gifts and took Natalie's gifts back with her. Natalie was enjoying her time in Las Vegas. I finally finished my Greece/Israel book with Picaboo.com. It came licketysplit! I was so surprised. I think it's 83 pages and it is a wonderful memory keepsake! I only have nine more weeks of school! YES!! I'm tired of the classes that I'm taking currently, I just want to be done. It sounds horrible, but I just miss doing fun things, it's been over 18 months since I last used my sewing machine, and I want to get more proficient at the photoshop, etc. On the bright side - my knee has quite a bit of fluid today, but my walking in the past weeks has improved though not 100% yet. I know I'll be walking alot on my trip to Croatia. I'm going to add a slide show to my blog. I made it the other day using slide.com. My desktop calendar is compliments of shabbymissjenndesigns.com. I've once again changed the backgrounds on this blog. It's getting easier. I have used Zoe Pearn's kit, Shabbymissjeendeigns.com alpha and elements, and a pea font from kevinandamanda.com! It looks cheerful!