Something just for me

Its that time of year again (no not Christmas) but for me it is, its tax time! All year I go without any presents for holidays and Christmas and such ( mainly so we have money for our 3 boys) and since things are so tight these past few years with me going to school full time and not working I've felt especially bad about getting anything even when i did need it. So each year when we get the tax return back I get to get myself a gift of my choosing. For a while now I have wanted to get another tattoo, but since its a big one I've put it off time and time again .
But now more than ever I want to get this done. It has a lot of meaning behind it and I feel absolutely overjoyed at the idea that I'm finally going to do it. I am going to be getting most of my back covered with a tattoo. ( It has huge emotional and self value for me) I'm going to do it in sessions and each session runs about 4 hrs long or so , hopefully I can get the entire thing done by 6 months but we will see. As some of you know, I've spoken about this to others and prayed about it as well. Its been troubling me about the religious aspects of getting this done, and after talking to several chaplains and some friends I am going thru with it. I really want to put a scroll at the bottom with a verse from the bible that has meaning to me but I'm still working on that part. If you all have sugestions on a verse that might be about persivering thru troubled times please let me know.

On pins and needles

I have been going to college now for about a year at Columbus Technical College to apply for the Medical Diagnostic Program and I have been waiting anxiously for my letter on when my interview will be since late December now. The programs are very competetive and out of the 30 people applying for the program they are only taking 10. They determine who is going by grades, ethics values in class and an interview. Now grades might hurt me a little because while I do have all A's and B's they are mostly B's in the weighted classes. Ethics is a simple win. The interview is all thats left at this point and mine is coming up. Im nervous because alot is riding on this for me. If I dont get in I will need to go get a full time job and quit school (bye bye big money and security) at least until we move. I've heard from others who had their interview that they often ask some off the wall questions. I just hope I can come up with some great answers. At any rate I'll post more about this after the interview in a few weeks.

The easy way out

Today's school day ended with a somewhat unexpected visit from Antonio's teacher. She first explained how he has been disruptive to other students learning process and that he was very disrespectful to her today. (take into account that she knows of his situation). With all that said I thought I knew what was going to come next. I expected her to say that she was going to move his friend ( the student who he is disrupting the learning process of) to another class, this was talked about earlier but never done. Instead she suggested moving him to another class with a male teacher (something I think will help )and she wants to put him in the gifted program at school. Now maybe its just me being a mom, but I'm finding it hard to reward his poor behavior with praise. I think maybe his teacher is finally throwing in the towel with him and might be trying to make this look like a good idea. So as I pondered weather he truly deserved to be in the gifted program ( and talked with him as well) I started thinking about how lately I too have been making excuses to myself about why I cant go and jog at the track. " It's too cold outside" is a favorite since i loath the cold. After all the thoughts I came to two conclusions, one: Antonio is a very smart child and being in the gifted program might be a real challenge to him , and two: I need to get my butt out to the track and quit taking the easy way out or I'm never gonna loose this weight. lol

Boys and sleep-overs

Since its the weekend and they have monday off for MLK day, I let the two older boys have a sleep over. My oldest Antonio went to his friends and Devin brought his friend here. I'm never suprised at long they can stay awake at these, My husband and I both went to bed around 11pm and Both of the boys were still up including the 4yr old. I got up later around 1am and Devin ( the 8 yr old ) was passed out but i heard music coming from the game room so i peeked in to see who was still up. My 4yr old was playing Rock Band lol ! I wanted to get a picture of it but flash would have gave me away.

The new lady in town

Okay so just to clarify why I'm finally here for those of you who know me , I made this blog to stay in touch with those of you who don't have myspace. I've been reading but cant reply so hence the pages here. So just a quick catch up for those of you who don't know, we just got back from Mexico (yes, we drove) and it was a great experience. I've seen things there that I absolutely loved and that broke my heart. We stayed with my husbands family in Villa Corona for 10 days and visited the beach in Manzanillo for 3. I tried every food that was asked of me and most of it wasn't bad. We ended up getting a stomach virus while there (no we didn't drink the water) Lucky for us his Aunt is a nurse there and she got us medicine . Looking back on the trip and knowing that they next time we visit his grandparents will probably have passed away (they are in their 90's) it was a sad yet happy occasion. I took lots of pictures and Ive posted some on myspace for those of you that visit there.