Yum yum yum yum….I love Fattoush Shwarma salads! YUM! Baby girl is going to be happy tonight too when I surprise her with the chicken and hummus. She’s been eating hummus for a year or so now and she can eat it (and guacamole) by the spoonfull!!! Things are well. I finally made headway with U of M yesterday. Got the enrollment fee issue settled, the transcript update cleared up and now understand the financial aid process. Every now and then I start feeling a little anxious, like there’s something big that I’m supposed to be doing and forgot to do, I don’t know, it’s a little hard to explain. I think it’s a strange combination of anxiety, excitement, anticipation, fear…. I’m on a pretty big journey right now and each week brings some new piece of the puzzle that I need to figure out how to fit it in and make it work, and not just for me, but for everyone involved.

In other news, I’m starting to get the travel pangs again….I’m trying to subdue it until I’ve made it through school and gotten settled in a new job (in 2011!!!!!) I’m thinking that once I get in to the full swing of school I won’t have time to even think about travel, so the time should fly right by.

OK, I can’t focus right now, soooooo I’ll write another time.
ME

Not bad, huh?

Only been a few weeks since I last posted, not bad, huh? The getting to U of M road continues to be a bit frustrating. It's been a month and my transcripts still have not posted, I've sent two e-mails to Nursing Admissions a couple of weeks ago and still haven't heard back, and I left a VM for a woman at Jackson CC and still haven't heard back! I keep reminding myself about Randy Pausch's quote in his book "The last lecture" that the "brick walls aren't there to keep you from realizing your dreams, just to determine who wants it bad enough" (THAT WAS A VERRRRYYY LOOSE QUOTE BY THE WAY). I won't give up. If I have to, I will drive over to the school and track down somebody to talk to in person.

Anyways, all is well. I am kicking a$$ in my Pathophysiology class. I currently have 147/150!!! I've fallen behind in my Bio/Org Chem class and have to take my second exam by this Sunday afternoon, so, I really need to step up and do this reading and practice questions before then. It should all turn out ok. I'm not too worried...yet. I was thrown a little curve ball this past week by being sick and it has been difficult to study and concentrate. Heck, it's been hard to stay awake!

Oh well, all is good. Speaking of chem, I better get to it! Take care :-)
ME