Time

Time seems to be flying by. I am now 34 weeks and 2 days pregnant with our very active baby boy. He is growing at a normal rate and has a strong heart beat. We couldn't be more blessed in that regard. We cannot wait to meet him, but I must admit the idea of giving birth terrifies me. I would love to hear some advice or words of comfort from those who have been through the birthing and child raising process.

I had to give up school back in April due to the fact that my funding ran out. I am only 6 classes (17 credits) away from completing my degree and desperately hope to do so one day. I wish I could get a loan to do so, but that doesn't look like it will be possible any time soon. I find myself wanting to update the blog often, but never really knowing what to say. Please feel free to leave me some feedback if there is anyone out there reading.

6 Months Worth of Updates

It sure has been a while since I last updated. We moved from our house in Buffalo on October 14. We miss some things about the place, but there are some things we don't miss at all. We do hope that one day we will be in our own house again, but with much different circumstances than what we dealt with when living in Buffalo. I do not want to get into all of the details, but that was a very exciting and also scary and trying time in our lives.

For the happy news, we are having a baby boy! We got two positive home pregnancy tests on December 13, 2011 and went to the doctor for confirmation on December 14, 2011. We are excited and of course nervous, as most first time parents are. It felt like forever waiting to have the anatomy ultrasound where they would check all of the organs and also see if they could tell the gender. On March 26, 2012 we found out that we are expecting a baby boy. We are thrilled and cannot wait to meet him. He is due on August 14, 2012. We have chosen the name Archer Hayes and cannot wait to see him and watch him grow. We love his profile ultrasound picture so much that it is framed and hanging on our living room wall.

It's getting late right now and I best get ready for bed. If anyone is out there actually reading this feel free to ask me some questions. I will try to update this on a more regular basis.

So excited! Mail surprise that made me smile!

For so long the mail has brought me bad or boring news, but today something I'd been waiting for arrived. Back on August 31st I wrote about being invited and inducted into the Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society chapter at my school. Well, today my certificate arrived in the mail, I may or may not have jumped up and down and squealed when my husband brought the package in from the mailbox. I went out and bought a nice wood frame for it and my husband hung it on the wall for me. I know this might sound like bragging, and hell maybe it is. I just have so few happy things to talk about, I am super excited over this. It is like finally having tangible proof of my hard work. So, here is my certificate in all of its glory.

Why say goodbye...

when you aren't happy to be leaving.

Intimidation

When something or someone is intimidating, it or they can make you feel incredibly small. A week ago today I finished a course that had me intimidated the entire time. The professor was like none I had ever had, she was very strict in her grading and was not afraid to sound her opinion or point out anything that anyone missed or had gotten wrong or gotten confused about. At first I thought it was because she was just a hard ass, but I realized that she was pushing us, she was making us use critical thinking skills. This is something I can respect. I was terrified that I was going to flounder in the class though since she was such a hard grader and I have issues with technical things like knowing where to use commas, semi colons etc. I found out early Sunday morning that I ended the class with a 97.25%. That thrilled me, but something else thrilled me more and  I am still ecstatic to say that I earned a perfect score of 25 out of 25 on my final paper. She gave me some amazing feedback and many compliments; like my paper was the best one she had read in quite a while. Throughout the course I had been intimidated, feeling as if I were an inch tall and cowering in the corner like a scared child. I let the intimidation I felt bring me down and cause me a lot of stress. I am so proud to say that I survived that course and now I feel as though I can push my way through other tough situations. Do not let intimidation beat you down, rise above it!

Just a ticker..or two

Alpha Sigma Lambda!

So I have been invited for the past two years or so to join Golden Key International Honor Society. I have yet to join. On Tuesday I was invited once again to join Golden Key, I was also invited to join Alpha Sigma Lambda. On Wednesday I pledged to Alpha Sigma Lambda. I know this may not be exciting news to most, but hey I hardly ever have anything to celebrate and I think joining an Honor Society is something to be proud of. I have nothing else to say, just wanted to drop in and share a small bit of happiness in my life.