Teach Me Tuesday

Well I have been on campus two days and here is a quick summary:

I'm too damn old to live in a dorm
The school and town has a serious problem with mosquitoes and gnats
I like my lab teacher for one of my classes
I am terrified of germs...I bleach everything all day long...sigh
I am extremely homesick
Target is 30 miles away which forces me to shop at Walmart (ughh)
I live for Thursday because that is when I can head home for the weekend
There are tons of older people in the class notably a 50 year old white male.
There are also tons of 2nd degree students
I've been able to maintain my no meat diet while at school. I just don't eat.

Today was the only day I had class and it was just a lab. I look forward to posting more about my actual learning experience next week!

WTF Wednesday

So today is Wednesday and I have the worse PMS. I think I have the most severe form of this monthly monster.  My mood is so bad I should be committed.  I can go from laughing to crying in .00000001 seconds. People should stay the hell away from me.  I just want to sleep and be left alone. Too bad it won't be happening anytime soon!!

Seriously I think I may ask my doctor for some medication.

Teach Me Tuesday

So many of my Tweetie Pies have been very supportive of my decision to go back to school to obtain a second degree.  This is a big step for me because I will be living on campus. In an effort to keep my Tweetie Pies current on my new adventure I have decided to post every Tuesday what I've learned and my experiences this time around.  I hope this will help anyone who is contemplating going back to school or who needs to make a change...

New Readers please read New Month, New outlook, New Goals to learn about my new adventure.

To save some time and energy I've decided to wear scrubs everyday. This will prevent me from worrying about outfits and all that mess. I will take accessories and make up!

The picture below is of the stuff I plan on taking to school. I'm not even done yet!.....Sigh

Money Monday

Well today is Monday and I'm talking about money.  I received my tax assessment in the mail a couple of weeks ago and was utterly pissed.  The value of my home has gone down again. I hoping/praying/wishing that it would at least hold steady but the joke was on me. So after careful consideration I've decided to do a "strategic foreclosure" on the property.  In the beginning I was SCARED about messing up my credit but in the end I am tired of throwing money away. 

Since I am/was a real estate agent I have thought about this and I know the market is not going to change anytime soon. When I purchased the house my intentions were never to live here this long (7 years). However due to the economy I was forced to stay here.  While in school I will be living on campus so I will have a place to stay the next two years.  When I finish school I will be a renter or live in my other property (my childhood home). I really think my Atlanta days will be over when I finish anyway so I keep asking myself  'why keep this house.'

If I was married or had kids I would keep the home but I have neither.  I have decided to never buy another piece of property until I get married. This shit is not for single women.....I am completely over owning a home.

I think I am going to use You Walk Away to assist me through this process.

I will be sure to keep you all updated on the process.

Learning To Say No...Rant

I have serious problem of not being able to say NO to my friends. I can be mean and cold to a lot of people but if your my friend and you need something I will try to help you.  This is starting to cause me much stress and strife in my life.  I often end up more stressed and frustrated by helping the person. 
I am currently feeling like I need to change in this area ASAP! It is causing me too much stress and I don't need it with me going back to school. I've decided to change my number the day after my birthday. This will get the last of the leeches out of my life. This will give me the opportunity to focus on school and my personal business which is unraveling as I type. 

I am seriously SICK OF PEOPLE CALLING ME WITH THEIR PROBLEMS. Especially when they can't do shit for me if I need to ever call them.

#THATISALL

New Month, New Outlook, New Goals

Well I have not posted for awhile because I have been in Nashville, TN with my sweetie. He and I are new and I wanted to spend time with him before I head off to school. After one month of being together it is safe to say we still get along. We've only had two disagreements. I think that is really good for two people who met two months ago! During this month he met my family and I met his mom. Everything is moving along nicely. The disagreements we had are something that we are working on but nothing to throw in the towel about. Unfortunately our time together must end because I will be going to nursing school 7 hours away. Which means we will be long distance. We plan on seeing each other on the weekends (2 or 3 per month). It is only for 18 months so I am sure we will work through it.

August 15th I officially begin my career change. I start nursing school at a college in the country. This experience is exciting and nerve wrecking at the same time. I have to live 3 hours from my home four days per week. I will be living on campus (something I didn't do when I went to college the first time). I am going to be completely uncomfortable but I am hoping to learn patience, discipline, and most importantly the skills I need to become a successful RN. I am going to try to get on a schedule that will consist of working out, studying, blogging and getting my spiritual life back on track. I have been off balance in ALL those areas.

Working out has been a joke in my world and I actually feel BAD about it. I really would like to lose 13lbs TODAY! So I must get back in the groove. I plan on using the facilities at my school along with some workout tapes I have. I am praying for discipline. I've joined the "Finish What You Started Challenge" with Yum Yucky . I am hoping my twitter friends and family will keep me motivated. Diet is not my problem but when it comes to being active I SUCK!

Blogging...Well I have several blogs that I do not post on. This is the only blog I use and as you know I don't do it often. I've decided to ditch my other blogs except for KissNmakemeup. However some of my post may overlap. I hope to start vlogging at some point but I am not feeling it at the moment.

Sorry for the long post I hope to keep them shorter in the future

Relationship Status

So let me start this by saying I am not the girl who has always envisioned a wedding. Mainly because I grew up in a single parent home (both parents were very active... read abt my daddy ) so I don't feel like I missed anything. Anyone that knows me will cosign I am much more concerned with being a mother than a wife. Which is why I decided I would adopt once I finished nursing school. If a man can fit into MY plan that's cool if not oh well....has always been my approach.

Now in my prior relationships I never thought about marriage. The men were usually Mr. Right Now because there was no way in hell I would have married any of them. My outlook on relationships has always been "when this ends" and like I stated in a previous blog I haven't not really been IN LOVE. Just long term relationship until they ran their course.  After my last relationship I knew I wanted to be in love but was not sure how I would achieve it. I really wanted my heart to play a major role in my next relationship. Not my head or the fact that I hate dating. In order to fall in love I feel like you must relinquish some control and I have issues with that

 Well peeps my new man has changed that. I was introduced to him via my BFF which makes things so much easier. We've only been talking a month and both of us are smitten with each other. The first thing that I liked about him was that he takes being a father serious. For those that know me know I don't do deadbeat or part time dads. That gets a HELL NO from me. Next, our conversations are easy and honest. This man can COMMUNICATE I don't have to wonder what in the hell is he thinking. For instance, I normally date other people while getting to know someone but he politely let me know he was not comfortable with that. Now in my years of dating most men go with the flow whether they want to or not. So to have a man state what he wants is very refreshing. He also let me know I will not talk to him crazy. Yeah I can be real flip at the mouth and some men just roll with it but not this one. WILL THE REAL MEN PLEASE STAND UP!! I like how when he was not in a good place he said one of the things that helped him was church. There is nothing sexier than a man that goes to church and encourages his woman to do the same. He encourages me to study for school because he doesn't want me to struggle later. I can go on and on about the guy but I'm not (maybe later).

I will end this by saying for the first time I actually thinking and hoping for a future. I may actually build something with a mate versus creating my own family by adopting. It's exciting and nerve wrecking at the same time.  It does require me to give up some control but I don't mind at all.