It seems that my two week break that I received in between my two quarters went so fast.  I am now currently back in school and had to pay my tuition again.  I can’t believe that it cost still a little over $3000 just for 2 courses for this summer.  Not to mention that one of the courses that I am taking is the math course that I will actually be getting credit for and is the one that will count towards my degree program.  I am glad that I passed my composition 2 course that I was taking last quarter due to the fact that I had to write a 10-11 page paper that counted as my final for that class.  I ended up passing all of the courses that I had taken last quarter as well.  I am also in the middle of training for a half-marathon at this point as well.  This Friday I will be running a 5k and then I will begin training for a 10k.  Total the half-marathon will be a little over 13 miles so it will take some time to get ready to do that.  I will most likely not be doing the half-marathon until some time next year.  I feel that it is certainly helping with all of the stress that I have been dealing with and it is also keeping me very fit as well.

I am glad that it is coming to the end of my college quarter.  I have just recently taken my math final and I passed it.  This test was a pass or fail exam as well so I had to get a 70% or higher.  I ended up getting a 83.75% on the exam so I definitely don’t have to take the class again which is a relief.  However, I am not looking forward to having a hard quarter next term.  I will be taking a composition 2, and the next level math course in addition to healthcare statistics.  These courses put together will make for a hard quarter with a lot of work to get done each week.  Wish me the best of luck for this coming quarter.  I am sure it will be a challenge.

Hello everyone,  sorry it has been a while since I last posted on xanga.  I have started back in school and have had some difficult things to deal with.  I had a wonderful Christmas and New Years.  I received several nice gifts from my parent’s and my siblings.  I also went to a friend’s wedding that took place on new year’s eve.  This made it certainly a fun party due to the fact that there was dancing and a celebration of the new year when it got to midnight.  I just recently got back from Minnesota to see family and friends and have our Christmas up there as well.  I love going through the Mall of America up in MN as well.  They certainly had more snow than we did here in Kansas City, MO.  It also got pretty cold as well.  I am not really looking forward to getting back to doing my HW for my classes I am taking.  I already had to work ahead during my break so that I did not have to take a computer with me to do online class HW.  I enjoyed getting away from all of the work though but life must go on.  

I can’t believe how busy life gets when you get older.  I have had so many things to deal with since I have aged into my 20′s.  Life has just become tougher for me.  I am now having to get on the back of social security because I have not received my check and I am trying to get the tutoring that I need in order to try and pass this certification exam.  I also am under some limitations due to my recent surgery.  I am in a way waiting to hear from multiple people in regards to what I can do.  Also, I am still waiting on the schedule A letter from my neurologist and to hear on some information in regards to my second interview for a full-time job.  Having to do all of this in addition to other things at home makes life a lot harder than you want it to be.

I am excited that I now have the possibility of getting a full time job.  I have already had my first interview and I have sent in the information that is needed.  Now it is a matter of waiting on the schedule A letter that is needed and awaiting my second interview.  I hope that I am placed with a company that is near Lee’s Summit since transportation is going to be one of my major issues in order to get to work on time.  I have done a great deal of research into this topic but I don’t want to pay for any service until I know that I will be needing it.  I hope that I get a job so that I can get the benefits and earn more money.

I currently have an upcoming surgery to replace my VNS that is implanted to help control the seizures.  The surgery is scheduled for October 3rd and i have already had to stop taking certain medications two weeks in advance.  I hope that the replacement of the VNS with help decrease the number of seizures that i have been having.  We think that the battery may already be dead which is why I am having so many lately.  We can hope for the best in this surgery.  The battery on the previous VNS lasted for a good five years so I hope that this one will last that long as well.  I am also in the process of doing the paleo diet which is where I have to cut out grains and stay below 50 carbs a day which can be difficult at times.  This is definitely true when it comes to sweet things.     Although, I have seemed to have lost my sweet tooth since I have not had much of that in some time.

I am looking forward to my adventure to MN coming up on August 9th. We will be going to a family picnic and getting to see the Mall of America again.  We will also be able to eat at the Bubba Gump Shrimp restaurant that my aunt runs the souvenir shop.  It is always a fun time to go and see my family and spend time together.  I am looking forward to this event seeing as it is something that happens only once a year.  I am interested in seeing what new stores have come to the mall and how it has changed.  This will definitely be a fun trip.  Has anyone else gone on great vacations this summer?  Please feel free to comment to tell me about your vacations.  I would love to hear about them.

I am greatly looking forward to my grandma returning today so that we can spend more time together and she can work on my sister’s scrapbook.  She will then be going back with us to Minnesota in August.  I always enjoy going to Minnesota for family reunions because I am able to see more of my family that I normally don’t get to see.  It is a very joyful time of the year for me.  Although I will still have the burden of studying while we are on vacation to Minnesota.  This is such a bummer. 

I feel ashamed that I did not pass my certification exam.  I hope that all of this studying the I have been doing recently will be helpful in preparing me for the next exam.  I have been studying daily for over a week and I hope that it is helpful in my next attempt at the examination.  I am glad that I was able to recieve my ipod touch as long as I agreed to study for the next examination attempt.  I had an ipod before that was not working properly so therefore I had to purchase a new one.  Not to mention I was running out of space anyway.  I spent the majority of my day today calling to find out what some issues were with my social security check and why I have not recieved my authorization to test again.  I am glad that is overwith now I can just relax for the rest of the day.  So looking forward to it.

I am not looking forward to my certification test on the 19th of this month.  I did have it schedules on the 13th of this month but I did not think that was the best day to have my test since it is not a well known day.  We are having our air conditioning replaced today since it went out over a week ago during the heat.  It will be nice that it will be more efficient and we will have a cooler house.  The man is supposed to come today to install it so I won’t be able to get into my room much today. Although, I plan to use this time to study more so that I am ready for my exam.