People in heaven have a great sense of humor.
As mentioned in my previous post, our car is working....but is...well...humble :) The car alarm fiasco has continued. But this one is brief and worth reading I believe .
the next day, after the store parking lot and finally getting home, we went out to get some lunch while running some errands. The we was originally supposed to be Kiernan and me, but we literally ran into Bryan as we were walking out the building door, so he joined us. Boy am I glad he did.
We get in the car, the alarm goes off. We both sigh, and get it taken care of, and drive away. We pull out of the parking lot, onto sunnyside. We turn right onto Foothill. We pass that light that marks 2100 east. Right after that....the alarm goes off....WHILE WE ARE DRIVING! yes, as we drive along, HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK and flashers going off. Imagine our surprise. I was glad Bryan was there, because if it were just me, rest assured I'd just be running around like a chicken with its head cut off. We pull over, get it taken care of, and it goes off every time we turn the car off. fun :) bryan was able to make it, later that day, not go off anymore by taking something off of a cord. Now the alarm doesn't go off at all. So nice.
Kiernan is no longer fussy. But I swear our neighbors have heard him scream bloody murder. This is due to the evil saline spray and nose aspirator. yup, he's got a cold. last week was small fevers, fussiness and coughing. This week is snot, throwing up mucus, small fevers, tons of sneezing, sleeping tons, and total happiness. I think it's just a cold, but I'm taking him in tomorrow to the doctor just to make sure it's not RSV. I know Bryan rolls his eyes at this, but hey, better safe than sorry. And there's no copay for Kiernan, so it really won't hurt.
Unfortunately, since he's really stuffed up he is wheezing at night (or when we haven't sucked snot out of him for a long period of time) so I don't sleep well as I get overly anxious about it. He slept alot today, so that means he isn't in bed yet :) and it's now 1:30 AM. oh well, at least he did sleep, and is happy :) I prefer that and not getting much sleep than him being grumpy.
I need to upload pictures. When I get my lazy bum onto Bryan's computer, I'll do that. :)
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Oy....
Time flies. I hate it.
School: School is great. Things are going well. I just need to get myself motivated to video tape myself for 4 sessions of 10 minutes of consultations (practice ones). I have to have it done by next week Thursday no matter what. my goal was last week Thursday, but that didn't happen obviously :) I was supposed to go...basically shadow...an itinterant tomorrow, but the car is not allowing that to happen (see below under life).
Work: Work is the same old same old, nothing is hardly ever new in this area.
my life: I suck. You would think I had things in order but I don't. I kind of overscheduled myself in several areas, and I'm now a complete slacker in some eyes I'm sure. Awhile ago I was supposed to go to an enrichment meeting. Now mind you, these girls probably think I'm non-existent, hate them or think I'm a flake. I had warned the bishopric when they called me on this that I wouldn't be making it to many meetings or activities. I have night classes. Every single semester I've had a Thursday night class (including this semester), which is when the meetings were typically held and when the activities generally are. The bishopric said that was fine, and I could still help out. Yeah, fliers :) I'm glad to help, really, I just feel like a dummy saying "hey, I can't come to meetings, but I can pass out some papers once a month..." Earlier this month, err last month, there was a meeting I could go to, so I said I would be there. I completely forgot about it, mostly cause I got sick. Then they had another this past Sunday, I made it! I signed up to do some things, including fliers for this week! So I think to myself all day after the meeting "fliers, fliers, fliers" I get home, do some homework (I'm behind...imagine that). And get super excited about making homemade lasagna, where I'm even making homemade sauce. So I start making it so Bryan doesn't have to prep everything the next day. Oh wait...what happened to fliers? Yeah...I just remembered. I'm a loser. I've got to look like a flake to everybody now.
As for the car. That was lovely. our car....is old :) It's a very humble car. 97, black, VW jetta. The only car we have, and she (yes she, her name is midnight...Bryan's thing not mine), has served us well. Awhile ago, the car stopped unlocking so the only way to get in was to climb through the window or go through the driver's door. This was before we got married, it got fixed, but it required Bry's dad to take off the inside of the door...it never got put back on for a variety of reasons. BUT all the doors open :) This is definitely a necessity now that we have a child with a ginormous carseat to fit into the car. Well, the passenger side is the one that has the gutted out door, the front passenger side. so some cords stick out and such, no big deal. You have to open it a certain way, no big deal. Today, we went on campus. Bryan had a class, I had a meeting and lugged Kiernan along (yes, lugged, the dude's getting heavy). the car alarm goes off....huh. It shouldn't have...considering we have to manually unlock and lock the car. We turn it off (we have to turn it off by unlocking the trunk since the internal locking system is no longer automatic). And go on our way to do the things we need to do. We come back, my door is slightly ajar...hmph, weird. We get in, leave, and go to the store. Get in the parking lot, Bryan gets out, shuts the door. The alarm goes off. Bryan turns it off, and waits for me to get out. I get out, the alarm goes off. Hmm...oh wait...car won't start. Bryan fiddles, the alarm goes on and off several times. then I hear "hey, why are the windows down?" what? Somehow, through this whole process, the car rolled down all the windows (which we avoid sinc ethe back two windows have fallen before!). Bryan sends me into the store with Kiernan to get the one item we needed, trash bags. I come out, he's still working on it. Then I see him fiddle with something inside the car. Turns out...some cord that is related to the alarm got shut in the door, which was why my door wasn't all the way shut all the way back at the campus parking lot. during all this, I decided to move my shadowing to next week just in case we couldn't get the car working by tomorrow. Throughout all this, I made Bryan really stressed out by reminding him we needed a babysitter for the shadowing thing, and he had forgotten or just somehow didn't hear me. So yeah, find a baby sitter for tomorrow morning at 7:45 AM? not happening, so that confirmed that I needed to reschedule. So I did, and luckily the girl was able to do it (many thanks to her).
In short, I'm a flake :)
Kiernan: he's doing great...most of the time. either he's teething, or he's had a bad stomach ache, or has got some nasty growing pains going on. He's been so fussy all day. Normally he takes several hour long naps throughout the day. Not today, he took two, and that's it. So he's tired...very tired. But something's bugging him. He's had fevers up and down ever since last night, but not high enough to take him to the doctor. He's also drooling as if old faithful is just spouting out of his mouth. Seriously, nothing is dry around him...nothing. So if you see me walking around with wet spots all over, it's his drool. I promise! He keeps sucking on things like no other, hates being put down at the moment, and just whines and whines and whines. this is very unusual for him. He's usually extremely happy all day, easy to distract, and takes many naps, especially in the mornings. Hopefully this thing will resolve itself soon so he can be happy again. :)
Otherwise, he's healthy. He's growing like no other though. I told Bryan today that I seriously think he grew a bunch overnight. He looks so much bigger today. This is part of why I think it might be growth spurt pains. But he also likes to have his gums rubbed, so it could be teething, but he also likes it when I do bicycle kicks with his legs, and that could be a tummy ache. He loves sucking, but won't take the binky right now. I know he's not constipated cause...yeah...we've got plenty of poopy diapers. Oh wait...I thought I moved on about complaining about this...
He's doing well :) he's healthy. We love him, he makes me smile, even when he's crying. he's just adorable. we love him.
There...that should be long enough for now :)
School: School is great. Things are going well. I just need to get myself motivated to video tape myself for 4 sessions of 10 minutes of consultations (practice ones). I have to have it done by next week Thursday no matter what. my goal was last week Thursday, but that didn't happen obviously :) I was supposed to go...basically shadow...an itinterant tomorrow, but the car is not allowing that to happen (see below under life).
Work: Work is the same old same old, nothing is hardly ever new in this area.
my life: I suck. You would think I had things in order but I don't. I kind of overscheduled myself in several areas, and I'm now a complete slacker in some eyes I'm sure. Awhile ago I was supposed to go to an enrichment meeting. Now mind you, these girls probably think I'm non-existent, hate them or think I'm a flake. I had warned the bishopric when they called me on this that I wouldn't be making it to many meetings or activities. I have night classes. Every single semester I've had a Thursday night class (including this semester), which is when the meetings were typically held and when the activities generally are. The bishopric said that was fine, and I could still help out. Yeah, fliers :) I'm glad to help, really, I just feel like a dummy saying "hey, I can't come to meetings, but I can pass out some papers once a month..." Earlier this month, err last month, there was a meeting I could go to, so I said I would be there. I completely forgot about it, mostly cause I got sick. Then they had another this past Sunday, I made it! I signed up to do some things, including fliers for this week! So I think to myself all day after the meeting "fliers, fliers, fliers" I get home, do some homework (I'm behind...imagine that). And get super excited about making homemade lasagna, where I'm even making homemade sauce. So I start making it so Bryan doesn't have to prep everything the next day. Oh wait...what happened to fliers? Yeah...I just remembered. I'm a loser. I've got to look like a flake to everybody now.
As for the car. That was lovely. our car....is old :) It's a very humble car. 97, black, VW jetta. The only car we have, and she (yes she, her name is midnight...Bryan's thing not mine), has served us well. Awhile ago, the car stopped unlocking so the only way to get in was to climb through the window or go through the driver's door. This was before we got married, it got fixed, but it required Bry's dad to take off the inside of the door...it never got put back on for a variety of reasons. BUT all the doors open :) This is definitely a necessity now that we have a child with a ginormous carseat to fit into the car. Well, the passenger side is the one that has the gutted out door, the front passenger side. so some cords stick out and such, no big deal. You have to open it a certain way, no big deal. Today, we went on campus. Bryan had a class, I had a meeting and lugged Kiernan along (yes, lugged, the dude's getting heavy). the car alarm goes off....huh. It shouldn't have...considering we have to manually unlock and lock the car. We turn it off (we have to turn it off by unlocking the trunk since the internal locking system is no longer automatic). And go on our way to do the things we need to do. We come back, my door is slightly ajar...hmph, weird. We get in, leave, and go to the store. Get in the parking lot, Bryan gets out, shuts the door. The alarm goes off. Bryan turns it off, and waits for me to get out. I get out, the alarm goes off. Hmm...oh wait...car won't start. Bryan fiddles, the alarm goes on and off several times. then I hear "hey, why are the windows down?" what? Somehow, through this whole process, the car rolled down all the windows (which we avoid sinc ethe back two windows have fallen before!). Bryan sends me into the store with Kiernan to get the one item we needed, trash bags. I come out, he's still working on it. Then I see him fiddle with something inside the car. Turns out...some cord that is related to the alarm got shut in the door, which was why my door wasn't all the way shut all the way back at the campus parking lot. during all this, I decided to move my shadowing to next week just in case we couldn't get the car working by tomorrow. Throughout all this, I made Bryan really stressed out by reminding him we needed a babysitter for the shadowing thing, and he had forgotten or just somehow didn't hear me. So yeah, find a baby sitter for tomorrow morning at 7:45 AM? not happening, so that confirmed that I needed to reschedule. So I did, and luckily the girl was able to do it (many thanks to her).
In short, I'm a flake :)
Kiernan: he's doing great...most of the time. either he's teething, or he's had a bad stomach ache, or has got some nasty growing pains going on. He's been so fussy all day. Normally he takes several hour long naps throughout the day. Not today, he took two, and that's it. So he's tired...very tired. But something's bugging him. He's had fevers up and down ever since last night, but not high enough to take him to the doctor. He's also drooling as if old faithful is just spouting out of his mouth. Seriously, nothing is dry around him...nothing. So if you see me walking around with wet spots all over, it's his drool. I promise! He keeps sucking on things like no other, hates being put down at the moment, and just whines and whines and whines. this is very unusual for him. He's usually extremely happy all day, easy to distract, and takes many naps, especially in the mornings. Hopefully this thing will resolve itself soon so he can be happy again. :)
Otherwise, he's healthy. He's growing like no other though. I told Bryan today that I seriously think he grew a bunch overnight. He looks so much bigger today. This is part of why I think it might be growth spurt pains. But he also likes to have his gums rubbed, so it could be teething, but he also likes it when I do bicycle kicks with his legs, and that could be a tummy ache. He loves sucking, but won't take the binky right now. I know he's not constipated cause...yeah...we've got plenty of poopy diapers. Oh wait...I thought I moved on about complaining about this...
He's doing well :) he's healthy. We love him, he makes me smile, even when he's crying. he's just adorable. we love him.
There...that should be long enough for now :)
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Traveling
So the three of us (hubby, son and me) are going to CA to visit my in-laws as they have not seen Kiernan (KB) yet. We bought 2 plane tickets, and will be holding KB. we need to bring the car seat though. how does that work? how do i make it be luggage? and any suggestions for traveling? it's only an hour and 45 minutes of flying.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Ok, I'm really not that whiny
So I was posting all the past posts, I could not believe how many whiny posts and frustrated posts I had. Including the last couple about my qualifying exam. I'm just so dang nervous about it since it determines if I get to continue with my master's program or not. However, one thing did cheer me up a lot while I was prepping for it. Kiernan. Seriously, he's just so cute. He made me smile every time I looked at him as he would smile almost every single time I looked at him. It was as if he knew I needed to be smiled at to help me relax and not just go into a mental breakdown. He really is an awesome baby, and we truly are blessed.
I haven't posted pictures of him in awhile, there are two reasons for this. We accidentally broke Bryan's camera :( And I thought my camera was lost for good. Bryan just found it the other day, so now I need to start getting back into my picture taking habits of him.
Kiernan just turned 3 months this past Friday. 3 whole months! I've heard people talk about how time flies all the time, but I didn't really realize it until we had Kiernan. I cannot believe how big he is, how alert he is, how strong he is, how etc etc etc. We are seriously so happy with him, and I cannot imagine my life without him. I was afraid for a long time that we were having him too soon, with both of us in school full time, with quite a bit of schooling left, and me working. But it's honestly worked out for the best. It's just made my testimony grow stronger that God really does know what he's doing, and he'll help us out and make things work if we follow him and his plans.
The Qualifying Exam is over. People ask me "doesn't it feel great?" well...no. I've taken it once before and barely failed. I felt great about it last time, was sure I passed. The day I get home from Brazil, after crying for a couple of hours because I wouldn't see Bryan for 3 months and I was all hormonal from being pregnant, an had been flying for a good 30 something hours, spent 12 hours alone in the peru airport, after all that, I got the letter saying I failed, and an e-mail from my program director saying she was concerned. yeah, it was a very bad day to return to reality. So no, I don't feel better :) I won't feel better until I get letter that says I pass. Unfortunately this is my last chance. I did my best, I know I did. I took the 6 week workshop to try and help my writing skills, I took my time writing it. I stopped after every paragraph to proofread, proofread the whole thing on the computer, printed it out, proofread it again, printed it out again, and proofread it one last time. Then handed it in. We had 3 hours to write 6 pages, with citations, in APA style and to sound extremely smart as if we know what we're talking about. It was very difficult to go on for 6 pages about collaboration, but I did it (many thanks to mom here for giving me help while I was researching for the 24 hours before the test that we had when we got the question). I did what I could, and if I didn't pass, then it's truly just because I'm not supposed to be there. But dang...I want to pass :)
Work is great. Bryan is awesome, he's been picking up where I've been slacking off on housework this week, despite the amount of homework that I know he has (which is loads). He's awesome, and I hope he knows how much I really appreciate it.
We did go to sacrament today, but came home as I was feeling sick (cold's coming back), and needed to sleep. I feel a little better in the exhaustion area, but worse in the feeling sick area. Hopefully this passes soon, and I don't give it to Kiernan. He' sjust too cute to be sick! :)
I haven't posted pictures of him in awhile, there are two reasons for this. We accidentally broke Bryan's camera :( And I thought my camera was lost for good. Bryan just found it the other day, so now I need to start getting back into my picture taking habits of him.
Kiernan just turned 3 months this past Friday. 3 whole months! I've heard people talk about how time flies all the time, but I didn't really realize it until we had Kiernan. I cannot believe how big he is, how alert he is, how strong he is, how etc etc etc. We are seriously so happy with him, and I cannot imagine my life without him. I was afraid for a long time that we were having him too soon, with both of us in school full time, with quite a bit of schooling left, and me working. But it's honestly worked out for the best. It's just made my testimony grow stronger that God really does know what he's doing, and he'll help us out and make things work if we follow him and his plans.
The Qualifying Exam is over. People ask me "doesn't it feel great?" well...no. I've taken it once before and barely failed. I felt great about it last time, was sure I passed. The day I get home from Brazil, after crying for a couple of hours because I wouldn't see Bryan for 3 months and I was all hormonal from being pregnant, an had been flying for a good 30 something hours, spent 12 hours alone in the peru airport, after all that, I got the letter saying I failed, and an e-mail from my program director saying she was concerned. yeah, it was a very bad day to return to reality. So no, I don't feel better :) I won't feel better until I get letter that says I pass. Unfortunately this is my last chance. I did my best, I know I did. I took the 6 week workshop to try and help my writing skills, I took my time writing it. I stopped after every paragraph to proofread, proofread the whole thing on the computer, printed it out, proofread it again, printed it out again, and proofread it one last time. Then handed it in. We had 3 hours to write 6 pages, with citations, in APA style and to sound extremely smart as if we know what we're talking about. It was very difficult to go on for 6 pages about collaboration, but I did it (many thanks to mom here for giving me help while I was researching for the 24 hours before the test that we had when we got the question). I did what I could, and if I didn't pass, then it's truly just because I'm not supposed to be there. But dang...I want to pass :)
Work is great. Bryan is awesome, he's been picking up where I've been slacking off on housework this week, despite the amount of homework that I know he has (which is loads). He's awesome, and I hope he knows how much I really appreciate it.
We did go to sacrament today, but came home as I was feeling sick (cold's coming back), and needed to sleep. I feel a little better in the exhaustion area, but worse in the feeling sick area. Hopefully this passes soon, and I don't give it to Kiernan. He' sjust too cute to be sick! :)
Friday, February 20, 2009
It's official
It will take a miracle for me to pass this exam. Stupid brain farts and stupid wall I keep running into, and stupid mental block.
No pressure....really...
I have to take a qualifying exam. This exam determines whether I get to graduate or not, despite the number of credits I've already taken. I despise this exam. I have taken it once before, and did not pass.
The exam works like this.
They e-mail you a question 10 AM Friday, and you have 24 hours to prepare an outline, study it, etc. You are not allowed to write it out. The outline may not contain more than 100 words. at 10 AM on Saturday, you go to a computer lab, with only your outline and your APA manual in hand. You are expected to write 6 pages, with references (thank heavens they don't make you do the reference page, but you do need to cite references in your paper), with perfect APA style in 3 hours. You have THREE hours to write an answer to this question, 6 pages long, APA format.
I despise this because they claim that it's a test to see how your writing reflects on the university. In reality, if I were to ever have anything published, I wouldn't force myself to sit down and write it in 3 hours with no one to edit it or proofread it. It's unrealistic, and stupid. I have no lower than an A- in ALL of my grad classes, and have written numerous research papers and have not gotten lower than a 95% on all of them. You think this would be good enough, but no, it's not.
I also hate the scoring format. They score on 13 different points. 1 point is content. All the rest has to do with the writing style. And it's a pass or fail. You get two chances, if you don't make it both times, sorry, no degree. This sucks, because I'm halfway done, and my master's program is not short (10 semesters). So to be halfway, when most grads would have already graduated, and not pass this exam, would really suck.
Ah well, time to stop venting and go back to working on it.
The exam works like this.
They e-mail you a question 10 AM Friday, and you have 24 hours to prepare an outline, study it, etc. You are not allowed to write it out. The outline may not contain more than 100 words. at 10 AM on Saturday, you go to a computer lab, with only your outline and your APA manual in hand. You are expected to write 6 pages, with references (thank heavens they don't make you do the reference page, but you do need to cite references in your paper), with perfect APA style in 3 hours. You have THREE hours to write an answer to this question, 6 pages long, APA format.
I despise this because they claim that it's a test to see how your writing reflects on the university. In reality, if I were to ever have anything published, I wouldn't force myself to sit down and write it in 3 hours with no one to edit it or proofread it. It's unrealistic, and stupid. I have no lower than an A- in ALL of my grad classes, and have written numerous research papers and have not gotten lower than a 95% on all of them. You think this would be good enough, but no, it's not.
I also hate the scoring format. They score on 13 different points. 1 point is content. All the rest has to do with the writing style. And it's a pass or fail. You get two chances, if you don't make it both times, sorry, no degree. This sucks, because I'm halfway done, and my master's program is not short (10 semesters). So to be halfway, when most grads would have already graduated, and not pass this exam, would really suck.
Ah well, time to stop venting and go back to working on it.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Kiernan
I'm so sad! Kiernan is sick :( he has been doing little coughs since last night, and sleeping a lot. An hour ago I noticed his face was flushed, so i took his temperature and it's 99.9. I'm counting it as a fever since his face is warm and flushed while his hands and body are cool.
I'm just sad that he's not feeling well :(
I'm just sad that he's not feeling well :(
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