What happens when you show up in your teenagers class by surprise?

Wow, I had some fun yesterday. I went to the middle school to attend a conference with my daughter's teachers and they had a lot of wonderful things to say about her. I just need to assist her with establishing much better organizational skills. I can do that with no problem. I found out that my daughter loves to read in every one of her classes. I think that is great, but then again, it depends on if it is getting in the way of her learning in each of those classes. I told her to pay more attention in her classes to the teaching and the work in those particular classes, and read if she has extra time. I also told her to take notes in every class, because that will help her to study and truly grasp all the concepts that she is being taught.

Well, after the conference was over, I decided to stay at the school and see if I could keep an eye on my son. He was already suspended once for being tardy to class, so I wanted to make sure he was doing what he had to in order to make it to class on time. After waiting for over an hour, I was finally able to take to the assistant principal in the 8th grade house. He was more than happy to allow me to hang out on campus and make sure my son was getting to class on time. The 8th grade counselor also was happy to hear that I will be around more to keep an eye on my son. Ha ha ha . I am sure they are having a ball talking about me being at the school yesterday.

I am sure you want to know what happened when my son saw me, right.?.

Here we go. I walked over to my son's class with the assistant principal, and my son was in class working on the computer. I was told, " Go sit next to him, I want him to see you and know that you are here". " Ha ha ha." So, I did go sit next to him, and I tapped on his shoulder and asked him why he was late to class. Lol. His face was so serious and he had to think for a moment before answering me. His first teacher held him back and made him late, we made sure to verify that he was telling the truth. I stayed on campus for another hour so that I could be there when they changed classes again. Right before the release bell, I walked over to his class room and watched him walk out with other students. I made sure he saw me out there. I walked around the building and back to the class room to make sure he was in class on time, and sure enough, he was there. One of the administrators that stands on patrol told me that he practically ran there to make sure he was on time. Lol, right? I should have stayed longer, but I left after seeing that he was back to work.

I plan on going to the school on my days off from school here, that way both my kids know that I am not playing with them. They need to be responsible and put forth effort as I do. I know they can do so much better in school then they are showing me right now. Sometimes I just need to give them a reason to do their best, even if it means I need to be on campus to motivate them... ha ha ha . I hope you all liked my story.  Let me know what you think. God Bless, and take care.

It's Valentine's Day... Oh Boy...

Well, here we are at Valentine's Day 2014.

I remember when I was younger and hated this day. I did for a long time, up until just recently. I used to cry every Valentine's Day.  My mother, and maybe even my father, used to bring home a rose and a little box of chocolates for me.  Sometimes I even got a card with a personal message or prayer inside also. I always said thank you to my mother; however, I also always said," but it's not the same." She always knew what I meant. I wanted a boy/guy to give me something on Valentine's Day, but it never ceased to surprise me that I received nothing, ever. It never failed, I would come home from school sad and ready to lock myself in my room and cry, while writing and/or drawing in my journal/diary. To be honest, I still have those journals.

Things changed recently, though, Thank God.

Now, I love Valentine's Day, not more than Christmas though... I wonder why my thoughts and feelings changed all of a sudden. I think it all changed because I decided that I can just do things for others. It makes me feel so good to give people a little happiness and love on this day, just to see their smile. Little things to me mean the most anyway. I think it all has a lot to do with the fact that I truly gave my thoughts and feelings to my God like never before, just a few months ago. I believe that he has been working on me quite a bit, and the fact that I have unknowingly changes my view of even just Valentine's Day, proves to me that he has been doing as he said; and molding me to be the Woman Of God that he intends for me to be. Thank you, Jesus, for all of that.

I hope everyone has the best Valentine's Day ever this year, whether you go out or stay home. Please just remember that the love we get from others and/or ourselves, does not even compare to the Love God Has for each and everyone of us. Take care, Be safe, and God Bless always.

It's Going To Be a Beautiful Day! Just Wait...

Hello, again. Another day has come and it is going to be a beautiful one at that. Today is the 7th and I love the number 7. As far as I know, the number 7 is used in the Bible a lot. That is one reason that  I love it so much. Even though it is gloomy outside, I know it is going to be a great day of many blessings. There is something in store for me today, I just feel it. I wonder what it is. I think I am going to take my son out with me to get a manicure, seeing that he wants my to clean and cut his nails and all. I will surprise him tonight. What do you think about this idea? Any thoughts?

I have been trying to keep up with everyone on their blogs and commenting as much as I can, because I know it helps me to voice my opinions, thoughts, and feelings. It also helps me to think more about my God and His Word. I hope and pray that my children get to know HIM as well as I do, if not more than I do. I hope their Love for God and His Word flourishes like nothing ever before in their lives. I know my son is going to be a great man of God, even though I don't know how. I just know it. Oh, and my oldest daughter is going to be a wonderful woman of God in so many ways, I already see it in her. They have some work to do in their walk, but I know that Jesus has got their hands and back the whole way.

I will be praying for all the blessings that God has for each and everyone of us. May you all be blessed and stay faithful in whatever your faith, joy, peace, and love is in. Take care.

How this past week was.

Hello everyone. Since last class my week has been rather interesting. On Friday after class, while standing at the bus stop, my son had called me from the school. He never calls me, so I know something had to be wrong. I flipped and called the school back right away. I was informed that he was feeling very ill and he wanted to "come home". Being that I was not going to be in town until after 5pm, I could not go get him and the school would not allow him to leave the premises without a parent or legal guardian. The school day was almost over, in one more hour, so I decided to just have them send him a message to give me a call before he leaves school.

No more than 5 minutes later, I got a call from my son telling me that he feels terrible and wants me to tell the school that he can go home. I explained to him that there is only one hour left in school, so to please just hang in there until the bell, and then to go straight home.  I also explained to him why the school won't release him even if I said he could go.  He did not argue, so now I knew for sure that he was not feeling well.  Isn't if funny how that happens? :) I know when my kids feel sick when they do not argue with me, they do not give me a hard time, and they end up just going with the flow.

Even though he sounded like he was dying, (seriously, he sounded that bad); I was still very worried about him the whole entire time. Being stuck in Altamonte Springs stopped me from being there for him when he needed me most, and I was very upset about that. During my ride home, I received a call from my father telling me that my son was dying. Oh No! I asked my father if he was serious, and he said that my son was crying for me and telling my dad to tell me to get home already. That is another interesting note, no matter how old our children get, they always want mommy when they feel like they are dying. True?

I am sorry this is so long, but I want to make sure to establish emotion with my story here. Okay, okay, now. I got there and immediately dropped my things and checked his temperature and his symptoms. He had a sore throat, migraine, heat flashes, chills, fever, body aches all over. You are probably thinking what I was thinking...  FLU, right???  Wrong.!. I had supper and immediately took him in to the emergency room with flu-like symptoms. They had diagnosed him with Strep... yeah... STREP. Go figure that out. The doctor took a good look at him and when he looked in the back of his throat, there were swollen red bumps and that is what had proven that he had strep and not flu. My son chose to get a big shot instead of take pills and then we went home. I was relieved that my baby boy was now going to be okay. Thank You, Jesus.

Oh, and for the rest of my week, it was busy like usual. They only other interesting news is that my first baby girl is going to a Youth Group Event with our church for the whole weekend. I am a little worried about her, but I know she is in good hands and that she will have a blast. I just felt bad when I found out from her that they are supposed to meet at the church right after school; which is before I get home, so I won't see her. I wanted to give her a big hug and tell her I love her before she left, but.... :,(  I hope that all of the youth are filled with The Spirit this weekend and come back to us refreshed and On Fire for God like never before. Okay. Again, I am sorry this is so long, but that is what I am thinking about right now. Take care, everyone, and GOD Bless.

Hello, again.

Good morning.  I hope all is well with everyone this week.  I am sitting here in class wondering if I should even bother posting right now.  I decided to go ahead and do it, since there really is nothing else to do right now.  I just don't feel like it today, because I noticed that I do not have any comments at all, on either of my first 2 posts.  I try to respond to everyone else's posts, but it seems that no one is interested in anything I have to say.  This is what makes me feel like I should not even bother.  I am sure that is understandable. 

Hmm.  Well I know for sure that my Lord and Savior is definitely keeping up with me and how I feel and think all the time.  It is hard sometimes to keep on talking when it feels like no one is really listening, well no one but my Jesus, and that is the only reason I keep on going.  I don't even know what else to write about because I don't know what I really want to share anymore.  I guess I could just talk about classes and all, but that to me seems quite a bit boring.  Oh well, here I go, anyway.

Let me think... I believe that I am doing rather well in all of my classes right now, well all except for Nutrition class.  I am a little bit behind in that class, but that is because I need to read each chapter each week and do quite a bit of paperwork on each chapter.  It is hard to get all the reading and work done while I am on the bus, which is most of my day each day.  I guess I should just do the work on the weekends, no matter what happens.  I did not think that it was going to be more difficult to be in class during the day, like it has been lately, well the Nutrition class anyway.  Does anyone have any other suggestions on how I can manage my time better to get all the work done on time?  Thanks.  Have a wonderful week.

What is going on?

I just don't get it.  I checked my first post last week and I know I had comments; however, now there are no comments on my first post.  What on Earth is going on with my blog?  Does anyone know what I can do to check and see what is up with my posts and comments?  Well, I am not so sure what all to post about now, but I just wanted to say something about the issue I am having with this so far. 

Well, actually, I can write about my thoughts this morning.  I have been worried about my little girl.  I leave her in the supervision and care of her father; however, I worry about her because he does not have his own car or phone.  That makes me worry because he can't call for help if something happens to him or to our little girl.  Well, I do get a hold of him online so it is not sooo bad.  I guess I should stop worrying.  I know GOD is going to watch over both of them and keep them safe and sound.  Thank You, Jesus.

All right. I am going to end this here, because I am sure everything will be fine and I really don't know what else to write about here.  I will make sure that I figure out what to write about for next week, ahead of time.  I want to make sure that my post is more interesting.  Sorry if this post is boring at all.  Take care and GOD bless all of you.

What should I do?

The reason I say, "What to do?", is because I am not sure what to do about everything I am dealing with.  I just started to take on-campus classes again, instead of online; however, it seems that I am having trouble with it. 

I am trying to figure out how to come up with the funds I need to use the bus system to get to each class on time everyday.  Bus passes would be much more cost efficient, but I am not able to come up with enough money each month or week to buy the passes.  I am lucky just to come up with the $4.50 for each "all-day" pass.  As a matter of fact, I was lucky to even come up with the money I needed to make it to the word-processing class that I am sitting in right now.  (Thanks, Mom and Dad.)  If I come to night classes I would not have a ride to class or back home, I have tried that route.  I really do not like to ask for help from anyone, because I like to be as self-sufficient as possible.  I even tried taking courses online, but that also is an issue because of the children that are constantly running around the house; constant interruptions.

Well, now onto other things that I need to figure out...  Should I stay in school or take a break and find a job?  If I find work, I know I can save up right now while I am living with my parents'; however, then I will have to find childcare for my youngest child.  I don't want to ask my parents' for anything else, because I feel that they have already provided me and my kids with more than enough.  Another point I wonder about is if I should look for work that allows me to use my childcare expertise or my customer service expertise.  I guess I am just going to do what I feel is right, when I feel it is right. 

The ideal thing that I want to find is a job that allows me to take my child with me, like a daycare center or other childcare facility.  This way, I just have to worry about getting there everyday on time and ready to do my best.  Or, I could stay in school and try to find a part time night job.  I have faith and hope that God will absolutely provide anything I need, even just something like the childcare I need to watch my youngest child so that I will be able to find and go to work.