Unit 7

Things have been so frustrated and overwhelming for me the last couple of weeks it is not even funny. I have fallen way behind in both of my classes but I am doing my best to catch up. I just want to scream because I cannot believe I have let myself fall this far behind. I am going to keep pushing forward though and hopefully everything will be ok. I don't know what else to do except to keep pushing. I thank both of my professors for being patient with me considering everything that has gone on for me and my children in the last couple of weeks. Hopefull i can get this all caught up and turned in.

Unit 6

Wow what a couple of weeks. I have not been able to post anything basically I missed the entire unit 6. I intend on working on it over the time Kaplan is down for the holidays, but it is still going to be a lot of work. I ended up moving out of my home two days before christmas and I have just now started to get everything back up and running and most of my life back to normal. It has been a stressfull but very happy last couple of weeks. Kids Kids Kids everywhere and to get them to get a long yeah right that is a joke, but oh well that is part of having a family with lots of kids. I love them all and that's all that matters.

Unit 5

Going back to school has changed my life so much. My days used to consist of taking kids to school, cleaning house, picking kids up, cooking dinner, and putting kids to bed. Life was simple. Sometimes over whelming but simple. Today I seem to have an overwhelming affect on my children and there homework. I used to be pretty laid back with their homework and let them do it right before bed. Today I make an effort to help them with their homework directly after school and most of the time I sit down and do any work I have to get done with them. I am trying to redirect my children and show them that it is important to stay on top of things.

I also got my oldest daughter back in my custody this term which has caused a big bump in the road when it comes to my studies. She has been bounced around so much that she doesn't know wether she is coming or going when it comes to school and I have to keep reassuring her that she is staying with me and I am not going to move. Her father has done so much moving around that she has been unable to stay at one school for an entire school year since preschool and she is in the 4th grade. She is having a hard time making friends and I think it is because she is afraid to let anyone get close to her because of the fear of moving away and loosing her friends again. Another thing she is having a hard time with is understanding her school work. I am probably going to end up holding her back that way she can catch up. She has never stayed at a school long enough to actually understand what was being taught. Time for me to step up and teach her how to live life the right way. With consistency.

Unit 4

Wow what a crazy day. Here I am sitting at my computer for what seems like all but 4 hours of the day today. What a mess. I finally got it fixed. Trying to get some tests done all day and for some reason could not get into class completely. Stressful that is for sure.

As for what I would do if someone used something I created and did not give me proper credit for my efforts I think I would be upset. Although I am not against sharing something I have created with other people. For example, there is a tv commercial called "Your Baby Can Read", and instead of purchasing one for my children for the cost of a couple hundred dollars. I just took pictured of every day things and created my own slide show for them to see. They are not reading just yet but it is amazing at how fast they pick up on things. Another example would be that I learned about an amazing website for children to learn their alphabet. I could take all the credit for teaching my 22 month old son how to say all the names and sounds of the letters of the alphabet, but instead I tell other mom's about this amazing website that helped my son to advance a little to fast for my own good. I hope all is going well for everyone this week in class. I need to hit my pillow.

overwhelmed and frustrated

The last two weeks have gotten me very overwhelmed and frustrated. Three weeks ago my 9 year old daughter decided she wanted to come and live with me after not being with me since she was almost 2. My 6 year old daughter and her father moved back down to my area after being almost 2 hours away for the last two years. I have been trying to transition myself into having my eldest daughter around full time. I know have 3 kids to get ready for school in the morning. One to pick up at 11 (after AM Kindergarten is done), one that rides the bus home and gets here at 12:30PM, and another one that walks home from school at 3PM. I am having to rearrange all my study time to help with my daughter's home work. Try to get my almost two year old son to take a nap in the afternoon after I pick up Raychel and before Serenity gets home. I totally spaced off the seminar last week for College Comp. II and I was really upset with myself for that. I still have not completed or turned in option 2 because I cannot find the time to get it done. I am starting to get frustrated with my Anatomy and Physiology class because i don't understand the assignments. I have reached out to the resource center and asked if they could find someone to help tutor me.

Wow now that is a lot to swallow the last couple of weeks. I am not completely positive about what I would like to do my final project paper on for College Comp. II but I am leaning towards something that has to do with affects on a fetus. I was thinking maybe something to do with methanphetamines or heroin use and it's effects on the unborn fetus. Could someone please give me a little bit of feed back or try to help me in the right direction. Thank you for taking the time to read my little whinning and complaining before I got right down to the point.

a little about me and my family

This is my 4th term at Kaplan University. I must say that I have been doing rather well. There were a few struggles here and there like the day my son was admitted to the hopsital. Our short check up on his asthma turned in to three days at the hospital. I got a little behind in my studies but caught up rather quickly. I have a very supportive family. My children allow me to read the books I am studying to them at night and my boyfriend does a lot to keep the children busy when I need to study or am working on something for class. My 9 year old daughter finds it interesting to just pick up my anatomy and physiology book and sit back and read it. I am greatful that she is able to read those kind of books without thinking that there is something wrong with the pictures of naked people in them as many young children would naturally do. She has already learned a lot just by reading out of it 20 minutes a day.

As a family we enjoy anything that involves the outdoors. We love to ride bikes, camp, hike, go on small nature walks, fish, and just play. I have 4 children and my boyfriend has 1 so our home is always full of some kind of activity. I love my life and my family. I just recently celebrated seven years in recovery. Recovery is just as much a part of my daily life as my children are because without recovery I wouldn't have my children and my children would not have a mother.