Two By Two

YAY!!!!! It's the weekend!!! I love the weekends!

I have to study alot this weekend though. First final on Monday. Math starts Tuesday (what a joke that is.. they actually had a homework problem in Chapter one that was 7+6), and lots of A&P homework to do plus a midterm on Tuesday. WOO HOOO. Moving right along :) I should find out Monday what my final grade for Fundamentals 101 was. The final is 50% of our final grade.. no pressure LOL

River is doing great.. we had to put up the baby gate yesterday for the first time and he was none to thrilled about being stuck on one side of it.. nevermind the fact that he has the ENTIRE living room and his bedroom to play in.. he wanted on the otherside of that gate.. so we put him on the other side of the gate and he just stayed still because he had no idea what to do :)

He can finally keep himself in a sitting position.. can't quite pull himself into one yet but he's getting there :) Here is a picture for you all :)

And a bonus picture just because I think it's so damn cute LOL

Tired... so tired...

Fundamentals 101 is almost over.. Final on Monday.

Started Anatomy and Physiology this past Monday.. I hate it.. hate it with a passion. 2 chapters every day Until the final on August 11th.

We start Algebra next Tuesday.. fun fun..

We have a test tomorrow in BOTH classes.. YAY *sigh*

Everything else is pretty good.. River is all over the place and back again.. Doug is working alot.. they changed his shift on him with no notice so now we are scrambling to find him something else because our shifts don't mesh well right now and we don't see each other Monday through Friday.

I feel cut off from EVERYONE. Haven't talked to Sarah since Ummmm.. too long. Haven't talked to K in a while either.. I miss conversation with friends but I have NO time anymore. SUCKS!

My grandmother called me and told me she is going to buy River the Britax carseat we wanted. It's a convertible carseat which means it can face forward and backward depending on the kids needs. It hold kids from 5 lbs up to 65 lbs. And best of all he'll be able to sit in a more upright position.. Thank Goddess because he absolutely hates the carrier.

Already starting to hear crap from the others on how they never get any time.. blah blah. Someone came out at school earlier today when we were trying to study.. I think it was Analise? not sure.. saw the text and banged her head against the desk (because that's an effective way to get back inside). Ended up with a headache.. stupid girl. So of course she disappears back inside and leaves me with a headache and the school work.. this feels ALOT like high school only more work.. LOL

OMG River started crawling today!!!! Goddess help us all!!!!

He is so cute about it though.. very determined.. I give it a few days before he's REALLY moving.

The 4th was nice :) We went to a local elderly complex where they were holding a big festival thing on the water. We went around 1 and watched a parade. River was amused by the sights but wasn't too sure about the police and fire truck sirens.. Doug was impressed by the candy people threw and chased after it like the 5 year old next to us LOL After the parade was over everyone turned around and looked into the sky over the river just in time to see Discovery launch :) It was pretty neat seeing the launch :)

We came home after that to give the munchkin a chance to nap and for us to hopefully miss the 90 degree heat until later in the evening when we went back to the river to watch the fireworks show.. it was BEAUTIFUL. Perfectly clear sky. River did wonderful. He got a little fussy before the started because he was bored and getting tired and they started 30 minutes late. But once they started he watched them intently for about 5 minutes completely mesmerized by them and then promptly fell asleep until afterward. We got home about 10:30 and River was miserably tired. Poor kid..

Yesterday was Doug's first full evening on the job. He left at 3:45 and got home about 3:30am. It was a LONG night but really not too bad. River did really well going to bed last night so mommy got time to chill before heading to bed. Things are getting better... easier.. slowly.

I'm tired.. I should be in bed but I'm not. Why does it seem like there is not enough hours in the day anymore? Who stole them?

I studied for about 3 hours tonight, much needed. I have a quiz on Monday for our chapter 3 test for Foundations of Nursing. Midterm is on Tuesday and Finals a week from Monday. I'll be glad when this class is gone because it's boring but I'll miss it as well because it gives me time to relax some after the morning of A&P which I am sure I am going to seriously need. The A&P instructor came in on Friday and handed us our syllibus to go over.. we are going through 2 chapters every day we are in the class. 25 chapters in 3 weeks. OMG. So last night I sat down and read chapter 1 of the text. Read it again today. Then spent an hour answering 20 pages of questions and charts on medical terminology. It's a good thing I have a near photographic memory.. or else I'd be screwed. I have a feeling we're going to seriously lose some people in the upcoming weeks. I'm going to tackle chapter 2 tomorrow and do a bit more studying for the Fundamentals test.

Sara (my niece) is here for the weekend. It's nice having her here but it's tiring. I feel bad for her because Linda is too tired to do much (although she took us all bowling and out to eat tonight). And I'm busy studying and Doug doesn't want to do much besides the computer or TV so she's been a bit bored. I'm trying to include her in things though. She helped me study some tonight, she was REALLY into it. LOL She's so cute. She goes back to her dad on Sunday to finish the rest of summer vacation before returning to her mother.

River is doing good :) Getting big... nothing new really. Still trying to crawl. Still to lazy to sit up on his own. Loves to stand holding on to something unassisted though. Sleeps great. Eats great, loves his baby food (well some of it). He goes August 8th for his 6 month well baby visit. I'll update on how big he is then.

Today I was trying to keep River happy and awake as long as possible so Doug might have a chance in hell of getting sleep tomorrow.. River did NOT want to stay awake. I put him in his jumperoo to watch one of the shows he likes thinking it would help him stay away.. after about 10 minutes I heard the same note from his jumperoo music over and over and over again.. i figure he's got his hand pressed down or something.. I turn to look at him and this is what I saw.....

I have survived through the first two days of school. OMG is it going to be a long 13 months! The first day the instructor for this class gave us a 2000 page book and 5 chapters of homework. My dumbass thought they were due Friday.. I'm on Chapter 5 now. They are due periodically between Wednesday and NEXT Friday. Oh well it'll be nice to not have to worry about the homework for a few days. We start Anatomy and Physiology on Monday. Woo hooo! Something different, hopefully something more structured.. the instructor teaching us Fundamentals of Nursing has NO idea what she's doing with anything.. we are probably teaching her. She says she's been a nurse for 14 years and has been teaching at Concorde for 2 1/2.. I don't see how. I'm bored in the class.. it's alot of note taking that I can just highlight in the book in save my hand the discomfort. And then there is alot of nothing time. We get a break every hour for 10 minutes plus a 40 minute lunch. The instructor has to leave the room at least once an hour because she forgot something or doesn't know how to do something. We've had umpteen interuptions trying to get Financial Aid squared away for everyone and uniforms etc etc.. I know it's just first week crap but UGHHHH I want to get going with the fun stuff already.

The second day was a little better. We did some math.. everyone but me seemed to be totally lost on what to do on BASIC math problems. I don't know how they are going to make it in this class if they can't do basic math.. what are they going to do when it comes time to do algebraic equations to figure out dosing amounts? We watched some dumb video on test taking tactics.. basic stuff that people have been telling you since High School *shrug* I did homework while it played. She let us go about 15 minutes early. I took the wrong way home and it took me 15 extra minutes because of traffic.

River was a bit thrown off by the shift in things yesterday was crabby and cranky earlier than usual and didn't want to go to bed. Today he's back to his lovey little self YAY! I missed him like HELL the last few days.. being apart from him SUCKS. It also sucks that I never get to see Doug.. yesterday and Today I got to see him for 45 minutes a piece.. it'll be that way every day Monday-Thursday for the next 13 months.. *sigh*

So River went to bed last night at 6:30... I figured he'd be up really really early because of it and went to bed at 9:30. It's 5am now and I'M wide awake but he's still asleep.. wonder how long it'll last???

EDIT: He woke up at 6:30 :) 12 hours last night WOO HOOO now if only I had slept well :( I have my orientation today and I have no idea what I'm going to wear...

I can't believe it's been 5 months already! Here is a pic from earlier today.. he just wouldn't take his thumb all the way out of his mouth but at least he smiled LOL

Here is a pic of River looking for the fireworks on the 4th of July.. (the boat is in the upper left hand corner) they didn't start the show until 9:30.

And here is a picture fo River playing on the floor :)

The 4th was nice :) We went to a local elderly complex where they were holding a big festival thing on the water. We went around 1 and watched a parade. River was amused by the sights but wasn't too sure about the police and fire truck sirens.. Doug was impressed by the candy people threw and chased after it like the 5 year old next to us LOL After the parade was over everyone turned around and looked into the sky over the river just in time to see Discovery launch :) It was pretty neat seeing the launch :)

We came home after that to give the munchkin a chance to nap and for us to hopefully miss the 90 degree heat until later in the evening when we went back to the river to watch the fireworks show.. it was BEAUTIFUL. Perfectly clear sky. River did wonderful. He got a little fussy before the started because he was bored and getting tired and they started 30 minutes late. But once they started he watched them intently for about 5 minutes completely mesmerized by them and then promptly fell asleep until afterward. We got home about 10:30 and River was miserably tired. Poor kid..

Yesterday was Doug's first full evening on the job. He left at 3:45 and got home about 3:30am. It was a LONG night but really not too bad. River did really well going to bed last night so mommy got time to chill before heading to bed. Things are getting better... easier.. slowly.

Someone make my son stop growing up.. look what he is now doing! He's 4 1/2 months old!Apparently he really wanted the remote.. it's in his arms you can't see it in this picture though.