An update...

I have not blogged in so long, and had even forgotten how to log in to this site! Anyway, after cruising through some old blogs, I realized how far I have come in such a short time.
Today, I sit here, a college graduate, a non-smoker, and twenty pounds lighter!!! I have one child in college and one graduating in a few short months. Next year, I will have 2 sons in college, a junior in high school, and an 8th grader! Time seems to be going by too fast, and life is extremely busy at the moment; but, I don't want it to ever slow down!

I have been employed full time for six months, now. And while I love my residents and their families, I am hating the 3-11 hours. Sometimes (a lot of times) I do not get off until the wee hours of the morning. And, with all that I do, every time I make one little mistake at work I feel like I am judged harshly. Hell, I have already been written up twice for forgetting to do my skin assessments! I really dislike this job, but I have a interview tomorrow at 11:30 for a 7p-7a position. I wish and have been praying for a 7am-3p position, M-F. I do not see me ever getting a 7-3 M-F job! No matter how much I pray for it, I just can't find it. It is ever so elusive.
But, in most areas of my life, things are calming down, finally! I should have a BA in English in my hands within a week or so (depending on how fast the mail can get it to me, since I didn't go to graduation). My boys are doing well, despite me. I am finally making progress on my weight loss. But, one area is still struggling: finances. I am still in a financial pickle, fermented with late payments and collections accounts and many student loans!!! It feels as if I will never get out from under this credit issue, and no matter how much I keep praying, it seems as if I will never have a home of my own! I am still living with my in-laws, even after swearing I would never move in with them again. I have now been here 2 years, but was only supposed to be here 6 months. Our credit just will not allow us to leave, and every time I get a little money to pay down some of those collections accounts, something else demands my money. It is ridiculously aggravating!!!
Okay, at the moment I should be doing homework (Masters of Education with Distance learning specialty), so that we can get to the gym for a brutal 2.5 miles on the elliptical! and some weight training to tone some of this flabbiness.
I am alive, and I am not rolling over and giving up!!! I refuse to!!!