I feel old because

I find myself starting sentences with "when I was young...". The news of the third graders who plotted to kill their teacher really bugs me. As the mother of a young child, I find myself more and more thinking how we got to this point? What are we doing or not doing as a society that produces children like this! I'm sure we have ourselves to blame and I'm sure it is a bunch of small things that collectively change a society but really, what is wrong with us? This morning I heard a story on the news about food additives affecting children's IQ. I always suspected that all of the processed refined foods available to us are not good but yikes! Between stories like these, the amount of violence on TV during children's viewing hours, the lack of church/community in our society, the disconnection that video games and the internet provide and the declining health of all of us, it makes me mental. I like to get all worked up about these issues but I know all I can really do is pay attention to my child, feed her healthy foods, discipline her when she needs it and pray for her future.

Battlestar Galatica

The last season starts April 4th! I can't wait!!!

Bad Friday, Good Easter

Well, I am finally done with my two class quarter where Steve commented that I was not nearly as nuts as before when taking two classes at once (he's so charming isn't he?). I finished last Wednesday, went to a conference on Thursday (easy work day in my opinion) and then off on Good Friday. Of course, it snowed 10 inches in my town!!!! Argh.... Gretchen and I baked a cake and played in the snow so it wasn't all bad. I have reached my limit this year on snowfall. I really, really cannot take it anymore. The bright side is that for the first time in 11 weeks, I didn't have to do school work Fri, Sat and Sun! I discovered that there really is nothing on TV those days but that's okay. It'll do.... One more class this spring and I graduate June 14th. Joy!

Sick of Winter

I know, everyone is sick of it.... I never thought I had seasonal disorder but I was sooooo happy to see the sun this weekend despite the frigid temperatures. The whole family is sick with Gretchen on the road to recovery, me in the middle - no more sore throat and cough but constant runny nose and Steve the worst with the symptoms I had last week. We got a lot done this weekend but it has just wiped us out. I think the weather makes it worse somehow.... I guess I'm restless..... I am so busy these days that I can't afford to be lazy but with this cold, I am so tired! Sigh.....

Graduation Day

Well, it looks like I will finish my masters in June. In order to do this, I took two classes this quarter. Next quarter (that finishes in June) I will take my last class. I am very motivated to finish but every time I have taken two classes in one quarter, I have been a basket case. Steve actually asked me not to take two at once! But he made an exception since I'm so close.

On one hand, it seems that if I didn't have all these hours of lecture to watch and reading to do, I would have all this free time. However I was school free all of December and I can't tell you what I did with that time.... (Christmas shopping?)

On the other hand, I always thrive on pressure like this - I have done some of my best school work under the gun. Though I don't really enjoy it....

Enough whining for the day..... I have lectures to watch!