i really need some prayers. i just found out that there are a lot of problems with my graduation application (for some reason they dont contact you when there is a problem) because i emailed an advisor. i want to break down and cry. i feel like it will disappoint everyone (including myself) if i dont graduate and i also dont know how i will pay for next semester, i got less financial aid b/c this is supposed to be my last semester and i dont have any money to pay for classes next spring. i just really need prayers to not be so stressed and to take whatever happens.

i want to cry right about now. 

Ugh

Today was just one of those days that you want to spend in bed. I woke up around 4 am not feeling too well. I decided not to go to class because of how I was feeling that I would spend the day studying for my test on Thursday in Human Genetics. When Matt was ready to take over for me at 10, I went to get us something to eat because I was really hungry, and I got home around 10:30, ate and went back to lay down. I was planning on sleeping for only a little while, like an hour, then I was planning on getting down to business. Around 11:30 (about 20 minutes after I fell asleep) Matt comes into the room and says, "You have to see this, come on...." over and over until I get out of bed. I had a really bad headache, stomach ache, and my eyes were feeling really puffy at this point, but I get out of bed to discover what on earth the commotion was. I walk over to Karsen and he does not have on a diaper. And yes, exactly what you are thinking, he had pooped. I told Matt to clean it up and went back upstairs and got back in bed. He follows me and tells me he needs me to bathe him so that he can clean up the mess he made. I reluctantly do so. I gave him a bath, he had poop on his hands, feet, and bottom. yuck, yuck, yuck. While I was bathing him, Matt brought in two little (not really little) poops that he had thrown out of his pack and play. We were both thankful that he had his pacifier in his mouth and did not eat any of it. 

So now I go back upstairs and lay back down and slept way too long. I woke up around 12:45 and started studying. I was reading my teachers notes and doing my own enrichment research on the disorders. It was overall a good day (minus to poop incident). 

On another note. I made a wonderful Shepherd's Pie on Sunday  night. I had never made one before and wanted to try my hand at it. I asked my mom how she made hers, and Nicole and I had discussed how she makes hers. So I came up with my own recipe. It was fantastic! Yesterday I made some chicken tortilla soup, it is very tasty. I calculated the calories and stuff on it (b/c I am on a diet) and it has less than 100 calories per bowl. Which is GREAT. lol. 

I guess thats it for now, Karsen's dinner is in the oven and I am going to play little big planet. 

Have a great day!

Day After Halloween

Today is the first of November, the start of "Dia de los Muertos", or the "Day of the Dead". A Spanish celebration that I find to be fascinating. But this is not an educational blog, but an entertainment one, so I am not going to get into the details, if you are interested in finding out what it is (because you do not know) I would suggest "googling" it. "Googling" is one of my favorite words...yes that is a word, just look in the dictionary (ed. after 2006) or click here if you dont believe me. 

Onto the Halloween festivities. I do not personally have a problem with the day, although I am hesitant to call it a holiday because generally with holidays you get the day off and we all know that the federal employees would jump to take off any holiday they could, but I still got mail yesterday. I also don't think of it as a celebration of evil, I have heard many stories about the origin of Halloween, and many of them differ. But once again, this is not an educational blog, but an entertainment one so I will not get into the nitty gritty details. Karsen was dressed up as a skeleton, the cutest one ever.

I also felt the need to add a picture of Karsen and his Daddy, just because they are my two favorite people in the world. 

And yes, the mustache is real. I know, I have a real man. :o)

Daddy (Matt), Mommy (Me) and Baby (Karsen), had McDonalds for lunch, Karsen got his first Happy Meal, 4 chicken McNuggets, apple slices, and apple juice. Karsen really liked the nuggets, not so much the apples (which he usually loves) because they had a strange taste, so I didn't make him eat them. He did like the apple juice, it was his first juice box. Then we ran some errands and when we arrived at Petsmart, Karsen was the star of the show in his costume. He likes to watch the dogs in the play room and all of the employees loved him. My sweet, sweet man. Then he and I went to Kroger, just to show him off (and we needed a few groceries) then onto Texas Land and Cattle for dinner. Everyone at the restaurant smiled at Karsen, he is a charmer.

Then we came home and there was a family walking down the street trick or treating and I told them to come to the front door. So with all of the candy I bought, I was able to give away one HUGE handful.

Oh what a wonderful day! 

Now to prepare myself to watch the TTU vs. UT game. Fingers crossed for TTU, Matt and I predict that the winner of this game will be the national champion. 

Go Red Raiders! BBQ some Bevo! 

I have a feeling that this is going to be a good week..

...because i get to spend it with the two people who i love, love, love!

karsen and i went to the park yesterday. he loved it! he was so happy to be playing free. he really likes the slides. i would let him walk up the slide, then flip him around and let him slide down. he is so sweet, he was "talking" and laughing and having a blast. i am going to post all of the pictures to his website because i cannot post them all on here. next time we go, i am hoping that his daddy will go to so that one of us can take pictures while the other plays with him. doing both is fairly impossible. 

here are a few pictures:

matt has a test on thursday, and so do i. i also have a test on friday and then more next week, along with assignments and all of that school stuff. 

I have finished up with the first round of exams and am preparing for the next. I have been suffering from a toothache the last few days. It finally let up today. I am going to try and finish my social psychology paper this weekend...If Karsen allows that. 

His little leg is better, the redness is no more. It was replaced with a slight bruise and has now almost completely vanished. My sweet, sweet boy. 

Matt is finishing the pond in the back yard, I just wish he would come in and let me take a nap. I am a tired mommy. Oh well...

Tests, Papers, and More Tests and Papers

The last few weeks have been nothing other than these things. Test, paper, test, paper. I had a test this morning, a paper due on Thursday, a quiz on Thursday, a test on Friday, and then an assignment due next Thursday, a test next Friday, another paper the following week...and so on and so on. I will say that I am enjoying my human genetics class that I was hesitant to add. I have learned a LOT of information. 

Why does my poli sci teacher cuss so much? In the 35 minutes of class so far I have counted over 15 f* bombs. No joke. 

My parents and brother and Tanya are coming over tomorrow for lunch. I am looking forward to seeing them, it has been probably since July. I may have to take Karsen into a doctor's appointment because his leg is getting irritated and red where they gave him one of his shots a week and a half ago. I am worried...just being a worry-wart mommy. So I may have to make my parents wait til three to come over instead of one. 

I had something else that I wanted to say, the reason for the blog, but it has left my mind. Perhaps it will come back and I will add it. 

I will continue to pray for Mike (Matt's older brother), as anyone who reads my blog should. I hope that if he has to have surgery, it goes better than the last time. 

Have a good day!

Hello

Hello

I am bored and wanted to write a blog instead of doing the many things I need to for school. Procrastination is not usually something I do, but lately, I do nothing but it. I had a really stressful week with family things and now everything is better, for the most part. I have the best family and friends any one could ask for! =o) I have a test in human genetics this week, a paper due in research methods and an APA quiz in that class, and a article review due in social psychology. booo to school. lol. i made a wonderful lasagna tonight...mmmmmmm. and although matt and i are starting our diet on monday, i am making enchiladas on wednesday for my daddy, he and my mother and brother are coming over to visit and i promised my dad that i would make him enchiladas the next time i saw him. i love my daddy and my mommy :o) 

did i mention that when i left to go grocery shopping yesterday matt took the opportunity to shave his face and have a mustache? yeah. i dont like it. lol. but i loooove him. here are some pictures of my love and i :o)