Some Updates

Well, my surgery is scheduled for this Friday, October 31st. Good thing Logan is too little to know that I won't see him on his first Halloween. :(

I have to be at the hospital at 11am, and surgery is scheduled to begin between 12:30-1pm. It should last about an hour, barring any complications, and recovery is about 3-4 hours. Then I should be on my way home. Nick's parents are taking Logan for the weekend. It will be the longest I've ever gone without him! I am sad already. I am hoping I will either be A. In too much pain to notice, or B. On too many painkillers to notice! Haha.

I'm sure I will be fine, but it is still scary going under the knife. Before having Logan, I had never even been admitted to a hospital! I am not one to be sick or anything, so this is all pretty new to me.

Dad is leaving Monday for Colorado for Amanda's 18th Birthday. I hope they have a great time together. I am so happy that Dad was able to do that. He will take the train both there and back.

I can't believe that my baby sister is turning 18 this year, and that she is graduating from high school in May. It is not possible.. I swear. She is still the five year old in my memories! When did she grow up?? Happy Birthday Kiddo! I love you!

School is going great. I'm really enjoying what I am doing. I am working on getting my A+ certification, the most basic IT certification out there. I also was elected President of the PC User's Club (haha.. it will be a good resume booster), and am doing all of the product requisitions for our Repair Shop, through the college. All of these things are giving me extra experience for the job search.

The only thing that irritates me is that there are a lot of students in my program who don't really care about being here. My classroom is very noisy and disruptive. I try and block it out since I am actually paying my way through school, I don't qualify for financial aid this year.

Hopefully I will continue to move quickly this year, and be able to finish by the end of June. If I can't however, I will be done by next December. Yay! I can't wait until I finish, so I can get a career job. When that happens, if we are not out of the condo by then, we will hopefully be able to at least rent it out and get out of there.

It is getting so tight with all of Logan's stuff, and we are all on each others nerves. Who knows, maybe we will actually be able to sell it when we get it back on the market!

Well, I should get back to my schoolwork.

Don't forget to vote on Tuesday!

-Kristin

At School Again...

I figured I would write a quick update today! It is the end of my first week back at school. I have finished the first textbook already! It was a pretty easy part of the class, so it leaves more time for the harder stuff!

It seems to me that Logan is having quite a hard time adjusting to his new routine. I feel bad everyday for Dad when I leave him there. Apparently yesterday Logan cried for 6 hours while I was gone. :( He is definitely a Mommy's boy. I miss him a lot while I am here at school. But I am glad that I am finishing this because I really NEED to. For myself, and my family. I want to make sure that we have a great start to life.

Now for some amusing facts about school. My workstation is next to the program's mini fridge! And the microwave. I swear, four people yesterday made popcorn. That is SO annoying. The sound, the smell.. ughh. Posted on the mini fridge is this sign.. which I read everyday and is kind of interesting:

As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it's harder every time. You'll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You'll fight with your best friend. You'll blame a new love for things an old one did. You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually lose someone you love. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.

That kind of makes me think. I definitely have cried because time is moving so fast with Logan. I can't believe that he is almost three months old already! I've got the taking too many pictures down too! (My 4GB flash drive that Mom bought me is already pretty much full of Logan pictures and video! I'm going to have to buy another, or an external hard drive maybe..).

I'm glad for what being a Mom has taught me already. Take time for the little things. One smile, one giggle, one hiccup, can make my day. Savor everyday moments that you will never get back. Love every moment of it. Laugh as much as you can. Even when Logan decides to pee all over you and himself five minutes before you have to walk out the door. Be late, spend time together. The world will wait. :)

At School

Well, here I am, sitting at school on a Wednesday morning. I've gotten a ton of work done already today (worked through 4 chapters of the Understanding Computers book). So I figured I'd take a minute to write a quick update.. even though technically I shouldn't be on here! Oh well. Things are going well so far, I am already halfway through this textbook, and it's only been 2 1/2 days! Since Bates is competency based, I don't necessarily have to read everything if I know it already. I just have to take some tests, or in this case, just fill out the review questions at the end of each chapter. I'm really glad that this part is easy, I'm trying to finish as much of the program this year as possible. If I can work through this first book this week only, then I can go ahead and start working through the A+ textbook. That is the basics of PC repair.

I am really enjoying myself this year. This material is way more interesting to me than the electronics was last year. This is what I want to do, and I have so much more motivation this year, so I am really excited.

Logan is doing fairly well with Dad. He watches him for us. I think in the next couple of weeks, Logan will get more used to the routine, and it will be even better for Dad. Right now, Logan goes through spurts of about an hour where he will not calm down and just screams. (Poor Dad!) But it sounded like yesterday (only the 2nd day) he only had one major outburst, and most of the other time he was either sleeping (3 hour nap!) or playing. Dad also took him for a little stroll around the neighborhood, which Logan seemed to enjoy too! Yay! I know that as Logan grows up, he and Dad are going to have a great bond. I am so glad that Dad agreed to help us out. I am so excited that they will be lifelong buddies!

We go pick up Logan's portraits today!! I am SO excited to see how they all turned out.

He is growing like a weed too! He has grown out of some of his newborn clothes, and fits into some three month clothes now too. My little guy is growing up!

Anyway, I should probably stop for now, before I get in trouble, haha!

-Kristin