GEM's April Journal
4-28 - Just a couple more weeks of college left. Getting term papers done and studying for finals is taking most of my time. Wanted to plant some Cannas in my garden; but then changed my mind. Am glad I did cause they have a frost warning up for tonight. Hopefully I can get it done this weekend. May 1 is supposed to be the frost-free date. Gotta to do more school work. Just wanted to let you know I am still alive. Keep the faith :-)
4-25 - It is a beautiful day here in Maryland. I am going to get my garden in shape and start planting some of my cannas today. I figure it is close enough to the first of May that they will be all right. Have to finish typing up a paper for psych class. It is due Monday. I almost have it done. Then I have a whole mess of stuff to type up for my education class. Gotta go get started. Keep the faith :-)
4-23 - Just a quick note to let you know I am still alive. Have been busy working on papers for college. Only 33 more days of school; then I work one more day and have off for the summer. They finally turned off the heat at school yesterday and I got down to 72 degrees in the library by the time it was time to come home. Keep the faith :-)
4-21 - Today was horrible at work. The heat was pumping out full blast and it was 84 degrees in there. We opened the doors and windows and it finally got to a tolerable level (about 76 degrees). It is ridiculous to have heat running like that and have to open the windows and doors to get it so we can stand to be in there. What a waste of money. Oh well, enough complaining for today. Keep the faith :-)
4-20 - Only 35 more days of school - 36 more work days for me. I am ready for a vacation. Between work and college, I am really starting to feel burned out. I have decided not to take any college courses over the summer. I am just gonna enjoy the time with my kids. I will return in the fall. Gotta whole lot of work to do over the next two weeks for college. I may not be able to write in my journal every day, or will keep them very brief. Keep the faith :-)
4-19 - A rainy day here on the east coast. Kinda chilly, too; only in the 40s. Feel better than I did yesterday afternoon. Got up stiff and sore, but stretched out and I feel better now. Even worked out with my weights. Will walk tomorrow if I get a chance between work and school. Keep the faith :-)
4-18 - Had a pretty good day. Walked in the March of Dimes walkathon. It was a 7 mile walk. It took my girlfriend and I 2 1/2 hours. I had hurt my foot when it slipped off the whovel while working in the garden. It hurt up the back of my ankle. After this morning it hurts all the way up to the back of my knee. I can hardly walk on it. Sure hope it starts to feel better by Monday. I go back to work then. Keep the faith :-)
4-17 - Right now it is a beautiful day; but they are calling for severe thunderstorms this afternoon. We are not supposed to have tornados like they did down south yesterday. I am slowly starting to feel better. Not so depressed. Although all my flowers remind me of my mother, working in the garden getting it ready for summer seems to help. I like digging in the dirt (just a little hold over from my childhood days). It is very humid here today and the sun is out, which they say increases out chances of a tunderstorm this afternoon. HOpe it doesn't get too bad. Keep the faith :-)
4-16 - I have had a most busy couple of days. Worked in my garden, worked on papers for college and other stuff. The main reason I haven't written is because our computer was out of service. I thought of checking my email a thousand times a day and couldn't do it. I can't believe how much I missed the list and my journal. Am glad to be back. Gotta go work on my papers for psych class. Keep the faith :-)
4-13 - Have had a busy day. Took two youngest and myself to dentist for teeth cleaning, got inhalers for youngest, worked on research paper for psych class, worked in flower beds, and went to class tonight. Tomorrow promises to be as busy. I can hardly wait!!! Jai wants to go see Titanic again and have a girls day out. Don't know if that will happen. My hubby wants to steam clean the rugs while I am off. I can hardly wait. Keep the faith :-)
4-12 - Happy Easter everyone. Went to church this morning and lost it. I wonder if I will ever gagin be able to sing Christ the Lord is Risen Today without crying. Also took some tulips over and put on Ma's grave. They are the tulips I bought last year to go up on the altar in church. Brought them home and planted them and cut some of them and put on her grave on the way to church. Got more tulips and some hyacinth this year and have already planted them. Had Dad over for dinner and set 7 places at the table. Have to remove one. I still set a place for Ma when Dad comes over. Old habits die hard, I guess. Enough depressing stuff for today. Keep the faith :-)
4-11 - We finally got the new trampoline up. Had to toally redo the leveling because the legs on this one are different than the other. It was an all-day project. I think I have figured out why I am feeling down in the dumps. I look out and see all my daffodils and tulips blooming and remember how I used to take them over to my mom. She loved fresh-cut flowers and I kept her in a steady supply all spring, summer and fall. This will be the second year I haven't had her to cut flowers for. I really miss her and spring was her favorite time of year. I was working in my flower bed yesterday and just started crying. I have so much more work to do in them and no inclination to do it now. I gotta pull my self together and get it done. Dad is supposed to come over this week with his chipper so I can chip up some tree limbs for mulch. I can't start blubbering like a baby in front of him. I figure this out somehow. Keep the faith :-)
4-10 - Sorry about yesterday. We had one hellacious thunderstorm and I didn't want to be using the computer. We also had a tornado watch til about midnight. No tornadoes touched down here; but the wind were real high and we could hear the trees in the woods outback creaking and swaying. It was pretty scary. Today the sun is shining and it is a beautiful day. Hubby and I are going to BJs and pick up a new trampoline for the kids. The other one had a tree fall on it and was ruined. Hopefully we will have better luck this time. Keep the faith :-)
4-8 - Got 100% on my test in Intro to Exceptional Children and Youth. Only one more day to go til Easter break. I have so much planned; mainly working in my flower beds cleaning them out, planting, and mulching. I should get pplenty of exercise next week if the weather cooperates. Still down in the dumps. Don't really know why, just hope it goes away soon. Keep the faith :-)
4-7 - Not much to say today. Just don't feel like it; kinda down in the dumps. Hopefully I'll feel better tomorrow. Keep the faith :-)
4-6 - Today was a great day. The sun is shining and it is in the 60s. I spent most of it inside working; but had a great day any way. I would like to work in my garden again; but I have to fix supper really quick and go to class. It is so tempting to skip but I have a test tonight. Gotta go fix that supper for the kids and myself (hubby is working). Keep the faith :-)
4-5 - I have had a most productive day. My DH went out looking for a mower and also got me a cart to use when I work in my garden. I spent about 2 hours when they got back raking leaves and digging up dandelions. I am only about a 1/4 of the way done. I have a huge flower garden. I am so glad I left the leaves in there in the fall. I do believe they are the only reason I still have so many lilies still living. We had a mild winter and my flowers started coming up early; then on the second day of spring we woke up to snow and had a real heavy frost the next day. The leaves piled up around the flowers is the only thing that kept them alive. I have a lot of work ahead of me and then I have some more flowers to plant. I love working in my garden and hopefully this year my wrist won't bother me as much as it did last year. I am tired; but feel really good and it is nice to look out there and see how nice my garden is starting to look. Keep the faith :-)
4-4 - The kids are driving me nuts. My youngest son and 13 year-old daughter both had friends spend the night. Now it is a rainy Saturday and they are all stuck in the house. The girls are complaining that there is nothing to do (of course, I offered to let them help me do laundry, wash dishes, fix lunch or clean in the living room; but I had no takers) and the boys are running around shooting each other and dying all over my house. If they get blood all over, they will have to clean it up. I got brave and ran out to the food store and left them all with my 16 year old. I came back and the house was still standing and he hadn't even killed anyone. I am going nuts and have still managed not to go to the pantry to deal with all these kids (and believe me, it has been a real struggle). Well, gotta go finish the laundry that no one will help me with. Keep the faith :-)
4-3 - The first day of the book fair went faily well. Every student in the school came and for a brief preview time. They wrote down the names and prices of books they would like to buy. Of course, we did most of the writing for the students and first grade and kindergarten and Pre-K. It was very tiring; but the kids really like it. Monday - Thursday of next week they will come in by class and purchase books. Then Friday we start our Easter break. We have off from then until 20 Apr. Guess that's all for now. Keep the faith :-)
4-2 - Well, I got all set up for the book fair next week at school. The aide who works in the library came in late yesterday. She told me she would come in early today to make up for it. I asked her to come in her regular time and stay late and help me set up for the book fair. Did she, of course not. A parent volunteer came in and helped me. The only thing she has done to get ready for this book fair is to call parent volunteers to come in and help. The only reason she did that was because she said I wasn't scheduling them right. I had never set up a volunteer schedule and had asked her to call them; but she didn't do it til I had already called and set some up and then she was mad because it wasn't right. What a pain in the butt she can be. Oh well, enough complaining for now. Keep the faith :-)
4-1 -220 - Well, only a 1 pound loss for March. I am hoping it is because of the toning I am doing for the SELF challenge. I had a set of hand weights. Last night I went out and bought ankle weights. I used them this morning and I could really tell the difference. I am starting to feel better and I can tell the difference in my arms. The flab on my upper arms (sorry to be so blunt, but I swear there is so much hanging down there I could almost flap my arms and fly) is starting to get firmer. The beautiful days are coming to an end. Five days of temps in the 80s and today is is only going to be in the 60s and rain. Will be down in the 50s by the weekend. Back to normal. Keep the faith :-)