My Writing Experience

After this last term I have learned so much about writing and I am so glad that these classes are a part of our education. In the past term, I also took a writing class (Comp 1) and when I would write a paper I would just post the web address as the reference top where I got my information. My professor kept saying that my referencing was really weird but I didn't understand why at the time. I actually had to look up APA citation. I had no idea what it was but this class immediately after the first class has given me more practice. I was what I needed.

No more Blogging!

Blogging is something new that is a wonderful experience that I have had the pleasure of due to my wonderful writing class. I have learned a lot in this class. It has been so long from the time I graduated high school until the time I decided to make a change in my life and pursue a wonderful career that I believe I will truly enjoy. I do not work in this field as of yet but I can wait for my opportunity. I am having so much fun in school and learning new things that i kind of like for now but not forever. I do plan to go back to school for registered nursing after I graduate. I am in school right now for an associates of applied sciences in medical assisting ( boy that sounds really neat to put on a resumee). Also, I do not plan to blog anymore after this because I am a single mom and I work two jobs trying to make enough money to make ends meet. This is DEFINITELY the reason why I have applied my self to pursue a career worth having; decent money and always enough hours to work ( I'm a workaholic!). Actually what I was going to say about the single mom working two jobs thing was that even if I did want to blog; I'm still trying to keep things clean and organized and I forget to do laundry, and so on. I'm a mess but I'm getting better at it.

losing a love

Well I was gonna write about school this week but I lost a love of mine. She was a rotweiler. She was 14 years old when she passed away on April 6th, 2010. I loved that dog. This is one of those stories that it was not meant to be in the first place but it was, it just happpened by mistake. Let me tell you a little story about my dog. I remember I was pregnant with my son when she came wondering by and Me being an animal lover I called for because she looked like she was lost. It was summer out side I was only about 2-3 months along in my pregnancy. She came right over and we pet her and she was just so sweet and so I went in to get her some dog food and water she stayed outside with my other family members. I remember we left her in the backyard that night because we already had two feisty dogs in our house and it was nice outside. We hoped that maybe she just ran away and somebody would come and claim her because their were no dog tags and no dog collar on her either. The next morning we got up she was out side sleeping on our picnic bench. I could say that we adopted her but it would be more appropriate to say she adopted us. Well, thats' because we did not have a leash on her nor did we have a fenced in back yard. We lived at a dead end street. When we moved we got her a dog house and a collar to chain her up because the street was way busier than it was when we first found her. As my son got about 2 or 3 years old, he used to ride her like a horse. I swear that dog loved it too! All the time we had her she never bit anybody, always came running to you when you called her name. Her name was xena, for the xena the princess warrior that used to be a show on television. I don't think I remember her even growling at anybody, EVER. Well, the day she passed away my neighbors had been helping me watch her for awhile because she went blind a few months ago and I was worried about her. So, the day I came home from work they described that acted like her legs didn't work or were very stiff. So, I went over to check her legs to see if she cut her self or had a sore or something. I just wanted to make she wasn't in pain. I sat down beside her and she was breathing very heavily. I talked to her and petted her and she seemed like something was very wrong so I was calling my friend from the SPCA to ask if her if she could come over and and euthanize her for me because she was really bad off. As I am on the phone with my friend she starts growling a little bit. This whole time I have been petting her. So I let my friend go and the dog growled a couple more times and then took her last breath as I was sitting beside her and petting her. It tore me up to think that the dog actually might have until I got there to die. I'm so glad that she died with somebody who loved her. It brings tears to my eyes to think about it but Im glad I was there.

A lot can happen in a little bit of time

My last 6 weeks have been very busy to say the least. It has been a rough for sure. As you know this time of year it's time for spring cleaning. So, on top of spring cleaning I have allergies. Allergies make me feel bad. I have hard time getting anything done if I feel bad ( like a headache ). In addition to all these things I'm pretty sure I caught the flu. It felt like it anyway. I can't remember the last time I missed work due to illness. My work ethic is always be there, work hard, and enjoy your job. Back to my last 6 weeks. I have been doing good in school except for last week where I caught the flu and then mother nature decided to bring my monthly gift. I'm telling you it was bad. I couldn't do anything. All this happened last week so I'm going to hard as I can to catch up but not at the expense of falling behind. A few weeks before that, normal. My normal week is this... I work at my morning job at 9am til I get done ( which is usually between 2 and 3 in the afternoon) and this is from Tuesday's through Saturday's. Then, I come home and get on my computer and do my school work. At my other job, I work Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. Also, I am a single mom. It's a hard job but I don't mind. My son is worth it!

Under the influence....

Right now I am under the influence .... of school that is. I have not be in school for 12 years now. It was very confusing when I first started. When I was in school, computers were not a big part of my life at the time and this is my first computer since AOL charged by the hour to be on the internet. Yeah, I'm a dinosaur when it comes to computers. I have not only learned a lot from school but I learned a lot about how to work on a computer just by figuring out how to do things for school. Schooling through online has got me more up to date in today's world of computer technology. I am also faster at typing since I first started a few months ago. I even bought a smart phone the other day. I really am trying to keep my head above water when comes to technology these days.

The beauty of plagiarism

Plagiarism is actually a beautiful thing. Let me explain. Without plagiarism there would be no such thing as getting credit for your work. Think about Einstein! Where would be today if we didn't where we came from. Isn't that a saying? You don't know where your going unless you know where you have been? Believe it or not, I could not find the person who I would give credit to for saying that. But it matters to me to look. I definitely do not want to take credit for somebody else's work. I know if I worked really hard on something or discovered something I want the credit I deserve. Everybody knows money makes the world go around. So how are you going to get paid for an invention if there is no protection against thieves. Another thing to think about is that if no one person got credit for there work then nobody would share their secrets with the world for the fear of thievery of their work. Plain and clear the world is a better place when proper credit is given.

Loving the life of an online student

Well, I really like being an online student. I can access my account 24 hours a day. I work two jobs. At one job I work during the day 5 days a week and the other job I work 1 day and 3 nights a week. I am a very busy woman as you can tell just by the hours I work . I am also a single mom. Thankfully my son is old enough to sit around and play video games or go out and play with his friends. Basically, he is self entertained. Back to why I love online schooling. On the nights that I work I usually don't get home until about 33o in the morning and I am not ready to go to bed. So, I will log in to my account and read the discussion boards and if Ito do school online because I get to be at home with my son and do my school work at the same time. Now that's what I call multi-tasking. I don't get much time to myself so online schooling is the way I can get a higher education and make everything work out for me. I can't wait to start my new career. It's exciting and scary all at the same time but a good scary. That at least means I am worried about doing a good job when I get there. After this I would like to go to school to become a registered nurse and I hope they have some classes online with program that would be really great!