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This week I don't really have anything to write about. Same old schedule. Work, home, homework.
I had to submit a 4 page paper for English class to be peer reviewed, but oddly enough my papers never have 2 people sign up for them. Which makes me wonder who isn't doing their part. is it me writing about totally boring subjects and no one is interested in reading them, or since I post my papers early in the week am I just getting pushed down to the bottom of the posts and no one is bothering to scroll down that far? I guess it is a good thing that I am comfortable enough with my writing to not stress about not having 2 peer reviews. I suppose as long as I continue to do what is expected out of me, then no one can complain. Or maybe I do need to reread my writing to see if it is just painfully dull. Hmmmm...

School Stuff

This week was registration for the spring semester for school. I had not yet decided what I wanted to be when I grow up. So I was poking around on the school site and pulling up the transfer degrees that they offer. I wanted to compare a few of them and take the classes that were listed on as many of them as possible. Then I could put of my big decision. I stumbled on the Elementary Education transfer degree. I didn't even realize that the college offered that. So, I registered for those classes. The ones I took could also go on my Associate of Science, since I had been thinking about nursing for years. But when I found the Elementary Education info I got down right excited. I used to think that my calling in life was to do something with children. I didn' think I'd be able to teach because I waited to go to school for so long and I would be in school forever for that. So I thought about maybe becoming a counselor or a social worker, but never did because I was afraid that when I learned all of the horrible things that adults do to kids it would make me a bitter angry person. I don't want to be that person. So now I am going for my elementary education tranfer. I feel really good about this. Really good. My only regret is that I didn't do it sooner so I could be teaching when my daughter was in school.

When registering I almost decided to take 4 classes this semester. I really don't want to go to school forever. I want to be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Since I have been taking all online classes I haven't felt really stressed since I can do alot of homework at my office. However, this week, for the first time, I have felt a bit of stress. I have 2 papers due for Lit, one for English, a Math test and 4 discussions to post to. I think that maybe this was the universes way of telling me to slow down and stick with the schedule I have. That if I add any more to my plate I may be overdoing it. So I am taking only 3 classes. But I am compromising with myself :-) and taking a class this summer. Makes me feel a bit better. Maybe next semester I will try taking 2 online and 1 in classroom class. We'll see how I feel about that schedule. Maybe it won't take me 4 years to get a 2 year degree. Ugh. 4 years. I am going to be so old before I finish school. Man, just typing those last few sentences almost takes away my will to continue.

Election '08

Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Night of the Presidential Election

Shelley calls her mom to see who she voted for.

Me: Hi Mom. Who did you vote for?
Mom: I voted for Obama/Palin.
Me: You voted for who?
Mom: Obama/Palin
Me: How did you do that? They aren't even running the same ticket. Palin is running with McCain and Obama is running with Biden.
Mom: Oh, well, then I voted for Obama.
Me: Really, why?
Mom: I just heard a lot of people at work talking about him
Me: Hmmm. So how did you vote on that Mill Levy for the schools.
Mom: I didn't. I only voted for the president.
Me: You didn't vote on anything else? There were like 26 things on the ballot.
Mom: I only voted for Obama.

OMG!!!! Seriously. This is how my mom voted. A completely uneducated voter who has no idea what is going on in the world. She just picked her candidate based on people talking about him. She didn't vote for anything else because she didn't care. Well, I guess I should be glad she didn't vote for the other things. At least then only people who voted knew what they were voting for. Every time there is an election my mom has gone down to the polls to do her civic duty and cast her vote. Apparently she really does just view it as a duty since she has no idea what she is voting for and does no research or makes any effort to educate herself on the goings on of America. I guess since she is 50, she doesn't think that most things are going to affect her anyway. However, I really wish she would wake up. What doesn't affect her now may affect her 9 year old granddaughter by the time she grows up. I wish she would make an educated vote if only to benefit those she loves.
It terrifies me to think about all the people who only voted for one of the candidates because they heard good things about them, or because they didn't want to vote for a minority, or they did want to vote for a minority, or they wanted to vote for a woman to be in office, or they didn't want a woman to be in office.