Love this blog I found!

ok, I"ma really bad blogger...so is Mike. But after reading a rather inspiring blog , I am determined to start back up. I love how she writes, she makes it seems so easy.... If a mom of 4 can keep up with multiple writings, so can I....I will be pathetic no more!! I want memories that i can look back and remember because I have taken the time to write them....I want to be a better writer....I think... I hope...and someday I also wanting to be a rockin' baby-wearing mama, too ;)

Now I just have to think of something to write about... :(

Day 6 (finally)

....I also take Tuesdays-Fridays off, apparently. This is going to be tougher than I thought. While I have a million lame excuses for not staying on top of my entries, I'll skip them and spare us all.

High: Since it is too early in the day to pick out the best moment I will share one from yesterday that shouldn't be missed because of my broken blogging habit....I came home to a nice clean apartment yesterday! Mike called me late afternoon that he was going to go take Izzy for a ride in the car (which she loves!) since he needed to run some errands. Ok, fine with me - I hate how she is cooped up all day when I am at work :( I come home and they are still out, but my house place looks amazing. It was fairly clean to begin with, just not very straighten up ("stuff" everywhere in the wrong place). I made dinner last night for a few friends of ours and the majority of the prep from that was still in the sink when I left for work. Well, not only was that taken care of but the counters, table and stove were all wiped clean!! He also made my bed (which is slightly embarrassing, having someone else make your bed that you left -oh well, I'll take it!) put some of my stuff away and made a toybox for all the dog toys that were scattered around the house! I <3>

Low: The "errand" he had to run that he didn't want to describe to me over the phone? Getting me some flowers. The "low" about that is he couldn't find any... apparently the closest Wal-mart, Target, Walgreens, etc, either were out or don't carry fresh flowers!!! Weird! But it was a swet thought none-the-less :)

..oh and vocab is out, it gives me a headache trying to find the most accurate definition on the web!

Day 5

Oops, apparently I take Sundays off.... oh well, its probably a good idea anyways.

High: Got the whole apartment cleaned up yesterday and today....every dish and very piece of laundry! Feels so good!

Low: Trying to remember that I cannot control other peoples behavior and not being able to say what I would like to people who need to be called out it really tough for me. But sometimes its not my place, not my fight... My advice (which I firmly believe in) of "Someone, someday will give that person the reality check they need... Unfortunately it won't be today, and its not you. So for now, don't let yourself be sucked in" is hard to follow sometimes. :(

Histology -a branch of anatomy that deals with the minute structure of animal and plant tissues as discernible with the microscope (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/histology)

Day 4

High: Slept in and it was fabulous!

Low: Didn't get as much done as I wanted to.... guess tomorrow will be laundry day :(

Ameba -any of numerous freshwater, marine, or parasitic one-celled protozoa of the order Amoebida, characterized by a granular nucleus surrounded by a jellylike mass of cytoplasm that forms temporary extensions, or pseudopodia, by which the organism moves, engulfs food particles, and forms food vacuoles. (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ameba)

Day 3

High: I got to take a long, warm, relaxing bubble bath after work -TGIF!

Low: I had some bad, bad soup for lunch...ick!

Meiosis - cellular division that yields four gametes through two cellular divisions (http://library.thinkquest.org/12413/glossary.html)

Day 2

High: I tried a new kind of Rice-a-roni and it was awesome! New favorite!

Low: Paid the credit card bill and have no more 'fun' money this month...but its only this month for ten more days ;)

Blastula -an early metazoan embryo typically having the form of a hollow fluid-filled rounded cavity bounded by a single layer of cell. (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blastula)

Day 1 (high-lows and vocab)

Highs and lows. It is something that varies groups I've been involved with do to catch up with each other before we get down to business. You go around the group and mention the best part of your day (week, month, etc) and the worst part. Its was a way to quickly stay connected with each other lives, which is important when you are a bunch of girls that are meeting for another purpose... the girls and I in my college bible study could talk about our week for hours, but our bible study was only an hour, hence starting the "High-lows" tradition.

I am hoping that starting "high-lows" here will help me to accomplish my goal to write more. The idea is that I will form a habit of writing daily. A lot of my problem comes from my less-than-perfect time management and some of it comes from the pressure of deciding what to write about. I read a lot of blogs and feel like my writing skills don't measure up, and I am envious of their ability to write and keep at it. I want that.

I want this blog to be an outlet -living alone is, well, lonely sometimes!

I want this blog to be therapeutic -I hate how I talk to much, but I admit it is such a release for me. I feel stressed when I feel something goes unsaid, but making others feel stressed from my constant stream of sound makes me feel terrible.

I want this blog to be informative -I am passionate about things, and want to be able to show it.

I want this blog to be a learning experience - I feel like sharing and developing my writing will be good for me.

So....without further ado... the first day of "High-lows"!

High- I realized (again lol) what direction I want my career to move in. I can't believe I ever forgot and start to feel like I am doomed to wonder forever. CDC here I come!

Low- I talk to much... we have a new intern and I am doing my best not to tell her my life story in her first week, but day 2 was a failure (not as much as day 1 yesterday, but still).

Oh! Also, in an attempt to bolster up my vocabulary (mostly biological words, sorry) lets put one of those in a day, too!

Biology -the science of life <3