Random Thoughts

Here is another post. Wow two days in a row!
Today is my birthday, or was my birthday.  Its evening and I have had a good day.   Turning 40 isn't terrible after all.  I had a nice quiet day.  I was up early to get the kids off to school, then got back home and crawled back into bed for a little more sleep and some serious cuddle time with Yvette.  I love you hun! Then around noon we finally got ourselves into gear and went and had lunch at Chik-fil-a where we ran into my sister and one of her friends.   From there it was off to the pet store for dog food and then Home depot.  We pretty much finalized the floor, I just have to go back, pay for and pick the flooring and then let it acclimate in our house for 3 days or so.  Then they will come and install it.  We will have Laminate floors in the living room, Merry Christmas hun!

Tomorrow is the first Full day of work I since before Christmas, and it is going to be a bear getting back into the swing of things, though I think Yvette is ready to have the house to herself again for the day.  Then on Monday Classes start up.  The next 8 weeks are going to be hard.  I haven;t tried to take 3 classes at once before and it is the final three classes before I can graduate.  I will finally have a Degree.  Of course at that point I also have to start paying back the student loans.  I am a little worried about the work load this imposes, but I want to do well.  It is going to be a long 8 weeks I am sure.

Once school finishes I hope to have time to get back into some photography at a hobby level.  I haven't really had time to play with it for the past couple of years with school and I miss it.


I never thought I'd be trying to finish a degree when I turned 40.  I think now that I wish I had stayed with school and not gone off and quit like I did.  I don't recommend taking the 15 year break, or is 16 years?  Either way its better to stick with it.   That has been hard even this time around.  The temptation and desire to just slack off has been hard to fight sometimes.  I know its going to be especially bad this time around since there is so much to do.

I don't feel 40, if that makes sense.  In many ways I still see myself as my early 20s or so, though I guess I didn't feel like an adult till I got married.   Other times I am reminded I am not as young as I used to be.  I pop and snap in the joints a lot more, I can tell my skin isn't the same texture, and I have a teenage daughter. I look back at pictures and see how much my face has changed and aged.  Then add to that the cashiers at the grocery store keep looking younger and younger.

I guess I have probably bored you enough, that is if you read this entire rambling entry.  If I am inspired I will try to write again tomorrow.

Good night and God Bless.

40? and other stuff

Well, its the start of a new year.   Not only that but tomorrow is my 40th Birthday. The kids go back to school tomorrow, but I have one more day off of work.  No real plans aside from taking down the Christmas tree and other decorations and then Dinner with the family at Chedders *yum*.  I am not sure what all to write about this evening.   I don't want to write about the fiscal cliff or politics or I will just make myself angry.  I am not sure I want to do a retrospective about last year, or the last 39.  I think I just want to take it easy, and relax.  I am not sure I will stay up till midnight to ring in my birthday, though maybe I should since I don't have to be at work.  I will be up early though to get the kids off to school.  I may take a few moments to cycle through the Ingress portals on that side of town though.  I need to keep up with them better as I let my links and field decay.  I did manage to make it to level 4 today which is good.  Now I need to get some recruit codes so I can get some help and push the local portals higher.  Fortunately the Enlightened presence seems weak around here so far.