Life's Moments

I am changing to a different blog. This blog as been great up until a few weeks ago. Leslie made a new banner for me, and it wouldn't load. Nicole B tried to fix it and had no luck. I guess she couldn't even load a picture for the banner. Other people have tried to help and for some odd reason, no one can get it to work. So I started a new blog:

http://www.ealber.blogspot.com/

Please update your bookmark, reader or whatever else you use to this new blog, I won't be posting here anymore.

Thanks!

So yeah I won't be going to Borics for a haircut today. I'm too chicken! I am much more comfortable going to the same gal I have always gone to, Stacey.
Stacey knows what I like and dislike and she's been cutting my hair for my for so long now that I trust her. That's important, especially for women.
I'm going back home this weekend, so I called Stacey this morning and she's so nice that she is going to cut my hair on Saturday.

thank god! I need a haircut so bad! I am willing to wait for stacey...

Im in BIG need of a haircut. I mean big time!

I used to have a girl that has cut my hair for the last 3+ years. She does such a great job, I loved her!

Well now I need to find someone in the new city Im living.

Two problems:
a) I need a haircut to be super reasonable. I mean no more then 20-25 bucks plus a few dollars for a tip. HA! Yeah right!! just about every salon in Rochester charges between $$40-60. Thats just for a haircut...no shampoo, or styling. Umm No thanks! I mean for a college student that does not have a job at the moment, that just isn't going to fly.
b) Im a little worried about going to a place like fantastic sams, great clips or borics. Im sure the people in there are just fine at what they do, but I have never been to a place like that so I dont know what to think. The upside is that a haircut would be under $20...

Im afraid Im going to just have to bite the bullet. I think tomorrow before my 1:00 class, I will be stopping at Borics and getting a haircut. I think Im going to get a couple of inches cut, just to get the dead stuff off and to start fresh.

Where do you get your haircut? And what is the max/min. amount that you are willing to pay?
Also, have you ever been to a place like fantastic sams, borics or great clips? Was it a good or bad experience? Give me some feedback!

Well SOMEONE I know wanted me to post a picture.

My weekend was pretty good. Friday night I had fun watching Bobby's hockey game. They won 4-2. It was an exciting game! Bobby really had some nice passes and he stood his ground....my guy can hold his own when it comes to the hockey puck! After the game we went out for drinks and I got to meet some of Bobby's teammates.

Saturday was great! Bobby came over and we had lunch. Then we made our way out to 3 different malls... Oakland Mall, Somerset Collection and Great Lakes Crossing.
Why did we go to 3 different malls you might ask...
well at Oakland we went to Steve and Barry's for college apparel, Somerset we went there to people watch and we saw a couple outfits people had on that we didn't understand and of course we had a few stores to go to like North Face. At Great Lakes, not only is there a couple outlets but we had dinner at Rainforest Cafe. Which was great...I love the atmosphere and the food. Bobby and I both had great meals, while pretending to be in the rain forest. Although we both were SO tired from all of our mall walking/shopping we didn't really perk up until after dinner. We were starving!

Today I totally relaxed. I didn't shower or get dressed until 2:30. It was wonderful just to hang out in my pj's and have no where to go! I guess it was my way of preparing myself for the upcoming week.

It was a very nice weekend!

Haha, funny thought just came to me.

Did anyone ever watch TGIF on Abc? It was like 2 hours of teen/younger people shows. I dont remember all that shows that were on, but I do remember " Boy meets world" and "Sabrina the teenage witch." Did anyone else watch that or was it just me? : )

Just a random thought.

I am so thankful today is Friday.

This morning I woke up at 5:45am to get ready. I had to leave the house by 7:00 to get to the testing center for my CMA exam. It went well. There was 400 questions, YUCK! But I finished in less then 3 hours. I knew a lot the answers. I know I did good on the Medication portion, I know my meds. so that's a good thing.

The part I had the hardest time with was the insurance. When I took the insurance class my teacher was, horrible and was not a good teacher. Let me tell ya, insurance and all the polices that go with insurance are very hard to learn on your own. It would have been helpful to have a teacher that knew how to teach the subject.

Never the less, I got through that class (last winter) But that was the hardest part for me. The rest of the question were general and clinical questions. I really felt confident in those areas. Working at the hospital for the past 3 years has given me a lot of experience and has helped me with the medical assisting aspect.

* Thanks Mom for encouraging the job at the hospital when I was a senior in high school. And thanks for helping me get there, you and your ways...(she knows A TON of people) *

So tonight, I am celebrating! Im so happy to have that exam under my belt!
Bobby has a hockey game @ 8:30 and I think my friend from OU is coming too with her hubby.( yes I made a friend, her name is Amber) So afterwards Im thinking we're going to go out for a "pop." I'll try to take pictures. Ive been so bad at that lately.

Well thank goodness is Friday!! Hope you have a great night!

Tomorrow I have to get up @ the crack of dawn to get ready to leave for my Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) exam. Its a long one. 300-400 questions. I have to be there between 8-8:30. I have to leave my house at 7AM.

I've studied. Here and there over the summer, and more this past week. I think either you know the information, you know how to do procedures, know your instruments, know you meds, or you don't.
Im feeling confident that I know the material, at least most of it. I have a huge book of practice questions, I've found out that by reading the question carefully and going through the choices by process of elimination, I know or can figure out the correct answer.

Im still nervous though. Taking this test is not cheap. I want to do well, I want to pass.

Please send good vibes my way if you get a chance. They would be extremely appreciated!

The furnace is broken. Its a chilly 52* in the house right now. Yeah, not cool. Im going to get dressed (its almost 11 and Im not dressed! ha! I love it!) and then go hang out in my car where there is HEAT! I hate being cold, it is not my favorite thing, thats for sure!

We called my dad and he thinks the fan is broken. A repair man is coming this afternoon. Thank God! It was a chilly night last night and I was soo happy to have lots of blankets on my bed. Please pray that the repair man can fix this today.

Something funky is going on with my blog. I can't seem to get it to look right. Leslie made a wonderful banner for me but it wont work.

Please, someone help! My blog isn't lookin so hot. Anyone feeling creative and willing to help do something to fix my blog ? Its starting to bug me!

My mom just got a new car . . . she is soo in love! haha!

Its a Chrysler Sebring Hardtop convertible. Its the coolest car!

The video, its so neat to see the top go up and down because its so different from "normal" convertibles.

P.s. in the video - the dogs bark whenever someone is outside and they are not. Sorry bout' that.

I have a video to post. The only problem is... I can't remember how to post it!

Someone please help!

I know there's a site you go to and load the video on there. . . I just can't remember what site it is.

Help!

Saturday was sweetest day. Normally Bobby and I dont "celebrate" the so called Halmark holiday. We normally just say happy sweetest day and that's about it.




Well Saturday afternoon when I walked into Bobby's house I was surprised with one of my favorites. . . . 12 yellow roses! Bobby said he did it just because he loves me not because of sweetest day. I was so surprised! He made my day. Thanks again Bobby!!!



Bobby's grandparent's are in town this week...
In this picture you have:
Great Grandma
Nana
Momma
and Reyna.




And one of Reyna Bug ...

So Leslie does have a banner made, it just isn't showing up on my blog. If anyone knows anything about banners and blogspot . . . let me know!

I had a nice weekend. I went home which is always great. I did take some pictures/video of my mom's new car. I'll post those tomorrow.

Im too tired to do a 'real' post tonight. I've got a lot going on tomorrow. I have 2 papers due and a test. So I've been busy this weekend to say the least with homework alone.

Well I better get some sleep. I will post more interesting things tomorrow!

Please forgive me.

My blog is under construction.

Leslie is helping me and we are having some troubles.

Hopefully it will be fixed and looking good soon.

Nicole M. tagged me on her blog. Im supposed to share 7 weird/strange/unknown facts about me.

Here are the rules:
1. Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.

1. I absolutely do not like pickles on my hamburger. I dont know what it is about pickles, but I will eat them plain, by themselves, but I will pick them off a hamburger.

2. I try my hardest to "appear" well organized and well put together, but to tell you the truth, so days I feel like Im gonna lose it because I have no idea whats going on.

3. I get distracted easily. There have been some nights were I have gotten really distracted by the computer/tv and other things going on that I my focus quickly moves on to things I shouldn't be doing. I really need to stay focused on things I NEED to get done.

4. If you give me a bowl of popcorn, I will eat the entire thing. No questions asked. Even if Im not really that hungry. Its my down fall. . . .I really enjoy popcorn.

5. I sleep with a fan on, even if its cold outside. It could be 30 below and the fan would still be on in my room. ( I dont know, some people think that's weird.)

6. ...I fall asleep at the drop of a dime. Seriously, if I lay down, within 5 minutes or so I will be asleep. Put me in the car and Im not driving, I will get sleepy and eventually fall asleep. I just can't help it. Car rides make me want to sleep... Bobby hates that when we're driving somewhere far away and I fall asleep. ..

This one time we were driving somewhere that was like 40 minutes away. I worked all day (so did Bobby) well bobby was driving, anyway I had sunglasses on and I fell asleep. Bobby didn't realize it first...He was talking and I hadn't answered his question. . . then he figured it out!

7. I have scars on both my feet. Starting at my big toe straight down. I had to have surgery when I was in high school because I had a severe case of bunions. One summer one foot, the next summer the other. Yeah my summer's weren't really how I wanted to spend them. But my mom and friends helped me to make the best out of it. We went on trips to New Jersey and to see my sister. Went to the movies, ya know fun stuff. * Thanks Mom*

Ok, Im tagging :
Leslie C
Nicole B
Kristin R.

There will be a new look coming soon. Thanks to Leslie!

She's going to fix my banner and a few other things...so keep a look out.

It will be coming soon!

I haven't really done anything today. Its been kinda nice though. There's things I could be doing, but eh its Sunday. It will still be there tomorrow, right??? I watched some TV, went for a walk, talked on the phone with some family, and now I can say I have updated my blog from this weekend. Not too bad.

This week I have things that I really want to get done before the weekend. Bobby's grandparents will be here from Florida and I don't want to have to be writing a paper and reading a book the entire time they are here. So I have some "goals" for this week.

1. Workout 4 times this week. ( HA! Wish my luck on that one!!)
2. Write an Agency Paper for Social work. 4-6 pages.
3. Read "Acts of Faith, the story of an American Muslim, the struggle for the soul of a generation." By Eboo Patel. Has anyone read this?
4. Read for sociology, bio and political science.
5. Finish my Bio activity. ( Its almost done, really.)
6. Study for my CMA certification exam that is on Oct. 24. Im a little nervous about this exam. Its for certification for Medical Assisting. I haven't really looking over things in a while...Im going to have brush up on a few things before the test.

I think those are my main goals. Thankfully I dont have any tests this week.

I talked with the P family today. Starting in January I am going to nanny
Monday - Friday from 1-4. That will be perfect! I will not be spending any gas money, I can just walk right over there. The little boy is so sweet, and well tempered. The pay isn't bad and it will work around my class schedule. Im really excited. Then from now until January, I am going to babysit here and there in the evenings and such.
In fact, I will be going there next Thursday.

Could this have worked out any better ? ? ?

So Im not going to interview for the assisted living job. It will be too much. And doing the nanny thing will be perfect,and just enough.

I met with the social work advisor last week.

Here's the scoop :

Starting the program in the winter is a little different then starting in the fall. If you take the SW classes in the fall, they are during the day. If you start in the winter, the SW classes are in the evening.

I have 4 general education classes left to take. I am planning on taking them online through the community college. It will be a little cheaper and its nice having an online class. I can work at my own pace and can do it right from home.

I have 2 classes I need to take for what OU calls distribution classes. One of them I have to take for the actual program and will count, so really its only 1.

Then there's is the core social work (SW) classes.

Here's my plan : ( I am a big planner!)

Winter 09
1 SW class
Anthropology
2 online Comm. College classes

Summer 1 2009
1 SW class
1 online Comm. College class

Summer 2 2009
1 SW class
1 online Comm College class
1 distribution class

Fall 09
2 SW classes
1 distribution class
Sociology

Winter 10
4 SW classes
( 1 class is my intership, 1 class is a seminar discussion.)

Summer 1 2010
3 SW classes
(1 class is my intership, 1 class is seminar discussion.)

So there it is... that my plan so far.

So here's the latest :

• About a week ago I introduced myself to a family that lives across the street from me. I will call them the P Family. I went over there because they have a 1.5 year old little boy. And I thought that they may or may not need a sitter/nanny. Well I went over there and it just so happens that they were looking for someone!!! I babysat the little boy, Nick Tuesday. It was great. He is very cute. He's big for his age. His mom told me that he weighed 35 pounds, mind you he is 18 months. I called him "Little Man, Little Guy" All evening. He was super easy going and was ready to go to bed by 7:15. Another thing... Nick goes to bed great, he was asleep within minutes. Im going back next Thursday.
• It turns out the P Family needs someone to "nanny." They are looking for someone everyday of the week for 3-4 hours in the afternoon. That will be perfect starting in January.
• Im starting the social work program next semester! I will start in Jan. 2009, and be finished by June 2010. I will post more about the program later. But it doesn't sound too bad. And the best part is that my classes will be in the evening, so I will be able to nanny and make a little extra cash.
• About 2 weeks ago I went around to a few assisted living places. I went filled out an application and gave them my resume. Well today I had a message asking my to call and set up an interview. So I will be calling tomorrow. I figured I should go, do the interview, see what they are looking for and maybe work there a few days here and there.
• Classes are going well. So far I have gotten 4.0 and 3.5 on the 4 tests I have taken. I've written 4 papers and have done well on those too. They are keeping my pretty busy. I've got 2 tests this week, and next week will be my catch up week.
• I've met a few people. Not really "friends" yet more of acquaintances, but its something. A long time family friend Scott lives about 2 miles away and we've hung out a few times. He is like a brother to me. He's helped me get around Rochester and find somethings. So I know someone my age! ha!

Sorry for the LONG post.

I have been feeling a bit swamped lately.

I know its been since october 1st since I posted last. Sorry.

I went home this weekend. That was really nice. I miss home. So it is always nice to go back and see my family as well as Bobby's.

On Saturday we went to the apple orchard. That is always a blast. I have a couple pictures but honestly I don't really have the time to load them and whatnot so it will have to wait until another day. Reyna rode a pony and it was soo cute. At first she didn't seem like she liked it and wasn't sure what to think. But once they pony started to walk, and her Nana, Uncle Bobby and I started clapping and saying Yay Reyna, her little face had a big smile on it was like she realized that it was ok. Very cute.

Sunday I just hung out around the house. Not much got done. I should have been doing things for school but it just didn't really happen. I went home with the intentions of being super productive but yeah, that didn't happen.

So today/tonight Im playing catch up. I have a political science test tomorrow -- not my favorite subject. And then I have a sociology test friday. So wish my luck.

I'll post again tomorrow!

Welcome October!!

I am looking forward to fall.

Do you enjoy/like fall? What do you like about it? Im looking forward to some comments about what you like/dislike!