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Its a blog about our life with pet ducks.  If you're interested head on over.

Sitting on the beach at the bay. :)

Finally here. Campsite is set up. Getting settled and organized for tomorrow. :)

Driving to the beach with my mama :D

Just a few thoughts

Haven't been on here in a while, life is busy and when I have time to get on here I'm tired and don't really feel like it.

I've been some form of unhealthy for the past month and it is really getting old at this point.

Summer semester is almost over, I've registered for Fall, I'm going to be taking 5 classes but one is online and the other I only meet once a month so I'll still be able to work good hours (that's if I can get those hours) I'll be done with school in a year...I love learning about everything, but I will be happy when I'm done. I've never liked school and I look forward to not having 2 jobs, the one I get paid for and the one I pay for.

I'm going on a one night trip to the beach with my Mama tonight after work. I'm excited, even if it is just one day, I'll be happy to see sand and water, and hopefully lots of sun, let's just hope the weather permits that.


Well, I woke up almost 2 hours ago so that I could get some serious packing done, but all I've done this morning is make coffee and put music on my MP3 Player...and this. So I should go and get moving and start actually being productive.

Spending the day with my mama. :) She's getting highlights and then we're going shopping.

I have to go to stinkin class instead of getting to see her 4 yr olds graduate preschool. :..(

My Birthday weekend in pictures

Getting my Tattoo-Daddy's present to me

The Chesterfield Berry Farm

Cary Town-World of Mirth

Dinner at Carrabas

I had a blast this weekend. :)

sitting in True tattoo waiting to get my tattoo. Excited and nervous. :)

Countdown to my Birthday

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Age is weird

I find it so mind boggling that I'm turning 21 in a few days...I honestly keep forgetting...my best friend and parents had to keep reminding me that it's been coming up...I just don't feel 21.

Part of me feels 6 years old, just living life and having a fun time doing it with as little care as possible. Part of me feels 17, trying to figure out who I am and what I want out of life. But most of me feels about 30, mature with many lessons learned years earlier than normal...I feel like I have found my niche and I am happy and content, while still very much looking toward the future.
But I don't feel 21, I don't think that I will ever be that "age". By that I mean I don't think I'll ever go through that stage in life where I'm just having fun, exploring different things, going out to parties, dating around, carefree but independent. I skipped that stage, and I don't think you can go back to it. I don't think I want to ever go through it. It doesn't interest me.
I was talking to my mom about this recently, about how I seem to have learned too many life lessons for my age, and for whatever reason I have people in my life that are obviously put into my life so that I can help teach and guide them through those really hard lessons...these people are older than me by about 3 years. Sometimes this bothers me, sometimes it makes me happy that I learned those things when I did. But mostly, its just weird.

I have lived on this earth for 21 years, but my soul bounces between 30, 6, and 17. I don't know that I will ever feel my own age, I might have in the past, but I don't remember ever truly feeling my own age.

I'm rambling. This I guess has just been on my mind a lot lately.

Kids say the darndest things...

Sometimes I wish I had a tape recorder on me when I'm in class with the kids.

Best quote of today...
"Miss Megan, I'll ask my mom if we can have a sleep over. So you need to tell me where you live. What road do you live on?" :)

These kids make me happy.

Back to Blogger

So, it's been over a year since I've last posted on here. My McAfee wouldn't let me log on to any google sponsored sites, which includes Blogger, so I had to log on on another computer, which really inhibited me from posting. Well, about 2 weeks ago, my computer crashed and I got a new virus protection, so tada, I can log on here.

Well a WHOLE heck of a lot has happened in the last year. When I last posted I was talking about my doubts about graphic design. Well, I sort of had an epiphany. I was presented with the question "what would your dream job be?" I didn't even think to answer I just spit out what my gut said I said "either a stay at home mom or a nanny or something with kids." I stopped and thought about it and went "well crap" because I was only 2 months from graduating and I had about 2 weeks to get my application in to VCU for transfer into the art department. So I did what my mother suggested and did my "due diligence". I researched and researched and soul searched and prayed. I decided to go into early childhood development. (I am not giving up graphic design completely, I still do freelance and I enjoy it, but I don't think I will ever do it full-time) So in the fall, I hadn't decided whether I was going to do Early Elementary Education or Early Childhood Development, but I thought that Longwood was a good place to go since its a great Education school. So in order to get into longwood I needed a couple math classes, so I stayed at John Tyler for the fall taking 3 classes that would transfer into the program I was going for at Longwood. Well, about half way through September I decided that I wanted to do Preschool age and under (Early Childhood Development, not Early Elementary Education)and after deciding that I went to look up the program at Longwood and discovered that they did not have a degree for it, only a minor. After doing more research, I realized that John Tyler actually has a great associates degree program and career certificate. So I decided to stay at John Tyler for two more years and get my Child Care Certificate and Early Childhood Development Associates Degree. Well I was still in the middle of a semester, taking 3 classes that I no longer needed AT ALL. And the only reason I couldn't drop them to save my grades was to stay on my insurance. So my grades last semester were...for lack of better word...horrible. (I do horrible with school work if I have no interest or motivation, and I really didn't like, or need any of my classes=no interest and no motivation...plus I got REALLY sick right after midterms for about 2 weeks and missed a lot of class)

So I switched my program and started in the child care department this spring. I've been loving it. And I've had good grades so hopefully my GPA will recover from last semester. I had to do 72hrs of volunteer work for my practicum and the place where I was volunteering offered me a job, so I've been working there for about 3 weeks now. I love it. :) I'm very happy I made the decisions that I did, they were the right choices.
So yeah, that's been my school/career life for the past year. Hopefully I'll be on here more now that I can. :)