Week 1 - ...journal...

1-17-2012
Well, I'm off to a bad start already!  It's Tuesday and I didn't read this until tonight! <finger shaking..I know>  Directions state journal for a week...so I will add Monday to the end of mine :) Assuming it means a 7 day week, not five.  Journaling is a little scary in the public eye.  I'm one of those 'too honest for my own good' people and I talk a lot!  So I will proceed with extreme caution.

The nitty-gritty of right now.  I'm sitting here with my 4 month old min-pin trying very hard to write!  She is having a blast teething on my fingers, chewing my hair, growling, being feisty, and just plain old being BAD!  Ok, so on the floor she goes.  Ugh!  I've never had a puppy that was so spoiled rotten and an attention hog like this little one!  She thinks she owns me (well, she kind of does) I just got her in November and recently had to start leaving her alone a little here and there.  I left for about an hour and a half today so I could go to my biochemistry lab and then out again a bit ago for about a half hour.  She did alright today.  Of course, she is starving for attention, as always, when I have something I need to do.  She is worse than my children!  So, my spouse left for Maryland today (for 13 weeks~ugh!) ... I'm assuming that is why Lil-Roo is having attention withdrawals.  I neglected her while I did dishes this morning, went to school, ran an errand, and did a load of laundry.  Yes, I'm neglecting her now too while I type.  I just couldn't handle the hair pulling anymore, so down she went.  Good thing she is just a little 4 pounder or she probably would have just jumped back up on my lap!  I had to type my first blog today one handed while she slept in my other arm!  Ok, so now she is sitting in front of the pellet stove giving my those puppy dog eyes.  Guilt trip is on ~ I shall end today's here and now post so I can pick her up again!  Oh no, now the whining...til tomorrow...

1-18-2012
Morning.  Woken up by ferocious biting.  Lil-Roo wanting her breakfast.  Being a nutritionist and a little OCD, I made her her all natural breakfast; brown rice, natural chicken, raw carrot and a few blueberries.  I then jumped in my car and ran my usual Dunkin run while jamming to some tunes.  Pulling in the driveway I thought, wow, it's early.  There was a small, maybe a quarter of a moon and stars still out!  Sitting in my living room listening to the pellet stove again.  I'm sitting here wondering if it's too early to workout.  I'm kind of lazy when it comes to exercise.  I'm on a mission to lose a few pounds.  Health is very important to me.  My spouse is out of town for three months and I thought I would take advantage of this alone time and attempt to lose a little weight and maybe quit smoking.  It's easier when you don't have added pressures and stresses.  What to do today...no classes...maybe I will go snowshoeing with my little guys after school if the rain doesn't melt all the snow away.  Well, as promised (or should I say, as expected) this is my journal entry for today.  Until tomorrow...farewell...

1-19-2012
Ah, slept in til 7 a.m. this morning.  I woke Lil-Roo up for a change!  Did the daily routine, hand fed her breakfast, then out to Dunks for coffee...It's a cold one outside today 7 degrees!  Now I'm being bullied and barked at.  Joy!  Waiting for my son to get in the shower and head to EMCC so I can take my shower.The plan for today, biochem lab homework, ugh, just the thought of it makes me cringe!  The hoops I have to jump through to get finish my nutrition degree.  At least I am setting a good example for my children (I hope).  My oldest son is going to EMCC and doing gen eds and wants to go to UMaine for an engineering degree.  He is very smart, dedication is questionable.    On with the day I guess.  Not much to say this morning.

1-20-2012
What a day...I did my usual, fed Roo, ran to Dunkin (actually drove) then I came home and cleaned the house.  I then got into my biochemistry homework, what a nightmare!  I'm still not done.  I am having trouble with the calculations and I tried to call the TA, no answer, then I emailed her.  She read my message right away but has not gotten back to me yet!  It's the only class I NEED to complete my degree and graduate in May!  I would have graduated last December if I didn't have to drop the lab last spring!  I had some tough classes that semester and a 2 credit lab should not take over 20 hours a week to do!  Ugh!  I hate classes that are complicated, minimal instruction, and can't get a hold of anyone to help!  So, yes, I had to vent!  I feel better now (even thought my lab homework still isn't done) :)  It was snowing when I got up this morning.  My oldest son got to try out his plow on his four-wheeler.  It worked pretty good!  So, I was just thinking, this entry is going to be short because that's about all that went on today.  I know pretty it's dull, but biochem is screaming my name!

1-21-2012
Another day, another cold day in Maine!  Ugh, I don't care for cold weather!  So, I fed Lil-Roo, transplanted a plant and am sitting in the living-room listening to the pellet stove.  Hmmm..it's Saturday, I may wait until tomorrow to clean the stove out.  Ashes build up and I need to clean it weekly so the auger doesn't clog up.  Alone this morning, I will have most of my kids over later.  My oldest and his girlfriend are out of town, my two little guys are at their father's house and my 20 year old will be coming with his girlfriend and my granddaughter later.  Little guys will be back this afternoon.  I am making shepherd's pie for dinner.  I got lucky, it happens to be all 4 of my children's favorite!  How cool is that?!  Off to the shower and then a smoothie for breakfast.  Maybe today I will have pineapple and banana.  I'm trying to ease my way back into raw way of eating.  (Very healthy, it's just hard because I enjoy meat protein and sometimes I crave certain cooked things)  Good day all~

1-23-2012
Missed yesterday.  I would much rather have been doing this than that God awful biochemistry!  I actually just finished it a little bit ago.  Just in time for tomorrow's lab to do it all over again!  Ugh!  That, my friends, is why I took this class!  I wanted a class I could enjoy for my last semester.  Someday's I'm not sure what to write, but it's better than racking my brains trying to teach myself biochemistry!  So, anyhow, sitting here with...you'll never guess...Lil-Roo.  Of course!  She was born in September so she is still a baby...a VERY spoiled one I might add!  Not much exciting today, class this morning, then home and worked on homework, sushi for dinner and now more homework.  It's 9:30p.m. and I'm getting a little sleepy.  I get up between 5 and 6 with...yeah, Roo.  I wanted to work on this weeks english assignment but I'm afraid my brain won't function much longer tonight as I can feel the eyelids getting heavy.  So for now - to all a good night :)