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I'm frustrated with my current class. As I said before, with that start of the paper I had to do... the professor said to use our adult development book as a reference on that page, but the TA said if we didn't have to use it, then there was no need for it on the page. Uh... what in the world? One says one, and the other says no. The TA answered me AFTER the assignment was due, so I submitted it with what I had, with a reference page about my textbook. At this point, I'm doing what I can to pass this class, and work myself into the program at Colorado Christian University. This is another reason I'm feeling Ashford isn't for me. I feel the teaching isn't at the point I'd like and I don't feel like it's taking me in the right direction. I need to find our taxes from last year, though... I need to fill out a FAFSA since the MyCaa program was halted. I'm almost positive I can get a Pell grant, though. I really don't want anymore student loans. We'll see, though. If not, I'll wait until the fall and be able to use the new FAFSA, I think.


Brendon and I have decided to full TTC, but it's going to be a work in progress working around his schedule. And we've talked about what happens when he deploys, for him not to come home for the birth(that's if we get pregnant right away) at the beginning of the deployment. We'll be trying to have a HBAC/VBAC... preferably a home birth after cesarean. I've done a lot of research and I know it's the way I want to go. Brendon is fine with it, he even watched The Business of Being Born. I don't want another c-section. Even if I can't get a home birth, a vaginal delivery would be fine for me. I want that experience. If we don't have a home birth, I'll probably be doing Hypnobirthing, or using the Bradley Method.

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Egos are my friends

I'm supposed to be getting a call from back the enrollment counselor from CCU today. He did say Friday... it's Friday isn't it? I'm lost with my days. I get to pick Brendon up at work tonight, most likely late when Braden's asleep. I'll be glad to see him, but having to wake up a 2 year and driving on the icy roads isn't fun. Maybe he can get someone to bring him home, but we'll see. This training is so weird to us. He didn't train this much at Campbell, and being here and not seeing him as much is weird to us. Pretty much until after April, it's constant training it seems like. I won't see him at all in April. May is going to be a slow month since they'll be shipping the stuff off to Afghanistan. I can't believe it's been almost a year since he's been home(March 3rd). And we're talking about another. Yeah, I know, it's the Army, married into it and all that. I was 19 and naive. Brendon was still in basic when we got married, so deployment was not even on my mind. Neither was having a child, but here we are 2 years later. Would I change anything? No. Do I have to like it? Definitely not. I'm just trying to think about how this is going to impact Braden when daddy leaves this summer. I'm pretty much going to have to hog tie him to me, otherwise he's going to chase Brendon onto that bus.


I was also thinking of cooking some chicken tacos tonight for dinner. Sounds good. I did my work for the week, minus four discussion post replies, but that won't even take more than 20 minutes to do tonight when Braden goes down for the night. I feel stupid though. We aren't writing a whole paper, not yet. We were only required to write the title page, outline, and a reference/works cited page. But what's to cite? There isn't any content to cite. I noticed I wasn't the only one having that problem, and confused. It was asked to the professor, and he said ask the TA. So she went to the TA discussion area and asked, and she hasn't replied, and the professor did. Um, you couldn't answer this before? He said to quote our textbook, but for what? We didn't quote or use anything out of it. It's just a psychology text, not a writing text. It's not due until Monday, and I'm pretty much done minus the resource page, I'm waiting for a reply from the TA.

I just read this article, and it's pretty messed up. :(

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The Cluck Cluck Pox

It's looking like Braden has the chicken pox. It's not a bad case of it, thankfully. I'm still unsure of how or where he got it from, to be honest. It's like ever since we moved to Colorado... Braden has been sicker than ever before. He had one cold in his entire life, while we lived at Fort Campbell. We moved here and he got two stomach viruses, one of which made him REALLY sick, two colds, and now the chicken pox. I get that kids are going to get sick, but I always took pride in knowing he never had his first cold until 13 - 14 months and hardly ever got sick. I guess it's about time for me to get out of that and realize now that I do go out more he will get sick(er). *sigh*

 

That's his back, but it doesn't look too bad. 

 

Afterall, he looks happy. :)

I've been glad to have Brendon home this weekend, it was a four day. He'll be going to the field tomorrow through the 28th, as I said before. It was kind of told to us at the last minute, but whatever. We're going to order a daddy doll for Braden before Brendon goes to JRTC in April. I'm trying to prepare for the upcoming deployment as best I can. It's hard, even with Brendon home. Braden really freaks out when he gets out of the car or goes to work. I know when D day comes, it's going to break my heart.

I'm waiting for Braden to go down for his nap so I can read chapters 3 - 5 in one of my texts, and chapters 2 - 3 in my other for my class. I really hate psychology. Maybe I should've applied to CCU and just flat out did general studies and transfer those to MS State's meteorology program online. I mean I'm passing my classes, but maybe this wasn't for me. I feel so stupid for not knowing that sooner that CCU was even here.

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She's A Maaaaaniac.

A lot of drama has gone on with my mom lately, and I'm not sure if I feel comfortable talking about ALL of it. Whatever the case, it's done and over with, but I am left with a feeling on betrayal from my mom. I just don't understand it at all.

I started my second class with Ashford University. I'm thrilled. I know I passed my first class, but my grade isn't posted since some students haven't even turned in their final paper. I made a 99 on my paper, so I know that pushed my grade up from what it was. Go me. I have to read chapter 1 and 2 today so I can do my first discussion for the week, but with the drama, I feel lazy. I know I will get it done. Brendon is shockingly getting off work at 2 something, which means I have to go get him. He's still on the driving suspension I applied to him a while ago. We are going car hunting today and hope we can get something, and if we can tomorrow we will put down a payment for it.

We are actually thinking of using the VA Loan to buy a 3 bedroom house here. We will be here for a few years and we love it here. I don't plan on moving home for the deployment or visit as often, the drive from Colorado to Georgia really sucks. My friend Wendi, is a realtor, and she wants to help us. We found a house that is decent and under $100,000. I say that's a awesome catch. We are stuck between two of them. though. This and this one. Same neighborhood. I've seen them in person. Now, this won't happen for a while since we're waiting for the deployment orders to drop and that case we will use that to get out of the apartment lease. Why pay $700+ for a 2 bedroom apartment when you get pay that much towards owning a home? I do love our apartment complex, don't get me wrong. This isn't going to be happening for a few more months, so I think we're okay right now.

Little one is up from his nap, he's less than thrilled. Off I go.

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Winter Weather

Well, Brendon is in the field until Thursday afternoon sometime. Lamesauce. I'm going to have to work around Braden's sleeping schedule to get school work done, and working out. His naps are scarce and starting to become non existent! What's a mom to do?

Next week is my last week of my first class, and I got my new textbooks yesterday. There's 3 for my next class. It's a PSY 202... Adult Development and Life Assessment. I'm excited, but at the same time, I need to be in the ball to pass my final. I'm sure I can do it.

We decided to get Braden a big big boy bed. He hates his toddler bed. I think he's so used to sleeping in a bigger bed when we co-slept. So we'll see how he does in his new bed. Brendon also promised to get me a new camera when the taxes come back, and I'm learning towards the Canon PowerShot A2000 (silver) or Canon PowerShot SX200 (black). I miss my Nikon, but this will be as close as we can get, I suppose until reenlistment time. Then we can get me a DSLR camera. Maybe a Canon Rebel.  Unsure.

It's supposed to snow for the first time since we got back from Georgia for Christmas. 3 - 5 inches expected, but we'll see how it goes.

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School!

Today was my first day of school with Ashford. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Some of my classmates are either: prior military, a military spouse, or Active Duty military. It's nice to be in a class full of people who can relate to me. They all seem nice enough, and my professor seems okay. I'm such a nerd... I did my first weeks assignments today. I'm that much of a nerd.

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Go Me!

I start school January 5th, 2010. I applied to get my bachelor's in Environmental Science with Ashford University. It makes me feel good because I'm actually going somewhere with my life. Once we have careers(Brendon has his, and I don't have one yet...) I think everything will fall into place. We can have a little bit more stability than we do now money wise. I start off with a introductory class and everything, which is good cause I haven't really done any schooling since 2006. I feel out of the student loop.

I think we're going to "officially" start potty training Braden now. He will be 23 months old on the 12th. Wow, where does the time go? He seemed ready at 20 months, but he stopped being interested, so we waited until he wanted to again, and now that has come. Hopefully we can have a good start with this.

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