Whats been happening!

Well I'm still not sure what I'm going to do. But I do know this: Nothing is going to happen this year!

I do know this. School starts next week!! Ekk! I'm going to miss my free time and being able to lay by the pool. But it's a good thing, because I will be able to pack up the house! So that's a plus right?

Kenneth and I have gotten into a routine this summer and I'm hoping it will last. We pick out meals on Saturday, and then we grocery shop. I have all the staple items we need, so its mainly produce and things on sale that I can get cheap or free with my coupons. Meat comes from Food Lion or Sams Club so its frozen in the freezer just waiting to be thawed out. We normally plan 3 meals, of course this week we planned on 3 and made only 2. We ended up with so much left over! I like this routine, and HOPE we can keep it up when school starts back!

We will be moving in about 6 to 8 weeks, so I'm in the process of packing up some items, and limiting what I'm purchasing! That's the harder task. Our rent at this apartment has gone up to over the $900 mark, and we could make things work and pay that amount, but we are choosing to downsize and save up more for schooling and to put more into savings for our house. So just hope we can find an apartment we both like that is reasonable!! :)

It looks like for all the schools that might accept me, I have to take one more PSY class, so I will probably end up taking that online next spring. Then fingers crossed we will hear something by mid-year 2012. A lot longer than I wanted to wait, but sometimes things are out of your control. But I'm thankful, I get to go back to the wonderful group of kids we have at school! And what this year holds. The kids I started working with last year will graduate this year, so maybe its good how things work out!

I went shopping at Publix today. The sales they were having I wasn't that impressed with but they have a coupon for $1.00 kids deli meal, and that will be good for my lunches, and I can print as many as I want off and it doesn't expire until Sept 30!! :) But they also had pop-tarts on sale (BOGO from $1.99). My Publix allows competitor from Target, so I bought 6, used 2 - $2.00 off 3 and then 2 - $1.00 target coupons and ended up paying only TAX! I gave 3 to mommy and Kenneth and I are going to keep 3. Not a bad deal on pop tarts! I'm glad I didn't spend them a few weeks ago at Target when I wanted to!

Anyway, just wanted to give a very quick run down on whats happening. I'm going to run to Target to see what I can find, then to pick up a few things before the weekend, when Laura and Ben come down!

Nursing or Teaching..

That's my question on my mind.

I have been trying to get back into nursing school since I graduated from college. This means failed attempts at getting into Motlow, talking to people at Cumberland, Tennessee State, and here recently Memphis. I got everything ready for Memphis as of last Feb, but missed the TEAS test they require you to take by just a few points in science. So I planned on working on getting that score up and applying for the Spring semester. I finally managed to pass this test last Tuesday. I get a call on Wed. They say since I've been academically disqualified, I'm not allowed to be a candidate for the program. I start screaming at her! No where on the application does it state that. I write up a very nice email and send it to the dean. That's a no go. So now I'm back a square one.

I know I want to pick a major that I love. Public Health was literally something I picked one day flipping through the catalog. So I'm thinking go to school and become a teacher, or keep trying to do nursing. There is a college I can go to that my credits "expire" after 5 years, but we are talking 2013.. thats when we had planned on Kenneth starting law school. I could become a teacher. I would be happy with that. But all the pressure that is put on teachers I'm not sure I would enjoy that aspect of it. This is just a post about me rambling. Maybe I will have a clearer picture in the next few weeks.