Fly on the Wall- September 2015

Welcome to a Fly on the Wall group post. Today 16 bloggers are inviting you to catch a glimpse of what you’d see if you were a fly on the wall in our homes. Come on in and buzz around my house.

Buzz around, see what you think, then click on these links for a peek into some other homes:

Baking In A Tornado

Spatulas on Parade

                      Follow me home                         

Menopausal Mother

Never Ever Give Up Hope

Just A Little Nutty

The Momisodes

Someone Else’s Genius

Dinosaur Superhero Mommy

The Angrivated Mom

Nichole Mom of 8

Searching for Sanity

ClutteredGenius

Southern Belle Charm

Go Mama O

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I've decided to go back to college. Yes, I just graduated last year with my associates degree in medical office administration. Unfortunately, I have not been able to get a job. My area just isn't doing a lot of hiring in the medical field unless you're a nurse or a medical assistant. Not to mention that I homeschool, so I need to work from home, or just part-time. It makes finding a job that fits those requirements difficult no matter where you are.

I figured out that I was only 11 classes shy of my office administration degree. If I finish that, I can work in almost ANY office, not just medical. Plus, I still have 3 years of homeschooling left, so I have to kill some time before I can go work full-time somewhere anyway.

I was so burned out when I graduated. I thought I'd never go back to school! Here I am going back to school. At least I'm excited and not dreading it.

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Who are you when you're hungry? Clone of Bob claims he chose this Snickers because it was the funniest. I don't think he thought it was all that funny when I posted it to Facebook!

He actually needs one that reads "King Kong". Boo said that she needed one that said "Hangry".

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Clone of Bob is doing really well with his driving. My mom and brother got a new (2016) car and took the kids on a trip over Labor Day weekend. They traveled about 4 hours away to my uncle's house. Anyway, he must be doing good since they let him drive that brand new car about 5 hours total: 2 hours up and 3 hours home. 

Bob wasn't crazy about the idea of Clone of Bob driving a car that new, but he's never ridden with his son in the car. He's left all of the training to me, which is fine, but he doesn't know how good the kid is doing.

Boo will get to start drivers' ed in the spring, after she turns 15 years old. I hope that by then Clone of Bob will have most of his required hours in so that they aren't fighting over who is going to drive. That's what stinks about having your kids so close in age. 

I'm Back...tenatively

This last semester was eventful, to say the least. Between homeschooling the kids, taking college courses myself, tutoring two days a week at the college, and taking care of my home, I had no time for much else.

I got my first B this semester due to my American History class. It irks me because I was doing so well at keeping straight As. History was never my strong suit--I was always getting Ds in high school in history. So, this B has taught me that you need to stick with your strong suits (although, I'm not sure what other class I could have taken in that category that I would have done better in).

We took a trip to Tennessee around Thanksgiving to give some friends a hand with their move into their new home. We were near Nashville. The area was beautiful, and we only went into Nashville once to go to a hockey game (Predators vs. Rangers).

We had a pair of ferrets given to us, also. That has been an interesting experience, let me tell you. They're cute and funny, but they stink! We've been trying different methods of cutting down on the smell. I'll be making some more hammocks so I can change them more than once a week, so I'll probably post about that when I get to it.

Meanwhile, here's some photos from our trip:

Hmmm...I can't remember what else we've done over the past couple of months. It's been THAT kind of semester. Thankfully, I only have two classes and an internship next semester. No more tutoring--I've decided that isn't for me. I want to be able to concentrate on my internship, so I am freeing as much time as I can.