Rambling On

Most of you may not know this, but I work outside the home as a waitress at a very busy family restaurant. Now most days I absolutely love my job, but physically it is getting kind of hard on me. I am on my feet constantly and most days am running around the restaurant as opposed to walking. This is why I have decided that this may be the time for me to make a career change.

I have decided to check out an online university to see what type of career change I may be interested in. I discovered a site over at Western Governors University which offers a lot of online courses that I could possibly be interested in. One of the courses that I have been heavily checking out is their bachelors degree online, and so far I like what I see. Not only are the classes done completely online (which eliminates travel time), but their professors are some of the best in their field. And when it’s all said and done, I will have a degree that is highly recognized in the industry. So… while I’m still making up my mind on whether this will be a good move for me, I will continue to check out this site a little more closely.

I was asked to check out this website and give my honest opinion of Western Governors University, for which I’m receiving cash compensation.

Normally I work every Tuesday night. But this week I offered my shift to another girl who didn’t have a lot of hours this week and took the night off. It was a good thing that I did this actually. Yesterday I ended up with the worst headache that I’ve had in a long time and I really don’t think I would have been able to work anyway. But after a great night’s sleep, I’m back to 100% today. I have to go back to work tomorrow, but I think after another good night’s sleep tonight I will be ready for that shift. But it was still nice to take the night off even if I wasn’t feeling the best.

My youngest son is only 9, but he has the energy of a kid twice his size and age. Man… I wish I had some of his energy. This kid did not go to sleep last night until after 11:00 pm and this morning, you would swear to god that he got 12 hours sleep. He was wired for sound this morning. I wish I knew his secret. I eat right, avoid most medications (so I don’t have to worry about any side effects of adipril), and try to get a decent amount of sleep. But I still don’t have the energy this kid has. Maybe one of these days he’ll let me in on his little secret.

God I hate Mondays! I work every weekend so nothing around here gets done. And…. I mean nothing! That’s means it’s all left to me to do every Monday morning. Well it’s Monday again, so you all know what that means. That means tons and tons of work for me to do. I have loads of dishes, loads of laundry and I need to vacuum and dust the living room. By the looks of my cleaning list, I’m not even going to get a start on the article about fda approved diet pills that I need to have ready for a client by Wednesday.

Have I mentioned lately that I hate Mondays?!

So many of you may not be aware of this, but part of the way that I earn a little bit of income each month is by doing some online transcribing for companies. Most months I do pretty good with this, but I am constantly looking for new companies to test with and possibly work with. Last month I did a test for a company about natural colon cleansing but I haven’t heard a word back from them. This has me extremely frustrated. If I didn’t get the job, then that’s fine. But I would at least like to know. I guess I’m going to have to give up on this particular company and just start applying at other ones. So I guess in this case, no news, is not good news.

Part of my husband’s job is that he has to be on call 24/7. That means when a machine breaks down day or night, he has to go. Well this happened to him last night. After putting in a ten hour day at his job, he just got home, had his supper and got a phone call. So out the door he went. By the time he got home it was after midnight and he was back up at 6:00 am this morning to do it all over again. I don’t know how he does it. If it were me, I would need to invest in some serious under eye wrinkle cream just to keep up appearances. He’s not impressed these days with the job and neither am I. I really do wish he would look for something else.

Every five years my husband has to have a complete physical to renew his class 1 driver’s licence. Well, the time has come. Actually this time I’m glad he has to go. He hasn’t been feeling good lately and maybe while he’s having his physical, the doctor may discover what’s wrong with him. Who knows, maybe he needs some colon cleansing. I really don’t know what is going on with him but, since he has to go anyway maybe his doctor may be able to help him. He’s not happy that he has to go, but I am!

Although I graduated over 20 years ago, I can honestly tell you that I don’t remember ever having the amount of homework sent home that my two youngest kids have. My daughter’s school is the worst. Right now she’s got four BIG projects on the go. You would swear to god that each teacher thinks they are the only teacher that these kids have. My daughter spends hours every day working on these projects and I’m starting to get a little annoyed. She shouldn’t have to sit in class all day and then come home and do homework all night. When does she get a little me time?? I think the next time these kids have a parent teacher conference I’m going to bring up my concerns with her teachers. Maybe they’ll listen to me??

So it’s been quite a few days since I’ve gotten a good night’s sleep and I’m really getting tired of this. It has gotten to the point where all the best under eye cream on the market couldn’t help these bags under my eyes. I think I need to break down and make a doctor’s appointment to find out what could possibly be going on. Normally I wouldn’t even think about taking a sleeping aid, but this is starting to get a little ridiculous. I think I may give it a couple of more days, and if sleep still alludes me, I will have to make that doctor’s appointment. I’m so tired of being tired ALL the time.