As with most things in my life, this blog is fixing to be a step into the total randomness of my brain. Consider yourself warned.
First of all, it has almost been a year since I have taken the time to write a blog. So to my faithful followers, I am sorry. In the past year, we have made some changes as a family. We decided to try to eat better for one, as well as exercise. Although we have fallen off of the exercise wagon, we are still trying to eat healthier and teach our children good nutrition. However, they are teens so if it is not pizza it is not on they radar. They still have to eat it, but aren't always the happiest to do so. All in all I can't complain about our children. They are good kids. Certainly not the hell raising teens Jamie and I were, but we aren't going to talk about that.
Joshua turned 16 this summer. He doesn't have his license yet. The laws in NC state you have to have so many hours documented with your permit before you can even thinking of taking the driving test. He doesn't have many hours to go so he will be on the roads before long. He is not playing football this year, but has instead decided to focus on marching band, competition band, and wrestling. He plays bottom (or the biggest) bass drum in the band. He has also spent time trying to get into better shape to drop down from heavy weight to 220 weight class. This should make the wrestling season easy as he is use to dealing with guys that weight up to 285. It is looking to be a good year for him as he heads into his Junior year of high school. Some of his hardest classes, including calculus, will be faced this year. I have full confidence he can do it.
Kaitlin is heading into her sophomore year in high school. She turned 15 over the summer. She has her driving permit and drives every chance she gets. Any time we go any where, she asks to drive. She is also in marching band and competition band. She has a love for JROTC and will be in Raiders again this year. In band, last year she was in the pit. These are the instruments that are in the front of a competition format and don't move. This year she is playing top bass drum (the smallest) so she will be marching out on the field. Having both her and Josh on the drum line has brought them closer together in some ways. It is nice to see as a parent. Normal teen siblings want to kill each other. Raiders will start right after school starts for her next week. Her only "off" day for some type of practice after school will be Wednesday. It will be a busy beginning to the year for her. She is excited to be going to the National tournament with Raiders to GA in Nov.
Damien is 14 and in the 8th grade this year and has already made a grand entrance. He has Asperger's and this can make things a little tricky at times. Evidently he is more comfortable at school than I give him credit for. He has been helping a new student figure out the new school and the way things work. It is wonderful to see him take on a very social role for someone who is supposed to be very antisocial. As far as extra activities, Damien would just rather not. He was in Boy Scouts for a while and decided he did not want to do it anymore. He goes to his siblings functions to support them when I make him but would much rather hang out with his grandma.
Austen is in 6th grade this year. He will be turning 13 next week. He is a little intimidated by middle school but he will be over it soon I am sure. Three days in and the teacher has already told me he was talking during class. Sounds about right. He has more trouble with school than he likes to show. Hopefully it will be something that, with his wonderful English teachers help, he will learn new skills to move forward and be successful. He likes playing basketball but doesn't want to try out for the school. So I guess it will be basketball at the YMCA again this winter. He also decided he didn't want to be in Boy Scouts any more. The politics in this particular troop were getting a bit ridicules but neither of the boys would go for trying a new troop. Normally we are the "finish what you start" type of parents but in Boy Scouts you don't have a season. Finishing is Eagle Scout at roughly age 18. It was a decision Jamie and I did not take lightly but in the end we decided to allow them to bow out.
That about does it for the updates on the kids. On to news!!!! I have changed my major in college from Criminal Justice; latent evidence to Nursing. I know, I know big difference. Why the change you ask? Several reasons really. I realized that a career in latent evidence (AKA crime scene investigation) is not a very high paying position. In fact, you can make more money teaching about the job than you can actually doing the job. I also realized that I have spent my life taking care of people, so why not get paid for it. I jumped into a CNA class before I could change my mind and figured out that I really Do like it. In fact, I rather enjoy it. Of course, like every job and anything else in life, it has it's moments but all in all I truly enjoy being a CNA and look forward to being an RN. My classes start tomorrow and I am just as excited as I am nervous. In fact, part of me write this blog has to do with blowing the dust off my fingers and getting back into typing mode for all the papers I am going to be writing over the next few months.
Life......life deals us difficult hands at times, but somehow Jamie and I have always found a way though them together. Somehow we seem to come out stronger on the other side. It is interesting to be able to see a path forming in front of you. As you learn from your mistakes and make changes you can see the path of life becoming a little more clearer in front of you and sometimes it even has a little arrow to help point the way so you don't get turned around. Being able to see this path isn't always the easiest thing. You have to learn to step back and actually look at the things going on around you. Life will always point you in the right direction, you just have to learn to read those directions.
Now for the Real reason you are reading this blog, ghosts. Yes, you read that correctly, ghosts. Why in the world would I throw in something as random as ghosts? Well, they use to be people to and want to be remembered. We all have ghosts in our lives. Some people choose not to believe in them and that is fine. Then you have crazy people like me that not only believe in them but can sense them. Today is my grandmothers birthday and she is a humble soul. She doesn't expect to be remembered or thought of but it makes her happy when we do. My friend Shane "haunts" me. I can hear him laughing inside my head sometimes. It is weird but I don't mind. He watches over us. He is like my guardian angel. My grandfather visits occasionally. He stays with my grandma most of the time. She sees him and talks to him. He died 23 years ago but he still waits for her and watches over her. Why am I rambling on about all of this, I really don't know. I just feel like people need to take a moment or two and remember the loved ones that have left this world to move on to the next one. Part of them stays with us, looking out for us, helping to guide us, and them deserve our appreciation.
Ok, I will hush now. Thank you for taking the time to read this. It don't really know what I hope it will accomplish but it feels good in a strange way to get all these thoughts out of my brain and onto paper, or um cyberspace in this case.
Until next time.....
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