Every single time I go to write the date or answer the phone so far this morning I keep messing up and referring to today as MONDAY! It's so funny sometimes how we are such creatures of habit and once we are in our routine we cannot deviate away from that. Since yesterday was a holiday my brain cannot seem to grasp that my first day back at work for the week is TUESDAY! Maybe after writing this post, and my brain witnessing firsthand that I am seriously complaining about it's lack of "present time consciousness" it will kick its butt into gear and help me out the rest of the day. :)
My Memorial Day with my Lil Man was a blast! We played at that little water park for four and a half hours. Even though the sunscreen was applied liberally every 30 minutes... we both came home a little pink on our shoulders and noses. As we get ready for bed every night he is always very curious to know where we will be going in the morning when we wake up. School? Work? Church? Daddy's house? He always wants to know and I always make sure that I explain exactly what our plans are so he understands. Well, last night as we were getting ready he asked me "Mommy, will we be going back to the water park in the morning when we wake up?" Because my answer was "No son, we will have to go to school in the morning", he then went into the cutest pleading and begging session I have yet to hear out of him. I just laughed and promised a return trip very very soon. This definitely tells me that my son had a BLAST!
So, for anyone out there who might live in the state of Arkansas and have small children, Splash Zone was a very fun afternoon in the sun!
I revealed in my very first post that I graduated from college with a degree in education, but at the time of graduation there were no positions open at any of the schools in my area. Instead I ended up going to work for a Chiropractor as his office manager. It pays the bills and is pretty easy going work, but sometimes it can be a bit boring. We only see patients in our office on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays so those days are long and busy. On Tuesdays and Thursdays I am in the office doing all the billing, filing, and paperwork that keeps this place running. It has been an experience and I'm contemplating staying with the Doctor for another year while me and my son get more settled. It's a big decision and I hope in the end it comes out the way that we need it to. Since the office was closed yesterday for Memorial Day, there isn't just a whole lot to do today. I think I will spend the rest of my time at work today doing some deep cleaning-out of my file cabinet! Ooooooh what fun for me.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Monday, May 30, 2011
Holiday From Work - Life
Happy Memorial Day! In my entire life I've never had a family member in the military. So, I've certainly never had a family member die in the military. Now... I consider myself truly blessed that I have never experienced such a tragedy or the pain and hardship of being involved in the military. My heart truly goes out to anyone who has experienced this.
Because of this, Memorial Day has always been a day where no one had to work and all the banks were closed (so you'd better have gotten all the money you needed out on Friday!), and everyone just hung around somewhere close to water and partied. I have lots of wonderful memories of camping and tubing and doing things like that on Memorial Day. My family has always been very close and to this day are very close.
This Memorial Day is a first for me. I am now divorced and will be spending the entire day with my son getting to do fun Mommy/Lil Man stuff. Unexpectedly, my half-older sister called me last night and wanted me and Lil Man to come over to her house for dinner so all of our kids could play together (she has 4 children all under the age of 11). So, we loaded up and went to have a fun evening playing outside with his cousins. Within the first 20 minutes he comes running up to me and he's completely soaked from head to toe and so I asked how he got so wet and he answered by saying that his cousin had sprayed him with the water hose! You all know how the rest of our evening went... 5 children + a water hose + a few water guns = a really big water fight and a whole lot of fun!!
Me and my older sister just watched and laughed. I'm really glad that I went over. We don't get to spend as much time together as I would like. Now..... this brings me up to date. As we were getting ready to come home last night we were invited to tag along today with them to a new waterpark that has opened up about an hour from where I live. Supposedly it's perfect for young kids because everything there is small and shallow water with an admission price of only $4.00 to get in. That's my kind of waterpark!!!
I'm sitting here enjoying my morning cup of coffee while Lil Man still sleeps and as soon as I'm finished we will be off to spend our Memorial Day at a waterpark. How will you be spending your Memorial Day?
Because of this, Memorial Day has always been a day where no one had to work and all the banks were closed (so you'd better have gotten all the money you needed out on Friday!), and everyone just hung around somewhere close to water and partied. I have lots of wonderful memories of camping and tubing and doing things like that on Memorial Day. My family has always been very close and to this day are very close.
This Memorial Day is a first for me. I am now divorced and will be spending the entire day with my son getting to do fun Mommy/Lil Man stuff. Unexpectedly, my half-older sister called me last night and wanted me and Lil Man to come over to her house for dinner so all of our kids could play together (she has 4 children all under the age of 11). So, we loaded up and went to have a fun evening playing outside with his cousins. Within the first 20 minutes he comes running up to me and he's completely soaked from head to toe and so I asked how he got so wet and he answered by saying that his cousin had sprayed him with the water hose! You all know how the rest of our evening went... 5 children + a water hose + a few water guns = a really big water fight and a whole lot of fun!!
Me and my older sister just watched and laughed. I'm really glad that I went over. We don't get to spend as much time together as I would like. Now..... this brings me up to date. As we were getting ready to come home last night we were invited to tag along today with them to a new waterpark that has opened up about an hour from where I live. Supposedly it's perfect for young kids because everything there is small and shallow water with an admission price of only $4.00 to get in. That's my kind of waterpark!!!
I'm sitting here enjoying my morning cup of coffee while Lil Man still sleeps and as soon as I'm finished we will be off to spend our Memorial Day at a waterpark. How will you be spending your Memorial Day?
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Good Morning Life
Well, it is Sunday morning and a beautiful 77 degrees outside. My day is going to consist of finishing this post, going for a walk/jog, and then going to pick my son up from a weekend at his father's house. First thing I'm actually enjoying. I have no idea who will read this or even if anyone will, but there is something relaxing about simply writing it all down. I've always kept a diary/journal. My whole life I've carted one around with me and even though I don't write every single day... I do write enough that years go by and I'll eventually sit down and read the old ones. When this happens, it's like all my emotions are turned up to maximum because whatever I wrote about it is either extremely funny, extremely sad, or extremely frustrating! It's like I feel all those emotions all over again just in a magnified way. Any woman out there reading this is probably thinking, "Why on earth would anyone want to do that to themselves?? Isn't dealing with those emotions the FIRST time around difficult enough??" And you would be correct. I am a very emotional person. My ex husband always told me that I am ruled by my emotions and it should be the other way around. But I am who I am and there is a part of me that enjoys going back in time through my own personal journal entries and re-experiencing something that happened to me.
Second thing, going for my walk/jogs all started about 4 weeks ago, when the weather finally cooperated with me, because my best friend is getting married in June and I'm attempting to make myself look a little better physically before I walk down the isle in front of her. :) I have heard so many woman say this so many hundreds of times, but I still fell into the same trap of feeling like my body needing a little improving before putting on a fancy dress. Why does it take our close friends forcing us into these fancy dresses before we feel the strong urge to exercise? Strange, but I have to admit that since my divorce I've steadily dropped a few pounds here and a few there to the point that I'm already at a lower weight than I was when I found out I was pregnant. YEAH to me!! That's also really funny how us women, who are mothers, always use that point in time as the all-forever reference to when we were at our physical bests... "before I found out I was pregnant". But it just can't be helped. Bar the few mutant women out there whose bodies magically go back to that point "before they were pregnant" without them having to work at it, everyone I've ever met or talked to says that after pregnancy their bodies are never the same again.... and that's in a negative way. Motherhood is a blessing though and one of my greatest joys, so I'm not complaining too bad.
Last but not least this afternoon I will drive about 15 minutes to my ex husband's house and pick up my son. I always look forward to these times because seeing him for the first time after 2 and a half days of separation is always when the best hugs and kisses happen. He is 3 years old and full of life, but that first moment is always the same... no matter what. "Mooooooomeeeeee!!!!" while he's running in my direction with his hands outstretched, and the really good part is that he trails the eeee out at the end of Mommy while he's running so it's bouncing in his throat with every step his feet hit. "Mooooomeeee eee eee eee!" My little man is the best there is, and I'm absolutely sure that all the little princesses and other little men out there that are all of your children are the best that there is also. It's a funny thing how that works, and here we are complaining about that extra 10 pounds across our bellies and bottoms when that's the sacrifice sometimes for these little princesses and little men to be here with us!
~ magan33 ~
Second thing, going for my walk/jogs all started about 4 weeks ago, when the weather finally cooperated with me, because my best friend is getting married in June and I'm attempting to make myself look a little better physically before I walk down the isle in front of her. :) I have heard so many woman say this so many hundreds of times, but I still fell into the same trap of feeling like my body needing a little improving before putting on a fancy dress. Why does it take our close friends forcing us into these fancy dresses before we feel the strong urge to exercise? Strange, but I have to admit that since my divorce I've steadily dropped a few pounds here and a few there to the point that I'm already at a lower weight than I was when I found out I was pregnant. YEAH to me!! That's also really funny how us women, who are mothers, always use that point in time as the all-forever reference to when we were at our physical bests... "before I found out I was pregnant". But it just can't be helped. Bar the few mutant women out there whose bodies magically go back to that point "before they were pregnant" without them having to work at it, everyone I've ever met or talked to says that after pregnancy their bodies are never the same again.... and that's in a negative way. Motherhood is a blessing though and one of my greatest joys, so I'm not complaining too bad.
Last but not least this afternoon I will drive about 15 minutes to my ex husband's house and pick up my son. I always look forward to these times because seeing him for the first time after 2 and a half days of separation is always when the best hugs and kisses happen. He is 3 years old and full of life, but that first moment is always the same... no matter what. "Mooooooomeeeeee!!!!" while he's running in my direction with his hands outstretched, and the really good part is that he trails the eeee out at the end of Mommy while he's running so it's bouncing in his throat with every step his feet hit. "Mooooomeeee eee eee eee!" My little man is the best there is, and I'm absolutely sure that all the little princesses and other little men out there that are all of your children are the best that there is also. It's a funny thing how that works, and here we are complaining about that extra 10 pounds across our bellies and bottoms when that's the sacrifice sometimes for these little princesses and little men to be here with us!
~ magan33 ~
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Welcome
Allow me to introduce myself... my name is Magan and if you are reading this than I am pleased to have struck your attention through my blog.
I am new to this interesting world of blogging and, to be completely honest, it was actually through a book I just finished reading that I became intrigued with what it is all about. So... here I am.
I have spent the better part of my lazy Saturday morning and afternoon surfing around the blogging world in search of other blogs that resemble what was described in the book. I found several that I thoroughly enjoyed and look forward to reading more in the future from these complete strangers out in blogging world.
Now, a little about me and the purpose of my new blog:
I live in Arkansas where I have for a little over half of my life. All of my family is here and I really can't imagine myself being anywhere else, but at the same time I don't like it here. For as long as I can remember I have always had a curiousity for other places and other cultures. I guess I have my parents to thank for that; we did a lot of traveling throughout my adolescence. Lots of great memories!
I am a college graduate with a degree in education. It took six and a half years to achieve that due to marriage and a baby, but I am proud to be finished with that leg of the race. After a few years to recuperate financially I will begin the second leg towards my masters.
The purpose behind the creation of this blog was entirely experimental and fun. I love reading and I love being social... what better way to read and be social at the same time than to create a small space for myself in the world of blogging and see what happens?!
I hope you enjoy, whomever you may be, and I look forward to comments and/or questions.
~ magan33 ~
I am new to this interesting world of blogging and, to be completely honest, it was actually through a book I just finished reading that I became intrigued with what it is all about. So... here I am.
I have spent the better part of my lazy Saturday morning and afternoon surfing around the blogging world in search of other blogs that resemble what was described in the book. I found several that I thoroughly enjoyed and look forward to reading more in the future from these complete strangers out in blogging world.
Now, a little about me and the purpose of my new blog:
I live in Arkansas where I have for a little over half of my life. All of my family is here and I really can't imagine myself being anywhere else, but at the same time I don't like it here. For as long as I can remember I have always had a curiousity for other places and other cultures. I guess I have my parents to thank for that; we did a lot of traveling throughout my adolescence. Lots of great memories!
I am a college graduate with a degree in education. It took six and a half years to achieve that due to marriage and a baby, but I am proud to be finished with that leg of the race. After a few years to recuperate financially I will begin the second leg towards my masters.
The purpose behind the creation of this blog was entirely experimental and fun. I love reading and I love being social... what better way to read and be social at the same time than to create a small space for myself in the world of blogging and see what happens?!
I hope you enjoy, whomever you may be, and I look forward to comments and/or questions.
~ magan33 ~
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