Mini Mid life crisis????

Is it possible to have a mini mid-life crisis? If so, I truly believe that I am having one! My life is SO busy and hectic that I seriously do not even have time to think. I have recently put out applications for a new job. After working in childcare for 5 years, I am on the verge of a mental break down!(NO...I WON'T SHAVE MY HEAD....DON'T WORRY!)
I have come to realize that I am at a point in my life that if it means either choosing to be a lead teacher or focus on my school, I would walk away from my job at any minute. I am SO tired all the time. Chasing 12 3 year olds around all day long is starting to get to me. Plus, trying to keep up with my school work.
I know I know...when I am a mom I am going to be even more tired than I am now. I know all of this! I am just afraid that if I continue to work in childcare I will seriously consider NEVER having my own.
I know that I do not want to do this forever(childcare). I WANT to be a teacher. I applied to be a TA(Teacher's Assistant) with the school system. I want something new. I want a teacher to take me under their wing and me my mentor. I want to learn about the school system and what it is going to be like when I have my own classroom. BUT.....here's the problem! This is a college town. People that get their degrees and cannot find work right away become TAs until they do. SO......Automatically they out qualify me for the job. :0(
I had one interview last week and I could tell that they made up their minds before I was even interviewed. My interview today was good. I felt better about it, but I was the 1st interview of 5 for 1 position!!!!!! Sorry I am just frustrated and venting(if you could not already guess). I WANT a new job. but I think that it's not going to be easy getting a new job. I do not have my degree yet so I am at a huge disadvantage.
Any thoughts??? Suggestions? Ideas on how to make my job suck less?
I LOVE kids and I want to work with kids....but I do not want my current job to burn me out.........HELP!!!!!!!!!!

Just Celebrated number 4

On Thursday Feb.8th Joe and I celebrated our four year anniversary. I cannot believe that it has been 4 years!!! Where has the time gone?
We got each other Colts jerseys for the Super Bowl so our actual anniversary was not much. We went out to eat and then went and bought a new Ipod. Then came home and did homework and went to sleep. Gee...we are so fun huh?!
I tried twice to upload some pics from our wedding. They wouldn't. Maybe I 'll try again later.

I stole this from E

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The West Your accent is the lowest common denominator of American speech. Unless you're a SoCal surfer, no one thinks you have an accent. And really, you may not even be from the West at all, you could easily be from Florida or one of those big Southern cities like Dallas or Atlanta.
The Midland
Boston
North Central
The South
The Inland North
Philadelphia
The Northeast
What American accent do you have? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

I thought this was fun. I saw it on E's blog. Enjoy!

SUPERBOWL BOUND!!!!

What a game that was! The Colts were down by 18 and came back to WIN THE GAME against the New England Patriots. (34-38).This is Peyton Mannings first superbowl!!!! WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Be sure and watch the game Sunday Feb.4th and ROOT FOR THE COLTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I AM COLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am cold!!!! It was 8 degrees here last night and I high of 19 today. We had sleet and freezing rain this weekend.(from Friday til Sunday). There were an estimated 170,00 with out power over the weekend. Thank God we were not one of them. The schools are STILL closed at least until Thursday(possibly Friday). Driving conditions are terrible. Unlike snow, ice does not move off of the roads or even melt away very quickly. I drove about 20 today and that was causing me to slide! I work 15 minutes from work. It took me 45 today. I HATE this weather, but I have to agree with my friend E...I would rather be cold than hot any day!

Back in the grind.....

So my spring semester of classes started monday. I am not too sure how much I am going to like this semester! I am little overwhelmed by the amount of homework already assigned.
Joe and I both decided to make New Years resolutions. Joe has quit tobacco(YAY!!!!!!) He has gone 11 days now tobacco free. I am EXTREMELY proud of him. I need ideas for a good 1 month free gift? My resolution is that I am going to get back into shape. My goal is to loose 30 pounds. I joined a gym on wednesday. I am SSSSOOOOO sore today! But my trainer promises that I will loose 1 to 3 dress sizes in 5 weeks. That makes all the pain worth it!:0)
My cake business it going ok. We are starting to get busy. We have 4 cakes this month. I will put pictures of the cakes soon.
Well I better run. I have to read for school and don't want to miss ER!!!! Have a wonderful weekend!:0)

Miserable....

So I woke up yesterday to only being able to open one eye. The other one was crusted shut(NOT a good thing!) I go into the bathroom, wash off the crusty stuff, and then see the reddest eye I have ever seen. I instantly know what it is......pink eye. I called work and went to the doctor. They confirmed too that it was pink eye. They told me to take the day off. So I sat around the house all day long. I washed all the bedding, towels and clothes that I wore on tuesday. I accidentally fell asleep and woke up to the goo from my eye running down my face. (SORRY if you have a weak stomach.) I thought crap....that cannot be good! It wasn't....I woke up to BOTH eyes crusted shut this morning. I now have pink eye in BOTH eyes. UUUUHHHHHHH.
I am just hoping that it clears up by Sunday, otherwise what crappy New Year for me!

Hanging in there...

So I just got back a few hours ago from Tammy's house. My friend and I took over some dinner to the house. Tammy is doing better than we expected. She said that she had a really bad morning, because it was the first time she has been left alone since before her husband was in the hospital. The funeral is friday and she still has a lot to do between now and then. Her husband was in the military for 22 years so it will be a military funeral. Her son and grandson are going to be moving home so that they can be with her. She thinks it will help, plus she does not want to be alone.
Please just continue to keep her in your thought and prayers.

Another Prayer Request

I am writing to ask that you keep one of my fellow employees in your prayers. A week ago today her husband wrecked his truck into a house. Once taken to the hospital they discovered that he has 2 brain aneurysms. There was a lot of fluid on the brain and he has been on life support. His condition has continued to worsen over the week. Today the doctors ran some tests and discovered that he is brain dead and there is no blood flowing to the brain. They are going to take him off of life support today. He just turned 50. They have 3 children and 1 grandchild. My employees name is Tammy.
Please just keep Tammy and her children in your thoughts and prayers. I know that with Christmas right around the corner the family is going to have a very difficult time.

Thanks, Rox

3 down one more to go!

So I am done with 3 of my classes this semester and only one more to go! Not to toot my own horn, but I have all A's so far! Yay!! I was a little worried after being out of school since 2001.
I am DREADING next semester! I have music and movement(a child development class), American Government, Biology, and computer concepts. I am sorry but I am not too interested in government and biology (cutting up frogs) is not really my thing!:0) Anyway, I am glad that this semester is almost over and I am glad that SO far things are going pretty well.

The aftermath.....

This is my front yard view
This is the back yard
This is my patio looking out the window....I just liked all the snow coming off the roof

These are pics I took this morning. Joe's school was canceled and I do not have to work today. We are just being lazy lying around on the couch.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!!

Just thought I would put a pic of my tree up. I was bored last sunday so I decided to go ahead and put it up. Sorry it's not the best picture!
So the weather here SUCKS!!!!!! It is currently 15 degrees and it has snowed ALL DAY. It was raining/icing last night and started snowing today. I was a work for 2 hours before we decided to close and Joe did not have school today. We are kind of hoping we are out tomorrow too! Anyway, hope you all have a great weekend and stay warm.

Good Weekend for FOOTBALL!!!

On Saturday we had BEDLAM around here. It's where Oklahoma University and Oklahoma State University play their rival football game. We are a divided household. I am a Sooner(OU) and Joe is a cowboy(OSU). AND OF COUSE THE SOONERS WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:0)
Then that evening my hometown high school football was in the semi-finals for the sate playoffs and WE WON!!! So the Enid High Plainsmen are playing next Saturday in the state championship.
Yesterday our COLTS won!!!!! WOO HOO!!!!!

So I know I have not written in a while so let me catch you up. I am pursuing a new passion. A friend and I are starting a Baking/ Catering Business. It should be fun! Wish me luck!:0)

My LOVE for ebay!

Ok let me try and start from the beginning on this one. My husband LOVES the Indianapolis Colts(NFL Football Team). So...as his"leaving the Army" present I bought him 2 tickets to the Dallas Cowboys/ Colts game the is scheduled for Sunday the 19th. GREAT...he LOVED them and I was actually getting pumped about the game. I bought the stuff to make a t-shirt for the game and everything.
THEN..... He joined the Reserves and yep, you guessed it! He has drill this weekend! We probably could have gotten sunday off if we had not had to have gone to the funeral last month.
Anyway, back to ebay. I decided to try and sell them on ebay. I thought maybe they would sell and we would not have to eat the 228.00 for the tickets. I took pics of the tickets and crossed my fingers about selling them. THEY SOLD IN 13 MINUTES!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!! I was SHOCKED that they sold so fast. We got 225.00 for them and after paying ebay and paypal we got 219.00.
I am glad we sold them and I am now going to start looking around the house to see what else I can sell!:0)
So....if you have not sold on ebay, you should try it! You just never know!!!!

Trying to fit in......

So, as you all know I am attending night school. I LOVE being in school BUT I am starting to realize that I do not fit in. There are younger 20 year olds in my class that are not married and women in their 40s that are mothers and have had a career for years. One of the younger ladies in my class IS a mom. We were talking about our childhoods and when it came to my turn I told them that I lived a normal childhood. Nothing bad happened to me. My parents are still married, I did not party in high school. I have never smoked or done drugs. I did not even drink until I was 21. For some reason she got all mad and was telling me that I am not normal and I was just a spoiled little rich girl. EXCUSE ME???? So b/c I was raised in a good home and my parents love me, some how that transfers to being a "spoiled little rich girl".... I just let it go but now she's really rude to me and even followed me home the other night. She was driving on my tail with her bright lights on. CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!! So anyway, back to what I was saying. I am having a hard time making friends or even finding someone to talk to during class.
Maybe next semester.......

Bitter-Sweet weekend.

This past weekend my husband and I took a 15 hour road trip to Greenup, Kentucky for his best friend's funeral. The drive up was not bad. We made it from Stillwater to Uniontown, KY the first day. Joe's father is buried there along with is grandfather. His father grew up there and so I got to see the farm and the gravesite of his father. We met up with Joe's "uncle" Rodney. Uncle Rodney is Joe's godfather and his father's best friend. He told us stories about Joe's dad and I am starting to discover that Joe is a lot like his father!
The next morning we got up and traveled the last 6 hours across Kentucky to Greenup. Kentucky and Missouri are SO PRETTY in the fall. The trees were amazing! The funeral was VERY hard and sad on the both of us. There were several other 2/2 guys that were there so it was great to see them and to spend time with them. My 2 best girlfriends came with their husbands so it was AWESOME to get to see them, although I wish it were under different circumstances. My friend Jen has a 10 month old that I got to see for the first time. He's ADORABLE!!!!!(and looks like his mommy...thank god):0)
The car ride home sucked because this time we did it in 1 day instead of 2. The last hour before home I could not keep my eyes open....thank god Joe was driving...but I was no help to keep him awake! The ride up and back was great. Joe and I got a long perfectly and we actually got to talk to each other. Since I work all day and take night classes it is kind of hard sometimes to have a quality conversation time.
Please continue to keep Garth's wife and parents in your prayers.
Thanks

Prayer Request

Hello. I am very sad trying to write this letter. My husband's best friend died yesterday in Iraq. I ask that you pray for the soldiers family, his Russian wife that is in Germany by herself, and for my husband. He is very sad. They were in Iraq the first time together.
Thanks,
Roxxi

What city are you?

I saw this on my friend E's blog. I had to see what I was? The funny thing is I have ALWAYS wanted to go to Las Vegas. I just talked to my cousin yesterday about going when we graduate. I hardly drink and have never gambled....so...maybe this is not so true!!!!!

You Are Las Vegas

Wild and uninhibited, you enjoy all of life's vices.You're a total hedonist, especially with sex, gambling, and drinking.You shine brightly every night, but you do the ultimate walk of shame each morning. Famous Las Vegas residents: Wayne Newton, Howard Hughes, Penn & Teller, Siegfried & Roy

What'>http://www.blogthings.com/whatamericancityareyouquiz/">What American City Are You?

SCREWED by the MAN

So as I have recently posted I am going back to school. I was awarded a scholarship for a lot of my school. Since we are pretty much a single income(the reserves money is a joke). I applied for financial aid. They said that I we made too much last year. YES, last year we probably did....BUT that is not our current situation. I only make at best a 1,000 a month. Let's just say that I am 26 and my parents have to help pay my bills. BUT... the good ol federal government still thinks that an income of 13,000 is TOO MUCH MONEY!!! They said that if I were single OR had kids then I would qualify. WHAT????? I cannot even afford school. How the heck do you think I could pay for a baby? PLUS......we are NOT READY to be parents.UUUHHHHH
So basically if I were a single mom with 3 kids living on "the system" you would give me money. What is wrong with the system? We need money too! Yes Joe get a G.I Bill...but there is not any money out there for me. .There needs to be money available TO ANYONE who wants to further their education.

Just getting out some frustration!

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL????

FOOTBALL season is here!!! Yeah!! It's pretty exciting living in a football town. Everything in this town is orange and black(not my colors of choice) but it still is cool to see. The Colts are playing the Giants tonight. Joe and I cannot wait to watch the game. Why? Because Payton Manning is the quarterback for the Colts( GO COLTS!!) and Eli Manning(his little brother) is the quarterback for the Giants. It should be a good game! Joe is having some buddies over and I am making homemade chili. I can't wait and I am so excited that it's football season!!!!!