Just to kind of get an idea of what my family's typical week looks like, here it is:
Monday:
Tiffany works 7:00AM-3:30PM (1/2 hour lunch)
Dale has DBT Play Therapy 4:00PM-5:00PM
Tiffany has DBT Group 5:00PM-6:30PM
Mike works 9:00PM-5:30AM
Tuesday:
Tiffany works 8:00AM-4:30PM (1/2 hour lunch)
Mike picks up Victoria around 3:30PM
Dale has Taekwondo 5:00PM-5:40PM
Mike takes Victoria home & heads to work 8:00PM-5:30AM
Wednesday:
Tiffany works 8:00AM-4:30PM (1/2 hour lunch)
Tiffany has DBT one on one 5:00PM-6:00PM
Dale has Cub Scouts 6:30PM-8:00PM (Thank goodness for G'ma)
Tiffany has Professional Writing at Davenport 6:30PM-9:00PM
Mike works 8:30PM-5:30AM
Thursday:
Tiffany works 8:00AM-4:30PM (1/2 hour lunch)
Mike picks up Victoria around 3:30PM
Dale has Taekwondo 5:00PM-5:40PM
Mike takes Victoria home & heads to work 8:00PM-5:30AM
Friday:
Tiffany works 8:00AM-5:00PM
Mike & Tiffany meet w/mentor 6:45PM-8:00PM
Saturday:
Tiffany has Diversity Class at Davenport 9:00AM-12:00PM
Tiffany has Intermediate Algebra at Davenport 1:00PM-4:00PM
Sunday:
Family visits Dylan in Jonesville in the morning
Mike sleeps during the afternoon
Mike works 8:30PM-5:30AM
Keep in mind that there are doctors appointments, school functions and I also have an online 7 week crammed class for Access. I'm also working on a group project at the moment and an Academic Service Learning project where I'm volunteering to write grants for a local non-profit - all for my Professional Writing class. There are meetings, deadlines and work that is being done constantly on these assignments. I'm also involved with the National Society of Leadership and Success and have activities going on with that on top of my normal schedule. So far, the lowest grade I've received at Davenport has been a B+ or 3.30 in one class. My combined GPA dropped from 3.92 to 3.80 on a 4.0 scale. In order to keep my $4,000 Platinum Scholarship, I have to keep my GPA above a 3.20.
I'm programmed to get up in the morning, go to my State job, run around after work for family, college or personal appointments, come home, do homework and sleep. Then I do it all over again... It's been a crazy blur of classes, work and kids activities over the past few months and I have about another year and a half to go before I'm finished. This is an online diary of my crazy life during my college years at Davenport University.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Family Introductions
I'm a mom, college student, planning a wedding, full time employee for the state, active member of the National Society for Leadership and Success attending stress management classes and volunteer for the Keep Learning... Our Future Depends On It organization.
I have another blog, which is more geared towards the professional side of my life and if you are interested it is at http://tiffenator.blogspot.com I focus primarily on my passion and future goals within the Human Resources field, primarily Workforce Development.
This blog, however is just about balancing my life and some of the challenges that I'm facing and a place to hopefully inspire others to pursue their dreams as I'm doing.
I'm engaged to a wonderful man named Mike and we are planning a wedding for St. Patrick's Day 2012. Our wedding will take place at the Charlotte Historical Courthouse in Charlotte, Michigan. I was fortunate to find my veil, wedding dress and bridesmaids dresses at Pierre's Bridal Boutique in Lansing, Michigan. My photographers are Christine Servis of Always Christine Photography and Sarah Foster of Sarah's Photography. Our officiant will be Jennifer Trefry. We still need a place for our reception and some other things are in the works.
Mike has a daughter, Victoria, who is 12 and is often mistaken for being my biological daughter. I gladly claim her, after all, she is my only girl. She currently attends Olivet Middle School and bounces back and forth between our house and her mother's due to joint custody.
My oldest son, Dylan, is 9 years old. He's been diagnosed with Oppositional Defiance Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and a "sensory disorder" by his doctors; the school has labeled him as being on the Autistic Spectrum though. He's had some major challenges over the past several months and has been institutionalized. He began at St. Vincent's Home for Children in Lansing, Michigan beginning in September of last year. Rather than being able to be discharged, his violent behavior became too much for the staff to handle. He's currently living in Jonesville, Michigan at The Manor. I'm hopeful that he'll be able to reunite with our family soon.
My youngest son, Dale, is 7 years old. He's quite a handful, but his behavior is nowhere near outlandish as his older brother's. He's an active second grader who is attending Galewood Elementary School in Charlotte, Michigan. He's extremely excited to be a participating at Martinez ATA Martial Arts in Charlotte, Michigan. He completed his second class this evening and has one more for the 3 Class Confidence Boosting sessions. He is looking forward to continuing on and is evaluating his goals; surprisingly he wants to become a black belt in Taekwondo.
Stay tuned and I'll post more about my life...
-Tiffenator
I have another blog, which is more geared towards the professional side of my life and if you are interested it is at http://tiffenator.blogspot.com I focus primarily on my passion and future goals within the Human Resources field, primarily Workforce Development.
This blog, however is just about balancing my life and some of the challenges that I'm facing and a place to hopefully inspire others to pursue their dreams as I'm doing.
I'm engaged to a wonderful man named Mike and we are planning a wedding for St. Patrick's Day 2012. Our wedding will take place at the Charlotte Historical Courthouse in Charlotte, Michigan. I was fortunate to find my veil, wedding dress and bridesmaids dresses at Pierre's Bridal Boutique in Lansing, Michigan. My photographers are Christine Servis of Always Christine Photography and Sarah Foster of Sarah's Photography. Our officiant will be Jennifer Trefry. We still need a place for our reception and some other things are in the works.
Mike has a daughter, Victoria, who is 12 and is often mistaken for being my biological daughter. I gladly claim her, after all, she is my only girl. She currently attends Olivet Middle School and bounces back and forth between our house and her mother's due to joint custody.
My oldest son, Dylan, is 9 years old. He's been diagnosed with Oppositional Defiance Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and a "sensory disorder" by his doctors; the school has labeled him as being on the Autistic Spectrum though. He's had some major challenges over the past several months and has been institutionalized. He began at St. Vincent's Home for Children in Lansing, Michigan beginning in September of last year. Rather than being able to be discharged, his violent behavior became too much for the staff to handle. He's currently living in Jonesville, Michigan at The Manor. I'm hopeful that he'll be able to reunite with our family soon.
My youngest son, Dale, is 7 years old. He's quite a handful, but his behavior is nowhere near outlandish as his older brother's. He's an active second grader who is attending Galewood Elementary School in Charlotte, Michigan. He's extremely excited to be a participating at Martinez ATA Martial Arts in Charlotte, Michigan. He completed his second class this evening and has one more for the 3 Class Confidence Boosting sessions. He is looking forward to continuing on and is evaluating his goals; surprisingly he wants to become a black belt in Taekwondo.
Stay tuned and I'll post more about my life...
-Tiffenator
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