Still Juggling

It's been a crazy couple of weeks... I got approved to work 32 hours a week so I can volunteer at Gateway Community Services in East Lansing every Tuesday, went to the Journey to Jobs career fair, attended the Michigan Conference On Affordable Housing, started going to the Lansing Breakfast Club on Wednesday mornings, and am currently making weekend plans. There is a lot of stuff going on this weekend around town and it looks like my kids are most interested in attending the Nano Free Saturday Impression 5 and the Grossology Exhibit Saturday.

I'm leaving my house bright and early Saturday morning so I can drive from Dimondale to Jonesville to fetch Dylan. He and I will grab some breakfast on our nearly 90 minute car ride back to Dimondale. We'll get Mike, Victoria and Dale before heading out to I5. We'll spend the bulk of the day in beautiful downtown Lansing at I5 and along Washington Avenue - seeking out deals and good eats. My grandma wants to give Dylan a haircut before we take him back to Jonesville. We'll probably eat at Saucy Dogs in Jonesville before we take him back.

On Sunday, Dale and I will be walking in the Susan G. Coleman Race for the Cure on the Davenport University's Pink Panther team. Silly me thought the 5k was like 2 miles long - my seven year old Dale said nope, it's 3 miles long. I wasn't sure, so I had to google it - he was right! He's a smart little cookie.

Victoria helped create the sets at Olivet Middle School's theatrical performance of Disney's Cinderella. They had their first show tonight and their second/last show is slated for tomorrow evening.

I somehow managed to "win" having a chef come to our home on 5/1/2011 to make us some fried chicken, veggies and baked apples. I figured it would give Mike a break from the kitchen and God knows he's worked super hard being the cook/house cleaner with me being in school and work for the bulk of my days.

I've got one more week of school before I get a week off. Following that nice little vacation, I'll be at Davenport University Monday-Thursday for night classes, working Monday, Wednesday-Friday at the MPSC, volunteering at Gateway on Tuesdays and spending time with my family on the weekends. Dale and I attended the April First Fridays on April 1 and had a great time in Old Town and riding a CATA bus to get there/back. I'm hoping that in May, all of us can attend and check even more places out around Lansing.

Overloaded

So far I’ve been able to keep on top of my college work, work duties and mommy duties… that was until this past week. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve had a very productive week, it’s just been a very heavy workload.

I’ve been struggling with my Access 2007 because it’s very complex Query, Table and Form applications that we’re studying. On top of that, I’ve been trying to tie up the grant for Keep Learning. I also have been busy trying to research possible sources for my group project that I’m beginning this week for my Professional Writing class.

Tomorrow is yet another busy day for me. I need to try to get the last few details on my grant, finish my memo/update for my instructor, meet with the CEO of Capital Area Michigan Works, attend my stress management class and also have another National Society for Leadership and Success, Success Networking Team Meeting.

On a happier note, my Access instructor is giving my entire class an extension for this week’s assignments since everyone is SO far behind. I have started researching facts for my final project and compiling them into an Excel spreadsheet so I can simply import the information into my new database when I am ready to do so.

Mike and I visited Dylan yesterday and took him to a place called Saucy Dogs BBQ in Jonesville. I was shocked that he ate ribs, homemade potato chips and graham crackers along with his orange pop. He’s gotten so thin over the past few months and hasn’t been eating a lot, so it was surprising.

I’ll write more later,
Tiffenator

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