In college, I had to take Eng400:Senior Sem. Each professor taught it differently- Bagby taught it the best-hers was more applicable to real life. Another prof had you write a proposal/grant and that just straight sucked. Stinson (I took it a couple of times-a little sad, I know) required you to come up with a community project and implement it.  When hearing of this, I was actually kind of excited about it. I knew just what I was going to do. I wanted to raise ADD/ADHD awareness in the area and start a CHADD (Children & Adults with ADHD) chapter. At the time, the closest chapter was in Richmond- and I thought it would be beneficial for people in the surrounding counties.  Virginia Beach didnt even have a chapter and I really wanted to be a part of CHADD- as one with ADD and a future educator. ADHD generally has a negative connotation (sp?) and I wanted adults and parents alike to know that it wasnt a bad thing and be able to help eachother out and whatnot. Since I was diagnosed with ADD not long before, was a Special Education major, and planned on staying in the area (Farmville, VA/Prince Edward County) it was right up my ballbark. I was really excited about it and acquired all of the information in order to do so right away.   I presented my AWESOME idea to my professor and she totally downed it. She did not see how it helped the community at all.  I had to come up with something else- since I was so set on my idea, my project ended up being ehh....  

                                         ~~~Fast forward 6 or 7 years~~~

I stopped taking my adderall since it was the summer, got pregnant and was breastfeeding so couldnt take it, wasnt working so decided i didnt need it. the same time i went back to work, i found out i was pregnant again so I couldnt go on it- also had it in my head that I wouldnt ever go back on it. And to make a potentially longish story short, I recently decided that I REALLY need to get in check.  When I'm at work, I feel like I'm ok- things are really busy there. But when I get home, my mind is a jumble- Im off focus and often feel like theres like a haze preventing me from staying on task, I get easily frustrated with Jake and Josh over relatively minor things, and organization? Lets not go there....  I'm realizing that I just may need to go back on my medication and I need to find dif stratgeties to help me with organization and life in general.  

I asked for advice on a mom's group that I'm a part of on facebook and looked up some stuff on CHADD and turns out they formed a chapter in the area a few years ago.  They meet once a month (I missed this months meeting), on top of that - one of the organizers has a lecture series once a month, and then people meet up for informal CHADD meetings at Panera once a month- apparently they have guest speakers and then get into groups to discuss and hang out I spose.   I went to the lecture series meeting last Tuesday- it was on relationships, the speaker breezed through that and we ended up discussing a couple of dif strategies that may help us in day to day life (like putting an alarm on my phone to remind me to switch the laundry over- its so simple, yet i never wouldve thought of it), and just talked.   Including the speaker, it was only 5 of us in that room.  I went there to try to get dif strategies, but you wouldnt believe the amount of weight I felt lifted off of my shoulders just knowing that there are other people out there with the same problems as you, that a lot of people dont really understand.  I came home feeling sooo much better....  I plan on attending the CHADD meetings, lectures, and 'meet ups' regularly.

I found attending just 1 meeting to be beneficial, I'd imagine attending more would be even more beneficial.

So this post was written to pretty much say SUCK IT STINSON! You were WRONG!    =P

There are lots of things jumblin in my head for me to write about. But they are jumbly, my head is frequently a 'clusterfuck; (for a lack of better and more appropropriate word) of thoughts and ideas- very disorganized, sometimes 'chaotic'. Might be why it took me so long to write the simplest of papers in school.. Hmm....  

So instead, I present to you a survey- cuz who doesnt love reading and participating in these things?  The one thing I miss about myspace.   =P    Does anyone actively use their myspace pages these days anyways?   I tried to get onto mine not too long ago, but I couldnt remember my password or the email address I used for it...

   What is the last thing you watched on TV? The latest episode of New Girl

When did you last step outside? What were you doing? When we go home from date nite. Joshy took me to see the Hurrah Player's Little Mermaid then we got some Mexican.

What is on the walls of the room you are in? Nothing- our house is still a work in progress. We've been here nearly two years and I'm still waiting for Joshy to paint this kitchen so I can put some stuff up.

If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy? I''d pay off those ghastly student loans. Then we'd probably by a house in a better school district- I'd want it to have a bigger kitchen for my baking, a craft space, possibly room for dance for me & Meels, and then joshy a man space for whatever men do in garages.   And more property- I'd like to have chickens and some critters.    =P

Tell me something about you that most people don’t know. Umm.....I don't mind snakes, but I dont like bugs....

Who made the last incoming call on your phone? Probably Josh

What was the last book you read? I couldnt tell ya. Its been a while since I've read a book...  between tv, kids, and browsing the interwebs I havent had much time...

If you could change something about your home, without worry about expense or mess, what would you do? GET THIS KITCHEN PAINTED!  And Joshy would like to add a small bathroom upstairs somehow and push up the roof some. He's even talked about pushin up the garage so thered be more storage space..

What was the last thing you bought? Hardees. Joshy and Jacob wanted hamgurgers friday night. And of course Jacob fell asleep while in the drive thru line, then when he woke up he only had a few bites of the burger before throwing it on the floor (terrible twos/threes are not fun)

If you could eat lunch with one famous person, who would it be? I have no clue....

Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? Its not that I would choose to, but it would probably be at Target. Its the store I frequent the most, besides Walmart.

Is the glass half empty or half full? full

Name something that took you by surprise. I was totally surprised when Joshy took it upon himself to buy us tickets to see the little mermaid this weekend.  

Name one TV show you will watch every time it's on - We dont have cable- we do Hulu, Netflix, & Amazon Prime so its not like I watch whats on, I choose whats on.....I still enjoy Bones, I watch Parenthood, I'm on season three of cupcake wars.  I've still got some dance moms to catch up on...

Name a movie you will watch no matter how many times you've seen it. Little Mermaid- Am I too old for that to still be one of my favorite movies? Time to Kill is pretty good too, and Center Stage

What's your favorite musical? Les Miserables

What’s the farthest-away place you’ve been? LA

What’s under your bed? I havent looked recently, but I'm sure theres some dirty/clean laundry hiding..

What is your favorite time of the day? I'm not a morning person & these days, in my old age, I'm generally asleep by 9ish so I guess mid day?  I dunno....

What Inspires You?  I feel like this is a trick question.  Not just one thing inspires me. You've got the arts- dance & music (I'm totally going to be one of those moms that pushes the arts onto her kids), people around me (familiy, friends, heck the kids I work with at school can be pretty inspriational too)

So The Little Mermaid has pretty much ALWAYS been one of my favorite movies.   I had the soundtrack when I was little and it got lost so in high school my mother bought me a new one- a cassette tape from Burlington; its pretty much worn out  =(.     I never really went out seeking little mermaid products in my older age before, but now that I've got Amelia I have no shame and now find myself looking for it.   Good thing disney princesses are popular!

A while back, my sister got me an Ariel shirt.  For christmas she got amelia a little mermaid stocking AND an ariel fleece blanket. I got myself an Ariel mug for Valentines when I saw that it was the last one at Target last month. And now I find myself looking for more ariel shirts...   I found one a couple of months ago at target that i liked and then ended up passing it up..  =(.      Today, I went shopping for a friends' daughters bday and found 3 Little Mermaid shirts in the kids section (the benefit to being little myself). Two of them were on sale, for like $4 each so I ended up getting both because I couldnt decide and I had both kids with me so it wouldve been a pain in the butt to try them on.  I figured I could always return them if I didnt like how they fit.  

The lady at the register probably thought I was a little weird.  Here I am, a grown adult with 2 small kids, buying 2 Little Mermaid shirts while wearing a little mermaid shirt... But I promise, I'm not weird... well not THAT weird....

If you're ever at a loss at what to get Amelia, or myself for that matter, feel free to go the route of little mermaid.   =P   Until then, I'll just ogle all the stuff I see on etsy & wish I was talented enough to create those things on my own.   =P