Two Years Later...

Wow. It has been a long time since I posted in this blog, but when I look through the different blogs I've created, over the years, this one has by far the most entries. Entries with memories that I don't want to lose or forget. Not to mention that it is the only blog that doesn't pigeon-hole me into writing specifically themed stuff because the name is more general than some blogs I've created.

What has changed over two years since I last posted here? Tons of stuff!! Let me take a second to bring my 825 Twitter followers up to date...

That Magnet School that I failed to get my children into in 2010? I managed to get them admitted into it a year later. How? I held them back a year because they weren't emotionally ready to start school - per the evaluation committee at that expensive, private Christian school.

The following year, I started the line for that Magnet School a full 2 months before the registration would start. The school’s board got irritated because it was started so early, and I was informed that the line would not be recognized and we had to leave the premises. That left 98 pair of pissed-off parents. I mean, people in the past have gotten into physical fights over their position in the line for that school. This is a very big thing in Chattanooga.

The good thing was that a lot of those parents were either high profile in Chattanooga or knew people who were. Three days later the school board announced on the news that the line would be recognized, but starting the following year, kids would be admitted to the school by lottery only. That put my kids first and second in a line of 200 people and only 33 kids got in. Whew!!

Now, the kids are in first grade and are firmly entrenched in the school and getting a fantastic education! Twelve years of Spanish. I'm thrilled. The homework, on the other hand, is killing me. A small, but acceptable price to pay for an excellent education. So, I’m stuck in Chattanooga for the next 12 years.

Quick Update Stuff:

Hubby, of 23 years walked out on the kids and I, the day before Valentine's Day this year. Nine years of Lyme disease, from that tick bite he got playing Disc Golf, turned him into a Jekyll and Hyde kind of guy with alternating periods of Euphoria and Rage. Mr. Hyde left things broken all through my home. He moved back to Virginia Beach and lives with his parents again. He’s called twice in 6 months to talk to the kids - once on their birthday. We are divorced now.

I quit Smoking on New Year's Day this year. Gained 20 pounds and have leveled off there. Hate the new self-image and am now working on losing that extra weight, now that I don't crave cigarettes anymore. No more coughing, I smell good and, every cold I get doesn’t take out my lungs and put me on antibiotics. Not a bad trade off.

My nursing jobs bring in the bread and butter, until I get a break in the script writing business. I was laid off of my Hospice Nurse job on July 5th of this year, with 37 other people, and was just informed yesterday that I will be starting a new job this coming Monday as a Home Health nurse, but I'll be working between two facilities instead of traveling to people's homes. Safer and less wear and tear on the car than my last job.

I'm going to miss that 6 weeks of jobless, free time but it's time to go back to work again so I can continue to live the financially stable life, I'm used to living.

That's pretty much the two year update.

Now, On With the Show...