So the last few weeks have been pretty crazy for me. First my back goes out. Luckily it was only for a few days. It's always an inconvenience though because it makes functioning pretty much impossible. Mothers and students have a hard enough time as it is, but being both AND having back problems really sucks. I'm lucky my kids are so young right now, otherwise they would be thinking how lazy their mom has been this summer.
The back problems weren't the worst of it though. I would take back problems over the next several unfortunate events that followed my week. Now just think of having assignments due pretty much every day...and then all of a sudden, "conveniently" both your laptop and your desktop computer decide to crap out. Yeah, that totally happened. We still haven't fixed my desktop; we're waiting on customer service right now to replace my motherboard. It has a 3 year warranty on it, so I better not have to shell out any money. we are tight on money this summer, and we just can't afford to max out our credit cards. My laptop was recoverable. My brother in law ran some diagnostics on it, and determined that it needed to be reformatted. Really, I had no choice. I do my best to not get emotionally attached to things...but I had to say goodbye to lots of pictures that I did not backup to an external hard drive. I also had to say goodbye to several very useful excel worksheets that I had saved on my computer that held my passwords to everything (probably not the safest thing, but my poor overworked brain can't keep passwords straight these days). I also lost an excel worksheet that I spent hours on that I used to keep track of our expenditures. I'll need to redo that before fall quarter because that information will come in handy when tax season comes around.
Last week, the thing that almost threw me over the edge was when Samantha burned her hand on the stove out at my moms house. It was really sad because she burned herself good, but hopefully it taught her not to get close to hot things. She knew the stove was hot, but she really wanted to see what her aunt Caitlin was making in the big pot (taco soup). Well, turns out when she pulled a stool up to the stove, she ended up slipping and used either the pot or the hot glass top stove to catch her fall. Mom and I ended up cuddling her until she fell asleep that night (around midnight). She screamed every time I took the ice pack away to get a fresh one. Normally, I would have been able to handle the stress of my 2 year old hurting herself, but I missed out on a full night of studying for a very important midterm the next day. I ended up getting a B on it...and now I'm teetering on the edge of an A-. I am so desperate to keep my GPA really high. I just want to get a career when I'm done with school...I want to support my family, and I want my kids to grow up more comfortable than the way we live right now.
I can't believe that I have less than a week left of school! Summer quarter is almost over, and I'll get almost a full month to re-cooperate. It will be like heaven.
Tomorrow I am leaving for the Beta Alpha Psi regional meeting in Anaheim California. I'm really nervous because I will be presenting. It will be good practice for me. I'm mostly looking forward to Disneyland on Friday. I'm really glad that I get this opportunity to get to know other members of the club better, and that I get to experience a regional meeting! 5 years ago I would have laughed at the person to tell me that I would pursue a job that required me to wear a suit. It's amazing how much I have changed, and I like it!
I still have to pack my bags for the trip, but I'll do that when the sun rises. It's just after 4 am, and I finally finished all my homework that is due during my trip. I'm tired and I need a break from LIFO, FIFO, and just inventory methods in general. I'll have lots of time in my future to be exposed to that. But for now...I think I might risk taking a short nap :)
