Famous Last Words Week 15

 Evelyn on Halloween

This semester has been a challenge to say the least. I was working 20 hours a week through September, which was tough. I had a baby in October and life has been crazy since.

Miss Evelyn smiles when she’s awake now! It’s not just every once in a while, either! When I smile at her, she smiles back and it’s the most wonderful feeling in the world!

She’s also starting to bat at objects. When she sits in her bouncer she is starting to figure out that when she makes big enough movements that she makes the little toys attached make noise.

It’s so awesome to watch her learn! 90% of everything you’ll ever know you learn in the first five years of life. It truly is amazing to watch someone as they make new discoveries every day.

She’s also starting to have more of a personality. She has preferences and everything! It’s amazing to get to know a whole new person that you created! I created her, but she’s not me. She’s not Bryant, either. There’s still too much to learn about her to really tell who she is.

This past week I’ve been studying for finals. I have two tests on Monday and a paper due Friday. I also had some other classes and a doctor’s appointment. All’s going well there.

I’m rushing in typing this because I thought the deadline for this class was 5:30 today for some reason. I’m not really sure why that time was in my head, but it was. I read Laura’s email at 11 and still had several things to get done before noon.

Next semester I only have classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays, so I’m really excited to get to spend all day the other five days a week with my baby.

Week 2: Famous Last Words

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This week I wrote kind of in the style of a classic fairy tale, like Cinderella or Sleeping Beauty. Halfway through, I realized I wasn’t a huge fan of that style for myself. I know now not to waste my time trying to force my way through writing the story in that style.

I looked at a few more past storybooks, too. Few of those follow a traditional storytelling format. One was modeled after Rate My Professor, one was in interview format, and another was in the style of a mystery novel. I should try out some of these writing styles and think of some others to try, too. Maybe I’ll find one that I really like.

I washed all of my baby clothes this week. I only have five weeks until my due date now! I’ve been helping get stuff together for my baby showers this coming month. Sometime this coming week I plan on setting up my crib and packing my hospital bag. Everything is getting so close! I’m taking developmental psychology this semester and this week we learned about prenatal development. Basically the whole chapter I was thinking to myself, “Yup. Mhm. Duh. I’ve known this for the past seven months; why am I reading it again?”

I got halfway through Marketing only to find out that the next due date is next Sunday, not today. That was a bit disappointing that I wasted that time working on something that wasn’t as urgent as other things.

This week at work we got a new manager and several people quit. I get more hours now, but that might be a bad thing as now I’m scrambling to get all of my stuff done before midnight tonight. I’ll need to get better at planning when I am going to do things.

Next week will hopefully be better.

Week 1: Famous Last Words

This week I have become a blogger. I had never had a blog before this class and now I have one. Sure, my blog is for class and I don't really have completely free reign over what I post, but it's a blog none the less. I could make a blog for just me, but I don't have time for that. I don't really know what I'd talk about, anyway.

Another thing that happened this week is that I realized my creative writing skills could use quite a bit of practice. The last piece of creative writing I did was in high school. It wasn't too great then, either. I'll get to work on that quite a bit this semester. Hopefully I can get to a point where I don’t have to work too hard to get the creative juices flowing like what happened this week.

I started reading ahead for next week. I decided to read out loud to my daughter. She doesn't have a clue what I'm saying yet (she can probably just make out syllables), but studies have shown that getting started on reading early in life leads to all sorts of really good things.

I also learned that life is busier than I thought it would be. I need to create a schedule of when all of my assignments are due and when I will do them. There is just so much stuff I need to keep track of. I also need to be more realistic about how long it’ll take me to do something. I also need to find a good, quiet study spot in Enid. I was very disappointed to learn that the library, despite the stereotype of libraries, was not especially quiet (something I had never noticed before).

Overall, it’s been a good week and a good start to the semester. I’m excited for all of the things I’ll learn in the next few months.

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