New Term, New Job, and Life itself

I don't know if I wrote that earlier this month I had an interview with Wal-Mart but I got the job, and went to orientation today.  It was a lot of info in one day.  I don't know what schedule I will be working but it looks like mornings 8am-5pm.  So yeaaa me.  I guess I am talking in the wind because no one has responded to my post.  So I am going to start writing again.  I found out my favorite author Zane has a blogger site and I am also following the Eclispe trailer.  I new term I going good I am am actually done with my work early.  I want to start on week two stuff soon.  It is sad that I am the only one is still doing this but I need too.  I have so much drama in my life and this is my way to vent.  Sunday morning my boyfriend found out that his uncle passed away.  We don't know what it is yet all we know is he passed out at the pool hall he was at.  I haven't seen my boyfriend this torn up since his best friend Randy Gleaton was killed in a car accident, which the killer got I think 7 to at years.  Help me through this.  We all need it.  RIP Uncle Sunny!!!

Fifth term

Wow, I am in my fifth term and I am nervous.  I have Anatomy and Physiology I Honors on Thursday at 8pm, and Pharmacology on Wednesday @ 8pm.  We week break has been pretty bad since my car had broke down two Sundays ago.  It has been in the shop since then getting all the seals changed and I am still waiting for my car to be finished.  In other news my mom got a new puppy named Precious.  She is a German Shepard and Pitt mix.  She is smart and so cute, I will included pictures later.  I know a lot of people might not be on here after Comp. II but if you are going to still be on here tell me so that way I can deleted the ones that are not going to blog anymore.  I have learned to love this thing.  It is a way to release stress for me.  I used to keep a diary when I was young but as I got older I would write less and less.  So thanks Professor for this, I have my diary back.  Hopefully I am not talking into the wind and there are still some bloggers out there from Comp. II and new friends. 

My Blogs new look

Just a quick note...I have played around with Blogger for hours now, and I have a nice layout, background, and some music.  You can do this by going to draft blogger and when you go to layout in that mode, you will be able to design a template.  Enjoy I did!!!  I wish everyone well next term and until next time, we have class, you can find me here!

230/250 Final Project

Whooooo HOOOooo......I can now stop holding my breath because the grades are in 93 for the whole class and 230/250 for the paper.  Amazing there was still simple grammar errors that messed me up, but hey, I did good.   So for you dog lovers out there I will post my report so you can read it if Professor allows it.  Remember not to copy, because that is plagiarism.  I wish everyone good luck in your future classes and final project, and maybe we will have another class together.  I will still blog but maybe not as much.  Goodbye and have a nice week break.  I need two because I have Anatomy and Physiology I and Pharmacology.   :-(

Unit 9: Final Draft

It is amazing that it is already the end of this term.  I have learned so, much and meet some pretty amazing people through these blogs.  I wish I was able to attended seminar but I was in the hospital with my mom again since 2am.  She came in because of back pain that just won't go away.  They check to make sure the aorta wasn't torn because of the stint she has or another heart attack.  After that they came in and said she had enzmes around her pancreas and wanted to keep her for three days to make sure it wasn't pancreatitis. We wait for 4 hours then shift change an another doctor says her liver is inflamed probably because of the Liptor she was taking for her heart. We stayed in a ER till 8am, then was moved to a holding ER room for another 3 hours.  I decided to stay with her because the last time I didn't.  I tried to stay out of the room as much as I could because this was my 42 year old mother in the hospital for a heart attack.   I have been strong and putting everything in god's hand but my grandma, my mom, my aunt and her car accident, my grandfather (which was a warning for him to stop and not anything to serious), oh and before this class started my step-father(daddy).
There has been just to many hospital visits and I now know why some people don't like them.  Everybody is good through (thank god), and so am I.  I miss I was in class to wish everyone good luck in school and in your papers.  So many of you have helped me through this weird term. I am grateful to have had such wonderful people in my class and as my professor.  Thank you all.  I will continue to post and you can find me on facebook just search for Monique Marie Welch. Oh, and good news after a year of unemployment I might have a job.  It isn't were I wanted to be but something it better than nothing.  My interview is tomorrow @9am. 

Unit 8: Another Trip and maybe an apartment.

So it is the end of Unit 8 and Unit 9 is tomorrow.  This paper has helped and and drove me to madness but I have enjoyed this class and this blog.  I am planning another trip to TN. This time different cabin, Dollywood, and Dixiana Stampede, and we are including my family this time.  There had been a lot of talk about me moving in with my boyfriend, and marriage, and kids.  So I thinking by the end of this year we will be living together if everything goes well. I am a little hesitate because I am a little to independent for my own good (thanks nana), but I don't know yet.  I just always wanted my own place before I moved in with a guy.  I will continue the blog.  It is a great way to vent and talk about stuff on your mind.  As much as I am relieved that this term is almost over, I am sad too.  I really did have amazing people in my class and professors this term.

Unit 6: UHHHHHHHHHH

That is how I have been feeling lately.  I have been running around like a chicken with its head cut off, and I am still at it.  I think I might finally have some days that I can finally catch up with my work and relax.  My mom is doing good but she is still out of work.  I have been trying to help her with her homework that she missed on her week out and do mines.  We both have Fundamental of Health Information but a different professor.  Other than that my sister is home on R&R early because my mom's heart attack and only have two weeks here before finish her tour in Kuwait.  So I have been running my sister around or having to get used to a lot of people in an out of the house because she is home like today.  Don't get me wrong I love my family and with all that has happen (oh, my aunt got in a car accident Friday, not seriously hurt) I am pooped.  So I just did my initial discussion for both classes.  There is truly not enough time in the day sometimes, especially when you lose an hour like last night.  I still have to finish my rough draft, some reading for my other class and a quiz, then start it over.  Usually I have loved being back in school but this term is sucking a lot (other than my trip, and I have the best professors compared to past ones).  Oh, I have to also start taking my nan to dialysis again because my other aunt's car died on her, so she got my nana car and since I don't work I am taking my nana Monday, Wedsnday, and Friday to her dialysis treatments at (drum roll please....) 6am. 

"Sigh"  Oh well, I ranted and now I guess I should try to get some sleep or should I finish the rough draft.  "Sigh" I love my family.  They made me the person I am now.  I guess in a way if they didn't depend on me to do so much then I would have a boring life, and school work.  Night!!!!

Unit 5: Life changes challeges schoolwork!

     I have had a busy week.  Last week on Monday, my mom had a heart attack.  It scared me because my mom is 43 years old, and I  just saw her and hour before she text me that she was going to the emergency room because of chest pain and she could barely breathe.  She is ok and doing well.  She got out Thursday morning.  It is a blessing because she had a 98% blockage in her right coronary vein.  She has a stint in now, and today had to go to get a cardiac stress test to she how she is doing. My mom hasn't smoke since and we are cooking really healthy now.  My mom has been smoking for years, and we just change our eating habits.  I am still a little shaken by that, and it has definitely slowed me down in school work, because this only lead to everyone calling me.

I had family that came down here to she her and my sister which is an active Army Reserve was allowed to come home early for her R&R she just put in because of this.  So I am emotionally and physically drained, still to this day.  I even have an uncle I haven't seen in years that should be coming home soon before my sisters two weeks is up.

Other than that I am starting an exercise on Dance Dance Revolution for PS2, and we are trying to finalize my family trip to Pigeon Forge, TN.  Everyone loved my pics and videos from the trip so much that the whole family want to go up there for a weekend in August.

Mountain Mist

I am back from my vacation and well rested.  The mountains was just what I needed to reset myself.  We stayed in Pigeon Forge, TN.  We rented our cabin from Heartland Rentals, and the cabin was called Mountain Mist.  There is endless things to do in Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg.  There had to be about 10 pancake houses in Pigeon Forge.  We went to a place called Laserport that  had two different laser tag areas, arcade, go carts, and Black light mini golf (which is very hard with the lights).  We didn't make it to the Dixie Stampede which is a dinner theathre. 

In Gatlinsburg, there is everything, from food (Bubba Gump Co., Hard Rock, etc.) entertainment (Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum, Ripley's Aquarium), and stores galore.  Make sure to have cash on hand to pay for parking in Gatlinburg. (about $6-8)  You will not be able to park in the hotel areas, because they have the guest mark there cars, so your will be towed, or you can take the trolley from Pigeon Forge to Gatlinburg. You will have to pay every time you board the trolley, so just drive there and pay for the parking space and stay there till you want to leave Gatlinburg. There is also something going on that all three towns do from November to March is Winterfest.  They decorate the town with lights till then and do several concerts and plays.  In April a ribs festival where Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge restaurants compete for the best ribs title and you are the judge.  You pay a one time fee to get a pass to try ribs at those restaurants. 

I think it is a trip that anyone would love.  Lots of things to do, Arts and Craft, entertainment, music, amusements, hiking, skiing (Ober Gatlinburg), Caverns in Servierville, TN, and Dollywood Splash Country.  This has been the best birthday I have ever had.  We loved it so much there that we are planning a trip in August to go back.  I have included some links for everyone and pics of the mountain, Laserport and us in the cabin.  There is a picture of the cabin was on my last blog.   Till then I will leave you with my little quote I said on the last day there....."I left a piece of me in Tennesse."

Vacation Here I come

     I am finish with all my assignments for Unit 3 and posted my initial discussions for both classes. I will be posting hopefully some video and pics of my trip on Monday.  I have planned a lot of trips in the past years and then had to cancel or not go because of work or no money or both.  So I am happy for my b-day getaway.  I am going to try to start packing now and getting everything straight here at my house before I leave.  It is funny because I am happy to go but sad because this will be the first time I am going to leave my dog.  She will be with my mom but I guess that it is like leaving my child.  This is the picture of the cabin we are going to in Pigeon Forge.  I will be leaving probably early afternoon tomorrow, but I will see everyone in class tonight.  So I guess since I submitted everything I need to start cleaning and packing.  See you all tonight!!!!

Unit 3: Blog

 I love being an online student.  I like the flexibility of the courses.  Last term I had Survey of Math, and it had a flex schedule to where I can choice which day I wanted to go to class.  I had three different days.  If I didn't make one I could go to the other class.  I also like that the classes are online.  I don't have to worry about driving to school, and if I had a laptop and wanted to travel I can still do my class and homework.  I think the blog is something that will bring the class closer together.  Now I am able to put a face to the names in my class.  So the blog is like meeting a person in the classroom.

Trials, Tribulations, and Blessings

      Today I have manage to get most of my Unit 2 done for both of my classes.  I will start on Unit 3 Sunday because of my trip to Pigeon Forge.  It is nice that I am finally able to plan a vacation and follow through with actually going. I am sad that do to unemployment (for a year now) I won't have much to go up there with but my boyfriend has decided he wants to pay for everything which is a little weird for me.  

     Life for me, has been tough in the last three years.  I have been fired because the employer hired a girl I trained that was there for one year.  They told me i had to many days out, which is funny because they approved the days as sick days.  Also the girl had more days out than me and no call ins within that one year she was there.  After we lost the house (evicted), lost my dog (sheba), moved in with my grandma, aunt and cousin (which was heck on earth), and then found out my grandma lied about not needing dialysis, she had a mild heart attack, stroke and have to take dialysis three times a week.  I have endured a lot of hurt from family members, and just constant stress. I know I am 25 no kids.  I shouldn't have a worry in the world but I care to much for my family and I am the person that kind of cares for others more than myself.  The last of the bad news is the cutting of my mom's time and pay, maybe losing the house she is trying so hard to buy instead of rent, my baby sister hurting me the most, and my dog being diagnosed with heart worms. 

 

     The good thing is I am still alive, and well, and so is my family and friends.  I am finally back in school and doing good with a 3.81 GPA.  We did move out of my grandma's house and into another, the one that is hanging on by strings now, and my dog is not being effected by the heart worms.  Oh, my boyfriend.  We finally started dating last year after years of knowing each other.  He is still my best friend.  I am a very optimistic up beat person.  I try make every one happy and keep the peace.   But these three years have worn me down.  I know many people have worst stories than me, and no one can truely say you know how that person feels.

     I again say I like the idea of a blog.  I am a very private person and at first I didn't want to share.  But the difference is this is school and we are all adults, either younger or wiser.  This helps to tell someone else that won't be bias to what I say, and like a diary I was able to release my feelings to the pages, but with this can come wisdom, and encouragement, or tough love comments from mature people.

Next time....a happy post, and a old poem I wrote........ 

Monique Welch

Introducing Monique Welch.......

I think the blog is a good idea. I used to do a blog on Yahoo 360. So I kind of knew how to do this but it has been a long time. I am 25, but will be 26 on Feb. 18. I am single, never married, no children, other than my Alaskan Malamute, named Nina Marie. I will blog my trip that I will be taking on Feb. 18-21 to Pigeon Forge, TN.
My boyfriend, which is a guy I have known and had a liked since 8th grade, has planned this trip for me. I live with my mom who is also taking Health Information Technology with Kaplan. I have three sisters, two brothers, and three nephews. I love my family a lot even though I have come to learn that your family can hurt you the most and deeper than any outsider can. I look forward to reading everyone's blogs. I have included pics of Nina when she was a puppy and now. Oh, I guess I should explain what is JaHaitian. JaHaitian is Jamaican/Haitian mixed together like the celebs do with TomKat and Briangelia. My great-grandfather family is from Jamaica, and my great-grandmother family is from Haiti. This is on my mother's mother side of the family.