Break at last......

I am glad that the term is over. I have had a lot of life changes that have occurred in such a short amount of time. And they will continue until the middle of next term that I know of already. I have been overly stressed recently partially because my mom is going through a pretty major surgery and I am trying to help her out as much as possible but I feel like I am not helping as much as I would like. I can't wait for the next term because I have two awesome classes. I will be learning a lot. I hope every one has a good break and I hope to see some in my next classes.

Another term finished

I am pleased to say that I have finished yet another term in my college career. Though this one has been a struggle between personal health and having to get caught back up in my work, I can say that I have pushed myself to due the best that I am capable to of doing. I have one final exam in my Anatomy and Physiology class but I am prepared and ready to take it when it opens tomorrow. I will be able to relax and enjoy my week off, but I am really looking forward to my next term. I know I am going to learn a lot in my next to classes. Hope all of my class mates have a good break, and I am hoping to see some of them appear in my next classes.

Bring on the change

So today I am taking a step in my life, I am getting my hair spiral permed today. I am freaking out because I have never in my life done anything to my hair except the normal cut or trim here and there. I have never dyed my hair, or had a crazy style pretty much as simple as possible. I need change and I am finally taking that step. I have had a great week, and I am ready for the weekend because I am taking it off and getting out of town. Spending some well needed girl time with my niece, mom and sister.

Seeing the light when all I saw was dark...........

I am finally starting to see the light shine in on my life. I am starting to feel better and I have been able to get caught up on my work. I was feeling really down there and was not seeing anything good coming out of this term. Even though I have not been doing bad I was not allowing myself to see my abilities in any of the work that I have been doing. I am glad that I have this weekend off. I feel that I am able to allow myself to breath and really just sit down and get things done with out having to worry about getting to any one particular event that I have scheduled.
I am really looking for next weekend as I get to relax and allow myself a small vacation to Lexington with my sister, mom and niece. We are taking her to see the Disney on ice (the princess's show). We are leaving on Friday to head down there and then we will be staying until Sunday. I am ready to take a break and get away from everything around me that has been stressing me out.
Which I am thankful to say that the only thing stressing me out is the fact that my house does not have wireless Internet right now, it went out on me Tuesday. The lady who has given it to me has been out of town and so now I have to find a time when I can get to the router and see why it is not allowing me to connect.

Stressed Again

I am wearing my self out with everything that I have going on. I have not totally gotten over being sick, and it is causing me to become very tired very early.I am not under doctors care right now, so I have to go to work full time as well as going to school full time. I am looking forward to my two weekends that I have off hoping I will be able to make them productive, but also so I can try to re cooperate from everything that has been happening to me.
On top of everything else I am a bridesmaid for a wedding that is in less then a month and a half. I have been trying to help her with as much as possible because she is my roommate. I am hoping that I do not allow all of this to hinder me in any way school related because I have been able to keep a 4.0 so far for the past two terms. I am really relying on my family to help me get through all of this, even though I do not live really close to any of them.

Stressed

I have been super stressed the past two weeks. With being sick with bronchitis, laryngitis, and pleurisy it really knocked me out of being on my routine. I ran behind in some of my classes and having to stay up late on Tuesday trying to get the work done on time. I feel like since this started I have not caught back up to where I feel like I can breathe. I feel like I have been running around with work and with school non stop. After today I will be caught up and I have a day off from work so I will be able to get that paper started for class and I am hoping to be able to submit in on that day but I am a hard core perfectionist when it comes to writing papers and I edit it way to much during my writing process. I would have to say that, that is what causes me the most set back when writing papers, is that I will write a paragraph and then edit it back down to a few sentences.
I cannot wait for the next few weeks because I have the next to weekends off and I am having a shower for my friends wedding that I am in and then I will be out of town with my mother and sister and niece just relaxing. I need a break.

Tough week!!!

So I thought this week was going to be good, but I was so wrong. It first started out with a good Wednesday and hanging out with some of my amazing friends. Then, Thursday came with a vengeance. I woke up with a fever and without a voice, and was unable to go to work since I am on the phones all day. Friday and Saturday were better. I was able to hang out with my boy and meet some of his old friends. Saturday then again started with a fever. I finally went to the doctors on Sunday and found out that I have pleurisy, bronchitis, and laryngitis. I am feeling some what better after having the medications in my system, but I cannot wait to be over the coughing and not having a voice. I have learned that even though I am not able to do anything outside of my house does not make it any easier to get my work done when I have no energy.

Being an Online Student

Personally I thought I would never be one of those people to do school online, but certain circumstances have made me just that. I can say when I first started as an online student I had several fears and much anxiety. I thought I would never be able to actually learn from being online. I used to go to Bellarmine University where I was a nursing major, but after my second year I had to have knee surgery that would cause me to have to sit out of nursing school for a year. I did not like that option and decided that I wanted to stay in school but did not know for what I would major. My sister then told me that she was going to be enrolling in Kaplan for medical transcription, and it was then that I decided that I could go there as well and be able to work around my rehab and working. Making that decision now has only felt right, I love being able to do school when it is convenient for me. I am a self motivator so I have no problem with getting my assignments done, but I still have some anxiety about the whole process. I have been able to grow myself into a better organizer since making this change because I have to be able to juggle my work, school, and being a small group leader in my church. I have found that keeping a tight but yet flexable schedule is the best thing for me.

Welcome Statement

I am Holly Pittman and I am in my third term at Kaplan through the online program. I am kind of nervous about the blogging to be honest. I have never blogged before. I am one who typically only likes to tell people about my life when I know them on a more personal level, but I am excited to get out of my bubble. I look forward to writing my feelings down and having the opportunity to look back on them. This is going to be a great term.