The Penguin Papers

I am going to go out of my everlivin' mind if the letter doesn't get here soon!! What letter, you may ask? Why, the letter that will tell me whether or not I get to start the last part of my RN program in January or not! :) I was told when I applied to the program that I would find out toward the latter part of November and I'm probably hurrying it, thinking that letters should go out before Thanksgiving break. So, like an expectant dad in the waiting room, I pace in front of the mailbox most afternoons I'm home and dash for the 'box as soon as I get home from work. This will dictate what classes I will take in January. It will either be Some nursing class with clinical OR Microbiology and possibly Nutrition and Developmental Psychology. (The last 2 I may not have to retake since I took them in LPN school.) Registration is already open, so I want to get on with it and get registered for everything as early as I can get moving. Now it's just the classic hurry up

A few quick notes: 1)Good weekend, got some things accomplished, got to spend some time with Morgann and both my moms, AND got my desk cleaned off for the most part. All good. 2)Church was good tonight. I'm really starting to feel comfortable with the band and feel like I have a place in it. 3)Great dinner at Mom and Dad Lehmer's. I ate too much. ;) 4)Nice note from Morgann on my hostess card at the Mary Kay party today. Very sweet. Good day.

Good day. Woke up late, thought it was 8ish judging from the fullness of my bladder (confession: it's a rare night when the necessity to void rears it's ugly head later than 2am) but when I came upstairs and Morgann was already sitting in front of our kitchen kiosk. I thought *she* was up unusually early until I noticed the clock above her head, which read 10:21am. The younger monkeys were at their dad's this weekend, so it was me, Jim and Morgann in the house by ourselves today and it was really good. We all worked on housework which forced the issue of when I was going to clean off my very neglected desk (it looks so much better now), and then Morgann and Jim went futon shopping. This is actually a big occurrence in our household because it means Morgann has decided that she is going to be here for a while. And while I'm somewhat mourning the loss of my Office, I am glad that she has decided to be a fulltime member of the family - a long-overdue decision, to be sure.

Good day at work...which is special considering that work has been extremely stressful lately. But today was a good day. Tomorrow I shall blog about finally achieving an item on My List...you know, the list of things I've always wanted to accomplish if given a chance.

Hmm, I'm going to try this....http://nablopomo.ning.com The first entry is one I actually wrote at the beginning of September but wasn't able to post until now. 9/8/07 63%. Okay, 63% of 18 years, roughly, the portion of time Erin will spend growing up, being a kid at home. She began Junior High school this year and I was okay with it up until Open House night. Now, if you don't know what Open House is, let me tell you that it can be an evening fraught with anxiety for a parent, especially if their child is starting a new phase of their education. Which Erin did, and it must be known that her mother was a bundle of nerves. But, I get ahead of myself. This entire last summer I watched, with a glow of joy and pride, a young girl beginning her change from being an awkward kid to a budding young lady, coming into her own with all the changes and accomodations inherent in all pubescent girls. She is becoming a woman. So, I was okay with that, accepting the inevitable and marvelin