A week off...

Sorry it has been a while.

So this week, because of the damn budget cuts, my Tuesday night writing class had a furlough day. So I did not have class this week. I do however have a midterm on Monday. This weekend is devoted to studying. Go me!

For those of you who know that I get horrible headaches and migraines, I went to see the head doctor this past Tuesday. I now have to keep a headache diary for the next month to see if there are any patterns in my headaches. We are trying to figure out what is causing them and try and see if we can get rid of them. However, now that I am having to keep a diary I have noticed my headaches alot more. So hopefully we can get this taken care of.

Next week, after my midterm on Monday, I am flying to Washington DC with my hunny. I have never been there and am very excited to go. If anyone has any ideas of things to do there, please let me know.

Alright I am off to study! Wish me luck and think happy thoughts!

Until next time...

Another week, another paper

Another week, another paper. On Tuesday I was given another paper to write. This one about my Muse and my Critic. The issue I am having is that I don't think I have a muse. This is proving to make this paper difficult. So far I have found writing a little more difficult than it used to be.


And on top of that, I battled a migraine from Friday to Sunday. And Saturday was Normans 7th birthday party. That was extremely difficult to handle with a migraine. The Mitooka clan left at 3:30p and seriously I went to bed right after they left and did not get up until this morning. And I still had a migraine this morning. I took 2 Imitrex on Friday, 3 on Saturday. Finally Sunday, today, I took 2 Excedrin Migraine and it went away. However since I have been typing on my computer I can feel it coming back.


Does anyone know how difficult it is to write a paper with a migraine? Even to write a paragraph with a migraine? I am trying to write this paper which is due Tuesday and am finding it very difficult to look at my computer screen. Then I ask myself am I just getting old? I need to tell myself every day that this is all worth it. Sometimes its hard to see that it is worth it. But then I remember everything that I will be gaining and the confidence I will feel when I am walking to get my diploma and that gives me the power for that day.

Thank you all who have supported me. And I have been asked why college, why go back? And to that I answer because I can. And because I want to. I have wanted to for years now and just decided that now is as good of a time as any. I am not getting any younger and it is not going to get any easier. The older you get the harder it is going to be to get back into the hang out being a student, of which I am finding it difficult to do already.

Ok time to get back to my paper, something that I am going to get graded on. Please everyone think happy thoughts for me that my migraine goes away.


Until next week...

The Decision to go back

A couple years ago I decided that I wanted to go back to school to get my degree in Nutrition. I received my AA 5 years ago and have not been to school since. Going back was a difficult decison. But one that I am very happy I made.

Now I have decided to keep a blog of my time at San Jose State. Like I said, going back to school after 5 years is a very difficult decison, especially since I am also working full time. I am also keeping this blog in the hopes that if anyone else is thinking of going back to school after some years, this will show that it is possible.

Classes started August 24th. I am taking 2 classes, Nutrition for Health Professional, which is online and Writing 100W, which is Tuesday nites. My first day there I was on campus, went to buy my books, and looked around. I felt like one of the oldest people there. I know that probably isn't completely true, but that is how I felt. Even in my writing class, I am in a group of 5 and I am the oldest in my group by 5 years. I have already had to write one paper. It took a little longer than before to write a paper, I will admit. But I think that it will get easier over the next few weeks.

In my Nutrition for Health Professionals class we are doing a diet self study. That should be interesting. I am looking forward to it. I have already gone to MyPyramid.gov, which is the website of the new food pyramid, and entered my information. It told me that I should be eating 2,200 Calories a day. I definitely do not do that, but I figure that after I do the diet self study I will see where I am.

So keep posted, I will do my best to keep this up to date. This blog is also an outlet for me to discuss all of my feelings and what I am going through while I am on this journey. It is going to be difficult I am sure, but what doesn't kill us makes us stronger.

Until next time...