So one of my goals, as you can see, is to lose weight. It's among some other things that I am working on. I've actually gotten a project book and written down the things I want to work on and set some dates to them, in hopes that now it's written down I'll have to be accountable to myself for them. Plus, some of the goals have specific benefits, besides the weight loss ones, so that should encourage me to stick to it to get them done.
I've changed up my school schedule a little too, so I'll be graduating in the beginning of 2014, Feb I think, and then I plan to move into my Masters classes soon after that. While it won't give me any certification, the knowledge will be helpful and then I can pursue certification classes locally, but that will be another 2-3 years of classes or so, and hopefully by that time things will be a little better in the job field and with a Master's degree and a certification, I shouldn't have any issues getting a job. Unlike Jon, I feel so bad for him, not one single person has called back or shown any interest in the resumes he's put out in the last few months, even after we revised it all and made it look really professional. He's so discouraged and I don't know what else to do. Mom keeps pushing for him to get a job, yet still wanting him to work in the yard and plant a large garden, she has all these ideas, but if he gets a job he won't be able to do any of that, and on top of that she is really pissing us off at her pushiness and control-freak attitude. No matter how many times I've talked to her, she still does the same thing and then she wonders why he doesn't want to do anything around her. She says he can do what is best but then she mirco-manages and screws it all up so he won't do anything because she won't keep her word. Then she bitches and complains because nothing is getting done and we don't have any money cause we aren't selling anything.....well, DUH! But she just doesn't get it and I can't seem to get through to her.
We're in a difficult place with Garret. While he is starting to go into that pre-teen way of acting, emotionally and mentally he is still years behind that in many ways and it's so frustrating, for both him and us. He's stuck between two worlds and it's making things very difficult to deal with. We constantly have to evaluate his words and actions to see if he really understands what he is saying and doing or if he just copying what he's seen or reacting somewhat naturally and doesn't understand what he is doing and why. It is very stressful and worrying me a lot. I'm hoping that through the summer he will develop some more so that by the time he goes back to school again he will be caught up more to kids his age.
Finances, as always, are a worry right now too. While the small tax refund and school money helped catch me up on monthly bills, there won't be much left over for the future and eBay sales are going very slowly. The fees are actually sucking more money out of me than I'm making right now and I am looking for other websites or options to sell but not have to pay such expensive fees or no fees at all. I haven't had the time to find any just yet but I'm on the look out for them.
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