What does that say about me?

It's about 10 pm and I am writing in my blog.  I did the dishes and mildly cleaned the kitchen.  It is apparent that hubby made it home as all the spices are out, the cheese is left on the counter, and the pans are on the stove.  normalcy.

we are catching up on the shows we watch together and i am excited for all the new seasons to start-my shows and ours.  its our first night together in awhile.

i didnt get my nap today. there is a lot of change going on at my job and in my personal life right now that has my mind reeling all hours of the day. im excited for the changes.  i need to find a way to regulate all that has came and is yet to come.

there is just 3 classes and a student teaching stint standing between me and a masters degree with teaching licensure.  yet, i cannot focus. i lost interest, i dont care, im over it. how many ways can i say i dont want to be in school anymore.  im a tightass when it comes to grades and academic standards. yet, here i am, doing the bare minimum to get by so i can just.be.done. i just want to be done.

i gave up on medical transcription until i finish these last three classes. hopefully i will be done with them by january. then i can spend a few months completing medical transcription and see where that takes me. i love teaching. love it. its my heart and soul. but soon my heart and soul will belong to my daughter and the time i can spend with her and my beloved hubby. a career in medical transcription is a work-from-home, easily transportable job that i can do until i am completely done with my degree and ready to put my daughter in school.

we will see.

so here i am. writing in my blog. doing dishes. cleaning. watching television.

avoiding the dreadful deadline that is quickly approaching to get full credit for class participation.

what does that say about me? that the once all or nothing attitude i was so proud to have has become a meek, half-ass, maybe i will-maybe i wont attitude. im over it.

Stop Embarrassing Yourself

I'm a grammar nazi; I can say that because I am German.

While I like to avoid standard capitalization, improper use of language and punctuation drives me insane.  This is a topic I see frequenting the statuses of Facebook, yet so many of my friends make these mistakes.  I, too, am not innocent.  The difference is when I make some of these mistakes its because I was in a hurry and produced a major FAIL.  I do, in fact, know right from wrong.  

What bothers me the most is that i have almost become immune to these errors as i seem them so often.  that's a scary thought.  it's also proof that our country is going to shit. more on that later.

you have your typical 'your and you're' or 'to and too.' but what about some lesson common mistakes or mistakes lessen commonly perceived as a mistake?

wrong and/or excessive use of commas, colons, and semi-colons drives me crazy.  sadly, i see this a lot in my MASTER'S degree program team projects. tragic, really.

another error i see so frequently is then and than.  get it straight. then refers to a place in time whether than be current or future (the next in a sequence).  than is used in comparison.

also consider affect v. effect.  look it up if you dont know.

honestly, i could go on for days about the improper use of the already complicated English language, but ill cut to the chase.

my most favorite errors involve made up words, slang, and text lingo.

the one word that gives me the nails on the chalkboard effect is IRREGARDLESS.  you can argue that this is a word.  just because people use it doesnt mean it should have ever come into existence.  i sometimes ponder the level of stupidity it takes to come up with a word like this.

regardless can be defined as "without paying attention to the present situation; despite the prevailing circumstances" (Google).

ir is a prefix meaning not or non.

consider the two words together and what that means in comparison to how it is used.  people say irregardless and mean regardless.  irregardless is redundant in that it essentially means without without paying attention to the present situation.  its a double negative.  "i cant not do something."

stop embarrassing yourself.

P.S. what's your favorite misuse of the English language?

im baaaaAAAaaaccckkk

well, hello!  my goodness, its been way too long.  I have thought about you often.  My life has gotten crazy; i lost the ability to properly manage my time and therefore my blog has suffered.  I am here to put an end to that!

im happy to be back. writing is such a wonderful outlet for me.  so much has happened since i last updated...

-im still selling Thirty-One. its a small and fun hobby of mine.
-im 4 months pregnant and this baby cant come soon enough! i want to meet my baby girl
-i switched jobs
-i am/was in school and on my way to completion
-i started a second schooling program....call me crazy

so lets get started.

if case you were not aware, David and I are expecting a baby girl in February.  We have named her Aliyana Elena Zepeda.  my gram has had a hard time with that name which i think is pretty funny. i am so excited to start my family and i just cant wait to have my baby here in my arms instead of in my belly.  its weird to me that i have a baby growing in me...i have a complex with the human body.

i was supposed to be done with my M.A. classes in december and starting student teaching in the spring but Aliyana has put a hold on that.  Due to financial aid I am not in classes right now, either.  Hopefully I will be back in classes soon because i only have 3 left!  My plan is to complete student teaching in the Fall 2014 so wish me luck with that.

in light of our upcoming addition to the family and my frustration with a teaching degree my ill-minded self enrolled in another online program.  SHOOT ME.  i have until august 2014 to complete this program at which time i will have a certificate in medical transcription.  i still think its a good idea because its a mobile career and i can work from home.  this will allow me to have a back up plan from teaching and supplemental income during student teaching if i can bare the thought of 2 full time jobs with a baby. YIKES.
thats where super dad david comes in to play.

As of the end of this last school year I was unemployed.  I won't go into details.  I spent the summer off work and looking for a job.  that was a joke. im overqualified for your average place and underqualified for office jobs. naturally i had to wait until the end of summer to secure a position in a classroom again.  thankfully i was hired by a great school and i am now teaching prek/jr kindergarten.  its kind of perfect, actually. the staff are nice, the kids are pretty well behaved, the classroom is about as good as it can be given the circumstances and im happy. i work 8-1 so thats even better because it leaves me time for rest, appointments, homework, etc.

well, this seems about long enough for a welcome back blog post.  ill post again soon with all the insight of my ridiculous mind.