Sidney Noble

I feel like this goal is unattainable at this point.

A year ago my Great Grandmother was moved from Texas to Minnesota to be put in a nursing home closer to some of my cousins who can care for her on a regular basis. This doesn’t make her further away, but it does mean that I now have to travel to two opposing locations to see her and my Grandparents.

With many requests for time off of work denied and only so much money from each paycheck to play with, I feel like I’m just beating my head against a wall.

Next Wednesday I am going to be traveling to Texas to see my Grandparents. I hope to maybe see my Great Grandmother some time this Fall/Winter. But, at this time there is no reason to believe that I will have the time off of work approved.

Aside from those two portions of my family, I have not seen anyone else (brother, father, etc.) since 2004. I talk to a few cousins from time to time on Facebook and my brother & father on the phone about once a month. But, that’s all I seem to get out of them.

Definitely losing hope in this arena.

I’ve been back in school now for two semesters and couldn’t feel better about this. I’ve aced all of my classes thus far and am retaining my 4.0 GPA. The bonus included in this is that I am getting my tuition paid by the President’s Scholarship. If it weren’t for the extra cash, I don’t know how I’d swing it without entering some serious debt.

My major has been changed to Public Administration. I feel like this is more up my alley and will be more versitle in the long run compared to Sociology.

Additionally, I have attained a loftier goal in this by hoping to some day get my Master’s in Social Work, preferably at a place that is more geared toward administration than clinical.

I feel like I’m getting the hang of this. I have killed numerous plants over the course of my life time. But, I have found my niche! Cactii. I have a Christmas Cactus at work that is doing fantastically and I have an aloe plant at home that is a sturdy little thing.

This summer I have tried petunias in some pots on the north side of my home. I planted them by hand instead of just buying them already in decorative pots. So far, I’ve been successful at keeping them for about four weeks.