50 out of 50 people (100%) think this is worth doing.
For high school. Nothing to meet his needs here in old Louisiana. He’s attending a math and science academy in Georgia, while living with my sister. It was a little much to homeschool him and recover from Gustav and Ike. He’s doing well. Harder on me I think. He took the Psat 2 wks ago. Waiting on the results. I know this is the right thing for now. There’s an opportunity for early college this way.
Collector of junk notices a change in the weather
It isn’t that anything new didn’t happen in those 2 months. But at the time, I really didn’t feel that they were fulfilling. I tried to give blood but my iron was too low. My daughter turned 21 in August and while to most parents this is a milestone in their child’s and their lives, I dreaded it because she was no longer be my little girl. Well. things haven’t changed, she is still my child.
In September, granddaughter actually took her first unassisted steps at 10 months of age and now cruising is second nature. She still uses crawling as her primary mode of transportation but not for long.
My daughter’s car was totaled in September. While this could have been a tragedy, no one was seriouly hurt. Neither my daughter nor my granddaughter were in the car at the time. The solitary occupant crawled out of the wreckage on her own steam, mostly shaken. Although, she wasn’t wearing a seatbelt, the airbags did what they were designed to do even after the vehicle turned over a couple times. I don’t know what really led up to the wreck that night, whether the girl was drunk or high or just joyriding. She is the first in her family to actually graduate from high school and attend college and has been doing very well in her studies. Obviously, God has a plan for her and I hope she learned something from this experience. I hope my daughter has, too.
Just to top it off
It’s been a busy month. In sumary, I think September’s “new and fufilling” was both (a) getting out more and (b) doing things on my own. Both of which were new and fufilling in themselves, and also contributed to my many other sucesses over the course of the month.
Thanks John Lee. This goal always challenges me to learn and grow. See you next quarter!
lovingeveryminute is conquering the Great List
It is RIDICULOUS that September is over already! A hundred projects jabbing at me has made me feel overwhelmed, but there have been tons of New and Fulfilling experiences going on, too.
We’ve gone to and hosted several family gatherings this month that involved lots of relatives on all sides. None of those festivites were accompanied by a funeral, either, so that in itself is fulfilling.
I had the opportunity to have friends over here for fun activities. Usually I assume the role of teacher, as was the case for “craft day” on the 24th, but my Brazilian friend is teaching me Portuguese, although we both want to learn Spanish now because it is more useful in Arizona.
I’ve been to several baseball games. Unfortunately, that was not so fulfilling because I got to witness the Diamondbacks’ freefall from 1st place in the NL West to so far out of it that they don’t even get to play in the post-season. The games were still fun, though; Chase Field is a beautiful stadium.
The NEWest of my adventures this month was going to an Israeli Restaurant with my niece. I “chickened” out and stuck with what I knew, but I did have falafel for the first time. She even picked up the tab. THAT was really new! Next time I’m having the tzatziki. I’m all about the cucumbers!
Today, I started writing my own arrangement for a song I will play at a piano recital in December. I have been taking lessons for 8 months now.
Oh, and I am wearing size 10 pants. Woo Hooooo!
caiti well i can't help but being scared of it all sometimes
I was going to let September slide and not even post anything to it. There was nothing happy or exciting about it for me, just sadness.
Then stopping to reflect, there were new things that happening, more personal things that I have never really dealt with correctly. September has been a month of personal growth and reflection. So how can personal growth not be fulfilling?!!
Dreamer~ Yes We Did!
Was great… I really enjoyed sitting at the Author Table. I was joined by my daughter, Mom and sister. I had great conversation and learned a few new things about the industry~
sugarbabybaby is getting rid of my clutter!
have been challenging times work wise. What with coworkers having problems that have been keeping them away from the job etc. The good thing is that slowly all the staff have been trickling back from their short and long term absences. We have 30 staff on out team and at one point 12 members were not at work. Of course there was a lot of overtime and even Saturdays we spent working. The rough times are now over and now we know that no matter what pops up we can face it head on and get the job done!
And on a “lighter” note…I have been keeping with my better eating habits and walking away my lunch hours at work and keeping up my yoga practice after my long days and nights at the office. As a result I got the best compliment last night from a friend of mine. “You have an amazing ass!” Sigh! All that hard work is definitely worth it!
I can’t believe all this month has gone, and still without me getting a job. In august I wasn’t really trying much, with all the traveling going on, but I don’t know why I’m still struggling so much. However, saying that, I do have two interviews on the same day in October – one for casual shifts in a nursery, which doesn’t pay so much, but I would really like to have; and the other doing support work, full time, as I was before. I am supposed to have a job already, casual work in a private home for adults with learning disabilities, but they are so bad at contacting me… I call them and they don’t get back, so I think I’ll give up completely when I find something better. I’m hoping to have some more replies to jobs still.
This month has also seen me attempting to increase my social life, with seeing a couple bands – one acoustic and one heavy. I’m also making sure I see my family frequently enough.
Most of all, I’ve been training more than ever for karate. That has been very fulfilling, and I’ve improved a lot. Very ready to go for my yellow belt grading.
~ John Lee ~ WWOD?
My challenge to the team is to join the next goal in the series for the last bit of 2008 AND invite some people to join the team there.
