SO Not ME!

Can you believe that it is Monday already? Where do these weeks keep going? It’s just about time they slow down… right? I’m sure you know all about Not Me Monday by now, so after you’ve enjoyed my Not Me’s… head over to MckMama’s (if you haven’t already) and see what she did not do this past week and so many others! I promise you’ll totally enjoy it and maybe even get some Monday morning laughs!

I did not spend the weekend waiting for Saturday because I was not excited at all for the monster truck show. I’m a girl and don’t get excited about things like that.

Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday did not go super fast and Thursday and Friday did not go super slow. Every day in my week goes just the same, I mean there are exactly 24 hours in every day, right? It never seems like less or more, at least not for me!

I did not feel like I could finally breathe when Thursday rolled around and I didn’t have any sort of clinic practicum to worry about. And I didn’t love the fact that I could wear jeans on Thursday and Friday. This dressing up on Monday, Tuesday, AND Wednesday is totally awesome! I am so ready to dress up EVERY day when I actually start my career.

I did not buy three new pair of jeans and two new shirts, a movie, and a toy for Ayden. I don’t just go on shopping splurges like that, especially when we don’t NEED the items. I did not buy all of said items at Walmart, I mean it wouldn’t count for anything even if I did because Walmart isn’t super cheap!

I did not institute a no spending regime for myself because we are not super busy this month and will not be spending enough the way it is!

I did not freak when we got to the monster truck show an hour and a half early and ask Jay if he wanted to go someplace to eat before hand because I totally thought to bring toys along for Ayden to keep occupied with while we waiting for the show to start.

We went somewhere to eat and did not just go into the show that hour and a half early, oh wait, yes we did! We did not make a good decision to do so because we did not find out that we could see monster trucks up close and get Ayden’s flag signed by the drivers! It was not tons of fun!

The monster truck show did not totally rock and none of us had a great time. Well, of course we did!

After the monster truck show, we did not meet up with my best friend and hit up Chuck E Cheese! The line at Chuck E Cheese was not out the door already at 3:45pm! We did not wait in line for over 30 minutes just to get a table! During none of our fun at Chuck E Cheese and the least busy night of the week, we did not use 250 tokens on games and have even more of a blast! And we certainly did not think Cold Stone ice cream was in order after we left Chuck E Cheese!

Really… our afternoon and night was not any fun! Oops, did I say not any fun… I meant it was so super great!!!

Hope you enjoyed all of the things I did not do this week! What did you not do? I’m sure there’s something….

CIAO! LOVE ME!

Home and comfy…

Where to start about my super crappy ending to my super great Friday and my super crappy start to my super great Saturday? So much to say, but what to say?

Maybe I will just start typing and see what comes out, I do that most of the time anyways… here goes…

Friday night Jay and I got into an argument. The reason not so important, but it pretty much sucked. I know relationships aren’t perfect and everyone has their bumps and hills and even mountains to get over. We are currently trying to get over a mountain. Every time I think we make two steps forward, I am reminded that it isn’t that easy and we get sent back one step. Although, if Jay and I are meant to be together, I know that we will have to work at/through things and only be stronger in the end. We talked and yelled and talked some more and ended up going to bed cuddling. I hate fighting, I know he does as well… but we did come to a consensus before bed and it felt good. Going to bed angry is never good for anyone.

So my Saturday started pretty good. We got up, got ready, got packed… headed out of the door to the monster truck show. Jay and I were still in our good mood when we left. My one little comment on the way to the show about how I thought Jay shouldn’t drive so close to the person in front of us (I mean seriously, when you are driving 70mph, you shouldn’t tailgate!) and we were at each others throats again. I don’t even know what we were supposed to be arguing about. This happened once more before we actually got to the show, but by then we were all better again and have been ever since. I know that we can get at each other’s throats every now and then and I am a little… maybe demanding, bossy, opinionated, I try, I know I need work. We are every making ourselves better, right?

The monster truck show was awesome! Because we were an hour and a half early (yes you read that right) we were able to join the pit party and actually go see the monster trucks up close and Ayden was able to get his flag signed by the drivers! It was pretty cool and it made the time go really fast! I think the best part was the dirt bikes during intermission. Those guys are crazy and crazy good!!! One of them was actually at the X-Games two years in a row! A bit of a celebrity… and he was definitely awesome! One of the trucks even flipped over which was probably the best part and it was the girl driver (who ended up winning the show). She was fine and didn’t even wreck her truck. I sort of think she did it on purpose to get a rise out of the crowd. Crowds like that sort of thing!

Or adventure at Chuck E Cheese was awesome as well! We might my beset friend there. I was so excited that she was able to make it with us! We had to wait in line for over a half hour before we got our table which really kind of sucked but had we gotten there about 15 minutes earlier we probably would have made it in early. There was a group of 14 ahead of us who didn’t book a reservation for their little party gathering. Not to mention the grandmother of the little girl was super annoying. She wouldn’t shut her trap. Anyways, we made it in and ordered and the pizza was super good as well! It was turning into a pretty fab night! 250 tokens later we had 833 tickets and traded those in for a dart gun, some air heads and twirly straws. And… then we went to Cold Stone at the suggestion from my friend.

Ah, Cold Stone was delicious! Not needed after that filling pizza, but so worth it! Well for me, Jay, and my friend. Ayden hardly ate any of his which sort of sucked, but he still had tons of fun!

Today we went to my mom’s in the morning to pick up her old mattress topper. She got a new mattress and bed and didn’t need it anymore. I’m really looking forward to seeing how it sleeps tonight. It is about four inches of that foam stuff that conforms to your body. Can’t wait! After a couple of hours there we had to motivate because she had to go to work. We chilled at Jay’s parents for a little while before coming back to Point and then chilled here for the rest of the day.

Overall it was a pretty good weekend. I finished my music assignment and got the rest of my clinic stuff ready for tomorrow. Not nervous about the session at all which is good. Not really wanting the week to start though…

Next weekend is sturgeon spearing… oh wait, back up for a second. After we left Jay’s parents we stopped at his grandparents house down by the lake to pick up some chocolate milk and so Jay could show his grandma something on her GPS. When we got there we found out that some guys were giving airplane rides. Some sort of fly by thing they do every year. I asked Ayden if he wanted to go and at first he said he did, but then he changed his mind. I wasn’t really going to push him if he didn’t want to, but I would have loved to go! I love to fly and it would have been so much fun. But of course my camera was dead so I wouldn’t have gotten any pictures anyways. We did venture onto the lake with Jay’s vehicle for a little while so we could get a better look at the planes. Just a sort ride though. Wish my camera would have been working though so I could have gotten some pictures.

So, back to sturgeon spearing! Jay was originally going to take Ayden with him, but I think he has backed out of that. It is only going to be him and Ayden and Ayden is not old enough to go outside and play in the snow by himself so Jay will have to watch him the whole time, whether he is in the shanty or out and while in he will have to be more concerned with Ayden not falling into the hole/water. I don’t have a problem with him staying home with me. We will have fun being at home while Jay hopefully gets that big one!

The weather is supposed to be pretty great this week! I am so excited! That means Ayden will get to go outside quite a bit at school and gets lots of fresh air. I know that the teachers always love when they are able to get outside because then the kids can get some of their energy out by running around.

Definitely going to go lay down now and chill!

CIAO! LOVE ME!

Fab Friday means Flying High!

Oh it has been a great Friday so far! The weather is sunny and hot. Oh yeah people, we are definitely higher than 20 degrees here today and that is smokin’ hot for winter, or more for February and the weekend is shaping up to be a pretty nice one as well! How great is that going to be? Two weekends in a row where there is nice weather! I’m super excited for it and I hope that those who live around me are as well!

What else has made my Friday so great thus far?! Well, I only have one class on Fridays and it is my Hearing Science class and we did NOT have a quiz today. In fact, it was a review day and we got to work on problems with our tables. Well, our problems were not necessarily easy, but it made the class go fast and I was actually starting to understand some of what he was explaining by the time we were leaving. And it gave us a chance to work as a group which was nice as well.

My class got over and I headed off to work. Work is always pretty good for me so nothing to complain about there, but today was even better. I got to bring home some flowers. It was a coworker’s birthday this week and she got lots of flowers and asked if I wanted to take any home because she had so many already. Okay, so they are only carnations, but they are still pretty and the vase is very nice as well! So we have some pretty flowers at home now! And while I was at work checking my email, I got an email from my clinic supervisor stating that I can now use the shortened lesson plan form. Can you believe that? We are moving into week three… let me say that again WEEK THREE of clinic and already I am allowed to use the short form. How exciting and crazy is that?!?! I’m stoked because it is going to save me a lot of time writing up lesson plans that usually were three typed pages and two times a week. I mean, I knew I would get the short lesson plan form eventually (everyone does) but was expecting at least three or four more weeks of the longer form. AH! I’m so excited and having such a great day!

And tomorrow I get to see my best friend at Chuck E Cheese. I am so excited that she is going to come with us. She could totally bail out and spend a longer time at the benefit she is going to or meet up with her boyfriend early, but she is taking the time out of her day to spend with us, especially Ayden. Btw, this is the same friend who was having severe boyfriend issues a couple of weeks ago. And it just so happens that right when she wasn’t looking for a guy one happened upon her. Isn’t it crazy how things tend to happen like that? Anyways, so far this guy is like a dream come true for her. She hasn’t met someone this sincere in almost a year. They’ve only been seeing each other for about two weeks now, but you can usually tell within the first couple of weeks if the relationship will work for a while or not. He seems to fit her pick just right! Definitely a sweet heart so far! Just what she needs! And… wait for it… wait for it! They have both decided to take things SUPER SLOW! My friend is known to kind of jump right into relationships so I’m extremely happy to hear she is going slow with this guy and they have had several discussions about it already. Oh, how great! Another thing to be super happy about!

So, I’m hoping that because I am having such a fabulous Friday that the rest of my weekend continues to go super great as well! Always trying to look on the positive side of things. I decided yesterday that I’m a shopaholic. Okay, I knew that a WAY LONG TIME AGO, but it’s time for me to sit back for a little while. Every now and then I go through spurts and spend money sort of like none other. I mean, not gobs and gobs here, certainly not, we don’t have gobs and gobs, but still more than I should, especially in the last few weeks. I just feel that I’ve been spending too much and need to take a chill pill. We’re not talking hundreds and hundreds, okay, well actually we kind of are because Wii Fit was almost that much, and then Jay’s carharts, and then I bought some new clothes at Walmart and a movie and toy for Ayden. So about $300 in the last month on things I really didn’t NEED! My closet definitely isn’t bare. So, it’s time to stop the extra purchasing. Especially since this weekend it’s Chuck E Cheese, and then later in the month going out to eat before going to see Wicked, and then maybe going to see Stomp with my friend and maybe getting a tattoo afterwards (although her cousin will be doing them so we will get them way discounted). So you see, it has to stop. No more splurge buys for Ashley, Jay, or Ayden… not for the rest of the month. I’m trying hard!!!

This whole outfit was totally bough at Walmart and all for under $30! Okay, minus the free undies from Victoria Secret and can’t remember where I got the bra and the jewelry is predominantly Lia Sophia (oh wait, watch that I have on, totally Walmart too!)… but you get my drift. When I shop, I shop cheap! Jeans for $20 and under are totally my thing. Shirts for $10 and under are totally my thing. Scarves for $5… who can go wrong! And I’d say I’m a hopping college student, eh? I much prefer semi stylish mom, lol! I don’t need name brand, just to feel good in my skin. (Oh and don’t mind the toothpaste spots on my bathroom mirror, definitely needs cleaning!) But like I said, we are going to try and take shopping hiatus for a while.

Ah yes, did I just say another tattoo? Why yes… that is exactly what I wrote. I’ve been wanting another tattoo for quite some time and had some ideas of what I wanted and two potential places for where I wanted them. And then my friend told me that she wanted another one too. This friend being super scared of needles and almost too chicken to get another. This friend being the one who gets poked by a huge needle like once a month and does it like a champ. Scared, yeah sure, lol! Anyways, she said she wanted one and that she was going to see if her cousin would do it for her and I told her we should maybe get them the weekend I come for Stomp and she thought it would be a great idea. Me being the planner went designed my tattoo that night and I love it! I need to talk to her cousin about it though because I’m not sure if I can get it as small as I want it and it still turn out. I want to get it in the top corner of my left foot, probably about four inches big. But like I said, still have to talk to my friend’s cousin.

Here is what I was thinking for my tattoo. My rough draft of it anyways… ‘Believe’ has always been my saying, for as long as I can remember. Those are Ayden’s footprints from the day he was born. I scanned them in from the ones the nurses took shortly after he was born (thus the lines going through them and a missing toe on the left foot and heel on the right) and the flowers are something I found online and changed just a bit. I went back and forth with how I wanted the ‘believe’ to look… all curly and pretty like or more stand outish, I prefer the second because it is more me. Like I said, I don’t know how small I can go with it before it can’t be done so that might deter me. I don’t know, but in any case, I like it…

Okay… Jay will be home soon with Ayden from school and I want to play Wii with me…

CIAO! LOVE ME!

Missing Wii Fit?!?!

Lowestdeals.com SUCKS!!! I don't know about anyone else, but I am not ordering from them EVER again! So, almost two weeks ago now I ordered a Wii Fit from them and was given a shipping date (they just so happened to have it in stock!) and was supposed to get it last week sometime (this past Monday at the latest) and so last week goes by and no Wii Fit, Monday comes and no Wii Fit, not even an email from the company with a tracking number! Jay calls to see what the heck is up on Monday. They said they had some issues with UPS and I would recieve a tracking number by Monday afternoon. Monday afternoon comes, no tracking number! He calls again on Tuesday and now they say that the labels got mixed up or whatever and they would send it out Wednesday and overnight it so I would get it today, Thursday. It just so happens that I checked UPS's website this morning and wouldn't you know... Thursday morning it was first leaving NEW JERSEY!!! How do they expect my package to get from New Jersey to Wisconsin today, when the trucks go out at 5 in the morning?!

So... Jay called again and apparently he got the wrong information on Tuesday when he called. Wrong information my ass! When you tell someone you will overnight their package, you f'ing overnight it! I'm sorry, but this is HORRIBLE customer service! Now they say I will recieve my Wii Fit on Monday. Yeah, about two and a half weeks after I fricken ordered it. I could have gone to the store to find one by now! Okay maybe not, as they are still pretty well sold out ALL OF THE TIME! We are getting our shipping costs back and I'm about ready to demand a half priced item for the crap they've done. Seriously, this is pathetic! Ugh, just a bit frustrated here! Like you couldn't tell! I mean, it's not the end of the world or anything, but when you are told one thing and then your package comes two weeks later, what the heck? Anyways, I'll be excited when it comes on Monday, but Monday's are my busy nights and thus probably won't have a lot of time to play with it. I guess, it will come when it comes...

It's Thursday and that means tomorrow is Friday and then the week is over with! Yeah! I'm excited! I'm not really even dreading my CPR class tonight. I'm dreading the lesson plan that I will have to write/finish tonight and/or tomorrow morning, but that is okay. Then I have a music assignment that I wanted to work on tomorrow night with Jay to get that done and out of the way. It isn't due until the 11th, but since we don't have anything else going on Friday night, sounded like a good time to me! Jay already started it, but doesn't know if he is doing it right or not. Actually, when I read the assignment I didn't really understand what I was reading either, but that is okay, we can work through it together.

And I don't have to worry about reading my Hearing Science tonight because my professor emailed us and said that tomororw is going to be a review day. Doesn't mean we won't be having a quiz, but reviews are always good and will definitely help me. Half the time I understand what he is saying and the other half I only think I understand what he is saying. Makes for an interesting 50 minutes. I have my social gerontology class today and then back to work for a little while before I have to go and get Ayden.

CIAO! LOVE ME!

Finally some time to myself…

I’ve posted the last two days, but even though I’ve done that, I feel like I haven’t really said anything. I did my Not Me’s (which I totally look forward to each and every week) and then Tribute Tuesday (for the first time), yet I have so much running through my head that I have wanted to get out and haven’t had the chance.

This week I was late with my Not Me’s… well late for me and that kind of threw me off. My fault though because I didn’t feel like writing them on Sunday night like I usually do and so then when I did post my Not Me’s later on Monday I didn’t feel like posting anything else. That and I had both a session reflection and lesson plan to write that night and by the time that I was done with that I was ready to lay down and do nothing for the rest of the night.

Yesterday, I did a post for Tribute Tuesday and really enjoyed giving tribute to my mom. She’s the best! We are going to see her this weekend on Sunday, but because she has to work Sunday early afternoon, we won’t get to visit for very long. We are picking up her old foam mattress and meeting her new kitty. I am excited to try the mattress and see the cat. Ayden is excited to see the cat as well! And my mom is excited to see us Ayden. Okay, so I know that she wants to see me too, but I love to joke with her that it’s Ayden she is really after. You know, those phone calls that come every Sunday like clock work seeing if we are still alive. She is really just calling to check on Ayden, lol! Okay okay, and maybe to see if his mommy is doing okay too.

Anyways, so I did that post and then I was gone for the day on campus. I worked until 4pm and by the time I got home at 4:30pm I started supper  because I had to be gone again by 5:30pm for my CPR class and I was starving and wanted to make this Asian rice dinner thing. It actually turned out really good, even though Ayden didn’t like it and because Jay wasn’t feeling good he didn’t try any. That is okay, I ate the rest of it tonight for supper as well. We got supper done and out of the way right before I had to leave and then I was gone until almost 10pm for my class.

The great thing about my class, other than me learning CPR and first aid, is that it is this Tuesday and Thursday (from 6-10pm) and then done! I get one credit for it and certified in CPR for a year and first aid for three years. I have taken this class about three years ago, but thought it was time for a refresher course, what with Ayden and all, and needed one extra credit. Last night went pretty fast actually and I ended up with a bunch of cool girls at my table. We had fun making out with resuscitating the dummy. I feel much more prepared again. My class tomorrow night will be going over infant CPR and first aid. I’m expecting it to go fast again which is good and then I will be done with that!

Therapy on Monday and today went well! My client is doing great and we are making some good progress with only three sessions so far. I’m happy to be able to wear regular clothes tomorrow and Friday and not have to dress up. I had my Aud clinic yesterday as well, but instead of the normal hour and a half observation, I only did 40 minutes. The first client got done early and the last one cancelled so that cut out the rest of my time.  It went well again and I got to talk with my supervisor about what was expected of me and what I should be doing. I feel much better about that and my grad student mentor, Chad, was cool again. I think the more I observe him the more comfortable he will be with me around. I don’t want to crowd him too much, but I also want to learn.

So tonight I finished up the short paper we had to write for CPR, which was super easy! And I wrote my reflection for today’s therapy session. That didn’t take very long either. I should probably start on my lesson plan that is due Friday, but I didn’t do all of the activities that I had planned for today so those can carry over and thus I won’t have to write all that long of a lesson plan. I will do some of that tomorrow after I get home from work and before I have to leave for CPR and finish it up Friday morning since I don’t have to be on campus until 10:30am. It feels nice to have tomorrow and Friday be a little more relaxed.

I also watched part of Transformers with Ayden tonight. Okay, so I rested my eyes fell asleep for part of it, but it was a part that I’d seen already. We are going to watch the rest of it tomorrow because it was bed time for Ayden. He was kind of cranky on the way home from daycare today so I decided that he needed to go to bed on time tonight.

I’m excited for Saturday and the monster truck show and Chuck E Cheese. I’m hoping it won’t be too crazy when we go, but really what am I saying… we are going on a Saturday, isn’t that like prime time to go? We will most likely get there at a decent time though. The monster truck show is only about an hour and a half/two hours and so we should make it to Chuck E Cheese by about 4pm if not a little earlier. That is not quite supper time. I figure we will most likely be starting to play the games when it gets really busy, oh great (right?), but that is okay. As long as Ayden has fun, that is all that matters!

I was going to do some laundry tonight, but that went right out the window. It is a relaxing night for me to do just about nothing! The first half of this week fell past and I felt like I was just floating through it getting nothing done. But of course I was getting some stuff done because otherwise I wouldn’t have had a therapy plan for today.

Off to upload my picture of the day (and yesterday since I was too lazy to post it then)!

CIAO! LOVE ME!