The Jordans- Cherish, Sean, Autumn and Emelia

From the time I was in middle school, I always knew in my heart I would go to college. I spent most of middle school and high school trying to figure out HOW I was going to go to college. Enter the Air Force. Skip ahead 15 or 20 years and I'm closing in rapidly on my Bachelor's degree. I will be the first person in my family to go to college and attain a degree. When someone from school posed the question to me, what about staying and working on your master's, I laughed it off. No, I have plans that include moving to Washington, but what was really bothering me was do I even have what it takes to get a Master's degree? In all that time growing up and in my adult years, it never once even dawned on me that I COULD get a Master's degree. This is the story of a girl who has fought her way through a world dominated by people that didn't believe in her. A girl that grew up thinking that girls could dream big, but that is all it would amount to, a dream ...

Yesterday when I picked Millie up from school she told me that Landon had stolen something from her. I asked her what did he steal, but she said she didn't see him take it. Cherish: So how do you know he took anything? Millie: Kaylee heard Damien dare Landon to steal something from my book bag and then saw him take something. Cherish: Mrs Taylor will take care of it in the morning. Millie: I think he took my pencil case because Kaylee said it was something long. Cherish: We will let Mrs Taylor handle it in the morning. This morning. Millie, put your glasses on. Millie: (Looks in book bag) They aren't in my book bag. Aha moment! I think we know what happened to your glasses, but we should look around the house. We tore the house apart trying to find those glasses and they were just not showing up. We go to school. I talked to Mrs Taylor in the hallway. She recalled Millie telling her Landon was digging in her bag. Mrs Taylor to Landon: Did you go into Milli...

I guess I will share my stuff, and then yours.... Millie and Autumn are still giving me a bit of a hard time about bed time, but I'm resolved to get them to bed on time and get their bedtimes back on track. Autumn informed me this morning, "It is just easier when daddy is home. He yells at Millie until she does what she is supposed to do." The thing is, I cannot do it that way. It totally unnerves me to yell at the girl, although, I was not willing to allow her to make me late for my last final exam of the semester. She did get ready in time and it was fine. I've had a somewhat busy day, but also a somewhat relaxing day. I got to run/walk with Dingo. I met friends for lunch. Took my last final. Cooked dinner. Met up with and chatted with Tiffany (Autumn's teacher). My dad had surgery today. He's good. The girls are currently in Millie's lady bug tent, sleeping in the living room. All is well here. Dingo really loved this.... T...