It's getting near Christmas time!
Ok well this week has not been a good week for the family. Our estranged cousin Scott decided to grace us with his presence after about 8 years to tell my grandma that her oldest daughter is on her last leg of life with cancer. To say the least my grandma is upset. They all try to come over and convince her to talk to my aunt on her death bed, but my grandma is adamant about my aunt coming to her if she needs her, because she is the one who walked out. And the lousiest of the two, Jan, sticks her nose up everyone’s butt and gets into people’s business. She walked out on my grandma too, and my grandpa. Now she tries to get back in the door with my grandma because my estranged aunt is dying. It will never work. All this before Christmas is making the holidays even harder. They could have waited a week to tell her. Christmas is hard enough on her already being my grandpa died 2 days after Christmas… 2 days after the Christmas that they refused to talk to my grandpa. That was it for him. My grandma didn’t need this now.
In spite of their spitefulness in general we are making the holidays go well as best as possible. My mom took my grandma shopping yesterday, and that was going well. Marie from next door came over and had conversations. As usual, anytime things from family are brought up my grandma starts crying so that’s how we ended the night. A mix of crying and laughter I suppose.
Chris is looking very forward to Christmas this year. It’s 2 days until Christmas Eve and Chris keeps telling me he wants a dinosaur and Floam. I don’t think they sell Floam in stores, as it’s only on TV so that is impossible I think. I may be able to get a dinosaur though, but I really don’t want to go out in the Christmas rush… although I am today anyway with my friend Julie. I guess we are going to Target.
School finished up nicely. I got straight “B”‘s in all 3 of my classes. They were tough but I got through them. I thought for sure Id door poorly in the last segment of Biology because of our fetal pig dissection lab. That was horrific, and I never want to do that again. That is why I have decided Im not going to do natural sciences as a degree. I’m now in the computer information systems degree with an Associates of Applied Science. I will then move on to Eastern Michigan or Wayne State University to do a Bachelors of Science in Computer Information Systems. I’m signed up for my next 3 classes next semester. I had to get a student loan because paying for it out of pocket is getting harder. I am taking Computer Information Systems 110, CIS 112 – Structured Design, and the English Bible as Literature. The first two classes I think I will do good in because computers are my specialty, but I have never read the bible nor understood it, so that is why Im taking the bible as literature course. Perhaps it will help me understand it a bit more.
I was put on the anti-depressant Wellbutrin to help me through a bout of depression. It’s nothing major, but it does have a side effect of weight loss, which is surely helping me. I’m now down about 40lbs, which means Im averaging about 8lbs per month. At that rate, I will be at goal about a year from now… realistically speaking. Now in my heart I want to be at goal in another 7 months. To do that I would have to average about 14lbs per month, or 3.5lbs per week. That is what Im aiming for. I have been walking a lot and going to the Ymca 2-3 times per week. I get on the treadmill at least 5 days a week doing at least a mile, sometimes two each time. I think the day before yesterday I did 45 minutes which equaled 2.25 miles at 2.9MPH. In another week or two I will up my speed, but still do the same amount of time.I’m thankful the holidays are coming to end, so I can focus on my goal, and what the next 6 months hold, without having to worry about cookies, along with Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner. I have at least until Easter before I have to worry about that again.
