With a final that I haven't studied for tomorrow, a project that is 3/4 finished, and a final exam next Tuesday, this song keeps playing over and over in my head!
Artist: Anna Nalick
Title: Just Breathe (2 A.M.)
2 AM and she calls me 'cause I'm still awake,
can you help me unravel my latest mistake,
I don't love him, winter just wasn't my season
Yeah we walk through the doors, so accusing their eyes
Like they have any right at all to critisize,
hypocrites, you're all here for the very same reason
'Cause you can't jump the track,we're like cars on a cable
and life's like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button girl,
So cradle your head in you hands
And breathe, just breathe,
Woah breathe, just breathe
May he turn 21 on the base at Fort Bliss
Just today he sat down to the flask in his fist,
Ain't been sober, since maybe October of last year.
Here in town you can tell he's been down for a while,
But my God it's so beautiful when the boy smiles,
Wanna hold him, maybe I'll just sing about it.
Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table.
No one can find the rewind button boys,
So cradle your head in your hands,
And breathe, just breathe,
Woah breathe, just breahte
There's a light at each end of this tunnel, you shout
But you're just as far in as you'll ever be out
These mistakes you've made, you'll just make them again
If you only try turning around.
2 AM and I'm still awake, writing a song
If I get it all down on paper, its no longer
inside of me, threatening the life they belong to
And i feel like I'm naked in front of the crowd
Cause these words are my diary, screaming out loud
And I know that you'll use them, however you want to
Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button now
Sing it if you understand.
and breathe, just breathe
woah breathe, just breathe,
oh breathe, just breathe.
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Monday, July 24, 2006
Americans with Disabilities Act turns 16 on July 26th
The Americans with Disabilities Act, ADA, did not solve all of the problems that people with disabilities experience, but it did begin programs and services still in existence today that do help and serve them. People with disabilities now have a lot more options for transportation, adaptive technology, training, and careers than before.
Happy Birthday, ADA!
Happy Birthday, ADA!
Whine Time
This will likely be a popular post title for me. I try not to whine - really, I do, - but somehow I do it anyway. Anyway, here goes...
Today I was able to remain in my office and work - that's good. The problem is that I have a touchy situation that I am trying to navigate at work, it's the end of the summer semester (one project, two exams, and a time sheet due by next Tuesday), and I am TIRED. For some reason, I am having more and more trouble waking up in the mornings. It's not depression (trust me, I know), so it must be either the weather or my unhealthy diet.
At least the weather was nicer today. I hope it holds out until tomorrow. Tomorrow I have two morning appointments in Murfreesboro and an inservice to conduct or help conduct for an agency there in the afternoon. It will be a busy but easy day.
Anyway, enough for now. I'll find more interesting things to post later.
Today I was able to remain in my office and work - that's good. The problem is that I have a touchy situation that I am trying to navigate at work, it's the end of the summer semester (one project, two exams, and a time sheet due by next Tuesday), and I am TIRED. For some reason, I am having more and more trouble waking up in the mornings. It's not depression (trust me, I know), so it must be either the weather or my unhealthy diet.
At least the weather was nicer today. I hope it holds out until tomorrow. Tomorrow I have two morning appointments in Murfreesboro and an inservice to conduct or help conduct for an agency there in the afternoon. It will be a busy but easy day.
Anyway, enough for now. I'll find more interesting things to post later.
Sunday, July 23, 2006
My Passions
My life is full of blessings. My passions stretch across the board. This post will just let me share some of those with you.
I am a spiritual if not overly religious being. My belief in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit remains firm. How I perceive that trinity and how I conduct my worship for them changes, but my belief in them and their guidance in my life do not waiver.
My husband (of 11 years on August 26th) and my son (turning 4 on August 24th) provide me with the love and stability that this Gemini needs in her life. We play, fuss, fight, and live. They are my favorite people in the world, and I love them! Other family members enrich my life immeasurably, and it is impossible to list each of them separately without filling up my blog, so just know that I am passionate about both of our families, too.
Work...stimulates my mind, aggravates me beyond belief, and allows me to meet a lot of truly wonderful people. I have been a V.R. Counselor with the State of Tennessee for 9 years with 7.5 of them spent working with people who are blind or visually impaired in 5/6 counties in Southern Middle Tennessee. My wish is to be able to share vision and low vision information with everyone that needs it regardless of whether or not they want or need the services of my agency. Many people with low vision do not go to ophthalmologists or have low vision exams. They don't know the number and variety of low vision aids available to improve their activities of daily living or job performance.
School, apparently I am addicted. My bachelors of science degree came from the University of Tennessee at Martin in May of 1993 in Secondary Education, English. I began working on a master's in school counseling at Middle Tennessee State University (one class at a time) in spring of 1998 and continued working on that degree (roughly about 5 years) until I reached the point that I would have to end my current career to participate in two 300-hour internships and decided that I did not want to quit my job. So... my agency is mandated to reach a certain percentage of "qualified" counselors by a certain year. To reach that goal, they are working with the federal government to pay for masters' degrees in Rehabilitation Counseling via distance education. Still wanting my master's, I signed on for the one through Auburn University. Auburn rocks! We, my distance education cohorts and I, go to the Auburn Campus one week each semester. This summer marks the end of our first year, and we only have one to go. My husband has been and is very supportive of my educational endeavors despite wanting to kill me for not knowing what I want to be when I grow up!
Fun - definitely! I adore reading, movies & music and have all of my life. I love to take pictures, so scrapbooking provides a creative outlet for me despite my limited creative abilities. I love to make scrapbooks for other people to share the pictures I take. Online gaming is a fairly recent passion. World of Warcraft was my first experience and lasted about a year. It is a fun game, but many of my guildies (including husband, family members, and real-life friends) moved onto Everquest 2, so I moved with them. It took awhile for me to get the hang of EQ2, but now I really enjoy it. Another new pastime (as of yesterday) for me is geocaching with my husband, son, cousin and his wife, and friends. I have linked our geocaching blog, written by my cousin, under my links. It's a lot of fun and equates to real life treasure hunting for my son.
My husband says that I do not have friends but families. I have my work family that provides my major source of social interaction. My online gaming family in the form of our guild, Shadow Dragons / Company of Shadows / Zenbassmasters. We chat as we play and often quest together. My Auburn family or Distance Education family with people from Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee and a few others depending on the semester. His family theory may be true, but I do have a small spattering of individual friends... somewhere... we just don't do things together very often.
Animals - We have a Great Dane, Black Labrador Retriever, small mixed cutie dog, and a black cat. The Great Dane and Black Labrador were both rescue dogs. We love animals!
This is a good overview of my life's passions. There are others, but this post is long enough!
I am a spiritual if not overly religious being. My belief in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit remains firm. How I perceive that trinity and how I conduct my worship for them changes, but my belief in them and their guidance in my life do not waiver.
My husband (of 11 years on August 26th) and my son (turning 4 on August 24th) provide me with the love and stability that this Gemini needs in her life. We play, fuss, fight, and live. They are my favorite people in the world, and I love them! Other family members enrich my life immeasurably, and it is impossible to list each of them separately without filling up my blog, so just know that I am passionate about both of our families, too.
Work...stimulates my mind, aggravates me beyond belief, and allows me to meet a lot of truly wonderful people. I have been a V.R. Counselor with the State of Tennessee for 9 years with 7.5 of them spent working with people who are blind or visually impaired in 5/6 counties in Southern Middle Tennessee. My wish is to be able to share vision and low vision information with everyone that needs it regardless of whether or not they want or need the services of my agency. Many people with low vision do not go to ophthalmologists or have low vision exams. They don't know the number and variety of low vision aids available to improve their activities of daily living or job performance.
School, apparently I am addicted. My bachelors of science degree came from the University of Tennessee at Martin in May of 1993 in Secondary Education, English. I began working on a master's in school counseling at Middle Tennessee State University (one class at a time) in spring of 1998 and continued working on that degree (roughly about 5 years) until I reached the point that I would have to end my current career to participate in two 300-hour internships and decided that I did not want to quit my job. So... my agency is mandated to reach a certain percentage of "qualified" counselors by a certain year. To reach that goal, they are working with the federal government to pay for masters' degrees in Rehabilitation Counseling via distance education. Still wanting my master's, I signed on for the one through Auburn University. Auburn rocks! We, my distance education cohorts and I, go to the Auburn Campus one week each semester. This summer marks the end of our first year, and we only have one to go. My husband has been and is very supportive of my educational endeavors despite wanting to kill me for not knowing what I want to be when I grow up!
Fun - definitely! I adore reading, movies & music and have all of my life. I love to take pictures, so scrapbooking provides a creative outlet for me despite my limited creative abilities. I love to make scrapbooks for other people to share the pictures I take. Online gaming is a fairly recent passion. World of Warcraft was my first experience and lasted about a year. It is a fun game, but many of my guildies (including husband, family members, and real-life friends) moved onto Everquest 2, so I moved with them. It took awhile for me to get the hang of EQ2, but now I really enjoy it. Another new pastime (as of yesterday) for me is geocaching with my husband, son, cousin and his wife, and friends. I have linked our geocaching blog, written by my cousin, under my links. It's a lot of fun and equates to real life treasure hunting for my son.
My husband says that I do not have friends but families. I have my work family that provides my major source of social interaction. My online gaming family in the form of our guild, Shadow Dragons / Company of Shadows / Zenbassmasters. We chat as we play and often quest together. My Auburn family or Distance Education family with people from Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee and a few others depending on the semester. His family theory may be true, but I do have a small spattering of individual friends... somewhere... we just don't do things together very often.
Animals - We have a Great Dane, Black Labrador Retriever, small mixed cutie dog, and a black cat. The Great Dane and Black Labrador were both rescue dogs. We love animals!
This is a good overview of my life's passions. There are others, but this post is long enough!
Test, test - is this thing on?
This is my first experience creating a blog. Several of my friends have them, but I was not sure that I had anything to say. That will surprise many of my friends and co-workers because they will tell you that I am never at a loss for words. Still, my concern is whether or not I have anything to say that other people will actually be interested in reading. I am sure that I will find out soon!
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