for those of you who don't know...due to all the changes at work and all the stress over the past year...i made the decision to enroll in a college course that i could take at home. i chose a medical coding and billing course. my long term goal is to graduate and get certified and work at home. i no longer have any desire to put myself through all the physical and mental stress that comes with a job in the work force. plus putting up with all the "politics" on the job. i've reached a breaking point where enough is enough. plus i know God has other plans for me so i genuinely feel as though i am moving along according to His will for me. i have a feeling He has big plans for me and i am simply here letting Him guide the way now. i am no longer making the choices. He is and i am simply obeying at this point. i am not certain what He has in store for me but i am not going to worry about it. i trust Him and know that all will be well. the course work isn't easy and it's quite interesting. so far i'm passing. yay! *grin* if this works out i will later on post information on what i've done to get this accomplished and share the knowledge for those of you who wish to do the same. the work place is filled with such vile and evil things anymore that it's very hard to swallow each day. i no longer want to be a part of that. it makes me feel horrible. anyway, i will try to keep this up to date as time goes on. be well.

6/2/06: i'm currently working extra shifts until we can get someone hired to replace the cook that quit. plus homework is a little slow going with all the hours i've been working but i'm still plugging away. a friend of mine passed away just recently which has caused me to do some thinking about my future and my life. one thing i've decided is to try to quit smoking while i'm on vacation in july. ~crosses fingers~ God is with me and will guide me through all of this. i'm sure of it. i'm going to be the child He desires me to be. it's taking time but i'm getting there. ~soft smile~ that's all for now.

6/13/06: So far I'm passing my classes with a 96% grade average. I was receiving work books with exams in the back. Today however, I got my first text book. Oh my! *Grin* I'm going to be a very busy girl I think from this point on. I'm a little scared & I find myself wondering if I'm smart enough to actually pull this off. We'll see I suppose. Please keep me in your prayers.

Re: 6/13/06: YES!!!!!!!!!!! I just aced one exam with a 100%! Woohoo!! *Big Grin* Maybe I am actually smart enough to do this! Praise God!

6/19/06: I'm currently into the Computer Literacy part of my studies. Most of it so far I already know about. But I still have to read this text book. It's a lot of reading! I'm also planning to try to quit smoking while I'm on vacation at the end of July due to the recent death of my friend Theresa Classen. She passed away on the 28th of last mo. from lung cancer. Please keep me in your prayers. Thank you!

6/23/06: *Sigh* I went to check to see if they graded my essay just now. It's been marked Returned For Revision which probably means I'll have to write the entire thing all over again. This is very depressing and discouraging. I don't understand why I have to write essays for a computer job but...*Sighs again* At this point I'm so bogged down with the current study unit I don't see how I can have time to rewrite this and stay caught up on my studies. I don't know what I'm going to do just yet.

7/12/06: I revised my essay and I'm now waiting again to see what the grade will be. ~Crosses fingers~ I took another exam last week and got an 83% on it. So far my grade average is at 94%. According to their grading scale I'm still sitting pretty in the A category. WOOHOO!! All this reading is just exhausting though. Hopefully I'll Get R Done by the end of the month. ~Grin~

7/27/06: I finally got my grade for the essay I had to redo. I passed!!!!!!!! I got a 92%! My grade average is sitting at 94%. I got slowed down a bit because of the extra shifts at work but, when I go back from vacation things should be back to normal. Praise God for finding us a cook! And I've been diligently trying to quit smoking. I think by tomorrow I will be smoke free! Hallelujah! ~Smiles~