Baking makes me happy...

I decided to make some treats for my co-workers.  This is what they ended up with:

Here's the recipe:

http://www.allthingscupcake.com/2011/07/20/ice-cream-sundae-cupcakes/

Never too old to learn?

Going to the college, meeting with financial aid, praying to God I get some aid, meeting with my advisor, registering for classes, figuring out which books I need...that was the easy part!  Now...paying for it, ordering the books from the cheapest source (how the heck do I get my isdn #?!), getting myself ready to re-enter the college world, wrapping my mind around having no free time now that I'll be working full time and being a full time student....paying for it....did I mention paying for it?!  Stress!
I'm excited and I want to get started right now and then 2 seconds later I'm terrified to fail, not be smart enough, etc.  One minute I'm grinning like a tomcat and saying I can do this!  I'm gonna rock it...and then wham!  I'm wondering what the hell I was thinking getting myself into this!
Associate of Arts in Elementary and Secondary Education...that's my dream.  I want to teach.  I want to teach.  I want to teach!  I've always wanted to teach.  But, is it smarter to get a degree in business management or something you can use broad range?!  Do I go for my dream or go for the safe route?  It's on my mind about 22 3/4 hours of the day.  I think I'm going to go for my dream.  What have I got to lose?  I've already got a good job with good benefits.  If there aren't any teaching jobs I'm still okay...and if there are I'm living the dream, right?! 
How do you prepare your mind and body for the stress that's about to hit?  Whiskey?  Vodka? CHOCOLATE?!  Yep, chocolate it is.

It is what it is....and what you make it!

I'm often amazed at the lengths people go to act out revenge on each other.  I came across a news article today about a woman in CA that drugged her soon to be ex husband, tied him to the bed, waited for him to wake up and then she cut off his penis and put it in the garbage disposal.  Of course then she called 911 because she "didnt want him to die, just to suffer".  Best part?  When the officers asked her why she did it she replied: "He deserved it."
I've recently learned that things happen to you that you wish didn't...just like things happen to you that you couldn't have imagined, good or bad.  It's what you choose to do with it that makes the difference.  If you're true to yourself, don't sink to the lower levels of revenge and push through you'll come out on top.  I'm sure there's a study somewhere about how much more energy it takes to come up with a plan to get back at someone then to just power through it and move on.
I, for one, am glad that I stick to my guns, remember who I am and push through.  I'm not saying I haven't done some things I'm not proud of...or some things I shouldn't have that I am proud of.  I've just learned that the girl I am is better and happier when she just worries about herself and not about the things those around her will have to answer for eventually.

Manic (and lathargic!) Monday

It never fails to amaze me how I can have tons of energy for the weekend, for those 2 days I'm up and running, raring to go...yet Monday rolls around and I'm like a ton of lead on the floor.  Maybe I need to get my booty up and exercise in the mornings...I've heard that gives you energy for the day.  My mind tells me it makes more sense that it would exhaust me and leave me ready to crawl back in bed.  But, I figure it's worth a try!  Ordered an elliptical today; It won't be here for over a week so I'll try walking through my beautiful tree streets until then!
Here's to feeling better and being more awake to enjoy these beautiful Nevada summer days!!