I guess this means goodbye...

     It's actually been nice this semester to have a blog to rant about my feelings. I also appreciated reading other blogs and seeing what everyone was up to. I always thought I was a horrible writer and that I didn't have a creative bone in my body. I guess I just wasn't used to coming up with ideas on what to write about. Once you get started it's hard to stop coming up with ideas. Sometimes after I already had my blogs done for the week a better idea for a blog would pop into my head and I would be so irritated that I didn't think of that earlier. I also realized some weeks I would hit a mental block and have no clue about what to write. I used to hate any communications classes, but I rather enjoyed this one and looked forward to writing all my papers. The last research paper was difficult because I had to find really reliable sources, but it was still fun. It's so much better to write about topics you're actually interested in than having someone tell you what topic to write about. When I started this class my baby girl was barely smiling and now she is almost crawling. Time has gone by so fast and this semester has been very eventful. I liked all my classes and instructors this semester and really look forward to starting the program in the fall. I wanted to wish everyone else luck on their degrees and also tell everyone to hang in there because school will be over before we know it.
      I also wanted to give a little update on my family before the semester is over. My son randomly decided last week on Wednesday that he didn't want to wear diapers anymore. Since then he has done great and only has had a few accidents. So, that really has lowered the cost of diapers, thank God. My girl is about to crawl and right now can sit up all on her own. My husband's company he works for will have new owners on the eleventh of this month. And I will get to stay at home with my babies for the whole summer. So everything is going good for my family right now and we are so happy to get back to normalcy for a couple of months. Good luck everyone and I will miss reading all the blogs!    

Is tanning safe?

So, I just saw on the local news today that a 44 year old mother supposedly brought her little daughter tanning. The mother claims she never took her child tanning, but the girl had burns and told her teacher she went tanning with her mom. I found this story very disturbing. I go tanning myself, but would never let my daughter go until she's 18 and can make her own decisions. If tanning beds are used wrongly and excessively they can cause skin cancer. I usually go before summer because it's better to tan then to get sun burnt. It kind of gets my fair skin ready to be in the sun. There's no evidence showing if tanning beds are any safer than the sun, but tanning beds allow you to tan without getting pink. Here's a link of information on the tanning beds vs sunlight. TANNING This link is more alarming to me stating that having any tan means that you have some sort of skin cell damage. Any Tanning is Dangerous I know and understand the consequences of tanning, but I still feel that anything in moderation is okay. If anything weird were to happen like dark spots or weird skin growths I would definitely stop going. I also found a site that might be found interesting. It's a site where they claim this certain tanning bed actually makes you healthier. I'm not sure if I believe it, but I do find it interesting. Healthy Tanning Bed I've heard a saying once that if it's too good to be true then it probably is. I'm not writing this to scare anyone because I go tanning myself. I just want to bring up the fact that everything should be done in moderation and that children should never go tanning. That mom is crazy!

What to do???

Having children is great, but it's so difficult when it comes to finding childcare and getting a job that works with your available hours. My husband and I decided I would quit my job and pursue the career I've been wanting one year ago which has made money pretty tight. This summer I'm trying to find a way to make extra money so we can do something fun. The only problem with that is we have two kids and most daycare places charge twenty dollars a day for just one child. Having two would make that forty dollars a day! Let's say if I were to find a job that were minimum wage I would only take home twenty dollars for eight hours. This fact makes me feel very sorry for single mothers. I also thought about doing childcare work for the summer because usually you're own children get in free or they have a small fee. Then I think about the fact that I would have to quit as soon as school starts again. I can't have a job during school because the program is supposed to be very intense and I also have to keep my time open for clinicals. I'm really excited about the program, but I now see how hard it is to live on one income. On top of that my husband's company just got new owners so we are unsure if he will even be able to keep his job. It's been really stressful these last couple of weeks and I just want to cry. I know that it will all work out, but having even the least bit uncertainty can be disconcerting. I'm open to any ideas for stay at home moms making money. I just can't wait until I graduate two years from now. That will be the day. My husband and I have already made plans to move out to Florida once I'm done with school!