Okay, so today is Sunday. My last writing post was Friday. Not bad. It is nearly noon now and I feel like I need to write here before I attempt to tackle homework. What is my homework? Well, unlike my Math class, my CHID 491 assignments are tailored to my project. So my homework for this week is to read two books. Read two books? Realistically, I will skim two books, trying to pull useful information and *crosses fingers* even more useful insights to apply toward my project. There is so much to do! With the Math class, I feel like the point of much of the homework is to learn to love the feel of the pencil moving across paper. It is mostly redundant work, and quite frankly, a bit wasteful when considering the input of time versus the output of knowledge--let alone points. (One week's worth of homework, 22 pages average and taken approximately 5-6 hours to complete, is only worth 5 points out of a 400 point class!!) Argh. Alas, I feel I understand the material better after slaving away with it!
I still feel a bit behind and a bit unmotivated when it comes to CHID 491. This is not because I don't think my topic is interesting--quite the contrary. Rather, I feel like I'm missing out on important time with my family: Nate and the girls. I did not do any school work yesterday, instead opting to take my little ones costume shopping and various other "fun" shopping outings (i.e. NOT to the grocery store) and topped off the day with a visit to a farm. The girls LOVED the farm visit! I will post a photo of them holding the adorable little kittens. As a matter of fact, I took them on a walk today and they begged to go back to the farm! Which, of course, got me thinking. I immediately thought of how I spent my childhood in Nebraska. I was always around farms and had wide open spaces to play in. I thought of my children--I am depriving them of that wonderful experience? We live in such a tiny apartment, in the city, with little opportunity to go to parks (see my comments earlier about homework!).

*sighs* Ah, well, such is life. There is always something that we question as parents. "I am I doing this right?" constantly comes to mind.

Well, my ten minutes for the day is up now. I will write more after I have some thoughts on my books that I need to go through. Hope your day is great!

~sunny