My Life on Human Services

So this semester I am taking a few classes in the Human Services Department, which the professors of these classes warned us the first day of class; "that this class would bring havoc down on our family lives". It will help you realize the root of unwanted behavior, but it will also drive your family members crazy! I am so looking forward to this class, it'll be payback. Bwhahahaha!

But seriously, even though I have only had a total of 4 classes, I can see what I am learning about and it is completely awesome! I am also learning that some of the behaviors I do not like are happening because I am allowing them to happen. That negative behavior is re-enforced by our non-actions just as much as our re-actions.  And that most of the time, we aren't needed to "fix" things, but just to sit in the dark until they figure it out themselves.

But my favorite part is that I believe I have finally found what the destination of this educational journey is; to become a Counselor of some sort, maybe eventually having my own office, provided I live that long. I did start a bit later than most people do when they have a lofty goal, but I am just as determined to make my dreams come true as any 19 year old.

So we will take each class and each day as it comes, and I will do my best not to overwhelm my family with the new and exciting things I am learning. And I will keep you posted on how my life and the life of my family changes now that is it is on "Human Services". :)

I Am S-H-E-R-locked

My daughter and I have found a show to "bond" over! BBC's Sherlock! It is torturous though because there are only 3 episodes per season, each episode being 1 1/2 hours long. So they basically make a mini movie every 18 months, so it is understandable that there are only 3, yet still ... torturous.

I now know what my daughter is most passionate about, literature, CLASSIC literature! Sir Author Conon Doyle, she wants the hat, the coat, and all the books. So I will do my best to make that happen for her.

I think that my daughter sometimes feels like a Sherlock, being smarter than everyone else, knowing things, that "ordinary" sixteen year olds don't care to know, or simply ignore. "The other kids just fool around, so I am the only one that really  knows anything." "Ugh, teenagers are so ... immature" are sentences I hear from her on a daily basis. She is sensitive and easily irritated, she is talented, brilliant and prefers to be alone, or with family members, and will probably never move out. But that is okay with me, because if she did move out, then I would be over run by the testosterone levels in this house and would probably lose my mind. So I will have to keep that in mind when house shopping in Michigan, oh and a finished basement, some place to send the little heathens, err I mean boys when they get rowdy. I don't want to hear them stomping overhead or in a room next door, so put them down below. Where they can be boys and I don't have to worry about my drywall or breakables being breakabled.

Something else I noticed, is usually when people kiss, she goes.. "Eww relationships! Gross", yet when Sherlock kissed Molly, all she did was sigh... I think she likes Sherlock, and would probably need a man like that to keep up with her.

I love my daughter and I love being S-H-E-R-locked.