Saturday, May 10, 2014

GRADUATE!


It's official! I'm am a graduate of Angelo State University! All decked out in my black cap and gown with my blue and gold tassel! (Feels vaguely familiar, though high school was blue cap and gown with blue and gold tassel. But that's what I get for going to a school with the same colors as my high school. Kinda cool though. Maybe I can teach at a school with the same colors too! Though, that might be a bit much.)

I won't get my diploma for a while (two weeks), but I did get a coupon to the bookstore at the school and I am now part of ASU Alumni for a year (free of charge) and I even got a nifty coin! Pretty cool stuff, right?

Soon, I'll be off on another adventure. I'll be going through the "Texas Teachers: Alternative Certification", which is an online course that I'll take for a bit, then I'll get my own classroom for a year (probationary license), but after that year I will be a full fledged teacher! During the probationary year, I will get all the benefits of a fully licensed teacher: health care, full pay, etc. It's exciting! I can't wait to start my next set of classes to get my own classroom!


My husband is also on his way to graduating. He's got a week left, but then he will also be a graduate, though not from ASU. (I'm not sure if I explained that he's going through a Police Academy in San Angelo, but not the SAPD academy.) He's excited, but nervous, since they're still doing a lot of in class testing before the State Exam. I have faith in him though, he can totally do it!

Once he graduates, we'll be off to our own place and our jobs. Don't know where we're headed yet, since hubby has to make calls and do interviews before we can actually move. In-laws are wonderful, though. They're holding back a portion of their tax return for us, offering to help us get a place wherever we wind up, be it near-by or in another town in Texas. Of course, there will be lots of pictures and a blog about it, so check that out when we move. I'll be sure to let ya know.

Monday, May 5, 2014

Things in which I am Confident in

I keep seeing Psoriasis commercials on T.V. and honestly, it bothers the hell out of me. They depict ADULTS in their 40-50's with this issue. Seriously? You, as a 40-something year old, are concerned about having to explain your Psoriasis to "another stylist" or hiding it from your friends/family or worried that it'll drive your customers away? (Though, I am sorta glad to know that I'm not the only one out there with this stupid disease, even if I techincally knew that I wasn't the only one. And I'm glad that there is a "cure" for it, even if I never actually use it.) Okay, first of, you're older and the people you freakin' hang with probably already know that you have Psoriasis and aren't bothered by it (or not nearly as bothered by as they were/as you are). Secondly, try having Psoriasis at the age of TEN YEARS OLD and trying to explain it to your friends, especially since I didn't know what the hell it was myself. A rash. A non-contagious rash. Yeah, that's helpful. Thirdly, I went to my senior Band Banquet ("prom" for band kids with awards and stuff), LOOKING LIKE A FREAKIN' LEPER! I literally had little spots all over my body from head to toe. It looked like I had chicken pox, except in "rash" form. It was ridiculous. But you wanna know what? I didn't care. My friends didn't care. My teachers didn't care. My boyfriend (at the time) didn't care. Why? Because it didn't bother me. I was 18 years old then, and I had had the stupid thing for almost 10 years. You can either freak out because people freak out, or learn to love your "spots". Hell, I know I do. I still have rough patches on various part of my body, but they don't bother me. If people ask, I tell them that it's Psoriasis, which is basically a non-contagious rash, that I've had since I was 10. Yeah, I'll probably have to explain it to my students, my children/grandchildren/etc., or whoever else sees it and "freaks out". Doesn't bother me in the least. Sure, it'd be nice if I didn't have to worry about exploding in spots from my head to my toe at random times in my life, but of all the things I'm worried about in my appearance: my Psoriasis is the least of my problems.
TL;DR: I hate Psoriasis commercials cuz they're full of older people who should be used to that kind of mess by now. I've had it since I was 10 yrs old, and I am not ashamed of it; one of the few things I am not ashamed about where my body image is concerned.

Huh, well, that was a fun rant. Yeah, that was a block of text. Normally I split it up a little better than that, but I just couldn't do it today. I am just so bothered by those commercials. They're ridiculous, or they are to me at least. I wonder how other people look at them...

Well, that's more or less all I have to say for now. I'm off to write on Kota's Crochet Creations (another blog I have on Blogger), since I finished an order. Chat with y'all later.