...Thursday | Friday | Saturday | 6:00 a.m. | Still in bed. | Getting up out of bed, than get the dressed and we get the kids dressed. | Getting up out of bed, than get dressed, and we get the kids dressed. | Getting up out of bed, than get dressed, and we get the kids dressed. | Getting up out of bed, than get dressed, and we get the kids dressed. | Getting up out of bed, than get dressed, and we get the kids dressed/ | Still in the bed. | 6:30 | Still in the bed. | Giving the kids their daily medicine. | Giving the kids their daily medicine. | Giving the kids their daily medicine. | Giving the kids their daily medicine. | Giving the kids their daily medicine. | Still in the bed. | 7:00 | Getting up out of the bed. | On the way to drop the kids off at school. | On the way to drop the kids off at school. | On the way to drop the kids off at school. | On the way to drop the kids off at school. | On the way to drop the kids off at school. | Getting up out of the bed. | 7:30 | Cooking breakfast | Eating breakfast. | Eating breakfast. | Eating breakfast. | Eating breakfast. | Eating breakfast. | Cooking breakfast. | 8:00 | Washing dishes and cleaning house. | On the way back home from dropping the kids off at school. | On the way back home from dropping the kids off at school. | On the way back home from dropping the kids off at school. | On the way back home from dropping the kids off at school. | On the way back home from dropping the kids off at school. | Washing dishes and...
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...Boy or a girl? My mom and dad did not know if I was a boy or a girl but my mom always told my dad that I was a boy because of the way I was poisoned in her stomach. If I was a boy I was going to be named Matthew Clark and if I was a girl I would be named Allyson Adameriae Clark. Once I was born, I found out that I was a girl so my name was Allyson Adameriae Clark. If I was a boy they were not sure on a middle name. My first name comes from a baby book, but my mom and dad wanted to spell it a different way than you would think it would be spelled. My middle name comes from my great, great, great, grandma maybe less maybe more greats. I had come to realize that I did not like my first name Allyson because everyone would spell it wrong or would...
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...2012. I had just turned 12 and had wanted to go camping. I remember the long trip it took to get there. We went to carlostern sc to the back country. The place had marshes,lakes and really dense forests. The air was hot and sticky, as soon as you stepped out of your car your skin got so sticky like maple syrup. It was about to be lunch time when we got there. No one wanted to stop for lunch because it was to early but by the time we got there everyone was hungry. My friends and I started a fire after we set up camp. It seemed like it took us hours to get the fire to start and keep going. We had some soggy hot dogs from the cooler that had melted. All of the ice got into our food and made it look like crap. I was...
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...My paper is a self-analysis of my own social location and my identity as it is tied to my who I am in regards to race, gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, class origin and current class position. This assignment will encourage me to explore how my social location shapes my personal values and my willingness to work with and uphold the human rights of certain client groups. Within writing this paper I will gain an understanding of the constantly evolving role of race, ethnicity and culture in this country and be able to appreciate the complexity of issues related to race, ethnicity, and culture and it implications for their practice. For starters, I’m a bi-sexual low-class Dominican female that knows nothing about my Dominican side. In my eyes I see myself as American-Dominican because I’m a citizen of the United States. I was born in New York and I continue to grow in the State of Connecticut. I would describe my social location as a place of plain suffering but I also see it as a place where within every tear drop there...
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...learn to go out and try new thing, be adventurous. My key point and belief in life is to go out and learn new things, try new things. This belief is essential to me because you can't never not be afraid. We go out and make mistakes, and we learn from them. I grew into this belief because that's how I lived my life so far, the people around me pushed me to this belief. I came to this belief as my mom has taught me this way. She always told me to go out and learn on my own. She pushed me to never be afraid, and to try. We will never learn unless we make mistakes that we learn from. And I plan on maintaining this way of life by...
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...name PSY/220 February 2, 2013 instructor My Aunt died a few days ago. I didn’t really know her very well until last year. Last summer we spent a long weekend together for a family reunion, sharing stories, deep from the heart kind of stories and I fell in love with this amazing woman who is the sister to my late grandfather. Aunt Patty was this radiant soul who cared for people deeply. She was with her wife for 25 or so years, both out lesbians since they became one, both working for the public school system. They had so much courage! They worked hard to fight for gay rights and to make a difference in big and small ways in their community. Sitting with my aunt, hearing her tell me their story and sharing with me about her life, I was so blown away by the way that she lived: with love, courage, humility, compassion, beauty and grace. I left our reunion so happy that this woman was of my blood and that I got to know her and her wife the way family should know each other: seeing each other for who we really are and cherishing that deeply. Thanks to facebook, after our time together, I got to know both of these awesome women more. To see them speak out about things that matter to them, to see them share their love for each other and this great big, giant love affair with life. WOW! Bold living and such inspiration! I can’t even really express how awed I became of my aunt and her wife. Two magical spirits living life in a big way. And then, we got the news, she had cancer and...
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...reimagining’s of imagery and scenarios when someone threatens to kill you with a gun, knife, or any other object (fear) is much different from the nausea, dizziness, and “butterflies” in your stomach when wondering if you passed a some kind of test or not. Many people today go through this and are alive but aren’t living to the fullest all due to inhibitions and limiters we consciously or even subconsciously put on ourselves because traumatic events that have had. It’s truly no way to live. All of us (Mankind and others) in general need to realize if we keep holding ourselves back for reasons of anxiety and fear than we’ll always be asking ourselves and even say “What if”? It does go without saying I am no exception to this fact of life. There was definitely a time in my life where I was dealt with these problems. It was in the summer of 2003. It was a pretty cool year. I made lots of friends and many things went without a hitch too. But there was that one moment in my life that made it a great year for me. During the summer because I wasn’t “old” enough to take care of myself I was still going to a place called the YMCA Northwest division. They had something called a day camp program where during the day they would go downhill and do activities that people would do when going camping. The only difference being is that they had a swimming...
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...I ran into a situation several years ago that changed my life for both the good and the bad. Not sure if anyone else would find this as a personal ethnical decision, but I do, only because I never thought I would have to go through this tragic life changing event. It all started back when I was in the 8th grade. I was a child who called out for attention by acting out so that I could go live with my dad. I wanted this more than anything thing in the world. I thought it was going to be all rainbows and sunshine. It wasn’t, so I decided that I would go back to my moms, but did not know how the break it to my dad without hurting his feelings. I came to the conclusion that I would just pack all the stuff I could for when I visited my mother on Christmas vacation. That was the wrong choice, my family found out and in the end I moved back to my mothers with everybody mad at me, because of the way I chose to part from my dad’s. When I got back to my mom’s the attention craving came back, I stopped going to school, and ended up dropping out months later. During this time my siblings and I have grown even further apart, so I decided it was time to make changes. I decided I would go get my GED and go to the Army. That Christmas I went to visit my dad for the first time in a year, and it was the awkward process ever. My youngest older brother refused to speak to me, and the conversation between me and my other siblings was dry. I couldn’t wait to get back home, only to later wish I had...
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...at my wrist. You won’t see an ordinary bracelet that most girls wear these days, but something that could one day save my life. I wear a Medical ID on my right wrist. It’s not for any simple reason, but for a battle I will be fighting until the day I die. I am Amanda Lewis and I am a Type 1 Diabetic. My senior year started like it was going to be the best year of my life. I had planned out my future to one day reach my dreams. Varsity cheerleading was working its way to the top. I was so excited about all the things I had accomplished. But on August 22, 2013 my life changed forever. As I was diagnosed I realized I would be changing my lifestyle, adapting to all new things. I saw that my future was not going to be easy, at all. But with my family and friends I knew anything was possible. Beginning of senior year I was ready to conquer the world it seemed like. I was ready to go out and fight for all my dreams. I wanted to make them reality. As a varsity cheerleader I was planning on continuing what I love in college. I was planning on continuing on into college to eventually become a veterinarian. But on that day, the day I was diagnosed I realized everything would be put into a different view now. Everything I had planned now came with the question, “but what if…” Cheerleading is my one love and being diagnosed really impacted it for me. My first practice back was the hardest. I lost most of tumbling because my body grew weak. As the practices continue on though, I will...
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...Teenager I would of never thought that my early childhood into late childhood be the way that it was and me turning out to be Ok. I made many dreams of going to school to make something of myself, like being a model and a lawyer, but the way we plan our future doesn’t always work that way. In this paper I will tell you a little more about myself and how I became the strong women I am today. My life growing up was a tough path to travel. Learning and developing adulthood in my childhood was very tough. Although I think of my family as a little dysfunctional I do remember some good times. I remember when I was in the 4th grade (about 9 years old) we lived in West Virginia about 20 min from my grandparents. Every weekend we would go there to have lunch or just to see if my grandparents would need us to do anything for them. On Sunday’s we would all go to church with them, my grandparent are faithful church goers, after church we would meet at my grandparents house to fix a big lunch. Some friends of the family would join us; the kids would play in the yard. I can remember many of the weekends, I would stay to help them, mainly because I didn’t want to home. I remember, one summer we all help build an apartment over their garage for my great grandmother, because she no longer could live by herself. My parents, I mean my mother and step father, was there that weekend to help with the apartment. Around this time in my life my mother and...
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...English as a Second Language Podcast A Day in the Life of Jeff Episode 1 – Getting Up www.eslpod.com GLOSSARY to get up – to get out of bed; to leave one’s bed * This morning I got up very quickly because the baby was crying. to wake up – to awaken; to stop sleeping * She always leaves her curtains open so that she can wake up with the sunlight. to handle – to manage; to deal with; to control * Are you sure that you can handle taking six classes this semester? covers – the layers of fabric that cover a bed; the cloth material that covers a bed and that keep one warm * When my husband sleeps, he always steals the covers and then I get so cold at night! comforter – the top-most, thickest cover for a bed, usually made of feathers or other warm material * In the winter, they sleep under a very thick comforter, but in the summer they don’t use it. light blanket – a thin cover for a bed, made of wool, cotton, or other material * When Marcos saw Maria sleeping on the sofa, he covered her with a light blanket so she wouldn’t be too cold. pillow – a soft cushion for one’s head in bed, usually filled with feathers, cotton, or other material * Why do people decorate their beds with so many pillows? I only need one to sleep on. pillowcase – the fabric covering a pillow; the material that covers a pillow to keep it clean * They bought new pillowcases to match the color of their bedroom walls. sheets – two pieces of large, thin fabric placed on a bed – one to lie on and one to lie under...
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...conflict I often remember would be an argument that seemed to go on for an eternity in my then youthful mind and body. The whole argument revolved around my idea of independence and freedom for me at the age of 16. For me the argument was all based on freedom of wanting to be able to go out more often, and not have to argue my to the 2 supreme judges of the house, mom and dad. Just to go out with friends and catch a movie or just hang around the mall would become a game of strategy and point of views, and potentially result in an argument. It all came to a head over one situation where I wanted to go out somewhere with friends but my parents would not let me, and refused to give in to my demands and pleads. I wanted to so much be able to ask and get the answer that I wanted, and be able to think to myself that they in a way could be so called ‘cool’ parents, trusting me to do the right things. They said no. To me it came as a kind of an upsetting shock and couldn’t understand why. And this was how the argument started. This conflict made me feel upset and confused, it felt unfair knowing other kids my same age and even younger could go out more than I do. I wasn’t exactly a junkie or troublemaker, though looking back; I could have pulled better grades. I just wanted to be able to go out with friends and not have to argue with them. But yet I did argue not just to put my point of views forward but because it made me so confused that they didn’t have the trust in me I believed...
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...My personal engagement project consisted of me working with the homeless community. I was a case manager at a family shelter in framingham, and we had a woman named Laurie Laba sponsor the shelter. I later began to help assist Laurie in her community work with the homeless. Laurie and I are both very civically engaged with the homeless community in many ways. Laurie’s husband, Neale, is a music producer. Her produces folk music and they hold concerts at their house in Sudbury, Ma. Typically three or two months prior to the concert Laurie and I type up a detailed flyer regarding information about the concert. On the left side of the flyer is a section that is named homeless community. Underneath that section we give a brief description about the family shelter is framingham and list what the needs are for the house. We don't just come up with a random list of what we think the shelter might need. Prior to making the flyer we call or sometimes show up in person and speak with the program supervisor about what are the most important things that the families living in the shelter and the shelter itself is in need for. Depending on the season, we would typically be told that the shelter is in need of winter, or summer clothes. We would get a lot of toiletries request, such as paper towels, toilet papers, and cleaning supplies. The children living in the shelter vary from newborn to 17 years old, so we often like to get a list of the children's sizes, and favorite colors, so we could...
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...Linda I choose to live healthy lifestyle by staying away from alcohol. The reason that I decide not to drink is because my friend got really drunk, almost to the point of alcohol poisoning, and I told myself that I would never drink based on her actions. Another reason that I do not drink is because I saw this girl who was drinking and fell flat on her face, and I called the police because her friend was too scared to do it because they were underage and thought that they would get in trouble. I would rather do other things than to go out and drink all the time. Ways that I like to stay away from alcohol is by dancing with my friends, watching movies, hanging out with friends, going to the mall, traveling, eating, and sleeping. These are all things that I can do without having to result to drinking alcohol. Also, if I do most of these with my friends, then they will not be pressuring me into going out and drinking with them. We all can have a good time by doing some of the things listed above without the presence of alcohol involved in the equation. Ways to get involved here at the University of Iowa is to join student organizations that I am interested in, go watch sporting events, go to the floor events or even the events in Hillcrest, and meeting new people on the floor. By getting involved here at the University of Iowa, I can find something that I love and am truly passionate about and will not have to result to drinking alcohol. Also, by meeting new friends...
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...2011 Jennifer Militello My current eating habits are not the best eating habits to have. I have a very busy schedule and I am always on the go, whether its on the go driving from point A to point B, or its on the go at home. I work a full time job, go to school full time, and also have 2 young children who keep me on my feet. When I am on the go, I usually just stop by a fast food place and grab something fast to eat while on the go, even though it is not very healthy, it is more convenient. Unfortunately, it is a bad habit that I am teaching my children too. So this is a great assignment for me to learn better eating habits to pass on to my family as well as myself. I currently did a food assessment on the My Pyramid Tracker website to see what kind of food recommendations they had for me. It turns out that I eat way too much fiber, and drink way to much milk. I also do not eat enough of anything else. The results of my pyramid were shocking. My milk intake should be 3 cups, and I consumed 5.9 cups which is a lot. But I love milk, so I do drink it a lot through out the day. The next category is Meat and Beans Intake, which was 4 oz. The recommendation is 5.5 ounces, which is 1.5 more than I have been eating. My vegetable intake was 1 cup, and I should be consuming 2.5 cups, so I need to add more vegetables to my diet. My fruit intake was less than 1 cup when I should be consuming 2 cups a day, and my grain intake was 20 ounces when I should be eating 6 ounces. The...
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