Greetings bloggers!

Hello everyone. I'm not completely new to blogging but this is my first time having one on a site specifically for bloggers. This first post may be somewhat long as I'm using it as an introduction and I feel the need to define what this blog is going to be about.

I had a really hard time picking my title. I mean this blog is mostly about my life and how in the hell do you sum up your life with a little title? Then theres the marketing aspect of it, what can be taken the wrong way, and what kind of readers do you want to attract, that sorta thing. I picked this one because it was the best way to sum things up in under 5 words.

Want the long story? Muhaha, you know you do. Okay, here we go. I'm a mom to two boys, I've worked in a hospital labor and delivery unit for a decade and just finished massage school. Hopefully by next month I'll have my board results and will have the initials LMT behind my name, whoo hoo! Further more, I started back in school once I had both boys in school full time and could maybe have my Associates of Science next month as well. That is, if I don't fail the trigonometry class I'm currently taking, which I *HATE*! Math is not my friend, I saved it for last because I know I suck at it. Ahem, after that I start directly on my Bachelors in Exercise Science which I thought would go well with my massage career. Plus I'm fascinated with the muscle system if you can't tell. A third project I'll be finished with in August is my yoga teacher certification, whoo hoo! I'm also a bellydancer and hope to teach that and yoga, and combine it with my massage practice to promote movement as therapy. So thats the big picture goal for my next few years. I think all that does pretty much equal a quest for zen, as thats what I imagine a life of 'being done with school' after so many years means, especially when you've got 2 kids to provide for, heh.

So you now know I love science, and hate math. I also love art, many forms of it. Dancing would be my favorite, I've been bellydancing for many years now. Thats one thing I've had to let go somewhat with all these classes and its been hard not having that outlet whenever I need it. I also work a fair bit with polymer clay, I like the process of manipulating a nameless lump into something recognizable and intriguing. I also like working with textiles, I used to cross stitch and do hardanger but don't have much time now, and I also make alot of my dance costumes. Theres an extra little reward of pride to perform in something you've made yourself :) I *used* to be good at drawing, but its a practice I rather let go which I now regret because I struggle with it now. Not a big deal I guess, except for the fact that I'd like to try my hand at watercolors and thats sort of difficult when you don't have a drawing to add them too, hehe. I love watercolors because of the way they behave on paper and the transparancy they lend. I really want to play with that so as a result I've been working on the drawing skills again.

So what am I going to be yapping about in this blog? Well due to HIPPA, I can't talk much about work ;) Which is fine with me as I don't like to carry it around with me anyways. And I don't make much of a habit of talking about my kids online because I'm paranoid like that. Mostly I imagine I will spend my time bitching about my college classes and bemoaning whatever artistic muse is eluding me at the moment. I figure most blogs do better with some kind of steady subject matter anyways.

Anyways, thanks for reading and for bothering to show up! Forgive my page while I figure out how blogger works and how to get pictures up and all that fun stuff. Till next time!