mommy's confessional

i’m not gonna lie, being back in school after many moons away is a bit intimidating.  i’m doing farily well so far, although that may be because i’m taking medical terminology (which i’ve technically had TWICE through the 2 other programs i took in the past) and the other is an introductory class.  (i’m taking yet ANOTHER program in the medical field.  this one is HUC or Healthcare Unit Coordinator which is basically an admin position for hospitals and clinics.) 

the terminology class i actually go to campus for one class period a week.  the other?  all online.  which means  A LOT of reading.  andwhile i could EASILY get 100% on every test if i chose to do them all open book, i wouldn’t learn anything that way.  so i haven’t been doing that.  sure, i’ll occassionally have the book open and choose my answer and then check to see if i was right, but only for a few questions.  from the assignments that have been graded i’m pulling about a 92% which isn’t bad since i’ve been basically doing it just by reading the chapters/handouts and taking the tests.  so we’ll see how it goes.  i’m going to try to work ahead as much as possible so when i go to hawaii at the end of the month i don’t have to lug that huge book with me!  wish me luck!

i’m looking to take 3 classes in summer quarter and while i could take 2 of them in person, i may opt for the all online versions.  we’ll have to see how the online one this quarter goes.

oh!  and my financial aid came in for this quarter (i was a little late to the party, but am getting my tuition paid through a program at the school, so no worries.)  and IF the program that paid this quarter’s tuition DOES NOT require repayment?  i’ll get to put that bit of scratch in my pocket!  wouldn’t  that be nice? 

my week is going to be so busy starting tomorrow.  which is a good thing, but it means 3 days of 8+ hours of being away from my little monkey.  as much as i love my mommy time, i hate being away from the boy that much on consecutive days.  wtf am i going to do when i end up with a real job again?  here’s the schedule for the next few:

• go to school tomorrow to pick up my textbooks.  bcuz apparently i’m not busy enough i decided to add a 6 quarter professional certificate course to my life.
• after the bookstore, set up a book fair at a Montessori school.
• W, Th, & F, work the book fair and then on Fri, tear it down, pack it up in the truck, take it to storage and UNPACK it.  good thing i got muscle relaxers for that bout of sciatica a few weeks ago!
• and then school starts on the 2nd.

on the other hand it means that i’m getting business from my cold calls.  and i’ve been pretty steady with pampered chef the last 2 months.  (next month is another story, but we’ll get to that later.  oh, and min don’t let me forget that i need to talk to you.

i’ve been so exhausted lately that i have to make notes everywhere or i forget shit.  and i ramble.  lord do i ramble.  like right now, in fact. 

i don’t really have a cohesive ending for this so i’m going to bed.  g’nite.

and the few of you who were following me have likely given up on me.  that’s ok.

a lot has been going on lately.

but i’m not really ready to hash it out.

and i don’t know when i’ll be ready to.

to quote my favorite movie……

“but i’m here now.”

at least for tonight.

No I’m not dead

Things have been a little stressful around here lately.

Contract ended, so no more job. I stopped all my meds.

Hubby is talking about moving. AGAIN.

It’s just been blah.

But I’ll be back. Eventually.

Is really glad it’s Friday, but can it be NEXT Friday please?

Pretty please?

i was being modest.  knowing what i know about direct sales and that life happens and whatnot i gave myself a goal that i knew was doable.  it would take some effort, but it was doable.

that goal was $4000 in Pampered Chef sales for Nov.  after all i had, at one point, 31 parties scheduled.

well.  4 of those got bumped to Dec. 2 more are in limbo.  and while i knew i would have parties “fall out” i had hoped for that number to be around 4.  it’s looking like it’s going to be 9, but some of them had orders with no party, so i at least got to add 1 party back in to accomodate those orders.

that leaves me with 16 parties i’m actually submitting.  my best month EVER since i started.

and as it stands right this second?  with 6 parties left to finalize?  sales are at $4458.95!!

i beat my goal!  and there’s a chance that it will go up from there!  woot!

they be rolling in.  right now i’m on track to make $872 in commission.

the cutoff for all of my Pampered Chef parties is tonight/tomorrow.  right now i’m at $2781 submitted.

at this point i have another $856 to submit.  that’ll put me about $363 short of my $4000 goal.

however, i’m pretty sure i’ll have at least one more party at the $150 mark (co-worker who is gathering all orders tonight) and i had a lady call me today saying she and her co-workers were making their lists.

so, that goal?  it’s still in sight.

and considering i started out with 31 shows that booked for Nov, i had 3 move to next month, 2 more that didn’t happen in Nov and are in limbo, and i’m guessing that 9 of my catalog shows are going to just fall out completely (or not have enough orders in which case the orders they DO have will all get moved to one show).

and while a part of me hoped that with all the parties i had booked i’d eclipse the $4000? 

i’m so freaking STOKED that i’m this close. 

or, the weekend, i suppose.

is…….

wait for it…..

POOPIE!

the little man has decided that poopie is the answer to everything.  and i do mean EVERYTHING.  (just ask stacey. LOL)

and he’s been saying it constantly.  not just when he’s actually, you know, poopy. 

such is the life of the mom to a 2 year old.