200th post

Wow, how time flies! I somehow missed the passing of my first 100 posts but not this one. If I was some big, more commercialized blog I would do some grand giveaway but well since this is just little ol' me here it is. When I first started this blog I included a synopsis of who I am and where I came from before I delved into the world of 4 kids and more. But upon the invitation to more people I censored them a bit (no worries I do not have that sorted of a past lol). Anyway, I thought in honor of keeping up with this online journal I would speak of me, myself and I.

I am the daughter to parents who despite more challenges than seem possible are still married...sort of. I had 2 great loves in my life prior to getting married. One during the main part of high school and the other at the end up until I became involved with my beloved hubby. I had many friends but just a few close ones, none of which remain any closer than current Facebook friends from my younger days. Now I can safely say I have exactly 4 friends who really know me, and a handful of ladies from the mommies group I am in that could and would be very close if I lived nearer. That thought makes me sad from time to time because I really wish there were families in my neck of the woods to go through this day to day life.

I currently hold a Masters Degree in education which is my passion, and an Associates degree in Criminology which is my curiosity. In that I mean that my dream job once was an FBI agent. I am intrigued by solving crimes, putting together clues and the patterns in things such as blood spatter an ballistics. I once was a firefighter (8 years in fact) and loved brush fires the best. To this day the smell of burning brush in the Spring or the Fall take me back to some great times. The adrenaline rush in putting out fire and the physical exhaustion from a job well done is nothing like a normal workout. Fire, fire goooood.

While in the fire academy I had the one and only time in my life when I felt like I was a valued and needed member of a small group. I had a nickname, a cheers kind of greeting from the boys and plenty of things to do any day of the week,side jokes others didn't get and more. I will always look back and be thankful for that memory. I picture going away to college would have given me the same emotions.

I spent 6 years teaching Elementary kids and the sound of Mrs. Colbert is sweet to hear from the now near graduates and graduates I once taught brightens my days from time to time. I look forward to heading back sometime very soon.

That my friends in a nutshell is my past. The rest, well it is history because neither here nor there I must live in the here and now for what lies ahead. I never pictured what would happen when my kids grew up but as #1 is more than halfway through his 10th year that is a not so teeny speck ahead. Ah, whatever will come with these crazy kids this year? Where will I end up in the years to come? Boy, I don't know that I want to speculate the specifics. I will say that I have a more noticeable thought that when I say my 4 and no more it will have to morph 4 and no more biologically, that is waaaaaay in the future ahead. Shhhh don't tell my husband this is the 2nd time I have put it down in writing though *wink wink*.