So I went to school today and learned a lot. :) I'm enjoying my Child Development class. It kind of gives me a better insight into myself. I'm beginning to understand the reasoning as to why I am the way I am. My parents had a whole lot to do with it. More than one would think.

I've always been very shy about my emotions and that is because I didn't feel "safe" to express them around my folks. I also thought that Berek's family's always being touchy feely with one another was very strange. My parents never really lavished affection on me, so I began to think that affection was abnormal. Things like that. I'm hoping to gain more insight into myself as well as the rest of mankind. I want to understand why it is that people are the way that they are.

I think it's important too that I take this course because if Berek and I ever plan on having children someday, I think it will make me more confident in my own abilities of being a parent. I keep telling myself that I will NOT be like my mother. I intend on keeping that promise to myself.

The other reason I am taking this course is as a contingency plan in the even that vet school doesn't pan out for me. I've decided that my secondary task would be to teach elementary school or even pre-school. I'm not sure I can handle pre-teens or teens, so I'll start slow. Younger kids as they start to be more cogniscent of their surroundings are a little easier to handle. I'm not giving up on the vet thing, but I think it's absolutely important to have a back-up.

Ugh...I have a really nasty headache. It's gaining momentum and is making it very difficult to get comfortable. I tried to take a nap earlier, but the cats were being brats. :) My children...So I'm trying to keep my mind occupied enough to focus on something else other than the pain which is causing nausea. Bleh. I've taken medication, but it hasn't worked, which means it's probably a migraine. Excedrin always works on my headaches, except migraines. Oh well.