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Analysis Monday September 24, 2012

From Sunday I fell asleep at about 4 am. I woke up at 9 am and made my lunch for the day. I had a piece of pizza and a pudding cup. On my drive to OTC at 10:30 I opened the pizza to find it was uneatable. So I threw it out the passenger window. I proceeded to open the pudding cup and eat it while driving up here. I made it to the parking lot at 11:35 am to discover no parking close by I ended up parking in the Graff Hall parking lot. I ran to class with only minutes to spare, to discover my first class was cancelled. I went to the computer lab to do some printing off of homework for my third and final class for the day. While in the computer lab I looked up some other things on the internet. At 12:40 pm I logged off and started my way to my next class. at 1 pm my next class started and I went out of there at 1:50 pm. After my second class I had 55 minutes tell my next one. Since I ate all the food I could and didn't have any money I decided to wait outside the classroom. I forgot that we had a test that day so I needed to study. I discovered that I didn't bring my notebook in so I had to run back to my car and get the notebook. I returned with the notebook and started to study. Twenty minutes later the class started. We went to the computer lab by the culinary classes to take the test. When we finished we had to go back to class to do a lecture. The lecture was on out thermometers, how to calibrate and use them. After that we finished and were allowed to leave. I went home and saw no one was there. I decided to play some GTAIV while I waited, I made myself some macaroni and garlic and played tell the rest of my family got home. After they arrived we ate dinner watched some TV. About 10 pm we all went to bed.

Summary Monday September 24, 2012

The summary of my day I woke up, ate some pudding, went to school, took a test and came home.

What is the meaning?

I discovered I don't give a lot of time for my family that I should. I find that I need to study more and remember assignments. I know my family is very important to me and that I need to take time to spend with them besides time we eat and watch TV. The meaning of all of this is that I need to take the time to make time to do the things in my life that are important to me. I also need to make more time for sleep because only a few hours a night is really starting to affect the way that I learn and the way I act around other people.

Major Life Goal

A major life goal that I have is to be the best dad that I can be.


Worked on Goal

A way that I worked on that goal is I spent time doing things with my children, although we only watched TV together. I also ate dinner as a family. Eating one meal a day as a family around a table makes the family bond that much stronger. We ate as a family and my daughter wanted us to pray as a family for our food.

Work

Yesterday was a longer day at work. I went in at 3 and got off work at 11. I got to enjoy being around people I enjoy working aside. I have some people at work that I can't enjoy working with, for one reason or another. For the most part I get along with just about everyone I do work with. I enjoy my job and I am happy most of the time when I go to work.  I enjoy making peoples day’s better, whether I am telling a joke or kidding around making work a fun and not so dull place to be. I enjoy making our customers have a better day than they came in having. I also enjoy interacting with new people every day. My work is my outlet and my way of making this Earth a little better place to be.

Milk Carton Ring

I am looking at a ring off a milk carton. This ring reminds me of the time my daughter first tried pouring the milk herself. She could barely carry the milk from the fridge to her little table, she asked me to open it, when i tried to pour it for her she told me to let her do it. So i waited and let her try. She dropped the jug of milk about 1/4 of the way full and it started to spill on the floor. She was a little upset and said shoot. I couldn't help but laugh at how she tried, and despite her not being able to poor it I was still proud of her. My daughter is growing up so fast. I feel like I am missing out on a lot of things between work and school, and I know it is for a better time for her in the future. I still spend as much time with her as i can. I still give her all the hugs and do with her whatever she likes to do. Looking at this ring reminds me that my daughter is growing up, she will be starting school soon, and she is becoming a big girl. I miss her more right now, and wish I could be home with her instead of being here. I love my family and want to do more for them, and still spend as much time with them as i can. I hope to see them later today before I go to work. Family is very important, and little things can remind you of them every day.

This ring has no beginning or no end. This ring itself is a symbol of a bond, a family. This ring will remain a ring as long as nothing tries to destroy it, or harm it in any way. My bond with my family is growing stronger and stronger, getting bigger and bigger. With a strong bond anything is possible for a family to get through including me going back to school. I cherish every moment I have with my family and wouldn't trade any of it for anything in the world.

Red White and Blue Keychain

I am looking at a red, white and blue keychain. I have 3 stars one red, one white, and one blue. It has 36 more beads arranged in a pattern of red, blue than white. This keychain reminds me of freedom, something we all take for granted. Freedom is very important to me. I know how much people sacrifice for our freedoms. I myself looked into enlisting before I even got out of high school, but a medical condition prevented me from joining. Some people will not stand during the pledge, not remove their hats during the star spangled banner, not honor a solider come home in a coffin, they don't realize how many died to give them that right, and some don't care. This keychain reminds me of my freedoms, reminds me of people’s sacrifices. Not only the sacrifice of that soldier, but the sacrifice his/ her family made, the loved one they lost. This keychain makes me proud to be an American, where people make sacrifices, have heart ache, soldiers die for my freedom.  This keychain is so much more than just a keychain, it is a symbol for what is great about our country, and it is a sacrifice for our people. This keychain is one of the things that is so good about America. I am honored to say that I support our troops, and that I love the country that I live in today.

Dare 2 Play Fair

I am looking at a dare 2 play fair button. This button reminds me of playing nice on the playground. This button also reminds me of all the times kids didn't play nice on the playground. i got picked on a lot as a kid and other children didn't play nice with me. The first time I remember being bullied was in the second grade, I was a new student at a different school. My dad was a high school teacher there and one of the kids, a son of a secretary started bullying me. The bullying continued at that school tell I left in the fourth grade. From that point on tell I was well into high school I was bullied almost daily. I really didn't enjoy the way other kids were treating me. When I see this button it gives me bad memories, it makes me feel angry again. If more people listened to this button and treated others fairly we wouldn't have so many problems with people being violent, with others treating each other badly. I hope more people treat others fairly and do right by others.

This button also reminds me of the times I stood up for others who were being miss treated. The times I helped others who weren't able to help themselves. One instance is a time that someone pushed someone down who was in special education. I saw them push them down so I pushed them down too, it wasn't the right thing to do but they needed to know what they did was wrong.

Better for my family

I believe I can do better for my family. I am going to college to get a better education so I can give my children more. I believe when I get my degrees I will find a better job, and we won't be living paycheck to paycheck. I believe there are better jobs out there, and that when I get my degrees I will be better qualified to do those jobs, making a better life for my family. I believe I will have better hours than I have now, and be able to spend more time with them, more time with my family is very important to me. Having a better education will allow me to do better for my family, giving us a stronger bond, and making us closer together.

I believe teachers can ruin a childs way of learning

I had a teacher in the fourth grade accuse me of cheating. Her name was Mrs. Glidwell, and she said that I cheated on a homework assignment. After telling her that I didn't cheat and I did the work she called me a liar and sent me to the principal’s office, giving me a zero on the assignment. This one act from a teacher changed the way I did things, giving my best work and doing my hardest got me accused of cheating. From that point on I didn't put my best effort into everything I did, I figured if my best would give me a failing grade anyway why should I try so hard. I did the bare minimum on assignments from that point on; I just didn't care to give my best anymore. One teacher ruined the way I learned, I didn't care to learn new things I did not do my best. I could have been a better student if I hadn’t had my way of thinking changed.

I Believe...

I believe....

I am smart but lazy.
Tachers can ruin a childs way of learning.
I can do alot more than I think I can.
Kids change your life for the better.
Certain people can change you for the better.
Everything can change in a moment.
My family is very important to me.
I can do better.
I can do more with my life.
I deserve a management job.
I have more potential than people give me credit for.
Listing is a good idea process.
I will get a management position.
I will do better for my family.
What doesn't kill me, makes me stronger.
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Myself

Summary of my YMCA ID. I see myskelf a few months ago. I was standing to get my gym membership picture taken. It is in front of the window into the daycare at the YMCA. I am wearing my faded glory forth of July t-shirt. I have that not smiling look on my face.

How it made me feel. This image made me feel good, I was actually going out and starting a workout program. I am happy with myself for actually going out and doing something to make my life a little healthier. This picture still sadens me though because of how I am self concious about my smile. This picture also makes me proud to be an American, that I can wear an American flag t-shirt, and not worry what other people think.

Why I felt this way. I felt this way because I was tired of sitting at home doing nothing with my summer. I put it in my mind and my families that we were going to join a gym and we were going to work out. My friend Bobby put me up to this and I haven't looked back. Bobby was with me that day. We had been going to the gym for a few weeks, and the machine was finally up to print pictures. I got my ID that day, and haven't had as much time to go back, but I have been working out at school.

Jacob

Jacob is nine months old today, he has had a rough start but he is doing really good now. He is started crawling, and he will soon be walking. He does some of the funniest things, he laughs and makes me laugh. He looks just like me and he doesn't let anything hold him back.

Alissa

My daughter Alissa is 2 years old, she will be 3 at the end of December. Alissa is too smart for her own good. She can do some things that most kids her age can't do. She can do almost anything she puts her mind to. She is and always will be my baby girl.

September 10

It's September 10, 2012. We had some crazy storms Friday. I am glad I spent so much time trimming trees this summer, it really cut down on the amount of damage that could of been done. I was walking through a parking lot when the big part of the storm hit. My wife and kids were in the car, and Sarah said that the car was moving with all the wind we were having. My daughter Alissa was still sleeping the whole time, Jacob my son was screaming in fear the whole time we were having the storm.

            I'm really upset about my phone, it isn’t staying charged, and it won't accept text messages. This week with student loans I plan on buying a new phone, and a years’ worth of phone service. Some other things that are planned with the student loan, I plan on putting up a fence and getting a new vehicle for the family. Some more plans with the student loan are to pay off some things so that I can have more money for other things.

Storms in the Ozarks

( Michael Bartlett / September 6, 2012 )

Michael Bartlett snapped this shot in Kirbyville, MO