I am using my blog as typing practice. I also spend time on the typing program to help me with memorizing where the numbers and symbols are as well as the letters. I can type much quicker when I am typing just letters, although I am still making mistakes. Not only am I going to type about today, I am going to type about yesterday. I forgot how to get in to make an entry yesterday, so I didn't get an entry. This morning I called Tiffiny who reminded me how to get in. The day before yesterday, I scheduled my whole day out. During the morning I followed my schedule, but by the afternoon I was doing things I wanted to do that were not on the schedule like cleaning the desk off in my work room. Although I didn't follow the plan, it was a good thing I cleaned my desk off because yesterday evening my friend brought her lap top home from school with the EZ Grade program on it. I need to learn this program if I go to another school that is not Edison. Since the desk was clean, I was able to put the lap top in the middle of my it. Today I woke up after eight hours of sleep which hasn't happened for a couple of days. Like two days ago, I did have a bad dream. It had somehting to do with computers. Last night I read the manuel to EZ Grade Pro which didn't help me much. Whether I want to or not I am going to have to get a tutor. First, I am going to see if my home teacher will help me. He works with computers for his job. Maybe my friend can help me once she figures it out herself, but I don't want to wait too long. If those don't work out, maybe I can get a high school student or another college student to help me. If all else fails I will have to pay the computer tutor I found in the phone book who charges $65 an hour to help me. I hope it doesn't come to that, but I will do it if I have to. It is imparative that I learn these skills, so that when I go back to work the computer will no longer cause me anxiety. Actually I came up with another idea, perhaps my home teacher's son can help me with this program. He seems to know more than his dad about computers. He is home for the holidays and might like to earn a little money. I think I will call him right now.

Tiffany uses her blog as a journal. I think this is a great idea, so I am going to do the same with mine. It will be a while before I add pictures because I don't know how to take pictures with my digital camera yet, but I am going to learn. Then I will have to learn how to add the pictures to my blog. It might take a while, but I am determined to learn. Since I have improved my typing I feel more like I can learn to use the computer. It's a great feeling. I woke up this morming at 4:30. Since my eyes were hurting, I decided to put some allergy drops in them and see if I could go back to sleep. After laying there for half an hour, I decided to get up. I was determined to do something constructive since I was already awake. I had been wanting to rearrange some things in my bedroon and work/guest room. I moved a small chest of drawers from my work room to my bedroom. Then I filled the chest with my winter shoes. The shoes have been on some shelves in my closet. Every time I wanted a pair of shoes I would have to hunt for them which was really annoying. The shoes were arranged by catagory on the four shelves from dressy to casual (heals to slippers) but they would always get mixed up. Now that they are in drawers the shoes are much easier to find. I also moved two sets of plastic shelves from my bedroom to my work room. It's much nicer to have the shelves out of my bedroom. As for the shelves in the bedroom, I am using them for sheets and towels. I have got to get to bed, so I will stop now. I will write more tomorrow.

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Tiffany says she thinks my entry was great and wants to hear more. Here is some more. I am typing 27 to 36 word a minute. That might seem slow to you, but it is great improvement for me. My tutor for Microsoft Word turned out to be a flake, so I bought some tutoring CDs and books. I am going to tutor myself. A friend of mine still says she is going to bring home EZ Grade Pro. She also said she would bring a manuel home from her school that I can use. I continue to learn more from my Attacking Anxiety and Depression program. This week's topic is being assertive instead of being agressive or letting other people walk all over you. She (Lucinda Bassett the auther of this program) says you need to find someone who is assertive and learn from them how to be assertive. I think I am way more assertive than I use to be but sometimes let feelings build up and get aggressive. I am learning some good things and have been happy for a week now. Yeah!!!

Mom's morsels

As you know I am on a medical leave of abscence from work. I have suffered from anxiety and depression along with chronic fatigue syndrome for many years. I am on a leave from work to learn what I can do to over come these problem. I have been practicing my typing which has gotten much better. I am getting tutored tomorrow on Microsoft Word which is one of the computer programs I need to know for school. Also I am going to get tutored on EZ Grade Pro, another program I will use at work. I am feeliong better and will feel a lot better when I know how to work these computer programs. As well I have been using a program titled Attaking Anxiety and Depression. It has given me some useful tools to overcome these problems. I got the idea of having a family blog from a lady in my ward. I hope it works for our family. She said it helped her family keep in touch. I love Tiffany's blog. The pictures are the best. I need to learn how to use the digital camera Uncle Mark and Aunt Stephanie gave me. This might give me movtivation to use it.