tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692958826098214952.post7533391988366005923..comments2024-03-16T05:18:03.024-04:00Comments on Chief 187 Chatter: Simple JoysChief 187http://www.blogger.com/profile/09485730643132355212noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692958826098214952.post-41986868531741714702011-05-17T08:32:20.217-04:002011-05-17T08:32:20.217-04:00Very good today Chief!
My youngest will be crossin...Very good today Chief!<br />My youngest will be crossing over to become a bear in a couple of weeks. <br /><br />My "signature gum" is Big Red and has been since Jr. High! It is my secret weapon to doing well in school or other learning environments. I learned somewhere that different learning styles retain & focus better with certain nervous energy dissipation techniques. Some need to bounce their knee, others need to tap, some just need to suck on a hard candy, some need to chew gum. I've found this really does help! YAY for Big Red!<br /><br />Feeling of Accomplishment. I took my final exam last night for my medical coding class. I am done, until it is time for me to take the national exam for certification. Wednesday we go to our last class to go over the test, learn tips on how to take the national exam & hopefully partake in what I expect to be delicious food to celebrate all we have accomplished. For many years I sat with groups of women, feeling less than because I didn't have a "piece of paper" showing that I have some smarts. I never finished college. But the funny thing is, I have a piece of paper now (granted it isn't a degree, but a certificate), and I don't even care. It is the sense of accomplishment of going through the class and succeeding. <br />In a couple of weeks I'll be traveling to Chicago to walk 39 miles in a weekend. I know what this accomplishment feels like. I am looking forward to feeling this accomplishment of all the hard work of raising the donations (really the hardest part) and the physical demands of the walk itself, in a new city. I will have friends at the end cheering me on & that is pretty awesome.<br /><br />Excitement. Living in "NASCAR Country", the air in May lights up for the All-Star race and the Memorial Weekend tradition of the Coca-Cola 600. Yes, there are some downsides... more traffic, can't find a seat in a restaurant, & the mall is packed like last minute Christmas shoppers. But the air, I always feel the air change around this time. It really becomes electric with excitement and activity. I notice it weeks before now though. The track getting ready and presentable to greet its 100,000+ guests, the military helicopters practicing for the 600 pre-race shaking my windows as they fly over my house, the campers filling the camp grounds, the merchandise, radio & TV trucks rolling in, and all the hospitality tents being raised up. Yesterday, I was out and about doing errands and there were workers putting up the "Welcome Race Fans" flags on ALL the light posts from the track to I85. A couple of miles worth. Very exciting! Soon the blimps & biplanes will have their banners attached to their rear ends circling high above the track and fans will be rolling in to watch their favorite driver work the wheel. Then as soon as it came, they will be gone... and plans will start for next year. ;)Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11019562060252268854noreply@blogger.com