Yeah! Rob is coming to town!

My older brother, Rob, is coming home for the 4th of July. I can't wait to see him. Cindy and the nephews are going to spend the night at my parents house so they can maximize their 'Uncle Rob' time. So, it will almost be a family reunion. John is still across the pond at school though. I'm sure the nephews will be excited to see Grandma and Grandpa as my parents are doing their best to spoil them. Cindy told me that after she pulled out her backyard wading pool, the first words out of Ethan's mouth were, "Grandma? Big pool?" He is getting much more verbal about what he wants. Not to mention demanding at times. It will be interesting to see them interact with the uncle they hardly know.

Wow! 97 page impressions

My blog has been viewed 97 times! I'm amazed. I bet most of those times are by me when I actually update it, but I don't know. I'm sure Stephanie and Erin follow the blog. They posted a link, but where is all this other traffic from? I'm not even sure who would be interested in my life. In fact, I'm amazed that Erinannie found my blog. I never told her about it.
After reading up on how important it is to have someone host your blog rather than use a free service, I made the decision to abandon internetmarketingexperiences.blogspot.com. The new blog site is melindacurle.com. I chose to brand myself because I realized I may want to shift focus from how to drive traffic to an internet site to maybe teaching swimming. Anyway, my objective is to get 1,000 page views in 30 days. I am writing about how to generate internet traffic to a website. Something I know actually very little about. However, it might resonate with blogger wannabes and become interesting. At the very least, it will provide me with a hobby.

EEG went well

The technician was nice. She didn't glue the electrodes in this time, just applied them with a cream. She was disappointed that I didn't sleep, but said we got a good study. It was only twenty minutes. They flickered lights in front of my eyes and made me hyperventilate. Even if she had sedated me, I doubt I would have gotten to sleep. It isn't like I can get comfortable with wires attached to my head and being told not to move. I haven't heard the results. I'm sure if there were any gross abnormalities, they would have called me with the results by now.

Hubpages

As a part of my online moneymaking experiment, I wrote a few articles for Hubpages. While they take their cut of the profit from clicks to advertisements, I wanted more practice writing online. Practice makes perfect. The more I write, the easier it should become. I may find myself absolutely sick of writing in a few days or I may want to make it into a career. Stay tuned for what happens. The following link is my experience with alternative medical cures.
Coconut Oil Cures

Need a Cue

I need an "I can just see this going nowhere" cue when it comes to men. The aforementioned crush talked to me at the potluck last night. He admitted turning off his phone and then realizing I might need a ride and hoping I found one! The sad thing is that I was smitten by his humor and good looks all over again. (I hope he doesn't read this blog. I was actually surprised to find that I have 2 followers.)

I love my friends!

My friend, Stephanie, told me today that she enjoys what I write. It is so wonderful to have someone in your life tell you they crack you up. That little instant message made my day. I reread my last post and thought, man this is so dry. I've been told I have a dry sense of humor. Some people get it, some people don't. The people who read this blog must get it, I guess. Otherwise, they would be wasting their time reading someone else's blog or watching something amusing on television.

Try Something New

It is so easy to get stuck in a rut doing the same thing over and over. Experimenting with new ideas and new concepts generates excitement and provides you with new opportunities. Last year, I saw myself going nowhere teaching. I had been resigned after a tumultous first year and was fired after my second. I loved teaching. Kids provide many new ideas and comic relief. However, I was a victim of circumstance. They let me teach with little experience and without much guidance, I failed miserably at motivating and keeping order amongst learning disable teens. The school system was desperate for teachers and I was desperate for a job. Perhaps I would have been successful under other circumstances. I moved on and found a job tutoring in California. It is a wonderful state, but I missed my family. Right now I work with mentally retarded adults, but I'm experimenting with blogging. I love that I am writing more. It energizes me and gives me something to look forward to at the end of the day.

Not Deterred

I sat in the cafeteria today with John as he drank his daily cup of hot chocolate. He is the only participant who receives a daily cup of hot chocolate because his brother is on the board of directors. Another employee from the administrative side walked past the two of us and he pointed to me and shouted, "That's my girlfriend." She chuckled and informed him that a supervisor is different from a girlfriend.

Working With Mentally Retarded Adults

My job is not very stressful. My supervisor barked some orders at me yesterday, but I approached her later and explained the situation and she softened. Mostly I laugh at what the mentally retarded adults tell me. For example, a couple weeks ago John asked me where my father was. Confused, I questioned why he wanted to know. "Because I want to marry you." This news caused me to chuckle. After all, just the day before he had told me he hated me. I told him I didn't want to be married and he responded, "That's okay. I have Diana." Well, as long as he has a back up plan, life is good.

extra brainwaves

That is what seizures are. Well, extra electrical activity in your brain. My sister said she was interested in reading a blog about epilepsy. I guess I don't share enough with her. Our medical problems are so different. I don't talk about my seizures because I don't remember them. I'm unconscious. It is like missing pieces in my life. The drugs cause nasty side effects that I try to ignore. Who really wants to hear someone whine about the ringing in their ears or their double vision. Right now I have paranoia more than anything else. Yeah! Fear is all I face with Keppra. I'm sure that will change though. I thought Lamictal was the bomb until I had double vision and vertigo.

Train ride

Father's Day gift this year was a family train ride. view the first 27 seconds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX7zCay_OfE

Another blog

I want to keep KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) random. I decided that my experiences with trying to make money online will be on another site dedicated to that. It is entitled Can I really Make Money Online? and the blog is internetmarketingexperiences.blogspot.com.
I don't think I really like how many advertisements Google Adsense puts up. I may change the content. For now I'll leave it up. And for the record, I haven't made any money online yet. But it has only been 24 hours.

Online marketing - trying it

I decided that I was tired of reading all these claims that you can make money online just by posting ads. Technology baffles me. I am overwhelmed by it. I will most likely get frustrated and give up, but decided to blog about my adventures trying it. I ordered a free ebook by John Chow dot com about how to make money on the internet. I immediately signed up for Google Adsense. I must have done something wrong because I got an email saying that it doesn't support the language that I use in my blog. So I went to John Chow dot com's website and found another internet marketing site. I chose clickbank and tried to sign up for that. Apparently you can make money by promoting products on your blog. After reading through and forgetting most of the legalese, I picked an online product to sign up for. Somehow I'm suppose to attach the link to my website.

Click Here!

Anyway, after signing up for clickbank, I found where it said monetize on blogger.com. I clicked on it and it added google adsense.

not a response

I know there are women out there that think if they email men on the internet the men will become interested. I'm a little wiser. If they are interested, they will take initiative. Otherwise you are just pushing hard for what you want. I was so excited by a cute profile that I emailed a guy and told him it made me laugh. I don't know why I was disappointed that he didn't respond. He viewed my profile, so on paper I'm not pretty enough or smart enough. Maybe he has better options. I don't know.

BBQ...what heaven smells like

I had my latest crush drive me to the BBQ. I was pretty sure he was never going to ask me out and the only way to remind myself that we weren't meant to be was to spend a few minutes with him. He is hot but boring. I'm over him. I wish the grillmaster last night took more of an interest in me. Although my fantastic burger may be coloring my opinion of him. We shall see.