Hmmm....that week went by a bit fast....

"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana"

Well, the first week of pre-k is in the books, the second week of second grade has come and gone, and I am starting to get a feel for the fact that I may not have quite as much time on my hands as I thought...or...I have just filled this week with too many things to do so I forget how lonely it is all day long. 

I worked til almost 11pm on Wednesday night for the consignment sale, and by the time I got home I was hurting everywhere! Whew! I forgot what 4 hours on my feet felt like! There was so much stuff being delivered it was crazy! I met a lot of nice people though and had fun even if it was mind and body draining. Then I went back in and worked 8-12 on Thursday and by then I was wiped....I was injured and just done. I came home and laid on the couch and watched a movie and ate a delicious stuffed baked potato and enjoyed just resting for a few before getting the kids....then I got to go back and shop Thursday night at 5:30! I was excited as always and got a ton of stuff for the kids for winter/fall and I am actually almost done with both now, minus some heavy jackets, and some long john type shirts for Christopher that he wears under his short sleeve ones. We lucked out because Brian had found what he thought was a dollar in a parking lot earlier in the day and stuck it in his pocket....when he got home and gave it to me it was 100.00!!!!! That pretty much covered all the stuff for the kids at the sale and was a huge break for us and I couldn't have been more thankful for the good luck we had in finding it. (and no, it wasn't the kind of place you could find the owner of it so we kept it)

Then I was back to work at the sale on Friday from 8 to 11 even though I didn't really want to be since I was sick and sore already....but I worked my day shift, bought a cute bow for Laci, and headed home. I stopped at a few yard sales on the way home and picked up an awesome little gadget for 3 bucks and that was that. 

2 weeks into school and I am sick though....yep...already. Me, and both kids. Sniffing, sneezing, coughing, hacking, sore throats, achy bones and joints and just feel nasty. I am really honestly surprised we got sick this soon into the school year, but oh well. We will somehow work though it and be done and hopefully catch a sickness break now for a while. 

The school week itself has gone a lot better than expected as of Monday though! I did the "kid bowling" in the morning with laci, imagine the whole stance you take when you throw a bowling ball....yep...that whole step forward and with one arm kinda push the object forward and turn around afraid to look...yep...that was me...and it WORKED!! The last 3 days of the week have been a breeze dropping her off! Now I know I am jinxing myself saying all this, but I was really floored how quickly she seemed to adjust after the horrific screeching fit she pulled on Tuesday! LOL! Lets hope come Monday its back to easy bowling moves and one happy mama!  Christopher has been doing great and even though he isn't switching classes yet, he is still doing wonderful and seems excited for the year. He is making friends good and seems to have a good grasp on everything. He had a ridiculous amount of homework this week and somehow managed to get it all done and as far as I know he did pretty good on a spelling test we studied all week for. (although I am almost sure he missed "lettuce" and "engine") He seems to really be doing great already and as always I am more than proud of him! We have started going to McDonald's on Friday after school and having an ice cream while the kids run through the playground thing for an hour and a half. The kids both seem to really like the tradition already so I am sure we will continue it...even if we change it up a little as the cooler weather comes and switch to an ice cream to go and a trip to a big park instead. God I can't even believe I give myself the opportunity to think of cooler weather! Gah!

This week in all has left me searching for where my "free time" went. I haven't had my phone on me hardly at all, and when I do its dead by 9am. I have been trying to charge it all day to get to all my missed calls and messages and I feel terrible I missed so much in the world while trying to learn what normal is now and work all my volunteer time! I am hoping that this next week will give me the time for myself I so desperately want now. I need to start working out on Monday and I am hoping to lose another 10 pounds by our vacation next month to Daytona! Fingers crossed in my head! 

Today has been a day of errand running and has left me very worn out. I am thinking its another early bedtime for me and the family. My throat hurts pretty bad at this point and my head is following it. Thinking I may have more to type, but will wait til tomorrow morning and coffee to get there! Have a happy night!

Mommy P

*Sigh*

Although this morning these lyrics are in my head too:

Four years later ‘bout 4:30

She's crawling in their bed

And when he drops her off at preschool

She's clinging to his leg

The teacher peels her off of him

He says what can I do

She says now don't you worry

This’ll only last a week or two

It won’t be like this for long

One day soon you'll drop her off

And she won’t even know you're gone

This phase is gonna fly by

If you can just hold on

It won’t be like this for long

Its been a rough week emotionally for me. Wishing the happy fairies would come and make me feel like a better mom. The week started off on a disastrous foot Sunday night when my days as a foster came to an ugly end. I know everyone thinks I am going to sit here and post the whole big song and dance to fill everyone in, but I am not. I know I have been hurt for a long time now, and did all I could to be liked, accepted, and make friends....and almost a year later I find out I have been judged before anyone even knew me and those who I thought were my friends forgot what friendship means and shut the door in my face...and that's a bed they can sleep in alone. Unexpectedly though, I had to make a split moment choice on either dumping Athena off Monday at a vet to be boarded alone until someone, if anyone, would step up and love her like I do....or adopt. Brian made that choice for me and we officially adopted Athena into our family about 10:30pm Sunday night. And that's ok....Athena is the special sauce to our family burger. She is that little kick of spice that keeps me and the kids and even the dogs on our toes...and she forces me to be a better house cleaner! So now, we are the proud family of 3 large dogs...we go through 40 pounds of food every 2-3 weeks, and I have a canine over active garbage disposal...but...she is mine...and that makes me happy.

As far as the kids go, its been a stressful week so far and its only Tuesday! Christopher spent the week last week stressed out for some reason thinking I would forget to get him from school this week when I started getting Laci. Now, I have dropped Christopher off and picked him up every single day of his life in school so far. 3 years now! I have picked him up with migraines, stomach bugs, strep throat.....I have picked him up holding a wet rag to my eye that I had cut, I have picked him up in pouring rain, sleet and snow, and blazing heat....but for some reason he has it in his head I will forget...gee thanks....so yesterday I am in the car to come get Laci (and then him) and my phone rings...and its his teacher! you know, the one I haven't even gotten to meet yet...anyhow she is calling me to tell me that Christopher cannot even concentrate in school today because he is worried and anxious I will forget him at school....WHAT??? After a small uneasy laugh and asking "I'm sorry what???", she again tells me that my son wanted her to call and REMIND me to come get him today....ummm...<<>> I explain to her that Christopher has clearly lost his mind and that I am a SAHM who has never ever ever forgotten anything to do with him ever, and that I spent a year working on nabbing a spot for his sister at a pre-k close to the school so his routine wouldn't change...my ears were burning on the phone I was so red with embarrassment. I assure her that I will be there at the same time I am there every day and hang up to get Laci....after picking him up I gently but firmly explain how embarrassed I was with the phone call and explained that clearly while driving home at the same time as every other day of his life that I can do my job and pick them both up and clear up that no matter what I will *always* arrange him to be gotten from school, and that no matter what he will never sit on the curb alone and hungry waiting for morning to start school again....that that's not how it works. Sigh!

Laci had a rough time as expected....I dropped her off and she was all excited until we got into the class and a little boy was screaming and gagging and shrieking at the door clinging and begging his mom not to leave....Laci looked up at me and Brian and I knew we were screwed. 10 minutes of promising I wouldn't get "losed" (gee thanks kid, whats up with my kids???) and that I would go to jail if she didn't go to school, and crying for her and then for me in the car I left....what a sucky time. Turns out 10 mins later she was laughing and playing and did great all day until the afternoon when after a nap and before the last story of the day another girl started crying for her mom, and then Laci started in too. They met me outside the class to explain that Laci had *not* been crying all day even though that's how I left her and that's how I picked her up. This morning was even worse...super excited all night, even squealed out "oooh dats tute

I spent my first day home yesterday cleaning and laundry folding and made 2 banana breads and froze some veggies from the garden and feeling mighty June Cleaver....today I have about as a glamorous day planned. Its only 9:45 and I have already looked at the clock 100 times. I have cried listening to music and I have worked on this...soon I will wash the floors and I considered painting all the baseboards in the house white again. I have little money and less gas, and honestly I just want to see my kids again.....come on 2pm.....

Hope everyone else has been having a less worrisome embarrassing week than me so far! Lots of love, Mommy P.

Ok kids, please, if you dont mind....

My babies are growing up way too fast all of a sudden. What seemed like eternity to get to, has suddenly sprang to our feet in a blink of an eye. I have had more than a few heavy sobbing can't breathe, head pounding cries already and I have a feeling tomorrow will suck. Brian has to work but has permission to go in late to be able to see Laci off into her first day of school. Christopher begins class changing and homework for the year and just like that, the new year has started rolling...and will likely roll quickly into the next month, season, and eventual year. Its dawning on me that life somehow got by while we were wishing for the next thing. It's funny how that happens. I swear I was just telling my mom on the back patio that I was pregnant with Christopher, and I was just registering for a baby shower with Laci, and I was just coming home with her from the hospital. And wasn't I just making cupcakes for Christopher's pre-k graduation? And going to his first open house? Didn't laci just take her first steps and we realized all hell was about to break loose? What happened? Where are my tiny babies? My boy is 7! Seven! He loves star wars, plays a DS, laughs at all the right jokes on MadTv, and can stay up til 11pm on Saturday night....he is in second grade...and can read whole books to me, and do double digit math addition. My baby, my little girl, she pairs color matching jewelry to her outfits, she wants a pink rifle, she loves shopping at the mall, and plays barbies. She can sing, and dance, and is starting Pre-K in the morning. I am confused. When did I end up standing on the side of this road, waving goodbye as I packed lunches and fixed booboos? Suddenly my life is in a different place...and for a change its me scared to open my door and wanting a light on. It's scary in this new place, this place where my kids grow up and I am left wanting to watch Sesame Street one more time and rock someone to sleep. But ready or not, here it comes....and starting tomorrow I enter the next phase of my life. The phase where I am the stay at home mom of two school aged children, where I cook and clean all inside the quiet place in my head, the phase where I watch the clock waiting to see my babies again all day, and where the house stays clean for more than 15 minutes at a time, and I long for a mess, or a spilled cup of juice, or someone needing me for something. Tomorrow begins a change in my life, and I don't like change anymore. Tomorrow I watch my baby boy jump out of my car and wave as he walks into school wearing his size 2 shoes, and big bookbag, hair spiked up and some shirt that screams silly young boy instead of Thomas or Power Rangers, then I take my baby girl, in my head still wrapped in her lady bug blanket, smiling and cooing on her pink cupcake boppy, and open my door and take my 4 year old silly, spunky, diva by the hand and walk her into class, where she will run to her friend and want to play and wave goodbye....and I will surely cry again. Tomorrow my whole world shifts again....and ready or not, here it comes.....too bad I'm not ready.

Happy Sunday....enjoy every second, because in a second, it will be Monday.

Neuters and Puppies and Open house....

But First....

Thank you Kellogg's, for making the ever so delicious Raisin Bran Crunch. This is my favorite "adult" cereal and make me happy just eating it, LOL, and since I just finished off a heaping bowl of it, I wanted to give props where props are deserved!

Anyhow, yesterday ended up becoming a MUCH more busy day than I had anticipated! After getting Clover dropped off we went to look for hangers (fail) and then we came home and pretty much relaxed for a few hours, but then I found out I was getting 2 foster puppies and suddenly my afternoon got crazy! We left to go get Christopher at 2, then picked him up and drove to the feed store for some high quality puppy kibble since these guys have some catching up to do, and then to the vet to pick them up where I learned just how behind they are. Little Brae has to have shots every 2 weeks to get his lungs built up so he can breathe good, and both are pretty tiny and need to learn to eat solid food. So after getting all of that taken care of it was a mad dash back to the house so Brian could take Christopher to swim class, then after that I got the pups settled in some and went back up to Ballground to pick up Clover who was a whiny dramatic mess as expected. We got him home and settled in, got the pups cleaned and in the half bath, got the girls out to play, and then had laundry and dinner to do. Me and Brian decided we would share a pizza instead after the kids went to bed so we ordered dominoes and had a little late quiet dinner.

After making puppy much, bottle feeding, and cleaning everything and feeding everyone it was finally bedtime.

This morning, my alarm clock went off, but after a very restless night of storms, whining, and Christopher up 3 times for various reasons, I turned my alarm off and accidentally fell back asleep!!! I woke up in a stressed out frantic panic this morning when I rolled over and it was 7:27!!! Luckily Brian had gotten up with Christopher and got him off to school, but I feel horrible since today he is meeting his official teacher and I am sad I missed getting him excited for that this morning. That will NOT happen again!!

This morning I was going to go check out a consignment sale but I am not sure I feel like dealing with the heat and sun again right yet, so I may end up sitting home....still not sure yet.

I got puppy grooming to take care of today and then tonight we have Laci's pre-k open house!!! Yay! I am so excited for her and I know she is going to love it!!! We are heading up at 5:30 and I hope its awesome! I will report back on that tomorrow!

For now, its going to be about 112* with the heat index today, so be careful! Lots of love!

Snip Snip!

Doing my part by removing some of Clover's this morning. Today I dropped my baby boy off to get the big snip! He dragged me half across a parkinglot wanting to play with another small dog in the car next to us and as he is dragging me along, I see the look of horror on the other owners face and all I can say is "he's friendly! he's friendly! I promise! He wants to play!" and do everything I can to stop i flip flops on gravel! Ugh! He is such a bad boy!! I have got to get him working better on a leash and get some manners and for God's sake NEVER forget to put his prong on him again in public!

After we got him weighed (a surprising only 85 pounds) we got him crated and did the paperwork and left. Laci rolled over in her carseat and I asked what was wrong and she lost it! She started crying big heavy sobbing alligator tears and said she was sad we left Clover and that she didn't want them to hurt him or keep him....awwww....silly thing, he wont feel a thing, and when they see how destructive he is they won't want to keep him either! LOL! So I finally calmed her down and we were on our way...wishing all along I had a bandaid for my burning swollen torn open finger thanks to trying to maintain Clover on the leash....

Today is another semi quiet day. The weather man urges us all to stay in unless necessary thanks to the intense heat and humidity and I am all too happy to do as I am asked. I am still trying to figure out the wire hanger mess, but at least I finally got my tags printed for next week's consignment sale!

Well have a happy day! I will update after we get Clover later this afternoon!

Brrr....it's so cold out!....yeah JUST KIDDING!

Yup...that about covers it. Somehow we are under an advisory that it is about to get even HOTTER here in the Southeast before we start cooling down temporarily during rains possibly expected by TS Emily....now...I don't know about you, but this news SUCKS! I have been dying and now its going to get *hotter*???? Ugh!!! Well, they say sweating burns calories...yet somehow I haven't dropped 20 pounds...hmmmm....

Anyhow, morning two of school went even smoother than morning one, making me feel like either A.) I finally have this school morning stuff figured out and under control or B.) I am getting set up for a major chaotic event next Monday when both kids start school....but, I will take it while I got it easy peasy!

Today will be a fairly productive day, having me at the movies with Laci this morning watching Despicable Me (again) for a buck. Then I am going to swing by the dollar store and try to get some metal hangers and safety pins, and then I need to go pick up some crates, and then get home and do some cleaning and start dinner. I am hoping to have dinner done by the time Brian gets in this afternoon. I need to find the hangers and stuff and get the stuff washed again and hung up in time for the consignment sale next weekend! 

Tomorrow Clover is getting neutered. I am a little nervous for him, but I know this is for the best and hopefully will curb some of his grosser habits when it comes to the females he lives with, and maybe have him stop cramming his nose in Brian's crotch all the time and my boobs! Blah!

Christopher had a good first day of school. Pretty slow moving and not a lot of work being the first day, but I am sure that will change quickly....now if they could just get him a solid teacher that would be great!

Off for my day! Stay cool!

2nd Grade!

HAPPY AUGUST!

Well today is the day! I was up early again, thankfully not as early as yesterday, but still early enough to enjoy a quiet cup of coffee before the day got going. Christopher woke up in a great mood and was bright eyed and bushy tailed and ready to go right off the bat. After a breakfast of strawberry waffles and orange juice and some tooth scrubbing and hair gelling, we were ready! The line to get into the school was brutal and I had totally let that fact slip my mind, so after the 20 minute wait we finally parked and headed in. Christopher did pretty good getting to his class for the first time after he wanted to make the original turn towards kindergarten and 1st grade hall. Brian was able to have today off so he got to go too and see where the class was since he had to miss open house last week. We got him in class and all settled in and got a quick pic and a kiss goodbye and he is all set for his first day!

Today will be a pretty low key day, I am thinking me, Brian and Laci will head to the pool for a quiet swim for a few hours and then spend the rest of the day cleaning and organizing as usual! Seems like the more I do of that, the less my house seems clean and organized! Ha!

Anyhow not a whole lot more to report on at the moment, same stuff with heat/humidity, messy house, crazy dogs, and busy afternoon planned that will probably end still a mess and with me watching netflix, LOL!

Lots of happiness on this first Monday of August!!