Yea, I hate my job. I had an awful day at work.
I got to work late yesterday because for some reason there was a HUGE back up on the highway.
They made an announcement that there would be Curriculum Mapping that day & guess what, 5th grade was up first! So, out of the blue, we found out that we had mapping. We were supposed to start at 8:30. Did anyone come to cover our classes? Nope.
So, we took our kids to resources at 8:40 & then I went to look for Mrs. White. Nowhere to be found. So then, I found Ms.Brown. She told us where to go. Then we spent AN HOUR trying to gather up all the mother f*&^ing crap we needed in order to do the mapping. Once we were completely settled in, we got to work. Only the assignment we were given was bull shit & we wasted a whole bunch of time doing it because we had to. Then we quickly plowed through the mapping (which is pointless b/c the city does it for us) and got that 50% finished. I told the others I'd finish it later, just so I could get away from them.
We had several arguments, everyone raised their voice at some point and I swore quite a bit. I can't stand my job or the people I work with.
So then, at 11:30, I go back to class. Ms. Riddick had my class. She's a retired teacher who subs. She had 4 kids moved from their spots, 2 referrals written, and half the class in a tizzy. I spent the entire rest of the school day dealing with attitudes from stuff that had happened while I was out of the room.
I was hot-headed and angry all day. I felt like we didn't get any school work done all day. I even let my students watch 2 shows on Disney. I ended up staying at work until quite late & then going home.
Tim and I watched a couple episodes (4) of Prison Break Season 1. It's ok. Nothing to RAVE about but we enjoy it. We had left over rice and gravy for dinner. Then we went to bed. I slept like a rock!
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
McCain Sums It Up
And I call on all Americans, as I have often in this campaign, to not despair of our present difficulties but to believe always in the promise and greatness of America, because nothing is inevitable here.
Americans never quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history. We make history. Thank you, and God bless you, and God bless America.
-John McCain Nov. 4, 2008
See the rest of the speech below:
My friends, we have come to the end of a long journey. The American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly. A little while ago, I had the honor of calling Sen. Barack Obama — to congratulate him on being elected the next president of the country that we both love.
In a contest as long and difficult as this campaign has been, his success alone commands my respect for his ability and perseverance. But that he managed to do so by inspiring the hopes of so many millions of Americans, who had once wrongly believed that they had little at stake or little influence in the election of an American president, is something I deeply admire and commend him for achieving.
This is an historic election, and I recognize the special significance it has for African-Americans and for the special pride that must be theirs tonight.
I've always believed that America offers opportunities to all who have the industry and will to seize it. Sen. Obama believes that, too. But we both recognize that though we have come a long way from the old injustices that once stained our nation's reputation and denied some Americans the full blessings of American citizenship, the memory of them still had the power to wound.
A century ago, President Theodore Roosevelt's invitation of Booker T. Washington to visit — to dine at the White House — was taken as an outrage in many quarters. America today is a world away from the cruel and prideful bigotry of that time. There is no better evidence of this than the election of an African-American to the presidency of the United States. Let there be no reason now for any American to fail to cherish their citizenship in this, the greatest nation on Earth.
Sen. Obama has achieved a great thing for himself and for his country. I applaud him for it, and offer my sincere sympathy that his beloved grandmother did not live to see this day — though our faith assures us she is at rest in the presence of her Creator and so very proud of the good man she helped raise.
Sen. Obama and I have had and argued our differences, and he has prevailed. No doubt many of those differences remain. These are difficult times for our country, and I pledge to him tonight to do all in my power to help him lead us through the many challenges we face.
I urge all Americans who supported me to join me in not just congratulating him, but offering our next president our goodwill and earnest effort to find ways to come together, to find the necessary compromises, to bridge our differences and help restore our prosperity, defend our security in a dangerous world, and leave our children and grandchildren a stronger, better country than we inherited.
Whatever our differences, we are fellow Americans. And please believe me when I say no association has ever meant more to me than that.
It is natural tonight to feel some disappointment, but tomorrow we must move beyond it and work together to get our country moving again. We fought — we fought as hard as we could.
And though we fell short, the failure is mine, not yours.
I am so deeply grateful to all of you for the great honor of your support and for all you have done for me. I wish the outcome had been different, my friends. The road was a difficult one from the outset. But your support and friendship never wavered. I cannot adequately express how deeply indebted I am to you.
I am especially grateful to my wife, Cindy, my children, my dear mother and all my family and to the many old and dear friends who have stood by my side through the many ups and downs of this long campaign. I have always been a fortunate man, and never more so for the love and encouragement you have given me.
You know, campaigns are often harder on a candidate's family than on the candidate, and that's been true in this campaign. All I can offer in compensation is my love and gratitude, and the promise of more peaceful years ahead.
I am also, of course, very thankful to Gov. Sarah Palin, one of the best campaigners I have ever seen and an impressive new voice in our party for reform and the principles that have always been our greatest strength. Her husband, Todd, and their five beautiful children, with their tireless dedication to our cause, and the courage and grace they showed in the rough-and-tumble of a presidential campaign. We can all look forward with great interest to her future service to Alaska, the Republican Party and our country.
To all my campaign comrades, from Rick Davis and Steve Schmidt and Mark Salter, to every last volunteer who fought so hard and valiantly month after month in what at times seemed to be the most challenged campaign in modern times — thank you so much. A lost election will never mean more to me than the privilege of your faith and friendship.
I don't know what more we could have done to try to win this election. I'll leave that to others to determine. Every candidate makes mistakes, and I'm sure I made my share of them. But I won't spend a moment of the future regretting what might have been.
This campaign was and will remain the great honor of my life. And my heart is filled with nothing but gratitude for the experience and to the American people for giving me a fair hearing before deciding that Sen. Obama and my old friend, Sen. Joe Biden, should have the honor of leading us for the next four years.
I would not be an American worthy of the name, should I regret a fate that has allowed me the extraordinary privilege of serving this country for a half a century. Today, I was a candidate for the highest office in the country I love so much. And tonight, I remain her servant. That is blessing enough for anyone and I thank the people of Arizona for it.
Tonight — tonight, more than any night, I hold in my heart nothing but love for this country and for all its citizens, whether they supported me or Sen. Obama, I wish Godspeed to the man who was my former opponent and will be my president.
And I call on all Americans, as I have often in this campaign, to not despair of our present difficulties but to believe always in the promise and greatness of America, because nothing is inevitable here.
Americans never quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history. We make history. Thank you, and God bless you, and God bless America.
Here's a Link to it!
If you'd like to read Obama's speech, here it is!
Americans never quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history. We make history. Thank you, and God bless you, and God bless America.
-John McCain Nov. 4, 2008
See the rest of the speech below:
My friends, we have come to the end of a long journey. The American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly. A little while ago, I had the honor of calling Sen. Barack Obama — to congratulate him on being elected the next president of the country that we both love.
In a contest as long and difficult as this campaign has been, his success alone commands my respect for his ability and perseverance. But that he managed to do so by inspiring the hopes of so many millions of Americans, who had once wrongly believed that they had little at stake or little influence in the election of an American president, is something I deeply admire and commend him for achieving.
This is an historic election, and I recognize the special significance it has for African-Americans and for the special pride that must be theirs tonight.
I've always believed that America offers opportunities to all who have the industry and will to seize it. Sen. Obama believes that, too. But we both recognize that though we have come a long way from the old injustices that once stained our nation's reputation and denied some Americans the full blessings of American citizenship, the memory of them still had the power to wound.
A century ago, President Theodore Roosevelt's invitation of Booker T. Washington to visit — to dine at the White House — was taken as an outrage in many quarters. America today is a world away from the cruel and prideful bigotry of that time. There is no better evidence of this than the election of an African-American to the presidency of the United States. Let there be no reason now for any American to fail to cherish their citizenship in this, the greatest nation on Earth.
Sen. Obama has achieved a great thing for himself and for his country. I applaud him for it, and offer my sincere sympathy that his beloved grandmother did not live to see this day — though our faith assures us she is at rest in the presence of her Creator and so very proud of the good man she helped raise.
Sen. Obama and I have had and argued our differences, and he has prevailed. No doubt many of those differences remain. These are difficult times for our country, and I pledge to him tonight to do all in my power to help him lead us through the many challenges we face.
I urge all Americans who supported me to join me in not just congratulating him, but offering our next president our goodwill and earnest effort to find ways to come together, to find the necessary compromises, to bridge our differences and help restore our prosperity, defend our security in a dangerous world, and leave our children and grandchildren a stronger, better country than we inherited.
Whatever our differences, we are fellow Americans. And please believe me when I say no association has ever meant more to me than that.
It is natural tonight to feel some disappointment, but tomorrow we must move beyond it and work together to get our country moving again. We fought — we fought as hard as we could.
And though we fell short, the failure is mine, not yours.
I am so deeply grateful to all of you for the great honor of your support and for all you have done for me. I wish the outcome had been different, my friends. The road was a difficult one from the outset. But your support and friendship never wavered. I cannot adequately express how deeply indebted I am to you.
I am especially grateful to my wife, Cindy, my children, my dear mother and all my family and to the many old and dear friends who have stood by my side through the many ups and downs of this long campaign. I have always been a fortunate man, and never more so for the love and encouragement you have given me.
You know, campaigns are often harder on a candidate's family than on the candidate, and that's been true in this campaign. All I can offer in compensation is my love and gratitude, and the promise of more peaceful years ahead.
I am also, of course, very thankful to Gov. Sarah Palin, one of the best campaigners I have ever seen and an impressive new voice in our party for reform and the principles that have always been our greatest strength. Her husband, Todd, and their five beautiful children, with their tireless dedication to our cause, and the courage and grace they showed in the rough-and-tumble of a presidential campaign. We can all look forward with great interest to her future service to Alaska, the Republican Party and our country.
To all my campaign comrades, from Rick Davis and Steve Schmidt and Mark Salter, to every last volunteer who fought so hard and valiantly month after month in what at times seemed to be the most challenged campaign in modern times — thank you so much. A lost election will never mean more to me than the privilege of your faith and friendship.
I don't know what more we could have done to try to win this election. I'll leave that to others to determine. Every candidate makes mistakes, and I'm sure I made my share of them. But I won't spend a moment of the future regretting what might have been.
This campaign was and will remain the great honor of my life. And my heart is filled with nothing but gratitude for the experience and to the American people for giving me a fair hearing before deciding that Sen. Obama and my old friend, Sen. Joe Biden, should have the honor of leading us for the next four years.
I would not be an American worthy of the name, should I regret a fate that has allowed me the extraordinary privilege of serving this country for a half a century. Today, I was a candidate for the highest office in the country I love so much. And tonight, I remain her servant. That is blessing enough for anyone and I thank the people of Arizona for it.
Tonight — tonight, more than any night, I hold in my heart nothing but love for this country and for all its citizens, whether they supported me or Sen. Obama, I wish Godspeed to the man who was my former opponent and will be my president.
And I call on all Americans, as I have often in this campaign, to not despair of our present difficulties but to believe always in the promise and greatness of America, because nothing is inevitable here.
Americans never quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history. We make history. Thank you, and God bless you, and God bless America.
Here's a Link to it!
If you'd like to read Obama's speech, here it is!
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
We Voted!
Well, Tim got home from work just before 5 so we headed straight over to the polls. We walked right in. We walked over, it would have been silly to drive. We went straight in, waited for 1 person to get checked in & then we were done. Of course we both voted down the party line all the way. There weren't any laws or things to vote on, so it was quick and easy. I used the "large print" option. It made seeing things nice and clear!
When we got home from voting, we had dinner. (Meatballs and sausage left overs for Tim, quesadillas and bread for me.) Now we're watching Prison Break. We have watched 2 episodes. We'll probably watch another & then check on the polls again.
Right now, with 1% reporting, McCain is ahead. We shall see how it goes & then deal with it later. I will of course, support, who ever wins the presidency, but only to a certain extent. I don't believe in slandering the person who runs our country. I do believe in standing up for my rights though & defending them.
Anyway, if you live in VA and you didn't vote shame on you! If your state's polls are still open, and you haven't voted get out there! If you have voted, Woot! Woot! Way to go! No matter who you vote for, you MUST exercise your rights or you can/will/may lose them!
When we got home from voting, we had dinner. (Meatballs and sausage left overs for Tim, quesadillas and bread for me.) Now we're watching Prison Break. We have watched 2 episodes. We'll probably watch another & then check on the polls again.
Right now, with 1% reporting, McCain is ahead. We shall see how it goes & then deal with it later. I will of course, support, who ever wins the presidency, but only to a certain extent. I don't believe in slandering the person who runs our country. I do believe in standing up for my rights though & defending them.
Anyway, if you live in VA and you didn't vote shame on you! If your state's polls are still open, and you haven't voted get out there! If you have voted, Woot! Woot! Way to go! No matter who you vote for, you MUST exercise your rights or you can/will/may lose them!
Tidbits
I hate my job. I hate grading papers. My grades are due by 3:00 --it is 1:46. I am not ready.
UGH. I would have gotten more work done at school.
Desperate Housewives is kind of funny.
Oh, I remember now. The "idea" of Edward Cullen makes me tingle. All over. And I get all giggly. That can't be healthy. I literally squealed when the Twilight preview (that I've seen a dozen times) came on t.v. I am re-reading the books now.
Dad went home this morning. He left around 11 am. He couldn't go avisiting like he wanted to so he headed home. Now I have my guest bed back.
I am doing laundry.
I should go enter grades.
I hope McCain wins. Four years of Obama scares me.
Tim and I will vote later.
UGH. I would have gotten more work done at school.
Desperate Housewives is kind of funny.
Oh, I remember now. The "idea" of Edward Cullen makes me tingle. All over. And I get all giggly. That can't be healthy. I literally squealed when the Twilight preview (that I've seen a dozen times) came on t.v. I am re-reading the books now.
Dad went home this morning. He left around 11 am. He couldn't go avisiting like he wanted to so he headed home. Now I have my guest bed back.
I am doing laundry.
I should go enter grades.
I hope McCain wins. Four years of Obama scares me.
Tim and I will vote later.
Would You Rather...
1. Would You Rather: Cheat on your spouse and have nobody know or not cheat and have everyone think you did?
Not cheat and have everybody think I did, Tim would know the truth. I could NEVER cheat on him.
2. Would You Rather: have quadruplets or have 4 babies, all 10 months apart?
Quads, you get more help that way! Also, people just think you can't close your legs when you've got kids that close in age!
3. Would You Rather: lose and arm or a leg?
Leg, I think I'd learn better to adapt at getting around than doing things without one of my hands. Hello-typing one-handed is hard! Also taking care of a baby one handed would be hard too.
4. Would You Rather: Be the tallest women alive or the shortest women alive?
Shortest....Tim has said he likes 'em short.
5. Would you rather: Live without music or live without T.V.?
T.V. I don't really watch it anyway.
6. Would you rather: Have an infected ingrown toenail or have your wisdom teeth pulled?
Wisdom teeth, when I got mine done it wasn't really that bad.
7. Would You Rather: Develop the worst case of acne ever on record or have your spouse suffer with it?
I'd totally let Tim suffer with that. I can learn to deal looking at it on him, but if I had acne I'd be miserable!
8. Would You Rather: Always lose or never play?
Never play. I rarely play games anyway. When I do play, I play to win.
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Not cheat and have everybody think I did, Tim would know the truth. I could NEVER cheat on him.
2. Would You Rather: have quadruplets or have 4 babies, all 10 months apart?
Quads, you get more help that way! Also, people just think you can't close your legs when you've got kids that close in age!
3. Would You Rather: lose and arm or a leg?
Leg, I think I'd learn better to adapt at getting around than doing things without one of my hands. Hello-typing one-handed is hard! Also taking care of a baby one handed would be hard too.
4. Would You Rather: Be the tallest women alive or the shortest women alive?
Shortest....Tim has said he likes 'em short.
5. Would you rather: Live without music or live without T.V.?
T.V. I don't really watch it anyway.
6. Would you rather: Have an infected ingrown toenail or have your wisdom teeth pulled?
Wisdom teeth, when I got mine done it wasn't really that bad.
7. Would You Rather: Develop the worst case of acne ever on record or have your spouse suffer with it?
I'd totally let Tim suffer with that. I can learn to deal looking at it on him, but if I had acne I'd be miserable!
8. Would You Rather: Always lose or never play?
Never play. I rarely play games anyway. When I do play, I play to win.
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Election Day
Vote, vote, vote! Make sure you do your part!
I don't have to work today...or I'm "working from home"....
I got up early with Tim and got dressed. Then we fought traffic in the neighborhood to get to the election site. It was jam packed, people were lined up around the blocks. We decided to go later and Tim could vote after work.
I have been updating blogs & researching "George Washington being the 8th president". I don't buy it. The first 7 "leaders" weren't called president. They led the Convention. Not the country. So, yea, GW was still the FIRST president of this country. Mr. Michaels the new goody two shoes at work was saying that GW wasn't the first pres. and my poster was wrong. God I hope he doesn't tell those gullible children his conspiracy theories.
I really do have grades to do, so I should get off the computer.
I will be voting, I'm just waiting for the lines to go down some. With Dad on crutches, we can't stand in line for-ever.
UPDATE: Well it was about 10:30 when we got back from the polls. Dad was able to go on in and do his "handicapped" voting. He had to do a paper ballot, so we'll never know if his vote was counted. He apparantly told some guy to stop bullshitting in the doorway so he could get in. Yea, that's my dad....almost getting into a physical fight trying to vote. I didn't vote, because I just don't trust the paper votes. I don't completely trust the computerized vote either, but whatever. Anyway, I'm voting with Tim tonight.
Peace!
I don't have to work today...or I'm "working from home"....
I got up early with Tim and got dressed. Then we fought traffic in the neighborhood to get to the election site. It was jam packed, people were lined up around the blocks. We decided to go later and Tim could vote after work.
I have been updating blogs & researching "George Washington being the 8th president". I don't buy it. The first 7 "leaders" weren't called president. They led the Convention. Not the country. So, yea, GW was still the FIRST president of this country. Mr. Michaels the new goody two shoes at work was saying that GW wasn't the first pres. and my poster was wrong. God I hope he doesn't tell those gullible children his conspiracy theories.
I really do have grades to do, so I should get off the computer.
I will be voting, I'm just waiting for the lines to go down some. With Dad on crutches, we can't stand in line for-ever.
UPDATE: Well it was about 10:30 when we got back from the polls. Dad was able to go on in and do his "handicapped" voting. He had to do a paper ballot, so we'll never know if his vote was counted. He apparantly told some guy to stop bullshitting in the doorway so he could get in. Yea, that's my dad....almost getting into a physical fight trying to vote. I didn't vote, because I just don't trust the paper votes. I don't completely trust the computerized vote either, but whatever. Anyway, I'm voting with Tim tonight.
Peace!
I've been MIA...
Weds. Oct. 29
Well, I ended up going into work & then basically leaving as soon as I got my stuff together. Starting that last period was a BITCH and I was hurting. Monday, I had a migraine. Then Tuesday I was exhausted & crampy & nauseous all day so I stayed home from work. So, by Weds. when AF finally came full force it knocked me out. Tim was also sick that day, I think it was sympathy illness. He had "the runs" super bad & it was making him miserable. He skipped out of work a bit early & came home to help get the house cleaned. I got the whole entire garage cleaned & picked up MOST of the house. My Dad was supposed to get here while we were out to dinner & I wanted the place to be clean. We left the house around 6:10 to go to dinner with Dale & Diana and their daughter Billy Jean. You might not know, that Billy Jean was Tim's second girl friend. (I was his first & third.)
Side story-Tim and I had met before & knew each other through our connections to Girl Scouting. (He even walked me to the bus every day for a week when I was in sixth grade. My parents were in Florida & I was staying with a family friend of Mom's who was also a friend of Peggy's (my MIL). That same family friend is now closest to Tim & I than she is to our parents & her youngest child was our ring bearer!) Anyway, when I was 14 & in 9th grade, I went on a camping trip for Scouts. Tim came as well, b/c Tom (FIL) was in Japan & Beth (SIL) was camping there as well with her troop. Peggy was her troop leader. Tim and I spent the weekend flirting & on Monday afternoon after the trip, he invited me to his homecoming. I went. Tim puked. It was not pretty. The cops at the game asked me if we'd been drinking. I was VERY good back then & this appalled me! Tim's mom picked us up and apparently we watched the news at his house until I had to go home. I don't remember that part--but everyone else does. Anyway, a while later we went to see Flubber with friends at the movies. We talked on the phone, a lot. That was about the extent of that relationship. I got into swimming at school & stuff (other guys) and stopped talking to Tim as much. He was a sophomore & ended up dating BJ at some point in there. When I was in 11th grade, I started at the Tech Center. Tim was there as well. I would go around to his class & we'd walk to the snack machines together. It was cute & all, and we both liked each other, but he was still dating BJ. Around about his senior year he broke up with her (after he'd given her a promise ring) and that was that. She still "loved him" and called and wrote all the time. Then in 2004, he and I re-met at a funeral (of another mutual Girl Scout friend). And that's the end of the story. We've been together ever since. Tim doesn't count our first date until the day he drove to Longwood to get me (Jan. 23, 2004) but we had been out twice before that. I made him take Lauren as well, because I was still shell-shocked from Layne. Layne is a whole 'nother story for another day. He doesn't count the 2 times he went out with Lo too. Anyway....
So, Billy Jean didn't come to our wedding (where her mother toasted us at the reception) and has never been out to eat with us. Even though, we do go out to dinner with D & J quite often. (Or at least we did before we moved!) She decided that she'd come along that night, which was fine. Anyway, it went well, wasn't terribly awkward and we all ate our fill.
When we got home, Dad was just arriving & we helped him get all of his stuff in & then pretty much crashed.
Oh, I just remembered, at some time this day I took my car to the shop to have them fix MORE problems that were found with it. I got it back on Monday of this week. There are still things wrong with it, but they won't fix them. Tim is going to have to or I am going to have to pay someone to. I do not recommend Priority Collison Center to anyone. It is awful. They take no pride in their work at all.
Thurs. Oct. 30
I don't remember much from this day other than, I made rice and gravy for dinner. Mandy came over.
Fri. Oct. 31 Happy Halloween
This was about the lamest Halloween ever. We had like 5 trick or treaters and one of them was "flip flop girl" who did not get any candy from me. She was seriously at least 15 and in street clothes, socks, and flip flops. Um no. Buh-Bye. Dad and I hung out and watched t.v. Then we all went to bed around 10:30 or 11.
Sat. Nov. 1
Tim and I slept in that day. We got up around 10:30, Dad was up and at 'em already. We did a lot of housework and mostly bummed around here. Tim took a load of trash to the dump. He also worked on my car. I had the Girl Scout skating party at 4:00 which I kept forgetting about. Dad and I made chili for dinner. When I got home from skating we ate chili with Manda and J.C. The boys stayed asleep the whole time. Dad, Tim, and I watched 88 Minutes. It was pretty good.
Sun. Nov. 2
We got up early Sunday, to go babysit for Melanie. We were still late, but we tried really hard to get there on time. Tim went the wrong way & then there was a bridge lift. When we got there, C and J were up and eating breakfast. I had some cereal with them and then we went upstairs to find clothes and get the kids bathed. I gave S and C a bath together and then got them both dolled up for church. Then Tim fed S while I got J bathed and dressed. They all looked adorable. Tim had a time trying to get the car seats installed, so we actually left the house around 9:45, instead of getting to church by then. Oh well. We went to Wal-Mart and walked around for a while, just looking at stuff with the kids. Then we went to church. We got there too early and it was pretty boring, waiting for the sanctuary to empty so we could go get seats for 5. The kids were cute, talking to the folks behind us (who also had a 5 year old boy) and all while we did the opening song & then greetings. They all sat on the stage for the Children's Message and S was enthralled with the monitors from the stage. She kept putting her head into the monitor to hear the humming, I guess. After the Children's Message, I took them down to their classes. They are all in seperate classes & went right in without complaint. I went back to church then. I noticed one of the men that Tim really admires, canoodling with a woman I'd never seen in the back row. Turns out Bobby D just got engaged. He and his new fiance were quite close throughout the whole service. Tim won't even hardly hold my hand in church. It really annoys me. It's freaking cold in there. I already wear layers and all but it is SO cold! He could put his arm around me.
After church, we were supposed to go to Rob and Mel's get the stuff I left behind, go home, start sauce, drop off Tim, switch cars, and go back to Rob and Mel's. But then, Chrissy called and invites us over to her house. So away we went. The kids all played together really well. I fed them hot dogs and macaroni and cheese for dinner. Then the day ended, when the cops showed up. Apparantly, Chrissy's across the street neighbor passed away while doing yard work. The father of the child Tony was playing with found him. Tony and Bri were upset that I wouldn't let them outside to be nosy, but oh well. We started to wrap things up then & headed home. Dad had left earlier with Tim so they could go home and make the sauce for dinner. When we got back to Rob and Mel's, J was sound asleep. I carried him up and put him in their bed. I let S watch T.V. while C helped me clean up her bedroom. Rob and Mel got home, not too much longer after that and I headed home.
At home, Dad had sauce made, so I got to work on the spaghetti and other pastas. I made a ton & we tossed out a little. Mandy and J.C. came over, with both boys, awake. Grayson played with the Little People & LOVED THEM! (I got paid in Little People.) He was running around "roaring" with the dragon and lion. Since we got the LP, Rosie has eaten the dragon and an angel. The Little People might dwindle quickly in this house. After dinner we cleaned up and Mandy cleared out. Then we all got ready for bed.
I had a nightmare and slept poorly. In my dream, there was a hurricane and Frankie was injured very badly. It was just him and me and I couldn't make him feel better. I was so upset at the life-like-ness of this dream.
Mon. Nov. 3
School sucked yesterday. I had the computer lab booked for the morning. The kids wrote "3 Reasons You Should Vote" papers. I did grades. I stayed at work late. Then came home and cooked artichokes for Mandy, Tim, Dad, and I. We ate. Then we watched some screen and Mandy left. Then Dad and Tim watched football & I fell asleep 4 minutes into the game. I woke up sometime before half time (9:30) and went to bed. I slept pretty well. I had a nightmare about Frankie's funeral. It was very vivid and I was actually crying when I woke up. After I got back to sleep, I woke up every hour.
Tues. Nov. 4
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Well, I ended up going into work & then basically leaving as soon as I got my stuff together. Starting that last period was a BITCH and I was hurting. Monday, I had a migraine. Then Tuesday I was exhausted & crampy & nauseous all day so I stayed home from work. So, by Weds. when AF finally came full force it knocked me out. Tim was also sick that day, I think it was sympathy illness. He had "the runs" super bad & it was making him miserable. He skipped out of work a bit early & came home to help get the house cleaned. I got the whole entire garage cleaned & picked up MOST of the house. My Dad was supposed to get here while we were out to dinner & I wanted the place to be clean. We left the house around 6:10 to go to dinner with Dale & Diana and their daughter Billy Jean. You might not know, that Billy Jean was Tim's second girl friend. (I was his first & third.)
Side story-Tim and I had met before & knew each other through our connections to Girl Scouting. (He even walked me to the bus every day for a week when I was in sixth grade. My parents were in Florida & I was staying with a family friend of Mom's who was also a friend of Peggy's (my MIL). That same family friend is now closest to Tim & I than she is to our parents & her youngest child was our ring bearer!) Anyway, when I was 14 & in 9th grade, I went on a camping trip for Scouts. Tim came as well, b/c Tom (FIL) was in Japan & Beth (SIL) was camping there as well with her troop. Peggy was her troop leader. Tim and I spent the weekend flirting & on Monday afternoon after the trip, he invited me to his homecoming. I went. Tim puked. It was not pretty. The cops at the game asked me if we'd been drinking. I was VERY good back then & this appalled me! Tim's mom picked us up and apparently we watched the news at his house until I had to go home. I don't remember that part--but everyone else does. Anyway, a while later we went to see Flubber with friends at the movies. We talked on the phone, a lot. That was about the extent of that relationship. I got into swimming at school & stuff (other guys) and stopped talking to Tim as much. He was a sophomore & ended up dating BJ at some point in there. When I was in 11th grade, I started at the Tech Center. Tim was there as well. I would go around to his class & we'd walk to the snack machines together. It was cute & all, and we both liked each other, but he was still dating BJ. Around about his senior year he broke up with her (after he'd given her a promise ring) and that was that. She still "loved him" and called and wrote all the time. Then in 2004, he and I re-met at a funeral (of another mutual Girl Scout friend). And that's the end of the story. We've been together ever since. Tim doesn't count our first date until the day he drove to Longwood to get me (Jan. 23, 2004) but we had been out twice before that. I made him take Lauren as well, because I was still shell-shocked from Layne. Layne is a whole 'nother story for another day. He doesn't count the 2 times he went out with Lo too. Anyway....
So, Billy Jean didn't come to our wedding (where her mother toasted us at the reception) and has never been out to eat with us. Even though, we do go out to dinner with D & J quite often. (Or at least we did before we moved!) She decided that she'd come along that night, which was fine. Anyway, it went well, wasn't terribly awkward and we all ate our fill.
When we got home, Dad was just arriving & we helped him get all of his stuff in & then pretty much crashed.
Oh, I just remembered, at some time this day I took my car to the shop to have them fix MORE problems that were found with it. I got it back on Monday of this week. There are still things wrong with it, but they won't fix them. Tim is going to have to or I am going to have to pay someone to. I do not recommend Priority Collison Center to anyone. It is awful. They take no pride in their work at all.
Thurs. Oct. 30
I don't remember much from this day other than, I made rice and gravy for dinner. Mandy came over.
Fri. Oct. 31 Happy Halloween
This was about the lamest Halloween ever. We had like 5 trick or treaters and one of them was "flip flop girl" who did not get any candy from me. She was seriously at least 15 and in street clothes, socks, and flip flops. Um no. Buh-Bye. Dad and I hung out and watched t.v. Then we all went to bed around 10:30 or 11.
Sat. Nov. 1
Tim and I slept in that day. We got up around 10:30, Dad was up and at 'em already. We did a lot of housework and mostly bummed around here. Tim took a load of trash to the dump. He also worked on my car. I had the Girl Scout skating party at 4:00 which I kept forgetting about. Dad and I made chili for dinner. When I got home from skating we ate chili with Manda and J.C. The boys stayed asleep the whole time. Dad, Tim, and I watched 88 Minutes. It was pretty good.
Sun. Nov. 2
We got up early Sunday, to go babysit for Melanie. We were still late, but we tried really hard to get there on time. Tim went the wrong way & then there was a bridge lift. When we got there, C and J were up and eating breakfast. I had some cereal with them and then we went upstairs to find clothes and get the kids bathed. I gave S and C a bath together and then got them both dolled up for church. Then Tim fed S while I got J bathed and dressed. They all looked adorable. Tim had a time trying to get the car seats installed, so we actually left the house around 9:45, instead of getting to church by then. Oh well. We went to Wal-Mart and walked around for a while, just looking at stuff with the kids. Then we went to church. We got there too early and it was pretty boring, waiting for the sanctuary to empty so we could go get seats for 5. The kids were cute, talking to the folks behind us (who also had a 5 year old boy) and all while we did the opening song & then greetings. They all sat on the stage for the Children's Message and S was enthralled with the monitors from the stage. She kept putting her head into the monitor to hear the humming, I guess. After the Children's Message, I took them down to their classes. They are all in seperate classes & went right in without complaint. I went back to church then. I noticed one of the men that Tim really admires, canoodling with a woman I'd never seen in the back row. Turns out Bobby D just got engaged. He and his new fiance were quite close throughout the whole service. Tim won't even hardly hold my hand in church. It really annoys me. It's freaking cold in there. I already wear layers and all but it is SO cold! He could put his arm around me.
After church, we were supposed to go to Rob and Mel's get the stuff I left behind, go home, start sauce, drop off Tim, switch cars, and go back to Rob and Mel's. But then, Chrissy called and invites us over to her house. So away we went. The kids all played together really well. I fed them hot dogs and macaroni and cheese for dinner. Then the day ended, when the cops showed up. Apparantly, Chrissy's across the street neighbor passed away while doing yard work. The father of the child Tony was playing with found him. Tony and Bri were upset that I wouldn't let them outside to be nosy, but oh well. We started to wrap things up then & headed home. Dad had left earlier with Tim so they could go home and make the sauce for dinner. When we got back to Rob and Mel's, J was sound asleep. I carried him up and put him in their bed. I let S watch T.V. while C helped me clean up her bedroom. Rob and Mel got home, not too much longer after that and I headed home.
At home, Dad had sauce made, so I got to work on the spaghetti and other pastas. I made a ton & we tossed out a little. Mandy and J.C. came over, with both boys, awake. Grayson played with the Little People & LOVED THEM! (I got paid in Little People.) He was running around "roaring" with the dragon and lion. Since we got the LP, Rosie has eaten the dragon and an angel. The Little People might dwindle quickly in this house. After dinner we cleaned up and Mandy cleared out. Then we all got ready for bed.
I had a nightmare and slept poorly. In my dream, there was a hurricane and Frankie was injured very badly. It was just him and me and I couldn't make him feel better. I was so upset at the life-like-ness of this dream.
Mon. Nov. 3
School sucked yesterday. I had the computer lab booked for the morning. The kids wrote "3 Reasons You Should Vote" papers. I did grades. I stayed at work late. Then came home and cooked artichokes for Mandy, Tim, Dad, and I. We ate. Then we watched some screen and Mandy left. Then Dad and Tim watched football & I fell asleep 4 minutes into the game. I woke up sometime before half time (9:30) and went to bed. I slept pretty well. I had a nightmare about Frankie's funeral. It was very vivid and I was actually crying when I woke up. After I got back to sleep, I woke up every hour.
Tues. Nov. 4
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