I have learned I can update while at work...this is BAD!

Before we go any further about the moral and ethical ramifications for updating at work, let me tie up a loose end and bring your attention to something.

First the loose end....I made a 97 on my Gov't and Politics test. I ROCK!! Okay, so the truth is, I BS very well. Thank goodness I can spit back what she has talked about and use it for good instead of evil. Dad said I should have celebrated by posting an update. I chose, instead, to celebrate by getting a migraine and buying myself a Wednesday in bed. Children, take note...listen to your parents.

On to the attention....please direct your eyes to the very bottom of my page and take part in my poll. I beg you to do this...have you read Anne's comment from the last update?? Can we afford to let her head swell any further??? We must band together!

Now, the whole updating at work thingy...get over it. No one is here. All that I can do for today is done. I am bored. I had started reading my book on which I must take a quiz before tomorrow night, that made me sleepy. So I am updating. Be happy.

Kamry had a field trip today. Another one of those leave before the sun wakes up return after the sun goes to sleep type trips. They went to Chattanooga to the Discovery Museum, the IMAX, and the Aquarium. They left at 6:40 this morning and will return at about 6:30 tonight. You will all be glad to know that I did not have to chase down a bus or a room mom or a chaperone. Thank you, thank you very much!!

Kamry has a tender heart as we all know. But I learned last night that heart is very generous as well. I already knew it, but her actions solidified it for me. She was making her lunch last night in preparation for our early departure this morning. She was asking this question and that and just kind of off the cuff says, "Quincy never brings a lunch on these trips. He says he forgets. I don't think his mommy has enough money to buy him extra stuff. I am going to pack him a sandwich and some of my other stuff too. Is that okay?" You bet your sweet bippy it is. We may not have a bunch of extra stuff, but we always seem to have plenty of food. So sure, go ahead. She said that normally all the kids in the class just pitch in what they don't want or don't mind to share and he has plenty to eat. She thought it would be nice for a change for him to have his own bag to eat out of. I love my girl!!

Well I guess I have wasted about as much time as I can doing this and should at least pretend to be busy. Only 1 hour and 11 minutes till time to leave. I will try to update this weekend and post pictures from Joshua's basketball game last night. They are at home on my camera.

Love to all....ME

Isn't a sad statement....

...that I just rolled over and began snuggling....with my Government and Politics book???

...that I actually used nearly all of the allotted time to take my test for the above mentioned class (3 hours)

...that for some incomprehensible reason I started cramming for the test about 3:00 this afternoon

...that I used all but 2 pages in the 15 page testing booklet (basically a bunch of notebook paper stapled together with a fancy shmancy cover) to take the test

...that I was the next to the last person to leave the classroom when I finished the test

...that despite all of the effort (I'm reaching here...) that my grade will reflect my superhuman ability to cram at the last possible minute and barely pass

...that I am content with a C in one of my classes because they are just "so hard", but I ream my kids out for bringing home the same grade, because they are smarter than a "C"

...that I am already doing the happy dance because I only have one month of school left this semester

...that registration for next semester starts on the 8th and I am completely stoked about finding the 3 easiest classes I can to balance out this hellacious semester.

Well, it's after 12 and I should have turned back into a pumpkin by now, but instead I will just spend tomorrow being a grouch ass cause I didn't get enough sleep.

Love to all...ME

Rainy days and Mondays

I think there was a song to that effect wasn't there?

Today was exceptionally busy...again. I ran upstairs a minimum of 14 times. Okay so not literally ran, but rode the elevator. Anyway, I digress. I made a gajillion phone calls. Firmed up a shirt order for our Ohio plant. I chased down missing reports. I finally left work at nearly 6. More nights than not that is getting to be the case. Five o'clock used to be the golden hour. I only had to stay that long. Now, I am lucky to leave anywhere near it. It's not that I can't get everything done in 8 or 9 hours, it just seems that there have been more and more things that don't come to a head until the 5 o'clock hour closes in. Like I told Ron when I was chatting with him on the drive home, I would rather be busy and employed than unemployed and sitting on my butt gaining all my weight back. It's all in your perspective.

As I type, Kamry is reading me a book. I couldn't tell you what it is about other than basketball. I am doing this, doing homework, or watching TV as she reads. Her class has to read aloud 100 minutes each week. Then I sign off on a log sheet. Nowhere in the instructions does it say that I have to pay attention completely. It's not like there is going to be a quiz later. Man, I hope there isn't going to be a quiz later.

I have a Gov't and Politics test tomorrow night. I need to study. I need to go over the material from last week to make sure I know what was discussed. Instead, I sit here typing. What did I say a couple of posts ago about procrastination? Will I ever learn?

Well, I am off to turn of the reader. She is beginning to get on my nerves. :-). Then on to history....

Love to all....ME

PS I changed my subheadline....like it? One of the ladies at work said that today and I thought it was great!!!

Dryers and grades

When I awoke yesterday morning, I did what I usually do. Went potty and then started laundry. Upon getting the clothes out of the washer and placing them in the dryer, I noticed the dryer was pushed back towards the wall about 2 inches. That is not a good thing. My vent hose is, to say the least, not secured very well to the external venting. The assembly that goes from the outside to the inside and that the hose slides over is old, falling apart, and filthy. As is usual when the dryer gets moved even the slightest bit, the hose slipped off the wall piece and my laundry room was about to be a lovely sauna like temperature. I decided to go to Home Depot and got all the necessities needed for a complete overhaul. I bought all pieces needed and with some help from Joshua (fetching tools and screws) got everything switched out. I feel so good about myself when I am able to do these kinds of tasks for myself and don't have to have Daddy do it for me. It all works great and hopefully won't be falling apart anytime soon.

I got Joshua's report card just a week or so ago. He is on block scheduling so he only has 4 classes a semester. One of which is Gym/Computers/Spanish/Weight lifting (there fore not a class earning a grade). He got 3 B's. A 92, 92, and 91. Wow, is this the same kid that brought me straight F's for more than a school year? You bet it is!!!!! I knew he had it in him, and now, I am pretty sure he believes it himself. The boy is rocking and rolling right along.

Well, I am sleepy. Sleeping way late and doing a bunch of nothing all day makes me very sleepy apparently. I am hoping this week is no where near as stressful as last week. We'll see!

Love to all...ME

I have realized...

.....That I don't have to get on here and give a complete diatribe of everything that happens in our lives in order to constitute an update.

.....that boys at age 15 are predestined to be brainless wonders who only realize the error of their ways once they have been busted.

.....that my babies are no longer babies and aren't always going to do, say, be, act the way their mommy wants them to.

.....that just because you CAN put off taking a test, writing a paper, completing an assignment until the last day, doesn't mean you should. Pressure to complete them in time is hardly worth the strife.

.....that some people are ungrateful and rude no matter what you do, say, or offer.

.....that those people have little value to add to my life and are therefore more than likely not worth any extra effort I would expend on them.

.....my bed is my favorite place to be.

.....that I wake up every Saturday morning with a headache.

.....that now that cheerleading is over that I can indeed sleep until noon, like I have done the past 2 weekends

.....that if I do updates more often then maybe they will get back to be being more fun, as well as more frequent.

Love to all....Me