Monday, May 14, 2007

One More Week Down

So I believe we are down to 14 to 15 days. Yippee!! I didn't do much over the weekend. Saturday I went out with a friend for lunch and got groceries. Sunday, Paul made breakfast for me, and then Mayme and I went with my mom to the flower place to get some flowers and bushes. I came home and planted while trying not to fly away. It has been so terribly windy and today out on the blacktop during recess the sand would just hit a persons legs and sting. The oldest group of kids I worked with when I started my job at the school are seniors this year and I got my first invite for a graduation. It's pretty neat to have that happen. Lydia is finally growing up a bit more I notice. Not so many tantrums or mood swings so that is making me feel very relieved. Mayme seems to be asking a lot of questions about her surgery so it must be weighing on her mind. Poor girl. Today went by really fast and it feels like the end is in reach....and also like it will never get here. Tomorrow is the last time this school year they will have pretzels for lunch. Nice and healthy pretzels with cheese. It is one of my favorite treats. I can't wait.

Friday, May 11, 2007

Whew!

Well the days went by really fast this week. Oh, thank goodness. I just was monkeying around with my space. I started an account there last fall, but didn't check it very often, but I thought tonight I should and I am so glad. I found a friend I have been looking for since a year after we graduated. She sent me a message and I was just so happy to hear she is alive for one thing and that she is doing good. We plan to stay in touch now.

Mayme had her choir concert last night and it was really fun to see her so animated. At her Christmas concert she kind of just stood there and didn't really do the actions, but she was really having fun with it last night. I didn't like the fact that the music teacher just had music playing in the background on tape. I guess I prefer the piano playing, but it still was fun although hot in a high school gym with no a/c. I don't have big plans for the weekend. Lunch with a friend, grocery shopping, and housework. The hubby has to work his long week so the only night he has off is Saturday, but after tonight he will have worked three nights and Sunday he goes back and works three more in a row. So not much of break for Mother's Day, but at the same time it's not really Mother's Day if you aren't with the kids anyway. At school the kids made presents and May was so excited to give me hers. It was a picture taken at school with a frame around it that she decorated and it had magnets on the back so it is proudly placed on my refrigerator. I ordered magnets for all the mothers in my life. I went through zazzle which is where I ordered stamps with the girls' pictures on them and I really liked how they turned out so I thought I would try the magnets. I had one of each girl and then had typed on it "I love you Grandma!" and they turned out really nice. I will definently get some more for me.

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

18 Days!

Well we are under the 20 day mark for work. This week has been going really fast which is a blessing considering last week seemed like it last forever. It amazes me at how many kids I have asked how many days are left and they don't know. That just seems like odd behavior. Yesterday I had my first real mommy freak out. I pick up May everyday after school and she meets me in the lunchroom. Her class is usually the last one to be excused so I am used to waiting for her. I waited and waited and waited and I actually had a teacher ask me where she was and I told her I was wondering the same thing. I walked to her classroom and her class was gone. My main concern was that maybe she had been put on the bus or of course you think maybe kidnapped (although that's way in the back of my head). Her teacher is on maternity leave right now and I was afraid maybe she was told to go on the bus. That would have not been the worst thing in the world, but it was thought of not knowing where she was that was startling me. I walked to the office to have the radio the bus to see if she was on there, but before I got to ask , Mayme and Ryan came running in and laughing and I just stopped her and said "Where have you been?!" Mayme looked me and smiled and said they had been playing. I said "It's not funny! I didn't know where you were!" then I proceeded to grab her hand and walk her out to the car. Mayme was crying and Ryan knew I meant business because he walked out quite quietly. I did not yell I just asked May to get into the car and then she could explain to me what happened. What happened was that her sub took the kids outside at the end of the day and then she decided to put everyone on the bus first and then let the others go. So I found out it was no ones fault which made me happy , but also I was glad that I heard here out before I started into her. I just was also relieved that I knew where she was. Tonight Lydia told me her first lie. I got her started on brushing her teeth and I left the water running while I ran upstairs to get her p.j.'s. When I came back down her hair was all wet and I went to take away her toothbrush and she started screaming "No, brush teeth, brush teeth!" and I said "You were not. How come you hair is all wet then" and without a pause she looks at me and said "I don't know". I so wish I would have had a video camera because it was so cute. Otherwise things are going good here. I think we have the house issues all figured out and we seem on track again. Tomorrow we have grandparents day at Mayme's school and her choir concert. I always loved grandparent's day and am excited all of May's grandparents will be there. May will be over before we know it!!

Friday, May 04, 2007

Well It Started Off Good

The weekend was so wonderful and was fun! The weather was so nice and just having that taste of summer made it hard to go back to work. Saturday my friend and her daughter came over. I enjoy so much visiting with her and watching the girls play together. I thought it funny that Lydia all of the sudden become interested in toys she hadn't played with in months. But I like that the girls all know their names now and you can say "so and so is coming to play" and they know. I also learned that my friend and her husband are expecting a baby in November and I couldn't be more happy for them!! I spent the rest of the weekend cleaning the garage and the backyard. We have had a couple piles of misc. from working on the house just sitting in the back there. It was funny to have Paul help we were through cleaning it in about 10 minutes....so why we never did it before I don't know. We also went to my dad's and played baseball with a tennis ball and tennis racket and then also played a lot of frisbee. We have been very excited because we have been making plans to buy our house. I just wrote a whole lot of angry things so I am just going to spare you from it, but let's just say things were going good and now they aren't so good and I don't know what God is trying to tell us when it comes to buying this house. I won't even get started at work. I was almost in tears yesterday. So it's just been a tough week. Mayme and Lydia have been so good though. I showed Lydia a picture of a watch and asked her what it was and she called it a "daddy clock" since Paul wears one. Another good thing was that we celebrated Paul's birthday this week. We went out for dinner on Monday and ran across a friend of my nephew, Isaac. It is very awkward to have someone ask where you are from and you don't recognize the person. I was like...do I want to remember this person or not. Then when he said "You're Isaac's aunt".....that narrowed down people. He just reminded me I need to have a summer get together. We skipped a couple of years, but my nephew, Jake offered to make it a "real" party this year, but I prefer the more laid back style. I just have such a different group of friends. I have friends that are my age and my coworkers who are around 40, so I haven't been sure if merging the two would be fun, but I think so. I can't believe it's almost 9 on a Saturday morning and Mayme is still sleeping. Last night she started asking about where babies come from. I tried to turn the conversation, but we talked a little bit about it. Earlier this week Mayme missed the bus or I should say the bus missed her. She was late getting down there, but he didn't even stop. Just drove by so after school I said "So, I heard you missed the bus" and she replies "Yeah and dad was FREAKIN' mad." I was caught off guard so I said "What did you say?" "Dad was FREAKIN' mad" to which I replied "Yeah, let's not say that." "Oh, sorry mom. Dad was REALLY mad". She has decided she wants to marry Ryan again. She was so cute too because she asked me "What if I never get married....how would I have a baby?" She was very concerned she might not meet someone. Does this really start at 6? I think she is going to be like me in every way sometimes. I told her not to worry. She will find someone. Okay, I am done venting....I mean blogging for now. Looks like the weather is going to fit my mood this weekend. Dark and cloudy.