Parenting is exhausting ( Read more... )

Spent a lovely afternoon at a friend's house today. The kids swam for hours but Ben still couldn't sleep tonight. St least not easily but he's out now. It was so hot upstairs. The kids hate fans because of the noise and Caitlyn keeps her door closed so the cat won't eat her things and die, so it's like an oven. It's the room over the garage so it's ( Read more... )

...I am so bad with directions I can't remember sometimes the sun sets in the West. Whew, yeah, it must be this alternate universe I trip into once in a while where things run backward ( Read more... )

Every year I have trouble figuring out what to get people for birthdays. This year I was thinking for my mom I would get her heirloom seeds in various shades of purple. Because I'm weird that way. But she told me yesterday she'd lost access to the elderberry bushes she normally goes to - the woods are disappearing and the land is being sold off ( Read more... )

Last night I dreamed I was so desperate to be in a therapeutic environment I went to an alcoholic anonymous meeting.

Yesterday was frustrating.

Dropped Caitlyn off this morning and told her I would pick her up. She usually rides her bike but it will be over 100 by the time school is out, if she makes it the whole day. Her arm is rather sore. Better a sore arm than a nasty potentially fatal disease. Trying to get laundry done this morning before outside is over 90. I won't run the dryer ( Read more... )

I hate housework.

LJ was being weird. The justification was off. Let's see if this is fixed.

Nope. Still weird.  Hunh.  I was stalked on FB today. That's what I call it when someone follows what I am commenting on their side scroll and chimes in. I made a snarky comment on Occupy Democracy and got attacked for it by my uncle. No, not that uncle, a dif
ferent one. Far ( Read more... )

John is off on his big trip across the country on his motorcycle.  Gone 2-1/2 weeks. I miss him. Inwill miss him more in the morning when i have to get Ben up.

I am trying to not get sick so Cait and I can take our trip Thursday to Harry Potter opening. I had crazy dreams last night. I dreamed the same dream 4 times with slight character and plot changed. Short summary was I ran away to join a travelling acting troupe. I fell asleep after my physical therapy appointment and  dreamed more action dreams. ( Read more... )