I have no idea what to call this post lol. It’s a hodge podge so far in my head.
So far girls have been back in school since yesterday. Mon & Tues they were out because the schools were too overly concerned and called it off. Nothing happened on either day. This Saturday they have a makeup day. Ironically I find out from the news and a recorded phone call but NOTHING has been said about a time frame. I have no idea if this is a normal day of school. Other counties that are doing school this Saturday have announced on the news and online the time frame. I am now thinking that the city district is just too chicken to commit because they think we will get snow. It’s supposed to be in the 50′s this weekend. So freaking frustrating. I get being concerned for safety but this overly protective bs is for the birds. I am considering homeschool once again because at least then I don’t have to worry about snow days. And I could do year round like I want for my kids anyway. BUT, I have got to get myself established with working at home in order to do this. AND it has to be something that I can do when the kids & I move out.
Which brings me to the marital situation. Nothing has changed. He started trying to tell me he was reading these articles on mental disorders and how insomnia is related (I already knew and this is by far not old news). Basically I took away from that whole thing that he was trying to see if I was having a mental breakdown. Perhaps I am, it doesn’t negate the fact that there is marital bullshit to deal with. And when I informed him that marital stress contributes to mental issues he didn’t have a dam thing to say to it. At this rate he isn’t going to find anything out until I am packing the bags. He will not discuss it. And if he doesn’t care enough to discuss it I am not going to waste my time chasing him down to force him to discuss it.
Work has been nuts. Usually is but this year the boss is stuck at home because it has been snowing hard at his house. They live north of us on a mountain. So that’s where all the snow people have been freaking out over has been. Now people are upset because I cannot keep up with the phone. Hubs has been out dealing with his appointments and I have been by myself. With two phone lines. Piles of work to do. And when the phone rings it’s not one line that will ring but both. One guy even came over to the office because he claimed he called several times and there was no answer. He acted perturbed that I don’t have superwoman qualities.
Enough of the bitching though, it’s not all horrible. Hours at work have been awesome. I had a night out the other night at a Haiti Benefit. $5 glasses of wine (although they didn’t have my Reisling!), free chocolate truffles, and a String Quartet. It was awesome. Tonight I have a meeting with TedXAvl. I am a volunteer in their Hospitality department. What this means, I don’t know. LOL! No the organization offers a night of speaking about Technology, Entertainment, and Development. This event will happen in September so we are in planning mode.
I am also doing the March for Babies walk this year. Actually its me and Molly that are doing it. I haven’t done this fundraiser in a long time but I decided we are gonna do it this year. So if you can help there is a handy button to the right you can click to help us out. If you want to help out but strapped for cash, then please join a local walk. Every little penny helps!
Which brings me to my motivation to get fit. I have 65 days to get myself to where I can handle that walk. So once I get the hubs to order more heating oil in our house (we are out again!) I am going to start doing pilates and the 30 Day Shred video. After tax season I am going to order P90X. It is a tough workout but I think it will do nicely for what I want, which is to shed the awful fat from my body and get toned. And once it warms up I will start walking again. My Droid works nicely as an MP3 player so that will help out alot.
All of this also leads to another volunteering gig I am lining up. We have a street festival here called Bele Chere. It’s 3 days of music, awesome food, craft booths, and 300,000 people crammed into our city streets. I volunteered once before in the Children’s Area. This year I am shooting for a roving volunteer. Basically I walk around and give help to whomever needs it. Whether it is finding a specific booth or band or helping them navigate to their car or finding their hotel. I like that idea better because I will work with one other person and we can roam around while helping others. Children’s Area wasn’t bad last time I just don’t want to be stuck in one place like that. I had sort of a traumatic experience last time. I had tried avoiding working on facepainting because I have no cool drawing skills. But that last day someone bailed on us and I gave in and helped that table. I was there for 7 hours. For the most part kids gave me easy tasks. Once in awhile I got something that I had no clue what it even was lol. But the worst was this sweet little boy, maybe all of 7 years old. He wanted superman emblem on his cheek (the one thing I could do extremely well!). So I was hard at work and we were chatting. I can’t remember the specific question but it was something like “Why can’t I do this, so and so can!” I responded “I don’t know, maybe you should ask your mom and dad”. That’s when the kid looked at me so serious, but not sad, ”My mom died when I was a baby”. Talk about feeling like a huge pile of poo! And what do you say to that? I apologized to him for it and he seemed ok but I just felt horrible. Like I was supposed to start asking all the kids if their parents were alive just so I could be sure I didn’t commit that faux pas again. Fortunatley his dad overheard it and later came up to me and said not to feel bad. I still did. So yea, I will try my hand in another area this year and see how that goes.
So what is going on with you all????
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