Cole was born yesterday at 4:05pm-two weeks early! He weighed 7 lbs 13 oz and was 19.25 inches long. Just like his disgustingly adorable older brother, he has a gianormous noggin!
Welcome, Cole! I love you to pieces already!
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Festivals and Such
This weekend we went back to our hometown for a festival that they put on every October. It's such a feeling of home when we go back. My parents are actually divorced now and my dad sold my childhood home so I don't get this feeling but once a year, at this particular festival. The food, the sounds, the fall air...I love it all. There is a family that sells giant pickles on a stick and I MUST have one each year. There are local church choirs and bands and spelling bees and story telling...The theme is kind of "old settlers" so most vendors are dressed in old fashioned getup. On Sunday, there is always the longest parade in the world, I swear. Well, relatively long anyway, considering the size of the town (about 7,000 people I would guess), it lasts about 45 minutes. I'm pretty sure just about every high school alumni goes back at this time of year, no matter what. I always run into dozens and dozens of old classmates and friends. It's so much fun to catch up and see how people turned out after all these years or even snicker a little bit like junior high kids at how some of the mean kids turned out. I think I'm at the age now that it's just standard that you must chat with anyone that you recognize, even if you really know them that well or even get along. I saw my arch rival from high school, who still lives there. I think until this very year I still had bitter feelings towards her but something must have happened between last October and this one because I chatted it up with her like we were old friends. I guess that's a part of growing up. She, of course, is nothing like the person I used to know and is quite lovely.
I also ran into one of my best friends growing up. Our families go way back but have since grown apart. She did not look well. I don't know much about these things, but I'm pretty sure she is on drugs. It made me SO SAD to see. I have been crying for her. She had/has so much potential, I really thought she would go far. :( I wonder what events led her down this path? I want to help her but I'm not sure how. We did exchange #'s and agreed to do lunch sometime.
Has this happened to you? Have you seen one of your old friends go down the wrong path? What position did you take on staying in touch with them even though they have chosen a lifestyle different from your own?
I also ran into one of my best friends growing up. Our families go way back but have since grown apart. She did not look well. I don't know much about these things, but I'm pretty sure she is on drugs. It made me SO SAD to see. I have been crying for her. She had/has so much potential, I really thought she would go far. :( I wonder what events led her down this path? I want to help her but I'm not sure how. We did exchange #'s and agreed to do lunch sometime.
Has this happened to you? Have you seen one of your old friends go down the wrong path? What position did you take on staying in touch with them even though they have chosen a lifestyle different from your own?
Friday, October 10, 2008
Want Children? Must Apply.
Monkey's class got a new seating arrangement earlier this week. I suppose it was due to the incident last week. Anyhow, I asked him who was at his table now.
Monkey: "Paige, Madison, and Caleb. Caleb has a word on the back of his head."
Me: "What do you mean, were you guys playing a game or something?" (I was thinking of the kind of games where one person has to hold a card up on their head and another person tries to have them guess what it says...)
Monkey: "No. It has a big 'A.'"
Me: Huh???"
Monkey: "He won first place."
Me: "In what."
Monkey: "Boxing."
Me: "Like, for REAL boxing?!"
Monkey: "Yep, he won so his parents put 'tAnk' on his head."
Me: "Huh??"
Monkey: "In his hair."
Me: "Like, on his head or CUT it into his hair?!"
Monkey: "His haircut, isn't that cool?"
Me: "UMMM, NO! SO not cool. You will never do that, got it?"
Monkey: "Okay?"
At least it wasn't a tattoo, which I was thinking for a second.
Seriously. SERIOUSLY! WTF?!
Monkey: "Paige, Madison, and Caleb. Caleb has a word on the back of his head."
Me: "What do you mean, were you guys playing a game or something?" (I was thinking of the kind of games where one person has to hold a card up on their head and another person tries to have them guess what it says...)
Monkey: "No. It has a big 'A.'"
Me: Huh???"
Monkey: "He won first place."
Me: "In what."
Monkey: "Boxing."
Me: "Like, for REAL boxing?!"
Monkey: "Yep, he won so his parents put 'tAnk' on his head."
Me: "Huh??"
Monkey: "In his hair."
Me: "Like, on his head or CUT it into his hair?!"
Monkey: "His haircut, isn't that cool?"
Me: "UMMM, NO! SO not cool. You will never do that, got it?"
Monkey: "Okay?"
At least it wasn't a tattoo, which I was thinking for a second.
Seriously. SERIOUSLY! WTF?!
PETA? Pa-lease!
I would just like to preface this post by saying I am not an animal hater and if you are a fan of PETA, you may not want to read. Or if you are a vegetarian. These are MY personal opinions and his is MY blog. So there.
PETA? I just don't get it. I am on board with not killing whales for our make-up an oil and I get the need to regulate the "Michael Vicks" of the world, but I do not think it is morally wrong to eat meat and dairy products. It's how nature works. We just happen to be at the very top of the food chain. The animals we eat also eat other animals and so on and so on. Do we discriminate against bears, for example, for eating fish? Of course not. They need food to survive, as all living creatures do. We humans have been hunting using animals for many things for thousands of years. It's just been in the last 50 years or so that some idiot got it into their head that this was wrong. It is not wrong. Get over yourself. It just doesn't make sense. I eat meat (although I am not a huge-meat eater, but that has nothing to do with "animal rights"), I wear leather (no, I don't rock the leather pants or mini skirt, just belts!), and I'm sure there are more ways in which I benefit from animals. I am still a good person. All of your hateful, destructive, inappropriate protesting makes me think otherwise of you.
Now, our society being addicted to oil? THAT is a legitimate concern. Let's focus on that, mmmm-kay?
PETA? I just don't get it. I am on board with not killing whales for our make-up an oil and I get the need to regulate the "Michael Vicks" of the world, but I do not think it is morally wrong to eat meat and dairy products. It's how nature works. We just happen to be at the very top of the food chain. The animals we eat also eat other animals and so on and so on. Do we discriminate against bears, for example, for eating fish? Of course not. They need food to survive, as all living creatures do. We humans have been hunting using animals for many things for thousands of years. It's just been in the last 50 years or so that some idiot got it into their head that this was wrong. It is not wrong. Get over yourself. It just doesn't make sense. I eat meat (although I am not a huge-meat eater, but that has nothing to do with "animal rights"), I wear leather (no, I don't rock the leather pants or mini skirt, just belts!), and I'm sure there are more ways in which I benefit from animals. I am still a good person. All of your hateful, destructive, inappropriate protesting makes me think otherwise of you.
Now, our society being addicted to oil? THAT is a legitimate concern. Let's focus on that, mmmm-kay?
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Change is sad
Just a quick post tonight, I'm super tired. I cleaned out some of the drawers in my office today. I have way more crap in my office than I realized. If I get some of it organized and brought home each day, it should be less overwhelming on my last day. I hope to have everything that is on my plate taken care of so my boss isn't dumped on. I don't know if I'm making the best career choice, although I've weighed my options very carefully, especially since I had such an AWESOME boss. I have warned him that I'll be back if it doesn't work out! I know I probably won't ever have the opportunity to work for someone like him again but I do think it's time for me to move on.
We took Monkey to an open house at the fire department tonight. He had a blast climbing all over the fire trucks and he even got to fire a hose!
Yesterday, we got school pictures back. Monkey's first real school picture (unless you count preschool). My baby is growing up too fast! :( I know, I know...just a fact of life but it doesn't mean I can't be sad about it!
Okay, this wasn't a super-quick post after all, but I am going to bed now.
We took Monkey to an open house at the fire department tonight. He had a blast climbing all over the fire trucks and he even got to fire a hose!
Yesterday, we got school pictures back. Monkey's first real school picture (unless you count preschool). My baby is growing up too fast! :( I know, I know...just a fact of life but it doesn't mean I can't be sad about it!
Okay, this wasn't a super-quick post after all, but I am going to bed now.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Time for change.
Well, I can NOT believe I did it but I accepted a position with another company. I am So excited but SO nervous! I have been at my current job for quite a few years now and I am mostly happy here. It will be so sad to say goodbye to the friends and colleagues I have met here. I am probably pretty spoiled here, too. I work in a very-laid back, family-oriented environment. As I am going on about how great my current job is, I don't want to leave! :( It'll be for the best, though. My commute will go from almost 3 hours a day to almost non-existent, my office will be less than 2 miles from my house! I will get to take Monkey to school EVERY day, no matter what, no more before-school daycare!
Speaking of the kiddos, I haven't written much about them yet so here I go. You may have to stuff a sock in my mouth to get me to shut-up, though. Like most mommies, I'm pretty proud of my babies!
Monkey is (almost) 6 and started kindergarten this year. To say that he is full of energy would be an understatement. He is CRAZY! He is also one of the most lovable little boys you will ever meet. He makes friends super easily, no matter where we are or what we are doing. This can be a liiittle embarrassing sometimes. I do not always want to stop and talk to EVERY person we encounter at the grocery store! Of course he is oblivious to the fact that some people are grouchy child-haters and do not wish to have a conversation with him. He will talk to them anyway. I just pretend like he's not my child. Especially when he tells personal tid-bits of our lives. Like how you do your make-up in your underwear on the couch. Remember, once you have a child, you have no secrets. Kids have no discretion. Monkey is proving to be an athlete so far. He has been playing T-ball for a couple of years and we started coaching last year. MKH claims he is never, EVER coaching kids that young again. I think his blood pressure went up a tad during the season. We just finished up a 4-week football clinic and he wants to play basketball, too. That starts next month. It's never ending! I suppose he'll need brand near gear for that too. It is expensive already and this is just KINDERGARTEN! I can't wait 'til high school!
My little Mady-Lou. What can I say? She's just two months old. She's sweet and cute and lovable and cuddly...Okay, you get the point. She is actually starting to get her bottom front teeth already. She's 9. Weeks. Old! Actually, I'm not too surprised. Monkey's bottom teeth came through at 4 months, his top at 5 months. She's also getting over a cold. She was sleeping through the night. Now? Not so much. We'll get through it, though. She's still sweet and cute and lovable and cuddly...Got that sock yet?
Speaking of the kiddos, I haven't written much about them yet so here I go. You may have to stuff a sock in my mouth to get me to shut-up, though. Like most mommies, I'm pretty proud of my babies!
Monkey is (almost) 6 and started kindergarten this year. To say that he is full of energy would be an understatement. He is CRAZY! He is also one of the most lovable little boys you will ever meet. He makes friends super easily, no matter where we are or what we are doing. This can be a liiittle embarrassing sometimes. I do not always want to stop and talk to EVERY person we encounter at the grocery store! Of course he is oblivious to the fact that some people are grouchy child-haters and do not wish to have a conversation with him. He will talk to them anyway. I just pretend like he's not my child. Especially when he tells personal tid-bits of our lives. Like how you do your make-up in your underwear on the couch. Remember, once you have a child, you have no secrets. Kids have no discretion. Monkey is proving to be an athlete so far. He has been playing T-ball for a couple of years and we started coaching last year. MKH claims he is never, EVER coaching kids that young again. I think his blood pressure went up a tad during the season. We just finished up a 4-week football clinic and he wants to play basketball, too. That starts next month. It's never ending! I suppose he'll need brand near gear for that too. It is expensive already and this is just KINDERGARTEN! I can't wait 'til high school!
My little Mady-Lou. What can I say? She's just two months old. She's sweet and cute and lovable and cuddly...Okay, you get the point. She is actually starting to get her bottom front teeth already. She's 9. Weeks. Old! Actually, I'm not too surprised. Monkey's bottom teeth came through at 4 months, his top at 5 months. She's also getting over a cold. She was sleeping through the night. Now? Not so much. We'll get through it, though. She's still sweet and cute and lovable and cuddly...Got that sock yet?
Monday, October 6, 2008
Addicted America
I am getting increasingly concerned about what I am putting in my children's mouths. Between tainted formula and fatal cough medicine, I am just not sure that anything is safe anymore. Of course I know the formula concern was isolated to China and I choose not to shove medicine down my kids' throats at the slightest whimper but if that kind of stuff isn't safe, what is? First of all, China is all about making money in the quickest way possible so they cut very dangerous corners all the time. Example: lead paint in our toys! I'm not a economic expert but I would guess if they would have spent the dollars to inspect and test their products, we wouldn't have had that problem. The solution? Stop importing stuff from China! If we consumers stop buying the crap, they'll find another market (or go bankrupt-either way, I don't care). I'm all about buying locally, although I fall guilty to the convenience of Wal-Mart crap all the time, too.
So, did you hear the latest about Cough and Cold medicine? Apparently, it can be fatal for young children. How can medicine be on the market for SO long before we realize "Oh, that could be dangerous." I mean, I understand we have new tests and discoveries every day that unveil the dangers but if kids have been dying (which they apparently have) from these medicines, how long does it take to link it to the source?
Like I said before, I am not one to over-do the whole medicine thing anyway. My friend, who happens to be a nurse in the NICU at the local children's hospital, has a real problem with my way of thinking. She thinks that if the medicine is available and it will provide some relief, why not take it? I, on the other hand, think the less unnatural things we put into our body, the better. I don't want to see my precious babies in pain any more than the next mommy but I will hold off on giving medicine for as long as possible. How are our bodies ever suppose to learn to fight off things and become strong? I don't remember getting medicine unless I was REALLY sick as a kid and I still don't even take anything for headaches unless they are totally unbearable. It all goes back to Americans being over-indulgent and spoiled. Really.
So, a little update on the diet. I'm holding strong and turning down delicious food left and right. We threw a surprise 60th birthday party for my dad over the weekend and I even turned down CAKE! And, I am a sucker for sweets. MKH has agreed to the challenge and I can't. wait. for. those. boots! I wish I could have them for this fall but the deal is whoever loses 20 pounds first wins. I don't think I can accomplish that before fall is over. Oh, well. They'll still be cute this winter! :)
So, did you hear the latest about Cough and Cold medicine? Apparently, it can be fatal for young children. How can medicine be on the market for SO long before we realize "Oh, that could be dangerous." I mean, I understand we have new tests and discoveries every day that unveil the dangers but if kids have been dying (which they apparently have) from these medicines, how long does it take to link it to the source?
Like I said before, I am not one to over-do the whole medicine thing anyway. My friend, who happens to be a nurse in the NICU at the local children's hospital, has a real problem with my way of thinking. She thinks that if the medicine is available and it will provide some relief, why not take it? I, on the other hand, think the less unnatural things we put into our body, the better. I don't want to see my precious babies in pain any more than the next mommy but I will hold off on giving medicine for as long as possible. How are our bodies ever suppose to learn to fight off things and become strong? I don't remember getting medicine unless I was REALLY sick as a kid and I still don't even take anything for headaches unless they are totally unbearable. It all goes back to Americans being over-indulgent and spoiled. Really.
So, a little update on the diet. I'm holding strong and turning down delicious food left and right. We threw a surprise 60th birthday party for my dad over the weekend and I even turned down CAKE! And, I am a sucker for sweets. MKH has agreed to the challenge and I can't. wait. for. those. boots! I wish I could have them for this fall but the deal is whoever loses 20 pounds first wins. I don't think I can accomplish that before fall is over. Oh, well. They'll still be cute this winter! :)
Friday, October 3, 2008
My Guilty Pleasure
While on leave for 8 weeks after I had Mady-Lou, I did something I never thought I would:
I became a fan of The View. FAN isn't really accurate. I became addicted.
I sure love those 5 ladies. Especially Whoopi? Who can honestly say that she is not absolutely fab-U-lous??? She was the perfect replacement for Rosie. I really think all the cast is almost perfect. Almost. Rumors have been flying that Elisabeth Hasselbeck is leaving the show. Only time will tell if she really will. My opinion? Ciao, baby. Sorry honey, I'm sure there is a good place for you somewhere but The View ain't it. I usually agree with her on a lot of issues and the show really does need the Conservative opinion to keep the playing field somewhat even but I cannot understand how in the heck she was the chosen candidate for the show. She is not a good speaker and, try as she might to sound intelligent, she comes off as a ditzy blonde. I have yet to see her win a debate against those other women. Not that it's an easy feat. Maybe that was the workings of left-winged media? "Let's make the only republican seem like a completedumb ass." I wouldn't be surprised.
I promise that this blog is not intended to be all political, I PROMISE! I just want to say:
Please, God, if McCain gets elected, do not call him to do Your work until after he has served his term? If Palin had to hold office I would move have to Canada and I HATE the cold.
In other news, I noticed quite a few trees changing colors today! I couldn't be happier! I love fall!
I became a fan of The View. FAN isn't really accurate. I became addicted.
I sure love those 5 ladies. Especially Whoopi? Who can honestly say that she is not absolutely fab-U-lous??? She was the perfect replacement for Rosie. I really think all the cast is almost perfect. Almost. Rumors have been flying that Elisabeth Hasselbeck is leaving the show. Only time will tell if she really will. My opinion? Ciao, baby. Sorry honey, I'm sure there is a good place for you somewhere but The View ain't it. I usually agree with her on a lot of issues and the show really does need the Conservative opinion to keep the playing field somewhat even but I cannot understand how in the heck she was the chosen candidate for the show. She is not a good speaker and, try as she might to sound intelligent, she comes off as a ditzy blonde. I have yet to see her win a debate against those other women. Not that it's an easy feat. Maybe that was the workings of left-winged media? "Let's make the only republican seem like a completedumb ass." I wouldn't be surprised.
I promise that this blog is not intended to be all political, I PROMISE! I just want to say:
Please, God, if McCain gets elected, do not call him to do Your work until after he has served his term? If Palin had to hold office I would move have to Canada and I HATE the cold.
In other news, I noticed quite a few trees changing colors today! I couldn't be happier! I love fall!
Thursday, October 2, 2008
His Father's Son!
Newsflash: 5 year olds are often naughty!
I got a call (at work!) from Monkey's teacher.
Ms. A: I'm calling because we've had a rough day.
Me: Oh yeah?
Ms. A: Yeah, Monkey has a purple flip flop.
Me: Ummm, okay...
You see, the class has a beach theme and I have deducted that there are different colors for each warning you get for misbehaving. Purple is apparently the highest level of badness. Purple constitutes a...
dun-dun-duuunnnh...
CALL TO THE PARENTS!
I guess losing a recess wasn't enough. Which is actually pretty surprising to me. Monkey is no angel, believe me, but it usually only takes a warning or one just reprimanding for him to get back into line (if only temporarily). So, Ms. A proceeds to tell me that the whole class was having a bad day: talking during lights out, boys wrestling on the carpet, not listening...
Yep, sounds like a bunch of 6 year olds to me!
Maybe it was a full moon or something. Ms. A did want to point out that although a lot of the children were acting up, Monkey was the only student actually on PURPLE. Woops. I wasn't exactly sure what to say to her.
Umm. Thanks for calling? Sorry my son was acting his age?
Don't get me wrong, I don't expect Monkey to get away with bad behavior and he WAS forced to endure a LOOONNNG lecture about his behavior the second we got home. BUT, really? A call at work? Couldn't you have sent a note home? Or even left a message for me to call you-at my home number asking me to call? I wonder if this is a school-wide procedure or individual choice?
Anyway, Monkey's punishment (besides his lecture) was to write a letter of apology to Ms. A, because I am a mean mommy. This is (word-for-word) what the letter said:
Dear Ms. A,
I am so sorry for my bad behavior in class today. I will try harder to be a better student.
Sincerely,
Monkey
Keep in mind that he can't actually read or anything and he is still learning to write his letters correctly. This took him a. long. time. I think the point got through to him.
He hand delivered the letter in class and, accounted by a not-quite-6 year old), "she almost cried" and huggged him.
I hope I humiliated him juuust enough. Lord knows I was humiliated plenty at work!
I got a call (at work!) from Monkey's teacher.
Ms. A: I'm calling because we've had a rough day.
Me: Oh yeah?
Ms. A: Yeah, Monkey has a purple flip flop.
Me: Ummm, okay...
You see, the class has a beach theme and I have deducted that there are different colors for each warning you get for misbehaving. Purple is apparently the highest level of badness. Purple constitutes a...
dun-dun-duuunnnh...
CALL TO THE PARENTS!
I guess losing a recess wasn't enough. Which is actually pretty surprising to me. Monkey is no angel, believe me, but it usually only takes a warning or one just reprimanding for him to get back into line (if only temporarily). So, Ms. A proceeds to tell me that the whole class was having a bad day: talking during lights out, boys wrestling on the carpet, not listening...
Yep, sounds like a bunch of 6 year olds to me!
Maybe it was a full moon or something. Ms. A did want to point out that although a lot of the children were acting up, Monkey was the only student actually on PURPLE. Woops. I wasn't exactly sure what to say to her.
Umm. Thanks for calling? Sorry my son was acting his age?
Don't get me wrong, I don't expect Monkey to get away with bad behavior and he WAS forced to endure a LOOONNNG lecture about his behavior the second we got home. BUT, really? A call at work? Couldn't you have sent a note home? Or even left a message for me to call you-at my home number asking me to call? I wonder if this is a school-wide procedure or individual choice?
Anyway, Monkey's punishment (besides his lecture) was to write a letter of apology to Ms. A, because I am a mean mommy. This is (word-for-word) what the letter said:
Dear Ms. A,
I am so sorry for my bad behavior in class today. I will try harder to be a better student.
Sincerely,
Monkey
Keep in mind that he can't actually read or anything and he is still learning to write his letters correctly. This took him a. long. time. I think the point got through to him.
He hand delivered the letter in class and, accounted by a not-quite-6 year old), "she almost cried" and huggged him.
I hope I humiliated him juuust enough. Lord knows I was humiliated plenty at work!
Say goodbye to maternity jeans!
Okay, it's been 8 weeks since I had my baby.
Why won't this weight just. fall. off?!
You would have thought I would have known better to be more conscious of how much weight I was gaining this pregnancy. But I just didn't care at the time, ya know? So, since the fat won't magically go away and I can't afford liposuction, it's time to buckle down and work to get the weight off. I was giving myself a little pep talk today about getting my ass in shape and it hit me: I want to get into shape. MKH wants to get into shape. Neither of us can stand to lose.....let's make a competition out of it! We are always betting on the dumbest things. What could be a better bet than this? We aren't obese or anything but we definitely could stand to lose a couple of pounds. I. Am. Going. To. Win. I have to win. Because? I want to be skinny. And? I want these:
And MKH? He'll probably want the usual if he wins. He ALWAYS wants that stupid little favor that men like but married ones rarely get (at least from their wives). I do NOT want to lose.
Tomorrow I am off to chaperon a field trip for Monkey's kindergarten class. We are going to a pumpkin patch. 30 six year olds! Wish me luck!
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Look at me! I'm blogging!
So I have been wanting to start writing on here for a while now and haven't gotten up the courage to do it. I guess today is the day because a) I feel like whining and b) I am totally unmotivated at work today.
I'll start by tell you that this is my 3rd week back to work from being away on maternity leave. I am really bitter about being back. REALLY BITTER. I love my baby girl but it's not being away from her that necessarily sucks. It's just that my job is no longer fulfilling. I used to love my job dearly. I still love a lot of the aspects of my job but it's just not enough anymore. I think being away for 8 weeks made me realize that my job just isn't that great. I want to do something about it but I guess I'd rather just complain and feel sorry for myself instead. No, that's not it necessarily, it's more like I'll wait until something better comes along. I really want to get into the criminal justice field and I also love kids and want to make a difference so I think a Juvenile officer might be a good fit. Why don't you get your degree and get where you want to be? It's this whole economy thing. Have you heard? It sucks. My knucklehead husband (MKH) and I had originally planned on me going back to school part-time and staying home part-time after I had our second baby. That's not going to happen right now. I have a feeling that in a couple years my motivation to sit in a class room will dwindle and then I'll have to make myself go instead of want to go. Maybe after the election we'll have a President that knows what the hell he's doing and FIX all of this crappiness. Then we'll all have lots of money and be happy and everything will be sunshine and gumdrops and I want it to happen, like, NOW! Wait! Isn't our obsessive need for instant gratification kinda what got us into this mess to begin with? I admit, I am as bad as the next American when it comes to being spoiled. Maybe this is actually exactly what my generation needs-a wake up call to stop us from being selfish, spoiled BRATS! I am generalizing as I know there are probably plenty of 20-somethings that are doing there part. For the most part, though, we SUCK. You think things are bad now? Just wait until I get into office. Muhahaha! Wow, that is a scary thought, isn't it?
Anyhow, I really went off on a tangent there and I don't want to get all political but it's kinda hard not to with the impending doom that is all over the news right now.
Okay, I guess I should get back to work. I'm not expecting anyone to actually read this thing but if you do, go easy on me. Please?
I'll start by tell you that this is my 3rd week back to work from being away on maternity leave. I am really bitter about being back. REALLY BITTER. I love my baby girl but it's not being away from her that necessarily sucks. It's just that my job is no longer fulfilling. I used to love my job dearly. I still love a lot of the aspects of my job but it's just not enough anymore. I think being away for 8 weeks made me realize that my job just isn't that great. I want to do something about it but I guess I'd rather just complain and feel sorry for myself instead. No, that's not it necessarily, it's more like I'll wait until something better comes along. I really want to get into the criminal justice field and I also love kids and want to make a difference so I think a Juvenile officer might be a good fit. Why don't you get your degree and get where you want to be? It's this whole economy thing. Have you heard? It sucks. My knucklehead husband (MKH) and I had originally planned on me going back to school part-time and staying home part-time after I had our second baby. That's not going to happen right now. I have a feeling that in a couple years my motivation to sit in a class room will dwindle and then I'll have to make myself go instead of want to go. Maybe after the election we'll have a President that knows what the hell he's doing and FIX all of this crappiness. Then we'll all have lots of money and be happy and everything will be sunshine and gumdrops and I want it to happen, like, NOW! Wait! Isn't our obsessive need for instant gratification kinda what got us into this mess to begin with? I admit, I am as bad as the next American when it comes to being spoiled. Maybe this is actually exactly what my generation needs-a wake up call to stop us from being selfish, spoiled BRATS! I am generalizing as I know there are probably plenty of 20-somethings that are doing there part. For the most part, though, we SUCK. You think things are bad now? Just wait until I get into office. Muhahaha! Wow, that is a scary thought, isn't it?
Anyhow, I really went off on a tangent there and I don't want to get all political but it's kinda hard not to with the impending doom that is all over the news right now.
Okay, I guess I should get back to work. I'm not expecting anyone to actually read this thing but if you do, go easy on me. Please?
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