Profit

The only good thing about all my volunteer hours this week is that we made a good profit in the holiday store and that's with making up grab bags for today to get rid of everything. Because I didn't want anything left over, some of the junker stuff the PTO has had for years and years. Everything we sold was $2.00 or less, but we had great stuff (the stuff we bought this year). Name brand stuff and not dollar store junk. We were all done and cleaned up before 10 this morning. Around 11:30 it started raining and it hasn't stopped, I was glad we were done with the store, and I only had to deal with the candy carts and kids who are so not used to rain this afternoon (when it rains it always reminds me of the first snow storm growing up, kids are just amazed). The girls want to go to choir practice tonight,darn it, I have to go back out a few more times tonight. I'd do love to just wrap up in a blanket and relax.

Is this week over yet?

I really hate to wish time away, but I really really wish this week was over already. The school holiday store is happening this week, I've been at school at 8 all week (except yesterday when I went to the doctor first, but then I punched in and got paid for the day by subbing) and I'm tired and my feet hurt. Today I got home the earliest by far at 4:30, which makes for a long day when you don't feel so good.

Sinus infection and allergies

That's what the doctor decided was wrong with me. I saw a new doctor in the practice today and I must say she was good, she noticed without me having to tell her I'm on blood thinners, she was careful in what she gave me, in an antibiotic and new allergy medicine.. I always have to remind doctors of that. She wouldn't let me have a flu shot either until I get better, yuck now I'll have to go back for that in a few weeks.

Didn't call the doctor

I felt much better yesterday so I decided to wait to call the doctor about my cough. Of course with the drop in temperature this morning I should have just went ahead and called. By the time I left school today my nose was running again. Now, I wonder if I should wait until the cough is really bad again or just go in and see if she'll give me antibiotics?

Skipped Fall Right to Winter

Without any warning it's cold here in the desert. The temperature was a lovely this weekend, yesterday it was starting to drop. But this morning, was unbelievably cold. It seems like every year the weather does this and it shocks me. You'd think I'd get used to it. Nope. But, hey at least it's not snowing!

Proud Aunt

J and my nephew M in their dress blues.

busy, busy, busy, cough, cough, cough

I left my sister's house early on Thursday. R came home with me. J and S stayed. P wasn't even there yet, he had to work till 7. I just felt yucky. R and I laid on my bed and watched Miracle on 34th St. I was sound asleep right after it was over, I heard everyone get home, but I have no idea when that was. Friday morning I felt not much better, but I needed P to help me take my car in to be looked at. While we were out near Arrowhead we did some shopping at Toy R us, Target, Best Buy, Office Max (more like braved the crowds, but we did buy the gifts for the girls from their grandparents) P and I went out for lunch then to see a movie Dan in Real Life, it was cute. Went to Walmart. Picked up my car, then we picked up dinner to take home. I was completely whipped out and sick of coughing. I managed to sleep in till 9 this morning, but really had to push myself to do anything. I really just wanted to go back to bed. P didn't have to work until 5:30, he and J got the Christmas boxes put of the attic, the girls helped me get the stuff out of them so they could put the, empty boxes right back up there. Other than 4 boxes of tree things and the laundry room crammed with outside decoration boxes, there's some order to this madness. After P left for work and J went with his cousin to a shooting gallery, the girls and I went out for gyros and drove down to the 99 cent only store and got some things for school. When we got home we started on a few Christmas craft projects. I am beyond tired and my back is really hurting. I know if I felt better, I'd look at all that we got done today and be really happy. Maybe everything will look prettier tomorrow. And my doctor's office better be open on Monday, they were closed yesterday. It's been over 4 weeks of the coughing junk, I've have it, I want fixed now.

Happy Thanksgiving!

God has been really working on my heart and what I am thankful for. My friend and all the things her and her family are going through right now because of her husband's motorcycle accident. My friend with cancer. Students whose families can not afford a big holiday meal. Students who are not getting medical help they need for their behavioral problems, over all health, and dentistry. People who drive me crazy. And I'm sure there is much more I could think of. So instead of complaining today about my husband, my heart, feet, back and the cough that will not go away, my children with depression, ADHD, separation issues and 2 are in orthodontic care. I am thankful for my husband who has a job and is trying to be a better husband and father, we have medical and dental insurance, and I've been able to work a lot of overtime the past weeks to help our finances. A lot of great friends and family to count on. I hope everyone has a safe,happy, and thankful day.

"pig" race

This afternoon was the PTO fund raiser "pig" race. The winner, won $100. It wasn't either of my girls, but as you can see they had fun. I myself am glad it's over. It was fun juggling a class of kindergartners and being in charge of the race too. NOT.

Pictures from yesterday

I uploaded a few to my Flickr account on the right side bar. Not only was last night movie night, but S had her autobiography yesterday (she dressed for it), and it was the holiday lunch at Sunrise. P was off so he got to go and have lunch with the girls, and I had friends who took pictures for me!

Back to the hospital -updated 3 PM

My Friend M's husband was readmitted to the hospital yesterday afternoon. The rehab place unwrapped his foot after being wrapped up for a week without checking it and it looked gross. I haven't heard from her yet today, but yesterday she said they were going to have to do surgery on it. She therefore didn't come to movie night to help me, but I had lots of great helpers. 3PM- He did have surgery today, and he might have to have up to 4 more, he could possibly have to have his foot amputated. M will be making another appointment with the lawyer on Monday. The surgeon even told her to get a lawyer.

Whew!

Movie Night is over! We ended up having a few minor issues getting started on time- like McDonald's not being ready with our order at 5:45 like I asked twice, the microphone not working (the principal helped me find one on campus), my movie set up parent forgetting the speakers at his work (he left at 6:40 to get it and got back by 7, but he had to hook it up), but the worst of all is the LCD projector was not in the library, I asked the after school program if I could use theirs and at first she told me no, until I promised I would replace it if something happened to it. It's only a $850 piece equipment. No problem, Ha, you better believe I made sure it got put away safely myself. This week coming up the only PTO thing is our "pig" race for top sellers from our fund raiser. But the following week is our holiday store, and that week will be crazy, if I get through that then we are done with PTO events until the middle of January.

Almost 12 hours later

I "think" I'm done for the night, working and volunteering. I turned in the holiday families from the girls' school this afternoon to my church. I'm glad I got that done, I'm sad that I won't be at the Christmas party for the families (it's the same Sat. at the girls are dancing in The Snow Queen), but I'm glad I got to do my part. I called this afternoon and ordered 170 sandwiches from McDonald's for movie night tomorrow night. We had almost 100 pre-ordered and I ordered some extra. I'm hoping it will be a fun night. I also really hope this meal deal goes off without a hitch, I'm kinda scared about the whole thing, we've never done McDonald's before. And I hope I'm not forgetting anything important, I have volunteers, drinks, chips, candy, student counsel selling popcorn, raffle prizes, mystery bags and the movie are all ready to go. It's been tough working all the extra hours I have been and keeping up with my family, church and PTO, with both movie night and the holiday families being such big projects.

Pictures

We had our family pictures done and I finally got them back today. They did turn out well, but man was the wait long and the price a lot.

Whinning

My feet hurt, I wore a pair of Crocs that really hurt my feet all morning and I had lots of walking today. UGH. I came home in between schools and changed my shoes, (another pair of Crocs that I wear all the time. it was too late, my feet are so messed up. When I got home P was just getting up for the day. 12:45. After school, I had a few things to do and got home by 3:30. he was just going outside to mow the lawn. I asked if the house was clean then? Oh, no, but J is cleaning the bathrooms. I needed to take S to dance, start dinner, and go to Costco. UGH. After Costco, I finished making dinner, set the table, then afterwards I did the dishes and I swept, S dusted and J mopped. P did vacuum. UGH. I am so ready to go to sleep.

Frustated

With P. I have been seeing a counselor for a couple of months now, so I can learn how to communicate with him better. One "homework assignment" was to start to make lists for him to do. He's been doing OK with that, except I don't give him more than I really know he'll do, but there are plenty of other ways he could help me. Well, Tuesday night is laundry night, I try to keep up on the laundry twice a week, so I don't have 8 or 9 loads on Saturday. Anyway, the past 2 Tuesdays I have fallen asleep before it's finished, and he has on his own brought it in and laid it all out on the couch. (it would be too much work to put it away I guess, I know I was sleeping but the next day?) It's pretty frustrating to come home from working all day to have to put away laundry when your husband was home until 2:30, or off that day. Last night I finished 3 loads of laundry, and had the last (jeans) in the dryer before I went to bed, I didn't leave a note, but I left the laundry basket on the couch with the hangers in it for all the stuff in the dryer, I thought he would get the hint. I was wrong. UGH.

Slept in and Updates

I looked last night and made sure my alarm was set, but only caught the minute part not the hour part. Oops, S woke me up when she got in the shower at 7:20, which wouldn't have been that bad, but she needed to be at chorus at 7:30, and I needed to be at DV middle school at 7:30. We rushed through our showers, I ate a cereal bar on the way, and she brushed her hair, she was 10 minutes late and I was 15. The best part was, I felt a whole lot better this morning. My cough is still hanging on a little, but not nearly as bad as it was. I guess that extra hour of sleep was well needed, but maybe it was yesterday when I didn't do anything except drive J around for the Vetern's Day parade, and took the girls to dance, I didn't do anything else. My friend C started her chemo last week, I saw her on Sunday she looks good, she said she felt a whole lot better 3 days after her first treatment. My other friend's (M) husband (K) was released to a rehab place yesterday afternoon. He didn't need any surgeries on his foot or shoulder. No idea how long he will be in rehab, but he's on his way to recovery. M met with a lawyer today about the accident, she's worried about the other guy's insurance not paying. (K) could be out of work for a long time, it will not be easy for their family. M is planning on going back to work tomorrow. One more thing about DV Middle, I love the principal there, he is so on top of things and not stressed out like some principal's I know. He has made me feel really welcome, and I'm not even there to cover the whole day, I have to leave after second lunch to get to Sunrise in time. I'll be working the rest of the week there.

Emergencies- updated

I've been called to the office at school twice this week, and it's only Wednesday. Today was an early release day and one of our crossing guards got stuck at a doctor's office. I was on campus doing other things when I called, I had a counseling session this morning, but because I'm working hard on getting the rest of the holiday families set up needed to go to school at the end of the day. I'm glad I was there, to cover, but man was it hot outside at 12. One of my best friend's just called me her husband was in an accident on the way home from work. He rides a motorcycle. All they told her on the phone was he was awake. Why I didn't think of asking what hospital I don't know, so I'll have to wait until she calls me to make sure he's OK. Just one of the times you get a phone call and are shocked that you can't think. Please pray he is OK. I was able to get a hold of her as she walked in to the hospital, she was waiting until they put her in a quiet room to talk to her. His brain was exposed in big chunks, he has some swelling of blood around his brain, his left shoulder could be broken, and his right ankle or leg is broken. It's going to be a long, long recovery. My sister and I went to the hospital to check on them last night. He was awake, in a lot of pain, and couldn't remember the accident at all. The hospital was planning on rechecking the swelling with a CT scan at 10 last night, hopefully that there was not a lot, or he could have to have surgery right away.

Walmart

I don't shop at Walmart on a regular basis. But on Friday night I went to pick up a donation gift card for the PTO and thought I'd look around a little, I had a little time to spare before picking up the girls (who where singing with the church group.) J was with me, I ended up finding a few things for the girls for Christmas. I left J with my debt card because I needed to go to the bathroom, bad, and I needed to leave to get the girls. Half way to pick up the girls I jokingly said to J did I spend $200 dollars. No, he tells me the amount but then says wait the receipt says (blank), which is $40 more than the merchandise I bought. I called right away and went back. I was told the register balanced, so I would have to wait 24 hours to get my money back. I was mad. I made J strip when we got home just so I knew without a doubt that he didn't take the money. Many phone calls by me later, and P today, because I was working all day, and 71 hours later I got my money back and a $20 gift card for my trouble. Which really isn't the point of being ripped off, and having to go back twice, and fighting for my money. $40 didn't seem like very much until I thought about well, if I make $8.00 an hour (I make a little more than that, and more an hour when I sub as a para pro) that's 5 hours of work, then it seems like a lot, especially since if I wasn't working all this overtime like I have in the past 2 weeks, I only work 10 hours a week. UGH.

Keep praying

I don't understand all the details, but my friend C's cancer has compromised her immune system which is not good. She had a port put in this past week and starts chemotherapy on Wednesday. She's really scared and in denial and doesn't want talk about it. I just don't know what to say either. Maybe it's best not talk about it, I don't know, I'm scared for her and her family too. This is a BIG trust GOD, and His will to be done, other than praying and being with her, I feel lost and want to do more, but I don't know what. Her mom told me this morning that C will be participating in a new drug therapy group.

Long Week updated 8:30 PM

I am so tired and my cough from my stupid cold is still hanging on. I worked everyday this week, totaling over 35 hours. I had a lot issues with the PTO volunteers to deal with too. The Vice President quit today. The person I really have a problem with, decided today to not sell candy, and call the other volunteers and tell them not to come too, thinking that since Wednesday was Halloween kids all ready had enough candy. What? I don't think that is her decision, she's not even a board member nor did she check with myself or the other president. I called J to come help, and a teacher helped out, until I could clock out and even though kids had Halloween candy we still sold over $100 in candy, chips, and drinks. Go figure! Which is less than we usually sell, but not by much, but we only had one cart set up, we usually have one in the front of the campus and one in the back. My problem person emailed us (me and the other president) and resigned as did her friend who held the title of secretary, which I kinda figured would happen, but hoped she would not. I've made 3 phone calls to make sure no one else was going to quit, and they are not. I feel a whole lot better, that things will go smoother now, but I can not stand that none of them resigned in person, and left mid year. I had told them on Sunday I would not be back next year, (I would not even think about quiting mid year)