Snow Queen 2010

R will be a Village Miss and S will be a Village Maiden. I'm so proud of my girls for getting a part! (:

Weekend

The weekend started out fun. S and I went to my niece's high school football game where she is on the Auxiliary Team. She did great, but I, of course had no doubt that she wouldn't :) Such a klutz that I am, I fell leaving the stands and I'm sporting a nice size bruise on the inside of my left knee. We left the game a little early because S had a youth group activity, It was at a place called Jump Street which houses floor to wall trampolines. She had a great time until it was time to leave and her cell phone which she had hidden behind her shoes was gone. She came home very upset, and I was already upset because I had just tried starting the dryer for the last load of laundry before I went to bed and it wouldn't start. I woke J up to help me, nothing doing the dryer wouldn't start. Laying out clothes all over the place and trying to help S calm down and report her phone stolen was not so fun at 12:30 A. M. Saturday I didn't do much of anything other than cough :( P and J got a new dryer for me at Lowe's. Trying out today, not sure on the settings, I'm waiting on the first load to see what happened. Yesterday the girls auditioned for parts in The Snow Queen. Praying they both make it.

Hopefully I'll get rid of this cough

I am still coughing a lot. I haven't slept for the past 3 nights coughing so much. I've been trying to sleep on extra pillow, humidifier, night time has been horrible. Yesterday I tried going to The Little Clinic. Was told they couldn't do anything for me. I cried. Pat who was at work took me into the manager's office to help me calm down. S had an orthodontist appointment this morning, P had to work so I was going to have to go in late, but P convinced me to take the day off. I called my doctor's office first thing this morning when they opened and got an appointment, I didn't see who I normally see in the office, I saw my cousin's wife. That was awesome because I didn't have to go through any medical history with her, and she's one of my friend's on Facebook, so she knows how lousy I have been feeling. I left armed with a much stronger antibiotic, cough medicine with codeine and some for the yeast infection I developed from the last antibiotic, I think I feel better already. I can't believe I've used half of my personal/sick days already this school year and we're only starting week 7.

Sickness go away

You are so not fun. I think it's ridiculous to be this sick when it's only September. And today's high is supposed to be 105. That's just too hot to have a achy, runny, stuffy nose, plugged ears, cough that won't stop, feverish body. I'm dizzy from the medication I got yesterday, have no energy, don't feel like doing anything and therefore am a little bored. But yeah, I haven't gone to work this week. Hoping Thursday I'll make it. Using 3 sick days this early in the school year worries me.

More Car Drama

Different car this time. Our 1999 Saturn L-series. Recently the oil light started appearing on the dashboard. When I first noticed it P said "no problem, we've got plenty of time" and was planning on taking it for an oil change the next time he was off. Yesterday afternoon driving home from work, I heard rattling for a about a mile then POP, I smelled burning rubber and the car was losing power rapidly. I was on the freeway with no where to stop. I got off at the Happy Valley exit, and lets just say cars behind me were not happy with me. I pulled off to the side of the road where the old landfill is. Called AAA for a tow. First I thought it was a tire, then after looking at all of them, and seeing stream coming up from the engine I thought must be a belt that broke. (OK, I really don't know much about cars, but one time before I was married I had a belt break so I thought that must be what happened). AAA tow truck driver amazingly was across the street. I wasn't waiting alone for long. He towed the car to a shop at Cave creek and Bell, so the towing cost me $25. The mechanic and the owner of the shop confirmed the problem, a hole in the engine. Which means a whole new engine. I call P at Fry's to come and pick me up to take me home. I cried all the way home and for a long time after he left and went back to work. I was exhausted with a bad cold on top of all this unease. I was coughing so much last night I was vomiting. While I did laundry today, P looked up cars online. He found a 2005 Dodge Caravan in a price range we have to stretch our budget into adding monthly payments. P decided it would be better to get a newer car than replace the engine of an older one, we would need a loan either way. Off we went this afternoon and got it. P is thinking of getting the Saturn to our house to park out front to possibly add to security of our house, hopefully robbers will think someone is home. Now that we have a car payment I'm not sure how I'm going to be able to work part-time. Working full-time is very hard on me.

September and it's still so hot!

Last week it did cool off a little, like barely under 100. Yesterday we had indoor recess because of a heat advisory. So crazy that it was over 110 in September. Today is supposed to be hot again, looking at the forecast for the coming week I saw some in the 90's temps. You have no ides how much this pleases me. I'm so ready for cooler weather. We didn't make it to my Uncle Don's birthday party. The car overheated on the way. Well, that's my guess anyway because P had it in the shop and they couldn't find anything wrong with it. This should not be called Labor Day weekend, but birthday weekend. My youngest nephew's birthday was this past Tuesday, my sister's birthday on Sunday, my oldest niece's birthday is Sunday, My Mother-in-Law's birthday is Monday, Navy nephew's birthday is Monday. My Father-in-Law's birthday was the 24th, and my youngest niece's birthday is the 12th. Parties all weekend. National guard nephew came home from Iraq this past week, and we'll get to see him too. I had a horrible headache on Thursday. So glad the kids didn't have anything they needed me to do by the time I got home from work I thought my head would explode. P brought me my contact case for me to whip those babies out and Tylenol before he left to go with his Dad to the Cardinal pre-season game. After throwing up, I slept for 2 hours, got up and yelled at the kids, read for almost an hour and slept till it was time to get up on Friday morning. Took Tylenol all day Friday to avoid a repeat of this. I felt OK all day, but I did have a bloody nose around 1 that took a long time to stop. And since recess was inside, I wasn't outside for a long 30 minutes like I was on Thursday. So far today my only complaints are a sore throat and I'm sweating! Tuesday J had a senior meeting at 6, followed by open house at 7 (he only wanted to check in with his JROTC Major, S had dance class at 7, P was at work, J and I had to go get his car at Fry's so we had 2 cars to do all these things. Yesterday S had an after school dance till 5, then she went to the church office for First Friday Jr. High night at 7. She kept me busy, driving her around. P had the worst schedule this week. Thursday was his only day off and he was at the game. Next week so far is a little better with a few nights of him being home for dinner, and off next Saturday. He was supposed to be off today, but was asked to work, so I'm not planning anything until I see he's really here.