May 28,2005

A new day has dawned and thus far...it's not too bad. Of course, I have to work, like I do every Saturday, but after work today I'm taking Andrew to get his pictures taken. It's about friggin time! How am I going to explain to this child one day, that I only had his pictures taken professionally three times in the first 3 1/2 years of his life, while all around him, there are pictures of his brother and sister, who had their pictures taken that many times in the first year of their lives? What a bad mommy. Aren't most babies of the families supposed to be the most spoiled and prized of the whole litter? I was the baby of my family and my parents had so many dang pictures of me, in different stages of my life, that my own sister once declared that my mother should turn her entire house into a "April Shrine". (Not that I wouldn't mind.) :)

So after the pictures are taken, I'm trying to figure out what to do next. I'm dirt poor. Especially after paying for the first week of summer camp. The kids last day of school, was yesterday and of course, they are going to expect me to entertain them until Tuesday. I don't really live in that safe of a neighborhood, so it's not like I can turn them loose to go outside and play like my mom did to me. And whenever they are outside, I have to go with them, so no one will grab them or so that their bikes aren't stolen from beneath them and to be honest, even with the increased dosage of Celexa and the introduction of Ativan during the day, I'm still exhausted all the time and all I really want to do...is SLEEP! Asking them to come inside and watch a movie for an hour or two won't cut it either, because even if I do get them to agree to it, they won't be quiet. I can pretty much guarantee that someone will be screaming "Bloody Murder" within the first 5 minutes of my head hitting the pillow. And that doesn't include, that no matter how many times I try explain to my very popular, 6 year old daughter's friends, that she cannot come outside, they will still stand outside my doors and windows and peer in at us, as if they were vultures and we are a group of dead armadillos, in the middle of a lonely Texas highway. Not only would they stare at us, they would continously peck their beaks against the glass, as if to say, "We see you in there."

Oh well...it looks like I will somehow have to manage to come up with enough loot to take the kids to the movies today. I have two free tickets to any AMC movie of my choosing, thanks to my donation of platelets to the Indiana Blood City. I should be able to scrounge up enough for two more tickets.

In the Beginning...

May 27,2004

Today, I have created the beginning of a beautiful friendship. It's called the Ramblings of the Celtic Autumn Goddess and it's my personal blog, where I can cry, whine and bitch all I want about anything and everything. Thus far, I have been busy non-stop today and am unsure whatever the weekend holds for me, however, what it may be, good or bad, I will definately try to make the most of it!

April