November 30, 2014

Ohhhh….my gawd…It’s Pre-Monday already. This week was amazing and I want to be on vacation more – and NO HOMEWORK!  Went to bed earlier last night (2 a.m.) in order to prepare for this dose of reality.  Oh, shudder... 

The day’s plans really consisted only of homework.  Unfortunately the day was sliced apart as Mags had a birthday party to attend in Citrus Heights.   The meeting place was inside the mall at See’s Candy.  No offense, but blech….That ain’t chocolate.  We headed out in the glorious rain…my stupid 2-wheel drive shimmy-ing and shaking like a diva at a disco.  I need to get a 4WD – We went to the market so I could get her friend a gift card while Mags got her a card, but the gift cards all charged money to “activate” the damn thing, which is ridiculous, so I got 3 bottles of San Pellegrino,  got money back  and stuck cash in the card, instead.  As we exited on hazel, I noticed people standing in the rain and a car flipped over.  The car had gone off the embankment and EMTs weren’t on the scene yet, so we headed over so I could determine if I could be of any help.  The woman had already been extricated from the car (which I had seen from the freeway) and an umbrella was over her as people cared for her.  As I approached, I noticed the man who had been driving had scrapes and cuts and was in a daze, by the look in his eyes, but he was taking care of Self by talking to someone on the phone.   I usually have a first aid kit in my car with bandages and gauze, but he was ok…  I walked over to the woman and the people there had blankets and knew what they were doing, so I went to the vehicle passenger who had no idea what was going on – a dog.  She looked like a dingo – long, big ears, and she was very scared.  The owner had been trying to get her while talking on the phone, but she was terrified and kept running off, so I talked to her, and kept her in an area.  Eventually, a man headed me some rope and I managed to get the rope around her, being very careful as I didn’t know this dog and know how they can react when scared. The EMTs took about 10 minutes getting there, but they finally did, so I made sure someone else would hold the pup and off Mags and I went.

I brought her to the mall and we managed to find a few of her friends walking around.  It’s been a long time since a mall was in my life, but I think I am almost at the point again with my daughter.  It would be a waste of time driving home only to have to turn back again, so I came prepared and brought my “office”, sitting in the car doing homework.  Olivia called – that was awesome…we spoke about business and kids.  She will give birth to her son soon.  I hope I can be in Midland when she does. <3  Time to pick Mags up again, only this time across the parking lot at the roller-rink.  I saw a group of moms sitting together at the table…I feel like such a dork.  It is difficult for me to sit around with people I do not know very well and make small talk.  As we drove home, my daughter assured me the first step to getting to know them better is by going through the pain of small talk.  <wise offspring>

Ethan  had accomplished his chores and has a beautiful fake fire burning when we walked in the door.  I got straight to  cooking dinner and the request was made to make pork chops and red cabbage for our Christmas Eve dinner – so I’ll add some garlic mashed and we are set!  Clean up and then back to homework.  Oops…looks like I forgot the paper which is due, so I wrote a paper on assessments.  One of the assessments I chose was the Derogatis Sexual Function Inventory (DSFI).  I got quite hot and bothered reading the scale: mutual petting of genitals or orgasm, mutual oral (mouth) stimulation of genitals, intercourse: female "on top" position, mutual undressing of each other, breast petting while you are nude, stroking and petting your sexual partner's genitals, your partner kissing your nude breasts….  I’m glad I have such a bad memory so I don’t remember what any of that is like, and next time, I’ll stick to assessments that have nothing to do with sexuality.  <Bam!  In the solution!>

Had a few moments of more Mario with the kids  – yesterday started a fad and we may be seeing more of these two little dudes in the future.   I still have papers to write regarding group which I keep forgetting to do and then tomorrow begins the beginning – but it’s a good kind.  School is also drawing to close – a have a few more papers in Assessments and a BIG one in Transitions that I’ll work on this weekend.  The light at the end of the tunnel is still fuzzy, but Things are Happening and I know it is there.

Pictures:  The shot Mags took while I was helping out; A bumper sticker I saw on a truck while we were picking up the gift card.