February 19, 2016

Five.  Five o’clock in the damn morning.  Fridays I have to get up early with Mags and I guess my brain sets its own alarm clock and thus, after a night of horrid sleeping because I was so cold, I was up.

Got Mags to school with Erasure and, since E was sick yet again, I made it to juvie with Van Hagar – for a minute - before it was back to Van Halen.  Made it in to work, but ,my god – the coffee before last night’s Parent Project was not a wise idea.  Usually coffee has little effect in keeping me up, but not always…not last night.  

The day was…exhausting, but so rewarding…so damn rewarding. 

Ran by the office to fax in a CPS report and talked to my supervisor and then…off to the bank to pay a bill.  In all this “moving” chaos, I never received a bill (thanks, USPS, who has not delivered a majority of my mail) and..one was 18 days late.  Blech.  At least it won’t affect my credit score (my FICA score is my trophy-wife).  Sadly, I didn’t have my check book with me, so home to gather that and chit-chat with the Boy.  He was on the phone with his dad about his new plan and L was really happy and supportive to hear it.  I grabbed my check book and headed off.  Bills paid, a store run and then home, home, home….

 I made my next attempt at chili for Hipnic.  It’s a little too spicy but a cool guy helped me with a selection which I could not make on my own.  We sat together – me watching SN and him designing things to make.  We’re going to build a workbench soon; he found the “perfect” place to put it in the garage….  Yup – I guess we will be here for a minute.

Pictures: Regrets; Chili

February 10, 2016

An ortho appointment for the kids at 9 meant I got to sleep in an extra 45 (in good times) to 30 minutes (lately).  It meant the world to me.  

The ortho appointment lasted a while, so I brought my laptop and got prog notes finished whiel I was there.  Mags was finished first (why didn’t I give them ibuprofen before the appointment?) and 45 minutes later Ethan rambled out.  I have to make a statement right now which has nothing to do with this segment.  I really, really hate the fact that I have been singing certain Pat Benetar (or just about any other 70s/80s artists) songs one way since I was a kid  and my daughter, who has only heard these songs because I play them, actually sings them correctly.  That bites.

Dropped kids off at school and raced to work for supervision.  My agency caseload is not very large at all and the clients have been with me a while.  My JH caseload are the ones I’d love to talk about, but…

After supervision, I headed to Juvie, and after some time there, headed to pick up a list of items at the store.  I had made a list and then had Maggie tale a picture of the list because I knew I’d lose it.    Sure enough, I left in the care, so I whipped out my cell phone and..shopped.  My plan is to enter the chili contest this year at Hipnic if I feel I can come up with something that would wow the judges I got home and started cooking…only to realize that there was an ingredient I hadn’t purchased (to be fair, it wasn’t one the list), plus I had forgotten Ethan’s pop tarts, so I headed back to the store.  Had this been a regular attempt at dinner, no big deal, but I was trying out a chili recipe for Hipnic, which changes everything.

At the store, I learned with glee that I had purchased enough items to start playing the Safeway Monopoly game.  I am ashamed of how exciting this was for me….  I was driving home when I realized I hadn’t purchased cheese – dammit.  THREE TRIPS TO THE STORE for one batch of chili.  To be fair – it was pretty damn good.  There are some changes I’d make, but all in all, excellent first start.

Pictures:  Look what was left at the ortho's office 3 visits ago!!  Reunited!!; It begins....