RANTING--don't even bother to read this :)

                                        

For some reason, I feel like I should be dressed like the above picture today.  I'm not feeling well--and I'm feeling a little stressed out lately.  I feel like I should wear some type of armour.  Well, if you are wondering what I really am wearing it's jeans and a sweatshirt--no I didn't care what I looked like this morning.  No one "professional" is going to see me today..and I'm certainly don't have any important meeting to attend to leave an impression.  I'm just clerical--I sit in my corner all day and type.  No one gives a hoo, and I'm not going to care either.  No, I'm not having a good day already. 

My son spent the night at my mom's last night, and I was hurried again this morning, but he still got to school late.  My commute is so unpredictable; I could leave early, and still get to town late. There is always something.  This morning an idiot let his six foot ladder fly off his pick up, and I had to dodge that going 65 mph.  That was fun.  NOT! 

This is not fun anymore!  I don't remember when it ever was considered "fun" but the whole commute thing is driving me crazy.  I have to find a job in the same city that I live in.  ALL my children NEED to attend school in the city that they live in.  If that makes some people unhappy; I am truly sorry-but it's not worth my sanity, or the tardy slips, the flying ladders.ect...  Did I mention gas?  I won't even start with that.

  There is just so many excuses you can write up for a tardy!  When my son goes into the office, they don't even ask his name.  It's not fair to him especially.  I want him to participate in after-school sports---but he can't because that would mean he would have to stay after school hours and be picked up at various times at night.  I don't have ANYONE on this side of town that can pick him up.

 I came in the other morning with a vase of the most beautifully colored peonies that my friend, Maria brought in from her garden.  They really brightened my day.  Jennifer just came in and told me about her new found joy--online grocery shopping!!  OMG--they will even bring in your groceries into your house!  She has a 4 year old and a new born--she knows what she is talking about.  Only a few of my friends know or remember what it's like shopping with babies.  Remember the entry I wrote about long ago about the time I had to pick up Nicholas from Costco because he wanted a cookie, and ended up throwing cookies all over the place, screaming at the top of his lungs-stopping people in the parking lot to freeze and stare?   I'm trying to end this entry on a bright note.. Can you tell ?  If I continue this day on negative mode, things are just not going to get any better; believe me--I speak from past experience.