Didn't post last night, as I just *meh*. Not in a good mood then and not in one now. However, I do need to post or else I will completely fall out of the practice and this will have been for naught.
Yesterday was Mia's last day of preschool for the week. Joy! (sarcasm) I'm really liking her being in school. Other than the fact she enjoys school, it forces me to get motivated and do things, so I can have the afternoon off with her. So, while she was at school, I did two loads of laundry and dishes. Then the water went out. Aqua Ohio is fixing water mains about a block away from our house and we had "dirty" water coming out of the pipes (had to rewash and rebleach the whites load of laundry), so they shut everything off and worked on the pipes. I guess it could have been worse... they could have shut the water off while the laundry was still washing or while I was in the shower.
After picking Amelia up from school, we ran some errands, rented her a new DVD (I swear I love RedBox so much - $1 per day DVD rentals!!!), said "hi" to Patrick at work, and came home. We were home about 30 minutes when she walked up to me and said: "I'm having a bad day. I need a chocolate milkshake." I'm still LMAO over that one. She's not even 4 yet and she's discovered the healing properties of chocolate.
Then it was time to make "shell-less" taco casserole (ground beef, taco seasoning, refried beans, black beans, tomatoes, chilis, corn, and cheddar cheese baked in the oven) and brown rice. Yummy and very filling.
Since I wasn't feeling well, I had Patrick take Maura & Frankie to cheerleading. You think I would have enjoyed the time off but no, I ended up doing more stuff around the house. *sigh* I wish the house could stay clean for more than 30 minutes.
Today, I woke up to NPR discussing the anniversary of 9/11. Not a very pleasant thing at all. I'm still dealing with my own issues on it (I had quit a public accounting job about a year before; if I hadn't, I would have been at my regular Tuesday client whose office was at 150 Broadway. So, I would have either exiting the subway in the World Trade Centers when the first plane hit or I would have been walking the 2 or 3 blocks from the parking garage down there I used there at that exact time.) I spent the day trying to avoid all mention of the anniversary; that lasted about 2 hours. :(
As I had no energy today, I just did what I had to today. So that meant washing dishes, taking out the trash, and taking Amelia for some bloodwork necessary for her preschool physical. I'm ready to kill the nurses at the blood lab for what they put her through. They had a tough time finding a vein to use but that didn't stop them from jabbing her with the needle 3 times. (I say "them" because 3 different nurses tried.) Needless to say, she was screaming and inconsolable the entire time. Too bad we have to go back tomorrow as they couldn't get a sample. So she sat through 3 complete strangers poking and prodding her arms and sticking her with needles for NOTHING. She gets to go through it all again tomorrow. GREAT. *grrr*
All she wanted for a "reward" for being such a big girl about everything was chocolate milk and pizza for dinner. DONE!
Now I'm off to tuck the girls into bed and relax. And I'm going to shoot the person who made me laugh by reminding me that today was, also, the 8th anniversary of my mother's infamous "My Daughter is Alive Because She's Lazy" speech. (After watching the towers collapse, my mother went on about how I was only alive because I was lazy and didn't want to commute from Greenwich into NYC anymore, and that was why I took a job less than 10 minutes from my house.)
Good night.
Mary
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