Middle School Mama

I am now the proud mother of a middle school boy.  For weeks I stressed about the changes that my little boy would experience.  For the first time he would enter a school that is far bigger than any he had been to before.  He would have to change classes and follow a different schedule than all of his friends.  While planners have always been used, he would need to be more responsible for writing in his planner and scheduling when he does his projects.  He is also riding the bus for the first time ever.  I could tell that he was nervous, but excited too.  We took a tour of the school, walked his schedule and bought all of the required materials. 

I rearranged my work schedule so I could make sure he gets most of the way ready before I have to leave for work in the morning.  Anyway, he started school last week.  He got ready with no arguments and waited outside for twenty minutes before walking to the bus stop.  My mom made sure he got on and off of the bus that first day because Austin asked her to.  He called me to tell me about his day.  It was the first time ever that he ever said more than "fine" when I asked about his day.  All of that worrying for nothing.  My baby is growing up and it's a little sad but I'm so proud.

I still worry about many things such as will he make new good friends and get good grades and make good choices. But I guess that that worry as a parent never goes away.

The Winds

Last night bad weather came through the area.  Because I am a little bit of a baby, I stayed at my mom and dad's house.  I have never really liked storms.  The tornado sirens went off and we went downstairs.  No power loss or anything at their house.  I went home around 11:30 to see one of my trees split in two.  The neighbor came over and said that power had just come back on after being off all night.  I'm lucky I guess because much of the town is still without power tonight.  It took four hours today to clean up the one tree.  I am so thankful to dad and my brother-in-law Jason who helped cut the tree limbs and take the rest of the tree down.  I am also thankful that the tree didn't fall the other way and crash into the carport. 

before the cleanup

 after dad and Jason worked their magic.

Luckily the city said they would come and pick up all of the cut limbs since it was due to storm damage.  I would have hated to pay someone to do it after all that work.

Crazy with a capital C!

For those of you have not heard, I have another crazy David story.  It just amazes me how I still have to clean up his messes 6 years after our divorce.  Anyway, Austin had a baseball game last Wednesday.  I left early.  I got a call from David at about 10:15 that night, so imagined it wasn't a good sign.  Well David admitted to having a verbal altercation with the coach and he threatened them.  At 10:30 I got a call from a local number that I did not recognize.  My thought is that it must be the coach.  I was slightly put off by the fact that he would call so late, but answered the phone anyway. Was it the coach, you may ask? No, it in fact was not the coach, but the village police calling for David.  His number had been recently disconnected and they needed the new one.  After telling that I was not his girlfriend, but in fact his ex-wife, they asked if he had a temper.  At 11:00 David called back, yelling some more.  The next day David called, ticked off that I had given the police his phone number and that I said he had a temper.  Like I'm going to lie to the police for that crazy cakes.  Anyway...the saga continues.  I got a call that night from the head of the title league trying to reach David.  They told me that they had to consider whether or not Austin could play anymore.  So, I'm upset and Austin is upset and David still denies any wrongdoing in this mess.  Now he is telling people that the coach is on drugs.  When will this craziness end.  I swear, you make one bad decision and it screws you up for the rest of your life.  At least this story has an okay ending.  Austin still gets to play.  Now if the coach will play him...I guess we shall see.

Relaxation needed

I need to find a way to chill out.  I have been going a little crazy over some really small things lately.  To illustrate and give everyone how nutty I am I will share a short story.  Last Wednesday Austin did a fabulour job pitching in his baseball game.  He struck out five of the six batters he faced, and no one got on base.  He was really awesome.  Today, he had a totally different experience.  He walked some batters, people hit his pitches and he even hit a batter.  You could see the poor boy crumbling throughout the rest of the game...in the field and at bat.  After the game, I just haven't been able to move on.  My thoughts just keep turning to him.  So, I try to engage myself in some mindless activities.  So far today I have cried at three movies and one commercial and one time during while playing a game.  I am definitely losing it.  I have decided that I must find some way to chill out and relax before I become te crazy lady on the street walking up and scaring people. Sigh...

The Bad Day

I realize that in my age, I have become a somewhat negative person, but most days are not quite as bad as yesterday.  First, I spilled an entire 32 glass of water in one of my test kits so all of the pages in both books are soaked and it is difficult to turn the pages because it's still damp today.  Later in the day, my bag, carrying my computer broke, allowing my computer to slide down a flight of stairs.  (The silver lining in this was that the computer still seems to work).  Then when I got home, Austin told me that my teeth are yellow.  While it's true, it was not a nice suprise to get that sprung on me out of the blue. 

Fortunately, today was a better day :)

SNOW DAY!!!

I thought that we would make it through the school year without a snow day and was getting pretty excited about being out of school before Memorial Day.  However, as this year has been so much busier and more stressful than ever before, I was extatic when I heard that today will be a snow day.  So now, what to do on this wonderful snow day.  Well...I have done and load of dishes and picked up the living room.  Next, I plan on spending a good amount of time playing on pinterest.  Then, alas, I must work on the endless reports I have to write for work.  So sad.  I'm happy to have a job in this difficult market, but I sure will be glad when summer is here.

1999

While I try to get gasoline in Missouri because its so much cheaper, I let it get way too low so I had to fill up a little at a station in illinois tonight.  So, I pulled up to the pump with the intent of spending $20.  When I stopped fueling, my total was 19.99. So because I am the tiniest bit immature I start singing the song 1999. When I got back in the car and started it, the very next song that came on the radio was 1999.  How weird is that? Maybe it has some meaning, like some special positive thing will happen to me soon.  While its nit likely, I can always dream.