No problems with Michael this morning.
Taking DayQuil in the morning and NyQuil at night is really helping me to feel better... the capsules, John.
I worked at the CPA office today. I had 6 voice messages on my phone! I have been working there for a year and a half and I have only had 3 total until today. 3 were from one person and the other 3 were from one person... so does that only count as 2 messages? Anyway, a ministry client of Elaine's wants me to help them get set up on QuickBooks... can they come in today? I tell them yes, but I leave at 3:00. That kind of interferes with somebody's golf game, but I stand firm... they decide to call me back. Another client is in town from Tennessee and needs me to fix her Accountant's Copy. She is in Grapevine. So I make arrangements to pick up her computer.
Now the first client calls me back. "How about 11:30 and we bring you a burger for lunch?" That would sound really good if I wasn't already sick. (Allergic to wheat, can't eat the bun, etc.) So I say, "No, how about 1:00?" They agree. Gulp. I've never had one of Elaine's clients come into the office for training. What if I make a fool of myself?
So, when they get to the office, I'm kind of intimidated, because they look so professional. I found out really quickly they are not accounting minded, so I look like a genius! I can handle this! 2 hours later I'm ready to get out of Dodge and away from these people. I don't know if they'll ever understand what to do!
Now I have to book it home before Michael gets home from school.
Mary took Michael home to play with Matthew while I run to Grapevine to pick up the computer. Tabitha and Heather went with me because I promised to pick up food on the way back home.
After we got the computer, we stopped by Wendy's to pick up dinner, then stopped by Mary's to pick up Michael, and went home.
Viking Fest starts at 6:30. What is Viking Fest? That's when all the clubs get to sell their stuff! Key Club & PTA are selling memberships. Football team is selling t-shirts, flip-flops, hats, etc. Choir is selling t-shirts, discount dining cards, etc. Cheerleading is selling t-shirts and phone number magnets. You get the picture. Man was that place crowded! Tabitha wanted me right beside her the entire time. I really expected her to run off and leave me standing there, but she didn't. She kept telling me to walk beside her, not behind her. It was just so crowded in the halls, I had a hard time doing that. She didn't run off until I stood in one place talking to one parent. Then she just went around talking to her friends waiting for me to be ready to leave. She is just such a good girl sometimes. I love these moments. We left around 8:15 and dropped Heather off on our way home.
When we got home I decided to take a look at the computer from Tennessee to see if I could get that issue resolved right quick. Yeah, right. The file isn't even on the computer. I called and left her a message to have it emailed to me... we'll see what happens.
Busy day tomorrow!
Friday, August 19, 2005
Thursday, August 18, 2005
Sensory or Acting Disorder?
Michael was dressed... shirt, underwear, pants... and in the kitchen.
"Are you hungry?" I asked.
"Yea... can you fix me some mini tacos?"
"Michael, you know I prefer you eat breakfast food for breakfast... is there anything else you could possibly want this morning?"
"Ummm..... no."
"Okay, I'll make them for you then." Once again, I aim to please.
Then we go through the regular questions about taking medicine, lunch packed, backpack ready to go, waiting for the breakfast of champions to beep from the oven.
After he eats, he says he's still hungry. I told him I was sorry, but he needed to go brush his teeth and finish getting ready for school. He heads off to his room and I clean up the "breakfast" dishes.
I go to his room to check on him and he is on his mini trampoline looking in the mirror and crying.
"What's wrong?" I ask.
"It hurts to tuck my shirt in. Why do I have to tuck my shirt in? The teachers don't have to tuck their shirts in. It's not fair!"
"Does it really hurt?"
"Yes!"
"Then let's try another shirt."
"Okay."
4 shirts later he starts throwing the shirts around the room.
"Michael, where is your brush?" (The surgical brush I use to help his skin accept the clothing.)
"I don't know!"
"Okay, why don't you jump on your trampoline a little while and maybe do some flips to see if that helps." (A therapy thing having to do with muscle and joint sensation.)
"I don't want to!"
"Well, I don't know what else to tell you... do some jumps." I walk out of the room... need to get away for a minute. Suddenly, there's a loud bang on the hallway wall and a scream from Michael's room.
"Michael, don't jump so far... you're trying to hurt yourself on purpose."
"No I'm not!!!" He then jumps over the crash pads, picks up a video on the floor and chunks it into his game console, then he picks up a book and throws it toward me.
"Do I need to call your dad to come home and whip your butt?!?" (I call Charlie because I can't stand the thought of spanking him when I 1. have been ill for over a week and 2. don't know if he's having a sensory problem or just being a butthead.
"NO!"
So I leave his room. Then I leave the house. I decided to go across the street to see if Diana (his therapist) had an extra brush lying around so I could brush Michael. Emily answered the door and went to ask Diana for a brush. Emily came back without a brush and said they would find one and bring it over. I went back home.
Michael was in his cubby hole we made for him in the bottom bunk.
"Do you think maybe it's the underwear that's causing the problem and not the shirt?" I asked.
"Maybe." Much calmer voice than before.
"Do you want to try some other pair, then?"
"Okay."
He came out of the cubby hole, grabbed some underwear and went into the bathroom. None of the underwear felt right... so he put on his bathing suit and dove back into his cubby hole just as Diana arrived.
She brought some oils with her. She has used them before in some of his therapy sessions to change his moods.
She crawled into the cubby hole with him and started talking to him in a really low voice. Almost a whisper. I felt useless, so I started picking up all the clothes off the floor. Found the brush!
So after some brushing, a Tylenol, some oils, Diana talking her talk with Michael, and me watching, we were out the door and on our way to school at 9:15. (School starts at 8:20.)
Charlie had a talk with Michael when we got home from work that night. I don't think I'm going to have a problem with Michael in the morning anymore.
"Are you hungry?" I asked.
"Yea... can you fix me some mini tacos?"
"Michael, you know I prefer you eat breakfast food for breakfast... is there anything else you could possibly want this morning?"
"Ummm..... no."
"Okay, I'll make them for you then." Once again, I aim to please.
Then we go through the regular questions about taking medicine, lunch packed, backpack ready to go, waiting for the breakfast of champions to beep from the oven.
After he eats, he says he's still hungry. I told him I was sorry, but he needed to go brush his teeth and finish getting ready for school. He heads off to his room and I clean up the "breakfast" dishes.
I go to his room to check on him and he is on his mini trampoline looking in the mirror and crying.
"What's wrong?" I ask.
"It hurts to tuck my shirt in. Why do I have to tuck my shirt in? The teachers don't have to tuck their shirts in. It's not fair!"
"Does it really hurt?"
"Yes!"
"Then let's try another shirt."
"Okay."
4 shirts later he starts throwing the shirts around the room.
"Michael, where is your brush?" (The surgical brush I use to help his skin accept the clothing.)
"I don't know!"
"Okay, why don't you jump on your trampoline a little while and maybe do some flips to see if that helps." (A therapy thing having to do with muscle and joint sensation.)
"I don't want to!"
"Well, I don't know what else to tell you... do some jumps." I walk out of the room... need to get away for a minute. Suddenly, there's a loud bang on the hallway wall and a scream from Michael's room.
"Michael, don't jump so far... you're trying to hurt yourself on purpose."
"No I'm not!!!" He then jumps over the crash pads, picks up a video on the floor and chunks it into his game console, then he picks up a book and throws it toward me.
"Do I need to call your dad to come home and whip your butt?!?" (I call Charlie because I can't stand the thought of spanking him when I 1. have been ill for over a week and 2. don't know if he's having a sensory problem or just being a butthead.
"NO!"
So I leave his room. Then I leave the house. I decided to go across the street to see if Diana (his therapist) had an extra brush lying around so I could brush Michael. Emily answered the door and went to ask Diana for a brush. Emily came back without a brush and said they would find one and bring it over. I went back home.
Michael was in his cubby hole we made for him in the bottom bunk.
"Do you think maybe it's the underwear that's causing the problem and not the shirt?" I asked.
"Maybe." Much calmer voice than before.
"Do you want to try some other pair, then?"
"Okay."
He came out of the cubby hole, grabbed some underwear and went into the bathroom. None of the underwear felt right... so he put on his bathing suit and dove back into his cubby hole just as Diana arrived.
She brought some oils with her. She has used them before in some of his therapy sessions to change his moods.
She crawled into the cubby hole with him and started talking to him in a really low voice. Almost a whisper. I felt useless, so I started picking up all the clothes off the floor. Found the brush!
So after some brushing, a Tylenol, some oils, Diana talking her talk with Michael, and me watching, we were out the door and on our way to school at 9:15. (School starts at 8:20.)
Charlie had a talk with Michael when we got home from work that night. I don't think I'm going to have a problem with Michael in the morning anymore.
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
I feel so bad...
First of all... I wrote a long post on Monday and it disappeared... I'm not happy about that.
Well the kids have been back to school for 3 days now. Michael is loving it and Tabitha is hating it. Funny, I thought it would be the other way around.
Michael is so excited that Amber B. is not in his class this year. He and his friend Jonathan call her "The Enemy". He got his block schedule today. Gordon called and they are going to be in 3 classes together on the block schedule. Another reason for Michael to be happy.
I'm not sure about why Tabitha isn't liking high school. She hasn't pinpointed any one thing. I'm guessing it's just overall much harder than junior high was.
Charlie said their new company name is now Arc One. Whatever that's supposed to be. They are still making changes and we are waiting to see how that affects his job. They are looking for cost saving measures at each branch first, so lets hope it doesn't go any further than having the hot water cut off. (Yes, I know I'm dreaming... let me have that for a little while.)
I feel like total caca. First the strep throat, now a totally killer cold. I did not know I could create this much mucus. I have been taking the off brand DayQuil and NyQuil. Discovered today they are expired... no wonder I don't feel any better! Karen brought some DayQuil over and I found a bottle of NyQuil that doesn't expire until October 2005. In my distraught illness head, I thought we were in the year 2006, so I threw it in the trash. A few minutes later I got a flash of sanity and dug it out of the trash. Fortunately, today was trash day so "dug" is really an exaggeration since it was an empty bag.
Anyway, I have now taken the NyQuil and will be going to bed... after I get Michael to bed.
Well the kids have been back to school for 3 days now. Michael is loving it and Tabitha is hating it. Funny, I thought it would be the other way around.
Michael is so excited that Amber B. is not in his class this year. He and his friend Jonathan call her "The Enemy". He got his block schedule today. Gordon called and they are going to be in 3 classes together on the block schedule. Another reason for Michael to be happy.
I'm not sure about why Tabitha isn't liking high school. She hasn't pinpointed any one thing. I'm guessing it's just overall much harder than junior high was.
Charlie said their new company name is now Arc One. Whatever that's supposed to be. They are still making changes and we are waiting to see how that affects his job. They are looking for cost saving measures at each branch first, so lets hope it doesn't go any further than having the hot water cut off. (Yes, I know I'm dreaming... let me have that for a little while.)
I feel like total caca. First the strep throat, now a totally killer cold. I did not know I could create this much mucus. I have been taking the off brand DayQuil and NyQuil. Discovered today they are expired... no wonder I don't feel any better! Karen brought some DayQuil over and I found a bottle of NyQuil that doesn't expire until October 2005. In my distraught illness head, I thought we were in the year 2006, so I threw it in the trash. A few minutes later I got a flash of sanity and dug it out of the trash. Fortunately, today was trash day so "dug" is really an exaggeration since it was an empty bag.
Anyway, I have now taken the NyQuil and will be going to bed... after I get Michael to bed.
Sunday, August 14, 2005
'Twas the Night before School...
School starts tomorrow morning. I know I have a lot of support when I say, "It's about freaking time!" Don't get me wrong, I love my children.
I love to miss them sometimes.
I love knowing they won't be calling me in the middle of the day to yell at each other over the phone in my ear to have me settle an argument.
I love knowing there won't be glasses and wrappers all over the kitchen counters when I get home.
I love knowing there won't be dishes piled up in the sink because the kids don't know how to open the dishwasher when I'm gone.
I love knowing Michael will have someone to talk with about his video games that will actually understand what he's talking about.
I love knowing their brains will be challenged during the day to the point they will be able to sleep at night.
Ahh, the many pleasures of school!
I received the usual requests before heading out to the grocery store today... lunchables for Michael and sandwich meat for Tabitha. Since neither one of them can have carbonated drinks now, I didn't have very many drinks to buy (Tabitha takes 2 for lunch everyday... one everybody else drinks, one she drinks... if she only takes one, they share with her... ewww!) The wonderful cashier threw the toilet paper on top of the bread so the middle got squished. Ugh!
Michael is sleeping in his room with Kimie tonight. We told him he's a 4th grader now, he can do it. I'm not as concerned about him as I am about Kimie. I had to lay down with them so she would stay in the bed. I'll have to go check on them after this post and make sure she's still in the bed. She's still a puppy and I'm afraid she might tear something up if she gets out of the bed. Yeah, he's on the top bunk, but she's jumped off of there before. We'll see if the roadblock he put up at the end of his bed works.
I love to miss them sometimes.
I love knowing they won't be calling me in the middle of the day to yell at each other over the phone in my ear to have me settle an argument.
I love knowing there won't be glasses and wrappers all over the kitchen counters when I get home.
I love knowing there won't be dishes piled up in the sink because the kids don't know how to open the dishwasher when I'm gone.
I love knowing Michael will have someone to talk with about his video games that will actually understand what he's talking about.
I love knowing their brains will be challenged during the day to the point they will be able to sleep at night.
Ahh, the many pleasures of school!
I received the usual requests before heading out to the grocery store today... lunchables for Michael and sandwich meat for Tabitha. Since neither one of them can have carbonated drinks now, I didn't have very many drinks to buy (Tabitha takes 2 for lunch everyday... one everybody else drinks, one she drinks... if she only takes one, they share with her... ewww!) The wonderful cashier threw the toilet paper on top of the bread so the middle got squished. Ugh!
Michael is sleeping in his room with Kimie tonight. We told him he's a 4th grader now, he can do it. I'm not as concerned about him as I am about Kimie. I had to lay down with them so she would stay in the bed. I'll have to go check on them after this post and make sure she's still in the bed. She's still a puppy and I'm afraid she might tear something up if she gets out of the bed. Yeah, he's on the top bunk, but she's jumped off of there before. We'll see if the roadblock he put up at the end of his bed works.
Saturday, August 06, 2005
GPS
We went to the Ranger vs Orioles game today. The 2nd inning was very exciting. Their pitcher let several of our Rangers walk... I mean all the way around to score! By the time the inning was over, we were up 6 to 0. It just got better from there.
I woke up this morning with a very stiff neck. Tylenol didn't help, so I decided to get one of those tall margarita drinks at the game. It didn't help either, but it tasted good!
I took Tabitha to pick up a few school supplies. She doesn't know what she needs yet, but the school gave us a generic listing of items she will need, so we picked up a few things. I didn't realize picking a binder would be such an ordeal this year! Just pick one!!! Please!!! She didn't like the ones at Office Depot, so we went to Target. She didn't like the ones at Target, so we need to go back to Office Depot to get one she "sorta" liked. Didn't happen today.
We decided to try out the GPS for our little shopping trip. First we stopped by Karen's to drop something off... the GPS didn't register even leaving the house. Then we headed to Office Depot. By the time we were on Tarrant, it still didn't register leaving the house, and at this point Tabitha asks me, "Do you have the list?". Me? Why would I have the list? So, we had to turn around and go back to the place where the GPS said we already were. Kinda confusing. Anyway, we moved the GPS lower down the windshield to see if maybe the antenna wasn't getting a clear view of the sky. By the time we got back on Duncan Perry (the curvy one), the GPS started working! So cool! It shows your direction, the street you're on, the next street coming up... pretty cool. Well, on the way back from Target we put our home address in as the destination to see what would happen. Tabitha jumped when it started talking to us. It was so funny! By the time we got home, after hearing all the chimes and .4 miles to this turn and .5 miles to that turn, she was talking back to it... she always gets annoyed at inanimate objects that talk. It was entertaining for me!
If you have time, I have a link to Tabitha's Xanga site and Lisa has started a blog.
Thanks for the comments!
I need to do laundry and clean the house... my life is so exciting.
I woke up this morning with a very stiff neck. Tylenol didn't help, so I decided to get one of those tall margarita drinks at the game. It didn't help either, but it tasted good!
I took Tabitha to pick up a few school supplies. She doesn't know what she needs yet, but the school gave us a generic listing of items she will need, so we picked up a few things. I didn't realize picking a binder would be such an ordeal this year! Just pick one!!! Please!!! She didn't like the ones at Office Depot, so we went to Target. She didn't like the ones at Target, so we need to go back to Office Depot to get one she "sorta" liked. Didn't happen today.
We decided to try out the GPS for our little shopping trip. First we stopped by Karen's to drop something off... the GPS didn't register even leaving the house. Then we headed to Office Depot. By the time we were on Tarrant, it still didn't register leaving the house, and at this point Tabitha asks me, "Do you have the list?". Me? Why would I have the list? So, we had to turn around and go back to the place where the GPS said we already were. Kinda confusing. Anyway, we moved the GPS lower down the windshield to see if maybe the antenna wasn't getting a clear view of the sky. By the time we got back on Duncan Perry (the curvy one), the GPS started working! So cool! It shows your direction, the street you're on, the next street coming up... pretty cool. Well, on the way back from Target we put our home address in as the destination to see what would happen. Tabitha jumped when it started talking to us. It was so funny! By the time we got home, after hearing all the chimes and .4 miles to this turn and .5 miles to that turn, she was talking back to it... she always gets annoyed at inanimate objects that talk. It was entertaining for me!
If you have time, I have a link to Tabitha's Xanga site and Lisa has started a blog.
Thanks for the comments!
I need to do laundry and clean the house... my life is so exciting.
Friday, August 05, 2005
Happy Birthday to Me
Took Tabitha to have her cheer skirt altered. All the way in BFE Arlington. Arlington is a really big city! Michael, Tabitha and I had lunch at Red Lobster, because it's my birthday so I get to choose. I dropped Michael and Tabitha off at the house after lunch and went to get my nails done. I got flowers on my toes for free because it's my birthday! After that, I went home and picked up Tabitha for the spirit stick party. Michael didn't want to go, and Charlie was still at work, so I left Charlie's cell phone number with Michael so he could stay home by himself. Charlie would be home in about 15 to 30 minutes anyway. I grabbed my Yahoo! directions and we were off! Crazy thing about those directions... they don't take into account a neighborhood putting up a gate and locking it... right on the street. Craziest thing I've ever seen. I guess if you have enough money, you can really do ANYTHING!!! So, I tried going around to the next street... gated and locked. So I tried going around to the next street... there wasn't one. I ended up going all the way around the neighborhood to find an entrance... found one... now I'm lost. Tabitha had to call Charlie at work to get on the computer to give me directions out of the neighborhood I was in and to the house where I needed to be. Thankfully, he got us there quickly. I never felt so helpless driving around a neighborhood. The streets didn't have side streets. Once you got on one, you were in it for the duration... all the way to the end. Well, we finally made it to the party. Some girls were already there working on their spirit sticks. Tabitha started out pretty slow as I had anticipated, but she really got a handle on it! She stuffed candy and rolled the napkin on and I tied the ends for her. We finished all 60 in about 45 minutes. Then we started helping Stephanie, one of the other cheerleaders, with hers. Done. So we did Vanessa's for her. She was there helping everyone else by cutting ribbon for tying on the ends, but she hadn't rolled any of her own. Tabitha, Stephanie and I did them all for her. By now it was about 7:45 and some of the girls who were working on their rolls before we got there, were still working on theirs. Tabitha looked at me with those big brown eyes and said, "I'm starving Mom." So we left. But we didn't get out the front door before the girls sang Happy Birthday to me.
When we got home, I got my birthday present. A GPS for my car! Could have used THAT earlier!
Charlie took us to Mercado Juarez for dinner. We sat there for like 10 minutes waiting to be waited on. Two tables that were seated after us already had chips, salsa and water... we didn't. That was enough for Tabitha. She went to the front to find the manager and came back with a waitress. She took our drink order and went to find out why we didn't have a waiter. About 5 minutes later, a waiter came back with our drinks and there wasn't another hitch with our meal.
When we got back home, I played with my GPS. I'm still playing with it... trying to figure it out. Hopefully, I won't get lost again!
When we got home, I got my birthday present. A GPS for my car! Could have used THAT earlier!
Charlie took us to Mercado Juarez for dinner. We sat there for like 10 minutes waiting to be waited on. Two tables that were seated after us already had chips, salsa and water... we didn't. That was enough for Tabitha. She went to the front to find the manager and came back with a waitress. She took our drink order and went to find out why we didn't have a waiter. About 5 minutes later, a waiter came back with our drinks and there wasn't another hitch with our meal.
When we got back home, I played with my GPS. I'm still playing with it... trying to figure it out. Hopefully, I won't get lost again!
Thursday, August 04, 2005
PTA Mom
I signed up to work the spirit sales for PTA at registration today from 1 to 3 and from 6 to 8. It's not that big of a deal really. It's the second day of registration and most of the crowds hit the first day. Michael went over to Austin's house because he didn't want to go with me. It was truly uneventful. I did, however, enjoy seeing the other moms and checking in on what they did over the summer. One mom was fascinated to hear about out tubing trip because she wants to go on a tubing trip but she has a little boy starting 1st grade. She's afraid he'll drown or something. I told her that Michael wore a life jacket and the only problem we had was because the tubes were tied together (causing Tabitha great pain when she went under and was slammed into the rocks). I don't know what she was thinking when she looked at me and said, "But I only have one child, and I don't want to lose him."? Did she mean because I have two children I can afford to lose one? Is she freaking insane?!?
Tabitha got back today. She had a really good time at Freshman Camp. She worked the 6 to 8 shift with me at Larson. She wants me to take her to Lamar tomorrow so she can walk the route to all of her classes. We already have a few things planned... take her skirts to the tailor lady, a spirit stick party... what's a spirit stick party? Well, that's where all the cheerleaders get together for 2 hours and make 60 spirit sticks each. Yeah, 60 each. In 2 hours. I think it will take Tabitha 20 minutes to make 1. I've seen her do it. It's not pretty. Either that, or she took so long before because she really didn't want to help me when I was her cheer sponsor. So, we'll see what kind of experience that turns out to be.
Michael is spending the night at Austin's house tonight.
Tabitha got back today. She had a really good time at Freshman Camp. She worked the 6 to 8 shift with me at Larson. She wants me to take her to Lamar tomorrow so she can walk the route to all of her classes. We already have a few things planned... take her skirts to the tailor lady, a spirit stick party... what's a spirit stick party? Well, that's where all the cheerleaders get together for 2 hours and make 60 spirit sticks each. Yeah, 60 each. In 2 hours. I think it will take Tabitha 20 minutes to make 1. I've seen her do it. It's not pretty. Either that, or she took so long before because she really didn't want to help me when I was her cheer sponsor. So, we'll see what kind of experience that turns out to be.
Michael is spending the night at Austin's house tonight.
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
McDonald's "I'm NOT lovin it"
Another fabulous day. I took Michael to Larson to get some shirts for school. All the garage sale ones in his size were gone. It's always great to get those worn out shirts because they don't bother him like new shirts do. Well, the new shirts this year are really cool. And they're blue... Michael's favorite color, so he got two of them.
We had to hurry though, because he wanted McDonald's for breakfast, and I aim to please. So we finished up quick and headed over to the McDonald's at 360 & Green Oaks (because, as Asa found out the hard way, the one on NW 19th was torn down a while back). So we get there with 10 minutes to spare... their electricity is out. Is anything ever easy for me? "Mom? What do we do now?" asks the boy with the huge brown eyes. So I head to the closest McDonald's I can think of... Collins and Brown. Apparently, this is the only road in Arlington that needed construction today... both sides... both ways... street workers were everywhere! I think Michael thought we were in one of his video games, weaving and dodging trying not to hit oncoming cars, street cones, and workers. I promised McDonald's and that's where we were going!! Seeing how time was slipping away, I mentioned to Michael that breakfast might not be served anymore when we finally made it there. Sweet little Michael... "That's okay Mom. I'll just get chicken nuggets." Big sigh from a little bitty chest. So I finally pull into the parking lot at 10:27 and there are 3 cars in front of us. The first car pulls directly away from the ordering board and leaves. "Michael... there's a pretty good chance they aren't serving breakfast anymore." The next car pulls up, pauses, and pulls up to pay... hmmm, either that first person wanted lunch, or this person just wants a drink. Our turn. "Are you still serving breakfast?" I ask. "Some items." Are you rolling your eyes too? "How about a bacon, egg, & cheese biscuit and 2 hashbrowns?" I ask. "Bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit, but no hashbrowns." Michael responds at this point, "french fries, french fries!" "Okay, give me the bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit and a small french fry." Now, you have to know, Michael has always wanted to order a breakfast and lunch item from McDonald's at the same time, simply because they don't allow that. Got a little bit of his Uncle John in him maybe. So, he was a happy boy.
I had to go in to the CPA office to do a billing. Yes, I'm the only one who knows how to do it. So, after Michael finished his "brunch" we went up to the office. "Do I get to play on the computers up there?" Michael asked. "No, not today." I responded. "Why not?" He asked. "Because it will take longer to turn on the computer, log on and get you going, than the time I need to do this billing." I responded. "Oh... then what will I do?" Michael asked. "I will give you some paper and a pencil and you can draw." I responded. "Oh, okay, I can do that." Duh. This is what he drew...
Pretty cool cell phone, huh?
When I finished the billing, we went to lunch at Luby's with Sandra. It's her birthday today.
After lunch we went to the movies to see "Sky High". Sorry, John. It's a really good Disney movie... we will be happy to go see it again.
Tabitha called and is doing fine. She'll be home tomorrow.
We had to hurry though, because he wanted McDonald's for breakfast, and I aim to please. So we finished up quick and headed over to the McDonald's at 360 & Green Oaks (because, as Asa found out the hard way, the one on NW 19th was torn down a while back). So we get there with 10 minutes to spare... their electricity is out. Is anything ever easy for me? "Mom? What do we do now?" asks the boy with the huge brown eyes. So I head to the closest McDonald's I can think of... Collins and Brown. Apparently, this is the only road in Arlington that needed construction today... both sides... both ways... street workers were everywhere! I think Michael thought we were in one of his video games, weaving and dodging trying not to hit oncoming cars, street cones, and workers. I promised McDonald's and that's where we were going!! Seeing how time was slipping away, I mentioned to Michael that breakfast might not be served anymore when we finally made it there. Sweet little Michael... "That's okay Mom. I'll just get chicken nuggets." Big sigh from a little bitty chest. So I finally pull into the parking lot at 10:27 and there are 3 cars in front of us. The first car pulls directly away from the ordering board and leaves. "Michael... there's a pretty good chance they aren't serving breakfast anymore." The next car pulls up, pauses, and pulls up to pay... hmmm, either that first person wanted lunch, or this person just wants a drink. Our turn. "Are you still serving breakfast?" I ask. "Some items." Are you rolling your eyes too? "How about a bacon, egg, & cheese biscuit and 2 hashbrowns?" I ask. "Bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit, but no hashbrowns." Michael responds at this point, "french fries, french fries!" "Okay, give me the bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit and a small french fry." Now, you have to know, Michael has always wanted to order a breakfast and lunch item from McDonald's at the same time, simply because they don't allow that. Got a little bit of his Uncle John in him maybe. So, he was a happy boy.
I had to go in to the CPA office to do a billing. Yes, I'm the only one who knows how to do it. So, after Michael finished his "brunch" we went up to the office. "Do I get to play on the computers up there?" Michael asked. "No, not today." I responded. "Why not?" He asked. "Because it will take longer to turn on the computer, log on and get you going, than the time I need to do this billing." I responded. "Oh... then what will I do?" Michael asked. "I will give you some paper and a pencil and you can draw." I responded. "Oh, okay, I can do that." Duh. This is what he drew...
Pretty cool cell phone, huh?
When I finished the billing, we went to lunch at Luby's with Sandra. It's her birthday today.
After lunch we went to the movies to see "Sky High". Sorry, John. It's a really good Disney movie... we will be happy to go see it again.
Tabitha called and is doing fine. She'll be home tomorrow.
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
"Fantastic Four"
Shirley took us to the movies today. Not just us, but Karen, Trey, Danielle, Hudson, and Hudson's friend, Riley. We were originally going to see "Sky High". But all the kids couldn't agree on that one. Then "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", but all the kids didn't want to see that one. So, we decided on "Fantastic Four". Michael had seen it already with Aunt Lisa and Daniel while we were in San Marcos on vacation, but he didn't mind seeing it again. So we got to the theater and Shirley bought the tickets. We steered the kids AWAY from the snack bar and down the aisle to the theaters. We were instructed to go to theater 2. Well... theater to was showing "Sky High". Shirley had inadvertently asked for 8 tickets to "Sky High", the movie we discussed seeing for a week, instead of "Fantastic Four" which was decided on just a few hours earlier. Who could blame her? I would have probably done the same thing. So, all 8 of us skipped the movie we had tickets for. Of course, we didn't bother telling the kids about it. Before the movie got started, Trey's money was burning a hole in his pocket. He took Michael and Hudson to the snack bar and bought them and Riley and Danielle candy, popcorn and sodas. Generous guy, don't you think? Well, while the boys were gone to the snack bar, an entire church daycare entered the theater. We were a little apprehensive about staying. We discussed moving to theater 2... after all, that's what our tickets were for. But, the boys were at the snack bar and we couldn't go without them. So we stayed. The previews were playing by the time the boys made it back anyway. Michael was right... it was a funny movie.
Tabitha called about 10:45pm. She is having a blast. They were separated into groups so she had to move to another cabin... away from Katie. However, she is in the same cabin with Vanessa now, so that makes her happy. She is still taking her pain pills like she should and drinking water. Didn't sound like she passed the stone yet.
Tabitha called about 10:45pm. She is having a blast. They were separated into groups so she had to move to another cabin... away from Katie. However, she is in the same cabin with Vanessa now, so that makes her happy. She is still taking her pain pills like she should and drinking water. Didn't sound like she passed the stone yet.
Monday, August 01, 2005
Lamar Freshman Camp
Freshman Camp today.
Michael didn't want to go so he called Aunt Mary to see if he could stay with her. She came and picked him up as soon as she woke up Matthew and Joshua. Sarah was with her Grandpa.
Tabitha came down the stairs complaining that her bag was too heavy, so Katie brought it down for her. They loaded up the car and we went to Lamar. We were supposed to be there at 11:00, but we got there about 10:35 because Tabitha needed to meet with the cheer sponsor to trade out her cheer skirt. The parking lot was already packed! The kids were lined up outside the gym waiting to check in. We left the bags in the car and took the cheer skirt to the side entrance. There was a security guard standing there stopping people from going in, so I explained that we were supposed to meet with the cheer sponsor, who is also a teacher at Lamar, and that she was waiting for us in her classroom. She let us in. We found Jane in her room, and she took us to another room where the skirts were supposed to be. Well, now it was skirt, not skirts, and she couldn't find it. So, we left the skirt we had brought with us with Jane and went back to the car to get the bags and check in. We just thought the line was long when we got there... now it was out to the curb and curved around! It didn't really take that long to get in the door. Jane had found the Varsity cheer sponsor and had located the skirt, so she came and got Tabitha out of line to try the skirt on. When Tabitha came back, she had a skirt with her that she said was too short, but this one fit her waist. Jane had given her a piece of paper to give to me with the name of the lady who does alterations for the school district. I was supposed to call and make and appointment to drop the skirt off and have the hem let out... easy, right?
So, we finally get to the check in table and they tell Katie they still need her medical record. Katie's face went blank. I remembered seeing her mom and registration, and Arlene had the record in her hand. I asked Katie if she needed to call her mom, just as the school nurse came over. She asked for Katie's full name and said since she was already in the Arlington school district, she would print her medical record off, no problem. Whew! So we got the girls checked in and headed to the nurse's table. Since the nurse was at the check in table, I explained to the aide about Tabitha's kidney stone, gave her the meds and discharge papers from the hospital, just as the nurse came back over... so I got to explain it all again. Then we got in line for bag check. All the bags have to be opened and checked. Katie's went pretty smooth, but she kept her pillow. Tabitha's took awhile because she had so much stuff, they couldn't get the bag closed again after they checked it all. Next table... schedules. Once you get your schedule you go on a tour of the school with an upper classman. I told Katie I would hold her pillow so she didn't have to carry it all around the school. I noticed the kids going to and coming back from their tours so I knew it shouldn't take that long... yeah, right. So, I'm standing in the gym... holding Katie's pillow... all the kids are checked in... the tables are being picked up... the cheerleaders and dance team are coming in to prepare for the pep rally... where are the girls? Some of the dancers came in with pizza so I headed down to the cafeteria to see if the girls were there... passing many parents and kids asking about the pillow. No sight of them in the cafeteria, so I head back to the gym... passing many parents and kids asking me about the pillow. No sight of them in the gym. So, I sat down and called Mary's house to check on Michael. No answer. So I called Mary's cell phone. She ended up having to run errands to pick up Sarah and to Plano... Charlie beeped in. I let Mary go and talked to Charlie. I got off the phone with Charlie and called the lady about altering Tabitha's skirt. She said she would have to see Tabitha in the skirt before she could alter it, and she also had already altered a skirt for Tabitha, so what was going on? I told her they had switched so many skirts I didn't know which one Tabitha had anymore, so she agreed to alter the one I received today, but she still had to see it on Tabitha to alter it. I made an appointment to bring Tabitha by on Friday and I called and left Jane a message about the lady needing to see Tabitha in the skirt before letting the hem out, and what was the deadline to get the skirt back for the first pep rally... remember, this is supposed to be easy. Now I'm really worried about Tabitha. Her cell phone is packed so I can't call her. Where is she? I go back to the cafeteria, passing parents and kids telling me they haven't seen her. I stopped and bought her a Lamar lanyard for her school ID because I knew she wanted one, and to take my mind off not being able to find her. I got to the cafeteria just as some man blew a very loud whistle and told all the kids to go to the gym. Still no Tabitha. I was about to come to tears because I could just picture her laid out in the building somewhere writhing in pain and I couldn't help her. Just then she walked in. She said the girl who took them on the tour was very tedious and very slow about it. I told the girls to grab some pizza and a drink because it was all getting packed up... they all grabbed water thanks to Tabitha's kidney stone. I gave Katie her pillow and changed out Tabitha's lanyard while they ate and told me about the tour. Tabitha said she needed a pain pill, so I walked the girls to the gym, found the nurse, and she gave Tabitha a pain pill. I hugged Tabitha and Katie goodbye and wished them well on their trip. They went to sit down for the pep rally, and I left to run my errands... thankful that Tabitha was fine. I'm such a worrier.
Jane returned my call... she had called Linda (the tailor) and they agreed I should bring the skirt Tabitha left with Jane and the one she had just given to Tabitha to her. So now I have to find time to make it to Jane's house to pick up the skirt.... yeah... easy.
Mary brought Michael home for me... THANK YOU!!! Michael invited Matthew to spend the night. Joshua wanted to spend the night too, so he took off all his clothes (except his underwear) and got comfortable. Mary and I got quite a chuckle out of that.
Michael didn't want to go so he called Aunt Mary to see if he could stay with her. She came and picked him up as soon as she woke up Matthew and Joshua. Sarah was with her Grandpa.
Tabitha came down the stairs complaining that her bag was too heavy, so Katie brought it down for her. They loaded up the car and we went to Lamar. We were supposed to be there at 11:00, but we got there about 10:35 because Tabitha needed to meet with the cheer sponsor to trade out her cheer skirt. The parking lot was already packed! The kids were lined up outside the gym waiting to check in. We left the bags in the car and took the cheer skirt to the side entrance. There was a security guard standing there stopping people from going in, so I explained that we were supposed to meet with the cheer sponsor, who is also a teacher at Lamar, and that she was waiting for us in her classroom. She let us in. We found Jane in her room, and she took us to another room where the skirts were supposed to be. Well, now it was skirt, not skirts, and she couldn't find it. So, we left the skirt we had brought with us with Jane and went back to the car to get the bags and check in. We just thought the line was long when we got there... now it was out to the curb and curved around! It didn't really take that long to get in the door. Jane had found the Varsity cheer sponsor and had located the skirt, so she came and got Tabitha out of line to try the skirt on. When Tabitha came back, she had a skirt with her that she said was too short, but this one fit her waist. Jane had given her a piece of paper to give to me with the name of the lady who does alterations for the school district. I was supposed to call and make and appointment to drop the skirt off and have the hem let out... easy, right?
So, we finally get to the check in table and they tell Katie they still need her medical record. Katie's face went blank. I remembered seeing her mom and registration, and Arlene had the record in her hand. I asked Katie if she needed to call her mom, just as the school nurse came over. She asked for Katie's full name and said since she was already in the Arlington school district, she would print her medical record off, no problem. Whew! So we got the girls checked in and headed to the nurse's table. Since the nurse was at the check in table, I explained to the aide about Tabitha's kidney stone, gave her the meds and discharge papers from the hospital, just as the nurse came back over... so I got to explain it all again. Then we got in line for bag check. All the bags have to be opened and checked. Katie's went pretty smooth, but she kept her pillow. Tabitha's took awhile because she had so much stuff, they couldn't get the bag closed again after they checked it all. Next table... schedules. Once you get your schedule you go on a tour of the school with an upper classman. I told Katie I would hold her pillow so she didn't have to carry it all around the school. I noticed the kids going to and coming back from their tours so I knew it shouldn't take that long... yeah, right. So, I'm standing in the gym... holding Katie's pillow... all the kids are checked in... the tables are being picked up... the cheerleaders and dance team are coming in to prepare for the pep rally... where are the girls? Some of the dancers came in with pizza so I headed down to the cafeteria to see if the girls were there... passing many parents and kids asking about the pillow. No sight of them in the cafeteria, so I head back to the gym... passing many parents and kids asking me about the pillow. No sight of them in the gym. So, I sat down and called Mary's house to check on Michael. No answer. So I called Mary's cell phone. She ended up having to run errands to pick up Sarah and to Plano... Charlie beeped in. I let Mary go and talked to Charlie. I got off the phone with Charlie and called the lady about altering Tabitha's skirt. She said she would have to see Tabitha in the skirt before she could alter it, and she also had already altered a skirt for Tabitha, so what was going on? I told her they had switched so many skirts I didn't know which one Tabitha had anymore, so she agreed to alter the one I received today, but she still had to see it on Tabitha to alter it. I made an appointment to bring Tabitha by on Friday and I called and left Jane a message about the lady needing to see Tabitha in the skirt before letting the hem out, and what was the deadline to get the skirt back for the first pep rally... remember, this is supposed to be easy. Now I'm really worried about Tabitha. Her cell phone is packed so I can't call her. Where is she? I go back to the cafeteria, passing parents and kids telling me they haven't seen her. I stopped and bought her a Lamar lanyard for her school ID because I knew she wanted one, and to take my mind off not being able to find her. I got to the cafeteria just as some man blew a very loud whistle and told all the kids to go to the gym. Still no Tabitha. I was about to come to tears because I could just picture her laid out in the building somewhere writhing in pain and I couldn't help her. Just then she walked in. She said the girl who took them on the tour was very tedious and very slow about it. I told the girls to grab some pizza and a drink because it was all getting packed up... they all grabbed water thanks to Tabitha's kidney stone. I gave Katie her pillow and changed out Tabitha's lanyard while they ate and told me about the tour. Tabitha said she needed a pain pill, so I walked the girls to the gym, found the nurse, and she gave Tabitha a pain pill. I hugged Tabitha and Katie goodbye and wished them well on their trip. They went to sit down for the pep rally, and I left to run my errands... thankful that Tabitha was fine. I'm such a worrier.
Jane returned my call... she had called Linda (the tailor) and they agreed I should bring the skirt Tabitha left with Jane and the one she had just given to Tabitha to her. So now I have to find time to make it to Jane's house to pick up the skirt.... yeah... easy.
Mary brought Michael home for me... THANK YOU!!! Michael invited Matthew to spend the night. Joshua wanted to spend the night too, so he took off all his clothes (except his underwear) and got comfortable. Mary and I got quite a chuckle out of that.
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