Off to a late start

The youngest had plans to go snow mobiling today. The plan was for his friends mother to come to our house and pick him up since she had to take her son to the school for a pool party. Fine with me, I get to crawl back in bed after dropping the oldest at work. While the youngest was at youth group he called me and told me plans had changed and I had to meet his friends mother at our usual spot. Ok, that means I don't get to go back to bed, but ok. Well, I get up about 9:45 this morning and realize the youngest is up, the oldest isn't and we have to meet his friends parents at 10:00. Not happening. I asked him why he didn't wake me and his response was he told me what was going on last night. Gggggrrrrr. So, I tell the oldest I have to go and he has to ride his bike to work. he, he. There is no snow on the sides of the roads and it supposed to do some melting today, and I'm late and he should have been up about an hour ago. Never, never have I seen the oldest move so fast, lol. He was not into the riding the bike to work thing, lol. So I drop the oldest at work and the youngest. His friends mother was telling me that her kid did the same thing to her that mine did to me. He kid work her at 10 am, the time we were supposed to meet. Must be the age, lol.

I rented movies last night, Bella and Awake. I was really disappointed with Awake the way the over all movie played out. I felt like they could have done so much more with it. Bella, was a really good movie. I really enjoyed it. While I'm watching the movies I hear all this thumping at the other end of the house and just assume it's the cat. A few minutes later out comes the cat. She just stands in the middle of the living room and that's when I realize there's something in her mouth. A mouse! Took everything I had not to scream. Glad my feet were on the sofa, lol. I look at her and tell her it better be dead. She puts it down and the darn thing runs behind the tv, all the while I'm trying not to scream or move. She looses it! It's behind the tv and she is looking around towards the kitchen, lol. She looses interest and eventually walks off, leaving me in the living room with that mouse. I'm really beginning to think she thinks that mouse is a toy for her to play with. She certainty is taking her time with it. I told hubby we need to stop feeding her so she would take care of the mouse once and for all, lol.

The weekend is finally here

It's a child free night and going to be a child free day tomorrow. I need it, lol! They both went to youth group tonight so they won't be back until late and I rented movies to watch, since there's never anything on tv.

Tomorrow the oldest has to work and the youngest is going snow mobiling with one of his friends. I'm hoping he will be so tired that by the time he gets home he just crashes. The youngest just talks non stop, about absolutely nothing. My ears could use a break right about now. It's weird to hear the house quiet. The oldest will have to stay at work until hubby gets there. Fine with me. The oldest is quiet, just plops himself in front of the tv and you don't even know he's there. I plan to work on my class since I haven't done anything with it all week. I have pages and pages of translations to get before I can even start to read anything and follow along with the online video. My goal is to get the translations done and then maybe start the video. For sure I want to watch the video on Sunday. That day won't be child free, but I'm hoping it will be nice enough outside that the youngest takes himself out for a while. Hubby wants to do some online shopping for work shirts and maybe a jacket or vest. That won't take to long. I'll plan ahead and put something in the crock pot for dinner on Sunday so I won't have to stop my class work. Since nobody will be here tomorrow, it's a grab whatever night for dinner.

I've gotten two of my packages I've been expecting this week. You know it's bad when you go to the post office to buy stamps and the woman behind the counter looks at you and just automatically goes and gets your package, lol. I told her I hadn't been home yet so I had no idea I had a package waiting for me. Small town living I guess.

It's supposed to hit as high as 40 by Sunday. Heat wave, lol!! Back down into the 20's Monday and then back up into the 30's and 40's for the rest of the week. There are even predictions of possible rain. If that happens we'll go from slippin and slidin to splashin and sloshin.

Made it thorough another day

For some reason I keep thinking it's earlier in the week than it really is. Don't know why. I know I'll be glad when Friday gets here and I finally realize it, lol. I'm feeling better, not like myself, but better. Made it through the whole day without having to take anything. Probably going to have to tonight because I can feel it starting to set in again. Not going to go knit tonight. You know I feel bad when I give that up, lol. Since I had a little bit of energy I did all the work that needed to be done, so tomorrow I really don't have to do much of anything. I love those kinds of Fridays. The woman who relieves me had bought the prayer crosses off of the tv that has the Lord's Prayer inscribed inside of them. We had been talking about it when the commercial had come on the tv for it. She got hers over the weekend and brought it in for me to look at. I very rarely buy anything off the tv because you just never know who it's going to look when you actually get it and I'm to lazy to repackage it and return it, lol. And sometimes you have to pay to ship it back. Well, her boyfriend ordered her 2. I don't know why but she brought it in to show me and asked me if I wanted the other one. So I said ok. I really do like it, so she's going to bring it back in tomorrow for me. Poor hubby has this same cold that me and the oldest have. He was running a temp this morning when I saw him, briefly. I purposely didn't call him today until about 1:30 because I wanted him to sleep and wouldn't you know it, the fool called him around noon and woke him up telling him he had to go to work early because he didn't feel good. Hubby went in 30 minutes early so I know the man is feeling really, really bad. Me and the oldest didn't run temps with our cold, but we sure did want to sleep a lot. The oldest went to school today and dropped him off at the station with hubby. I made the kid actually wear a sweatshirt under his work shirt. The kid goes back in those coolers with just a light shirt, sometimes just a short sleeve shirt on. I've stocked those coolers before and it gets cold after a few minutes in there. I used to bring a sweatshirt to wear in there, and that was in the summer time. The kid didn't give me a hard time either, he even grabbed one with a hood on it, lol. Guess he didn't want to make himself sicker than he already is. I did tell him to help hubby a lot because hubby is sick to and doesn't get the option of not working. Hubby has to work, no matter how sick he is. That doesn't mean over the weekend I won't turn the phone off in our room, close the door and let hubby sleep until whenever. The man is going to need as much rest as he can get. When I dropped the oldest off, the fool wasn't there. Hubby said the fool was upstairs because he to has this nasty cold that we all have. I told the youngest he really did a number on all of us this time. He even got the fool sick, lol. The woman who comes in after me says she thinks I got this cold because of how cold the house is. That could be part of it to. You know it's cold inside when the cat lays right up against the electric heater and the dog crawls in your lap and just shivers. The furnace was on, but was set at about 62. On a day when the temp outside is 18 with wind chills around or below zero, you need to turn that heat up a little more. I always wear a turtleneck under either a sweater, sweatshirt or fleece shirt and bring a button up sweater along, just in case. It always gets cold in the afternoons, especially on the days when it's cloudy. It's supposed to get "warmer" over the weekend, into the 40's which will probably feel like spring time around here. Hubby wanted to make an appt to get the taxes done over the weekend, but I think maybe I'm just going to make the appt for Monday, that way I can cancel the doc appt to take blood from me. Looking for any way out of this, lol. But this way, he can sleep over the weekend, and he might be feeling better by Monday, but the appt has to be in the morning so he can be at work in the afternoon, and possibly lay down for a while to. If I keep the doc appt, then I have to be out of there by a certain time and we all know how doc appts go. Some days you sit there forever. I was looking at the kids calendar and starting next Friday they are off for a whole week! Winter break. Why?? They've been on break since December, lol. The youngest did tell me that Friday of next week they do have school, it's a make up day. So I asked him about the week after that. Do they still have that whole week off. Do they really need yet another week off?? He said as far as he knew they had the week off. I'm going to have to check the school's website to make sure. If they have off then I'll know the administration just decided they weren't giving up their week off, lol. I know they have extra days built in, but this is just crazy this year. That means my lady's granddaughter ( the brat) will be home irritating her all week. Which means I'll be ready to pull my hair out. The only good thing about that week is it's a 3 day work week for me. I have a dentist appt scheduled for that week. Glad that worked that way. Didn't make it to bible study last night either. I'm just thinking I need to stay out of the cold and rest as much as possible so I start feeling better sooner. I hope. Hubby must have had a burst of energy when he got up today. I left a load of laundry in the washer ready to be dried. I split the load. There was a new load of laundry in the washer and a new load in the dryer. What I had washed and put in the dryer was taken out and folded and put away. He also did the dishes and took the trash out. I don't usually do dishes before work, I play on the computer before work, lol. When I get to work, there is a sink full of dishes waiting for me and at least one load of laundry dry in the dryer and another waiting to go in. If I do my own before I go to work, I just feel like I'm not getting anything accomplished. I don't do at home that day what I did at work. Who wants to keep doing the same thing over and over again, not me.
Guess I need to get off here and make dinner, the youngest is suggesting he make buttered noodles for dinner. Yuck, I don't want that!

Wednesday

Ventured out of the house this morning, and was sorry I did. The wind was blowing and it was COLD!!! I ran right back in the house and got a warmer coat. Since I didn't go anywhere yesterday, my car was covered with snow. So, I had to uncover it. Someone did shovel a path to my car from the door though. It might have been hubby, not sure. The oldest came home from school and went right to bed. I don't think I saw him until about 9 last night. I knew he didn't feel good. He didn't go to school this morning either. I'm not going to force him, this is a nasty, wicked head cold we have. He does have to get it together for tomorrow, though.

Hubby called me shortly after I got home from work and wanted me to stop by the station and get the stuff he forgot to take home with him last night. I told him no, I just wanted to rest for a while and didn't want to go back out into that cold again. I'm home for the night now. I'm not going to bible study tonight. I had to go to the office to catch the nurse after work and since I was in town I decided to stop at the supermarket and get a few things for dinner for the next nights that are quick and easy. I normally don't buy the premade stuff, but I'm just not feeling like cooking and if left up to the boys I would get noodles if the youngest cooked and a sandwich if the oldest cooked. Don't want that either, lol. At least what I bought actually appealed to me. Maybe by Friday I'll want to cook, don't know.

The fool called yesterday morning and I answered the phone. He wanted to talk to hubby, I told him hubby was sleeping and he would call him when he got up. The fool is the cousin who hubby works with. I don't like the man and I have more colorful names for him. Anyway, he wanted hubby to come to work early because he had to go to the bank. Now, the bank closes an 4 pm. Hubby starts work at 2:30 pm. Why does he have to come to work early?? He's mad at me because I've stopped doing a lot of the running for him. I was the one making the bank deposits every day for him. I was the one running into Hudson twice a week to get the chicken they use for the sandwiches and tenders. No more. I was talking to a relatives wife and she was telling me that all the fool does is complain all the time how my hubby doesn't do anything. How the fool has to do everything. Fine, now he can. When hubby worked days, the oldest would come in and help hubby with the stocking and stuff because the fool was never there. The fool's hours were from 1 pm to 1 am. He never started until between 3 and 3:30 pm. Hubby left at 4 pm. Hubby had to stock before he left which takes about an hour, so the oldest would come in after school and start so hubby actually got done working close to his regular time. The fool became partner in November and now that he is, he does even less than he did before. If that's possible. He brought the woman back, who used to work there, so he can go to India. Hubby was told he probably can't go because there is no one to work for him. Last year when hubby went, he was gone for a little over 9 weeks and in that time, there were 3 different people working hubby's hours. Three people! What does that tell you about the fool??

I've done nothing with my class, but then again, I can't seem to be able to concentrate very well, so I guess it's best I don't bother with it. Anything I do or read I won't remember anyway. I'll just wait until I'm feeling better. Hubby told me to make an appt to get the taxes done sometime next week. I couldn't remember when he said he wanted to do it. The fool leaves on the 12th so we have to at least drop them off before then. More than likely he will be shopping all of next week so hubby will have to start working early even before the fool leaves. We wanted to do something special this year for valentines day since hubby was away this time last year, but with the fool leaving I don't think that's going to happen. I thought about maybe doing something this weekend, but it will depend on how I feel and I keep going back and forth on what I want to get him.

That's about it for now, I have laundry I have to get caught up on.

Today's agenda

Rest, fluids, and day time tv. Got no sleep last night because it seemed like forever for the cold meds to kick in. The last time I looked at the clock it was 3 am. I was awake and miserable when hubby came home around 1 am. I think the cat knows I'm sick. She's not a cuddly lap cat, but last night, as soon as I would get settled, she would crawl in bed with me and just flop herself against me and sprawl out. Normally, she will lay next to me, not touching. My body hurt so bad, it hurt to lay down. It hurt to sit. Everything hurt. I tried a few times to sit in the chair. Still hurt. Even worse with a 20 lb cat in my lap. Tried the sofas, just couldn't get comfortable. The cat felt the need to join me there to. Gave up and went back to bed and the cat followed. Shortly after hubby came home he crawled in bed, and wrapped himself around me. I don't feel good and I hurt all over. Why do these 2 not get it?? This is not the kind of sick where I want to be bothered. Called off from work because I knew there was just no way, even with the cold pills. I sit down to write this and I notice in my planner I have a mtg with a counselor for the youngest this afternoon. I really, really don't think that's going to happen. I know I told the youngest last week I would be there, but I think I just need to rest. Tomorrow I have to work and do all the things I have planned in the afternoon.

The weatherman said no snow. Well, it's been flurrying all night. Just a light snow, enough to leave a few inches, but not enough to cause problems. For us up here, anyway. I saw on the news London got 4 inches and people were stranded because they had no way to deal with this stuff. Guess it's understandable if you never get it.

Feelin like crap

The youngest has successfully passed his cold onto me, and the oldest. I felt it coming on last night and took something, thinking maybe it won't get me as bad. I think I was wrong. I'm feeling worse and worse as the day goes on. I did not want to get out of bed this morning, especially early. I did not sleep good because I just never felt comfortable. We had plans for today so I had to get up and get going. Got the car taken care of, didn't take long at all. No major problems with the front side. Went and got a new printer. Of course, what I wanted they didn't have. Hubby didn't want to buy a printer at staples because he thought walmart was cheaper. They are cheaper, if when you find what you want it is sitting on the shelf, because no body that works there is going to actually look for something that's not already out on the floor. I wanted to go to Mass to Kmart, but hubby didn't want to do all that back tracking. So walmart it was. I didn't get exactly what I wanted, but it's close and cheaper than what I wanted. The ink for this printer is a few dollars more than the one I wanted. Of course, walmart was out of the ink this printer takes to. Why am I not surprised. The oldest went with us and spent some of his money. On iTunes cards, lol. The rest I told him he has to save to look for a new pair of work boots. I had made an appt to have my ppd done while the car was in the shop, since my office is in front of the mechanics shop. I have to go back on Wednesday to have my arm checked anyway, so I will take the oldest along and he can shop for shoes. Then, if he has money left over, he can buy his books in the series he's reading.

I have my first course all printed out and all I want to do is take a nap, lol. It's getting kind of late to sleep so maybe I'll try to hang in there and just go to bed early tonight. While we were in Walmart, I bought some vitamins. I take a multivitamin every day, but sometimes it's not enough. My mom always takes lots of vitamins for different things. I always thought she was crazy, but now, I'm thinking maybe not. Her and my father are both really healthy for their ages. She always bought every vitamin book that came her way and tried everything in them to. Maybe it's paying off now. I know my immune system is weakened from all the antibiotics I've taken recently, so I got some vitamins to strengthen my immune system. This is the first cold I've had in years. Not only has it been a long winter, it's going to be a sick winter for me. I'm sure the groundhog didn't see his shadow today. He probably couldn't dig himself out from under all this snow we have, lol. We are not in for the major snow storm they were predicting for tomorrow. It's going to stay south of us to miss us. That's good since I really don't want any more snow.

The boys finally go back to school tomorrow. Yeah!!!! They didn't have school today because of it being make up day for the Regents. I think the third week of this month is their winter break. Another week off!! Don't know why, they're never in school anyway.

The fool is leaving for India on the 12th of this month. He's supposed to be gone for 3 weeks. We'll see what happens. Hubby's friends daughter is getting married March 10 and really wants hubby to go. He even changed the date so hubby could be there. Hubby has a cousin in Ohio who wants to go for 2 months. He's also trying to plan his trip around the time hubby will be there. But, hubby's going all depends on if he gets the time off and if the fool comes back when he says he will. Out of all the times he's gone, only one time did he come back when he was supposed to. He was supposed to leave again the following month, but that didn't happen because his partner was over there. I still think he will end up staying longer than he's telling everyone, especially since he knows hubby wants to go. We'll see what happens.

Not much else going on. Should start thinking about dinner, that way I can crawl in bed early and either read or sleep. Still have a few things I need to do today and get my work bag ready for the week. Probably should send the boys to bed early to since they are not used to getting up early for school.

Relaxing day

It's been a really good day, just seems to have gone way to fast. Got the oldest to work on time this morning, usually he's late. Even got to church on time, but not early enough to make it there before this one family. Since we have service in the social hall, there are folding chairs that are set up, but only so many. Well, folding chairs side by side really don't give you much room for other things, not like a pew does. And there's not that many chairs anyway. The people that are already there have the hymnals, bibles, purses, etc sitting on the empty ones next to them. I'm fine with that because I like to spread out to. I refuse to put my bible on the floor, no matter what! Anyway, there's this one family that used to show up late. Not so much anymore. Anyway, we always play musical seats every week. Now it's more like first to show up gets. The problem is who ever shows up last, has to sit in the back and get their own chairs because there's not enough. Then you have to swipe a hymnal that someones not using and doesn't have buried. Today we both got there at the same time. Parking at the church is limited to. They pulled into the last parking spot on the one side which made me pull around the back. Luckily, there was one spot left, or I would have had to turn around and park at the side of the church, in the snow. The back behind the social hall has limited parking with a L shaped area. I always like to back in because it makes getting out much simpler. Today this family beat me to the parking spot and the last row of folding chairs. But.......... there were some people who didn't show up for church today, so we lucked out. I don't know what happens on Sunday mornings, but no matter how early I'm up I always end up rushing out the door. I think a big part of it is I have to always wait on the youngest. He never wants to go and makes sure to drag his feet I think. On the rare occasion hubby will go, I have to wake him 30 minutes early and tell him I'm leaving sooner than I need to so we show up just as service is starting. The oldest told me I need to go to Sunday school which is before church. I told him I can't get to church at 11 am, how am I going to make it to Sunday school at 10 am? Even getting up around 8:30 am. I bet I would be there on time if it was just me going.


Spent the rest of the day doing basically nothing. Came home and bothered hubby until he got up, lol. It was time anyway. Played around on the computer, put dinner in and well, now it's later than I thought and I'm wondering where the day went. I hope the time flys by while I'm waiting for the mechanic to work on the car tomorrow, lol.