Last Sunday I was sitting with my class in Primary when I realized my youngest son was not sitting with his class. I went looking for him and founding him calmly walking the halls, that is until he saw me and then he tried to hide behind the lady in front of him. He's six and he's skipping class. Should I be worried about this?
Just a quick "THANKS A BUNCH!" to my baby cousin Amelia for helping me make my blog look so darn cute. After staying up til 1:00am with Jake helping me figure out instructions from Natalie I finally gave up. I patiently waited until 11:00am so I could call Amelia (9:00am her time) to beg and plead for help. She's awesome and I appreciate her help so much. Thanks also goes out to Jake and Natalie. It's not their fault I'm a first grader when it comes to dealing with the computer!
Sundays mornings are not peaceful, restful, inspiring or anything else uplifting and have not been in our family for about, oh, let's say going on thirteen years. That's when my kids outnumbered me two to one! So, why did I think this Sunday would be any better? Chad is in Spain, the lucky man that he is, and even though mine are old enough to get themselves dressed (I won't even hash out the details on coercing Kirk to get dressed) I was still yelling and screaming my way out the door. "Mom, you're grouchy this morning." That's what I heard when I got in the car for the THIRD time, because Kirk didn't have his shoes the first time and Christian didn't have a tie the second time. Of course I'm grouchy. Who wouldn't be?
Tuesday night, during my class, the instructor had the university's librarian come to show us how to look up references for research papers and such. My how things have changed since I did my last research paper! Gone are the days of the noble wooden structure that held millions of indexed cards. What was it called? Oh, yeah, the card catalog! As sad as it is that the card catalogs are now extinct, oh, how joyous it is that everything is on the net! I found references tonight as I sat in my warm fleece jamies and listened to my children discuss (or argue) the plight of Animal Crossing on the Nintendo DS's . But that's a whole other blog!
Despite the fact that Chad is in Hong Kong, and my kids never mentioned my birthday, (correction, Jake remembered after reading Tice's lovely blog) today was a pretty good day. After getting up at 5:15AM to take Christian to seminary, I went back to sleep until Chad called. Kirk played quietly (happy birthday to me) and let me sleep. Then, after Mom called, I went to work where the ladies there treated me to lunch (I had to go pick it up, but they paid.) They surprisingly gave me a few birthday gifts, which was very nice of them. After work, I went to the store and bought myself a present, a brand new Vera Bradley bag. Then, I went to my first day of a new class. Once again, I think I'm going to love being back in school. I still can't believe I'm actually a graduate student. I think everybody should go back to school. It's so much more interesting after a little bit of "life experience." But that topic is worthy of a whole other posting.
After class, which got out at 9:00pm (not 10:30pm like it was scheduled,) I came home and had a late McDonalds dinner with Christian and Jacob. (The other two were out cold already.) To top it all off at the end of the day, I read the post my sister, Tice, published on her blog and it's comments. Thanks, everybody, for a great birthday. Oh, yeah, next year...I think a surprise party would be SWELL.
P.S. The picture above is my favorite picture of me. It was taken in 1987.
Why is it that in the middle of the day I can think of many things to write in my blog, but now that the kids are asleep and I have time to write nothing comes to mind? But, write I must!
So, let's see now. What's on my mind? Oh, yeah, maybe the fact that in a couple of days I will be entering my final year of my thirties and that is putting a damper on my spirits! Yeah, that is a bummer. However, can I just tell you that the closer I get to forty the less I worry about what everyone thinks of me and that, my friends and family, is very invigorating! Thanks to my age (and a little bit of help from my first born child) I'm telling people what I think and loving it! So, if I happen to surprise you with a ear full of unsolicited advice just remember that my "old age" made me do it!
