Today is gonna be a good day

I am actually EXCITED about today. We are all home (kept the kids from school) and are binging on Christmas movies. C leaves tomorrow, so this is kinda the last chance we have to watch any. (C chose to stay with D's parents on the other nights we wanted to watch Christmas movies.)
I am obviously very excited about it, since I am wide awake at 7:00 in the morning. Crazy.
Hope all of you have a great Friday!

Positive Spin

Today was a great day. J had a program at school, and it was very cute. Videoes have been posted on my Facebook page. J hasn't felt well since yesterday, so he came home with me after brunch. Tomorrow I can't afford to have him be sick, since I am supposed to help C's class with their brunch and then go to J's class' pajama party. Tomorrow will be quite the busy day.
More positive things later, but rest assured, they are there!

And on a happier note. . .

I am warm, clothed, able to bathe, well-fed, educated; free to think, feel, speak, and worship as I want. I have more than I deserve in life. I have fun toys and cool gadgets and a wonderful family. What friends I do have are stupendous. My family is all healthy. These are the things I choose to focus on this week. These are the things that bring peace to my heart.

Is it January yet??

So yesterday we went to the in-laws' house. They had all the kids' presents wrapped and stacked by kid. J has the LARGEST in size presents, but I know for a fact they were $40 on sale at Kohl's (it is an ImagiNext boat. He has kinda outgrown that stuff, since he prefers Legos and whatnot, but whatever.) One of his is a calendar. Each kid gets five gifts this year. C has a smaller sized pile, but one of his five is a new Nintendo DSi. Another is games for the DSi. The DSi was $150, an the games are $25 each. J asked for a DSi too. He, the more responsible of the boys, was told he is too young. Riiiiight. More like, C has to get preferential treatment.
I am so sick of this bullshit. I'm ready to skip it altogether.

Brave New World

Oh boy! I'm now able to blog from my phone! Maybe this means I will blog more frequently. Or not.

Let's see. . . my foot is killing me, my husband is frustrating me, my stepson is driving me crazy, and my son is testing my patience.

My family and my in-laws are making my holiday season miserable, and this year we apparently aren't even putting up a tree in our house?!? WTF?

I don't talk to anyone anymore, and I miss the adult interaction, but not enough to spur myself to actually do anything about it. When I do spend time with people, it's in settings that don't allow for much talking. I think I'm depressed, and it wouldn't shock me in the least to find that to be true. I hate cold weather, I dislike this holiday season, and I am easily frustrated by how materialistic by children are encouraged to be by other adults.

On the positive side, we are all healthy, well fed, and provided for. We are aggrevated by those we love, which means they are around and taken for granted enough that we feel that way. I know I am blessed more than I deserve, and that things are not as dire as I would make them seem, but sometimes it's hard to rise above the grey misty fog and see the bright clear sun.

brief update

I broke my toe, twisted my knee, rearranged the entire house, canceled tv service, haven't decorated for Christmas, haven't shopped for Christmas, haven't bought or sent Christmas cards, didn't get a job. . . .

C leaves the 19th. School is out on the 18th.

That's about all I can get motivated to post.

brief update

Well, let's see. . .

- applied for a job with the Rutherford County school system as a SpEd Educational Assistant;
- applied for a job with the Murfreesboro City school system as a Title I Ed. Assistant;
- applied for three jobs with the Veterans' Administration;
- applied for a job with Immigration and Customs Enforcement;
- applied for a job with the State of Tennessee Department of Human Services.

I haven't heard back from any yet. So we shall see.

Then there's these things. . .

- hubby is fighting with his parents who feel that we are merely "guardians" and not true parents to our children, well, actually, they only care so far as C is concerned, and again wish they had filed for custody before he married me;

- hubby decided that, as my mother wishes to take all of us to Disney for spring break 2010 (my bday, J's bday, C's bday), only J and I will go. He doesn't want to go back as he "doesn't like it" (is it possible to NOT like the happiest place on earth?? seriously??) and since C didn't like Universal (can't say as I blame him), he won't be going either. So now mom is all in a tizz like it's her D is avoiding and if we were to go without her or to go elsewhere he would go. As I told her, if he doesn't want to go, that's fine, but I'm not letting him ruin this for me and J.

- J has had two perfect weeks at school, and has only moved his clothespin at school once this entire month. He also had a perfect first report card. :-)

- C had the best report card he's ever had, which is great. He got it because his teacher constantly rides him about being responsible. Yay for her! He screwed it up this week, though, and decided to leave his stuff at D's parents' last night. . . D mentioned it to his mother, who had his father rush it over to us at 9:45 last night, thus eliminating ANY lesson in responsibility being learned by C. *this would be the cause of the fight between D and his parents.

- I don't want to do the holidays with ANYONE this year, as I am disgusted with the selfishness they inspire. I refuse to support it any longer.

That's it so far. Hopefully, I'll be posting about a new job very soon.