Category: Daily Life

So I’m confused. On election day, we close the schools because we don’t want strangers walking around the campus with our innocent children about. It’s a safety issue. BUT today, for the primaries, the schools are in session and the same voting machines are in the gymnasiums and the same strangers are mucking about. WHY?

Isn’t this the same category of stupidity as we see at the airports when they confiscate your nail clippers at the security checkpoint then behind the secure area they sell you the same nail clippers at the gift shop?

Driving to school I was thinking about my lack of effort at finding a job, the baby was crying and the 13 yr old was babbling and we nearly had a headon collision.

Being one of the 43 million uninsured families, this scared some reality into me! Additionally the baby still has a lump on her left breast that we haven’t had checked out for fear of getting labeled a ‘pre-existing condition” and becoming completely uninsurable.

The baby is a joy. She holds her head high and is so confident. She cried in the car because her milk was stuck between her and the seat. After that was resolved she talked and talked and read her book.

This morning when I changed her, I found 2 pacifiers in her pajamas!

Stress level is high today but in check.

Baby is screaming. I should have had her up 20 minutes ago. Got lost on the computer. Bad dad! Bad dad! Time to take the 13 yr old to school. I guess the baby is coming along.

I found it interesting to note that the employment section of Sunday’s paper is no longer called “Careers”; it is now called “Jobs.” That says a lot!

A New Day!

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This Morning

* Woke at 2am and refueled fire. Couldn’t convince myself to stay up and work.

* Sufficiently freaked at not having a job and insurance yet. I MUST secure something.

* Woke the 10 yr old at 6:09 and told her that the 7 yr old and I are leaving at 7:00 that she should be ready to go. Normally it takes her the entire 50 minutes to be ready. Today she has homework and really should take a bath. Gonna be rough!

Last Night

Battled with the 13 yr old in a war of attrition as we each wanted to give into sleep. I finally added wits to it and put the portable motion alarm back in the kitchen. Only thing, I couldn’t get it to work but Tommy thought it was there.

Too tired. Need sleep.

I could really use a beer right now.

Highlights:

– cooked dinner while 7 yr old and 13 yr old did homework and 20 mth old stared at tv or ran wild

– got 7 yr old and 13 yr old bathed, dinner ensued; convinced 7 yr old that he liked tacos

– fought with snack bingeing 13 yr old over dinner portions; parents win battle, 13 yr old thinks he’ll win war tonight

– check fire; meanwhile baby stands on open door of dishwasher and pops springs..now door hangs to floor

– bathe baby; note to self- post rules and regulations regarding the new indoor swimming pool I once regarded as a bathroom

– upset wife..oh, yes, I “attacked” her over the 4 dixie ups full of grease from cooking dinner that were spilled into the sink. I had them set on the sink so they could solidify so I could throw them away. I have yet to learn the proper way to dispose or recycle cooking grease. We had planned a candle lit evening together; I guess that’s out the window now.

– stoked fire; stared at very old Guinness on book shelf; sighed

The boys are seeking trouble and the baby is watching tv. I must be upstairs.

Time to pickup the 13 yr old. The 7yr old got in trouble at school AGAIN.

Break to rekindle the fire and rekindle the mind.