FedEx and Free Copies

I came across this article from my old hometown newspaper, Newsday. It is a quick one and gave me a bit of a chuckle:

http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzfedex0311,0,6292408.story

It is comforting to know I am not the only one who is need of these give-aways.

Personal Economic Crisis

I shudder to look at the Dow...my stocks have lost so much value it makes me physically ill. My home has lost about 100k. My bank accounts accumulate almost 0 interest. As we are dividing up our assets, it's becoming increasingly clear, I will be officially poor. I need a job desperately in order to survive. Nevermind being able to have some luxuries, we are talking about having a roof over mine and my children's head. It's been a long time since I was poor. I've forgotten how hard it is to live on my salary alone....paycheck to paycheck. Right now I'll just settle for a paycheck at all, but then again Arizona will penalize me in my support if I make any money at all. What a lovely catch-22 it is.

Clone Myself

Spring must be in the air. The kids activities triple, and of course they all occur at the same time. Alas, such is the life of a mom with 3 kids. Eventhough I have caught a break with only one playing baseball (instead of three like in the fall with soccer), I still seem to run around on the weekends. Drive Jason to practice, drive Rachel and Amanda to a party, drive back to the field for Jason, and back again for the girls. That is how I spent about three hours of my day. I just wish I could clone myself...it would make it so much easier. Maybe I should just keep going back in time to those crazy days to help myself out. But I'm certain that would mess up the time continum somehow. It's been awhile since I was in calculus and physics....so I'll leave that to my ever so loyal readership to figure out.

Spring Break

Someone needs to inform our school district Spring doesn't begin until the middle of March, and the majority of our break is not during the time. It should be called "two weeks of your children arguing and driving you crazy with their complaining they are bored". But I suppose that would be too long to fit on their calendar. I truly am despising the "modified" calendar our schools are following. For those of you not in our district, this means starting school around the 25th of July and going until the end of May. The trade off is three 2 week breaks during the year, which always have a day or two tacked on so half the months of October and March are spent at home. I always have some grandiose plans of going sight seeing or vacationing. It never seems to pan out. This break I think the only major accomplishment will be cleaning out their old toys and their bedrooms. Good ol' Spring Cleaning for Spring Break.

Gives You Hell

Gotta love All-American Rejects.

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l06M-dsQf3Q

Carb Freaking

I am not hungry. Not in the least. It's in the middle of the afternoon. I have spent the last hour or so looking for employment and housing. Staring at numbers and budgeting options. What do I do with my raising anxiety? Girl Scout Cookies. Bread. Candy. Empty calories, but even more enticing, Carbs! I swear I can't add that much time to my treadmill to counteract my negative eating habits. I know upping my Paxil doseage is not the answer. It's relaxation of my brain. I need to channel these bad habits (for that is exactly what they are) into something more constructive. Maybe every time I want to head to the pantry, I should just do crunches.

A Whole Decade

Another milestone has been reached. My oldest child turns 10 on Tuesday. Double digits. It really makes me feel old. Now my kids don't seem so young anymore. And that ages me. I remember when Jason was in preschool, and there were some other moms who were there with their youngest. That was when I was the "young" mom, and they were the old ones. They would be complaining about hot flashes and wrinkles. I would chuckle as they would lament about PTA and Little League. Oh how quickly that has come back to bite me.

But this is about Jason, not me.

So now I have an older child, a tween. He is still such a darling little boy. He still doesn't like girls. He loves his video games and playing sports. He has no clue about fashion, and he still beleives in fair play. He starts Webelos and is basically a great kid. I'm sure I will look back and be grateful for the wonderful son I have. I hope he grows to be an awesome adult someday.