More Randomness

• Classes started yesterday, so far they seem like they are going to be manageable. One of my books arrived today so I read a chapter about hi.gh sta.kes assess.ment. Sometimes I really miss being in the classroom. I am already done with my first assignment in my portfolio class, it was just posting an introduction. I'm saving reading everyone else's posts until I'm online tutoring tonight since I have to be on the computer for 4 hours.
• I booked a scrapbooking get together today at my aunt's house so I'm hoping it's enough to meet my May goal and stay an active consultant. She sent me 25 names so I'm hoping she gets a good turn out and they love the products so that they'll order a ton.
• Little man is sleeping a long time today and I'm loving every minute of my rest time. I've accomplished a lot today and I love seeing my planner with a bunch of checks by all the things I've completed.
• Little man just woke up, I jinxed myself!!!!!

More Random Thoughts and My Weekend

Happy Mother's Day. I got a cute card from Little man that he picked out. Hope all the mother's had a great day. Thursday night I got a call that our counseling appointment was cancelled due to "therapist emergency" but he said last week that we were his last appointment of the week so I kind of got the impression that maybe it was just that he wanted to go home early. The annoying part was though that we couldn't get rescheduled until this Thursday at 7pm so it's going to be two full weeks. Right now I feel like we need consistency and as it is 45 minutes flies by so going two weeks seems like ages. I truly hope there wasn't a huge emergency with our therapist.

The weekend was really busy. My mom came at 4:30pm on Friday and hung out with Little man and I, then when R got home from work we all went to dinner at a restaurant that we had never tried before. It was really good and also on our way to the expressway. My mom and I drove an hour to my grandparents house where we stayed the night so we wouldn't have quite as far to drive yesterday to get to the baby shower. We talked a bit with my grandparents and then went to bed because we had to get up at 6:30am yesterday.

We headed down to Ohio at 8am yesterday and arrived at the shower a little early at 11:30am. It was a very low key shower with just about 15 people. We had a casual lunch, cake and then she opened her gifts. We were done by 1:30 and then we went out to see my cousin's house and then checked into our hotel.

Checking into the hotel wasn't very fun because every room they tried to put us in smelled like smoke/musty basement. My mom has stayed at this hotel several times and never had a problem but apparently they need to make some upgrades and keep their non smoking rooms non smoking. After finally getting a room that smelled more musty than smoky I sprayed it down with scented body spray and we turned on the fan and went out to my aunt's house to visit. We visited there for a bit and then went out to see my other cousin's house.

We headed out from there and ended up going to dinner at Ru.by Tu.esday's and then went to Wal.mart. We caught a really great movie when we arrived back at the hotel room from 1988. It was hilarious to see the computers and clothes from back then, brought me back to my childhood. It was called "Wo.rking Gi.rl". If you have the chance to see it sometime I thought it was a great movie.

Today we ate breakfast and headed for home. We stopped by briefly at my grandparent's for a little pit stop. It is my cousin's first birthday tomorrow so we took her a present and hung out for a bit. I ended up getting home at around 3ish. Little man and R went to his parent's house this weekend and ended up getting home about 30-40 minutes after me. I was hoping for some more alone time but oh well. It was a nice break but they never seem long enough.

Master's classes start tomorrow so I'm going to spend tonight getting organized and figuring out how I'm going to work the class work into my schedule. My books should get here by mid week so hopefully I can get started on the reading right away for my one class. I finally got a new mentor for my online tutoring. My old mentor wasn't terrible but she would take forever to get back with me and I never got the feeling that I had a chance for a promotion from her. She had been giving me the run around for 2 years. I had been meeting the goals she set for me and improving my technique but it never seemed like she was going to recommend me. I requested a new mentor so that I could have a fresh start and explain my goals from the beginning. I've been with the company for almost 3 years and I should have been promoted by now. I'm also going to work on a binder for my tutoring so I can have a nice resource and all my stuff will be organized.

My marriage has been okay but we have barely seen each other. I'm dying for some affection/attention. R was super busy at work last week so his mind was concentrated on that and I tutored 4 hours last Tuesday and Wednesday, then he worked late on Thursday. We were apart this weekend and I just feel like I have a roommate at this point. It's so annoying sometimes that it's so hard to make couple time and that we barely have time to hang out and just do things that we enjoy together.

I know it wasn't a super exciting post, thanks for reading anyway.

More Random Thoughts

For some reason the random thought lists are appealing to me lately.

• I'm sick of hearing "mommy" today- R is working late and I just felt kinda "off" today so hearing the repetitive "mommy, mommy, mommy" is getting on my nerves. I know that's probably terrible to say but there are just some days where I wish I could have a day off as a mommy and just revive my spirits. Which I guess I get this weekend so I really should just be quiet and smile.
• R just abruptly was told today that his side job he did was no longer going to be available because they were switching the way they do things and it was effective yesterday. That was the only means of extra money that we had coming in and we were somewhat factoring that into our budget. We're now both looking for extra work.
• The trip to Chicago is off- Since R lost that extra money I know that going to Chicago would be stupid. I should get my financial aid refund tomorrow but we'll need it for necessities so I now need to come up with an alternative plan for this birthday. It really makes me sad to think about because I arranged for him to get the day off from work with his boss and had reservations made. I was so excited because it just so happens to be the weekend they are having a free jazz festival which would have been awesome. I was SOOOOO looking forward to the trip and I'm just sick that we can't go. No other ideas are coming to mind that even come close to measuring up to my Chicago plan :o(
• The neighbor girl was asking about my pregnancy today, we kinda just chit chat here and there when we see each other and she told me "they were trying" but no luck so far. That takes on a whole new meaning now that I'm an adult. It almost seems like too much information, but I'm a pretty open person so I'm not sure why that seemed so awkward. Maybe it's just because I don't really know her that well.
• My master's classes start Monday and I'm really nervous because I already feel like I have no time between being a stay at home mommy and then online tutoring 9+ hours per week. It's at a fast pace too because it's the summer semester. We are going to be covering 16 weeks of material in like 7 weeks, what was I thinking? At least I will have my degree in hand before summer is over so I can possibly look for online instructor positions or something that will bring in more money. Oh and I have to order $90 worth of books for the one class so that's going to be a chunk of change.

Random Thoughts/Events

• It's windy and rainy today- Little man and I went for a long walk this morning because I knew it was going to rain so I'm actually glad that it's raining because my plants and flowers need it. Also, a rainy TV/movie day is always a nice break from the on the go days we usually have.
• I have this urge to make peanut butter cookies- We have no chocolate chips and I'm seriously craving something sweet. I don't particularly love peanut butter cookies but that's the only thing I could find which includes all the ingredients that I have on hand.
• I'm torn about whether or not to go through with R's Chicago b-day trip- We don't have a lot of extra money and my tutoring hours are going to be cut down significantly during the summer. I am getting my student loan refund so I was going to use part of it for the trip but I'm having anxiety that I'll need the money later on. I want his birthday to be special and I got a lot of cheap and good deals for this trip but I'm still very torn.
• I'm nervous that I opened the door to the fact that my in laws may watch Little man the weekend of R's trip- My mom was going to watch Little man that weekend but then it seems as though I need her to watch him the next weekend too since we have a wedding on a Friday night and it's going to be a late night. My cousin's open house is the next day so it would be more convenient for her to come the next weekend instead because then we could just head to my cousin's open house the next day.
• I'm going to Ohio this weekend- We have a baby shower to go to and I've never met the girl. It's my cousin's wife and since I missed pretty much all of my cousin's weddings due to being in FL I haven't seen them for many, many years (we didn't see them much anyway)
• Little man is potty trained!!!!!!- He recently just started pooping in the potty and is in underwear all day long. We only need pull ups during nap and overnight which I'm sure we will not be needing soon, either. I hope the second one is much easier to train because I'm not sure if I can take the stress again. It's so true that they do it when they are ready though!

Well that's what's on my mind at the moment, sorry it was so random.