"Your Earrings Look Really Nice"

Ah the joys of substituting in high school. I subbed for freshman World Geography today and received the above compliment from one of the freshman boys, lol. The day seemed really long because the class periods are over an hour, and lunch seemed really short because after you walk the miles to the teacher's lounge there's not much time left to eat. The school is huge! I'm challenged with directions anyway and wasn't given a map so yeah, I got lost several times. I'm there again tomorrow subbing for a resource room. I talked to the sub who was in the class I'm in tomorrow and she said they were a little difficult, not sure how that's going to go. Friday I'm subbing in the afternoon in a business class.

Baby M slept in his crib last night!!! We do have a white noise lamb (it's a stuffed animal that has different white noise settings) and that's been working well for him. I was able to stay awake while feeding him by watching a taped T.V. program. R had to help out a little because he was a little fussy after he ate and I needed to get back to sleep. I didn't get to bed last night until after 11:30 so I was pretty tired today. Luckily, I was able to get a nap in after I got home and before I started tutoring.

R is going to Denver next week for a conference where he is doing several presentations so I'm looking forward to having the week off from subbing. I feel like I'm burning the candle at both ends sometimes so I'm definitely ready for a break. I just need to get through tomorrow and then Friday should be easy since it's only a half day and it's in the afternoon. R still hasn't heard anything about the SC job or any other jobs he's applied for. I'm really hoping that something works out soon. SC is apparently really strict about their hiring guidelines so I'm not sure that's going to work out. I wish something would work out soon though because I'm really tired of not knowing what our future holds. There are some days that I'm just really ticked off that we're having to go through this. I was so hoping for some stability rather than always being in a state of limbo.

Well I'm dead tired so I'm off to bed.

A Bit Nervous

So my lovely husband decided to take his car to get fixed tonight after he knew that this random person was coming over at 6pm to pick up some things we listed on Cr.aigslist. I'm not happy with the fact that some person I don't know is going to be at my house soon and I'm all alone. Luckily the items are in our garage and I don't have to let them in our house. I've been off all day long. I haven't been feeling quite right. Little things have been setting me off and my body has just felt, blah.

I've been trying to look for work. I called Syl.van Learning Center today and they aren't hiring but I can drop off my resume for when they are hiring. I also e-mailed the person my information for subbing. I called on Friday and she told me to e-mail her. I was going to do it on Friday afternoon but I figured nothing would get done with my e-mail on a Fri afternoon so I opted to send my info this morning, in hopes that it would be taken care of quicker. I also applied for summer financial aid and found that I need to sign up for classes on March 12th. I have two more to take even though I am walking in May. I'll be done with my master's as of August. Right in time for baby #2 to arrive.

So let's hope that I make it through this random person coming to my house and that tomorrow is a better day. I can't even pinpoint exactly what I'm feeling or what exactly is "off." It's probably the looming worry that we are going to have to pay $500 to fix R's car and the fact our insurance is going to go up.

What a Smashing Night!

So my friend came over last night, who I haven't seen since October of 2006. She is getting married on March 29th so she had lots of fun wedding plans to share with me. I'm now seriously thinking about revising my resolutions because my lovely husband smashed into her car. I still can't believe this happened! He's not used to having someone in the driveway and he usually centers his car in the garage since we only have one car so all those added up into two smashed cars. My friend has had so many car accidents that she took this one rather well but again was she going to be a bitch, probably not, under the circumstances? I felt terrible and still do. We don't have the money for this and we certainly can't afford our insurance rates to go up. I didn't sleep well at all last night because I'm trying to figure out a way to make some money and contribute to our family in case my husband's second job ends. It's temporary so we never know when it's going to end. We have money in savings but I don't want to use it now when we actually have him working two jobs just in case we might need it more when he doesn't have the second job. It's always something, I swear! For all the times things have worked out for us, we've had double the amount of things not work out.

R took Little man to return something so I have the place to myself, and it's actually clean since I went into a cleaning frenzy last night since my friend was coming. I'm going to be taking a walk soon and hoping that helps my mood. I hate when things like this happen because it sends me into worrying about money mode and life is no longer fun. I did call my district office and got information about substitute teaching. I have to send an e-mail on Monday to get more information and set up an appointment. You have to interview with the superintendent of the the schools before subbing because he likes to know who's going to be in the buildings. They pay pretty good $89.60 per day but then I don't really end up making that much because daycare for Little man for 1 day costs $40. There's a shortage of subs though so hopefully I'll be able to get some jobs. My mom also offered to come for days so I could sub in which case that would be free for childcare.