In a Funk

Aunt Flo began right as I was posting my last blog, funny I guess. I've just been feeling off all week. R has been gone since early Tuesday morning and things have been more hectic than I thought. I scheduled online tutoring hours not really thinking about the fact that he wasn't going to be here to help with Little Man and then on top of that I've had my nose buried in Little Woman all week long and I still have 200 pages to read. My four to five page paper is due Sunday night at 11:59pm and I wanted to have the book completed by today so I could focus on the paper. Well it's just not going to happen. I've been reading at pretty much every free moment that Little man is napping or down for the night. It's just a long ass book.

Luckily tomorrow my mom is not working and we don't have anything going on. Running has fallen by the wayside this week and I'm feeling really bad about it. I have to get my ass up to the track at the high school tomorrow morning and do my five mile speed workout. For some reason I'm nervous about going up there alone. It's open to the public and at my old high school but I don't know. R went to the track on campus where his conference is and did his workout today so I'd better stop making excuses and get my butt up there tomorrow!!!!!!!! If he can work it into his busy schedule in a strange city I sure as hell can fit it in!

So back to my Little Women paper, I have to write about a theme in the book. I chose poverty vs. wealth, not sure why I chose that, but of the options that were recommended that seemed to appeal to me the most. Maybe it's more obvious too when they talk about poor people and wealthy people and describe various things throughout the book. Up until now I thought that I had read this book before but now that I am rereading it, I don't think I ever got through it. I did watch the movie though and maybe I counted that??? The prof for this class is the worst, maybe not in person but she is online. To me if someone is going to teach an online class, they should be online checking their e-mail and responding to students fairly often since that's our only means of communication with this woman. I have yet to receive a response to a question/concern before just pulling my hair out and doing what I think is right. There was a book that I couldn't find that was required to do an assignment. I e-mailed her THREE times and finally got an e-mail back stating that she was going to address my concern through a class e-mail later that morning.....SHE NEVER DID!!!!!!!!!! I finally had to get another version of the book and attempt the assignment hoping that she would accept it. She was the same prof who I e-mailed requesting the book list and she posted the book list after reading my e-mail and responded back that she posted the book list awhile ago. She did it the same day she read my e-mail!!!!!!!!

On to more interesting things.....shopping!!!! I got some great deals at Old Navy today. I love the summer pj's for Little man that are separate cotton shorts and tops, fit very snug, and come in cute little prints. I guess they are normally $14.50 a pair or 2 for $25 which I think is outrageous!!!!! I would never pay that much because they are just pj's!!!!! Anyway I got two pairs for him today for $14!!!! I also got two colored shirts (plain, scoop neck, nothing on the front) for $10!!!!!! I was quite happy with my bargain shopping. Oh and on the shopping note I started making friends and finally broke my way into a conversation with some of the other moms at swimming today because the topic was shopping and I'm hoping to maybe make some friends. They were talking about how great the outlet malls are and telling me what good buys they got. I think I'm going to try that for Little mans next season of clothes. They have all the good stores (Gap, Children's Place, Gymboree, etc...) and it's more reasonable then paying full price. Sales are also my favorite so I'm keeping my eye open now for clothes for the future. I think I could safely buy 4's an know they would fit next summer. I mean you can't pass up buys for $2 and $3.

We still haven't heard from any potential employers requesting interviews :o( Every night I pray that the next day will yield a phone call from the university requesting R for an interview. He's been gone all week so I thought maybe something would happen while he was gone, nothing. I found quite a few positions open this week but none of them are remotely close to where he is applying. I thought I would apply anyway and maybe get some interviewing practice. I know good things come to those who wait!!!! I just keep telling myself to be positive and patient. I talked with my old principal today because I needed him new address and phone number because he moved to Georgia and I need to list him as a reference. He's doing okay but sounds like it's going to take some time to adjust. He's such a nice guy I hope that things work out for him. He told me that if things don't work out up here I could always move to GA and he'd give me a job, haha. No more long distance moving for me!!!!!!!!!! Although we are pretty much still packed, haha. Okay so there it is....one long update :o) Hope you enjoy!