I Love My Job

Have I mentioned that?

I don't like, of course, that people divorce, but I really do enjoy working out the details and the visitation schedules and even helping divide up the stuff. And there is nothing better than when you can help a kid get back on the right track.

Plus, I really do like the people that I work with. Rach B. always manages to get me free stuff when we order supplies from Office Depot. Lindy never fails to stay overtime if I need her, even though I never ask. The court staff is always nice and helpful, and actually do their jobs!

Plus, I don't answer to a boss, so if I don't like the way I'm doing something, I do it another way.

There is lots of responsibility, but loads of freedom, too.

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I Swear That I Try To Do Things Other Than Complain

I really do! It's just that things never go smoothly. :(

Last night, Alan was up late throwing up. Then, this morning, Ander threw up all over my bed - sheets, comfortable, carpet.

Rach B. called in sick. Her little girl (who we babysat this week) is throwing up. Guess we gave her our disease. {blushing}

Then I went for my annual check-up. The doctor thinks I am having blood pressure problems again, and maybe some fluid on my lungs, which was part of my problem last time when I was hospitalized for my heart. So I'm off to see a pulmonaligist (sp?).

When do I actually go to work? And good thing I have a special kind of job, or I'd be fired by now. :/

Ander is in the living room eating bananas and watching Sesame Street. He usually ignores the tv, but he's talking to the tv right now. It's really cute. Now, if he can just not puke the bananas.

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My Child Is A Genius

Can you hear the sarcasm in that?

I've had a rough day. I drove to my make-up Strollerfit class, to make up for missing yesterday for an unexpected court hearing and taking Ander to the doctor. I dressed in a tank top and running shorts, and was almost there, when I realized...Strollerfit is on 1 p.m. for Wednesdays in May only. Fabulous. Sigh.

So I went to a coffee shop and worked. Ander was very fussy, and refuses to eat right now, but he had some milk and a tiny bit of cinnamon roll (and threw his banana on the floor), and I got my billable goal reached for the day. I also got some critical stuff done.

Then we had lunch (Subway) while Ander napped (again, no eating) and then I went to Strollerfit.

We are home now, and I am exhausted. Ander is relaxed and raring to go. But he still won't eat.

I gave him some raisens and some osyter crackers. He was playing with his Busy Ball Popper, and all of a sudden he starts saying "cracker, cracker." Well, obviously, I looked around for Trip, but Trip is not here at the moment. ;) So I looked in the ball popper. Sure enough, my little genuis had a cracker bouncing around in the ball popper.

Sigh.

Someone at Strollerfit whose husband is in law school asked me today which is harder, being a mom or a law student. Being a law student is no walk in the park, but being a mom is the HARDEST thing I have ever done.

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Ander Health Update

After Ander threw up twice yesterday and continued his never-ending coughing, wheezing, no sleeping, runny nosing streak, we went to the doctor. They say he probably has allergies. There is no definitive test for kids under 2, but he is now on allergy meds. Also, he got a steriod for his cough. And, ta-dum, he has been officially diagnosed with asthma. He now gets breathing treatments.

Also, we asked about his walking (or lack thereof). His left leg, and sometimes his right, are pretty turned out when he does walk, so we are seeing a pediatric orthropedist about it. :(

And mommy got very little work done today, and nothing billable, because seeing the doctor, renting the breathing machine, filling the meds at the pharmacy, and taking care of a whiney kid took all I had in time and energy.

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Impromptu Night Out

Last night, we tried to go to Bren's game. Cancelled due to weather, I guess. Then we went with two of my sisters to the cancer walk in Ascension. I saw a client, met a new lawyer, saw a couple of friends from Strollerfit, and had the tastiest curly q fries ever. Plus, all the money we spent (which admittedly wasn't much) went to charity. It was good to get out.

Then we went to the outlet mall and picked out a gift for Sasha. We were very excited about shopping for girl clothes.

We learned that stores don't know how to dress little girls any better than little boys. Sigh.

Speaking of weather, lightening hit and burned down one of my sister Wendy's neighbors houses. :(

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My Six Favorite People

Last night, I was complaining to Alan that as jammed-packed as my schedule happens to be, it doesn't involve the one thing I really want - to sit at a table with my six favorite people, eat a leisurely and delicious meal, and follow-up with a late night of coffee and gossip swapping.

Alan {cough - smart butt - cough} asked who my six favorite people that I want to have this dinner with happen to be.

I thought for a moment, and replied that I guess I don't actually want my six favorites. Instead, I want some of my favorite people, and some that don't make the top six, like Trip, because you need a foil to keep things interesting.

Aside for Trip: It's not like you aren't on the list - just not in the top six. I know that makes you cry like a little girl, but if it helps soothe your bruised ego, you likely rank in my hubby's top three (hopefully, but not certainly, behind my son and me). ;)

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