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Saturday, April 01, 2006

San Antonio
Current mood: stressed
Category: Travel and Places

So, I’m in San Antonio for a week for work…I’ve never had so many people ask me what the tattoo on my arm means…and I really have no idea how to respond…i can’t exactly tell them that I have SEX tatted on my arm…at least not these people…not to mention that people look at you funny when you tell them that…they look at you funny when you tell them that you wanted to get bitch, but the tattoo place didn’t have it…Oh well…3 and a half days down, 3 and a half to go…then it’s home to see the MONSTER TRIO!!!!!

Merry Christmas

We had a pretty good week around our house...I only worked 2 days this week, wasn't feeling well on Wednesday...actually, was feeling light headed and scared to even drive Booger to daycare...so we hung out all day...

Thursday was the 12 month check up and Santa pics! He's up to a whopping 27 pounds, 11 ounces and 31 inches long...I can't believe that's the same baby I brought home at 6 pounds, 15 ounces and 19.5 inches...He was okay with Santa, not thrilled, but didn't cry...We had to play peek-a-boo to get a smile out of him though...

Friday was spent Christmas eve shopping with dad and the sisters! I got Booger his ornament for this year as well as some board books and a letter to Santa kit for next year. We had lunch and then I took him to the play area to run around and climb...The sisters went shopping some more and dad chilled at TGIF...Booger discovered the play area exit so we headed back to TGIF where he took a nap...after the traditional sundaes, it was time to go home...
We watched White Christmas then I went upstairs to put Booger to bed in his new Christmas PJs...thankfully I get another year before we have to worry about the super early wake ups...



Christmas day was spent with different parts of the family, we got to see both sisters, both Great Grandmothers, all the grandparent's on my side as well as some aunts, uncles and cousins...We finished the night with Booger getting to visit with his Dad, which makes him very happy.

And today I sit at work watching the snow outside...

Christmas Traditions

As I sit, back here at my weekend job, I'm thinking of some of the Christmas traditions that we have in my family...Things I want to share with Booger...things that I shared with my mom and dad...things that I would like to share with Boog and his dad...and by dad, I mean the male father figure in my/his life...

My step dad is, for all intents and purposes, my DAD. He was there on a daily basis, when I was sick and needed a ride home from school...When I fucked up and needed to be called out on it, he did it...I wasn't HAPPY that he did it, but it needed to be done...Whether Booger's biological father is the dad in his life or not, that's up to him.

I LOVED going to pick out the Christmas tree, it was colder than the North Pole outside, but dammit, that tree had to be perfect. No bare spots, nothing too small since we had huge ceilings, and nothing too big that it wouldn't fit on the car lol. More than once I had to be reminded of that...Fake trees were NOT allowed, and my mom pretty much waited till I left before she got one...

We would decorate the tree with the eleventy billion ornaments that had been collected over the years. I have an ornament for each year since I was born, my mom gives me a new one each year. Then there are the ornaments that I made in school when I was younger...and each of my sisters gets an ornament each year as well...and there are the German ornaments my dad has...and just some random ornaments in general...

Each Christmas eve, my dad and the kids would go Christmas shopping. We'd shop some, do lunch and then a sundae...We ALWAYS got mom something from Bombay & Co. and she wasn't allowed to go shopping with us...I've only missed shopping twice, and once was last year when I was in the hospital...

This year I will make the shopping trip with my dad, my youngest sister, Booger and hopefully my other sister...Time to add a newbie to the tradition, and let dad have another guy in on the trip with him...

Entertain Me Dammit!!

0.Okay people...I am just into hour 2 of my brand-spanking-new weekend job...Hour 2 of ELEVEN for today...Hour 2 of SEVEN-FUCKING-TEEN for the weekend...I am starting to think this is a set up by my best friend...I'm being set up because she gets Jarryl, who she adores, while I am here today (and most days really)...and *I* had to get up at the ass crack of dawn to get HIM to HER house, and then get here in time for work...

I have one book, one laptop and one desktop...Desktop belongs to the company and has limited websites available on it - no FaceBook, no chat sites, the CNN site is kinda jacked up slightly...I COULD start on my book, but at least on the computer it looks like I might possibly be working, and when the phone rings, I don't have to stop reading in order to answer it...And I could bust out MY laptop and hope I pick up the internet connection from the other building, but again, this way makes it look like I might actually be working...which makes me look better for now...

I also have ONE soda that is almost gone...and I have no idea how I managed to make it last for over an hour...Supposedly they provide lunch, but we'll see...I did have some cereal this morning and brought some more to snack on if I need it...though I really don't want to have dry cereal for lunch...and it's slightly cold in here cause the y just opened the showroom doors to get a car out...and that means that they will again have to open the doo/rs when they bring a new car in the showroom...WTF? Why couldn't that have been planned better so that they did it at the same time...And I lost my damn coat some where...idk where...so all I currently have is my sweatshirt...which I can't wear cause it's not exactly professional looking...and I don't want to start fucking up the dresscode already...

So, I am now leaving into your capable hands to ENTERTAIN ME DAMMIT!!!

PART TWO
We have now begun hour 3 of the ELEVEN hour day - the SEVEN FUCKING TEEN hour weekend...

I have checked email eleventy billion times...and shockingly enough, there is very little new mail...

I have also been to http://www.rantsfrommommyland.com to attempt to catch up on my viewing, er, reading pleasure there...And here is a shameless plug for their website...OMG! You have to fucking go there...if you have/had/will have kids...or have just been around people with them...I find their site abso fucking lutely hilarious...they even have their own made up words...AND they're based out of NOVA some where...

Okay, now back to your regularly scheduled programming...

oh yeah - ENTERTAIN ME DAMMIT...I have just provided hours of entertainment for you by way of the blog above...

Ping Pong balls

I feel like I have a ping pong game going on in my head…do I stay or do I go? Is the aggravation worth the good times? Do the good times outweigh the bad? Are you really going to change in the way I need you to? Are you going to change in the way our son needs you to change? Are you ever going to change at all? When are you going to realize that you need to do things you don’t want to do, for HIS well being? You don’t matter anymore, it’s all about him…

I feel torn between the past and the future…I wonder if there really is a future with you…I wonder if that future is really where I want to be in my life…is it really what I want for my son? Do I want my son to grow up thinking that its okay to make threats and intimidate people into getting his way? Do I want my son to grow up hating people that he doesn’t even know? Do I want my son to think it’s okay to treat people this way?

But I also want my son to know his father…I want him to know the person I once knew…I want him to believe what his father tells him…I don’t want him to live his life full of doubts about what daddy is going to do…Daddy said he was coming to see me today – will he really come?

I don’t want him to grow up with an alcoholic parent – been there, done that, I want better for him…

So. Here’s my notice to you, yet again…things need to change…things will change…for better or for worse, a change is coming…whether you will stay or go, that is your choice…whether you decide to make the changes YOU need to make is up to you…but I will be making changes for my son’s future…it is up to you if you will be in his future…

Clifton Day Yay!

This weekend was a good one...I spent all day Saturday just me and Booger...We got absolutely nothing accomplished except spending time together...

Now Sunday on the other hand, that was an all day event...if you've never been to Clifton Day and you live in the NOVA area, I totally recommend it...

Food
Vendors
Food
Pony rides
Food
Kid ID station
Food
Antiques (Anteekies, Anti Qs, ya know, old shit)

And did I mention food? I did? Yeah, well, it's GOOD food...as a matter of fact, I have 2 dip mixes, a salsa mix, peach butter and some preserves purchased from this wonderful place...and that's not to mention the food that was consumed there...

I got Booger's picture taken on a pony, in vest, bandanna and cowboy hat lol! I can't wait to get it in the mail. They also had this AWESOME booth that sells benches and stools and benches that are also step stools...AND they have the kid's name carved into them, but the letters are REMOVABLE PUZZLE PIECES!!! They were so fricking cool...I'm totally going to get one for Booger for his birthday...

Booger got his first corn dog this weekend, we ended up un-corning it for him, but he still thought it was pretty good...

For more info on Clifton Day, click me or go to www.cliftonday.com.

Steps!

My little man took 3 steps at daycare yesterday...all by himself!!!!

I can't believe how big he's getting...and he waved bye to me this morning...

It won't be long before he's walking all over the place alone...I'm so screwed then...

Hopefully we can get a handle on my breathing before then...I'm starting to have issues with keeping my breath...okay, lets be honest, I've been having issues for a while...

It's bedtime ladies and gentleman...ha! I say that like someone really reads this shit...

Where did the time go?

I was watching J the other day and couldn't believe it...This crawling, laughing, bouncing, standing, flirting baby is the same lump of do nothingness that I brought home from the hospital almost a year ago...

When we came home, and for months after lol, all he did was eat, cry and potty...and he did a LOT of all 3 and very little of anything else...

And now he's all over the place...He's absolutely fearless...He loves to stand and bounce...and he's almost walking on his own...he crawls all over the place...and boy does he flirt and he loves to see himself in the mirror and in pictures...nothing beats the sound of listening to him laugh...I could listen to that little giggle for hours...Man I love that kid...

I can't wait to teach him how to tie his shoes, ride a bike and then, I'll have to teach him how to drive...that scares the shit out of me...

New and Improved...maybe...

So I decided to start using blogspot again because blog.com was pissing me off...

I may or may not move the posts there to here...but if you want to see them before I move them, go to www.chaosanddaisy.blog.com...