Momma Drama

Tired. I am just so very tired. Yesterday turned out to be a real cluster f**k.................The Village meeting had gone smooth and quickly up until the last 15 minutes of it, when the Village PITA wanted to stir up shit. The President ended up banging the gavel hard enough to startle me and adjourned the meeting. The PITA ended up cussing and yelling on her way out the door. So yesterday she calls me, and wants a boatload of copies of things. The 1996 audit, meeting minutes from 1999, etc. Okay fine, I have 5 days to get them to her under The Freedom of Informationm Act. Do you think I can find half of the things she's requesting? If you answered no...you are correct. The last Clerk was asked to resign and did so, since there were some dubious Clerking activity taking place. Rumor has it the Clerk before her wasn't much better. Anywhoo.......the filing, and the records I have here are a mess. Mis-filed, missing, incomplete. It had been so bad that the State Department of Treasurery stepped in a few years ago to investigate the Village. So needless to say, I have had to chase all over to try and track down the things she is asking for, and then run a zillion copies. Everyone and their brother from the Council either called or stopped by............because don't you know folks love to talk in a small town, especially when you have that type of excitement at the meeting. (Which in and of itself is funny as hell, since nobody talked to us for the first 6 years we were here, prior to them asking me to be the Clerk. Whole other beef there...)

I ended up having to go to the Town Hall, the post office, the General Store, and a council members house all on my way to pick up Trent from school. It was snowing/raining while I did all that. I hadn't wanted to run Maiya out and about that much either, but even if I had taken the car then I would have had to drag her and Devin in and out at each stop. So we walked/strollered. This winter is really going to suck ass for taking Trent to school. I did find a one rider, high back, safety strapped baby sled though. I will have to attach the other sled to it, because Devin is already whining about walking in the cold....There is a fresh inch or two of snow out there this morning. I hate snow.

I am going to call Miss Sue this morning and she if she can take Devin for a few hours. I still have so much to do today........and God love that child of mine....she is intense. Working days and Devin don't usually mix well.

I have to finish making these copies and get them out (I'm allowed 5 days on those.), finish the meeting minutes (I'm allowed 8 days on these.), fax an ordinance to the paper for publication (10 days here.), call Sears and order some tools for the Village, make out some checks, get the Christmas cards done, clean out the toybox (it isn't even safe at this point since Maiya is able to get around so well), do Maiya's breathing treatments every 4 hours, make dinner (oh what I wouldn't give to have any leftovers in the fridge..), give both girls a bath, and watch a movie that is due back tonight. I'd love to throw a nap in there somewhere....but that won't happen. :(

Dave had a work meeting to go to today..............it should be over early. Hopefully he will be home in time to take Trent to hockey tonight, otherwise I take three kiddies and go.

My throat is hurting.......feels like I have a wad of congestion in it, resting for a bit, until it works it's way into my chest.

I'm hitting Meijers tomorrow to replenish my wiped out medicine cabinet, and buy a cool mist humidifier. I will start overmedicating tomorrow in hopes of kicking/heading this off.

I can't wait for 2 pm tomorrow. Trent's first school program. The Christmas Program. I'll probably cry. I suck like that...........I'm already crying because Maiya's bithday is coming up. :(