Momma Drama

Today's Dr. appointment for Trent and Devin? Okay. Ear infection for Trent, I could have sworn he had a sinus infection. Un-resolved sinus infection for Devin. Maiya went back in last Friday. Un-resolved sinus infection for her and an asthma wheeze. This is the second go around for her with the nebulizer and inhalation treatments. Hopefully she won't have any more episodes, otherwise she be diagnosed with asthma. Antibiotic cocktails all around here at the Snapper house! It feels like my sinus infection is gone, but my glands are funky and it's phlegm city.......The good news is that it looks like we dodged the major stomach bug virus this year. KNOCK ON WOOD, TWICE!!! Devin had a very mild case of it that didn't last but a few hours quite awhile back. Trent goes back to the allergist this month to have his allergy testing repeated, then he'll start allergy shots in May. Devin has been referred for testing also.

Devin's birthday was yesterday. She's the big 5 now. She did cupcakes at pre-school the day before. Then yesterday I took her, Maiya and Hana to playgroup. We met Heidi and Jade there, then went to McDonalds for lunch. The Playscape, sundaes and cupcakes were more appreciated than even the fries and nuggets. Can't say that I blame any of them with those nuggets though.....Today after the Dr. appointment we shopped for her birthday presents. She wasn't supposed to be with Trent and I, but since she spiked a temperature last night, she got to go to the ped's too. I managed to find her a snowboard. Yay! That is what my 'lil Crazy girl wanted. I bought her a Cinderella clock too.....time *heh* to start working on that. Tomorrow I shall try my hand at making a Cinderella (Barbie) cake. She picked Bob Evans to have dinner at tomorrow for the family birthday celebration.

The new truck is working out pretty well. Gas hog that it is. Maybe it's not quite a hog, but it costs $18-20 to fill the Neon, and about $37 to fill the Explorer. I'm loving the tinted windows for the kids though. And the automatic 4 wheel drive. It was very nice to have that thing to drive dowstate for the funeral. I'm a pretty good Neon packer, but the extra room is a bonus. I had to get a little apeshitty on the car dealership salesman though. The armrest was broken clean off when we first test drove it, and we wanted that fixed. They said okay, they would order a new one. Damn if they didn't glue, then heat and smooth the old one back on. Got the message today to come on back up.....the new armrest is in. Hopefully the new plate will be there too, we had to buy a new one. Speaking of plates.....I finally bought the Olympic plate for *my* Neon. I've wanted that plate for years, just never did it. It looks great on *Dave's* Neon now.....lol! He has me driving the Explorer all the time right now. I guess I can't complain about no pretty Olympic plate though. ;)

All home improvement projects have come to a screeching halt right now for some reason. I guess laundry, dishes and the Village job have taken their place. Yipee!

Dave is taking a new job (at least this week...;) This one is a half hour closer to us, but north. It also involves being on call, so we have been hearing about that. Non-stop. Over. And over. And some more. The day after he told them he would take it, some other place called him out of the blue with an offer. So, the mid-life crisis, masquerading as a job hunt continues.....The new job is supposed to start April 4th. It will involve more actual day shifts though, so that will be nice.

Rumor has it that we are supposed to be heading for Florida the last week in March. To check in on Dave's parents.....we shall see how that all comes together.

I'm loving the Blockbuster on-line deal. Not so much loving the fact that we have nothing but basic cable. Lots of library movies are being viewed here too.

Our birds had babies, but they did not make it. I did finally get a book on finches, so I'll be reading up before we attempt this again.

Kindergarten round up is next week. *Sniff!* The bad news is that they are closing the K center here in town. That means my big mouth girl here at home/but uber quiet at school girl will be taking the bus to school. THE BUS!!! The horrors.....her brother did say that he would sit with her for the first few days though, until she made some friends. Sweet. They are offering half day K this year too, if they get enough interset. Damn bastards! When I was bitching because Trent had to go all day, where was that option? I bet they won't have enough people interested in that though. Gee, what will Maiya and I do all day? How well did I do containing my glee over that...lol!

Little Miss Maiya is totally and completely potty trained. Her idea, back around the middle of December. I am so diaper bag free! I really am loving that part. Nothing but some baby wipes in my purse for faces and hands.

I have almost all of the year 2004 scrapped. Go me! I have two more easy L/O's to do, and of course the Christmas Day roll of film is still MIA. I'm sure it will show up, but I wish it would hurry up about it!

Only and and a half more days until I run away from home. Yay! That's right. RUN AWAY FROM HOME!!! I know there are 11 millionty trillion moms out there that don't get time off, and even may be okay with that, but I am not one of them. It's been darn near 4 years since I've been away from home, sans kids. My emotional tanks are empty. My reserve tanks are empty. Every day is worse and worse. I need to re-charge. I have made reservations at the Super 8 down the road for Sunday and Monday night. I will sleep in. I will nap. I will read a whole book. I will potty alone. I will go to Lowe's and walk every aisle, ALONE! QUIETLY! AND TAKE NOBODY TO THE BATHROOM THERE! I will swim in the pool. I will take my nail stuff and do my hands and toes. I will eat the food that is served to me, and I will not whine or tell the server "I don't like this...." I will watch a movie. I will relax. Unwind. Rejuvenate. And miss my family, because for as much as they suck me dry emotionally.....I love them to pieces. :)