Magic!

Magic, magic, magic
Magic, magic, magic
Magic, magic, magic
I got the magic in me!



I have discovered the Magic!

Magic Shaving Powder :-) Its a girls bestfriend. Seriously.
Run out now and buy some. No more jungle between the legs! No more $80 [painful] wax job! Itll be the best 10minutes of your life. Well, maybe not your life, but most certainly your week ;-) And its so freaking cheap! (less than $2) I am as smooth as a baby's butt :-D

[Do you think I use enough exclamation marks?]


On to other magical news......

My momma has been gone for 3 weeks. She left me to fend for myself [read:take care of the kids by myself 24/7] to go care for my grandma. Grams is not doing well and I can only hope she gets magically better.


Ive lost 3lbs this week, for a not-so-grand total of 7lbs for the month of May.

The Diva was tested for learning disabilities and barely qualified for services. This is magical because we wanted her to fail (or pass -however you look at it.) She can use all the extra help she can get :-) (yes, start nominating us for the Worst Parents Award now!)

The boy-child finally started wiping his own butt. Its a freaking miracle , really.



Im hoping to have some BIG news in a few short months. Keep your eyes open 8-)

Men are dogs/pigs/"donkeys"....

Right.

I know plenty of bitter women out there who regularly spew what horrible creatures men are. My sister is one of them. I always remind her that she has a nephew ;-)

So on to the point of this pointless post...

This week I have really wanted to kick some men in a not so nice area.
Ive dealt with many men. Young, old, really old. You get the idea. I do not generally label them as "animals."

I have found them to all be basic in their general thoughts and actions. They usually center around sex, sports, and food. Oh, and sex.
I can appreciate this in men. I get the love of casual sex, a good game, and awesome food. I partake in all of it!

I do not get crudeness and rudeness.
Dont ask me to be [essentially] your personal raunchy porn star. Im up for most things and very giving, why push it?
Dont expect me to be cool with being blown off. If you want something purely for your convenience hire a personal assistant/house cleaner/prostitute... whatever. If you cant show some basic respect and appreciation, fuck off!
Umm, what happened to opening doors for women? Or even just holding it open once you pass through and see someone coming up behind you?
Married men: Please remember to compliment your wife. Romance her a little. Something. Doing the job I do, I am around many married women. They all complain about their husbands lack of attention. Ask yourself, would she have married you if you were the person you are today?

Ok. The end...

Who Am I?

I hear often [on Oprah] that women dont really discover themselves until their late 30's/40's. Its always "I didnt know who I was." or some other variation of the same sentiment.
I can recognize this in myself. I know who and what I want to be. I know the steps to get there. I do not, however, know who I currently am.
I am ..........................blah. This is not to say that I am a much different person than I appear to be, but that .............im not functioning at full potential :0) I have shut myself down so much in order to cope. Survive. Deal.

I want to continually discover who I am. Not just find myself at 40.
I believe in living without regret. I think the only regret I can foresee is not letting myself live a bit.

So, im now -
Gym-going.(Not to be confused with outgoing, haha)
Calorie-restricting (sob!)
Homework-doing(booooring)
NSA-ing
Laughing

Time

What time is it?
I dont have the time for ____
Time sure does fly!
Now is not the time!
Its time for a change!
Where has the time gone?
Remember the time__?


The word time is in our vocabulary so much (mine especially!)

I often wonder why our lives revolve around time. I like to speculate that its because once-upon-a-time there was someone as schedule obsessed as myself. [However, I do blame my need for schedule on the fact that I grew up without one and my mother always ran late]
This week, I really have no time. Well, im sure if I made extra effort I could squeeze an extra hour into the day...
Im just so busy. I had several opportunities present themselves this week that I just had to turn down. I also missed a very important Dr. appointment because I didnt manage time well.
I have yet to take advantage of 2 separate gym trials...really, like I have the time to be fat?
There are times that I think time is confused with effort. Such as my gym saga...

As for the other type of "time"...
My birthday is quickly approaching. I know im still young, but I do feel that my life is just slipping away. Im not where I want to be. I dont want to just be starting life at 30, damnit! I want to enjoy my 20's (which, to date, I have not) and be successful. I fully intend to be done raising kids in my 40's, thus allowing me to enjoy the success I achieved in my 20's (see how this all ties together?)
I desperately want another baby, too(well, 2-3 more actually.) Its been nagging at me for months now. Ahh, but the timing....

The result of procrastination...

I dropped my math class. Im a flipping genius I tell you!
Crunch time arrived, I did not. I figured why pay $15 an hr to have someone proctor a 3hr exam that I was most likely going to fail.
Im a visual person. Online math just wasnt my thing. Im retaking it in person next semester :-)

Speaking of next semester. Im taking night classes;5-10pm three nights a week... In a "shady" part of town. Ive always done early morning classes, so this will be interesting. The downside is that I will only be home one night a week :-(


Another bit of procrastination....
My weight. I was supposed to be down 30lbs at this point. I think ive gained a few....


......Going to the doctor. I have not been to one since my 4week check-up after having the Boy-child. I cant remember the last time I want to just a general Dr. Urgent care is just much more convenient these days (and only when im near "death") BUT...im finally going to a Dr. on Thursday. Ive got some things that just cannot be ignored anymore.....

.....SLEEP! Im looking at 4hrs a night. Why? Because I force myself to stay awake to enjoy the quietness. Im sure I would enjoy sleep just as much, but each night I push past the urge for at least an hr, if not 3!

So let me be a lesson...

Dont procrastinate! Youll just end up undereducated, fat, and sleep deprived ;-)

The difference between having kids and not......

Sunday night I spent 3hrs at Urgent care. Bronchitis. Great. At least I caught it early....
Monday early(predawn), the boy-child wakes up with a 104 temp. Yippee. We survive Monday(barely). Tuesday 12:30 am I wake up with a 104 temp. and in an unbelievable amount of pain. The boy child proceeds to cry continuously the rest of the night.
Tuesday was spent with the boy-child and I both crying and maintaining very high fevers. He takes us to urgent care around 6pm. Our flu test come up positive in a 1/3 of the time they told us it would take. Wonderful..

Without a child I would have ......
gotten some sleep
taken large quantities of drugs
maybe even have shot myself (the pain really is *that* bad)

Since I have children...
I sucked it up. Enough said...

WooHoos

More than one woohoo!

I got a new car! Actually, a minivan. Oh im so, so in love! Its a 2004 Toyota Sienna. Shes a beauty! The space! I can separate the bickering kids!

Ive been baking a lot from scratch(like, way too much baking.) So to combat this I made an oober healthy(and cheap!) dinner; Lentil and Quinoa tacos. The kids totally loved them! The Diva did say, "These are so great mom, but you forgot the meat." I quickly informed her that meat is not always necessary :-D
I will be tackling the art of pickling pickles soon. The Diva is rather fond of those things. Homemade bread, ketchup, and bbq sauce are also on the to-do list this weekend.
The Diva has also requested that I pack her lunch for the last month because she can no longer stand school lunches. That either says something about the quality of the school lunches(which was horrible when I was in school), or that I am an amazing cook. Yeah, I agree, its because my food is the shit ;-)

Both kids have gotten the ok to join the soccer league(there was some question as to age cutoff for the boy-child.) We have actually gotten the Diva in free for the last couple of weeks due to it being the end of the season. Can I get a 'woohoo'? :0)

Im taking my sister and the kids up to see my grandparents tomorrow.

Im almost caught up with most of my classes. Thats a big woohoo!