ho hum
Adrianna is back in school and seems to be really enjoying it. Today is her 4th lesson meaning that she has now been playing cello for a month! Her teacher hasn't really had her start playing with a bow yet, its all been pizzicato. (plucked) She seems to be enjoying it though and really does like her new teachers both a lot. Last couple years my relations have not been what I have wanted with school. This year though there is a new principal who seems quite pleasant and I think things will get easier. Don't get me wrong though we both really did enjoy her teacher last year. I think last year for Adrianna was great. This year she doesn't really have any of her best friends aside from Ben with her. They don't sit next to each other though like they did last year ALL year! She came home today and said music class was really easy today. All they had to do was clap rest clap. "they have rests in my cello music book!" It's kind of exciting to see her apply something like that to her school work. I have taken so many pictures over the summer until now and I haven't posted any of them. For some reason its just been really hard to motivate myself to get on here and write. Mother in law called today and told me she found the Draculaura doll that Adrianna wanted at her store. Also bought her the Cleo De Nile and Duece Gorgon doll set. They are basically dolls based off of classic horror movie monsters. They would be their teenage children anyway. I'm glad she was able to get Draculaura which was basically the only one she wanted because they sold out of her at toys r us and I was looking on ebay and... ouch! I let Adrianna watch Underworld with me and she liked it. I refuse to let her watch twilight ugh. I don't think she can watch Underworld two though due to some nudity. Based on that I think I will probably let her watch the original Dracula,Frankenstein, and the Wolf man. I loved all those cheesey black and white horror movies when I was kid and still have a place for them in my heart. She doesn't mind black and white movies like some of the kids her age. She has a few black and white Shirley Temple movies and loves them. I think I want to get her Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands for Christmas. that and a down alternative cover for her bed. She has a futon and the mattress is not quite what it used to be. She might not notice it as much being as light as she is but I was laying in bed with her the other day and I was downright uncomfortable! Her cousins are probably going to be so confused at Christmas time by all the semi creepy gifts! They are used to her getting all sorts of cutesy fairy stuff, although the skull thing has been present for years due to her loving pirates. I met the new art teacher yesterday she seems nice and was more then happy about the offer to come in to help her so that's awesome. I can go back to art class!She seems really nice but seemed a little overwhelmed when I met her.She looks pretty young. We went to build a bear work shop for my Birthday and Adrianna built me a Sanrio Chococat. Nellie hated that thing at first but is now currently on the bed behind me snuggled with it. She's so soft, like bunny fur. I love her but she is really dumb. Adrianna and I were watching some random Youtube clip with a cat and she was on my lap and she actually started hissing at the screen! She has this habit of sorrowfully meowing when Mark or I leave. Mark was rather sleep deprived yesterday and I left to take Adrianna to School and apparently she was at it again. He was so mad he finally had to get up and scream shut up at her to get her to stop.I think she is getting a little senile. Rightly so though I guess she is 17. I am noticing it hurts to type a little. I took a shower a little bit ago and pretty much right as I was getting out of the shower the smoke detector started going off. I probably smacked that thing 30 times as I am standing there dripping wet growling at the thing "It's steam!" as if I could reason with it. So I suppose that is why my palm hurts. I finally just took the battery out. So annoying! Men get a bad rap sometimes for just beating on stuff when they are angry. I'm not sure if its all women but I know I have myself personally put dents in cars with my fist and broken stuff or just beat on stuff. It's hard when you are angry. I can say I do not take these things out on people. I try my best not to anyway. I may occasionally unjustly snap at some one when I am grumpy but I have never hit some one for just annoying me when I was cranky. I think its time to go to a concert again. I need to find a good show. It seems like a good way to start off a new school year. I did it last year and it helped me blow off a lot of steam. I get really stressed about it before it starts. After it starts its not really that big of a deal but this school expects a lot. We have to buy all the school supplies for the year and then they have suggested donations which we always buy too. Then you have to make sure they have new shoes. The weeks previous to school starting you have to make them go back to bed at a reasonable hour. We have to be up at 7am and out the door no later then 7:55 to be there at 8am. Then there are all the fund raisers and school events. Summer is so much less complicated! I did babysit most of the summer though so the sleeping in thing didnt happen so much. I'm not going to lie, I love sleep. Mark bought us a new bed not that long ago and it is soooo comfortable so now it is even harder to get out of bed. Most of the time I'm not super sleepy but after aunt flow visits the iron deficiency anemia kicks in and I am tired for about a week. Though as much as I can sit here and complain about getting up early for school I am happy too though because I have a few friends that I didn't get to see very much over the summer but now our kids are back in school so we all get to see each other twice a day again! Awesome. Anyhow I need to make Adrianna practice her cello now. Her lesson is in an hour and a half.
