My oh my...
Where have I been? Sometimes I wish I knew and others I wish I could forget. The past month has been a conflict for my emotions. With Chui being sick and in chemo and now into remission and getting better... That's been a vice on my heart. I think I'm more attached to him than any other pet we've had. I'd like to think that he's more attached to me too, but who knows?
I've been working back and forth between CBT and Mom's. She is crazy busy and workers just suck. Myself included no doubt. No one ever does anything the way you really want them to... Everyone knows that. But there are simple things that people don't do sometimes that really pisses Mom off. How hard is it to put the food bowl at the back of the kennel instead of the front where they knock it over and make a mess? Easy... But this girl is a nit-wit and has yet to get it right. And I'll get to deal with them while Mom and Dad are jumping the pond next month. That's right. I will be The Boss for two weeks!! Watch out little girls... I have the nerve to say things that Mom doesn't. So you better get your act together. HaHa!!
I also went on my long awaited trip to Orlando, Florida with Linda, Don, and the kids. I didn't have internet access, but I wrote this late one night while it was quite and children weren't annoying me.
"It's Thursday, August 3, 2006. If I never see Andy and Don again until well... A long time. Let's just say that seeing them at Christmas will be too soon. Nick almost got thrown in there, but his annoyingness is mostly due to Andy. Michelle is just blonde and clueless. ALL the time. Brandy turned into one of those "No!" mothers. Her children have one volume that is too loud and the princess' favorite line is 'Hi! My name is Kay-den!'. If I hear it one more time I may rip her tiara off and make her eat it. And yes she actually has a tiara. She got it from lunch with the Disney princesses at Magic Kingdom. Mike isn't so bad. Kinda strange though. I suppose its better to start from the beginning though.?
We left Friday night at about 7:30 PM. The ride down wasn't so bad except for the 3 hours we spent at a rest stop. I thought maybe we had been magically transported into an oven because it was so hot in the van. Otherwise for the drive, the children and I were on and off sleeping so there weren't really any 'Mom! He's touching me!' conflicts.
We got to our house at about 3 PM but we couldn't get into it until 4. So we killed an hour at the clubhouse pool. Then it was claiming rooms and settling in. Dinner and the pool at the house, and then to bed.
Sunday we went to Islands of Adventure early. Tower of Doom, The Hulk, Dueling Dragons (x2), a couple water rides, and lunch in there somewhere. Then Spiderman and Dragons again. Then it was home to dinner, the pool, and bed.
Monday the group went to Magic Kingdom while I slept in and spent some sun soaking time by the pool without getting splashed/disturbed/talked to. Then I took a nap and Marcy picked me up for dinner and I ended up crashing at her place.
Tuesday we went to Universal. Shrek 4D, Jimmy Neutron, Terminator 3D, ET, Back to the Future, and lunch. Men in Black and the crappy 360 light show, The Mummy, Jaws, Twister, and Earthquake. I think my days are running together. We went there Wednesday for a couple hours too. Other than that it was just food and the pool.
Thursday, today... I went to Cocoa Beach with Marcy and the boys. That was nice. I was away from the hethens and on a beach! The boys tried to teach me to body surf, but I didn't really catch the wave cuz I wouldn't put my head under. I hate salt water, it makes me gag. Not to mention that every time I did put my head under my swimsuit took it as a sign that I didn't care if it wandered off or not. Then Marcy and I laughed at them doing the skim boards. Sammie and Daniel got in trouble with the lifeguard (who looked like she couldn't save anyone over 120 pounds) cuz they went out too far. They were deemed 'Sharkbait' for the day. I was in and out of the sun but I still somehow got burned on my shins and right hip. I know... Random. Marcy dropped me off at City Walk and I had dinner with the gang at Bubba Gump Shrimp. Then 6 of us went back to Universal for a couple more rides on The Mummy and MIB. Now I lay in bed writing my two pages of memories and keeping Michelle awake with the light. I have no clue what's in store for tomorrow. There was talk of Disney Quest... Which is, from what Marcy said, a GIANT arcade. I want to go... But I really have no say in what goes on. Ok... I'm tired."
We didn't go to Disney Quest... To my dismay. We just swam and played pool volleyball. Nick skinnydipped all afternoon. I somehow have a picture of Andy throwing him into the pool. (Which I better send to Linda and delete before I get arrested for child pornography.) Marcy called me Friday night and asked if I wanted to stay with her for another 2 weeks so I could babysit while she and Sam were in Vegas. (WHAT?!?!) Yeah.... I decided I couldn't skip CBT for that long so we agreed that a round trip ticket would be my payment for watching the boys. So I worked at CBT all last week and got things caught up and flew back down here on Friday. Here I sit in my swimsuit... Finally updating my life. The boys are already in school so I have the mornings and afternoons to myself to lay by the pool, get more sun, and read my books. They're good kids. And funny too. So its not really a hassle to be around them. Their dog, Bandit, is a good boy too. He gets a little overly excited when someone new comes in... But after you've been there a while he's fine. He's a brindle boxer. Very handsome and he would lick you to death if you let him. For real... I bet he would. I took the boys bowling yesterday. That was funny. Sammie was trying to figure out how to put spin on the ball, Daniel was making fun of Sammie and actually did better than the rest of us... and Andrew was just trying to figure out how to make the ball go straight. I think by the third game he averaged 3 pins a frame. Marcy and Sam will be home Thursday, and I fly home early Saturday. Bandit is staring at me and Daniel will be home from school soon, so I'm going to go see what I can find to make for dinner. That way I have a plan when they ask tonight. They eat dinner at 5!! Crazy in my book. It was 5:30 last night and they asked IF we were eating dinner! I was like.... If? Did you do something to not deserve dinner? It was funny. Anyways... I'm out.
~S
I've been working back and forth between CBT and Mom's. She is crazy busy and workers just suck. Myself included no doubt. No one ever does anything the way you really want them to... Everyone knows that. But there are simple things that people don't do sometimes that really pisses Mom off. How hard is it to put the food bowl at the back of the kennel instead of the front where they knock it over and make a mess? Easy... But this girl is a nit-wit and has yet to get it right. And I'll get to deal with them while Mom and Dad are jumping the pond next month. That's right. I will be The Boss for two weeks!! Watch out little girls... I have the nerve to say things that Mom doesn't. So you better get your act together. HaHa!!
I also went on my long awaited trip to Orlando, Florida with Linda, Don, and the kids. I didn't have internet access, but I wrote this late one night while it was quite and children weren't annoying me.
"It's Thursday, August 3, 2006. If I never see Andy and Don again until well... A long time. Let's just say that seeing them at Christmas will be too soon. Nick almost got thrown in there, but his annoyingness is mostly due to Andy. Michelle is just blonde and clueless. ALL the time. Brandy turned into one of those "No!" mothers. Her children have one volume that is too loud and the princess' favorite line is 'Hi! My name is Kay-den!'. If I hear it one more time I may rip her tiara off and make her eat it. And yes she actually has a tiara. She got it from lunch with the Disney princesses at Magic Kingdom. Mike isn't so bad. Kinda strange though. I suppose its better to start from the beginning though.?
We left Friday night at about 7:30 PM. The ride down wasn't so bad except for the 3 hours we spent at a rest stop. I thought maybe we had been magically transported into an oven because it was so hot in the van. Otherwise for the drive, the children and I were on and off sleeping so there weren't really any 'Mom! He's touching me!' conflicts.
We got to our house at about 3 PM but we couldn't get into it until 4. So we killed an hour at the clubhouse pool. Then it was claiming rooms and settling in. Dinner and the pool at the house, and then to bed.
Sunday we went to Islands of Adventure early. Tower of Doom, The Hulk, Dueling Dragons (x2), a couple water rides, and lunch in there somewhere. Then Spiderman and Dragons again. Then it was home to dinner, the pool, and bed.
Monday the group went to Magic Kingdom while I slept in and spent some sun soaking time by the pool without getting splashed/disturbed/talked to. Then I took a nap and Marcy picked me up for dinner and I ended up crashing at her place.
Tuesday we went to Universal. Shrek 4D, Jimmy Neutron, Terminator 3D, ET, Back to the Future, and lunch. Men in Black and the crappy 360 light show, The Mummy, Jaws, Twister, and Earthquake. I think my days are running together. We went there Wednesday for a couple hours too. Other than that it was just food and the pool.
Thursday, today... I went to Cocoa Beach with Marcy and the boys. That was nice. I was away from the hethens and on a beach! The boys tried to teach me to body surf, but I didn't really catch the wave cuz I wouldn't put my head under. I hate salt water, it makes me gag. Not to mention that every time I did put my head under my swimsuit took it as a sign that I didn't care if it wandered off or not. Then Marcy and I laughed at them doing the skim boards. Sammie and Daniel got in trouble with the lifeguard (who looked like she couldn't save anyone over 120 pounds) cuz they went out too far. They were deemed 'Sharkbait' for the day. I was in and out of the sun but I still somehow got burned on my shins and right hip. I know... Random. Marcy dropped me off at City Walk and I had dinner with the gang at Bubba Gump Shrimp. Then 6 of us went back to Universal for a couple more rides on The Mummy and MIB. Now I lay in bed writing my two pages of memories and keeping Michelle awake with the light. I have no clue what's in store for tomorrow. There was talk of Disney Quest... Which is, from what Marcy said, a GIANT arcade. I want to go... But I really have no say in what goes on. Ok... I'm tired."
We didn't go to Disney Quest... To my dismay. We just swam and played pool volleyball. Nick skinnydipped all afternoon. I somehow have a picture of Andy throwing him into the pool. (Which I better send to Linda and delete before I get arrested for child pornography.) Marcy called me Friday night and asked if I wanted to stay with her for another 2 weeks so I could babysit while she and Sam were in Vegas. (WHAT?!?!) Yeah.... I decided I couldn't skip CBT for that long so we agreed that a round trip ticket would be my payment for watching the boys. So I worked at CBT all last week and got things caught up and flew back down here on Friday. Here I sit in my swimsuit... Finally updating my life. The boys are already in school so I have the mornings and afternoons to myself to lay by the pool, get more sun, and read my books. They're good kids. And funny too. So its not really a hassle to be around them. Their dog, Bandit, is a good boy too. He gets a little overly excited when someone new comes in... But after you've been there a while he's fine. He's a brindle boxer. Very handsome and he would lick you to death if you let him. For real... I bet he would. I took the boys bowling yesterday. That was funny. Sammie was trying to figure out how to put spin on the ball, Daniel was making fun of Sammie and actually did better than the rest of us... and Andrew was just trying to figure out how to make the ball go straight. I think by the third game he averaged 3 pins a frame. Marcy and Sam will be home Thursday, and I fly home early Saturday. Bandit is staring at me and Daniel will be home from school soon, so I'm going to go see what I can find to make for dinner. That way I have a plan when they ask tonight. They eat dinner at 5!! Crazy in my book. It was 5:30 last night and they asked IF we were eating dinner! I was like.... If? Did you do something to not deserve dinner? It was funny. Anyways... I'm out.
~S