Ambitious
It's early morning and I have nothing exciting planned for today so I figured I may as well get my journal done before I forget again later. I dropped the kids off at school and again today they have a sub, the regular teacher must be sick. I'm very happy at how much the kids enjoy school, I was nervous for awhile but they seem to really really like it. I'm happy for my little one too because now they both have their own friends instead of me bribing the older ones to let the younger one play. People say that kids can be mean and boy do you see it the older the kids get, it's sad in a way for alot of the kids who don't have alot of friends. I try and encourage my kids to be nice to everyone because you never know what will happen down the road and they may need those friends. I talked to one of the moms after we dropped the kids off and she was talking about how I got out of doing PTO and other volunteer things. I don't feel I have to participate when nobody else wants to do it, why don't other parents want to get involved?? I've heard bad things about how nobody wants to do the work so one or two people end up doing it. I have gotten very discouraged with trying to better myself in the volunteer world, I know I haven't found the "thing" that grabs me yet or makes me feel good about my doing it. I enjoy helping people who seriously need it, I was at the bank and a guy had his walker trying to step up onto the sidewalk. He was obviously having issues, he couldn't get his foot up so I asked him if he needed a hand. I didn't know how to go about helping so I asked him if I could lift his leg up, after I got him up and to the door he told me he had MS and had trouble stepping. Good for the guy, being out and about with having MS. Many people would have stayed home and had other people do their running. He was grateful that I helped him and I felt good for the first time in a long time. I know a great many people would have walked by him and not offered to help so I need to find something to volunteer at that makes me feel good. I had a hard time donating to the Salvation Army this year, I made a agreement with a friend that she would donate to the animal shelter and I would do the above. I know a great many people who abuse the Salvation Army, they don't need the help but instead play the system for everything they can get. I know not all people are like that but I have a hard time shaking her greediness. I did do it and I like to think that someone who seriously needed the help got it and not the deadbeats who don't.
I was going to take the dogs for a walk today but it is not nice out, very bitter air. The dogs are holding paws up due to the cold ground so I don't think they would enjoy it. I made an appt. with a dog groomer to do my little dog, I have a hard time paying for someone to shave my dog. She needs her face trimmed up and her ears plucked so I hope all goes well when she's there. I'm also going to go and get my hair cut the same day, I hate paying $20 for a dumb haircut, to be a boy..
No particular goal today, maybe take our christmas tree down, yes it's Jan. 9 and we are pathetic but the kids like it. I could make a nice supper, I have really been trying to be more healthy. The kids are totally one board with the healthy so I'm thrilled about that, wait until I bring in some odd vegetables, that'll be the test.
I was going to take the dogs for a walk today but it is not nice out, very bitter air. The dogs are holding paws up due to the cold ground so I don't think they would enjoy it. I made an appt. with a dog groomer to do my little dog, I have a hard time paying for someone to shave my dog. She needs her face trimmed up and her ears plucked so I hope all goes well when she's there. I'm also going to go and get my hair cut the same day, I hate paying $20 for a dumb haircut, to be a boy..
No particular goal today, maybe take our christmas tree down, yes it's Jan. 9 and we are pathetic but the kids like it. I could make a nice supper, I have really been trying to be more healthy. The kids are totally one board with the healthy so I'm thrilled about that, wait until I bring in some odd vegetables, that'll be the test.