Yep, the subject line says it all. It's Thanksgiving - and what a nice one it was. We opted to stay home and do our own dinner. I made a turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, green bean casserole, and of course some gravy. No rolls...figure we had enough bread in the stuffing anyway. It was an easy peasy meal to make for us - and we'll be eating it ( Read more... )

I've had this journal for over 9 years. I don't pay attention to it like I once did, but occasionally, I come back to read about things in the past and I realize I am so happy to be where I am today. In the past 9 months, I've become more independent than I've ever been. Mark and I are approaching 8 years together in a a little over a month ( Read more... )

My dad is sick again. His wife called my grandma today and told her he is only eating breakfast and nothing else....that he is down to 101 lbs. I tried to call this evening, but he was already asleep and his wife would not wake him up. I have so many thoughts in my head right now....why doesn't his fucking wife call ME or my SISTER? Why does our ( Read more... )

So, tell me again why I keep coming back to working in a school, year after year ( Read more... )

Today's mom's birthday. Of course, in true Shelley fashion, something had to happen to ruin any of the fun I was hoping to have with her today. First, I woke up, ironed my skirt, pottied, and while brushing my teeth, I vomited. Yea, no forewarning...didn't feel bad when I got up...but still, there was vomit. :( So, I stayed home from work because ( Read more... )

My dad loves NASCAR. He has for YEARS. I went to a NASCAR race when I was about...10? 11? It was in Talledega, AL - I remember driving all the way there with my family. The drive was pretty sucky, but the race was actually a lot of fun. I know most people consider it a redneck sport - and that's okay. I'm not redneck, neither is my dad - we just ( Read more... )

Mary and I went to San Antonio this morning to spend a few hours with my Dad. We left around 10 something and got there right before 1. Well, they have moved since the last time I was there in March, so mom printed out some directions from Mapquest. *I* use Yahoo! Maps because they just tend to be more accurate. And today was no different. After ( Read more... )

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Still here at work. Waiting for Mark to get off work...and I guess it's good that I am here and making up time from being out with my Dad so much in February. I'm almost positive the rest of my time will be completely made up in a couple weeks when I go on that Austin field trip and will be "working" way more hours than what I'd be doing if I'd ( Read more... )