Made in Richmond

This is what Ross is making for dinner right now.  It is guaranteed to be delicious AND it’s all organic which makes it even better.  I think I didn’t eat lunch today (how sad is it that I don’t even remember because I was to busy being busy) so I’m completely starving right now.  OMG it’s ready.  This is very exciting.

I. cannot. wait. If you can wait, we cannot be friends.

I didn’t go yesterday because of extreme exhaustion and I’m not going today because of continued extreme exhaustion sprinkled with a head and stomach ache and I think a fever. I guess the kiddies couldn’t let me leave without another germ infestation.

I’m thinking of giving my skin a break and not wearing make-up for a little while.  This is a big deal for someone as fair-skinned as me.  Fair-skin is often accompanied by blond eyelashes and a lack of mascara on such lashes can make you look somewhat tired.  I think it might feel good and it will definitely shave some time off of my morning routine.  Of course, this will all have to wait until a certain mountainous formation has made its exit.

Those are 13 actual work days, I believe.  I started cleaning junk out of my desk and filing cabinet today.  I made sure to save all of the useful junk (like the 67 packs of tape and boxes and boxes of staples) for the lovely young lady who will be starting in August.  Seriously, I don’t know how I accumulated so much stuff in just 4 years.  I guess most teachers are pack rats out of the knowledge that if something is free you better take advantage of it.

It’s crazy that I have less than 2 weeks at this job that I worked so hard in college to prepare for.  I keep trying to imagine what it will be like having a job where I can take a bathroom break whenever I need to and I won’t be responsible for the well-being of SO MANY little people for the whole day.  I can’t believe that I’ll be spending my days with adults.  I’m so so excited.

We discovered Zapp curled up in a trembling ball on our bed yesterday evening.  Of course we automatically thought she was having a seizure because of Shooter’s history.  But, she was responding to her name and the trembling stopped from time to time.  We think she has just developed a really bad fear of thunderstorms.  Just to make sure nothing was really wrong, we had her stay with us in the bedroom.  It turns out that this dog dreams like crazy.  And by dreaming I mean twitching and kicking ALL NIGHT.  I got about one hour of semi-decent sleep while the rest of the night was spent in that annoying state where you’re not completely with it, but you are fully aware that you are not sleeping and guaranteed a rough day come morning.

I went to the gym today and just could not get myself moving.  I was on the treadmill at a speed much lower than I typically do and it just wasn’t happening.  I’ve been so exhausted the last few days and it’s really frustrating.  We’ve been really busy lately and I’m hoping it’s just the last few weeks catching up with me.

I watched Different Moms on Lifetime tonight. It follows three families headed by parents with varying levels of mental disabilities. This is definitely something you should watch if you have the opportunity. It’s both heartbreaking and inspiring. Heartbreaking in the sense that these parents are aware (most frequently made aware by outside influences) of the certain limitations they face in parenting their children, but inspiring because of the true love they have for their children. Parental rights are often taken away from these parents based solely on the fact that they have a disability, despite the fact that many of these people show more love to their children than their counterparts without disabilities.

I found this which gives some good information on the subject. Unfortunately, as this article states, information is scarce because a lack of organizations that support these families in their efforts to care for their children.

Friday: Came home exhausted, napped, ate wonderful dinner with my hubs, watched Little Children, knitted, bed.

Saturday: Went to Farmer’s Market to get our vegetables for the week, gym for Body Flow, home to putter, sushi with in-laws, good porch-sitting time at Jake’s, home, bed.

Sunday: Gym for a long time, church, Taco Bell for dinner, so tired, planning to go to bed early, no work tomorrow!