Where is my mind?

I am such a dope. My mind is crap these days.

Yesterday I retrieve a message on the answering machine at home reminding for C's appt Wednesday am, with Dr. Culp.

So I tell my husband the receptionist from his eye dr., Dr. Culp, left a message about his appt... he's got no clue what I am talking about. He calls his eye drs and they have no clue what he's talking about.

So I call the machine at home. And only when I hear them rattle off the phone number to call for cancellations, do I realize its my son's dr. appt and not my husbands eye dr. Now how common can a Dr. Culp be???
Maybe they are husband and wife or brother and sister... whatever.
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I'm tired, Went to sleep late last night. I got up early today to go to a training class at work and ended up staying only an hour or so. This class was SOOO not where I was supposed to be. This class had nothing to do with me or my duties at work. So I leave. My manager had told me yesterday that she had told us before that we were not supposed to take this class, but for me to still attend and report back to the team on my findings...I told her that I didn't receive any email from her telling me not to take this class. She swore she told us...
So I compare notes with my co-worker, who was going to take this same class tomorrow. He loves taking the opportunity to make my manager look like an idiot. So she finally sends us the email instructing all of us not to attend. Nice going its only about 5 days too late, but whatever.
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Last night was Arts and Crafts night at my household. And I don't mean with the kid. Sophie came over with a project for school. She is enrolled in school to become an aesthetician. Thats someone who does facials, dermabrasion, waxing and all that good stuff. For some reason she had to put together a portfolio detailing her style. So we basiclly went through all of my People, US, Life&Style magazines to cut out clothes, dresses, accessories and stuff that she liked. I had fun.

I wish I could do what she's doing...her whole life has been turned upside down and she is now going to school. She was working for an International Airline for almost 9 years, but got laid off.
I would love to get a fresh start and the opportunity for $ is outrageous.

I have offered to be her test dummy while she is in school, well and she basically TOLD me I was helping her out, and who am I to argue about facials and waxing? I am growing out my legs right now for her to wax them, hopefully SOON. I'm dying.

I remember when we were both attending flight school when we were Flight Attendants for United Express. We had so much fun. Flying got a little old for me and I was not into it that much. I didn't like being away from home for 5 days at a stretch. And it really sucked flying into my home base, seeing my car as we passed over the employee lot and I still had 2 or 3 days left to go. And the head Attendant was this super turbo beeotch. She rode my ass all the time for crap, and there was nothing I could do since I was in a probationary period and didn't have the Union backing me up.
Oh well, atleast I can say I was a flight attendant...
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Well thats enough for today

Mom

Woah two posts in one day

Vacation Saga part deux...

Mom has decided to not go on vacation with us. She has opted to stay home and take Baby guy for the week while we are gone.

So now we are going on a cruise, and trying to gather people to come with.

Ahhhh I love having a vacation planned and taken care of, so I have something to look forward to!

Mom

We forgot Who calls the shots around Casa De Momma & Dadda

Last night, Whooo boy, What a night...

Hubby and I are dog tired today.

Last night Baby guy went down for night-night really good, as usual. We are so lucky that we don't have to do a bedtime ritual, atleast just yet. He has his bottle at 7:30 and only has about 3 or 4 oz and then its off to bed. No rocking, no stories, just plop him down in the crib and kiss goodnight, "Mommy loves you" and out the door I go. And I usually never hear from him again til morning. I know I just jinxed myself, didn't I?
That's how it normally goes...NORMALLY GOES.

Somehow (probably the noisy neighbors with their 3 maniacal kids) he woke up at 10pm and decided he didn't want to be in bed, didn't want to sleep at all. I was actually awake at that time because I snuck in a nap from 3pm to 4:30 in the afternoon, while Baby guy napped.

So off I go up to his room to calm him down and get him back to sleep. I'm rocking, he's fidgeting around, falling asleep, then bolting upright and then dozing off again. I get him asleep at then back to his crib.
Like clockwork, before I can get out the door, he wakes up and it starts all over again. And half the time I didn't see any tears, he's such a faker...

Back and forth this goes on for 2 hours. Hubby steps in and tries. Then He thinks maybe his diaper needs to be changed. I was barely asleep when he comes in with Baby guy and now Baby guy must be thinking 'Hey it's Party Time' he's trying to jump on the bed and throw himself around having a grand ol time.
Unless it's poopy, no diaper is getting changed at 1am!

Long story short (too late!) at 3am, I end up putting him in his crib, crying fit and all, leaving him with 3 Binkies and turning on the TV (which is permanently set to the Disney channel, and going back to bed.

Hubby says Baby guy was awake till around 4:30am. Me, I went right to sleep.
You see we forgot Who's in Charge here. He does not call the shots. If he doesn't feel like sleeping, then he must learn to entertain himself in his crib. There's enough 'loveys' in there with him.

And No I don't feel bad. And yes I have tried Ferberizing him, but after 20 minutes of straight freaking out, that's obviously not going to work. But it does sometimes.

I don't feel bad about the TV either. He loves to sit in his crib in the mornings, enjoy his bottle and watch the Koala Brothers, or the Wiggles. And some mornings on the weekends, I can give him his bottle and go back to bed for about another hour until he's had enough and wants to get up.


Only 3 hours of my work day left. I think I need some coffee.

Mom

Vacation continued...

I completed my research online about taking a 20 month old on a cruise

And I have come to the realization that it's just not a good idea this year.

Hubby has agreed to look into a resort.

whoo hooooo

Now I have to call the vacation club and have them go back to looking into resorts for me....

Ill keep you posted.

Mom

Vacation (NOT) All I ever wanted...

Spring is coming soon, my husband keeps reminding me the countdown of days. I think it's at 55 days to go now.
And after Spring comes Summer and now is the time to start planning the vacation.

And after trying to plan something for the past few weeks, I'm ready to throw in the towel.

We joined a vacation club and had invited family (Mine) to come along on a vacation this year with us. Hubby wants some friends to come too, the more the merrier! I totally agree. I would love having a large group of people to spend time with and I really like having a wonderful week to spend with my mom and of course Baby guy.

EXCEPT... yes here's the 'But'...

Hubby wants to cruise.
My Mom wants to get a condo somewhere and just relax, but she would cruise too.
I could do both...I have been on 3 cruises but I have never rented a condo or villa anywhere and just chilled out.

I first had our vacation club research villa's to rent. Hubby didn't like that, so I call back after they have been researching for me and change the whole thing...Then they call me back to reconfirm what it is exactly I'm doing...And to gently remind me that this is their busy season etc... Meaning 'Hey Lady, Would you please figure out what you want and just go with it?'

We have to think about Baby guy and what he's able to do. SOMEONE wants to leave him home...I cannot imagine leaving him home again, so we can go off and enjoy ourselves. I do not want to exclude him any more. Besides he would normally stay with my mom and she's going to be with us...Hubby suggested his dad watch baby guy, but I honestly would be surprised if he said Yes. I think he enjoys his short term visits with Baby guy and would like to leave it at that.


I am thinking that Baby guy is just a tad too young to join the kiddie clubs on the cruislines. Except we would be able to use babysitting service for about the same fee as a babysitter here at home. I don't know what to do now.

I have to do some research online and see how people made out taking their toddlers on cruises.

Mom

Guess who's allergic to Amoxicillian

So Baby guy has been on Amox for over a week now, for ear infections, both ears.

And I get called by daycare a half hour after I dropped him off for me to come get him or provide a drs. note explaining what the rash is that he has all over him.

I had just seen him down to his diaper and I didn't see a rash. So he's on Benedryl until this stuff clears up.

Sorry for the delay...

Sorry for the delay.
I have been slacking off.

Baby guy is home! My mother and stepfather brought him home early Saturday am. They were in a hurry to get home and get ready for their own evening's New Year's celebrations. But right before they left my house, my stepfather just had to show me what we learned while he was at their house....

He walked. My sister in law decided that he was going to walk before his 1st birthday, and damn if he didn't. He was walking the DAY AFTER WE LEFT!

I'm a tad disappointed *GRRR* I know she meant well but Damn Gina, Come on. Mom sent me the movie of him walking and everyone is all excited and shouting and Hubby and I weren't there to witness it. We missed it.

Am I over-reacting?


I had such a good time at New Years, Hubby's show was great-as usual. We had a sober ride home (him) and I must say it was the best New Years I have ever had.