I’ve put in my time under the impression that we were volunteering for the kids. I was wrong. So…you wanna take your problem with me out on my kid? Bring it on. You haven’t begun to see what I am capable of when I’m angry. Glad to see evidence that I’m not the only one that sees this for what it is. I know I’m going to take the blame for the little stunt last night. You know what? I don’t care. I would have done it.
I didn’t start this but I’m done playing nice. It’s on.

Still riding emotional roller coaster. Looks like I have fast pass. So instead of sleeping all day, the preferred avoidance method of all emotional cripples, I have decided to become virtuoso guitar player. However, strumming and singing is apparently akin to walking and chewing gum. Add in a pick? I need help. Have no fear though. Help is on the way in the form of a lesson. Yup, after a couple years hiatus, guitar guy is coming back to help and or mock.
Baseball season is upon us. The fantasy draft is completed–including rocking sing a long of Brown Eyed Girl around a fire and some not so rocking ping pong playing. C is still hurt but on the mend. Must be Spring.

So..trying to will myself to not be mopey.

Here’s 5 -

1. Boisterous, if not melodic, singing
2. gorgeous weather
3. reconnecting with old friends who still make me laugh harder than anyone i know
4. baseball!!!!
5. figuring out that damn guitar

Another day that feels like Monday and my mood swings are more of a carnival ride than ever. Long days at work this week because I’m subbing for another teacher as well as teaching my own classes. Yeah, yeah money is good an I am grateful to have a job but coupled with my insomnia it’s a miracle I am not rapping student’s knuckles with a ruler and stomping around. I could seriously use a decent night’s sleep. The good news is that since I can’t sleep I have had a lot of hours during the night to knit. Would love to be teaching knitting classes during the day instead of grammar but what can you do? Maybe I can find a way. I have found a way to watch some tv shows as “examples of language.” Hey, I’m good.

So in an effort to buoy my mood which is sinking faster than the Titanic–here are my five things I’m grateful for:

1. Loud singing in the car
2. Shopping trips with friends
3. Cheesy yet addicting vampire shows
4. C’s first HS concert tonight
5. Baseball weather in January

I have the debate on. But it’s early and my stomach is too queasy to continue to listen to this bigoted, small-minded pandering. I might just have to go google one of the candidates ;) for amusement. They are better at tap dancing than the cast of a Chorus Line. I wanted to turn it on to hear what they have to say but the problem is that they aren’t saying anything. Just avoiding saying things and throwing out soundbites. I’m am comforting myself by thinking that they just aren’t running anyone viable this year because they know they won’t win. There are better candidates out there somewhere for them, right?
And I can’t help but giggle every time they announce that it’s the Facebook Presidential Debate. Really? Well, I’m not friending any of them. This is so silly. And I’m not sure the Presidential election should be silly. I’m a little frightened.

So I figured there’d be more writing as I get used to my shiny new toy. That, of course, doesn’t mean I have more to say but instead that I like the snazzy new keyboard where all the keys are present and working and I like skipping my fingers over them so they make that satisfying clickety-click noise. Today is de-Christmas. It’s not a war on xmas but a war on the clutter. You know how nice your house looks in the few moments before holiday company descends? It smells like warming bread and cookies and everything sparkles and shines and is free from galloping dust bunnies. Well that sparkle is losing its luster and I am clinging to the New Year’s resolution that I can get it back. So into the boxes with the holiday cheer and maybe this year I won’t miss anything. Maybe.
Right now I’m still clickety-clacking on the new keyboard and making lists of how to de-christmas. It’s like cleaning but more fun.

Here’s today’s five things to be grateful for:
1. a working space bar and keys that click away as they were meant to
2. roku
3. friday-because we still aren’t really back from vacation yet and mornings have been quite a battle
4. soft new slippers because heat is expensive :)
5. warm frothy cup of hot chocolate

Shiny new orange laptop! And all the doodads and gadgets work and it starts right up and is speedy and fun. Now I just have to get all my bookmarks set and remember all the damn logins!
Emergency trip to the dentist for C today. No fun. Thought it was just a complication from a routine cleaning but it turned out to be an emergency root canal. Hard to be the good parent when the dentist completely squicks you out. ew ew ew ew ew!
I’m sure there’ll be more writing once I’m all set up but for now–it’s here!!!!!

Whew! Another round of holiday fun is over and done with along with all the fun of bickering over family drama. All in all a good holiday. We are now in recovery. Kids haven’t gotten changed out of pjs in a week and schedules are at an all time laziness high. It’s going to be a rude awakening next week.
Making the same resolution that I do every year to keep the house as clean as it was for xmas. That’ll last about a week but for now we’re pretending we are efficient and tidy.
Settling in for movies and knitting. While that may seem incredibly boring to some people it sounds like bliss to me. Might even make some New Year’s cookies. What? They’re just like xmas cookies but just not quite done in time!
New laptop is ordered and being built. I am practically giddy to have a laptop with a space bar, q key, working battery and a fan that will turn on and keep the computer from frying my legs while I wander around useless sites online! Oh, and yes, it’s orange. What more could I ask for? :)
LL drama is heating up and I honestly don’t know that I have the strength to deal. Luckily I have a wonderful support system and this is my last season in charge. No, really. This time I mean it.

Here’s an occasionally daily five things I’m grateful for:
1. The quiet of holiday recovery time
2. The promise of a shiny new toy
3. Nag Champa candles making the house smell wonderful
4. Gift cards for free shopping
5. Friends to share the snark

C saved all his money so he could join the rest and get his new phone. Poor guy didn’t bank on having to order it. Oh well, at least the monthly plan means that he owes me lots and lots of work around the house. So thank you, Apple. I appreciate the indentured servant.

I am torn between tearing through the house, room by room, closet by closet, on a cleaning binge that I know will result in an embarrassing amount of trash bags at the curb come trash day but a sparkling clean house for a day or two and flopping down on my bed to watch Brittany talk to her new Leprechaun friend while I rewatch this week’s Glee.

Damn Irish accent gets me every time. Maybe I can just catch myself a Leprechaun and wish for a clean house? It’s gotta work. Right???

Playing with sticks and stitches:
A few more rows on the last chart for my Dahlia sweater and possibly cast on for a birthday gift for a friend.

Today’s 5:
1. Finishing a book that’s good enough that I’ll miss the characters as if they were real
2. A surprise visit from my sister (even if it was only because she had to pee!)
3. Sanity returning via a walk in the park
4. my dresser is cleaned out and snazzy
5. rewatching Glee more than once because C asked if he could watch with me

Sure I’m gonna try for every day in November again but that does indeed mean that there will be much talk about the following topics - baseball, knitting, kids, work, baseball, knitting, spinning, baseball, knitting. See a pattern?

That’s because that’s how things work around here now.

Way too cold to be at the fields tonight yet that’s where we were. The boys are playing great. Won again in a very unbalanced game–seems to happen often lately. C was 3 for 4 with a walk, 4 runs scored and 3 rbi. He caught the whole game so has officially worked his way back to starting catcher on this team and he’s very happy.

A quick 5 things I’m grateful for:
1. Friends to make me laugh in the stands when we can’t feel our toes and the ump calls for one more inning.
2. The smell of the fireplace on the first few cold nights
3. Txts that show up a day late after being lost in some odd txt dimension but make me smile even more
4. C smiling with his buddies
5. Darning socks. That’s right, you haven’t read something from 1890. I learned how to darn my homemade socks and now I have repaired all of them and have happy, toasty warm feet.