THE November 4 YO tribe ... - Page 2

[goddessjulia]

ahhh, you mommas are so great : I love this thread!

Galen has been, ahem, experimenting with new behaviors lately too : his hitting and shrieking has ramped up a bit, and he has added biting to his repertoire, something he's never done before. luckily he ate all his halloween candy in one day : so at least we only had one psycho day from that!

[XmasEve]

Casina, I mean head-spinning in a good way. Yesterday I got made fun of at the library because I couldn't remember my own birthday-- I could stand to do a few more mental exercises.

Off this weekend to buy the kids a bed, the first bed they've ever had besides ours. Heaven help me if they actually want to sleep in it, I'm not sure I'm ready for that yet.

[tea olive]

well, theoretically my brain is workiing better than ever since ruby is such an old youngest. i'm finally getting over the several years sleep deprivation.

i signed up to be a helper.

[tea olive]

rats. i feel like a terrible mamma right now.

[MamaFern]

Originally Posted by tea olive

rats. i feel like a terrible mamma right now.

casina, you are not a terrible momma!!

we all have terrible moments..days...but that doesn't mean that you are a terrible person or mom... we are human and no one is perfect and shouldn't want to be either.

im sorry that you are feeling this way.
maybe you need a nap, or a few minutes to meditate, or a walk or a long bath or an hour to read ..or all of the above.
take that time if you need it! easier said than done, i know.. but try. it makes everything feel a whole lot better, at least for a while..

by the way, i didnt take any offense to your reply about my run in with that dude..

[tea olive]

......fern, thank you thank you so very much.

[MamaFern]

Originally Posted by tea olive

......fern, thank you thank you so very much.

are you making fun of me?

[tea olive]

schist, you got me to laugh.

i wrote a big fullpage honker about the little things going on with me but i cut it out.
well, now i have played with the fonts and colors!

[majazama]

Originally Posted by tea olive

schist, you got me to laugh.

i wrote a big fullpage honker about the little things going on with me but i cut it out.
well, now i have played with the fonts and colors!

full-page honker?

[tea olive]

are you making fun of ME? (laughing shaky green smiley guy here)
i am still writing the honkerdoodle. i moved it to my email where i save random drafts and started writing the lists of everything filling my brain. i have to pee really bad and go to bed so i should quit really.

[Mona]

I want to see the full page honker.

/hide

[tea olive]

you ain't gonna get it. i would be sending two screens of bombastic diarrhea. i'm okay now. i've been taking 5htp and got lucky this morning. i gotta follow my own common advice and quit battling 300 no win/hard to win situations a day. i'm already running late. i need to go to home depot and get another bolt for the door i really don't want to do and pay for since i already had to get a new one yesterday and i spent two hours and then it didn't work as my kids screamed and hurt each other and it is length altered and not returnable. then figure out some kind of lunch to bring my mil and help her unpack and spread gravel. i have to do it because she is alone all weekend doing too many things and i'm still worried she will take too many sleeping pills or go into a rage and harm my fil (they just got divorced, he left, after over 30 years) usually i debate whether i am any beneficial of a presence but this is one where it doesn't even matter, she is in that pathetic a state. i've got two hours to get there. i need to dress the kids appropriately first i finally turned on the heater and my kids are basking in their summer clothes instead of crying cos they are freezing but they won't wear more clothes. clay is obviously sick and i'm gonna give him advil. i need to give them the floravital. reed already had one rage because ruby pestered to play with the lap harp in his hand and i bellowed and took it away. we have to be home before 5 so my dh can pick up his amp. this is an easy day compared to lately. lately it has just been weird and chaotic and i am just lucky i have the energy and money to complain. maybe my friend's boy has finished his fever with strep and we can hang out there later cos she is such a soothing presence.

maybe that can give you an idea. this is the calm version.

[DecemberSun]

Your days sound like mine most of the time, Casina...



I hope it's not too chaotic and you can get everything done that you need to without too many crises.

On Friday I had to go take my van to get the valve stem fixed because when I got new tires they had to break it to change it, and one of my brand new back tires kept going flat so I had to get that changed out. Then I had to run to the post office to send out some diaps I sold to fund my recent rampage on the TP. Then run to my moms to pick up more sputum traps to send specimens to the lab for Kaylee and Crystal, who are sick and spewing forth snot from every possible oriface. : Then off to the grocery store for food, all with Z and J in tow (K and C were home with the nurse). I then had to rush home to put the groceries away so I could go to an IEP meeting at Crystal's school. I told DH that the kids wanted salad with crushed chips on top, so I assumed he would fix them some food. Once I got home from the meeting I had to start dinner because the kids (and I) were starving because DH couldn't even get off his ass to make them some lunch!!! : After I cooked dinner, and cleaned up, I had to start getting the kids into bed (a lengthy process with C and K), while DH continued to sit on his ass playing video games.

How much of this do I have to take, people??? How big of a bitch do I need to be to get him to help me???

OK, done griping, I promise. It's really not that bad.

On a good note the baby is very active and I am enjoying that. She seems to be even more active that I remember Zachary being at this point. She especially goes crazy right after I eat.

And Happy Birthday to Raziel.

Hey, where the heck has Rynna been? Here's hoping she and the fam are A-OK. :

[MamaFern]

things are kinda insane here..

ive taken a few new jobs.. i now work everyday watching someone elses kids (well, not saturday or sunday..)
im doing before and afterschool care for the sweetest little girl on mondays, tuesdays,wednesdays and fridays.. (6:30-9:00 and 3:00-5:00) and tuesdays and fridays all day for her 3 year old sister..plus a bunch of thusdays for both. im also doing an hour of care 2 days a week at someones home (meaning i drag all of my kids there) because her daycare kids are napping and she has to pick up the others.. its a lot to juggle, but so far so good.

and my dp finally got a job, and a good one too.. at least well paying.. but he already doesn't really like it. but i really really want him to keep at it anyways, at least for a while. but we will see..

it feels good to have to be on a schedue. i wake up early and i go to bed at a decent hour (usually still around 12:00am) elwynn has been ging to bed at around 7:00 or 8:00 in the evening..which is amazing because he was going to sleep at like midnight there for a while. ngaio is still a late night baby but she is pretty happy getting into stuff and playing.

im feeling : but

[DecemberSun]

Originally Posted by MamaFern

i now work everyday watching someone elses kids

Me too!

[MamaFern]

Originally Posted by DecemberSun

Me too!

i also help my mom a LOT with her foster kids.. i feel like half mom to them. almost everyday afterschool they are with me and some morning (especially when im making pancakes!) so i totally know. my family has done fostercare since i was a wee baby.. mostly for kids with disabilities ..its hard work..

[DecemberSun]

We are going to one day be old ladies living in big shoes with so many children we won't know what to do.

[MamaFern]

Originally Posted by DecemberSun

We are going to one day be old ladies living in big shoes with so many children we won't know what to do.

totally. but happy loved old ladies!

[MamaFern]

and id love to live in a shoe.. as long as it hasnt been worn by my dp

[Mona]

lol, you women are making me giggle.

my day is going well, as K actually slept decently last night.
(i still had to go to bed at 9pm with her and stay in her room all night to keep her sleeping). I wound up giving her valerian, which is pretty strong for someone her age and size. but i just HAD to have some sleep, even if it was on the edge of a twin mattress.

we also made it out of the house today- to the library, where i spent most of it talking to a good friend of mine on the phone.

the three days prior i had to spend the entire day on the couch, at the table, or in bed nursing her. i know it sounds easy, but i'm a capricorn damnit! i have to move!!!! at least yesterday we made it to the couch so i could watch some tv and watch a movie. (lol, i watced evita, since i'd never seen it)

i actually didnt' really mind not leaving the house, but the incessant whinning and nursing was a bit tiring. Not to mention that i felt horrible that she felt like shit. This particular cold or whatever really hit her hard after her cranial sacral appt on tuesday. I don't know if she has ever been sick to the point of wanting to sleep or lay around all the time. It was really wierd for me to see.

anyway, please goddess, can we be on the road to recovery?

Leah- what video game does dh play? i play world of warcraft, and have been going thru withdrawl big time this week.
I have to say you are a patient woman to put up with him gaming all day.

hugs to everyone!
lisa