Well, Annie and Hallie are back to school (2nd grade)and I was looking forward to being home all day,sleeping till noon, but now Janet has started traveling out of town for her job, leaving me to get the kids ready for school. I always ask if they would like to sleep an extra 5 minutes and, of course, they nod yes and then I go back to bed for 15 minutes. (sometimes it's 30 minutes and then we're running to the bus stop with their shoes untied and that rubber band thing losing it's grip on their pony-tails and falling off and then I have to use my fingers as a comb.)
Janet and I are so opposite in that she is a process person and I am a result person. ( well, she looks for results thru the process and I don't like to get muddled down in details.) If there was a fire in a building she would not panic and calmly walk down the stairs in an orderly fashion. I would slide down the bannister. So with geeting (I meant getting, but sometimes my mexican accent comes out) the kids ready for school, I will lift them out of bed and carry them to the couch, with a pillow and blanket. I will let them eat breakfast on the couch and sometimes they do spill food. (Cleaning tip: Stains on the couch can easily be hid by turning the cushion over) And, I let them pick out the clothes they want to wear. Janet sometimes complains about what I let them wear to school, but I say "If the clothes fit, you must acquit"( though sometimes the pants are 3 inches above the ankles) So, that means I get them to school with no drama.
Janet gets the kids up like a marine drill sargeant on steroids. "You have 5 minutes to get up, get dressed and be at the table to eat breakfast. 5 minutes are up. Drop and give me 20." Then she puts the girls hair up with that rubber band thing and I can only do it 3 times before my finger gets trapped and starts to turn blue, but she twists those things around about 30 times untils the hair strands are turning blue.
I work from home (I still find it hard to believe this is a real job) and am able to be here when the school bus arrives. We then start on home work. Now, I repeated 2nd grade so you would think that I would twice as smart at 2nd grade math but, they are constantly telling me that I'm doing it wrong. (then why do you need my help) Then I have to listen to them read for 15 minutes.(which in adult time is 2 hours) "The (sound it out) bu...bu...bu... (sound it out) oh...oh...oh....(sound it out) ee...ee...ee... boy said"( haven't figured out how to sound that out)
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Getting caught up
Wow! Two months behind. I do have a lap top when I travel, but the atmosphere and motivation for writing is missing. (Yeah honey, I'd love to mow the lawn, but I have my blog to write) What started out as an easy no-brainer job, turned ugly. I had people quit, I had to fire some and I had those that had potential (like they had a pulse) but, didn't have anyone to train them properly. I was able to get help from another District Manager and the Owner and we spread out across Kansas and Missourri to ease my pain and allow me to return to my simple life of shuffling around the house, unshaven, in my bunny slippers, tattered bath robe and carrying around my permanently coffee stained coffee cup, filled to the brim with delicious Folgers. (Good to the last drop)
I was fortunate that Janet was able to work close to home most of that time, but the day I got back, she was off for a week of traveling, working 90 hours this past week. (I got stuck mowing the lawn) She ended up in the emergency room with what was probably a spider bite. I watched a lot of "House" and was able to diagnose the problem over the phone. The emergency room doctor concurred and she was able to keep the arm. Of course, she waited until the last minute to seek medical help because, she didn't want to whimp out in front of her employees. She would be like "What! You can't make it to work because you don't feel well! Look at me! I lost an arm and I came right back to work the minute I left the hospital. Could someone hand me a screwdriver? I'm holding this beam up. Yeah, I know I only have one arm, just put it between my toes!"
On June 13, we celebrated the twins 7th birthday. "Cha-ching!!" Then it was our 23rd wedding anniversary on June 16th. "Cha-ching!!" (and they said it wouldn't last) We went out to dinner and a movie. I wanted to take her to a chick-flick to prove my love for her, but they were sold out(darn!) so we had to settle for another type, but I don't remember the title. Actually, to me, there are only 3 titles that are neccessary for any movie. "I'll Love You Forever!" "Hey Kids! Let's put on a Show!" and "Kill 'em All"
I had to be in Springfield, MO. on the 4th of July, so Janet and the twins came out and we had a mini vacation. We went swimming and to a wild animal park. Annie stuck her finger into the animal feed dispenser that had a wasp nest and was stung. The owner seemed very nervous about a potential lawsuit and offered to put on a band-aid. (Good enough for Obama Care)
We went to a restaurant called Lambert's and I highly recommend this place. The food was great home-style cooking and it was all you can eat. The servers come around constantly with more food on a cart to offer and if you want a hot roll, just raise your arm and wave and you can have one tossed from across the room. My one thought was that I would be the one guy to miss the catch, have it knock over a candle and start a chain reaction fire with all the paper towels on the tables. The papers would read that I was the only survivor. I had a running start, because I was chasing my roll. Of course, my favorite part was that it was inexpensive.
I was able to be home on the 5th of July for the celebration of Independence Day at the church. We had a cook out and there was all kinds of activities. It was cold that day, so where it would have normally been a day of getting wet with water, everyone stayed dry.
I enrolled the twins in school (2nd grade) and bought school supplies and Janet bought some school clothes. "Cha-ching!" We had to put new tires on Janet's car and also the water pump went out. "Cha-ching!" Cha-ching!"
Annie and Hallie learned to swim this summer. At the beginning of the summer I was having to hold them in the shallow end of the lake as they kicked their legs and splashed with their arms and now they are diving off the dock at the deep end and swimming.
Felice and Robin have moved out and the youngest daughter, Sabrina, has moved in. Felice is doing very well at her job and Robin will be a Senior in high school this year. Sabrina has a job at a bar called "Champs."
Hopefully, things are settling down, where Janet and I can spend more time together laughing, loving and bickering.
I was fortunate that Janet was able to work close to home most of that time, but the day I got back, she was off for a week of traveling, working 90 hours this past week. (I got stuck mowing the lawn) She ended up in the emergency room with what was probably a spider bite. I watched a lot of "House" and was able to diagnose the problem over the phone. The emergency room doctor concurred and she was able to keep the arm. Of course, she waited until the last minute to seek medical help because, she didn't want to whimp out in front of her employees. She would be like "What! You can't make it to work because you don't feel well! Look at me! I lost an arm and I came right back to work the minute I left the hospital. Could someone hand me a screwdriver? I'm holding this beam up. Yeah, I know I only have one arm, just put it between my toes!"
On June 13, we celebrated the twins 7th birthday. "Cha-ching!!" Then it was our 23rd wedding anniversary on June 16th. "Cha-ching!!" (and they said it wouldn't last) We went out to dinner and a movie. I wanted to take her to a chick-flick to prove my love for her, but they were sold out(darn!) so we had to settle for another type, but I don't remember the title. Actually, to me, there are only 3 titles that are neccessary for any movie. "I'll Love You Forever!" "Hey Kids! Let's put on a Show!" and "Kill 'em All"
I had to be in Springfield, MO. on the 4th of July, so Janet and the twins came out and we had a mini vacation. We went swimming and to a wild animal park. Annie stuck her finger into the animal feed dispenser that had a wasp nest and was stung. The owner seemed very nervous about a potential lawsuit and offered to put on a band-aid. (Good enough for Obama Care)
We went to a restaurant called Lambert's and I highly recommend this place. The food was great home-style cooking and it was all you can eat. The servers come around constantly with more food on a cart to offer and if you want a hot roll, just raise your arm and wave and you can have one tossed from across the room. My one thought was that I would be the one guy to miss the catch, have it knock over a candle and start a chain reaction fire with all the paper towels on the tables. The papers would read that I was the only survivor. I had a running start, because I was chasing my roll. Of course, my favorite part was that it was inexpensive.
I was able to be home on the 5th of July for the celebration of Independence Day at the church. We had a cook out and there was all kinds of activities. It was cold that day, so where it would have normally been a day of getting wet with water, everyone stayed dry.
I enrolled the twins in school (2nd grade) and bought school supplies and Janet bought some school clothes. "Cha-ching!" We had to put new tires on Janet's car and also the water pump went out. "Cha-ching!" Cha-ching!"
Annie and Hallie learned to swim this summer. At the beginning of the summer I was having to hold them in the shallow end of the lake as they kicked their legs and splashed with their arms and now they are diving off the dock at the deep end and swimming.
Felice and Robin have moved out and the youngest daughter, Sabrina, has moved in. Felice is doing very well at her job and Robin will be a Senior in high school this year. Sabrina has a job at a bar called "Champs."
Hopefully, things are settling down, where Janet and I can spend more time together laughing, loving and bickering.
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