Fast Paced Soap Opera

My life is a soap opera.....and always has been for as long as I can remember. Sure, the producers deal with writer's block from time to time and thus recycle stories with new characters, but no matter how you look at it, it's still the same old soap with the usual storylines. I try to get through these hectic episodes by longing for the boring dry spells that seem to be a main staple of my life.

Lately though, this fast paced soap opera seems to have no end, and I really don't even know how it all started, but I'm ready for the ride to slow down. Quick, somebody hit the pause button!

If I had the time..... or hell, even the enrgy, I'd be posting more often to tell you all about each day's show, but I just haven't had either. Honestly.

But here's a quick recap of the past few days:

Lil' Miss turned 7 years young over the weekend.

What was supposed to be one big day, turned into several smaller days of celebrating. She had fun and got lots of neat things, plus for the first time in her short life, she had almost all the important people in her life there to share her special day. I had a brain fart though and forgot to take pictures! DUH!

Today's episode included another hectic turn in the saga my brother-in-law's fucked up life. It wasn't any less dramatic when your's truly, opened her big-assed mouth (once again) and ended up causing Grandma much heartache and worry. Tomorrow's show could be life altering as the posse plans a showdown in honesty.

In the midst of all the drama, we had a severe thunderstorm come through, with reported tornado touchdowns around us, and LOTS of hail!

Luckily, our neighborhood escaped the golfball sized chunks of ice, but not the marble sized ones that beat the hell out of our cars, windows and rooftops. And because this IS a soap opera, it was ONLY fitting that one of us was stuck at the doctor's office, two of us were at the grocery store, and the other six of us were hundled in the little box we call the bathroom tub while the tornado sirens were wailing. All animals were left to their own defenses this time.

In coming episodes, we'll find out who's moving where and when, and who is no longer employed. Until then, enjoy the bon-bons and stock up on the tissues.

Post Script Note:
Lil' Miss lost tooth number three at school today.

This was intentional on her part as she waited to let the nurse pull her top front tooth, so she could claim one of the cute little treasure boxes to put said tooth in. Tomorrow, she'll awaken to a crisp one dollar bill under her pillow.

Long Over Due Break

Ever since the day Tracie and Nancy left for Hawaii 3 weeks ago, I've felt like the Energizer Bunny, because I never seem to get to stop going and going and going.

UNTIL TODAY!

Today, I slept in but awoke with a plan to keep going. But this time, going meant relaxing. Doing something different. Getting away from any semblence of work, either house or job related.

I left the dishes in the sink. The yard un-mowed and the dog poop for another day. Laundry would have to wait, as would bed-making, vacuuming, cooking and yes, even the computer was told to wait.

We loaded ourselves into the car. Filled the gas tank without worrying about it's cost. Grabbed a few cold drinks, the map and camera, then headed on down the road to no-where-in-particular.

Instead of taking a semi-familair highway, I continued south until we came upon a lazy looking country road. Following that road led us to see some really nice little Texas towns and all the openness you could hope to find in between those towns.

I wanted Blue Bonnet pictures, but what I got was a fantastic afternoon enjoying this state I have adopted. I got peace and quiet, along with some simple conversation with my mother-in-law, while Lil' Miss napped in the back seat.

With no set destination, we drove along one new road after another. Never really knowing where each would lead us. We saw a sign for a "Blue Bonnet Park" but never found it. Instead we ended up at a Nature Reserve along side a lake, where everything was beautiful. Butterflies were in no short supply, as they flitted from wild flower to wild flower. The Blue Bonnets and Indian Paintbrushes were vibrant and plentiful. The wind was gentle and the sunshine felt wonderful.

Although we decided to head towards home, the fun didn't stop. There were more sights to see and enjoy. We finally stopped at Sonic for dinner and took our time eating, later indulging in dessert as well.

Coming home was nice and I think I may even be ready for the LONG week ahead of me now.

A Long Week With Some Pictures

What was a peaceful yet busy Easter, turned crazy when just as we were relaxing for the night, we receive a phone call from Glenn's brother saying he was coming over to visit and he was bringing the babies and his ex-girlfriend (babies' mama). He arrived around the same time Lil' Miss was needing to be in bed. My vacuum had just died and my house was rather messy. Oh yeah, and Lil' Miss's coach called to say we had our first real game the following night, which just added to the chaos. Glenn was already in bed with a migraine and I needed to go to bed, as I had an early start the next day, with school resuming and then going into work earlier than usual.

We worked all day and never really got to visit. Monday afternoon, Glenn, Tracie, James and Matt were going to WWE Raw, so they were going to miss her first game.


Grandma went to her sister's house to remember their late mom's birthday. And Josh was taking Leann home, since she had to work the next morning but would return later that night with the kids so they could stay the week with us.

Tuesday was filled with chores that needed catching up on and errands that needed running. The day ended with a LONG overdue talk between Glenn and I, after a major blow up and breakdown in front of everyone. Nice.

Wednesday was another long work day, but it was also Grandma's birthday, so we took her out to eat then over to her sister's house where we spent several hours visiting and eating birthday CAKES.


Glenn enjoyed catching up with his cousins but stopped long enough to pose with mom.


After getting home really late, and putting the kids all to bed, more cleaning and chores were in order, if we were going to be ready for the next day.

Thursday was an extremely long day, as Glenn and I both had to work much later than scheduled. This made running home to get Lil' Miss ready for her second game a bit crazy.


Squeezing in a few extra errands on Thursday proved stressful, as did another visit from Glenn's brother and ex-GF who on top of everything else asked to borrow gas money so they could drive back home THAT night so they would be able to pick up paychecks early Friday morning. This was after asking me to buy diapers because they forgot to bring some extras. Grrrr......"let it go" I tried to tell myself.

Friday, yet another busy crazy day at work followed by a short visit with the brother. Sick kids prevented us from getting grandkid pics taken, and having cranky bratty kids is not what I needed when my week-long headache kicked it up a notch. Tension was thick and pleasantries tough.

Saturday found me up and doing odd cleaning jobs after barely 3 hours sleep. New problems kept arising and I barely finished what I had started before having to leave for a meeting at work. (Which actually was the best meeting ever.) More chaos followed and I really needed a break. Playing with Tracie's camera, I managed to catch Lil' Miss in a cheery silly mood.


But all in all, it was worth it to come to today and have such a refreshing peaceful day. This must be what "normal" people who work 6 days a week must go through, and why they enjoy simple Sundays.


Lil' Miss was gorgeous as ever and really seemed to enjoy the long car ride almost as much as she liked playing with the flowers and running wild at the Nature Reserve.


With only one more day off to do some stuff around the house, I've got a feeling it's gonna be another long week, but not nearly as busy or hectic.