Sosuna-o-Lata

Erin started Middle School this year; she’s a 6^th grader, no more little girl. Last night was her first school dance. The Halloween dance lasted 2 hours, probably the longest 2 hours I’ve had to wait through in a long time. Of course, Erin said it flew by. I can’t believe that I actually dropped her off to a school function and I didn’t get to see any of it! She’s growing up so fast and I just have to deal with it I guess.

I picked her up and told her to tell me all the details. She told me that a lot of kids were just standing around but she danced a lot, there also was a slow dance. A slow dance!? I was a little worried to ask her if she danced and with whom. She giggled and named one of her girlfriends, phew! Yes! She’s still my little girl… for a little while anyway.

My birthday was last Thursday and it was very nice. I took Thursday and Friday off from work and didn’t do too much of anything. Hubby went off to work and the kids off to school and I got to do whatever I wanted! I went to the mall and did some window shopping, I’m very good at that since I never want to spend any money!

Mom made me a dinner I requested and brought it over my house, along with a birthday cake. Dad gave me cash so I could go buy whatever I wanted, with one stipulation “You are to spend this on you, not the kids, not the bills”

Sunday my daughter and I went out to SHOP! I have to admit it was really hard to not buy stuff for other people. Erin is such a trooper, she hung out with me all day and did not complain once while I couldn’t make up my mind on anything. On the ride home I said to her “I feel guilty that we’re going home and I didn’t buy anything for you or your brother” She responds with “It’s ok mom, it’s YOUR birthday”.

I started this blog in hopes to have an entry every day. Well, I’ve failed, as I do with nearly everything I set out to do.

Now that soccer is over and the warm weather has left us, I’ll have more inside time so I can peruse blogs, jazz up my own and become an upstanding citizen of the blogging community!

Thirteen gifts I wouldn’t turn away

1. A Birthday cake - I like to blow out candles.

2. Balloons - I like simple things.

3. Cupcakes - Great for my diet!

4. A coated cast iron skillet - I like to try to cook.

5. PJ’s from Pajamagram - I like being comfy.

6. Diamond hoop earrings - I also like pretty things.

7. Beautiful by Estee Lauder - I like smelly things too.

8. A TV for my kitchen - I LOVE TV.

9. A cleaning lady - Let someone else clean the house for once.

10. A new camera - I’m never happy with what I have.

11. Dinner at The Student Prince - I’ve already been promised this.

12. A trip to Mohegan Sun - It’s like another world there.

13. Cash - Who couldn’t use this?

In actuality, all I want for my birthday is for people to remember it and wish me a happy one

I think I’ve done enough complaining. I’m leaving work in about 15 minutes and its absolutely gorgeous outside. No soccer practice tonight so I may take a walk with the kids, enjoy the afternoon and bring along my camera in hopes to snap a picture for tomorrow’s Wordless Wednesday.

No, not the crap I have to deal with at work but the literal crap that people take at work. I’m fed up and feel I have to speak up (once again) about it. It seems lately every morning when I come in, someone has already visited one of our 5 bathrooms here. I smell it as I am walking up the stairs. Why, oh why can’t they do it at home? I mean it’s 8:50 am and someone needed to take a dump at work. Stay home, take your dump and then come in!

It wouldn’t be so bad if the bathroom that they like to visit weren’t directly across the hall from my office. I shut the door and still don’t get any relief from the nauseating odors. I swear I can see the vapors making their way to me under the door.

We have 3 other bathrooms that aren’t even near any offices. Is this person out to get me? What have I done to deserve this? All I’m asking for is maybe cracking the window before you even sit, a few courtesy flushes or how about hold it altogether? Ah, in a perfect world.

About two weeks ago, the kids and I visited a Halloween store in the town I work and we shopped around for costumes. The kids tried some on but we didn’t make any purchases that night because they wanted to think about it. My daughter decided on the costume she wanted, so Saturday we went to head back to buy it. Instead of going to the same store, we went on their website to find other locations and there was one about the same distance away, in Springfield, MA and another one in Wethersfield, CT which we went to last year. We hadn’t been to Springfield area in awhile so we took the ride.

We arrived at the Mall, went inside and walked the entire length to find that the store was not in the mall as the website had told us. We thought that maybe it was in the neighboring shopping plazas; we drove around and did not find it. We tried the mall again, thinking maybe it was on the outside of the mall. I saw a security guard driving around in his little white pick-up, I flagged him down and asked, “I’m looking for the Spirit Halloween store, do you know where it is?” He replies, “I’m sorry ma’am, they’re not here this year.” “WHAT?!?!” At this point, we have wasted about 2 hours, I wasn’t very happy but I wasn’t angry…. yet!

We get back on the highway and headed towards Wethersfield, a good 40 min. ride. Get off at our exit, pull into the plaza and the store is EMPTY!! Now, I’m angry!! We ended up going back to the original store to make our purchase. I really wish I didn’t have to buy anything from them but we had looked at the other party stores along the way and didn’t find what we had been looking for. We wasted our entire afternoon and a few galloons of gas looking for stores that didn’t exist thanks to their poorly updated website.

This afternoon they’re getting an angry email from a disgruntled customer.