Random Thoughts

I miss my family. There just aren't enough hours in the day to accomplish everything. I feel that I'm totally neglecting my kiddoes, dh , and my share of the housework. :(

OTOH, the kids are having a blast spending more and more time with Grandma and Grandpa. Johnny and Tommy have never spent so much time at parks, on walks and everywhere in between then they do with Grandpa. Johnny goes absolutely crazy when we pull up to their house and he sees Grandpa's van. I'm intensely jealous of their one-on-one quality time with my babies. But I'm so very grateful that they love them as much as I do and that I'm able to finish school without childcare worries.
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Megan's birthday party is tomorrow at the pool. Very few parents have RSVPed. I'm secretly hoping that only a few families show up. I just don't have the energy to entertain a bunch of strangers. My two best friends and their kids will be there as well as my family and three of Meg's closest friends. I hope that 's it. We had to invite the whole class so it's possible a bunch of kids will just show up. We shall see.
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The three big kids had an awesome swim meet last night. It was exhausting going to the pool straight from school but it was so worth it. I'm having a very hard time saying no to anyone and ended up officiating the meet. Oh well, I should help out when I can, right?
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Dh gave my mom my officiating stuff including my uniform when he dropped the kids off yesterday morning. He chose my Nike skirt that I bought at the outlet malls in Frisco over the summer. I didn't realize that it was from the Girls Dept. until after I was home. It's a girls' large and I had serious doubt that it would fit. My friends enjoyed a great laugh at the cabin when we discovered it was a girl's skirt. They enjoyed a bigger laugh last night when they saw me wearing it. If I'm ever brave enough I'll post a pic.
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We are taking Nov., Dec. and Jan. off from swimming. It's just too much right now. The kids will be skiing/boardn' weekly starting Nov. 1st and they want to do a jump rope class afterschool 3 days a week. I think it will bring a nice change of pace. The kids need more down time. It's too much for them to run from one event to another every single night. I'm looking forward to the break.
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My mom hasn't finished making our Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head costumes. Everyone else is set for Halloween. Although, we are still waiting on Joey's mask. It's scheduled to be delivered on Tuesday. I'm trying not to panic and trusting in Fedex's ability to deliver it as scheduled.
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Pharmacology is much harder than it sounds. Trust me.
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I'm in the middle of my nursing home rotation. A very old woman slapped me across the face. She had taken off her sweater and unbuttoned her shirt in the middle of a common area. She wasn't my patient but it was disturbing some of the other residents. I began buttoning her up and SMACK. Boy, did it hurt. My face was red for an hour. It was pretty embarrassing too.

But it wasn't as embarrassing as the next day when the activities director insisted that I get up and lead the dance portion of the music and movement class. 100 residents parked in wheelchairs, 96 sound asleep lol, and all the CNAs, LPNs and random others sat watching me. It was absolutely humiliating, but kinda fun. :) My fellow nursing students bailed on me. I'd see them walking towards us, spot me, laugh hysterically, turn and run in the opposite direction. Thanks guys, thanks a lot!
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I'm 100% positive that I will not be working in a nursing home when I graduate from nursing school.
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Although life is super crazy right now I feel so incredibly blessed to have these wonderful little people in my life. My children are amazing, interesting, funny, wonderful little guys. I enjoy each and every moment we spend together and feel like the luckiest person alive. Truly I do.
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I'm a terrible friend. I've missed two lunch dates in the past two weeks. I don't call any of my friends ever. I don't invite anyone over or accept any invitations to do anything with anyone. I just don't have any extra time and it sucks.

Worst of all I totally forgot to bring my good friend a meal. Remember my friend who had a horrible 14 week miscarriage, got pregnant again and then a huge vascular tumor attached to her uterus? Well she ended up having a perfect, healthy baby girl. I was scheduled to bring her a meal last week (she's brought me tons) and I completely forgot. There I sat outside piano lessons listening to my voice mail. my heart sank the moment I heard her voice. "Hey K, I was wondering what time you were coming by. I have to run to the pharmacy and don't want to miss you. Thanks so much you're a life saver. Today's been Hell. - T" She forgave me instantly and had a great laugh, but man, I've got to get my shit together. To make matters worse her dh deployed a few days before the birth. Yep, I suck.