Got up at 4:45 am, got dressed and headed to work at 5:30 am. Started work. Now of course, since it is Friday I would have some of the worst packages ever! Now when I say bad packages (without breaking any privacy laws) I am talking about packages that need translation, packages that are not organized, need to match invoices with EOB's, or need to be matched with previous work done which makes things harder and take much much longer. So having said all that you can figure out how my work day went. Good thing I have some entertaining people I work with or I don't think I would have made it through the day. 2 pm I am out of the building and in my car heading to pick up my son (Grady). I get to the pick up destination and I wait 1/2 hour for him. He arrives and I pack him in the van and we are off, cross town and pick up Geoff (husband) and am going to do groceries. Thinking I was dropping Grady off with Paige (daughter) so I could go do the groceries in peace, but no no no I was wrong. Turning on to my street I can see both Paige and Geoff standing on the front porch.....oh boy no peace!. Paige needs to go to Walmart and the dollar store, yipee! So now I rethink my navigational plan as gas is to damn much money to make unnecessary trips. I head to the grocery store first, then Walmart, then Dollarama. Now thinking I was being smart going to the grocerie store early on a Friday boy was I wrong! Are you keeping track cause I think that's twice already! Get in the store get the groceries and get out without harming anyone.....but I am thinking about letting the kids beat each other to the finish. Next stop is Walmart. Oh yes, mom I need this, mom can we get this, hey mom we have to get this......no no no....but guess what my cart was full and not a damn thing for me plus more freaking food I can't eat!!!! Hey that's three wrongs now! Next stop Dollarama, now I needed some things there so I left Grady in the van with Geoff and Paige and I headed in. Well, I should have said that if I wasn't out in half hour send in the damn reinforcements but no no no the crowd seemed to increase in every aisle I turned down and mom I need this and mom can I get this continued. I guess me saying sorry no not today gotta watch the money situation just doesn't mean a thing. So once again I am wrong because more freaking money spent. Now need to get home and get some serious cooking under way as I picked up some casserole tin foil pans so I could make up some casseroles and meals ahead of time as I don't think I am likely to want to cook for the next couple weeks. Now did I mention that Geoff, the husband has been home for 2 weeks now, had carpel tunnel surgery on his hand last Thursday. I totally get that his hand hurts and he doesn't want to do too much but coming home to wash his dishes from the day after being at work all day makes me less than happy. While I was in Dollarama my mom called and asked why I had Grady....now Grady likes to visit with his Papa and Grandma on Friday nights so he does a sleepover and I usually get him in the morning around 9am. For some reason I took Grady home tonight...don't know why (Helter Skelter come to mind, anyone?). So before we went home had to drive Grady back across town to my parents place so Grady could follow his routine (really important as he has some special needs and changing things up for him can make for a bad weekend). Finally make it home, get the groceries and things in the house. I have some help from my friend (lets call her Knitter). Now Knitter spends a bit of time at my house and that is ok by me. She is a great help and is definitely not a person that takes advantage so I never mind her being there. Knitter helped unload the van and put away groceries. I purchased a bbq'd chicken meal at Walmart ($12.97, chicken, large potatoe wedge, dipping sauce, 4 buns and a small salad of your choice) because I just couldn't pull it together tonight to cook dinner. Once the groceries were away and everyone had their supper I began to cook! I made a meatball casserole (Thanks to lady "J" for the recipe today), a perogie casserole (perogies, polish sausage, apples & onions baked in maple syrup) thanks Miss "M" for that great idea, a Chicken Bacon Potatoe casserole and a perogie lasagna casserole (layers of cheese, mashed potatoes, onions and bacon). Now I still have three more casseroles to make tonight but I thought I better write the blog first. I left a list of things that needed to be done at home today and yes, some things were finished but others were not. I guess the things that seem important to me aren't quite as important to others. I am a little up tight tonight if you can't tell! I seem to be thinking and do so much at once and everyone seems to need something from me, that I feel like I am going to explode. Drive here, drive there, get this, get that, cook, clean ....did I mention cook for everyone when I can't eat the food. Now I am not really hungry since the shakes are so filling, but I guess I am just a little frustrated or maybe upset that people expect so much. I just want to relax and take it easy for the next few days....7 days that is it!!! Holy cow....doesn't seem that long ago that I was writing 38 Days. Oh my house smells so good with the different foods cooking........eeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkk......this is a mind over matter thing and right now not a damn thing matters!!! I just hope that when I get home from the hospital that expectations will be lower so I can rest for a bit. This life is a crazy ride....so days I hold tight and squeal, other days I want to get off. So I will leave you with a new quote “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending” … Maria Robinson. My ending is good night friends I am finished for today.
Steph
P.s. A special thanks to the very beautiful Diva "JS" for letting me use her shaker for my shakes. Muah I love ya!
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