My latest stuff

So, for some reason I have been really into romance novels. I know, get a life, right? Yeah!! I have not life, that's a problem. I have recently gotten some books from the thrift store, cause I will not pay the high prices for books, I swear I have read about 3 books in the past month. I like the romance and the smut!! I lie the suspense and the drama, it's all good. Not like I don't have enough drama in my own, real life, but it's more fun when I read about someone else's for a change.

Movie man and Drama Queen have made some new friends in the hood. They play all weekend and after homework every day. This is good for me, I get some quiet time! This is really the first time I have let them leave the yard, on bikes, with friends. They are loving it. I met a Mom of the kids and she is really cool to chat with. Maybe I have a friend in the hood too! Yeay!!

Today was a good day

I haven't had a chance to write anything in a while but today was a day off of work. I went as a chaparone, on a field trip with movie man today. We went to the Philips art gallery in Washington DC. It was an interesting trip. I think the kids, who are 3rd graders, had more fun on the bus ride there and back, then in the actual gallery. Those kids didn't really have much fun, that's all I can say. The group of kids in my group that were a little rowdy. I think the teachers see this as an oppurtunity to put the "rowdy" kids in a group with the chaperones!
We had a tour guide who was probably as old as some of the paintings in the place. She was nice but I was ready to fall asleep! During one part of the tour, the boys were laying, on the bench in the center of the room, where people are gazing at the artwork.
It wasn't really that bad and I got a glance at a Van Gogh painting.
The bus ride back WAS more fun! The kids were loud and obnoxious, but that's what we did on the school bus, at that age, right?
Not real exciting but at least Movie Man liked having me there with him.

I must be stupid!

My kids started school a few weeks ago. One's in 4th grade the other in 3rd. Things have changed so much since I was a kid in school. The way they teach all the way to the stuff they have to know, by a certain grade. I understand that our state wants to make the schools look good, but they are really pushing the kids to learn more at a younger age. I hate it! I think my kids are so burned out by the time they get home from school, who wants to do 4 or 5 pages of homework??!! I know I DON'T! Unfortunetly for me and my kids, they hate homework too.
I try to help them, after a huge fight just to get them to sit down and attempt to look at the papers. I have to admit I am dumbfounded when I look at some of this crap. What the HELL are they teaching these kids???? I always said, "Why do I need to lean this, anyway? I'll never use it in the real world!" Well, now I know why. So I can help my kids with their homework. Yeah, well, NO!
As, I was attempting to help my son with some homework the other day, it was plural nouns, which I still know about, thank God. Movie Man, being the smart ass that he is, told me I was doing it wrong.
MM: "Mom!! you just don't know how to do this. That's not how the teacher told me to do it."
ME: "Look, I KNOW how to do it!!"
MM: "No mom, your just not smart anymore!"
Great, now my 8 yr old kid, thinks I'm an idiot! Shit, I was doing so well too.

New people are hard

Have you ever had someone you work with be a total slacker? I can relate to that one. We have a new person in the office who has been there before, left and came back recently, into a new position. I understand that this person doesn't know the same stuff that we other secretaries know, but she was there a week and learned some of the stuff. Like answering the phones, come on man. When you have other people in the office who are totally busy with other stuff, at least answer the f**ing phones!
Can you stay at your desk long enough to help us??? What the hell can she be thinking? I hope the week gets better.

The day is almost over, thank god!

So, I started work last week. The kids hadn't started back at school so Miss Mania watched them all last week. Things went well.
Today was the first day of school for the county that I work in and my kids start tomorrow(we live in a different county). I am soo exhausted, I want to fall asleep right this minute!
I got home a little late today and when I arrived home my kids were there to cheerfully greet me. As soon as I walked in the door, I see it. The living room is completely trashed! The kithcen looks like a tornado went through it and there are clothes everywhere!!!! WTF? I asked Miss Mania what happened. She replied, "I don't know, mom, the kids wouldn't listen and they were being really bad today."
I swear I want to scream and yell and throw a temper tantrum. Against my better judgment, I decided I would clean the shit up. If I want something done rightI do it myself. My kids are lazy and I treat them like babies. I need to stop doing this, I tell myself. I need to be firm and authoritive with them. I still ended up cleaning the shit by myself, while they play xbox 360. I do that so I can get some peace and quite. When they are occupied, they leave me alone!! See, it all works out for the best, in my own warped mind!