August 11, 2009

  • Monday, Monday.....Just Hate That Day

    It really wasn't all that bad. Just weird weather and I didn't sleep well. I was coughing so bad I ended up sleeping in my recliner. Reminds me (almost) of when I had walking pneumonia except there was never a chance for sleep with that. I don't wish THAT on anyone either. I just have bouts of coughing now. No fever unless I do too much for my body to handle, then it heats up and makes me need to stop and rest. Funny how we don't really have control because our bodies can get even with us. We have to learn to PAY ATTENTION!

    That's one of the things that the Beast and I still argue about. I know that he knows better but he just will NOT allow his body to make him do something he doesn't want to......like rest. Go figure. I think he's going to end up having another stroke one of these days. His smoking has really gotten bad again. He's smoking almost 3 packs a day again and he sure can't blame it on stress. When we owned our business, yes. But not now.

    As it is, when he plays Hearts on Pogo (yes, like the card game) all you can hear is him swearing, cussing, hitting the top of his desk and other assorted noises. It's a GAME. It's an electronic game played on the Internet against people you don't know and have no idea whether or not they even really understand how to play the game correctly. I swear to you, his BP has to go up at least 75 points most times he's playing it. He will complain about what a**holes people are that play that game online (like his life or real money depended on it) but he will be back playing it every time he gets on his computer. The only time he is NOT playing on Pogo is when he is working on the lawn or trees OR is working with his photos and the new program for that. I get SOOOOOO tired of hearing it. *sigh*

    I ended up having my Chewlee tonight. I know! The Princess has to be in Birmingham by 8:30am for a one day training seminar for AT&T. Chewlee presented a problem because it meant that either the Princess had to wake her up at 5:30am to drop her off at day care at 6am OR that Johnnycakes (he gets home from work around 5am) would have to wake up by 8:30am, get Chewlee up and dressed and drop her off at day care by 9am (so they could feed her breakfast). I gave them a third alternative. Let her stay HERE for the night and I will get her to day care by 9am at the latest. When the Princess talked to Johnnycakes about it, even he agreed it made more sense.

    The Princess finally got around to talking to the Beast about co-signing a loan for her for a new car (I had already told the Beast she was going to talk to him about that AND helping her find a car). Of course, after the Princess headed back to work (she ate lunch here....the chicken and homemade noodles), the Beast had to go out and start looking around at some of the dealers here. He found a nice, small and brand new (2009) Chevy model...he said it was a small 5-door so I guess it had a hatchback. It was fully-loaded, including leather seats, electronic door locks, etc. [stuff WE like] and was about $12K. It had been a demo so it had 9,000 miles on it. He was impressed and called the Princess after the dealer called him here at home and said the car would cost $11.5 OUT THE DOOR, taxes included.

    So, the Princess came here after work and Johnnycakes met her here and off they trotted to take a look at this *deal*. Now what the Beast neglected to tell ME was that the car was a horrible mustard yellow that the Princess did NOT believe even the Beast would drive on his worst day. Needless-to-say, she was less than impressed. She also said it was just a teensy bit TOO compact. I have no idea since I have long since lost track of all the various new models. By new, I mean any new model added to any line of cars in the past 10 years or so. I just want comfort, economy and durability which is why our cars for the last few years have been Toyota's.

    The Princess has Wednesday off and they plan on going out to look at a few dealers and what cars they have available. The baby will be at day care and Johnnycakes will be able to sleep until/unless the Princess finds something she likes. Knowing her, she will call him then to meet up with them to take a look at it. Even if he isn't going to be helping make the payments, he is the one that will be changing the oil, doing the tuneups, etc. and she wants him to approve. Some cars are just NOT able to be worked on that way. The car the Princess owns right now, you can't even change the battery on it without taking it to the dealer because of where it is located. It's underneath the carriage next to the wheel well. I kid you not.

    About 8pm, the baby surprised me by telling me *potty* as she patted her crotch and headed for the door. I actually said to her, *What????* so she repeated herself and the motion. So we headed to the bathroom, she closed the door and waited for me to unsnap her little jeans and take her diaper down (no, she didn't have pullups on). She plopped her little butt on the seat, leaned forward slightly and waited. I wasn't sure just WHAT it was she was trying to do but she finally reached for the toilet paper and wiped her underside (front) and dropped the paper into the bowl. When she finally got off the toilet (it became a game after that), I realized that she had asked to go potty AFTER he had pee'd in her diaper. She needs to work on making the action BEFORE, not AFTER. But it IS progress.

    By 8:30pm, the baby was ready for her *night-night* clothes so I obliged. She was ready and I finally snatched her up (she was trying the *sleep on the recliner* routine) and plopped her down on the guest bed. She never fought me. I gave her the sippy cup, her blankey and covered her up. She was out like a light once she saw I had put her nightlight on. It's just a low-level led light that goes on and off with ambient light.

    Knowing her, she will be up bright and early in the morning so I am heading to bed right after I get this posted. I am tired anyway because of getting very little sleep last night and no nap today.

    Love you all, take care. Stay healthy and I hope you have a wonderful day. Smile often and share the joy. No thought or quote for the day today, forgive me for that. I will get back into the routine again tomorrow, I hope.

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