“You get used to it. Or you suffer a psychotic episode.” This. Actually, that sums up just about exactly where I am. Except maybe - just maybe, I'm a little closer to the psychotic episode than I would care to admit.
I'm joking. A little.
So this week. This week has been hard. Chad's working nights, flight-following for his crew, I've been sick, plus I'm still exhausted from being pregnant (um. Consider this a blog announcement, I guess. I'm too tired to do it up right. we're due August 17th.), plus Brianna's going through her second (third?) section of separation anxiety... and yeah. Crazy stuff abounds. I send a fiery email to my MMO group about having no life and them wanting every second of what I have. True story. I felt a little bad afterward.
But... we are surviving. And. We are making progress.
So. I'm going to play "Not Me! Monday." Here goes:
I did not let Brianna sleep in the swing in my room pretty much all night several nights in a row because it was easier than fighting with her to stay asleep in her room by herself. Also, on Saturday night when I decided she needed to stay in her room to sleep - all night, it was not because the swing batteries were dead, and I couldn't find a screwdriver. I did not sleep in her room on the floor for over an hour, to make sure she was really asleep. And last night, I most certainly did not give in and take cold medicine, which I knew would cause me to be too drugged up to find my way out of the bed when she woke up, and I did not let her cry it out in the middle of the night because of the aforementioned lack of direction out of the bed.
In unrelated news, I had an awesome Valentine's yesterday, in spite of the fact that we had no babysitter, and Chad had to work all night (and the night before). If you have (a ton) of money to spend on dinner at some point, I highly recommend Killen's in Pearland. Don't be fooled by the outside - it's a really nice steakhouse, not a honky tonk, lol. And it was good. And Brianna behaved, so all was well.
Broken Roads So I was going to post somehting mushy yesterday, in honor of it being valentine's day, but I forgot :/ Then when I rembered today, I realized that 1) it's not valentine's day any more, and 2) the song lyrics I was going to post that remond me of Chad... I already posted them. A while back. When the song came out, I think. So yeah, I'm not going to repost them here, but I think "Bless the Broken Road" by Rascall Flatts would have been appropriate yesterday.
Other than random forgetting of stuff (which is totally normal, for me, I suppose), I'm kind of just hanging in here. I think I might have pissed off my advisor, and I'm really really tired for nogood reason, and I fixing to have to sue my car insurance company because my health insurance company is going to stop paying for my back problems, since they were caused by my accident, and my car insurance company thinks they shouldn't have to pay all of it (or something). it all lovely.
But. It is all ok. Because, rain or shine (weather.com says shine!), I'll be in New Orleans for Mardis Gras weekend (which is to say, Saturday), and I get to see all (some) of my Mississippi people, and be totally crazy (within some amount of reason, I suppose). Yay for Mardis Gras! Yay for New Orleans! Yay for Port of Call hamburgers, and other good NOLA food! Yay for parades, and beads, and old friends! Yay for Harry Conick, Jr. (just because)!
Yay for Valentines day... Chad and exchanged gifts, cards and chocolate yesterday, but we're doing the whole dinner / possibly mushy movie / general romanticish type stuff tonight (so if I don't answer my phone, I'll call you tomorrow...). But yeah. Chad liked his gifts, and I really liked mine, so it was all fun and awesome. Yay for fun gifts.
In other news... there really isn't much other news. I'm mostly caught up on homework... mostly caught up on sleep... Chad and I only have like, 7 DVDs left before we finish CSI, which will be very sad, and we'll have to find a new show to watch obsessively. I'm still trying to figure out what I'm going to do in December when I finish my Masters... I managed to add several possibilities to the list of options, though, which I guess is something. Chad keeps reminding me that, if nothing else, I can take up watching soap operas and eating BonBons. *rolls eyes*.
I have, however, taken up watching the evening news. It turns out (according to CBS), people who watch CSI make better jurors. So... By watching CSI, I'm doing my civic duty and preparing myself for jury duty. I love America.
Michael Jackson has the flu. Or something. And went to the emergency room. On the way to court. I think that he's pushing things... delaying jury selections, delaying the trial. But maybe he's not that smart... He is calling Kobe Bryant as a character witness. Yeah.
And omg... civilian inspectors aren't allowed into Top Secret government areas... I mean, I bet they don't even let most people who have tope secret security clearance waltz through there... it's like that part of the laboratory is on a need-to-know, need-to-access basis. Amazing. What is the world coming to?
I wanted to post earlier… but homework got in the way, and then I was called over to cut Neil’s hair. Which, by the way, turned out really well *grin*
So… Valentine’s Day. My Valentine’s Day was wonderful :-) Chad sent me the awesomest present… he took a pane of glass and used a laser engraver (at the lab at school) to engrave a poem on it… and framed it and sent it to me… and, of course, it says just the perfect things *grin* Chad always knows what to say… And he sent me this wonderful card…
Ok, I know… enough mush. Anyway… My Valentine’s Day was spent mostly in class, and partially asleep. I didn’t want to sit in my room and stare at the wall and sulk because Chad isn’t here, so I convinced Brian to go out to dinner… we went to Captain D’s… which was fun… until Brian got sick :-( Oh my goodness… There were these two huge women there with their little boy. One of them was talking on her cell phone, and she sent the other one to pick up the food… and the woman spilled tea all over the table. The woman on the cell phone said “Oh, Jesus” and started laughing… and the little boy (who couldn’t have been more than 4) stated saying “Oh Jesus… Jesus, Jesus, Jesus. Oh Jesus… Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.” It was so funny… he was so serious, too.
Nevermind…. You don’t think it’s funny. I guess you had to be there….. Anyway, following dinner, I came back here and talked to Chad :-) And then I went back to Brian’s, and watched part of America’s Funniest Home Videos… and then Godzilla (the newest one)… and then police chase stuff (which was very funny). All in all, we had a great time. I have to admit, it was one of the best Valentine’s Day I’ve spent without a boyfriend in town. It was cool :-)
And now I really have too much homework… and definitely not enough time to do it… so you may not heard from me for a couple days *sigh*
Sorry I haven’t updated… I have been hip-deep in homework all week. Here’s me week in a nutshell:
High point: Busted a curve on a Computer Science test. I made a 98. The guy next to me made the next highest grade, which was a 74. The average was a 60. And the teacher didn’t curve because I made a 98. It’s a nice feeling, everyone in a while, to really screw people over *evil grin*
Second high point: Dr. Dewey made us do Judo… and I flipped a guy Chad’s size!!!!! It was like, Wham!! And he was on the mat. And it made me very happy. Now people are scared of me :-)
Low point: Dr. Dewey made us to Judo, and I got flipped a lot… so all my muscles hurt. Scratch that…. All the muscles on the right side of my body hurt. Everything on the left side is bruised. Oh well.
Second low point: I have spent a bizillion hours on homework this week… and I’m not sure I got that much done. I still have 2 programs, 2 lab reports, a physics test, 3 quizzes and a paper to finish before the end of next week… but hopefully, the weekend will help.
In response to Brian’s rant today… Valentine’s day was created by the greeting card companies. So were Mother’s day, Father’s day, Grandparent’s day, and any other seemingly pointless holiday you can think of. The only reason that Valentine’s Day is different is 1) it makes people feel pitiful for themselves if they do not have a significant other, or if their significant other is a million miles away. And 2) the candy companies are in on it too *grin* It’s all an evil communist plot.
And so, for Valentine’s Day, I refuse to sit in my room and sulk. I will not be like everyone else!!! So I’m dragging Brian out to Captain D’s. Then I’m going to come home and talk to Chad for the few minutes that he’ll be home, exchange presents and get all mushy and stuff… and then Brian and I are going to do something else. Not sure what though… He doesn’t have any “assignments” for me today, and we deduced that all the hotel rooms in StarkVegas are full…. So that’s out. Oh well. We’ll think of something *grin*
This is my brain..... in part, at least.
