Not enough time...

Well, to my "two" followers... I haven't had time to update my blog because I went back to work, to school and there aren't enough hours in the day. So, today being Saturday... I checked e-mail, facebook and got to the blog. Yesterday at work one of my "kids" (not biological) fell face first on the pavement while playing dodgeball. Needless to say it was not a pretty picture. Of course boys all think this is grand when they get "bloody". I thought he had been in a car wreck and almost fainted. Seriously though he kept saying "I'm okay Ms. Jill". It is so funny- I am supposed to be the counselor and the kids end up counseling me. But I know that I was not meant to be a nurse. I can't stand needles or anything that is beneath the surface of our skin. I am also not an "outside person" or a "sports person"- too many injuries. My child was okay after they cleaned him up, but it was pretty scary at first glance. My real children (as opposed to my "fake children") are pretty good at doing "gross" things as well. Jennamarie pretends she is a vet and practices on our cats. So far, no surgery or anything. (nobody call PETA) The other day I heard the cat racing around in the hall and she had tied his two back legs together. She said she made a cast for his leg, it was broken. I said YOU DON'T TIE UP THE CAT!!! So, we were in class Thursday night and our professor asked a thought provoking question. He said, "Why did you become a counselor?" He said, "You have chosen to work with people who are depressed, mentally disturbed and pretty much at the end of their rope -WHY would you do this? I'm still pondering that question.
All I could tell him was "I love it!" ???????

Everybody's Workin' for the Weekend

You have to be from the 80's to remember that great Loverboy song. Actually, I haven't been working for the weekend, but not working at all. I start back to work Monday. I have mixed emotions because it will be REALLY great to feel like I have a sense of purpose again, but yet it will feel weird after being gone for three weeks. When something is taken from you...the cliche is very appropriate "don't know what you've got til it's gone". Especially your paycheck, but seriously, when you finally find a job that you LOVE and it's not a chore to go to work and then we have this economical crisis and you get laid off, you start to appreciate work no matter if it's flipping burgers at McDonald's. I went to my Grandmother and Great Aunt's house yesterday. I love spending time with folks who have lived through the great depression. They appreciate EVERYTHING - and they are satisfied with very little. They don't have to have "everything" like this generation that we live in today. They are content in a small house that's paid for, a car that is paid for and generous to help people in need. I love them so much. I am going to strive to be more like them. I wish I wasn't such a Material Girl. (living in a material world) Although most would disagree I feel I've come a long way - I mean I don't know what it's like to do without something - but sort of- I mean, we haven't been on vacation in a couple of years. I don't buy EVERYTHING I want at the grocery store, and I have bundled my cell phone, cable and internet, isn't that a start??? So here's to the working class people- this week- I will be working for the weekend. Thank the LORD!

Someone please pass the MOTRIN!

Have you ever had this headache that just lingers? I mean, it's gone for a while and then you listen to someone talk for a few hours or you think "deep thoughts" and then your head starts to ache? When Jordan was 2 years old my mother in law took her to a doctor in MS because she was keeping her for me and Jeff. We went somewhere I don't recall. Anyhow, the doctor came in and asked Jeff's mom if Jordan (our oldest daughter) was on any medications. She declared, "I'm taking MOTRIN!" - So this has become sort of an inside joke. Also, the doctor was shocked that a two year old even knew what Motrin was. Seriously though sometimes I think that we probably take too much headache medicine and then we become immune to it like antibiotics. So therefore people walk around in ill moods and just deal with a headache. Why do you think we are bombarded with commercials talking about rapid-release tablets, all day long relief? I just want to know if anyone agrees with this? I mean, I have found nothing that will really take away a headache except for coffee and excedrin. Then you are "jacked up" on caffeine and you crash and the cycle starts all over again. My mom used to get headaches when we were little. She went to the doctor because they were so painful. When he found out she had three small children at home, he said oh- these headaches are a result of all these children stressing you out. Maybe when they move out, the headaches will stop. (HEE HEE) What a relief???? Anyhow, poor mother now she has three grown children and four grandchildren and we are still giving her headaches. Mother, I apologize but we can start a headache support group or something. A Tylenol anonomous group or something. Food for thought....

"LOST" (not literally- here's to the greatest show EVER)

Today I will be reviewing the show "LOST". Seriously, if you have not seen the show, it is this story about people who crashed on an island and all this crazy stuff happens. It is NOTHING like Gilligan's Island. It is almost like a bad dream that you have after staying up late and eating spicy foods. It is also addictive- when I started graduate school- I was one of the very few middle-aged (did I say that?) students in the classroom. I was trying to be "cool" with the recently graduated 20 year olds and they told me I MUST watch this show LOST. I had been a big fan of the show ALIAS and it has the same producer so I thought why not? Little did I know it would be like coffee every morning and breathing. It is like a roller coaster ride at a theme park. Maybe I am overstating, but it is not for the faint of heart or for someone who has never watched an episode. It must be watched from the beginning. What is really weird, is you start to feel like you know these characters and relate with them. Maybe it is somewhat like people who get engrossed in soap operas. (former "story" watcher) I have overcome that past time and gotten into this crazy show about time travel and twists and turns that no one can predict. I want to thank my fellow LOST groupies such as Nathan, Carrie and Erin who got me HOOKED on this CRAZY show. My friend Nathan once said, "If you are ever on a plane and there are that many pretty people aboard - GET OFF". I think he said it well. So tonite I've got school again, I'm working towards State Licensure- I will see Nathan there and we will discuss LOST like old times. My other LOST groupies have moved on to bigger and better things and States. (Michigan and Virginia - not state of mind) Anyhow, I have two small groupies at home to watch with Jordan and Jennamarie and I think I'm even convincing Jeff to watch- it's not hard- I got him hooked on American Idol.

Gloom Despair and Agony on Me...

Only the people old enough to remember the show HEE-HAW will understand the title to my blog today.
A minute ago, my husband called me stating that they got an e-mail that their pay would be cut 10%- well, I got laid off from my job on January 2- no warning by the way and now my husband who does not make a huge salary is getting a pay cut. I really thought that our new president was going to "CHANGE" everything. I mean, the way he talked during the election he was going to be handing out money and jobs and free insurance to EVERYONE!!! So far, the gas is going back up, companies are closing doors, going bankrupt, folks are losing their homes and it does not seem like it is going to get better. Now all of those who saw this man as the answer to all of their problems have been blinded. I did not buy into his pontificating and political rhetoric, I voted the way I've always voted- but I cannot do anything about it. So now you have people who essentially had great jobs or somewhat good jobs and the world seems to be closing down. I still think the gas people are doing okay for themselves and I also believe that the electric and gas companies will continue to thrive. So sorry if this was not as uplifting as you had hoped, maybe I'll be happier tomorrow.

What a day for a daydream...

You know what...wouldn't you just love to escape sometimes??? I mean with all the news, the war, the kids screaming in the background. Actually, there is only one eight year old who is yelling and that is because she wants me to bring her something to eat. "She's sick" supposedly- you know the days you just did not want to go to school, well everday is that day to Jennamarie. She would rather stay home and do nothing than go to school and do "something". She is happy as a lark watching a movie or playing with dolls. I never thought I would get sick of hearing my name screamed. I always wanted to be famous- but this "Mama" gig is not as glamorous- I mean it's not someone screaming "Hey I want your autograph"...it's someone screaming "MAMA" and most of the time it is not even urgent. Don't get me wrong- I love my children, but if I don't get back to work soon, I will be counseling myself- that's what I am is a counselor- you know those "wounded healers". So back to the daydream thing... I get lost in them sometimes and it's so much fun. I pity people who do not have an imagination to escape to or do not enjoy a good book. We'll see how this blog thing goes, I may get tired of it