Redirection.....

I hadn't blogged in awhile. I knew that. I didn't realize how long it had been....
You see.... I finally got one kid driving... which made an incredible difference, but that same one graduated and is a college student now..... Just for fun I am going to post a page of my schedule before hand.. It needs to be preserved for posterity.. so when I get old and rock on my porch and wish for more excitement - I can reconsider and think... HA.maybe not!

so now I run.... still..... but it is to my jobs ( of which there is more than one) to pay for tuition.... and 200.00 books.... Geez.

Music to live by?

Test. I think I am back in the land of the living. Whew.

There's a story comin'... I promise. It starts in the car.... where else?
Nope, still sane. Hear me out. I don't know about you guys; but if we have to be Super Moms, then why not have a theme song? (And yea, that is antiquated terminology & thought, but if so....Why the heck didn't our list get any shorter?)

I have recently decided that I should have theme music. Actually - if ya wanna know the full story - more like a soundtrack. So that got me thinking... what would the soundtrack of my life be? There are so many things - I would have to have a few volumes at least, God willing. But humm.... What about you - what would you put on yours?
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"Gec Ba N er ha a menit" aka Mom speak version # 84

Jumped back in the car to run an errand earlier, and realized that there are so many different versions of mom talk. Moms usually do many things at once and talking while their hands, mouths and/or both are one of them. I pulled into the parking space and after my daughter opened the door, the cold gust of wind blew in and I didn't let the fact that I had my hand full putting my hair into a fresh ponytail and my cell phone in my mouth stop me. As I was attempting to communicate it flashed into my head how ridiculous I must look -and sound. Tip- if you are target of such conversation tactics, refrain from mentioning how silly we sound, as clueless as you think we are-we are aware of this. Oh, and - if you are the target of the conversation - just go along with it and act like we're making perfect sense.

Music to Drive By ( I mean listen to while driving; .... not the other thing....)

I got a really nice surprise. My DH walked in last night with a cold coke ( ahhh) and a new cd - reminding me that I had a nice cd player to listen to while driving. It was the new Rascal Flatts CD - Still Feels Good.

We got a chance to see them a few years ago at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo when they were starting out -they put on a great show and I have been a fan ever since. We happened to be sitting next to some of the kids from their fan club and got to hear a few stories about how nice they were. This is one of the songs off of it - enjoy! I will be listening to it in about 15 min when I jump back in the car.

cats....are crazy; but kittens are psycho

was in the car.... again. Went to pick up dd from work at the kennel. it was getting cold and dark. she ran to the car with something in her arms.... a spare passenger..... a kitten. um yea.

the traffic on the road had scared it and it was cold and hungry. so we brought it home & put it in a crate with some food/water and a disposable aluminum pan as a littler box. posted it on freecycle to find a new home for it as there are not any residences close by.

this thing is a trip, lol. the dog got to come in last night as it was suppose to get to 32 degrees. he is doing his best to ignore the kitten, however since she is a psycho kitty, it is a little hard. the kitten who would fuzz up and FFFZTTT! at the dog from 5 ft away has now morphed into kitty kamikazi warrior mode and thinks she is going to pounce on the dog and conquor it. poor dog, he just turns his head slowly.

MOOOOOOMMMMMMMM!

In order for my rambelings to make sense you need to read this post and the next one in time order, in other words backwards :D

"(11/20/07 tues after school: "pack your bag now." so you dont have to do it tomorrow." this am - "is your bag ready?" UMMMM, I uh dont have a bag. )
Umm - time is of the essence here - I have been fielding calls all week from "the others" to estimate my arrival time into the drop zone. well, now it is "I get there when I get there."

well before i even get out of the house, the trip and passengers are growing. take one to school, fill up truck. rush back pick up the other two , head to school - take corner on two wheels to try to beat the tardy bell. At least when they are in high school they have stopped screaming and just hang on :) then go back home get ready pick up the 1st one tke to houston to doctor, rush back , pick up other kids, for early dismissal,. fight the crowd like a salmon swimming upstream to get INTO the school on a holiday early dismissal day to trek to the principals office to pay fine for and retrieve a cell phone that was taken up yesterday. get back to the car, go by the house allowing 3 minutes to pick up "the bag" get last load of undershirts out of dryer and add to clothes crammed in bag ( betya a dollar that they are wadded in there.........yep i won that one.) knowing that 1/2 of all clothing in said will never return. Up to this point , had a couple of calls and found the other ds was getting to go vist his dad for the holiday - the kicker was were we going to be able to complete the "hand off" lol. so quickly let ds grab clothes to take in the event that this can happen. get back in the car drop the 2 extra passengers at the mall, get onthe road to meet his Uncle to take him the rest of the way to his mothers for Thanksgiving. Stop on the way after several calls, Meet the XH at a gas station , gt back on the road and continue. Get there........... andwait. and....wait some more. Turn around, come back thru Houston ( IS there time for a Chachos shrimp taco? - gotta love a drive thru) Pick up the kids at the mall, drop one off at work, then take the other one home, then home myself..... then phase two kicks in , lol.

MOM! MOOOOOM!!!!!! - MOTHERRRR!

If I have neglected to mention it before I have "Numbius Heinnifferous Syndrome" It is a variety of the Heiney Numbius Trappedious Syndrome. The term heinnifferous is typically reserved for those that have larger areas affected. It only flares up occasionally, and today is going to be one of those days. There is not much funding for research but the leading cause is thought to be lenghtly time trapped behind the wheel shuttling passengers and cargo.

I have to get kids to school. Then pick one up from school take him, into the city for a doctors appointment then rush back, picking up the others as today is early dismissal for thanksgiving, then drive one to meet their uncle out past the south side of Houston so he can ride with him to visit his mom for thanksgiving. Back home, then locate dd and take her to work. YEEHAW! It going to be a 300 miler for sure. Now in frequent mom miles - that has got to be worth at least 5 minutes alone in the bathroom uninterrupted. Somewhere, during the day, I know that my cell phone is going to ring non stop espicially if I get slowed down by traffic. And what about when you are zipping down the road and turn up a catchy tune, to not hear the cell phone ring. Why do they offer us all of these different varieties of ring tones? They really should just give us a ring tone that starts out MOM! MOOOOOMMMMM! MOTHERRRRRRR! We know it well.


So if this has touched your hearts in any way feel free to make a donation to combat Numbius Heinefferous Syndrome. Send all contributions to me and they will go toward emancipating a young driver in my area. lol.
I am off and running!

cordless phone range? forget it -how about "mom range"?

Called a friend of mine today and she was getting ready to walk out the door. she grabbed her husbands lunch, her toddler etc. and the conversation continued. All of a sudden she said - "I wondered why my phone was loosing the signal". She had walked out the door on the cordless phone and was driving down the street before she realized it. Of course I didn't admit this but I so did this about 4 weeks ago.

Running out the door...... again.

Your mileage may vary.......

Hi,

Welcome to my blog. I sit here typing, but I should be getting ready to get in the car...... again. Kids to pick up, drop off, it never ends. Wish there was a frequent mom mileage program. I am fortunate enough to be able to work at home, so I get to drive my kids to and from school everyday and everywhere else from jobs to the mall, the movies and more.

While I realize that I am no longer cool in the eyes of my passengers; I haven't been relegated to picking them up and dropping them off a block away either. But hey, make sure you turn down the radio if she is in the car. It doesn't matter if it was a song that she was listening to on an popular station. You cannot have any music escape the vehicle when the doors are open or about to open. Hey - they tell me the music is too loud. That's funny. Isn't it suppose to be the other way around? One thing I have found, is that talk radio is really annoying to highschoolers. Even if you catch a spirited program with a great topic. Every once in a while they get in and hear something that catches their interest and we get to have a brief conversation. The oldest ones have issues with my driving too. Hey, if you want me do get you to school in 4 minutes and it is a 7 minute commute, don't question my methods. Life was much simpler when they just got in and hung on.

Anyway, you are welcome to join me on my journey.