Vintage blog - July 2007

It is amazing but since I got my Tide pen I have not needed it, not once, on the other hand, every time I go searching for a pen to write a check or sign something I seem to pull out my Tide pen - which provides a conversation starter as I continue to fumble through my purse. So I tell everyone about how my friend Julie introduced me to the Tide pen and brought me the great luck that I should now never need it, though I needed it all the time, of course that was when I did not have one! Usually prompts a chuckle response. And I sometimes explain, especially if I need to stall more, that I only have one Tide pen so once I find that then I can find a regular pen.

I am so proud of Tina, she is still working. She is so good at it and puts smiles on all these little kids, they just love it! She is doing so well and learning so much! She was hoping to get some extra hours this week, which means I have to drive her there, I don't know how I can possibly do that, with the cloning machine broke and all. If only that Tide pen could be a magic wand, I could wave it and transport her from church to the mall! Until that day Tina may have to take less hours, and I feel guilty about it but can't do anything about it.

Tom will be 15 this month, he is excited because he thinks he's going to start driving. The kid is delusional. I think he has been sucking on the Tide pen. Though it would help a great deal to have another driver, without another car there's really no point. I can't give up my car and I see no point in him getting a drivers license or permit or whatever, he doesn't need one for a bike. I told both of them that I'll think about the drivers license when they have saved enough money to get a car and can afford insurance. I told them that it'll be around their 24th birthday so no longer a minor and they won't need me in the decision. I will be there to cheer them on though, I hope they do it. I got my drivers license at age 24 also.

Week after next I have another kid, because two is not enough, ha ha. Tom has a buddy who he went to school and church with, who moved to Basking Ridge, New Jersey last year. Austin can't wait to come back, visit Tom, see his old friends, go to church etc now me on the other hand am hoping the cloning machine is fixed by then because I don't have a clue how I can handle one more kid! He is a really good kid, respectful and helpful, so I appreciate that. I have been letting the garage go knowing he'll want to clean it, ok I'm kidding! I would like him to have an enjoyable visit and see everyone that he wants to see. I am hoping that I can take a day off work to do something with all 3 kids, maybe go to a water park or something.

My homework is not getting done, there's two outstanding items: run cronbach's alpha on each data set and run t-tests. If anyone can offer help on these stats, I could sure use it. I hit the pillow hard at night and don't tend to dream in statistics, so it is just not getting done. I have some people waiting on me at UNT to finish, and it is just too bad, I can't seem to get more hours in the day and I can't seem to do it while simultaneously sleeping which I can't seem to get my body to do without - though that, a magic Tide wand and a cloning machine would all be pretty darn handy! I pay a high price for all my lack of sleep, I live on sugar and coffee, trying to get this old body to move faster and do things I couldn't do even when I was younger. Fueled by diet mountain dew and twizzlers, because I never have time to sit down to lunch due to being in my cab driving years of parenthood and a boss who over commits my services… I am so tired I feel like my blood is being drained from me as I sleep and when I wake up I am driving to north Lewisville with a Starbucks in one hand, diet mountain dew in the other and a knee on the steering wheel. I'm exhausted. Who knew I could drive in my sleep?

Well, I hope this finds you with the comfort of a magic tide pen in your purse, not in need of a caffeine jolt and well rested since someone should be!