Extraordinary Faith for Everyday Life
OK, I have two questions.
One is related to my freak-out about Emma starting kindergarten this year. Any tips from those who have been there-done that? Pack a lunch or buy? What to include in a packed lunch? Ride the bus or pick them up? Any other tips on sending your first one off to kindergarten?
The second is about my shower. How do I get the soap scum off the walls?
I had lots of posts planned (with pictures) for tonight to make up for the lack thereof today and guess what happened? We had some major storms around here and my cable modem is knocked out. Which means, YES, I’M ON DIAL-UP as we speak. I literally LOL when I heard the modem being to dial. I think the last time I had heard that sound is two seasons ago for American Idol when I was using DialIdol trying to get Chris to win. And at that point, I barely heard the noise as I dialed my phone and sent txt messages on my cell phone 🙂
So tonight guess where I went after dinner?? C-V-S , oh yes, oh yes. And guess what? I got MORE toothpaste, toothbrushes and razors! Oh, the insanity of it all. The cool news is I walked in with $5 ECBs from Scott’s card and walked out with $23 ECBs oh and probably $35 worth of merchandise.
I spent the rest of the evening watching TV with M and Heather. American Idol, OTH and Life of Ryan were all on the list. And since then, I’ve been trying to catch up on the Internet on DIAL-UP since it’s been down all afternoon. And hopefully tomorrow morning I’ll wake up and it will be all fixed and I can actually do a couple of those posts I mentioned.
I thought tonight was a really good night. Really enjoyed hearing some of the 80’s. You know, I’m thinking the 60’s and 70’s may have been rough for some of them because they were born, oh, in the NINETIES! Anyway, my favorites from tonight:
David Archuleta – He is just awesome. I would agree with Simon though that he should have stayed at the piano. I think he sounded better there.
David Hernandez – I thought it was pretty strong for being a Celine Dion song.
David Cook – It was awesome what he did with that song. I still stand by my opinion on his hair but the song was awesome.
Michael Johns – I really liked the song and he did well but I felt like he was a bit forgettable unfortunately.
Jason Castro – Probably my favorite performance of his yet. And I agree again with Simon that he says he keeps getting better.
Luke must go this week. I felt he was the weakest. And somewhere in there Chikeze and Danny fell in there. Of course, after seeing Danny’s Christmas video, I can see my dislike of his personality from the get-go is well supported. I REALLY do not want him in the top 12 although I think vocally he deserves it more than Luke.
Wow, these Walgreens deals have me busy this week. I went back today after work and then again after the girls went to bed. What do I keep getting? The Oil of Olay bar soap, Venus Razor and Herbal Essence shampoo. I now have TWELVE bottles of shampoo and conditioner along with all the other shampoo and conditioner I have built up. I think it’s time to give some away. Wow. The lady at the register actually recognized me tonight and remarked on the fact I had left the girls at home. Yeah, I think I’ve been too much. The thing about Walgreens is there is no limit. So I could do the deals twice a day every day this week if I wanted. The only thing holding me back from NOT doing that is I ran out of coupons for the things on sale so the deals aren’t quite as sweet. So tonight I ended up with $12 RR and needed to spend it on something. I didn’t really want to roll it into any more of the deals because my coupons had run out so Heather and I decided I should get something “fun”. After combing the aisles you know what I did with my $12? I bought Splenda, Comet, coloring books and Magic Erasers. Yeah, I’m getting old.
Wednesday is the official day. I go and register Emma for kindergarten. I know I’m going to be such a cry baby about this whole thing. I was even thinking the other day that Emma won’t be with Lexi and I at lunchtime anymore. When Scott is off, she won’t be around to go run errands with us. It makes me teary eyed thinking of it!
So here’s my big stress points with this whole thing.
#1 Lunch. I have no idea why this makes me nervous but it does. I just keep picturing her having trouble putting her straw in a Caprisun and being too shy to ask for help. And then she doesn’t eat and she’s starving when she gets home and she tells me she what happened and then I realize she’s starving because she hasn’t eaten ALL DAY. Yeah, I know I’m freakin out a bit but I just want to be there to help her. As aggravating as it is to be asked 30 times a day to do something for her, I’m really, really going to miss it. OMG, I’m crying! See, this is not going to be good. It’s FIVE MONTHS before school starts and I’M CRYING. People tell me there are lunch workers and parents and teachers that will help so I’m trying to calm myself.
#2 Transportation. I’m stressing a bit about all the driving I’m going to have to do with Lexi in one place and Emma in another and all at different times during the day. I’ve thought about the bus but then I REALLY stress thinking of news stories of bus accidents. I don’t understand why there are no seatbelts in those things! For now, the bus is out. Emma wants no part in it and really I don’t either for now. We’re three minutes away from the school and Scott will be able to help out doing the driving so I’m just going with it for now. Maybe if she had an older girl in the neighborhood that could look out for her, I’d be ok. I know that has nothing to do with bus accidents but I don’t know, I just can’t handle the bus thing right now.
#3 What she’ll encounter. I’m nervous about what she’ll learn from other students that may have a bad family deal and rub off a bad attitude or maybe some bad words off on Emma. I know she’s just going to have to deal with that and learn to cope because one day she’ll be in the big, bad world and have to learn it eventually but I just don’t know if I’m ready for all these conversations we’re probably going to have to have. And I know I’m probably stressing about middle school and not kindergarten but I’m just being honest here.
And then there’s the whole school shooting/bomb thing that I think every parent must at least think about. It’s scary and it’s real.
#4 The crack of dawn morning. I have no idea how we are going to get up early enough for Emma to be at school. Right now we all roll out of bed around 8 for them to be at preschool by 9 and getting to school at 7:30 right now just sounds painful. I know we just have to go to bed earlier and get up earlier but I like my late nights, people.
#5 Lexi by herself. Lexi is really going to miss Emma. She will be in preschool but after school, she won’t know what to do with herself. Lexi can go into her own little world but most of the time. Emma and Lexi are attached at the hip. There’s definitely going to be some adjustment there.
Yes, I’ve thought about homeschooling. I know I just can’t do it with my job. I’m not that much of a supermom. If I quit working, I may think more seriously about it but even then I’m so not equipped to teach Emma. I know we have one of the best schools you can have and I’m proud of that looking forward to her learning but I don’t know. I think I would be happy with Emma home for just a little longer.
…I got my house cleaned today. Like wash the floors and clean the shower kind of cleaning. It is the LAST thing I wanted to do after church and dinner at Longhorn’s (Flo’s filet–yum). But I sucked it up and did it because I knew with Scott working the next two days, it just wasn’t going to happen and it NEEDED to. So yay for that. I rewarded myself by spending TWO hours CVS and Walgreens shopping after church tonight with Heather and topping it off with a Frosty.
Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
I’ve always loved this verse, but while reading through the entire chapter and now understanding the history of the Jews, it really brought on a whole new meaning. This is at a time when they probably didn’t think God cared about them and God was just saying, I know what I’m doing and I love you!