Remember, as a kid, how easy it was to fake a sick day, and stay home from school, then spend all day lazing around in bed, watching t.v., etc??? How I wish I were a kid again, and could just take the day off, with no consequences, other than making up a days worth of homework. Now, as an adult, one day blends into the next, calling off of work, means you are letting down more than just your pals and teachers at school...You call off of work, you either have to use up your accumulated sick time/vacation time, or like me...you just don't get paid. Then on top of that, you get the cold shoulder when you come back to work the next day, because you let your co-workers down, then your spouse, because they feel they have to pick up the slack in the financial area, then as a Mom/parent, calling off sick, with little ones at home, means it is a mute point to do so..because we all know, Mommys aren't entitled to a "sick" day....
Those were my thoughts this morning, as I contemplated taking a sick day...let me just say, it didn't last long, once those thoughts ran through my head...so, here I am, at work....dreading the start to another week. I am tired ya'll...tired of never having a single second to myself....do any of you ever get that way? Someone is always needing something from me.....once in a while...I just want time for me....thus the thought of taking the day off. But, staying home, would not grant me time for me, as Hubby and Max are there all day, so I would spend the day giving to them, not getting the time that I so need for myself. I love my family, I hate my job....I wish I had a happy medium.....oh, well....suck it up, Dixie....another day, another dime earned, huh?
Moving on....bellyaching session, now over. I am here at work, so I have to make the best of it.
My weekend wasn't too bad. We didn't do a lot of anything, actually. Justin, my 14 year old, did not come to stay this weekend. He had a field trip to Kings Island with his eighth grade class from school on Saturday. Due to that, I didn't have to do any traveling this weekend. Friday evening, I went to take the little guys to the library, but they closed at six p.m...we were late..so, we went to McDonald's to the playland, for dinner. How gross are those playland structures? I swear, I will never take my kids back to the one in our town...it was so full of sweaty dirty kids..the entire room smelled like Body odor...kids screaming...I had enough after half an hour, packed my kids up and left. Since we didn't get to go to the library, we went to Barnes and Noble...I love going to the book store, but with the little kids..not so much...Aaron was fine...he picked out a book on the clearance rack, about Vampires, totally loves it...but Max, on the other hand, had not idea how to use his "inside" voice...I swear he snuck behind my back and made a visit over to Starbucks for an espresso...because he was bouncing off the walls! We left the bookstore, of course, I did have my coffee in hand, and made our way to Hell Mart...gotta get the groceries, you know....I was so tired, I couldn't wait to go home. I had this wise idea, if I let Max stay up a little past his bed time, he would sleep in Saturday Morning....did he? Nope....up and out of bed, waking me up, demanding blueberry pancakes and bacon, before eight a.m.....
Saturday, we did make it to the library, to the video store......the rest of the day was spent watching movies and t.v....
Sunday, I cleaned house...the usual, and in the afternoon, Aaron and I went to the movies and saw Iron Man....
It was great! I am not too much into the superhero type movies...but this was pretty darn good. I highly recommend it. I don't recall very much, if any cursing in it, and the violence wasn't too over the top. Aaron is almost nine years old, so he loved it. I left Max at home with Dad, because I wasn't too sure if he would be able to follow it. If you have kids ages eight and up, especially boys, they will love this movie...
I didn't watch Desperate Housewives last night, I was too tired, ended up watching the Water Horse with Max, until his bed time, then I went to bed. How was it? Hopefully I can catch up and watch it on ABC. com later today.
Have a great week everyone!
Dixiechick...out!
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