battle of the republican

murphy, where are you? who are you? how do i find you? we need to have a chat. actually i feel like shaking your shoulders violently, popping you square in the nose and yelling,

"LEAVE US ALONE! TAKE YOURSELF AND YOUR STUPID "LAW" AND VISIT A DIFFERENT GROUP HOME! STOP WHISPERING NASTY LITTLE THOUGHTS INTO THE EARS OF OUR CLIENTS TELLING THEM TO DO HORRIBLE THINGS THAT RUIN OUR DAY & MESS UP OUR SCHEDULE!"

what was on my schedule today:

-wake up peacefully, yawn, stretch & notice the beautiful sunshine
-exercise & shower
-join ben & caleb in a drive over to our friends' (yes, the one couple we are friends with here...no exaggeration) and enjoy some fun times including a wagon walk, some lunch & some great conversation
-come home in plenty of time for our 1:00 pm meeting, lay caleb down for a nap & have some time to clean our place so that i can start off the weekend on a good, clean note

instead what happened was:

-wake up to 5 voicemails of pure chaos:

1) um, ernest is cussing out the assistant principal of the school
2) ernest is out of meds (something you couldn't have told us when we were AT the school on WEDNESDAY??..the school is 20 mins. away)
3) chester (new client) has been skipping class, forging his daily school note, & just hit a kid in the face & is now sitting in ISS
4) our lovely little lady client decided to sleep in the 1/2 nude...nothing on from the waist down...luckily it was our overnight staff that found her that way (female) instead of ben. okay, technically that happened before i woke up.
5)ernest calling...."i need to be picked up early, the buses ain't comin..."
6) asst. principal calling "um, the buses ARE coming, he doesn't need to be picked up but he is not acting appropriate & refuses to calm down"

mom, be honest...was it this difficult to raise teenagers????? i know you only had 2 out of 3 with mental issues (just teasing L & T) but seriously. we always hear people say "wow, after this job you are going to be prepared for EVERYTHING!" and to that, i say today "I DON'T WANT TO PREPARE ANYMORE!!!" caleb very may well be an only child.

to all of you who are true believers in "the secret" please skip this paragraph. i am sorry, but i personally think that "putting things out to the universe" is a whole pile of crapola. i do however, believe in positive thinking. that when bad things DO happen because they WILL, instead of saying to myself "wow, what am thinking to bring this stuff to me?" i say to myself, "poop happens. now what am i going to do about it?"

so now that i've vented, i will pick myself up, avoid that chocolate that is loudly screaming my name, & eat a banana. here i go, focusing on the positive:

-got to sleep in until 10:15 today! that's when caleb woke up. this is not normal...maybe he has mono? stop! positive thoughts....okay, he is needing the extra sleep because he is growing & will surpass both ben & myself in his height, passing the 6'0" threshold.
-the mini-mt. everest on my chin is now only a small dot. i am band-aid free! shallow positive thought but positive nonetheless.
-another shallow one. good hair day.
-85 degrees today....and A/C is working like a charm.
-ben is awesome & so is carmella. they know when i've hit my limit & step in to save me.
-got a really nice card from my mom in the mail (thanks mama!) that made my day yesterday & i will carry those feelings over to today.
-"the office" was on last night & i get to watch it today.
-got a new pair of jeans last night, on sale, still fitting in the smaller size. yeehaw.

okay that is all for now. i need to put on my helmet, grab my shield, put on my kneepads, wristguards & breastplate. this lady's headed into the battle that will now be called "frightening friday."




after a few more minutes of meditating positive thoughts.....ommmmmmmmmmmmm