Board Game Frenzy

So my current boyfriends likes board games...I'm THRILLED! We played board and card games for hours last night and it was sooooo much fun. It was like pulling teeth to get my ex to play a board game with me. If it wasn't on the computer, it was 'boring' to him. At least that's what it seemed like to me. Anywho, just thought I'd share my excitement!

Non-Stop-Energy

So I've been at work since 7:30am. It's now noon-thirty. Just thought I'd write out a quick list of what we've done today:

Danced, played with the dog, took the dog for a walk, had breakfast-(scrambled eggs & waffles)-gave my Charge a bath, played outside, shoveled snow, colored, redecorated her dry erase board for New Year's, danced again, played on the WebKinz website, played with the dog-Again.

Sadly, I've only done 1 of 2 things I was instructed to do today. 1=give her a bath, I did that. 2=have her finish painting the mug for her dad as a Christmas present. She's completely not interested in doing it. Grrrr!

Birthday Girl

I'm the big 2-3 today. Getting old I tell ya!

First Exam

Well it's 8:10am and I'm finished with my first exam. It took me all of 20 minutes from start to finish. Kind of aggrivating that I hadda be at school at 7:30am for 20 minutes of testing. Ah well, on the up side it's out of the way and I have nothing else to do until 3:30pm. Happy Monday ya'll.

House Tornado

Those 2 kids I had last night? Yeah, lets just call them 2 little tornado's. My house was clean before they got here, when they left 5 hours later, I couldn't even walk through my living room!

Alas, my living room is now clean again, somewhat at least. After being up for 20 hours I didn't bother on moving my pillows & blankets back into my bedroom-(the girls brought them out to my living room for the movie we watched)-and I just crashed on the floor. I don't know if that's exhaustion or just sheer laziness. Either way, I slept on the floor.

As for today, I slept in and I've been doing homework all day. Fun times, I know you're all jealous.

Not Very Profound

This isn't going to be a big eye opening post. Sorry folks, it's 8:15am on a Friday. I had a whopping 15 minutes of review for my 8am class and now I'm killing time until my next class-(in the same room)-at 9am, where I have another 15 minutes of review.

In other news-(do I sound like a newscaster)-I'll have kidlings over-running my house tonight. Well, actually it's only 2 kids but my apartment is SMALL. It's 2 girls, ages 3 & 4. Not siblings. They know each other, but neither one is very good at sharing so this should be interesting.

After class I'm going to go home and kid proof my house. Ya know, put all of the really important things up high. Neither one of them listen very well. I hate to say it but they're both a bit spoiled and get away with a lot.

Hmm..what else. Not a whole lot really. It's 12F at 8:20am. Yeah, my hair froze this morning. Did you know that when your hair freezes and you crack it, you get split ends and kinks in your hair? Yeah, something to keep in mind if you ever come up north. Yay for cold weather.

I guess that's about it for my useless caffiene deprived brain at 8:20am. Happy Friday to all.

Must be Karma

Remember my post yesterday about jealousy? Well, it seems the jealousy bug has bitten my charge. *sigh* 4 weeks since the baby arrived, 4 weeks with almost no problems. 4 weeks and it seems we've hit a wall. The crying, the whining, the bad attitude. Yes, the jealousy has come full force.

Remind me not to have kids 6 years apart.

Jealousy

I know this might be a hard hit for some people, but I'm going to blog about it anyway because its what's on my mind.

Jealousy. What is it exactly? We all have an idea of what jealousy is, but it is different for everybody. Little kids get jealous over other kids toys. Adults get jealous over other adults toys. At least that's what the media make it out to be. But what is it, really?

For me, jealousy is wanting but not having. Wanting but not being able to get. I've had my bouts of jealousy throughout my life. I could like a better car, more money, a bigger place to live--the really superficial things. But my jealousy goes deeper. Maybe longing is a better word for it, longing for something that I do not have.

My longing is for a family. I want to be a mom. Do I need to be a mom? Probably not, but I WANT to be a mom. I want to raise a child, I want to change diapers, I want to nurse, I want to watch the first steps, I want to see my baby crawl, I want to see my child's first day of school, I want to watch them grow, and learn, and become their own person. I want that.

So here's the big question for you all out there in blogger land. What are you longing for? What are you jealous of?

December

Oh December, how I love thee. 2 reasons I love December...Christmas decorations and my birthday. The decorating of my apartment is almost finished. I'll post pictures as soon as it's done--and the house is clean. The only downside with my birthday this year is that I have 4 final exams that day. Yes, you read that right, FOUR! I'll basically be on campus all day, here's the breakdown:

7:30-9:30am = Exam 1

10:00am-12:00pm = Exam 2

12:30-2:30pm = Exam 3

3:00-5:00pm = Exam 4

To add insult to injury, Exam # 5 is at 7:30am the next morning. No celebrating for me on my birthday night as I'll be studying and sleeping. The upside is that I'll be done on Thursday of exam week and then it's off to Wisconsin for Christmas!!!

So, how's your December going?

Weekend Comedy

This weekend I took my dad to see Bill Engvall. It was his birthday present from me, though technically his birthday is in January. But hey, Bill Engvall was in the area in December so we just celebrated a bit early.

The show was amazing :) I laughed the entire time! I think the biggest highlight for my dad was when I handed him $50 to gamble with-(the show was at a casino). He took off and I had a heck of a time finding him before the show started!

All in all it was a great weekend. I got to take my dad to see a comedian that he really likes, I was able to see some of my high school friends, and I just got a hang out and decorate my dad's house for Christmas.

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend as well.