May 15, 2012 by Adrienne
Yesterday was unproductive. Today, it’s pouring rain and I need to go to the grocery store. I really HATE getting groceries when it’s raining. I have enough trouble with groceries (little finger strength left, tendonitis in feet) without getting drenched in the process. Grrr. All I want to do is lay in bed and pour M&Ms all over my body while I watch hour after hour of bad tv.
I’m thinking of trying to take some of my own medicine, and I will, because it worked yesterday.
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May 8, 2012 by Adrienne
Today on the To Do list, Mom and I had to go over to the Municipal Building so that I could pay my property taxes. Our town has the fanciest Municipal Building I have ever seen, and it includes a DRIVE UP WINDOW. It’s very convenient for those of us who develop tendonitis in our feet and toes simply by running too many errands in one day.
The reason Mom went along is because she needed to get a yard sale permit for our upcoming Community Yard Sale, which OF COURSE Mom took charge of! If you ever wonder how I handle myself so well in life, just look at who raised me. She is the Queen of Everything.
So, we arrived at the Municipal Building. We pulled up to the Drive Thru and paid my tax bill. Mom inquired about the yard sale permit and the lady said ‘oh I can give you the form….here ya go!” We pulled into a parking spot and filled in our yard sale information. Then we debated whether or not we should just drive back around and hand it in at the Drive Up window. It was seriously windy and chilly, but we realized we needed to have it signed and stamped, so we decided we’d better go in.
Now, if you ever drive by your Municipal Building and think “Heh. Nothing ever goes on in that place! What an easy job!” – think again. This place is always hopping. The office at our building is always filled with people. Today, a couple was complaining about their neighbor’s fence being over the property line. Another guy was applying for a building permit. Several people were paying their 1st quarter property taxes (me). Every time I’ve been in there, it has been busy. We waited in line behind what I can only describe as possibly the only homeless man in Mantua (not sure why he was at the Municipal Building if he’s homeless but he sure looked and smelled like it). We had our turn; the lady signed, stamped and copied our form, and we were finished. Back out the door we went. One of us made the off-hand comment, “Well, that was easy!”
Except.
SWOOSH! That blustery wind I mentioned earlier swept in and ripped the newly acquired yard sale permit right out of Mom’s hand. I screamed, “Nooooooo!” and Mom threw her purse and keys at me and took off running. She was almost at the school down the street before she caught up to it.
That's her, under that tree in the center.
Sure, we could have just gone back inside and asked for another copy, but it was a battle of wills between Mom and The Wind, and even when she’s up against Mother Nature, my mother will always prevail.
Also, have you noticed how THIN Mom is getting?
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May 2, 2012 by Adrienne
Photo courtesy of photologue_np
My good friend Justin is the CIO over at Careerminds. It’s so funny when one of your close friends from way back becomes so successful. We knew eachother in the breaking dawn of our youth, back when we both scrounged for quarters to stuff in the vending machines in the lobby of our college dorm. Now he’s managing entire corporations. I always knew he’d be amazingly successful though, even as we walked around campus together in our flannel shirts (it was the 90s) and smoked our Marlboro Lights, commiserating about the quality of the campus food and the fact that we got stuck with an 8am class.
I recently wrote up a little ditty for the blog over at Careerminds, which my CIO buddy was kind enough to dig. He liked it so much he posted it, even! Heh. Shameless self-promoting noted, and allowed. It’s my blog, people. Enjoy the guest posts and stay tuned here for some interesting and awesome changes.
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April 26, 2012 by Adrienne
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April 25, 2012 by Adrienne
Has it really only been four days since my birthday?
Around noon on the day that I turned 37, (April 21 )I fell down hard with a three-day stomach virus. Apparently The Seven-year-old wanted to share. I have to say that I feel much more sympathy for what he went through now, and after what I have been through in the last three days I have an amazing appreciation for just being alive and sitting upright.
It seriously feels like at least two weeks have passed since I last felt human, but it was a mere four days ago. I spent the better part of my time in the fetal position on my bed or on my bedroom floor, sweating, gagging, and shitting. Luckily, I was able to make it to the bathroom for the latter.
I’m on the mend now and seriously hoping that no one else in my family comes down with this virus. EVER.
Stay tuned here for a longer entry when I have all of my strength back.
Tomorrow, be sure to check out my post at DailyPath. (Sign up for e-mail reminders if you would like to get a notification each time I post an entry over there.)
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April 20, 2012 by Adrienne
Here’s a link to a guest post I did over at Power Fantastic Blogs.
How’s your Friday going?
(Tomorrow’s my birthday.)
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April 19, 2012 by Adrienne
The poor Seven-year-old. He has been a picky eater all of his life. He comes by it honestly, I have to admit. I am somewhat of a picky eater, but as a child, my brother was the pickiest eater I’ve ever met. And, coincidentally, the Seven-year-old is basically a clone of my brother so far. I watch him play every day and everything about him takes me back to my childhood and my little brother. However, the eating problem is one similarity I could do without.
For months now, his digestive system has been… less than optimal. Let’s just say that things were not moving as they should. His favorite foods are: milk, cheese, white bread, pancakes, ice cream and candy. I have spent 7 1/4 years trying to convince him to try new foods without much success.
Sunday night, he entered my room and laid next to me on the bed, complaining once again that his belly hurt. Upon touching him, I almost scorched my hand on his 104 degree body. Knowing that he had not successfully gone to the bathroom in quite awhile, I became immediately concerned. He and I ended up spending the entire night and into Monday morning in the hospital, while doctors tried to determine if he had an intestinal blockage.
His x-rays were unbelievable. When I say this kid was full of shit, I mean he was FULL of shit. Luckily we caught it before it became an intestinal blockage or rupture. He had to have IV fluids to rehydrate his system and was then given medication once his bloodwork looked ok.
(As a side note, the fever was caused from a virus that he somehow managed to simultaneously contract. This kid.)
I share this with you only because I am totally stunned at the amount of SHIT that can be stuck inside a 49 pound child. All of Monday and Tuesday, he visited the loo EVERY FIFTEEN MINUTES. For TWO. STRAIGHT. DAYS. Wednesday, he slowed down to once an hour and then finally stopped around 3pm. He is now finally back at school.
It took someone jamming needles into his arm and 2 1/2 days worth of crap to convince him to start eating better. He has finally admitted the error of his ways. Or so he says. And so help me gawd, if I have to CRAM Fiber One bars down his tiny little seven year old throat, I will.
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April 13, 2012 by Adrienne
Today I’m guest blogging over at Outta Jo, Onto You. Jo is a friend of mine who lives in Brooklyn and who I became friends with and met entirely because we are both bloggers and moms. Check out the rest of her blog as well, especially if you’re a young(ish) mom looking for some interesting reading about motherhood. She also has some alternative ideas that have inspired me over the years!
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April 12, 2012 by Adrienne
After nearly a week of not sleeping very well at night, I slept a solid eight hours without waking up once last night. It felt fantastic and my productivity level has been great so far this morning. I have 3/5 of my to do list completed already and it’s 9:21 in the morning. Planning to get the rest of my regular client work done today and hopefully manage to have enough time left over to get a haircut this afternoon. Tomorrow, off to another doctor’s appointment (Shrinky Dink II) to let her monitor my mental state and tell me some more of her almighty wisdoms.
Last night, The Nine-year-old and the Seven-year-old basically forced me to go to what is called a ”Curriculum Fair”. I kept asking them, “What is a curriculum fair?” They replied with “Duh, Mom. It’s Crickylum! And a fair!” So yeah. Had no clue what I was walking into. And as we all know, I don’t really enjoy walking around at all anymore. You know, having feeling in the bottoms of your feet turns out to be kind of nice. But, anything for my children! So onward we went, numb toes and all, trekking all around the school, for the Crickylum Fair.
I tried looking at the school’s website before we went to see if I could find out what exactly a Curriculum Fair is. I mean, to me, as a former teacher, a Curriculum Fair sounds suspiciously like an in-service day or the teachers’ convention where you walk around all day looking at different book publishers’ exhibits. Which, I guess is kind of cool if you’re REALLY into educashun and all that, but (yawn), for me? Not high on my bucket list. So I was like “Do we have to go?”
Of course we went. It turned out to be a display of all of the children’s work throughout the school year so far, which makes me kind of suspicious, actually. I mean don’t get me wrong, it was awesome to see everything my children have done while under the influence of two very excellent teachers. But it also made me wonder, “Are they saying that the school year is basically over now?” Hopefully not, cuz I need The Nine-year-old and the Seven-year-old to be appropriately stimulated for at least another two months before I have to do it all on my own this summer while trying to work from home at the same time. (Enter Nanny Linda)
Needless to say, we stayed at that “Crickylum Fair” just long enough to check out the boys’ accomplishments….
……and then we came home, all jumped into my bed and watched TV.
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April 11, 2012 by Adrienne
My post over at DailyPath from yesterday. I won’t post links to all of them here because I know most of you read them via facebook too. For those readers who aren’t facebook friends with me, why the hell aren’t you? 
Friend me, or ‘like’ the DailyPath fb page to get the weekly posts directly.
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