Glad the week is over...

Well to start off my husband was away last week. The office administrator was on vacation at work so to say the least I had a full week at work and at home. It was hell trying to find someone to cover the phones so I could pick my son N. up at drivers ed at 10am everyday so I had to bribe my son J. to come and get him. Actually he bribe me by staying at friends houses all week long so he used the excuse that he would pick up his brother for me. hum...yes it worked...

Thursday I got a phone call from my husband that his plane was changed and he would be coming in at 4:30 instead of 6:30 so I frantically found someone to cover the phones for me and I left at 4:30. He only had to wait 15 minutes at the airport. Not too bad but as I was driving home my cell phones rings again and it was my friend J. calling me with some bad news. My ex father in law passed away Thursday right after he talked to my boys. Tell me that isn't weird. So for the last 2 days my phone, her phone, my ex, and his sister have all been talking back and forth about what is going to happen. He didn't want any kind of viewing so he will be cremated. My kids were of course upset. They were very close to him but I think they are relieved that he is out of his misery. Rest in Peace.

Friday, I couldn't pick up my son so I asked J. to get him and to also drop off his truck cause he needed tires really really bad. So we dropped it off at a place down the street from work and they call me and tell me that he needs brakes too. My daughter also called me and asked me to pay for her tune up and oil change. So on Friday I spent $1200 getting everyone cars fixed. They just don't realize how much the maintenance of a vehicle can run you. They thing they can just gas and go. They are good about oil changes thought so I guess that when the big stuff rolls around I can help out.

So much for my exciting week. Hope next week is better.

Sunday... :-(

Here it is Sunday already and back to work tomorrow... Boo... The weekends go too fast and the bad thing is that we didn't do a thing. It's pretty quiet here today. Hubby is out of town for the week to Georgia. We planned out some stuff to do this weekend and on Thursday he informs me that he has to go away for the week. OH well so much for plans. Son #1 J. is at a friends house and won't be coming home until tomorrow. And son #2 N. is of course in his room on his computer. And I am on the computer looking up stuff for his drivers ed class..what is wrong with this picture? His teacher needs 8 articles from the internet, newspapers, and magizines on vehicles that are designed to reduce air pollution...not an easy thing to find so I figured that I would take a break and blog a little.

Work is ok. Thursday was another Fayetteville After Five. It wasn't bad but extremely hot. I drank like 8 bottles of water in 5 hours. But to my surprise there were a lot of people there and boy were they drinking up the beer. My co-worker S is on vacation this week so it will not be a very fun week. I will have to answer all the phones and still try to crunch my numbers.

Got another phone call from the ex-father in law...he is still pushing for my son N. go to there and visit. I explained to him that there just won't be enough time to do all of this stuff since not I will have to take him for his permit before school start and go get school cloths and supplies and stuff but he just isn't getting it. I said that if he goes he will have to be back by Tuesday cause that will only leave me Wednesday to do all of this since I am working another Fayetteville After Five on Thursday and don't get home until after 10pm and my husband and I are going away on Friday for our anniversary. This is the first trip together in three years and ever time we plan one something goes wrong. Three years ago we PCS to Ft. Campbell, two years ago we put our dog down and this year we planned a trip around the first week of June since the kids were going to Florida to see the ex father in law and my husband mom died so I really need some alone time with him and all I am getting is a hard time from this man. So I explain all of this to him and he says he understand and the next sentence out of his mouth is I will call you in two weeks to finalize all the arrangements. So what part didn't he understand? Is it the fact that this man doesn't understand the meaning of the word NO or is he a spoiled rotten selfish man who won't take NO for an answer. So now tomorrow I will have to hear it from the Ex...boy do I hate Mondays.

On a brighter not...my daughter and her boyfriend got a puppy...she is sooo cute...her name is Jewell and she is a black lab...here is her picture..

Stressin...

What a week....to start off my son N. started drivers ed classes and he is driving already...hum...more gray hairs for me....His class goes from 8-10 so I went into my bosses office and explained to him that I would have to pick him up at 10am so I will be taking my lunch at that time. To give you some idea of my work...I usually do not take a lunch so everyone else can come and go as they please...I am not only the financial director, I am the answering machine, door greater, and catch all for what ever else comes along. So his response was that it was ok as long as it didn't interfere with any of their meetings and stuff. Now I have to say that I am not the only one who knows how to answer the phone there but we don't want to inconvenience anyone else who works there. (Yes, I am being sarcastic here.) A perfect example was Thursday night. We had a premier opening and it started at 6pm, now everyone left to go home and chance and freshen up but me and my co-worker S. We always stay and set up and tear down, do dishes and trash and make sure everything is back in place. So where is it written that we have to do this and why isn't all the employees helping. To say the least I am getting a little tired of being taken advantage of. And since I am complaining....I have to answer the phone but they forget to tell me things. They have meeting and I am never informed so I hardly ever know what is going on at the museum except when I read it in the papers. Pretty bad since there is only 8 employees working there. Ok, I feel better...

Next subject...ex in-laws...my ex father in law wants my son N to come down there after his drivers ed class and stay for a week. I already discussed this with him and said no. The drivers ed class ends the 8th of August and school starts on the 20th. There is only one week in which he needs to get ready for school. But no wasn't good enough...I get the ex calling me up to ask me why...So I explain it to him...he still doesn't understand. That is because he lives in a fantasy world with no responsibilities...must be nice...can I drop all my responsibilities too...not a chance. So now I have both of them ganging up on me. I told them I would think about it but not until the class is over. Now my ex father in law keeps on calling my son to find out information on how much the flights are and if there is a direct flight to Florida...so again I guess I didn't make myself clear...My son told me that he wants to give me his credit card so I can made the arrangement. Boy I don't remember wanting any of this to happen in the first place. So why would I want to do all the work....hum...

On a more positive note...my husband and I had a nice ride on Sunday and a real nice lunch on Saturday. It is amazing how we can live in the same house and I miss him. We really don't get to relax with each other until the weekend so we go all week without each other. Between work, working out, kids, dogs and house stuff who has the time....

Well thanks for listening and hope you all have a good night...

Nothing going on....

This has been a very quiet week. I have been extremely busy at work since our fiscal year closed on June 30th. We have our unveiling of our new proposed building design on Tuesday at the main library downtown. That should be exciting. We also have a premier show coming up on Thursday night. And of course Fayetteville After Five the week after that. So to say we will be busy is an understatement.

Home is pretty quiet. J will head to the college next week to pick his schedule. N will start drivers ed classes on Monday and S found a new place to live and will be moving soon. So things are falling into place...touch wood....

We have been trying to decorate the house a little. We have been so busy that we are just starting to put uop some blinds and stuff to make our house our home. To say the least it really does make a difference.

We had a altercations with the man who owns the two bodies of water behind our house. He allows people to fish on the dam...well the other day a couple was fishing and they left their headlights on and they were right in our backyard. So my husband asked them to if they had permission to fish there and to turn their headlights off. They went and told the owner that we were giving them a hard time so this morning he was out there showing them what he thought was the property line. But according to our survey he was wrong and my husband told him so. To say the least this old, set in his ways, thinks he is right man started yelling and telling us we were wrong. I have the paper work to prove it. He thinks that he owned 12 inches around the whole lake but the lake has expended since he sold the land and his 12 inches plus some of my property is now under water. But again he started to yell and threatening us with all kind of stuff. So who know what will happen now. At least the people fishing stayed down the other end of the dam.

The forth was pretty quiet around here. Didn't do a thing. Kinda hard when it is in the middle of the week. Been raining here most weekends so we haven't been out on the bike in a while either. Sure do miss it. Hopefully the weather will get better and we will be riding again.