Today is piano lessons…Quinn wakes up at 3:45am (so do I) so we were running late because I went back to sleep about 7. I usually drop Quinn off at jaime’s house at 9:30, but today at 9:30 Joey announces that she needs to go potty. I tell her to go quick or we will be late. Five minutes later I knock and go in the bathroom only to find my daughter’s butt sunk into the poopy toilet water all the way up to her hips. I tell her to get up, finish, etc. and slam the door out of sheer frustration. As I sit on the couch to call Jaime to tell her I will be throwing Quinn out the window as I speed by her house late, my phone rings…piano lessons are cancelled because the teacher is sick. Praise the Lord! Shower time for Joey, breathing time for mommy.
*Please note: No children were harmed or will ever be harmed in the creating of this story. Sarcasm and frustration alone prompted the language involved. 
Aaron Boydston is out of remission and heading down to UCLA tonight.
Quinn has had diarrhea all day…Every 15-20 minutes this afternoon/evening. I called urgent care hoping for a remedy because he is in pain and his poor tushy is raw and he screams when I try to wipe and put ointment on it :-(. The nurse said there is no medicine for young kids and that he needed to be on the BRAT diet strictly for 2-3 days. Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, Toast (crackers, noodles) and Pedialite. Poor baby: it makes me so sad when he is in so much pain and discomfort.
The girl I needed to apologize to was working on the same shift as me yesterday, so I was able to talk in person to her. She seemed very forgiving and understanding of my mistakes so the was a huge weight off my shoulders. As for the other staff involved, they just need to get over themselves. Thanks for all your continued prayers.
I should also mention that as I ran out of the building crying the other day, God provided comfort to me instantly. Sara happened to be driving into the parking lot at that moment and jumped out of her car to make sure I was okay. Thanks God and thanks Sara. You are a great friend.
I seem to have a knack for starting “shit”. I don’t really know what my drive is behind my actions; although I would like to think they are not centered around making myself look good (but I don’t know). I try to follow rules/laws, I try to please/respect the authorities over me: God, bosses, government. I suppose it may be righteous, but I expect others to do the same, especially in a work environment. If there are required meetings or classes I attend them at the specified time (to the best of my ability), I expect my equals to do the same. When there is an attitude of “I don’t need or want to do that” it is really frustrating to me. I acknowledge that it is not my business, but I feel like in a way, if I am to help my place of employment improve its ability to serve the community in the best way possible it is important for my bosses to be aware of the dissensions and attitudes, the lack of work and caring, that is prevalent in the child care site where I work. I am a bit embarrassed that I have become the tattle tale, and maybe its an excuse, but I feel like it is for the safety of the kids.
Yes I am evil in my own way, and report things upstairs with the hopes of bettering the environment and helping the bosses to move forward in creating a safe environment. Consequences: staff talks about me behind my back (whatever), staff ignores me completely while working on a shift together (grow up)
Then something quite a bit more serious happened. My suspicious nature and fat mouth name an employee, to the bosses and a handful of staff, as a person of interest. After much she said she said and not having a single staff on that shift who was supportive of me… Three people were ganged up on me now…I left the room trying not to cry. I told them I was leaving and that they should watch the kids inside since all four of them were sitting outside. I made it into the hall with my bag and my son and burst into tears. As I was heading upstairs to let my boss know I was leaving she was coming down. I told her I would be back for my afternoon shift but that I couldn’t work right now with these people.
A few hours later my boss called to see if I was okay. I told her I planned to call the girl I had labeled suspect and apologize…(she won’t answer her phone or return my phone calls)
So pray for me in many respects…I think all are pretty obvious. Tomorrow I work with most of the same crew including, this time, the one I named. My spirit is crushed, I feel stupid and mean, but I also feel like other than naming someone to the staff I was in the right. The parts I was wrong about I hope to resolve.
It is sooo cold in our house, so I have started taking afternoon refuge in my bed with my electric blanket on high. Quinn is in the living room watching movies and Johanna and her friend are bickering endlessly in whatever various room they have locked themselves into. I slept (during Quinn’s nap) while they shut themselves in the bathroom and put makeup on. I have yet to see the damage in there although their faces were’t too bad.
I’ve never been tagged before. Thanks Kristi!
A- Available or married? Married
B- Best Friend? I don’t really have one
C- Cake or Pie? chocolate cake with white frosting, yellow cake with chocolate or white frosting, lemon cake with white frosting, mmmmmm. French silk pie, chocolate satin pie, mmmmmm.
D- Drink of Choice? Ice tea
E- Essential Item? warm bed
F- Favorite Color? too many to specify one
G- Gummi Bears or Worms? yum
H- Hometown? San Diego, Ca or Chicago, Ill
I- Indulgence? sweets followed by salty followed by sweets followed by a bite of salty
J- January or February? January- we get to start over
K- Kids & names? Johanna- almost 5, Quinn- almost 2
L- Life is incomplete without? Love
M- Marriage Date? Nov. 4, 2000
N- Number of Siblings? 1 big sis
O- Oranges or apples? yes please
P- Phobias/Fears? losing my kids
Q- Favorite Quote? “I found a moonrock in my nose” -Ralph Wiggum
R- Reason to Smile? watching my hubby play with the kids
S- Season? fall- I like to crunch the pretty leaves on the ground
T- Tag three people! Rebecca Kerr, Michel, BrookeB
U- Unknown fact about me: My last name would have been Frankenstein, but my grandpa didn’t want to be Dr. Frankenstein
V- Vegetable you hate? I guess brussel sprouts because I won’t taste them
W- Worst habit? biting my nails
Y- Your favorite food? chinese
Z- Zodiac? Sag
Since I was excused from the jury I figured I would potentially never know the verdict of the trial. Yesterday when i went to my mom’s office for lunch her boss and some of the investigators involved with the case said that the defendant had changed his plea to guilty so there was no trial after all. I guess the guy got scared and realized there was no way he was going to get let off with all the evidence they had against him.
I had Jury Duty yesterday. I have been every year since I was 18 and NEVER even had my name called. I have always been more than willing to sit on a jury, but they never called me. So yesterday after not being called for the first 2 groups of 50 when they came back for 70 more prospects I was thrilled to hear my name. In the court room yesterday we were asked for “hardship” excuses and the Judge released very liberally all but 28 of us. He asked us to come back today because they had to have a total of 60. This morning I got to the court before 9am and we all waited until a quarter to 10 before the doors opened. She called 12 names for the first jury box selection and I was number 2!! When they finally told us about the case and we heard there was a death involved I knew I was out. Thanks mom. On the list of witnesses I knew at least 5. The defense attorney released me “without cause”. What a bummer. I was so close and so excited. Oh well, maybe next year there will be a drug case or something that doesn’t involve people I know.
So far Quinn and I have been doing okay. Today has been the hardest for him I think, based on his behavior and crying all day. He accepts the fact that “nurse is gone” but then he doesn’t know what to do so it has been hard to keep him occupied and happy. Movies and chocolate are his friends. After he satisfies his oral needs he climbs up in my lap and snuggles me so tight, hugging my boobs. So sweet and cute, but OUCH! Tomorrow I have Jury duty so we will have a full day apart which is good. Hopefully my pain will go away in the next day or so; then the snuggles will be more than welcomed.