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February 24, 2007

Active Week Ahead

I'm starting to feel the reality of all I have to do next week!
Monday, I have a medical appointment for Luci, her monthly check up. She's back to some sporatic "fits" here and there and I'm really hoping the good behavior wins out! She's still off all medication and I'm not going to approve the doctor's suggestion of starting her back on medication again. I think we still need to give her more time without being on drugs.
Tuesday, I have Rissy's birthday party to set up, cake to pick up, and food to purchase. Since we're having a Mexican fiesta, she wants tacos and cheese dip with chips. I'm thinking pineapple chunks might be good, too. I haven't wrapped one gift and I haven't even looked at the party favors to divide them into gift bags. There will be a pinata. It needs to be stuffed with candy & toys but I'm thinking that can be Jesse's job! What do *I* know about pinatas???!!! I found out, AFTER I bought the party favors, that two additional children (Jesse's friend's children) are coming. I'll figure some way to stretch the sets of 4 favors between 6 children!
Wednesday, I have an afternoon (2 hour) dental appointment. He will finish the work on my NEW teeth and then clean all of my teeth. I think it's been close to 15 years since they've been cleaned. The dentist can't believe my teeth looked so good after 15+ years! I am also having him fill two small cavities. Might as well take care of everything at once and maybe I won't have to go back for another 10 years!!!
Thursday, the girls' play therapist comes to our house for two hours. I have an appointment (for me) with Luci's pyschologist later in the afternoon.  I LOVE this pyschologist and wish my children didn't require her services.  I'd like to be "friends" with her. Ethics-wise, it's best left on a professional basis for now.   I will get home late and do the chili dog thing for dinner!
Friday, Luci has an appointment with the same gal pyschologist and that will put me home late, again. I guess it will be chili "cheeseburgers" on that night! I'm really a gourmet cook these days, wouldn't you say??!!
The season for American Idol has begun.  I'm already "hooked" and not wanting to miss a show. This is the only show I follow and it lasts a few months. Guess we'll record it the night of Rissy's party. There isn't anything else on TV that I feel I HAVE to see, except the weather!
I'm already wondering how I'll get the week's laundry done, the grocery shopping done, general house cleaning done, and keep me from beginning to spin!!! I can only do so much this weekend. My main goal is to finish the girls' laundry and wrap Rissy's gifts. I'm afraid if I don't do it this weekend, I'll panic when they have nothing to wear and Rissy has no gifts to unwrap!
We had a nice time last night with the pastor of our church and his family. We met at a cafeteria and talked until they started cleaning the EMPTY dining room! We had my friend's (Tangi) daughter babysit the girls. She's a sweet girl and our girls adore her. She's always so good to say "yes" when I ask her to babysit last minute. We rarely go anywhere without our girls and this was a nice break for us. Jesse talked to me on the way to the restaurant, and I got to talk to him on the way home! Not once did we hear "Mommy!" "Daddy!" or "Excuse me . . . " Precious stolen moments in time!
Almost forgot . . . Friday, I woke the 2 older girls up earlier than usual and took them to see Seusical at the high school Tangi's boys attend. One of her boys was in the play, as well as some other children we know.  Rissy and Annamarie enjoyed themselves.   It was so entertaining and brought back memories for me. This is the same school Stephanie attended eons ago! I ran into the drama teacher, the same one Stephanie had, and spoke with her briefly.
Last piece of news - Jesse has made the final decision to sell his half of the pawn shop and is concentrating on his lawn service. It's that time of year and he has made some bids, one of them a small city. It would be great if he could get a contract with that city and provide 12 months of service to them. He has no regrets selling the pawn shop or opening it in the beginning. The stress was such that this will be a huge burden off of him.
I suppose I should get off of this keyboard and start the laundry. The sooner I quit using the washing machine, the sooner the girls and I can all have our showers! Maybe someday we'll have a hot water tank on each side of the house!