Happies and Crappies Weekend Edition

Happies

• I bought this fridge today:

It will be delivered the day after I settle. I had a 10% coupon so that helped. Now I just

need a couch of some sort and I will be all set as far as major purchases.

• I've also checked a few more big things off the list, like setting up my utilities and cable and phone in my name and purchasing home owner's insurance.

• I have listened to The Fray's I'll Look After You about 100 times today. They are rising higher and higher in the ranks of Bands I Love.
• We had an inservice day on Friday. The inservice in itself was sort of boring but it was lovely to just sit and listen and not have to run around after any kids. And wear a dress even. A dress would never fly on a typical school day. This week we have two field days (a special ed one and a regular ed one) and then the following Monday off of school. It's almost summer!!!

• I know this is a little late, but I also had a completely lovely mother's day. It really is one of my favorite days of the year. Isaac made me a really cute mug at school and he was so proud to give it to me. He **coughcoughGrandmacoughcough** also got me a rice cooker which is something I really wanted for the new place, so that was a total surprise. Being a mom is the best job in the world and I think it is so appropriate to have a day to reflect on what a wonderful calling it is. Where would the world be without mothers?

Crappies

• Isaac fell asleep for no more than 8 minutes in the car on the way home from his dad's. Now he won't go to sleep though. It's ten thirty and he has come out of his room approximately 582 times since I put him down.

• I put off applying for summer jobs (I know I need one but I really don't want to) and now the ones I wanted are all filled. I still think I can get one, but it will probably be in Pottstown. I was looking forward to a change. But, looking on the bright side, Pottstown ESY only runs Mon-Thurs, and every Friday off would be a major perk.

• Isaac's dad wants to take him to Florida for five days to visit his aunt this July. I have agreed but I am incredibly nervous. A few years ago I left Isaac with my mom and went to visit my aunt in San Diego for I think four days. That is the longest we have been apart. I think I will probably sit home and cry the whole time he is gone. IT's a whole swirl of emotions. A part of me is excited because his dad is so judgmental about my parenting skills yet he has never been with Isaac for than about 26 hours at a time. He might hum a different tune after a week straight with him with no breaks. Another part of me is petrified that he won't really take Isaac to Florida, that he will take him out of the country and over to Africa and I will never see him again. I know this is not likely, but it still concerns me. A third part of me is disappointed because I was planning a Disney World trip with Isaac next summer and I feel like he is sort of stealing my thunder. Meh.
• The mortgage company people want me to send them a copy of Isaac's birth certificate as proof of his age to verify that child support will continue for a while. The problem is one whole side of our two car garage is filled with packed up boxes and his birth certificate is one of them. No idea where. I did pull out about 5 boxes that were close to perifery and go through them. Ironically, I came across my father's birth certificate but no sign of Isaac's. So far, I have only two somewhat official documents that verify his age. One is a form from my child custody paperwork. His age is just written in in pen but it does have a court stamp and stuff on it. The other one (and this is really bad) is a letter from when he had to go to a urologist at Children's Hospital which references his full birthday. It also has a lot of medical information about what is going on with Isaac's junk and isn't exactly something I want to submit to my mortgage company. Ugh... I really hope this doesn't keep me from getting a mortgage. I am kind of nauseous thinking about it. I have a feeling I will end up paying, like hundreds of dollars to have his birth certificate overnighted or something.
• Lastly, I was trying to download some music onto my work laptop and ending up downloading another virus and now nothing on my computer will work. This will be the third time this year I have downloaded a virus. I am sure the computer tech people at my work must think I am a secret porn addict or something. This is less than a week after I lost my phone, and then bought a new one, and then found my old one.... Me and technology clearly do not mix. At all.

Have a lovely weekend!!