i decided to try an experiment this morning. i would wait to see if thomas woke up with his alarm clock rather than me having to tell him his alarm clock was beeping. it worked!
then i waited to see if he would take a quick (or at least quick in thomas terms) and he did. but would he remember to then wake his brother up and let him know that it was his turn for the shower? yes! 2 points…
tyler asking for a t-shirt
awww…a strike. i had to remind them to eat breakfast. not a big deal.
i hate that there is almost no school transportation. it is impossible to plan anything other than within the school hours. otherwise, the boys have to sit at school early (as they did wed. for my dr. appt. at 7.45 am) or they have to hang out late afterschool (as they did when i had to take kaity to work). i understand that there is a budget crisis in california but this does not help. if i were to want to work, i would have to find a job that would start no earlier than 8.30 and finish by 2.30. not an easy prospect.
thomas waiting for his shirt to dry
california drivers are horrible by american standards. they don’t hold a candle to italian drivers but still horrible none the less. i can’t tell you the number of drivers that are distracted by their phones and wander into my lane. my horn is working over time. i know now why the laws against cell phone use by drivers is so important. yesterday morning there was an horrific looking single vehicle accident. it blocked the 3 middle lanes of santa margarita. thankfully, i saw a gentleman on the side of the road talking to a cop so i hope that was the driver and that he was ok. his vehicle was totaled and he took out a number of street signs.
i know that i said that i wanted to do the 365 blog challenge but after sitting for the last couple of days deciding what it is that i should write about, i realize…i’m boring! no, really…i’m boring. sunday, i was sick and didn’t feel well so we hung out at the house, i watched movies, surfed the interweb and read my book. monday…didn’t feel well…again. hung out at home on the couch. thomas had his guitar lesson today (rescheduled from wed.) so i took him and then went to get michael from work.
now today was a bit more exciting!
the boys had a plc day at school (they get out at 12.35 instead of 2.55) so i picked them and took them for haircuts. they turned out really good so we may keep going to that place. i’ll post pics this afternoon.
after haircuts…we headed to target. tyler is on his second backpack of the year and it was in bad shape…worn and torn. so we decided to pick up back pack number 3. he wanted a roller pack but target didn’t have any in “big kid” style and he didn’t want a powder puff girls pack so he picked a neat orange one. thomas’ wireless internet card quit working (or so he says. i think he took it apart to see the inner workings and that messed it up.) so i got him a new one.
we got pizza hut personal pizzas for lunch from the target pizza hut so we were all happy with that.
and then home…i didn’t feel well again so i took it easy on the couch for a bit.
i decided to start dinner early because i hate rushing later. so i made salmon, roasted potatoes and broccoli. it wasn’t too bad. i tried frozen wild salmon this time but it wasn’t as good as the fresh farm raised that i usually buy. lesson learned.
i had to pick michael up from work and head to the chiropractor. michael was in usual form…teasing me and drawing dr. micah into it. it is fun though. my back is still sore often but dr. micah seems to be making a difference thank goodness.
thomas had mma tonight so that was my last job…
it was a busy day…not an exciting day. such is my life usually!
