I tried, I changed, but still am getting divorced!

[courageous wife]

Hi NM! So sorry about S's ear infection! Are they talking tubes yet?

Anything happening with your D?

[newmama]

CW- S has only had one other ear infection about 6 months ago. I don't think they would be thinking about tubes at this point...but if they ever wanted to I would do it in a second! I hear it takes a very short time and does wonders for kids, especially for speech.

Nothing yet about the D. But I have been through silent stretches before, got my hopes up, and then...WHAM!!!!!!!

[awest1217]

My S got tubes almost a year ago and it has been wonderful, however he had ear infections every time he got a tooth in so almost every other month for a year.

Hope S is feeling better and this week goes better at work!

[newmama]

OK fun stuff-- just ordered the Android 2 smartphone! can't wait!

I didn't see a movie last night- it was pouring rain and I wanted to watch my Top Chef finale show instead. I fell asleep at 9:30 again! Got to sleep in until 7 though.

I am in a pretty good mood today. I feel good, like stress has been lifted for some reason. Lighter, more care free.

Am doing laundry, did the dishes, picked up S' toys and next is mopping. I am only going to do it every week or so even though it needs it daily. The reason being is why?? It's me and S. I sweep daily (or use the quick vac). He messes it up. I am a working mom--relax, play with S or clean? So cleaning is not my top priority!

oh yeah-- i had a dream that stbxh said to me when he was picking up S: "if you need, I can stay a little longer when I drop off S tomorrow so you can clean..."

And I really had to sit there and think "was that a dream?" because yesterday I was saying how S was a little tornado and it's hard to keep up. He said "I know it is." (no the F you don't!!!!!!!! I AM a single mom, no live in boyfriend!!!!!!!!)

[newmama]

My Pisces horoscope:

Your Week Ahead: This week you can expect to spend much time tending to the needs of others. No change there then, you may think.

(SO FUNNY- I read that first line and said "what else is new?" before reading the second line!)

But there should be at least one difference. Though you already spend a great deal of your life being self-sacrificing, you normally find this goes all but unnoticed.Your efforts now, though, are being much appreciated and look set soon, to be richly rewarded. You mean much more to someone than you realise. You are also on the verge of attaining great power. It is as if many good deeds done on past occasions are about to pay off. Be as kind as you can this week. The cosmos is about to be kind to you!

(So does this mean relief from my work load? And what will be my "great power?" Maybe I will get to make an influential decision regarding THE BOY?)

Your Week Ahead Part Two - Love Focus:

Navel-gazing is not as easy as it sounds. Unless you are a highly advanced practitioner of yoga, you will find it almost impossible. If you have to resort to a mirror over your belly button, you are probably exerting too much effort for a passive preoccupation. It is just as hard to look deep inside yourself. How are you supposed to do that? Yet if you cannot see into your own soul, how can you look into the hearts of others? You don't know as much as you think you know now. But you know enough to see where to start looking for the answers! Be kind to yourself. Be kind to others too. And the cosmos will be kind to you!


(sounds like a bunch of blah blah blah...I better be nice this week to people. And what is it that I don't know as much as I think right now? Is it about stbxh?)

[newmama]

how funny..stbxh dropped S off. then asked if I wanted him to clean out the gutters since it rained so bad yesterday. He also cut the bush up in the front yard.

I think it's "funny" because he ended up staying longer like my dream...kind of.

And then before he left he said "well, I'll see you....well I guess I'll see S on Tuesday!"

because now I only see him Thurs evenings when he drops S off and then weekends when we exchange S. 3x per week.

[ImprovedRomeo]

Hey NM, just catching up...sounds like it's been busy at work with the boy and stuff. But glad to see you're feeling better today. I hear you on the house chores, it's non-stop. I love my Roomba...next best thing to a live in girlfriend

Horoscopes are interesting, sometimes they seem so believable with how things are progressing in life and sometimes they couldn't be further from the reality lol I didn't realize you're a Pisces. I'm a Capricorn <-- very objective

[Mystik]

You have a very good point, gabbysmom. We don't get this time back so every day when I'm stressing about laundry or dishes I remind myself that DS won't be six forever and this day won't come around again.

[flowmom]

big hugs newmama. Nice to see that you are GAL with work and activities. It's a big transition but it sounds like it's going well.

[newmama]

Hi FM! Thanks for stopping by. Nothing exciting here. I was perusing match last weekend but got cold feet! What the heck is that all about? Obviously I didn't have cold feet this summer.

For dinner for S and I, I boiled up some tomato-basil ravioli, tossed it in olive oil and parmesan. Then took some garlic bread from the freezer and heated it up, melted some cheddar cheese on it and added some chopped tomatoes (after it came out of the toaster oven). Oh and we had some grapes, too!

Let's see- yesterday I took S with me into school and he had a blast running up and down the halls. Then he entertained himself pulling tissue after tissue out from a box of kleenex while I stuffed homework folders!

If anyone saw Oprah today...let's not give up on public schools. And there are teachers who suck but most of us (plenty here on DB forum) love our job and work hard to improve our craft to help our kids be all they can be!

Heck, even today, THE BOY had a pretty good morning! Only bawled at the top of his lungs twice, didn't hit anyone, sat criss cross on the carpet and even raised his hand to fix a mistake on the morning message (I asked "him" if he could write the letter A in the word Dear!) He also stayed at his desk to do work- I gave him kindergarten assignments. We played some reading games and he liked them. He earned lots of points and he went home early like planned!