My day

When we first moved into the Serra Mesa area and were registering Christy for school I was disappointed that we were in the boundaries for Jones Elementary. I had wanted Christy to go to Angier Elementary. California is a choice state so if you want your kid to go to a different school than what your boundaries allow you have to fill out a form, send it in and wait for the drawing to see if the next school year they can go to a different school. So we did just that. Meanwhile Christy has been attending Jones and she likes it. I also have been very pleased. My first impressions were way off base. Also Jones Elementary was just recognized as a California Distinguished School and last year the students at Christy's school scored the highest on the California Standardized Test in our area. So lets just say that I like her school and don't mind the weird schedule. So yesterday in the mail we received a letter stating that Christy's choice application had been drawn and she was approved to attend Angier for fourth grade. David and I discussed it and decided that the pros of staying at Jones out way the pros at Angier. So Christy will stay at Jones for fourth grade.
Today started out not very good for me. I woke up this morning aching and just overall feeling drained, and emotional. That time of the month brings unwanted changes and feelings. I walked Christy to school and though it was windy and cool I did my walk/jog. When I got home I thought that a long soak in the hot tub would make me feel better. And it did, while I was in the tub. When I got out I was feeling the same drained, blah feeling. But as all mothers know there are things that need to be done even if we are not feeling our best. So I got dressed and decided the first thing on my list was to clean the car. David has been driving the car lately because the Ford didn't have tags to go on base. Finally I took care of that little situation. Anyways David took the Ford today so I was going to clean the car. So I drag my body down the stairs and drag myself and the vacuum out to the garage. I get the mats out of the car and move the seats and start to vacuum. Then I notice that the vacuum is not sucking up anything. I think maybe the hose is clogged. I unhook the hose and look for something to stick in it to see if its clog. I find a wrench and drop it in, no problems, it comes out the other end just fine. So I reattach the hose and try the vacuum again. Still no sucking. I turn the vacuum off give it a little thumb on the garage floor and try again, still no sucking. So what do I do, I get upset and I start crying. I walk into the house, climb the stairs, climb into bed and call David and cry. Lame I know!!! Poor David thought when he answered the phone to me crying that something was wrong. You can chock that one all up to hormones. Good thing is that David ended up taking me out to lunch :) This evening our community had their living green expo. We got free dinner and then we walked around and visited vendors booths and got free stuff. I love free stuff. They even had things going on for the kids and right before the raffle drawing they had a Mad Science show for the kids. It was surprising to me that the event was not well attended. But that turned out to be in our favor. We won in the raffle. We won a bag of stuff from one of the vendors. It had two travel mugs, four collapseable water bottles, two kids books and two reusable shopping bags. I learned from the YMCA vendor that once a month I can take one of my reusable shopping bags to the YMCA and they fill it with groceries for FREE :) Just one of the many services they offer for FREE to military families. Now David is at class and here I sit on the Internet waiting for him to get home. We watched the movie "Brothers" last night. It made me so grateful for so many things. Most of all that my husband comes home each night and he is not at risk for being to deployed to the worst areas of the war. My heart goes out to all the spouses and families that have loved ones in those areas and who are in the face of danger daily. I am so lucky to have a husband that loves me so much and does what he can to take care of me!!!!