there should be a law

When the house is messy, there should be a law that says... No one allowed to stop by with out a permission slip !! ( and those permission slips will have amazingly vanished into thin air !) We stayed home today after the week long of driving kidlets around on the bus, both of us dog tired from the long hours and bumpy roads. Nothing got done at the house this week and I do mean NOTHING !! There was dog hair in every corner, dishes in the sink, toys in the living room not to mention what ever else got left out in the week. And in our defense, Kevins back was killing him and I had a migraine all morning.
So anyway, we went to the small store in town to get some comfort food and something for dinner and we come home to my parents in the driveway. I gulped thinking oh god, they saw us, no way out of this ! so we let them in the house as I madly ran around trying to close doors and pick up stuff here and there. It's too late, they are inside. well, needless to say I was mortified, they were disgusted and they left quick. (Thank god they didn't need to use the bathroom !) So here I am with my strong drink and my comfort food drowning my sorrows and shame. I'm sorry mom and dad, I really did have a migraine this morning on my first day off this week. Ok, I'll go climb under my rock after I clean up the house !

Amazing Bus Drivers !!

I'm alone for the first day this week and boy it's a weird feeling !! I've been riding with Kevin this week as he drives the bus around the towns to pick up and drop off High School, Middle School and Elementary kids. Wow am I beat and I'm not even driving !!! I have to say that I have this new and HUGE appreciation for the drivers of the buses ! He gets up at 4:30 AM, were off by 5 AM and then out of the yard just before 6 am. He says hello to each and every child that gets on the bus, while trying to remember this 5 pages of kids around the twists and turns of these lovely NH roads. The older kids are half asleep, some quiet, moody, some smiling, ready to start the day. The young kids are all charged with energy raring to go and boy can they get noisy ! We drop them all off which takes 3 hours from start to finish having stopped at 3 different schools. It's funny to listen to the CB that buzzes in the back ground of parents complaining and kids that didn't show up. If they could only have a parents day so they could ride, they would never complain again ! We go home for 3 hours only to run back to start it all over again for another 3 hours of fun, only in reverse. The older kids screaming if you pass their house with the young ones half asleep not caring if you take them home with you. One young one- that wasn't on the sheet we figured out when we ran out of houses and she was still with us- didn't know where she lived or her last name. Luckily someone else on the CB knew her and told us where to take her to her waiting father. Then he's back to drop off the bus after her gets gas. Dog tired because half of the roads in these towns are dirt and covered with pot holes and wash boards. Ever feel like your teeth would fall out of your head from bumpy roads ?? Well, try doing that 7 hours a day !! I wish every parent could ride in a bus for a couple of days. They would never again look down at the driver, get upset with them or think badly of them. They are gold in my book. Everyone of them deserving of a golden medal and a life of honor. You are my hero Kevin ! Lisa

School Starts

Every year when school starts, I want to cry. I get this huge packet of papers to fill out and it's a argument with the ex about how to fill them out. Technically, his home address is here otherwise he wouldn't be going to this town school. Then I have to fill out his papers to explain where he lives, who he is with and all that crap. The worst is when I take a school calendar and mark every other week with a highlighter and then try to explain to the new teacher when Joey will be here and how if I don't get his school papers here, I will never see them. They won't get passed on. I also see that, as usual, Joey spends every week long school vacation with his father. Oh joy ! Another year of missed vacations yet again. I never get to take him to his first day of school either. :-( At least it's on a Wednesday this year so I get to see him after school for a couple of hours. I hate this custody agreement !!
Here are Joey and Jack after school watching cartoons.

to all you Lost Geeks

I have been playing the LOST ARG (alternate reality game ) on the net and my boy friend Kevin thinks I'm obsessively nuts about it all. He really knew that was true this morning when I yelled YES at the top of my lungs this morning after seeing the leader board on the game site. I was in the 10th spot which is ok by me considering this game is played around the world. You can see that by just checking out the leader board. It has people on it from all over the world. I did my snoopy dance and tried to tell everyone that would be interested (which isn't very many people at all lol) The game is going very slowly but I'm having fun and that's all that matters ;-)
here's the leader board, I'm in the #10 spot, maladylis ( click on it to see it larger) any other geeks out there playing too ?