I am having a lot of random thoughts today. I decided to share my randomness. Okay.
#1. I have always thought that the heroes of this world are parents with ill children. I have so much respect and sympathy for parents with children that are sick. I was reminded of this morning. My little Jacob is very ill today. The kids all went through their rounds of colds and fevers this winter. However, Jacob started vomiting and uncontrollable diarrhea last night. He says that his legs hurt and he is not walking today. I have been carrying him around the house whenever he wants to go into another room. That has only been a few times. In those moments I thought, 'oh geez, what if this was the norm?' What would we do? Today I am saying special prayers for healthy children.
#2. I woke up today with more wrinkles. The wrinkles are really out of control. I don't understand it. My friends and family members are not experiencing this rapid wrinkle attack like me. Today it is my neck. I remember a long time ago watching this episode of Oprah. An older woman was on there talking about her neck looking horrible. She wore lots of turtlenecks and scarves. I remember thinking this woman is crazy. I will never age like that! Today I understood what the heck she was talking about. I can literally feel a dent where my neck meets my chest. I felt the wrinkle before I looked in the mirror! I thought to myself, 'this is not good!' If you are experiencing this wrinkle issue and have any advice I would LOVE to hear it.
#3. Yesterday I experienced more anger towards my husband than I ever thought was possible. I was so mad I threw my cell phone. I am NOT a thrower. No, I hadn't been drinking. Just thinking back to that moment I can feel the rage. Fire in my arms wanting to hurt him. After this moment I went downstairs grabbed my car keys and drove around trying to calm myself. Let me tell you it took some time. If you saw a crazy mini van squeeling tires yesterday I apologize. Totally joking. Drum roll...what did my husband do??? My husband did not file our homestead exemption. I know exactly what you are thinking. Why didn't I file it? Jeff very rarely handles anything. I do most of the handling (if you know what I mean). But this one thing I asked him to go file. I asked many times. He went to the office to file. I have no idea what happened from that point. He did go. I even asked him several times. Are you sure it has been taken care??? Yes. He reassured me. I thought about it yesterday and called. Yes, I should have called last year instead of asking him. And sure enough not filed. Let me tell you this is not the first time this has happened to us. Or I should say we did this to ourselves. Between Jeff and I we have owned five homes. Two of those homes we failed to file! Instead of our property taxes being $970 for the year, they are $1900! We are the biggest penny pinching people I know. I was just telling Jeff moments before that all my new strategies to save more money. Then this bombshell. Man, it is going to take me awhile to get over this one. Later in the evening Jacob vomited horrible nasty stuff everywhere. Jeff cleaned it all up. I told him we were even. Of course, he blames me for the whole thing. Round and round. At the end of the day I still love him more than anything.
#4 The million dollar question...Where does the day go? Maybe I am spending too much time online? Um, no. Right now, it is 2p and I have not gotten dressed. I get up, make a meal, clean up the meal, do some laundry, make a meal, clean up the meal, do some laundry, hubbie comes home, make another meal, clean up the meal and maybe throw in some more laundry. Yes, we really have that much laundry. Sometimes I secretly wish there was a game show where people do laundry. I know I would win. The craft and intensity of sorting colors adding the soap, it is all so glamorous. I wake up everyday with such high expectations of the day. I make to do lists constantly. I think I have even wrote down 'make to do list'. I am always so optimistic that today will be the day I am soooo productive. Then, bam it is 2:45p and Jeff is pulling into the drive. We don't have cable so I am not watching tv. The only time I sit down is when I am online. Where does all that day go? Today I got up. Started a load of laundry. Made breakfast and cleanup breakfast. Then I truly can't remember what happened next. It was only a couple of hours ago. Somewhere in there Jacob vomited on the rug in the dining room, cleaned that. Then, I remember him vomiting in the living room, cleaned that. I know I worked on the budget. Other then that I am at a loss.