It was nice being home in our familiar setting for Rosh Hashanah.
Oh.. middle kidlet doesn't have a "broken" foot but is on crutches and a boot for a severe sprain and contusion. His school was sooooooo sympathetic. Could you be off your crutches by Wednesday - after all it is only a sprain. UGH.
No disasters - only no security because either they can't read their letters or it never made it there. I'll have to call on Thursday. Middle kidlet did do the walk down with the past presidents and youth group board members. No, he didn't carry a Torah but processed with his fellow youth groupers.
Today we hear youngest blow the shofar. Fingers crossed. He's good. I'm hoping he can "hit" those sounds.
Well.. have to go get ready.
oh.. why the title to this post? Middle one told someone up on the bimah he as putting his "right" foot forward for the new year. (That is his good foot.) He says it was gravity ninjas that hurt him. :)
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Worse than a Jonah Day
Sigh... right when you think things are on an even keel... the balance shifts and BOOM. Felt pretty good when we left the Temple this afternoon that things were under control. Not perfect but okay.
As I was leaving to go shopping with the youngest I hear a boom from upstairs. Run back in the house. Middle kidlet tripped over stuff in the bedroom and hallway and lands on ... yes... the right foot. Is being handled by dh and go off to the mall. With a call home I hear things are okay so we shop for jeans and sneakers.
I get home and I see middle one glum with ice on the foot and upstairs dh is trying to deal with the cable company. N either are happy campers. I thought things were okay but middle one goes NO.. I thing I broke it. Dh leaves a message for our doctor. Love our doctor.. who gets back in touch and says bring kidlet in. Yes... it probably is broken and x-rays are needed. Either sit in the emergency room for hours or wait and go first thing in the a.m. but... the spanner in the works in kidlet has make up state exams in the a.m.
He is so unhappy. I know that life has not been the greatest after his girlfriend decided she wanted a boyfriend closer to here. Not that we are miles but they do go to different high schools. Middle kidlet has been handling this very well but now is going to pieces since a broken foot is going to impact his job that starts in two weeks.
I get home and fall to pieces about thinking about trying to get to the radiology and everything to together for Temple. Dh is now at the hospital with middle kidlet to wait for xrays.
Some stress gone but HEAVY sigh.
As I was leaving to go shopping with the youngest I hear a boom from upstairs. Run back in the house. Middle kidlet tripped over stuff in the bedroom and hallway and lands on ... yes... the right foot. Is being handled by dh and go off to the mall. With a call home I hear things are okay so we shop for jeans and sneakers.
I get home and I see middle one glum with ice on the foot and upstairs dh is trying to deal with the cable company. N either are happy campers. I thought things were okay but middle one goes NO.. I thing I broke it. Dh leaves a message for our doctor. Love our doctor.. who gets back in touch and says bring kidlet in. Yes... it probably is broken and x-rays are needed. Either sit in the emergency room for hours or wait and go first thing in the a.m. but... the spanner in the works in kidlet has make up state exams in the a.m.
He is so unhappy. I know that life has not been the greatest after his girlfriend decided she wanted a boyfriend closer to here. Not that we are miles but they do go to different high schools. Middle kidlet has been handling this very well but now is going to pieces since a broken foot is going to impact his job that starts in two weeks.
I get home and fall to pieces about thinking about trying to get to the radiology and everything to together for Temple. Dh is now at the hospital with middle kidlet to wait for xrays.
Some stress gone but HEAVY sigh.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
The Week that was (continued)
Let's see to continue.
Wednesday -
Work - time out to go to my trainer. Yeah some sanity.
Back to work and then my craziness startes.
Pick up middle kidlet from high school from after school club and home to pick up the kidlets so they can get to their job as student aides in religious school. They finish at 6. I take middle kidlet out to Panera for dinner while the youngest has Hebrew class. Return and drop off middle kidlet and take youngest to get some pizza for dinner while middle kidlet has Hebrew class. Return to pick up middle kidlet and get home just before 9.
Thursday -
Work - get out in time to "leisurely" drive youngest to violin lessons. Home, have dinner and take middle kidlet to work on college apps - have to get there via outer Mongolia to avoid the masses coming to the football game at Rutgers. Home for the night by 9.
Major carpooling is done for the week. :)
This week should be less, I hope. One kink will be that on Wednesday the kidlets will have to wait for me to pick them up after their Hebrew classes because it is Back to School for the youngest. Hopefully the evening won't be too long.
Wednesday -
Work - time out to go to my trainer. Yeah some sanity.
Back to work and then my craziness startes.
Pick up middle kidlet from high school from after school club and home to pick up the kidlets so they can get to their job as student aides in religious school. They finish at 6. I take middle kidlet out to Panera for dinner while the youngest has Hebrew class. Return and drop off middle kidlet and take youngest to get some pizza for dinner while middle kidlet has Hebrew class. Return to pick up middle kidlet and get home just before 9.
Thursday -
Work - get out in time to "leisurely" drive youngest to violin lessons. Home, have dinner and take middle kidlet to work on college apps - have to get there via outer Mongolia to avoid the masses coming to the football game at Rutgers. Home for the night by 9.
Major carpooling is done for the week. :)
This week should be less, I hope. One kink will be that on Wednesday the kidlets will have to wait for me to pick them up after their Hebrew classes because it is Back to School for the youngest. Hopefully the evening won't be too long.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Week that was.. enough to make me tired again
To have a little understanding of the craziness of life with carpooling -
Monday -
Work - try to leave by 4 end up leaving at 5:10. Did I mention Rutgers is back? Yes, add that into a piece of the craziness. Need to get home, pick up middle kidlet and get to E.B. for his SAT prep. Getting home should be a 15 - 20 minute without rush hour and university traffic. I call middle kidlet and ask that he start walking to meet me so I don't have to go all the way home. I zigzag home and turn around and plan my route to E.B. (in rush hour traffic.) I am good and he's only 6 minutes late. Helps knowing those sneaky back roads. Did I mention at lunchtime I drive to E.B. to get work papers signed for middle kidlet. Pats back.
Tuesday -
Work - get a call from middle kidlet. Missed his bus because he was getting the work papers finalized. Not to worry - mom leaves work early drives to the h.s. Decides that we'll drive out to E.B. to drop off said work papers. Get middle one to the temple for his teaching aide job by 4 p.m. After work we head home to pick up pizza and I'm off to a meeting.
Rest of the week coming up in the next post off to Saturday evening dinner.
Monday -
Work - try to leave by 4 end up leaving at 5:10. Did I mention Rutgers is back? Yes, add that into a piece of the craziness. Need to get home, pick up middle kidlet and get to E.B. for his SAT prep. Getting home should be a 15 - 20 minute without rush hour and university traffic. I call middle kidlet and ask that he start walking to meet me so I don't have to go all the way home. I zigzag home and turn around and plan my route to E.B. (in rush hour traffic.) I am good and he's only 6 minutes late. Helps knowing those sneaky back roads. Did I mention at lunchtime I drive to E.B. to get work papers signed for middle kidlet. Pats back.
Tuesday -
Work - get a call from middle kidlet. Missed his bus because he was getting the work papers finalized. Not to worry - mom leaves work early drives to the h.s. Decides that we'll drive out to E.B. to drop off said work papers. Get middle one to the temple for his teaching aide job by 4 p.m. After work we head home to pick up pizza and I'm off to a meeting.
Rest of the week coming up in the next post off to Saturday evening dinner.
Weekend... relaxation what a concept
What a week. So far my working around 30 hours helping fill the void in my office is not working... more like 40 + hours. Does make for a nice pay check and lots of stress.
This coming week I must be "myself" for most of it to get MY work done. This doesn't count the fact I am doing leg work to make sure things run smoothly in the office. Let's see a letter to apologize for a mistake in printing - research for old files - checking off all the HH items that must be done. Trivial and easy as pie. No wonder I'm not sleeping well.
On the plus side dh will be home this week. I'm not sure we'll know what to do with him home all week. Maybe I'll be wishing for that bi-coastal commute by the end of the week - joking.
This will make our morning routine and evening routine off a beat. On the plus side I'll be able to run in the morning before work if I want. Getting more exercise in should help my stress level. I am a happier person when I know I'm not being a slug.
I was informed by my trainer NOT to count walking on the weekend as my aerobic activity. Waves arms in the air - I was good and ran my 1.6 mile course which was JUST 20 minutes. The amount of time I'm suppose to do both Saturday and Sunday. Hmmm... maybe I can put off Sunday's run and do it Monday or Tuesday since dh will be home. I was a basket case when I got to my training midweek last week. I felt much better getting my tush kicked back into gear. One of the reasons I'm treating myself to seeing her twice a week.
No evening meetings this coming week - only running for the kidlets - SAT prep, college apps prep, kids' work, violin lessons, Hebrew class - I'm making myself tired by looking at the list.
Thursday is off to Union to get senior portraits for our middle one. SIGH. Yes, if we had been thinking we could have had the information in June and most likely had the pictures taken at the high school. So much for being prepared. Shrug. I'm hoping that there isn't a lot of traffic for a 9:30am appointment.
Youngest has outgrown 14's and will move up to the 16's that we have tucked away. We weren't sure if a growth spurt would occur in OZ so the clothing traveled to Oz and back. Last weekend I went shopping with middle kidlet because new jeans were needed. The old ones were too big. Wow.. sounds funny when you think about growing children. Can't have jeans falling off in school.
All school supplies seem to done for the time being. Oh.. but this week we have to buy a magazine with liquor ads for youngest's health project. You wouldn't believe how difficult it is to find liquor ads in magazines. Seems that they have cut back on their advertising. We found a cooking magazine that had some ads.
Life in the fast lane? There are times dh and I look at each other and wish for Oz. Life was much quieter. No running to meetings, lessons, and classes - time to take leisurely walks on weekends - concerts in the park during the summer. We realize that we talk about Oz most days.
This coming week I must be "myself" for most of it to get MY work done. This doesn't count the fact I am doing leg work to make sure things run smoothly in the office. Let's see a letter to apologize for a mistake in printing - research for old files - checking off all the HH items that must be done. Trivial and easy as pie. No wonder I'm not sleeping well.
On the plus side dh will be home this week. I'm not sure we'll know what to do with him home all week. Maybe I'll be wishing for that bi-coastal commute by the end of the week - joking.
This will make our morning routine and evening routine off a beat. On the plus side I'll be able to run in the morning before work if I want. Getting more exercise in should help my stress level. I am a happier person when I know I'm not being a slug.
I was informed by my trainer NOT to count walking on the weekend as my aerobic activity. Waves arms in the air - I was good and ran my 1.6 mile course which was JUST 20 minutes. The amount of time I'm suppose to do both Saturday and Sunday. Hmmm... maybe I can put off Sunday's run and do it Monday or Tuesday since dh will be home. I was a basket case when I got to my training midweek last week. I felt much better getting my tush kicked back into gear. One of the reasons I'm treating myself to seeing her twice a week.
No evening meetings this coming week - only running for the kidlets - SAT prep, college apps prep, kids' work, violin lessons, Hebrew class - I'm making myself tired by looking at the list.
Thursday is off to Union to get senior portraits for our middle one. SIGH. Yes, if we had been thinking we could have had the information in June and most likely had the pictures taken at the high school. So much for being prepared. Shrug. I'm hoping that there isn't a lot of traffic for a 9:30am appointment.
Youngest has outgrown 14's and will move up to the 16's that we have tucked away. We weren't sure if a growth spurt would occur in OZ so the clothing traveled to Oz and back. Last weekend I went shopping with middle kidlet because new jeans were needed. The old ones were too big. Wow.. sounds funny when you think about growing children. Can't have jeans falling off in school.
All school supplies seem to done for the time being. Oh.. but this week we have to buy a magazine with liquor ads for youngest's health project. You wouldn't believe how difficult it is to find liquor ads in magazines. Seems that they have cut back on their advertising. We found a cooking magazine that had some ads.
Life in the fast lane? There are times dh and I look at each other and wish for Oz. Life was much quieter. No running to meetings, lessons, and classes - time to take leisurely walks on weekends - concerts in the park during the summer. We realize that we talk about Oz most days.
New Blog
Yes, as if I need another place I don't keep up. I'm going to keep our Oz blog to post pictures as I have time to but needed a blog to just post about the ups and downs and even the sideways happenings in our life back in the States.
Yes, I have an lj on livejournal.com but I can easily link this blog with with my gmail - trying to streamline my life.
I will also try to post pictures of our random trips.
Yes, I have an lj on livejournal.com but I can easily link this blog with with my gmail - trying to streamline my life.
I will also try to post pictures of our random trips.
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