Category: Birthdays

Well, I just did the stupidest thing I possibly could have. I somehow refreshed the page and lost MY ALMOST FINISHED ENTRY!!!

Argh. Like I’m not having a crappy morning to begin with!

Anyway, Mom’s birthday get-together on Sunday was nice. We left early (okay, around 11:30, so not-so-early) Sunday morning to pick up all the stuff we were going to need, plus groceries for the house and the rest of the kids’ school supplies. We didn’t find any of their stuff at Wal-Mart and I was so ready to go yell at someone from the district for adding stuff to their lists at the last minute.

We got all the food at H-E-B and thankfully found the rest of their school supplies there! And they were really inexpensive, too. Mary was making broccoli rice and her famous salsa for the party and I was making guacamole dip, Frijoles a la Charra, carrot cake (one frosted, one not) and Mario was taking care of the fajitas, chicken and sausage on the grill.

We got worried once 6 o’clock came around since the plan was to have the food ready by 5 so everyone could eat by 5:30, but no one was here! Finally, at around 6:15, Sally and Joe arrived, then Mary (she was at a bridal shower), and then Yadira, Tommy and their kids. Mario was a great host and Joe felt really comfortable around Mario and Big Mario, so that was great. Sally, Mom and I talked about weddings and our Mom’s bad health and then we went outside with the men and talked about cats, dogs, ticks, hunting and other stuff I can’t remember at the moment. Mom had a good time, which I’m so relieved about LOL. We talked with Yadira and Tommy and Chris and Nancy (who arrived later) and then we got the kids into the shower at 9:30. I knew it was pretty late and that I probably wouldn’t have them into bed till 10, but they were mindful and fell asleep by 10:05.

I woke up nauseous the next morning for the first time this whole pregnancy. It was a mixture of fear that I wouldn’t get them ready on time, that Eenan would hate his class like last year and that Jaylen would bawl his eyes out–that last one had a knot in my throat already.

They woke up pretty quickly and the morning went without incident. Mario accompanied us, since he loves to be there on their first day, and our first stop was Eenan’s class.

He walked right into his classroom without so much as a goodbye LOL. I signed him in and then called him over to give us kisses. He’s pretty excited since one of this good friends from Pre-K and Kinder, Brianna (or Brenna, one of those), is in his class this year, plus some other ones he told me about after school.

Next was Jaylen. He was calm and just taking in his surroundings while I was signing some MORE papers for him. I took him over to one of the tables where kids were sitting and he sat down. A little boy, Arick–who just so happens to be a cousin we didn’t know about, was crying his little eyes out. I kept seeing Jaylen stare at him, so I distracted him by talking to him and asking him if he was enjoying the Golden Grams cereal they’d given all the kids. He seemed pretty happy, but I just couldn’t walk away! I kept telling him, “It’s okay, Baby. We’ll be back at noon, okay? Don’t worry!” Mario had to squeeze my shoulder and practically pry me out of the class. On the way to the car my hormones completely took over and I bawled my eyes out. Yup. I cried. I didn’t even cry when Eenan went to Pre-K, but I did have a knot in my throat and I wasn’t pregnant O_o.

Jason had called Mario when he and Mireya went to drop off Brianna (our little cousin who I’ll be taking care of) and said Jaylen was a little teary eyed, but he calmed him down. Jason said it was probably all the little kids that were crying that scared him.

Mario left to work as soon as we got home. I kind of just sat here, going deaf from the silence. I hadn’t heard that kind of silence in years and it freaked me out. I’m so used to hearing a little voice say, “Can I play with your hair?” “Can you lay down with me?” “Can you color with me?” It was weird. I played Bejeweled for a while on the computer, then spoke to Mario on the phone, who called because he knew I was probably bored out of my mind. After we hung up I ran a few errands then picked up some boxes so I could pack up the thousands of books the kids have, plus other junk that’s sprawled all around the bedroom. I cleaned a little bit and by the time I knew it, it was time to pick up Jaylen and Brianna.

I got there at 11:20, since they should get out at 11:30, but they didn’t get out till 12. One little boy walked down the hall and happily declared that he had “Burger King” at school LOL. Another little girl, whose yellow t-shirt was tear streaked, was sobbing and told her Mom she wanted to go back to Daycare, aww :(. Seeing that made me really nervous about how Jaylen would be, and then I see he and Briana turn the corner and they’re walking together and chatting away. It was the cutest thing!

They were pretty good. I cleaned up and put books into boxes while they played the Game Cube, colored, had snacks, had drinks, played with toys, colored, and watched TV. I sat about half an hour during those 3 hours, and it was when I was having lunch. At least I’ll stay active throughout the pregnancy LOL.

When it was time to pick up Eenan I packed the two kids in the truck and Mom came along for the ride. I went through the usual Pick-Up line and to my surprise the gate was already open and there were only 3 other cars in sight. I found that strange and called the school. They have another new Pick-Up station this year and it sucks even worse than last years. I ended up having to park at the very end of the semi-circle drive way and then it started to POUR! It was totally unexpected. Thank God I had an umbrella in the truck.

They were so unorganized that it took forever to get the kids out of the front hallway. It was already 3:40 by the time Eenan finally emerged from the door. He had a good day though, so I’m glad.

Brianna was picked up at 6 and she didn’t want to go home LOL. Getting the kids to eat dinner, take showers, and brush their teeth was much easier last night, thank goodness. Jaylen was asleep by 9:35 and Eenan was rolling around in bed till 10, but when I walked in at 10:10 he was already asleep. Mario and I tried watching Scary Movie 4, but were so tired we stopped it halfway and went to bed.

Eenan was giving me a little trouble in the morning, but Jaylen was fine. I discovered that we’ll have to buy him almost a whole new warddrobe of shorts since the size 5’s we got him are too big and have actual buttons instead of snaps. We’re afraid he’ll have an accident because he can’t unbutton fast enough.

I scarfed breakfast down as fast as I could and got the boys in the truck. Eenan, my big boy, didn’t even let me walk him to his class. He gave me a kiss and then we walked to Jaylen’s class.

He did so good, I got him in line and then they started going in. He kind of threw his backpack on the floor and then it dawned on me that I hadn’t written his name anywhere on his backpack. I start looking for the Sharpie I had in my purse and darnit, I’d forgotten it. I looked through the window to see what he was doing and he was getting his PB&J sandwich and orange juice (yes, my kids eat breakfast twice, at home and at school LOL). He sat down and then I see him blink away tears–he was starting to freak out again since there were 3 kids crying in the class. He looked out the door and I tried hiding but he saw me. He ran to the door and said, “I forgot to give you a hug!” so I gave him one. When he was half-way to his table he ran back and to my horror he was crying. I tried calming him down for about 10 minutes and nothing worked. Finally, this rude bitch (I don’t even know why she was in their classroom) tells me, “Next time you need to leave quickly. You all make it worse if you stick around.” I said, “I’ll keep that in mind,” and watch them drag Jaylen away from me. It was heart breaking. I could hear him (and about 10 other kids) screaming when I turned down the hallway. I hope he’s doing alright right now :(.

Like I didn’t feel bad enough already, Mario didn’t eat the breakfast I made him (French Toast). Grr. I told him I’m not bothering tomorrow morning.

It’s 10:38. Need to get some laundry done, wash dishes, and pack up some stuff before I pick up the kids. I would have gotten started much earlier except this stupid thing messed up on me. I need to get happy and change my attitude. I had a feeling when I woke up that today would suck–I need to change that :(.

Today was one of the most tiring days I’ve had to endure during this pregnancy. I only slept 5 hours (I’ll get to that in a bit) and woke up 3 times during the night–two of those to pee and drink water (<--which completely defeats the purpose of trying to sleep though the night). I should be sleeping right now but I like to procrastinate. I forgot about the laundry and now I have to wait for a load to finish washing so I can at least put the clothes to dry. Lovely. The boys were angels for a whole hour and a half while I took a nap this afternoon. Eenan took it upon himself to go to Postopia.com and play games (and I’m just now noticing there’s greasy Cheeto Puffs fingerprints all over my computer screen. Jaylen watched TV in our bedroom. They actually whispered the whole time I slept! That’s never happened before!

Friday was an interesting and memorable day. We chilled out at home in the morning and around 11 we left for town. Mario picked up his paycheck, cashed it and then we had lunch at Denny’s. I had fried shrimp, green beans and mashed potatoes and it was SO good. The plan for the day was to buy them school shoes, maybe a few more shirts, school supplies, and then get the stuff for the bar-b-q we were having for mom on Sunday. We went straight to the shoe stores on Jackson & 10th St. to find either Sketchers Airators or Lights for the boys, since those were the shoes they’d been raving about all summer. Never did we think these shoes were going to be so darn hard to find. We checked every shoe store in the mall, and nothing. Our last stop was JC Penny and finally, a store that had the Lights. We’d checked out the Airators at Kid’s Footlocker and they were fugly, so the kids changed their minds. We found Eenan’s size and one in Jaylen’s. Literally, just one shoe in Jaylen’s size. The guy helping us searched everywhere for it and nothing. We left with only Eenan’s shoe and felt quite defeated.

To make a long story short, we spent 3 hours looking for his shoes and had no luck and we got nothing else done. Apparently “those shoes are really hard to find”. No shit. We even went to El Centro Mall, which has a total of 5 stores in it and well, that was a trip we didn’t have to make. At least we had nachos there.

We went home since it was already 6 and Mario needed to shower and shave his head before we met Sally and her fiance Joe at Texas Roadhouse for dinner. She called me at 6:45 and we confirmed that we’d meet at the restaurant at 7:40. We made it just in time and Sally and Joe had just arrived a few minutes before. John babysat the kids, so it was just us four. It was a nice break and so nice to finally see Sally after 4 years! We talked, ate peanuts and took pictures while we waited to be seated. Ordered our food and while we ate, we caught up. We talked about everything from news of old classmates to reminiscing about when we were little–we covered everything. She even told Mario about how my mom would dress me like a little doll–a repressed memory I’d stored away for years. Mario was just smiling and looked over me and said, “Why didn’t I ever know about this?” LOL.

After we had dinner (Mario and I both ordered Road Kill, which I barely touched since it was so much food) and talked outside some more we said our ‘see you laters’. We went to Jorge & Maggie’s next. Maggie and I sat and talked inside for a while then joined the men outside. They’ve got this crazy neighbor, I mean crazy, and let’s just say he got the cops called on him at least 3 times. He just terrorizes the neighborhood, including kids. He has this thing about how the area around his house, including the street belongs to him. He confided to Jorge when he first moved there that he bought a two-story house because he wanted to snipe people. He thinks he’s this war hero from Iraq/big-shit in prison, but I think he’s making everything up. I think the Coke just fried his brain a little. Or a lot, whatever.

Jorge has taken LOTS of crap from this guy for the past 6 months. He finally lost his patience that night and told the guy off. I’d never heard Jorge get like that. It was funny though. Jorge kept telling him all this offensive stuff and the guy was so high he kept agreeing with him. It was hilarious. We didn’t get home till 1:30 that night which means we didn’t fall asleep till 2.

Then we had to wake up at 7, which is why I was so sleepy today.

Ooh, and Mario got me Fantasy and Curious by Britney Spears. I think they smell very similar, but the bottles are pretty so I got them both :D.

Today was spent paying more bills then going to JC Penny to order Jaylen’s shoes. The salesguy gave us that option yesterday and we figured it was our last resort. It took about 15 minutes for the ladies to tell me they didn’t have it in the catalog or online. Great. The “sample” shoe they had was the one in Jaylen’s size we had yesterday. They asked if I wanted to leave my name and number with the shoe and if they found the other one they’d give me a call. I was positive they wouldn’t find it but left my info anyway. Mom and I were on our way to another store to check when they give me a call that they FOUND IT! And they were 3 bucks less than Eenan’s for some reason! I should have known it was going to be a good day when I found a parking space right away and really close to the entrance :).

We went to Melissa Guerra to check the sale out and then to Target to get Mom’s birthday gift. Happy Birthday to the lil’ ol’ lady. We keep teasing her about how she’s going to be a Senior Citizen soon LOL.

While supervising Teeth Brushing Time I asked Eenan to show me his teeth to check if they were loose yet. I wiggled them just a bit and sure enough, they’re finally loosening up! I told Eenan, “Alright! They’re loose!” and he jumped with joy. Jaylen, who was busy brushing his teeth, says, “HEY! I want cash, too. You need to give me one of your tooths, Nano.” It was hilarious the way he said it. Cash? Mario and I couldn’t stop laughing.

Those kids come up with the most hilarious things. Eenan once asked, “Mama, why are Weedos jiggly?” (If I still have this blog when he’s a teenager, he’s going to kill me for announcing that to the world.)

After I woke up from my nap this afternoon, Jaylen asked if he could call Sammy and Brandon over since he was having trouble killing the “Glob Monster” on one of his Mega Man games. I haven’t let anyone come over since the rooms aren’t done and there’s stuff everywhere. When those two cousins come over there’s usually always a disaster to clean up afterwards, so yeah. Jaylen started whining so I told him, “Let’s see your game. I’ll help you.” He stares at me, mouth wide open and kind of confused. I tell him, “Hey, I used to play video games, too.”

We sit on my bed and he shows me which buttons do what, and I start trying to kill the Monster. The whole time Jaylen’s staring at me in amazement, a huge grin on his face because he’s probably shocked to see his mom playing games.

I’ve never felt so old!

Hamburger Helper is surely to become my best friend. I like not having to actually think of what to make for dinner–just tossing everything from a box into a pan (with water, milk, and cooked beef of course). That’s why I have like .5 seconds to actually update.

Wow, this American Idol finale is pretty darn cool. I love the songs they’ve been singing and they’ve had some big stars singing. All the contestants that got voted off sang so nicely. I love how Katherine and Taylor sing–I wonder who’s going to win??

Anyway, I’m learning more and more at work–thank God I can say that and not that I’m a total failure. I was already giving up on myself yesterday since I got kind of nervous thinking they were expecting me to do everything by the 3rd day. I was also starting to feel like I was intruding and being a pest to Emma and Eliza, but Eliza assured me today that I’m doing great and they’re not tired of me LOL. When I got home yesterday John told me his car’s messing up again and Mom told me they found a lump in her breast according to her mammogram. Her doctor says he’s not too worried about it. I’m praying that it’s nothing bad, too.

I already have a meeting to go to next Wednesday at 9a.m. I was nervous since I thought I was going to have to go on my own all the way to Edinburg, but Mr. Y. asked Eliza if she’d accompany me and she said yes, yay!

We found out during a conversation we were having that we’re both 24 and we both graduated a year early and then had our babies. Aww. I sort of figured she was around my age. It’s pretty cool to have things in common.

Work seems to fly by–when I’m busy. There was a span of about 30 minutes where I really wasn’t doing anything and time felt like it just slivered like molasses. But yeah, once lunch gets there it’s all cake after that. I went to eat lunch with Aunt Nora and her friend (that also works there) today. We ate at Lotus–love that place :). I had fun listening to Aunt Nora and Lisa talk and make jokes. I didn’t feel awkward at all :).

I closed the “book” again today. I’m getting the hang of it, even though I had a few questions here and there. I’m so glad that Emma and Eliza are so patient–I think I would have yelled at me to be quiet by now LOL. But I have to give myself some credit, too. I think I’m doing pretty good.

OH MY GOSH, TAYLOR WONNNN!! That’s so cool. I think both of them will have good careers, though. Now that I look at him closely, Taylor’s kind of handsome with that salt-n-pepper hair, heh. My God, they’re going to set him on fire with all those pyrotechnics!

Anyway, I went to the mall to get John’s gift from Mom after work (it’s his 19th birthday!), so I got home late and am barely eating dinner. I didn’t even get to offer my father-in-law food since he’s already in bed. He eats really early. Getting home late kind of messed up my routine…funny how after only two days I already developed a routine. Get up at 6a.m., leave to work, get there at 7:45, work, lunch is from around 11-1p.m., work, get out of work at 5:30 (they like to leave right on time, yay!), get home around 6, relax and spend time with the kids for about an hour. Start making dinner at 7 and get the boys in the shower, get the boys out around 7:30, eat at 8p.m., iron at 8:30, get the kids in bed and take a shower around 9, get out around 9:15 (I’ve learned how to take quick showers!), spend time with Mario and then go to bed at around 10:30-10:45.

So that means that I’m behind schedule. Goody! Time to rush. Mario’s barely getting home so I’m probably not going to spend that much time with him. I can’t wait till my day off on Monday.

I love this! I already get an extra day off. AND I get paid EVERY Tuesday!

Okay, now I’m really going to iron, I swear.

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