Category: Pets

Tues., Jan. 13th – I promised myself that I was going to conjure up the courage to tell Mrs. V. that I turned in my resignation for the 23rd instead of the 30th. As soon as she came in I followed her around, but she started talking about other things and then the reading period started so I didn’t have a chance till later. Once advisory finished I took a deep breath, turned in my chair and got up to speak to her…and the phone rings. It was already in her office, so I stayed where I stood to give her privacy. Who else was it but the principal?! I hoped upon hope that he wouldn’t tell her what day I was leaving; I wanted to tell her myself. I tried not to listen to her conversation but it’s hard accomplishing that since she has a loud voice and we’re only separated by a wall. It sounded like the principal was asking her why she let me quit LOL. Once she was off the phone I told her and she took it well. Or so, that’s how she made it seem externally. You never know how bad she wanted to strangle me inside.

I started on all the work she’d thought up for me before I left the position. I also started cleaning out my drawers and trying to organize the binder where I kept all my notes and so on. During last period Kassy came over to help me hotglue some banners onto the computers in the 8th grade hall. We picked up Luis on the way (he’d been kicked out of his class) and he helped us out. We did the whole hall in half an hour.

I don’t think I saw Mario at all that day. It was Jorge’s birthday, so he stayed at his house drinking because Jorge and Adan did that for his birthday. *rolls eyes* I told him if he drove home drunk and killed someone I’d kill him myself.

Wed., Jan 14th – I had another long day at work so I planned to do nothing all evening. I just wanted to get home and veg out on the couch after helping the boys with their homework. But nope. Big Mario already had the pit smoldering with mesquite and Mario joined him when he got home from work. We were having yet another impromptu bar-b-q, although I really can’t call them impromptu anymore because ever since Mario created that whole outdoor living room under the Party Porch he and Big Mario are having bar-b-q’s almost daily.

Mario’s aunt and uncle came over to visit, so I had to go out there and say hello, of course. I had no idea Mario’s Tia Marta was absolutely terrified of cats. She’d scream and jump every time she saw one! She even ran to their suburban when they were leaving and jiggled the door handle desperately until her husband unlocked the door because Ash and Alidocious were chilling out under the truck. I’d never seen anything like that.

Aide, Adan, Belle and later Jason, Mirella and Brianna came over. I chilled out with Adan, Aide and Bell for a while when it was just them visiting and then the girls all came inside. Mom of course followed. I felt awful about it, but I took shower while Aide was watching the babies. She insisted through my protests, though. We sat and watched TV when I got out of the shower and since the babies were getting fussy she left home. I started blow drying and straightening my hair while Alaethia watched a bit of Noggin. Brianna came in and started playing with Alaethia and then got tired and asked to have a cup of Ramen Noodles (at 10:15!). It was okay with her mom so I made it. Just as I was certain I’d pass out from exhaustion Mirella came in for her and they left. Then Aly and I finally went to bed.

We were up all night with Alaethia, who caught a cold out of nowhere and was having a hard time breathing. Not even the nebulizer helped. We were waiting and waiting for the crashing thunder, but nothing came.

It’s been raining on and off since we woke up at 11:28am, since we were up watching the Weather Channel, up with Alaethia and then waiting to call Mario’s boss to check if he had to go in to work or not. Hurricane Dolly’s a category 2 now and already made landfall. I’m worried about the Rio Grande River overflowing (it was already at 80% capacity) or the levees breaking. I’m worried about my cats, Alidocious and Ash (the only two I have because someone “stole” all my other ones), and Rocko :(. I don’t even have a litter box to stick them in my bathroom till the worst is over. But everyone’s trying to convince me that they’ll be okay. Not if it floods. If I have to I’ll stick them all in the bathroom, litter box or not.

And I hope Gramma’s okay. I’m sure her nursing home took proper precautions but since I’m not over there and can’t see how they’ve prepared I can’t help but feel anxious.

We made a last-minute run to Dollar General for Mom and it was PACKED yesterday night. We went to put gas in the 5-gallon jug for the generator and Mayra just so happened to park right next to me. It was so nice to see her after all this time! Hopefully next time it’s over lunch and not preparing for a hurricane LOL.

I’m just glad we’re all together (Mario and Mary didn’t have to go in to work after all). John’s at his house, but I’m sure the big chicken will come over here soon. Mom’s already over here.

I wonder how long the power will be out once it goes–because it will go. John goes bat-shit when the power’s out.

At least we’ve got tons of canned ravioli and books to keep us busy.

I realize I haven’t written in…forever. Everytime I update I tell myself: Self, you must update every day now that you’ve caught up. You must make the effort! But it never happens. I never have time and that really sucks. It might sound weird, but I feel like I’m missing so much if I’m not updating. Like, if I want to come back and read about something, it won’t be there :(. I was thinking of just not renewing my domain next month, but I just can’t let it go. I’ve had pixydust.net since, what? 2001? No, I just can’t. I’ve invested too much time. I’d rather just let it collect dust than someone else snatch it up.

Anyway, things’ve been good. I’ll update in more detail later, because I totally have to, but things at work have been great, the kids are all great and Sally had her baby shower last Sunday. It was awesome. I need to update all my pictures (I realized I haven’t updated my pictures since the kids started school August 27th!). Jaylen’s reading rather fluently now for a 5-year-old. He kind of just took off! Eenan’s in Oral Reading now in UIL, aside from Storytelling. Eenan’s filling also fell out on that same darn tooth that it keeps falling out of. Oh yeah, and my molar broke so I gotta get that fixed. Thank God I have Dental!

Alaethia turned 9 months today. I figured if I couldn’t update on everything else, I’d definitely have to find time to update about her 9-month birthday. She’s a doll. Everyone loves her, everyone thinks she’s the cutest thing they’ve ever seen. Her curls are CURLS now. She’s tiny, so she’s still wearing 3-6 months, which makes me happy since she’s got TONS of clothes she received at her baby shower that she didn’t get a chance to wear last winter. She’s trying her hardest to stand without help and she just zooms about in her walker. What else? She’s kind of reverting back to her early months when she’d wake up 2 + times a night. I’d gotten her to wake up only once — at 2:30am — but now she’s waking up at 12, 2 and 4:30. That really sucks since I have to wake up for work at 5:50 :(. I noticed this happens everytime she gets sick. First when she got the Roseola virus and now because of the cold she had.

She still loves her baths, although she still can’t spend too much time in the water because of her Eczema. It’s controlled at least. She does the cutest face when you’re messing with her face, for example, trying to wipe her down or give her medicine. She shuts her little eyes and pouts — it’s too darn cute.

Okay, Mario’s off today since they have a sale starting tomorrow and he has to work on Friday, his day off. The men are bar-b-q’ing outside and I have to drop Rolando, Eenan’s friend, off at home so I shall go now.

Oh yes. And we have a new dog. A white Boxer with Bengal spots on her body. And she’s got a brown and blue eye. She’s kinda weird looking, but she’s cute at the same time LOL.

All I know is: I ain’t picking up poop.

P.S. I can’t believe Dumbledore’s gay! I never imagined him being gay for some reason. Actually I never imagined him having intimate relationships. He was just Dumbledore! I think it’s pretty cool though, that the series had a gay character. I just wish we would have realized this when the story was unfolding, y’know?

P.P.S. MRSA is spreading like wildfire in the Valley. Two middle schools and an elementary have confirmed cases of one student at each with the bacterial infection. I’m so scared of it spreading to my boys’ school or to my workplace!