One of Those Days

It's been a quiet day really. My girls were outside playing. Gabbi was inside with me just kind of doing our thing. She playing with toys, me kind of staring at my homework, not concentrating on it too well. I out of the corner of my eye watched the Michael Jackson Memorial thing on TV. There was some good singing and some very moving speeches. I have really neglected to say much about the deaths of all the celebrities on this blog, but honestly there has been so much news coverage on it, I really didn't figure I needed to add to it. I sometimes want to talk about something different than what everyone else is talking about.

Other than that my mom just stopped by for a visit. My birth mom. I always feel I have to point that out because I rarely EVER see her. She doesn't live too terribly far but we just don't get the chance to see each other often. I see my step mom all the time. I don't really call her that but for clarification I guess I sometimes have to. Why does it feel rude? I guess she never liked being called a "step" mom. Though it's by no means a bad thing at all! She raised me so therefore disliked the term. I can't say I blame her. I don't like it when someone calls my younger sisters my half sisters, though they are, they feel just as whole to me as any other sister. I am rambling today but I bet there are plenty of people who can relate to what I say! It was nice visiting with my mom. I am now going to go cook some supper for the family. Spaghetti night!

As for the cookie recipe that I mentioned below, I simply stated it was no longer MY secret recipe but rather a secret FAMILY recipe. So....it's still a secret. Ha!

I'll Take It!

I was contemplating whether it was a good thing or a bad thing that my teacher e-mailed this afternoon to say she was ill so the math class was canceled. Now I worked very hard on my project which she STRESSED was due today BY 6 p.m. or we got a 10% grade reduction. So I worked my rear off to make sure it was done. I had to make phone calls and get numbers and since it was the fourth of July weekend it made it harder. I got it done. Now, I don't have to go. Should I be bothered? Naaaaaaaaaaaah! I don't have to go to school!!! :D


Oh but I am NOT happy the teacher is sick. Hope she gets well soon!!

A Better Day

So far anyway. Mikayla feels better which is a huge plus. She'll be seeing a GI specialist which in itself is a victory for me. She has needed it for so long. Her whole life really. I feel this will help her and maybe for once she can go a week without a tummy ache. Poor thing! Anyway she does feel good today so I am happy about that.

I also got my math project done. I feel sorry for my poor hubby though. See he helped me with my project. Me, my hubby and math do not mix. He is SUPER fast with numbers. He will figure out a problem in his head in about 10 seconds or less while I am still writing out the algebraic formula that he somehow manages to NOT use. It so seriously agitates me. I tell him he can't possibly know it. He is wrong wrong wrong. Then of course he is inevitably right which only irritates me more. So yes...I am sorry hubby for getting so incredibly irritated at your super speedy math. haha I do well in math. I have had all A's in every math class I have taken. I just have to go through each step on paper slowly. So yes, it gets on my nerves a tiny bit when someone just blurts it all out easily. I do however KNOW that I am irritated by it so it's a step in the right direction I think. I am working on not getting so irritated. haha

I still have to do more midterm studying but blah. What a horrible weekend to be studying don't you think? I have a method. I'll do well on this midterm if it's the last thing I do. Other than that I am heading over to some friends house tonight with my family to watch the fireworks in town. They always do them a day early around here. It's a fairly small situation. They do it a day early so on the fourth we can hit the GOOD fireworks. Still it's fun and a nice get together. Hope everyone else has a wonderful fourth!!

Pigging Out, Homework and More

First of all I have felt SO hungry all day. I want to eat and eat. I don't think I have actually. For supper though I had some yogurt, an all beef hot dog, some corn and a few Doritos. Seriously!!! This was my healthy dinner. A strange combination of junk. Still, I could eat more. I am wanting to munch today. It appears as though I go through phases. Some days I won't get the urge to snack. Other days it's like I cannot get enough. I am not sure what it is. Might be a woman thing. haha

I also have so much homework to do. Ok, maybe not all homework. Technically I have one project to do in my math class. I had to find a house for sell. I had to call a Realtor. I had to find out the annual taxes on the house I chose. I had to call a lender/banker/creditor and find out the closing costs on that house and what it includes. Then I had to find out the square footage and other details on the house and then I have to find an amortization calculator online, put in this info for a 15 year loan, find out the monthly payments, do the same for a 30 year fixed rate find out the payments, then I have to find out how much I would save if it payed an extra $100 per month on the loan. Oh and this is all if I pay 10% down first. Ummmm yeah. I am having the hubby help me. I have to put this all in a word document and then I have to write a bunch of stuff about it. It's gonna be fun! I made all the calls. I just have to put it together now and get it into the calculator and pray it all comes out right.

I am also somehow in the midst of all this studying for a Psychology midterm and dealing with Mikayla being sick again. She has IBD or IBS or something. The miralax helped for a while but she got sick again and now I am not sure what to do. The deal is that something is wrong in her digestive system and always has been. It has gotten worse, not better with time and now she is being sent to a GI specialist. She had blood drawn today and showed some borderline signs of dehydration from everything coming out both sides. She has been doing much better and got some fluids in. If she gets sick again however this weekend she has to be admitted to the hospital. I have been deal with her tummy issues for SO long. They come and go like you would read about in Crohn's Disease or IBD....so I am wondering very seriously if this is what is going on. The nausea comes from the tummy aches and diarreah. This is what I am trying to deal with today. It's not been fun. I hope to get some Psychology studying done!