I didn�t write in my journal yesterday. Part of it was because I was feeling a little depressed. Part of it was exhaustion from being outside at Jackie�s picnic all day Saturday.
Since my Grandma died, my weekends have been a blur. I�m having a great time, yet sometimes on Sunday night I say, �Where did the weekend go?� and I dread going back to work on Monday. I�m enjoying myself a lot and I don�t want it to end.
We were busy this weekend too. Friday, Lisa and Jake came over. With Lisa�s help, I got Jackie�s tire back on her bike. Some neighborhood kid popped Jackie�s inner tube trying to put air in it. The new inner tube and the tire sat in Mr. Sweatpants vehicle for a week before I got impatient and took it out and brought it home. At this rate, we�d have her tired inflated by Halloween. Slow poke.
Tawny�s husband Jerry inflated it for me when Jackie went over to his place. Bless him.
Saturday, we were up pretty early. We got to the picnic around 9, and then had to wait for the rides to open up. All in all, it was pretty expensive because of the confusion about what tickets paid for what food and prize booths. I�d say 75% of the booths were cash only. What booths do the kids want to participate in? Cash booths.
Me and my boo:
I sat a lot. Besides the fact that the sun was beating down, I didn�t sleep well Friday night either so I had no energy. Lisa and the kids rode a lot of rides while I watched. She�s so brave. It made me happy to see Lisa having a good time and behaving like a spring chicken.
I took some more pictures.
Here�s my new highlights. I don�t know how well you can see them, but my hair is normally very dark.
Jackie rode The Vortex. You stand up and get strapped in, and it spins like crazy. She rode 3 times. Jake got hurt on one ride. He�s just too little and he got tossed around like a football. He emerged from this one ride with a lump on the side of his eyebrow.
Jackie doing something I�d never do:
Jackie got scared on this Jet ride. It spins you pretty quick, but it also drops down and then goes up, and that freaked her out a little bit. I�m sitting on the bleachers while Lisa takes Jake to get ice on his eye and I hear this low-pitched whine. I knew it was Jackie. Her face was absolutely white. Thank God the ride stopped pretty quickly after that, because I thought for sure she was going to throw up.
Remember how I told you I once told Jackie�s principal Mr. Langhorst that I looked forward to sleeping with him? Yeah, you remember. I was talking to him about going to the sleep clinic and the next thing I said was that I looked forward to sleeping with him later. Embarrassing.
Here he is:
We had to use up our tickets so we had lunch in the cafeteria. I had one of my favorite things in the world: a barbecued hamburger. Yum. You know what, I�d eat an old leather shoe if it had enough barbecue sauce on it. I love that crap!
I spent the rest of the afternoon underneath an awning while Lisa took the kids on some more rides. There was a treasure hunt and pie-eating contest, which I wished Jackie could�ve taken part in, but oh well. The kids were having a great time, and I wasn�t about to rain on their parade.
When we got home, Lisa and I just sat like lumps on the porch. We were beat! If I�m suffering this much when it�s 82, life is really going to suck when it�s 105. Thank God Jackie will be gone in June and part of July, so she�ll miss most of it. But then there�s August, and that�s a month of pure hell most years.
Sunday, first thing, Jackie gave me this precious handmade card she did at school. It was sweet. It had cutouts of hearts and a picture she drew of herself. And then there was the card she bought me a couple of weeks ago�again, it was very sweet.
It�s funny how a little piece of paper can mean so much when it comes from your child. My heart felt full when she gave those to me. She also made up some special coupons. I can�t wait to use those.
We went and did laundry; thank God the place wasn�t busy. We were in and out in an hour and a half.
After that we came home. I garnered up my energy and cleaned up the living room. While I was resting the phone rang. It was Lisa inviting me and Jackie out for Mother�s Day, Doug�s treat. That was so nice of him.
The food was great and we had good conversations despite out little children acting out a bit. Typical kid stuff, nothing specific.
That was really nice and made me feel special.
After that, Jackie and I drove home. I wasn�t home for an hour and my cousin Foxy Cleopatra called and asked me if I wanted to see her new apartment. She also asked if her ex could come by and see Little Bear. After all, they used to have custody and I now do of the dog. I can share!
Of course when they got there, Little Bear was ecstatic. He broke away from me, ran through the mud and jumped into her car, getting mud all over the place.
She was not a happy camper.
We visited for a little bit�and then after Tommy left I went to check out her place. It�s about 3-4 miles from my house. She�s right; it is very quaint and cozy. It�s a small two bedroom, that�s perfect for her, especially since it�s her first apartment!
I�m so excited for her. I remember my first apartment in New Orleans. It is just elating to get your own place! The best part is that me and her will be living close to each other for the first time since we were 7 years old. I have a feeling God set aside this special time for me and my cousin, and that makes me so happy, because I really do love her.
The night ended with me watching the news.
Monday was your typical long day from hell.
I am feeling awful today. See, yesterday I ran out of my Aleve Sinus & Headache. Since I was broke, I figured I�d be okay for one night.
Instead, I tossed and turned and was up all night long. The sinus medicine opens my airways so that the sleep mask can work properly. Since I hadn�t taken it, I had multiple night terrors last night and I�m exhausted.
Today, I woke up not feeling great. But I dragged my sorry butt out of bed and I came to work. Right after I got here, I checked my balance since I got paid this morning.
First thing, I called United Airlines. Yesterday, I checked Delta Airlines. They charged $450.00 each way. I checked Southwest Airlines, who straight out told me they couldn�t accommodate unaccompanied minors. I checked American Airlines, who were outrageous, about $600.00, before you even add the fees, or more for the trip. In the end, I went back to United Airlines, who was the first one I researched and had the cheapest fare.
Lemme tell you, I love United Airlines. The lady I talked to was nice and very patient and helpful. The ticket, with taxes, September 11th fees and the take-off fee, came to $484.00. When I check Jackie in on June 14th, I will need to pay an additional $60.00 each way for an airline attendant to accompany her for her plane changes. That�s no biggie. I�ll get paid again before then.
Yes, it was an ouchie, but not as big as the other airlines.
I�m glad to have this done. And�I sent her Dad an email to let him know that Jackie would be staying with his parents. I think Uranus is going to be mad, but you know, I�m sick of trying to make him happy with me. After all, I am his ex-wife and I don�t have to put up with his crap anymore. He was the one who told me there would be no �good time� for Jackie to come visit him this summer. Hey, my kid wants to have a relationship with her wonderful Grandparents and I�m not going to stand in the way. They wanted her to come visit, you know.
I don�t know what his problem is. Part of the issue is that he�s jobless and he�s finally finishing up his college. Good for him. But he�s been broke since I�ve known him. Why, if he�s not paying for the plane ticket, does it matter? Jackie�s not high maintenance, she just wants to see her Dad. It�s been two years since she�s seen him, so time is of the essence here. It�s important that she goes.
My only issue now is�will he send June�s child support? When he had Jackie the last time, I let him talk me into sending him child support for two months. Uh, huh. No way. He�s not going to be housing and feeding her for 5 weeks. His parents are. And I paid for the ticket, so it�s not an issue of money for him.
I hope he sends it. I pray he sends it, because I need to buy Jackie shoes, underwear and socks for her trip, since the dog chewed up her socks and all. (He�s got a sock fetish)
And I really wanted to send Jackie with two disposable cameras and $75.00 spending money. I doubt she�ll spend money at all but if she wanted to buy a t-shirt or some souvenirs I wanted her to have her own cash.
We�ll see what happens.
12:08 pm - May 10, 2005
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