Author: Christine

In the middle of the night last night, I couldn’t sleep. I started thinking about Jason’s Social Studies project that I had read through for him earlier in the day, proofing the final draft so it could be turned in this morning. I suddenly realized that somehow the ethnic background of Austria and Australia had been left out of his report. (I am quite the expert on the statistics of both nations now, thanks to this project.)

I was thinking that I could have him add the information in to the report this morning. It’s his work, and he should do it. Not me.

But what if something was to go wrong? Then what? We are adjusting to the mornings home together, I am still getting used to getting up at 6:15 am, so what if I overslept, and because of that he lost points? The teacher left it off of the second part of instructions, but it was an item he had to list in the first half of the project, and everything from the first half was supposed to be in the second half too.

The dilemna. What to do, what to do…

I finally got up, copied and pasted the sentence from the first report, copied the information on the ethnic diversity from the CIA information website for Australia, reprinted the page and switched it out in his report.

He knows the information. He has spent weeks working on this. It was just an oversight that the information was left off in the first place. If I didn’t fix it, I was going to get even less sleep last night, because I could not stop tossing and turning after I realized it was missing.

I showed him the error this morning, the information I slid in (all of two sentences) and the page I pulled out. He was happy that it was ready to go and he didn’t have to make the changes at 6:30 am.

I’m ok with what I did, but for some reason I keep thinking that I should feel guilty over it. So what does that mean? Am I a bad Mom that helped he cheat or something like that on his homework? Or am I the cool Mom that is looking out for him?

For three days, I couldn’t think of a thing to post. (Not that I had any time to do it anyways, but still…) Really, did you want to hear the excitement of me finally getting my insurance coverage straightened out? No, probably not.

Now? It’s like the floodgates have opened. I have about 37 different things I want to write about. Here’s a list, so I can come back later and write more. Think of it as the sneak preview or something…

– Stunning not shocking…
– Dude, you should have bought a Dell…
– Ceremony ideas and suggestions…
– The great photography debate…
– The bridezilla symposium…
– Catholic school uniforms…

… and so much more!

Emily “stole” my post about the ball yanking man. Ok, not really stole – she just wrote about it first. I tried, but I just was too tipsy to write about it Saturday night, and it was sounding all garbled as I tried to explain that it was some guy in the Greater Houston Area that I have never met. Anyways, I don’t care what he tried to tell to my friend, that crap is not “normal”. Ever.

Do you know how I realized my life has become too busy for my own good lately? This is the first time I have sat in front of a computer for more than 10 minutes since Saturday night. I feel like I have been zooming around non-stop, which is not a good thing considering I suspect that I might be getting tonsillitus all over again. I am tired to the point of punchy exhaustion lately, and snap at the drop of a hat. Whew. This weekend, things should finally slow down somewhat. If nothing else, I’m going to have to put the brakes on myself – I can’t handle this much longer.

Things aren’t all bad though – just really, really busy. Yesterday was Jason’s birthday – I can’t believe he is 12 already. Next year he will officially be a teenager, and I feel like it has all just flown by. I guess all parents say that to some extent. He had a fabulous birthday and got almost all of the gifts he had wished for at the last minute. I had asked for weeks what he wanted – he finally gave us ideas the day before his birthday! Thank goodness Mike was able to help me out and get to the store for the presents!

Yesterday was also the regional science fair, and all of Jason’s hard work this year on his project paid off. He got a second place in the engineering category for his project on trebuchets! He was so thrilled – he was just beaming all day! He wore his medal out to lunch, while we ran errands, and even to dinner last night! I am really proud – he worked hard this year, but it was a subject he really enjoyed (hey, who doesn’t like to fling things with a trebuchet?) so I think that helped make it easier to some extent. I think that’s the trick with science fair – find something you love. I made it to state science fair in both 7th and 8th grade with my project on photograms, kicking off a love of photography. Hopefully, this win will inspire him just the same!

Busy with a zillion things. Invitations. Taxes. Wedding planning. Cleaning. Running errands. Shower last weekend. Easter. Jason’s Social Studies project. Tons of stuff.

I’ve got a lot more to say about all of it, but no time right now.

However, I wanted to take a moment to extend the invitation here to my Tiara Happy Hour Bachelorette party! May 7, 2004 at the Flying Saucer in downtown Houston, bachelorette party fun in a tiara! If you want to come – even if you don’t live in Houston – let me know! (Sorry guys, this one is just for the girls.) I would LOVE to see you there!