I will be skipping around some today, but I don’t think I can stay very focused and I’m tired of fighting it.

Today I was reading a blog “Because I Said So” and I have to wonder about the toaster settings too. Why do they make toasters with so many different levels of toasting. I doubt anyone has ever intentionally used the higher settings. Why not just have a light or dark setting?

I accomplished one of my New Year’s Resolutions. (#14 Make a friend on facebook or myspace with the same name as me) I’ve actually made friends with 2 people who have the same name as me. That’s pretty cool.

Homeschooling News:

  • The kids and I discussed whether stores should charge .20¢ for every plastic or paper bag. I don’t know about you, but I reuse the plastic bags for my bathroom garbage cans. Most of them do end up in the garbage though. I use to collect every grocery bag until My Sweetie pointed out how ridiculous it was to do it. I think the desire to salvage every plastic bag came from always moving around as a child. We used a lot of bags.
  • We learned that the Himalayas have a lot of undiscovered animals and plants.Click here to read the pdf of the Weekly Reader.
  • Motormouth reads too softly and way too fast. Princess reads like a robot. Between the two, I had to take a nap today. I yawned the entire time they took turns reading the Weekly Reader magazines. I rather read silently and it’s hard for me to listen while someone reads aloud.
  • I was reminded how difficult it is to teach Princess something new. She doesn’t like to be instructed. Motormouth claims to know everything, even when he doesn’t have a clue.
  • Having a baby distracts me constantly. My 6 week old baby was smiling at me and it was hard to stay focused on our lessons. I found myself stopping and playing “Patty Cake” several times.

I had a couple of days that I felt rested this week. The feeling has since come and went. I don’t want to say that I wasted the time and energy that I had, but now I wonder if I should have used that time cleaning my house or planning meals so I can grocery shop more efficiently. Instead of doing the more adult things, I played outside and went visiting family. I enjoyed myself a lot. Between the uncomfortable last month of pregnancy, having the c-section & recovery, lack of sleep, and the freezing weather, I’ve been feeling a little bit of cabin fever.

Now I need some sleep. Perhaps I might just need some coffee. That’s never been my choice of drink, but I’ve been making a pot every morning this week, but now I’m out of creamer and it’s just not the same without it. I noticed the coffee seemed to have given me a little pep to my step when I drank it. I could really tell that I didn’t have some this morning. I am not sure if it was the headache or the inability to keep my eyelids open.

I had a very embarrassing moment lately. Last Friday (Jan. 15th) I got up early and went to my postpartum check up. I left all the kids, even the baby, with My Sweetie. I had a bottle of milk pumped and everything. Got to the doc right on time and signed in. The ladies at the desk called my name within just a few minutes. I went back up to the desk and the secretaries wanted to know why I was there. I told them it was for my postpartum checkup.

“You’re appointment is on the 18th.” The secretary informed me.

“I know, that’s why I’m here. Did someone forget to put it in the computer?” I began rummaging through my purse for the appointment card.

“Honey, Monday is the 18th.”

I stopped digging and looked up at them. “Are you serious?” At this point I looked around the waiting room and remembered that my doctors do not see patients on Fridays. I told the ladies (who get to sleep more than a couple of hours every night and probably have a calendar on their refrigerator and wouldn’t ever get their days mixed up) that I just figured the doctor made an exception for me and scheduled me on a Friday.

Anyways, I left the office and got in the elevator. I immediately called My Sweetie to inform him that he had dealt with the fussy baby for no reason and that we’d be doing it all over again on Monday. Let’s just say that I now have a calendar on my refrigerator and one hanging in my bedroom above my desk. All doctor appointments are marked on the calendar in red ink.