girls, boats and schools, oh my!
Wow, where to start… Have I even updated this week? The weekend was pretty uneventful. Oh, Saturday was spent on an all girls boat. I’m sorry, people… I’m not what you would call the typical girl. I much prefer to hang out with the guys. I don’t like talking about make up, issues, diets, etc. (okay, maybe just not in public… with other girls) Not to mention the lake had crappy water, and I only knew 2 people on the boat. It just wasn’t for me. It wasn’t bad I guess… well, until someone threw the rope at me, thinking I was waiting for it and popped me in my eye. In. My. Eye. Yea, first black eye I have had in a long time. I was surprised my contact didn’t rip, and the soddered end hit the eye ball. Ok, enough talking about my eyeball. Anyway, it was a lot of estrogen.
So the rest of the night was spent hanging out with The One. Oh, and running. Well, jog/walking. I went 6 days in a row last week, and was doing awesome… THEN I took a day off. Big mistake. Now I have shin splints. Stupid.
Work is the same. Maybe a little better. Oh, I had sent in my application for a county job in my field last month, not expecting an answer. Well, I got the letter yesterday, inviting me to take the test. After I place, then I would do interviews, and possibly hire for a job. Well, thing is, it’s a big pay cut. As in, when you factor in my huge annual bonus, we are talking over 10K/year pay cut…. But it would be the county. I don’t worry about bene’s, cuz The One works for the county, so I have good bene’s. also, I did the app before we decided to start trying to a wee-one. Well, now we are talking about sooner than later. If I start in the app process, there is a chance I could get an offer after I get pregnant, then what? Its not ethical to take a job pregnant. They cant say or do anything, but I cant, not in my right mind. Oh… speaking of my right mind, if it happens the same as last time, I cant barely add 2 + 2, much less have to learn a new job, and pass probabtion. Hell no. I will probably take the test, see how I do, then just wait. Once I am on the list, I can turn a job down 3 times before being taken off the list, so you never know what will happen.
The test is the same day that Junior starts his new school. So, on Friday, I got a call from the school he was SUPPOSED to go to. Apparently, they don’t have room, and have to bus him to a new school. They have offered to bus him to and from school at no charge, but there are only two bus stops to pick from. One at each of the other schools. We sit right between two. It’s a half mile to each one.
#1, the one that is back in our subdivision. He would have to spend 1.25 hours on the bus each way, and it has to go by the high school, for him to switch busses. Ok people… my kid is 8, and has to be reminded to brush his teeth, and change his socks everyday. To think he will handle changing busses at the right place??? Oh, puh-lease. Not to mention… 3 hours on the bus??? That’s torture. Oh… and at the HIGH SCHOOL??!? Yea, there is no reason my kid needs to go to the high school.
#2, so that leaves option #2. The other school. Ok, pick up and drop off, only about an hour each way. Better, yes… However, in order for him to walk the half mile home, he has to cross the biggest intersection in town. Granted, in this town, there are only THREE stop lights. But this has a total of 3 lanes across. And for an 8 year old, all it takes is one lane, and he gets hit by a car. He never crossed a street, or at least never had to think about it before we lived in this town. I have always done it for him. When we moved here, we started walking a lot, and I would tell him how to cross a street. He is getting better, but still, I dunno about him doing it alone. I can hope for other kids in that neighborhood that also go to the far-away school, and also bus back and forth. That would be ideal, if they did, and they could all walk together. I would be more than happy to drop him off in the mornings, its just the afternoons I worry about.
He starts school next Thursday. I plan on coming in late, leaving early on both days, so I can meet him at busses, walking, seeing other kids, etc. I am trying to keep positive, but this is my kid we are talking about…
That’s about it for now. I have a stack of invoices and bank recs to do. Whee.
