A day in the life of...

Hey all,
Well this is gonna be a short blog..ahhhh I knew you would be disappointed that I'm not writing a book tonite. But (yes I started a sentence with but, so tell my old english teacher) my back is one big spasm and I want to get the hell out of here and go work out. Okay don't WANT to work out, HAVE to is the correct word. I am suppossed to get tortured...ummm I mean weighed measured and body fat analyzed on Friday and after eating that fair food, I am scared. Not sure how I am gonna work out with a spasming back..more on that with tomm. blog.
Q lost big time last nite. The final score was 48-20 and worse yet we lost to Timberline, better known as redneck racist f**kers ( oh yeah no cussing) Anyway they are the ones who taped feathers to their helmets when we played them in high school. And last year they out all of our high school fball players clothes in a pile and peed on them...you heard me right. Well Q was pissed last nite (no pun intended) to lose to these guys and came home and kicked the demon dog b/c she jumped up on him. Well you know I freaked out and told him she is a helpless animal who was dumb enough to be happy to see him. Yeah sign me up for Mom of the year, but I was so shocked and mad it just came out.
Well I am off to the gym and then Singles nite at church.. if its like last wk I am bailing and maybe signing up to become a nun...hee hee just kidding

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Like the color I chose for my text...well guess what, its the same color as my new little truck. Okay so its a 1993, but its new to me. I am so excited, guess I really am a cowgirl at heart. Well with waaayyyy cuter pink boots that I wouldn't like to get muddy..hee hee! I bought it from Tina's dad and he has taken impeccable care of it. I got it to haul around the demon dog (since she is jacking up the tint on my windows of the Honda...argghhh!) and to haul ummm stuff I need to haul. I told Q that if he is very lucky it could be his someday when he is responsible and has a job to help pay for gas and insurance. That will be like when he's 18 right...hmm wishful thinking I am sure! He would get a job just to prove me wrong...wonder where he gets that from..hmmmm :)
Okay, yesterday I really fell off the no cussing wagon and I even asked God to please kill one of my co-workers. I know it was a lot to ask but..... No seriously I felt bad when I suggested murder to our higher power and I totally take it back before something really bad happens to ME! But here's the story, you be the judges. All day long this person, our office mgr, was just crabby to EVERYONE. No one wanted to talk to her at all, but I had to b/c she holds the strings to my budget and I needed to make a purchase. I asked her for a P.O. to get alarm clocks for our children who have a hard time making to school at all/or at least on time. She said 'you're gonna have to wait!' So I took a deep breath and said positively, okay let me know then. She then decides she has enuf time to help me and then proceeds to say 'well we will just have our errand person pick these up b/c you won't be able to do as much running around as you used to!" I said 'what do you mean' then she kind of backed off and said well you know mileage is expensive. Soooooo took a deep breath smiled between my clenched teeth and said 'okay' By this time in my mind "okay" really meant F*** Off! Well then I said goodbye to everyone at 3:45pm like I always do when I leave and she said "you're not leaving are you" I said yeah. She said well you know you have to work until 4:30. WHAT THA???!!! I have worked for the school for almost 5 yrs now and I have never been told to work until 4:30. Teachers leave at 3:30, so I say well I come in at 7:45 am and she said well I guess you could leave at 4:15 then. Listen hag, I don't ever EVER take a lunch and so I feel that giving up this 1/2 hr luxury I am entitled to leave at 3:45 when I can and you are NOT my boss. Of course couldn't say all of that so I just shut my door and left...cussing all the way to town. Oh yeah and proposing murder. Oh yes I'm sooo glad I spent $35,000 to get my Master's degree to get treated/and paid like CRAP!!! Okay I'm done

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Well it was another busy fun filled wkend. Saturday was the Nez Perce Co. Fair, so I took my son of course and met my best friend Tina there. Well I almost had to take out a short term loan just to afford to go!!!!! It was $13 in advance for a wristband for the carnival and then it was $$5.50 for me to just get in and $$3.00 for Q. Well then when you get in the door, of course you are hungry and everything starts at about $5 a piece. The cheapest this was water for a $1. Well as soon as I looked at Q's second place picture he drew( very proud by the way) he was out of there, leaving me in the dust and calling out to him check back in with me in an hour. Then thinking man, my parents used to drop me off at the front gate and say see you when it closes (11pm) what tha? I could not imagine doing that to my precious baby...hee hee, but he would sure like me to.
Well we walked around and ate and I off course went of my diet and probably gained back the 18 lbs I have lost so far, but the ice cream was worth it!!! Then Q comes back saying he is sick and wants to leave and being the loving mom that I am I said "are you kidding? Not with how much I just paid to get us in here" Loving huh? Well he rested and felt okay later and caught up with more friends and had fun. We left about 7:30 pm, 7 hours was enough for me.
Sunday we went to church and Q brought his friend Jalon with him. On the comment cards, Q wrote I love Jesus...ahhhhh cute! Well they liked it and are planning to go back Ya Who!!! Need all the help I can get. Then we took our Demon dog Josie and Jalon's puppy to walk in the park at Spaulding. Its a historical park for the Nez Perce and Q showed me the "whipping Tree" where the missionaries tied the Natives to and beat them into submission. Very sad, but was proud my son knows his heritage. We hike around and saw a bunch of wild turkeys in the field. Very cool, Kodi you would have loved it. The dogs loved it too! So it was a full wkend and I'm tired today but it was worth it. Q has his next football game tomm. Let you know how he does!!!

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Okay, time for a little venting about my trip last nite to Q's first football game of the season. First of all it is about an hour and 15 minutes away on this winding two lane road with the river on the one side and step hillside on the other. Needless to say the road is narrow, gorgeous for those whose eyes aren't glued to the road or the speeding oncoming traffic. Well Q rides the bus up to the game leaving me the option of driving up by myself or taking our newly acquired stray dog Josie Grossie (yes named after Drew Barrymore in "Never Been Kissed"). We named her this b/c she burps like a 200 pound man. Anyhoo, I decided to take Josie with me in my little green Honda Civic because she has separation anxiety when I go to work and has dug tunnels to China in our yard (oh yeah did I mention we are RENTING this house)
So I guess my reasons for taking her were two sided, but I thought she would like the drive. I've only taken her for short rides, the longest being to Lewiston 20 minutes away. So we get on the road and she is sooooo excited she starts barking, with her head out the window behind me, at EVERY car that goes by the opposite direction. Well I just thought she would get tired of doing this since we were gonna be on the road for such a long time! She couldn't possibly keep up this pace, right????? WRONG!!!!!!!! She kept it up the whole entire trip, plus she decided that she hated the Semi-trucks that we kept passing and barked uncontrollably. I kept yelling at her, but to no avail.
So picture this, my dog barking madly out the window, me screaming at her to shut up , all the while I am trying to concentrate on the goat trail that they call a highway!! My head is pounding half way through the trip and I was wishing drinking and driving wasn't illegal. I also has serious thoughts of dropping Josie the Barking Demon Dog at one of the many historical sites along the way. Bet that's illegal too!!!!!!
Well I decided yelling was doing no good and the radio stations were not coming in out in BFE, so I decided to listen to whatever CD was in the stereo. Well it was Mariah Carey, and all the songs on it make me think of my breakup. Freakin A!!!!!!!!!!!!! What were my choices 1) throw CD out the window...no costs too much and don't want a littering fine. 2) Turn up the static on the radio....Hell no!!!!! 3) grin and bare it and blast it so loud it doesn't sound so sad anymore. Well I went with option #3.
I kept telling myself we are almost there...almost there. Then all of a sudden I come up behind 2 logging trucks, some Semi with the words M.S. Carriers on it, and two cars from Grangeville Idaho...yes IDIOT COUNTY!!!! They are going 40 FREAKIN miles an hour in a 55 zone. All of you familiar with my road rage issues could imagine the words coming out of my mouth. Then apologizing b/c I am trying not to cuss and to be more positive!!!! Well with no way around them and the big stupid truck with MS Carriers looming right in front of me and the demon dog barking I decided to start making up names to what MS might mean, here are a few I came up with....Mutha Suckin Carriers, Monkey Scrotum Carriers, Move it Stupid Carriers(okay so I added an It. I take poetic license) Can't remember anymore!
But we finally came to a passing lane and I figured I was taking mine and the demon dogs life in my hands to pass, but I was running out of names and patience. So we all finally get around MS Carriers and then the freakin idiots from idiot county slowed down to 45!!!!!!!!!!! I was late for the game had sworn several hundred times and had the headache from hell and I was like FUCK BEING POSITIVE!
I have gotten back on the no cussing and being positive wagon...and oh yeah my kid won 22 to 8 and it was the first time in 15 years that we have beaten our rivals the Kamiah Kubs!!! Ya Whoo. Freaking MAuth Suckas...sorry had to do it one more time!

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So yesterday me and my best friend decided that life was boring, we're tired of being single...well actually I am pissed at getting dumped after a 5 1/2 yr relationship...Anyway we decided to go to a singles group through the church we started attending. we show up expecting some males to be there right..?! Well low and behold only one guy showed up and four of us women.
I am sitting there thinking well if these are the odds no wonder I keep finding assholes out there, that's all that are left. Meanwhile I am suppossed to be praying for members in the group right?But I couldn't help straying off subject and half expecting a lightning bolt to zap me in the forehead for not paying attention to the task at hand.
Don't get me wrong, I have been single before this last failed relationship for like 5 years after the big D (divorce) and I am not scared to be alone..well just me and my son, but I had at least wanted there to be the option of not being single again. So instead of feeling good that I wasn't the only single person left on the planet, I just started looking around the table and thought at least me and my friend are the cutest ones here, maybe we have a chance. Once again waiting for the lightning bolt. It never came though.
A a disclaimer though, the town I live in has a population of lie 1,000 and the next town has about 26,000. There is not a good way to meet guys. You can go to the bar and take your chances there...no thanks, or you can know someone who knows someone who might have someone in mind. Hasn't worked so great for me in the past. SO we tried this option, maybe we are just gonna have to tackle some guy who looks single AT CHURCH! Think they frown upon that kind of behavior?

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Hey I am excited to be trying this for the first time. My cousin is soooo cool for letting me know about this. I love to rant and rave too and this is more fun than just yeeling at the dog :)

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