Good God, I thought Ellie would NEVER leave tonight. She didn't get here with the boys until 9:45, and she didn't leave until 11! And she was talking about nothing! AHHHH just to be left alone.

I have been trying to catch up on laundry, there never seems to be an end to it. Thomas only had 2 pairs of pants in his drawer this morning. I was down to my last pair of underwear, with the water heater having been out, I wasn't doing any laundry.

Sherrie told me this morning that they won't be coming for another day. I can wait, but I don't want to break it to Thomas, he was so excited that they would be here tomorrow. He'll understand, but he'll be sad. He keeps coloring pictures to give them when they get here.

Speaking of Thomas, he fell down the basement stairs today. He wanted to go down with Tom and watch him pump out the basement. He slipped on a stair and slid. He has got one hell of a knot and bruise right under his eye. Plus the swollen part is scraped. He also has a scrape on his neck. Then he went over to Ellies tonight, and he and James bumped heads while playing and has a bump on the other side, just above his eye. My poor baby. He was so brave. I didn't get home until after he had calmed down, he was sitting calmly with the ice pack on his cheek, watching TV.

Classes weren't to bad today. I got back one test, I wasn't thrilled with the grade. One point from an A. I should have done better. I will just have to study harder next time. We won't get our tests back from Psych for another two weeks. He was out last week, they weren't done yet this week, and we are off for Thanksgiving next week. It's gonna drive me nuts!!!!I hope we get our English papers back Friday. I have to start writing my reflective papers for New Testament. I have to get two done per week for the next few weeks. Shouldn't be too hard, just a little time consuming.

I have a Lab appointment tomorrow morning, and so much to get done. I hope I can get it all done. I have to plan a Girl Scout meeting for Friday too. I need to just have a day that I can sleep late and relax, but I always have so much to do, and the kids to take care of in the morning. I want a vacation. At least we have Thanksgiving break next week, so I only have class on Monday. Of course I have a test on Monday. Oh well, I will get through it all, I always do. I will survive .

I am really not feeling well. I had such a bad headache, possibly migraine, earlier, that I slept on the couch while the kids went nuts. Liz, of course, watched the boys; she took them outside for awhile. The problem being that she doesn't stop them from making a mess. I feel like crap. I came home early from my practicum. Yes that's how bad I felt. I didn't want to go at all, but last week was a holiday, and I've got to get these hours finished.

I finally got Tom to join "the Funk" and he goes and screws it up. I have been up way too long.

Took Liz to school at 5:45 for a field trip with Student Council to Chattanooga. But I couldn't get back to sleep because I couldn't breathe.

Tom is going top the Dr. today, but he probably isn't going to work.

It's gonna be a long day!!!

Stupid me invited Kim and Mark for dinner tonight. I really don't want company.

After class I have to go to my mom's and give a leader more nuts. Busy day.

My mind isn't staying in coherent thoughts right now. Good thing no tests today!

I think I may try to quit smoking again. I haven't had one since Thursday...though if I had had one on me this morning I would have. I can't really breathe well enough to smoke, and it hurts my chest because of all this congestion and phlegm in there.

I hope Tom is ok. I wonder what the Dr. said. What is wrong with him??? I am worried but frustrated. I am tired of my baby being sick. :(

Gotta go, time for class. (and gotta go potty)

Ok, ok. So it's been awhile. I've had a lot going on. First school; classes are still going well. I had two tests, two quizzes, and a paper due last week. My Lifespan Development class test so sucked, but at least he cancelled class last week. We should find out our grade on Wednesday. It was 130 multiple choice questions plus 10 essay questions, 1 page answer per. At least the essay questions were take home. We should get back our New Testament test today. I have another paper to turn in today. At least I got it done early, I still have to go to school and print it out, but as long as it's ready before 11am were ok.

I registered for next semester last Thursday. A lot of the classes I wanted were already full, but I still was able to re-arrange it enough to get all required classes, all on Tuesday and Thursday, and nothing before 10. Next semester I am taking 18 hours, instead of 15, so I am pushing myself even harder, but I want to get school over with. That's bad, I am in my first semester and I already want it over. I just want to be in the real world, teaching.

I am excited. Sherrie called last night to say they were leaving Wednesday, instead of waiting for the weekend!!! That's so cool! I am so excited about having them here.

The hot water heater still isn't working right. I will have to get Dad over here to fix it....But he couldn't find anything wrong with it yesterday...other than one of the thermostats was turned to low. Had Mom, Da, De, all of us, plus Kim and Mark for dinner. Then Wal-Mart sent Patrick home (he fell off a ladder) so he came in after dinner, but still ate. I had a house full last night.

Shit, James woke up at around 6:45, and he just will not go back to sleep. I guess I'll get him up and let him have breakfast. He had better get a good LONG nap today!

Tom has to go to the doctor. He is having pain and pressure behind his right eye, so much so that it's making him dizzy. BAD thing, he got a one day suspension less than 2 weeks ago for tardiness and abseteism. I am so worried they are going to fire him. He was late one day last week, he doesn't think he can work today, unless the doctor can find a quick fix. His health worries me so much.

Good Lord I wish James would stop this waking up during the night. Tom was up with him almost all night, and this is the third time this week. I have such a headache, woke up with it. It's never a good thing to wake up with a headache.

Tom and I got to have really good sex last night. I really wasn't expecting it, because I just haven't been in the mood. He has been really horny, and I have been so stressed that the stress is over-whelming everything and I just haven't even wanted to think about sex. I have even been trying to read porn before bed to try and help, but nothing. I stopped reading the stories posted in BAC, I figure they'll do me more good when I can get something out of them (sigh). But anyway, something just clicked. Tom slapped my ass in just the right way, and it was good. I made him keep doing it, and got aroused enough to make love. It's never happened like that before.

I also watched some of the lunar eclipse. I love those, it was so beautiful.

Last night was much better than Friday night over-all. Went out with Kim and the kids, that sucked, just to the grocery store, BORING since I didn't need anything and she wanted to grocery at Wal-Mart. I got stuck with the kids. It was decent company though. Then we went back to her house, she fixed dinner while I came back to my house and got Patrick, he called into work sick. He is SUCH A COMPLAINER!I don't think I could live with that. It would make me nuts. I grew up in a house where you didn't complain unless you were close to death. He makes it sound like his leg is broken if he stubs his toe. He is hyper-sensitive to pain, and I think he milks it for attention from Kim.

Dang, I just realized I never wrote about James birthday. It was nice. He got lots of presents. We had a nice party here at the house. Ellie did come, because one of the dogs got sick so she decided to wait to go up to Jersey. So she came with Tom, and Trish and Shane, and Kim and Patrick brought Mark. Tom did so much work getting ready for the party it made him really dizzy, so he layed down before everyone got their he missed everything. I felt so bad. The Cates couldn't come and neither could Vince and Dawn, but maybe next year.

I like this Sunday morning tradition of going to Kim and Patricks for pancakes, but it's so hard to get tom functioning in the morning. (and I make better pancakes :D) I have no clue what I am going to make for all of us for dinner. I should get something out before we leave. Speaking of leaving, that was the girls calling to be picked up from Sunday school. gotta go.

Good Lord! I can't stand the noise anymore! The boys are being SO loud, the girls are fighting, Liz is giving me so much lip I may have to take her head off. I just can't take much more! I am so sick and tired of school and kids and bullshit I don't know what to do! I got my paper back, I was hoping for a better grade, but only made a C+, I forgot to put an assignment in the final folder, maybe if I had, I could have made a B :(. Too late now. We got our next assignment today, an argumentative paper.

I am so stressed. Between school ,and papers, and homework, and tests, and kids, and husbands, and housework, and practicum, good lord! Is it any wonder I haven't been on the computer this week except for school work? I have so much to do before Tony and Sherrie get here and so little time to do it, and my life gets in the way.

Ahh house is getting quieter. Put boys to bed, girls are in PJ's so if they mis-behave they are off to bed in a heartbeat. Think I will go clean kitchen.