This is been a … weird week. On Tuesday, the kiddo was complaining of an ear ache. Plus he had bad sinuses and a slight fever. So he stayed home from school and it was off to the doctor we went. He has another ear infection and we got ear drops, antiobiotic, nose spray. Yeah. Um…$45 later… I got him home and pumped him full of Motrin, then fed him and made him take his ear drops. That was NOT fun. He refused and I was Mean Mommy and sat on him to make it happen. Yes, I did. Then I made him take the antibiotic and shoot his nose with the nasal spray and THEN I gave him Claritin. I pumped him full.

By the time Wednesday came around and I picked him up from his grandparents, he was feeling about a thousand times better. And it showed. He spilled his Coke all over the dinner table, leaving a sticky mess and then announcing that, “Uh, MOM! We have a problem.” So I cleaned that up. By that time, it was his bath time. I ran the bath and he got in with the explicit instructions NOT to splash.

Well, about 30 seconds later, I hear all this slashing and open the door to find the floor underwater. sigh Three bath towels later (and I had kicked him out of the tub), I’d reached my limit. It was time for him to be in BED. I think he was out in 2.3 seconds.

When I got up Thursday morning, the cat had decided to puke in three differernt places in the living room.Yeah. I so wanted to clean THAT up first thing in the morning. And it was DES-GUST-ING, too. I was  

That afternoon was soccer practice and since I’m trying to finish my revision in ONE WEEK, I thought I’d dust off the AlphaSmart and take it with me. I felt SO smart. I even printed off my pages for the latest chapter I was working on. I get to soccer practice and sit in the car, breaking out Alphie, punching the ON button and… nothing. Nada. Zilch. The batteries are dead. Crap. So I open up the back and find… the batteries are corroded! Double crap!

So I get out my trust ink pen and start to scribble the newest scene I want to write on the back of one of the pages. I’ll just write in longhand, I think. That won’t be so bad! It’ll be novel and… CRAP! The pen ran out of ink!

ARGH!

I threw it in the backseat and look longingly at my paper with the scribble along the back. I see the scene in my head so vividly and it’s driving me crazy I can’t write it down. I pick up the Alphie and use an old pair of sunglasses to pry out the disgusting batteries and – luckily – have an empty sandwich bag in the car to put them in. I have a package of On The Go Wipes and use that to clean out the battery acid (very carefully). I put that in the baggie. I sit and wait until soccer practice is over.

We get home and Man is already there mowing the yard (YAY!). I cook breakfast for dinner – eggs, bacon, sausage. I make the kid do his homework then put him in the tub and finally it’s time for him to go to bed. I put in new batteries in the Alphie and sat down on the couch while Man read his book and wrote and wrote and wrote. I wrote 1250. And you know why? Because I wasn’t distracted by the Internet, Twitter, Facebook or email. It felt SO good to write those words and get them out on paper. Tonight I’m going to work on the scene some more.

That is, of course, if no one spills or pukes on the carpet.

Happy Friday!

Sampson catches up on paperwork.

All that hard work makes him ready for a nap!

It’s Friday. It’s the end of the second week of January… and I thought I could use a little fun. So, here is Picture Me Friday which includes the cat, new bedding and SHOES!

Indy

This past weekend, the kiddo and I put together his Indiana Jones temple from Raiders of the Lost Ark. Six hundred pieces and three hours later, here is the fruits of our labor:

It’s actually pretty cool but the pieces keep falling off. Seriously considerly glueing it all together. LOL

Sampson (a.k.a. CAT CAT)

The other day when I came home from work, I found this:

and this:

Sampson is trying to look all innocent but I know what he was up to. He was in my chairs doing naughty things while I was at work. Bad, kitty, bad!

Here he tries to make up for it.

You can’t fool us, Sampson, with your sweet little face. We know what you’ve been up to!

Shoes

I had told myself if I sold TAKE ME I’M YOURS, my reward would be a new pair of shoes. Well, Zappos was having a sale, in which I was powerless to resist. So on Wednesday I ordered two pair and chose the free shipping, which is 4-5 business days. I figure, no sweat, I can wait. BUT! I get this email from them and they have upgraded me at no cost to FREE overnight shipping. OMG I love them. They rock. SO! I got my new shoes TODAY instead of next week and here they are.

Gabriella Rocha, Mylie

rsvp, Kathryn

The red shoes are SUPER sexy. I love them so! I can’t wait to wear them. And I’ve been hot to have some red shoes for a while. The zebra shoes are really cool, too. I love I can wear them with so many different things. I have always experienced superb customer service from Zappos. I HIGHLY recommend them.

And, last but not least, I got new bedding to go with the new bed. It also goes with my brown/blue scheme in the bedroom and I got the comforter set on close-out for $60.

The new bed sleeps like a dream. I totally LOVE it. It was well worth the money. AND! The mattress pad (that was FREE with the 10 year warranty) is 300 count thread.

I am in heaven.

So, all in all, it’s been a pretty damn good week. I have more pictures but will spare you since I’m sure it’s rather boring. TGIF and Happy Weekend! I’m going to be writing my butt off tomorrow and Sunday…