Sitting at the table, sipping my FIRST cup of coffee today:
So, Sis – this is your Mom’s last week of work. What are your employment plans?
I’ll probably sign on with a temp company for a while, Dad.
Riiiiiiight.
I have a stye on my eye. For the uninformed (and unwilling to google) this means that I have a zit on the eyelash line. I think it’s going to look tres chic for the job interviews I have next week – the entire lid is swollen and puffy.
Alannah had a minor hissy fit after lunch. She’s having growing pains in her legs, and wanted to do a paper mache art project to take her mind off things. One small problem – it’s been so long since she’s done paper mache that she forgot HOW to…and got REALLY pissy when I tried to help her. I backed off and left her alone to do it, which resulted in the entire kitchen table being covered in an ooey gooey mess. THAT brought on the whole “everything I touch turns to crap” tantrum. How’d I bring her out of that one? Trivia never fails!!!!! “Alannah, y’know that cleaner called Formula 409? It GOT that name because it was the 409th formula they tried.” She laughed, I started cleaning the table off and we moved on to other things.
Which brings me to…..
Joe finding the jar of red pepper flakes in the spice cabinet. He nibbled on a few flakes and wrinkled his nose…..then he wiped his eyes and started screaming. I didn’t realize what he had until I smelled the peppers – I thought he’d been eating crayons again and spitting them out. Got THAT taken care of and…..
the heater is out yet AGAIN. I’ve spent the majority of the day in the rooms with heat.