Can you say CLUELESS!!!!

Yep, it's true story time.

I was reading facebook last night and a friend was talking about this crockpot oatmeal her kids love. My kids are older and get themselves off to school. In a moment of "i can be that mom" thinking, I pulled out all the ingredients, put it in the crockpot and left my girls a note. It read, "Good morning. Please turn off the crockpot when you read this. If you'd like oatmeal for breakfast, please enjoy. We have chocolate chips and bananas on the counter and in the freezer is frozen blueberries. Have a great day! Love, Mom"
When I got up around 8, I stumble in the kitchen, wondering why I'm not smelling anything. Taped to the crockpot is the following message, "Mom, We cannot turn the thing off if you never plugged it in. We can't eat uncooked oatmeal. We did plug it in at 6:50. Have a great day"
I laughed for a long time, then realized the oatmeal was still cold. Why? The crockpot was plugged in, but turned off.
And such is life in an adhd ridden household!

Out of the darkness comes light.

I've been pretty self involved this past week. I've let emotions and situations contol how I feel. Not anymore! Today, I'm breaking free, again! I still feel like ever living crap, but that I can only do so much about. Apparently, allergies weren't enough~my body decided to throw a cold on top of it. Lovely! Now it's allergy PLUS season! LOL. I'm still pretty foggy, but.......I'm seeing things through a new lens today. Isn't sleep wonderful? Either that, or I've gotten some pretty great advice somewhere. Whatever it is, this fresh perspective is wonderful.

Sadness = not knitting. I can't sit and focus on it. Waaaat?!?!? Exactly. Damned near impossible to imagine. I have deadlines for slipper boots, so I'd better get going. ACK! I have to order that yarn. I was supposed to do that last Tuesday. You see what I mean? Totally overwhelmed!

Class last Wednesday was good. I'm almost done with my readings for this week. What I'm finding most frustrating was when I took those parent coaching classes, I was applying the theories I'm leaning now. I'm glad for this background knowledge, it's just hard not to be applying it to anything. It feels a bit like those hollow chocolate easter bunnies. TEASER!

I did whip up a drag suit skirt for the swimmer to wear to practice on Halloween. This isn't the best costume we've ever come up with, but it's much better than not having one.

Homecoming was this past weekend. Hopefully, I'll remember to add pics when I move to the computer that holds the pics. Right now I'm sitting on the porch with my laptop enjoying a beautiful morning.

Today is going to be one of those choppy messed up days. I'm so glad I cleaned over the weekend, getting that out of the way. I have a conference at 115, another around 3, then it's my week to drive swim carpool and it's pasta night. EGADS!!! (crap, I just remembered I don't have the correct shaped pasta. Shit, shit, shit) AND I must run to the store! I have a feeling that plus finishing my reading is all I'll get done today.

BBL with pics!

Until then, I'm sharing the song in my head....

Well, I made it!

The first official day of grad school is now in my rear view mirror. I find sitting in class all day difficult, but I am thankful that I'm learning under instructors who understand that there is a limited amount of time a person can sit and absorb before going brain dead. Then we get a break! Yep, as much as I like learning new things, I'm still all about breaks, lunch and the proverbial end of the day bell.

To say that I learned a lot yesterday would be a gross understatement. My brain is still spinning this new information, deciding how it applies to about a zillion situations and how to file it for future use. This has left me inattentive and exhausted! I know I have it bad when I dream about it at night. I NEED A BREAK! :) Nah, just kidding. Today I need to get motivated. Maybe getting focused would be a good place to start? Motivation is hard enough to come by, but motivation for an unfocused agenda? No wonder I'm not getting anywhere.

So, that means I'm off to focus. Now THAT should get interesting. Me & focus in the same sentence! Bah!!!!!!