Fair warning....
if you don't want to read my complaints you can skip this post :)
And, I know there are many people who have it much worse than I do. I realize I am blessed to have what I do have. My family is basically healthy, I don't really want for anything, I know it could be a lot worse. Just want to get that out there.
But.... It has been a day and is just barely past 11:00 am.
Actually, it started a few days ago.
Frustration #1
I had been asked about 6-7 years ago to make baptism towels for the church I used to attend. I just asked that I be given a few weeks notice. I cross-stitch a cross, the baby's name and the birth date and baptism date on the towels.
Anyway, I had heard that there were 2 baptisms coming up in August. So I called the church secretary to see what she knew. There are 2, not twins but siblings. The baptism date is August 12th. Uh.. that isn't much notice, especially for TWO! But how can I say no? I know, I CAN say no, and my husband thinks I should have said no, but I just didn't feel right about that. I want to finish them and get them to the church Thursday am when the secretary is there. Otherwise it is harder to get them delivered.
Frustration #2
Today I registered my son for school. His senior year. Wow, the time has gone by quickly. Most people I know are sad their kids are in their final year of school. Some are even in tears. Not me! I am so thankful that after this year I won't have to deal with IEP meetings and IEPs that aren't followed, broken down wheelchair lifts, and people that 'just don't get it' when it comes to disabilities.
Frustration #3
While talking to the incoming secretary for my building she mentioned that there are NO office supplies for her. Apparently the out-going secretary didn't feel she needed to order any. AARRRGGG.
Frustration #4 and #5
This ties in with the towels.
My car needed the oil changed. My husband decided that since I was going to town to register the kid for school I could just drive on over to the town half an hour away to get the oil changed.
Why is this 2 frustrations? Because,1 - why is it my job to get the oil changed? I do ALL the stuff in the house - laundry, meals, dishes, cleaning. Why can't he take care of the 'guy' stuff? AARRGGG
And, 2 - I need to get those baptism towels finished! Getting the oil changed is taking time out of my day. AAARRRGGG
But,I decided that I needed to 'just do it' so I did. And, it didn't take that long. YAY!
But as I was sitting there waiting I decided I needed to go to school to check on the orders for myself and the secretary.
Frustration #6
I went to the building I work in to see if maybe she just didn't find
her box and also to check on my order. Nothing there - for her OR me.
There was a problem last year with my order not being sent in by my
principal. It was never determined if he forgot (he tends to) or if I
didn't do it properly. So this year I made sure I did it properly and
that he got my order request. AARRRGGG.
Frustration #7
My son had a bladder issue last week (he has to self- cath, spina bifida, you know).
Saw the urologist on Friday. They collected urine for a culture because the doc was pretty sure my son was 'infected', as he kept saying, and with all the poking around they did they wanted to be sure he didn't get an infection from that. They were going to call in a prescription for an antibiotic but when I called the pharmacy to see if it was ready they hadn't received it. So... I called the the doc office. Somehow, the sample never made it to the lab and we would need to have that done at our local doc.
I called them yesterday as soon as I got off the phone with the uro office. The local office thought we needed to make an appointment. Don't think we really need to do that, just give me a collection cup and we will bring it back with a sample. No, pretty sure we need an appointment. OK.
Today, just as I was walking in the door from coming back from registration/oil change/no order at school the phone was ringing. It was the local doc office. The nurse wanted to remind me that their restroom is pretty small and she didn't think the wheelchair would fit in there. I said we could take the sample in the exam room and was an appointment really necessary? Nurse said 'Oh, no, you don't need an appointment. Just come get a collection cup and bring it back later. OK, great, I can do that. She immediately called back and asked if I could please do that before 11:00. The courier comes at 11:00. It was 10:00 at the time. Time enough to do that, but if they had just told me that yesterday I could have gotten the cup yesterday and dropped the sample off this morning when I was out anyway. AAARRRGGG.
Here is a picture of my front flower bed.
There are a few plants hanging in there and blooming, but things are pretty sad looking. We, like other parts of the country, are in great need of rain. The sky is cloudy, but there is only a small percentage for rain. And, the husband has hay cut so we really don't want it to rain until after he bales it.
I'm tired. I'm grumpy. I just want to go back to bed and start my day over.
I think I will go work on those towels instead.
