YES!!!!

Got Samson out of Desert Pines!!! BUT.... he can't start school till Monday, registration closed at Liberty before I could get all the paper work.... thats ok, the lady was cool and told us what she needed, she even fixed his unexcused absents that was on his withdrawl papers that were incorrect.... YAY!!! GO PATRIOTS!!! lol!!!

What a waist of time...... ahhhhh!!!

I just don't even know where to start.... This morning I got off of work at 8am, the plan for the day was to go to Desert Pines High School and withdrawl Samson from school so we can register/enroll him into Liberty High School tomorrow.... That was the plan.... Day was going pretty good in the morning....I came home from work to start my day....all was well. I get changed to make sure I look like a mother instead of Samsons sister hehe.... Anyways, so I drive all the way to Desert Pines on Pacos and Harris.... Thats a 20 minute drive at least.... Well we get there at around 955. Samson, Sydney and I walk into the office and stop at the first desk, the lady there asks if she could help me, I tell her I need to withdrawl my son out of school, she directs me to the "middle desk" which by the looks of it is the attendence desk. Behind the desk there is a young lady, she is obviously working on something so I stand there patiently. One, Two, Three, Ten minutes go by, she never even looked up at me, she didnt even say a word, all the while she is still tapping away at her computer.... and giving out tardy slips or something....but I swear I was standing there.... I see myself, I see Samson, I see Sydney, I see HER!!! But somehow she doesnt see me, at least thats what it seemed like. Anyways I get a bit fed up so I walk over to the first desk again, now I'm standing behind another lady who was being helped at the time. There I am again waiting, not patiently I'm very irritated!!! I ask Samson "is that girl at the desk a student or a faculty member?" He tells me she works for the school. So when the first lady is free again I tell her that I was there to "withdrawl" my son from the school not only for the day... She again tells me that its the "middle desk" again, I told her that she (the girl at the attendence desk) had not said a word to me the whole time I was standing there. So she walks me over to the same desk and tells the girl "this lady needs to withdrawl her son" the girl says "i'm working on three withdrawls right now" first lady says "there you go, she's working on three right now" I say "well she should have said something to me". You know I would have accepted a "hi", "hello","i'll be right with you", "sorry this might take a while", "drop dead" anything!!! I just wanted to know that I was not crazy and that I was visible and standing there. Acknowlegment!!! Is that so much??? If she had said something to me I would have sat there for an hour and not have a problem... Problem is she just ignored me.... Anyways after waiting for another 35 minutes or so I finally get my turn to talk to this person. I tell her "I need to withdrawl my son out of this school" she asks me "are you moving" I said "yes" she says "do you have an address" her hands were implying an envelope or some kind of proof of address. So I say "well I can give you the address, I dont have a bill or anything because my Son and my Husband will be staying with my cousin until we can find a place of our own, meanwhile I would like to withdrawl my son so he can reg/enroll into his new school." She procedes to tell me that I need a residential affidavit signed by my cousin and signed by a notary saying that we are staying with them... I'm a bit confused at this part because I just want to take him out of scholl!!! She proceeds to tell me this in theeee most stupid way possible!!! She is telling me something about the swap meet, meaning somewhere at the swap meet there is a Notary, I'm totally confused as to why she is telling me "you know like at the swap meet, form you need sign paper from cousin and bill" at least that is what it sounded like to me. I say to her " What are you talking about swap meet?, are you saying I need to have a residential affidavit?" she says "yes" So I ask her for one she says they don't have one I need to get it from the Notary... huh??? Thats something the school usually gives out right??? At this point I just want to jump over that counter and ring her frickin neck!!! I want to yell "YOU ARE AN IDIOT!!!" but I don't, I take a deep breath and step back, I tell the kids "lets go, i'm pissed"... On my way out I see the first lady that helped me and she kindly asks "did you get everything done" I say to her "nope she said I can't withdrawl him without... (you know blah blah notary, proof of address)", I do mention to her that she was blabbing about the swap meet and stuff, first lady is rolling her eyes, obvious to me she has heard such stupidity coming from this girl before or something telling me she aint the sharpest knife in the drawer... So just to make sure, I ask the first lady, if they had a Residential Affidavit,and if that is what I need, she tells me the same thing, they don't have one, and yes I do need it... So ok I know what I need now but I'm still pissed about the whole ignore, swap meet, and most of all I was there for over an hour and all for nothing!!! My poor kids didn't have any escape from me, they had to hear me vent and vent, as you are now lol. Sooooo, I figure I'd go to the UPS store right next to vons cause I know they have Notary service, and according the the IDIOT they should have a copy for me to use.... Well would you know... NO SUCH PAPER EXISTS AT THE UPS STORE!!! UPS tells me "thats usually given out by the schools" uh DUH!!! so I thank him and head out, mad as ever... So to save myself some trouble I call Liberty High School in hopes they have a smarter staff then what I encountered at DP. I asked "do you have R.A. there" and what do you think she said??? Yup she said "YES!!!!" wheew.... relief... or so I think.... Hello Liberty is on the other side of town!!! Menwhile I've got a splitting headache, I'm tired and I'm starving. I decide after lunch we will just go home and figure something out, maybe my nephew or niece would be able to get an RA for me... I get home and a bright idea enters my head... I'll call Pat Diskin ES and ask them if the have one, and if its a standard form for all schools, they said yes and sure. Yay I'm gettin my form!!! So SYd and I walk over to the school, I tell them my rediculous story and they are dumbfounded at the stupidity!!!! They told me I should only need my ID to withdrawl him...I am his mother!!!! sounds right doesnt it??? Well they give me the form and I thank them, I notice the form has the school name on the top, and to save me the headache the office lady recopied it without the name (postits are great!!!) Thank you thank you thank you!!! O..O... as we were walking home I noticed the name of the school is on the bottome of the RA. CRAP what now!!!! so, I call my cousin and he's going to get one from LHS.... Hopefully tomorrow will go smooth!!! They better not tell me that I didnt need all that stuff to withdrawl him tomorrow, itshay will hit the fan if they do!!! Sorry so long.... I just needed to vent!!!

Twilight.... The Book....

I'll be the first to admit I don't read a lot, I read all the HP books a couple of times and thats about it. Well for my birthday my friend Lori gave me the book "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer. At first I wasnt sure if I really wanted to read it, everyday I would see it sitting it its pretty birthday box, so I decided why not, she went through the trouble of buying it for me, the least I could do is read it. I L.O.V.E.D. IT!!! I coundn't put it down..... Lets see, what did I love about the book, number one it was the love Bella had for Edward, I loved the way Ms. Meyer discribed how Bella felt every time Edward touched or even looked at her. Second, I dont ever think I was ever frighted when reading a book... I could actually feel my heart racing towards the end of chapter 21 "Phone Call". Three, the way Meyers describes the beautiful faces of Edward and his siblings....... I wonder if they are going to make a movie.... and if they do, who would be beautiful enough to play the parts of the vampires???? I can't think of any actor suitable.... nope not even one..... hopefully they find people who are not very well know to play these parts... Hmm I wonder...... Its taking everything in my power to not go to Wal Mart and buy books two and three.... No I'll have to wait.... Tala doesn't like it when I get sucked into a book, he calls them (the books) homewreckers.... HAHAHA

The Root Canal...

A few years ago I had a root canal done, today I had another one done.... Why oh why am I in 10 times more pain then the last time???? The thing about pain in your mouths is, you can never really pin point where the pain is coming from, just a general idea.... I think it isnt my tooth its my gums.... I don't know, all I know is I'm hurtin!!! I took some ibuprofin they prescribed me and it helped a little. There was a time in the chair where this rubber thing they were using was covering my nose, I started feeling a little anxious and clostrophobic.... Usually I would just sit there and deal with it but I couldnt.... I had to move it, not knowing if I was going to knock something over or what, the doc appologized, I really couldnt say anything because my mouth was open so wide you could probably fit a softball in it..... <<<>>>> Not to mention I've had a teeny tiny cough for the last few days, not even a real cough just enough to annoy me.... I was sittin there hoping I wouldnt need to cough.... ugh.... I survived!!!

There were a few things I thought of while sitting in that dentist chair. The doc and his assistant were talking about what math class she should take next semester.... there seemed to be so many to choose from, I'm thinking, how many math classes can one person take??? and unless you are going to be some kind of chemist why would you take them??? then I remembered how much I lothed math when I was going to school.

Another topic of discussion, the movie "American Gangster" They were talking about how they heard it was a good movie, I thought.... Gee I wonder if the swearing in that movie is as bad as "Training Day" Both star Denzel Washington, if "TD" didn't have so much swearing it I would watch it again. I really don't want to see "AG".

They really had on some relaxing music, old songs just different versions, I heard "Put Your Head On My Shoulder" It wasnt the version I loved when I was a kid, but it was pretty.... it was a really slow version, I wondered where I could find it....

All the kids had appointments today, Syd was this morning the same time as mine, she had two fillings and they pulled one of her baby teeth. Sunny had her last baby tooth pulled, she was actually happy about that, that was a tooth she has been complaining about because when she was younger instead of putting a silver cap they covered it with some white looking stuff, well after all her other baby teeth fell out, this one baby tooth stood out like a sore thumb, it was really yellow compared to her adult teeth..... she's happy to be rid of that one.... Samson, had 2 small cavities, the doc just recommended he floss more often.... The doc came out and told me that if he hadnt seen Samsons name on the chart he wouldnt have even recognized him, Im never suprised when people tell me stuff like that, he has grown so much even just in the last 7 months.

All in all it went well.... It was a lot faster then the r.c. I had done a few years ago.... Dentistry has changed so much in a couple of years. My Dentists practice also has changed, I remember when he had a staff of 4 and only 3 chairs, now he's got another dentist and probably a staff of 10 and about 12 chairs... I'm glad to see his practice is going well.

Bottom line is..... I'M STILL IN PAIN!!! MAKE IT GO AWAY!!

NEVADA POWER

Standing in line at Nevada Power isn't exactly how I want to spend any part of my day, yet once again I didnt pay my bill on time so there I was 40 deep in the one line they have in that building, yes one line, one line for... bill pay, complaints, change of service, or anything else that involves that company,why did they do away with the express lane??? life was so much happier then.... Anyways every time I go there, I'm either standing behind or on either side of the most nosey person in the building. Today was no different, the second Syd and I get in line the lady in front of us turns around and just stares.... Eventually she turns stopped but everytime Syd would say something to me, or move a muscle, she starts to stare again.... Its very annoying to be stared at, I was really close to saying "what!!!" But I didnt, I just stood there and a thought came to mind.... Maybe..... (this might sound mean) everyone she sees at home everyday is ugly and she just wanted to stare at a pretty little girl and her mother.... I know thats not the case, she is just nosey.... but it made me laugh inside..... So finally after about 20minutes in line we get to go to the counter, the lady that helped us was so nice, she commented Syd on her shirt and her earrings, she was a very nice lady, I really appreciated how polite she was, that usually doesnt happen, customer service isnt a priority anywhere anymore not even at NP (hence getting rid of the express line) but she was really good and so paying my last big electric bill till next summer wasnt as painfull as it usually is.... Until that check gets cashed.....

Its going to cost me $50.00!!!

So...... remember the big fight about my nephew having my digital camera??? Well I got it back and all was well until Sydney called me at work to tell me that she was trying to put the battery in the camera and the "black thingy" fell off.... Needless to say I'm a little snappy at this revelation bacause it took us a long time to finally get the camera we liked with everything we wanted.... not to mention, the kids have already broken two other digital cameras in 3years (UGH!!!) One of the things I was looking for when I was shopping around for yet another camera, was a rechargable battery, one that comes with its own charger because I've spent enough money on buying digital batteries with the way Sunny takes pictures of herself. So I get home from work and check out the damage, I was really hoping it was just a screw loose or something..... Of course, that was not the case.... It appears she was shoving the battery in the wrong way!!! AHHHH !!!! I just don't get it, they use this camera every single day and still cant put the battery in right, whats so hard about it??? AHHHH So with the wonders of the internet I go online to check out what its gonna cost me.... Well its $46.99!!!! Holy Canoli!!! Then, I look at the bottom of my screen it says "not in stock" just my luck, typical, those things just happen to me no matter what, then somewhere else on the screen it says to check out the bundle package, I guess that means you get a deal.... yeah right..... So I click away and yup for $49.99 you get a special carrying case and..... geez I forgot what the other thing was.... anyways, so I guess that really is a deal.... I GUESS!!!! So from now on I think my camera is going with me everywhere so it doesnt need to be subjected to the harsh shoving and dropping these kids put it through...

WHAT A STUPID FIGHT!!!

So, well, before Samson's football game ended Mr Toalei decided to call me and tell me he was hungry.... well I was a little bitter because I made a huge pot roast yesterday and no one ate it..... anyways, so, when Tala called me I told him that we are having leftovers. Well everyone was in such a good mood after the win I decided that I would like to treat my family by going to the California Hotel with our friends to sit, chat and of course eat.... HUGE mistake!!! I guess Tala was tired ( he was up since 2am), so he did not want to go anywhere but home so he could eat and go to bed.... well my nephew took my digital camera as hostage so we would show up to eat, I, never, ever, leave my camera with anyone so I wanted to stop by the casino and pick it up... another HUGE mistake..... Tala is yelling at me, and I'm yelling at him.... boy what a MESS, poor kids in the back seat just sitting there, hoping mommy can yell and drive at the same time ( Don't worry kids mama is talented like that) lol anyways, we made it home in one piece thank goodness..... Stupid thing is..... That was the dumbest fight we ever had!!! Looking back at it now, I figure..... IT COULD BE WORSE!!!

Whewwwww..... Go Jaguars!!!

Tonight the Desert Pines Jaguars (Samson's football team) played Valley HS for placement in the upcoming prep football playoffs.... Jaguars came out on top with a 42-12 win which means they will have to play Del Sol next week. D.P just played Del Sol last week and it was a disaster!!! It really was a good game until the 4th quarter where for some reason they felt it was smart to put in the second defense, we were only down by two tds and there was 7 minutes left in the quarter..... UGH it was extremely frustrating!!! Bad coaching SUCKS!!!

D.P has really got a chance to beat Del Sol if they play the way they played tonight.... they were really on, and played really hard as a team!!! Good Job Boys!!! GOOD LUCK NEXT WEEK!!! I'll be there cheering you guys on with my big fat mouth!!! You'll know, you'll hear me!!!

A Better Day Finally....

Well, the last couple of weeks have been quite a struggle for me. I've noticed that I've been real grouchy lately, I'm not sure if it's just at work or if I've been like that at home. You know something is wrong when people at work have become afraid (LOL) of you when usually they just think you are a sweetheart..... But finally a breakthrough today!!!! I woke up this morning and said to myself "Cindy, you need to snap out of it!!!.... don't be down....Get some things done around the house and go to work in a better mood" and so I did!!! I got two loads of laundry done, AND I cooked dinner!!! YES!!!! all before Tala came home from work!!!!!! I went to work in a great mood and managed to keep it that way!!! There was a point where Walter was starting to get on my last nerve, I told him "Look I'm in a really good mood right now and you are about to change that" so he left me alone..... Yippy!!! Hopefully today was a start to a better couple of weeks, I sure hope so!!!

Thanks Pat!!!

Okay, I just have to thank my friend Pat Hammond (an even crazier football mom then I) For giving me something else to waste my time doing!!! Just kidding!!! I love reading her blogs and am looking forward to reading more, I just wish I could be as articulate as she is!!! Pat you are the best!!! I love your sense of humor!!! I guess I'll figure out something to say or blog whatever its called!!!