Men

What is up with men and their refusal to take medication?? My husband woke up Monday with a drippy nose and continued to drip and sniffle his way through the morning. I really hate that sound of sucking snot and phlegm back up inside your had - it really grosses me out. I asked him if he wanted something to take and he said no, it's usually gone by this time. Half an hour later and I'm still listening to him sniffle. Seriously?! Take a fricking cold and allergy pill already!! Due to my numerous issues with allergies I have all kinds of different meds -  ones that help you sleep and dry up your congestion, ones that don't make you sleepy, cough ones, you name it, I've probably got it! But, no, he won't take it.

He's also the guy that sleeps horribly. You know what I mean... wakes up 3-4 times per night, can't turn his brain off, thinks about work and how stressful his job is. Will he go to the doctor to get a nice little Rx for some Ambien so he (and in return, I) can sleep better? No. He won't.

My son comes home from school Monday and says his throat is killing him.
Me: Do you want a throat lozenge to help take the pain away and make it easier for you to swallow.,
Him: No, I'm fine
Me: Are you sure? I have the ones that don't taste yucky.
Him: No.
Me: Ooookkkkay...

By the end of the night, he's miserable, his throat still hurts, and he's whiny. Yea.

Woke up this morning, moping around the house, sniffling, coughing. Again, we have the same conversation with me adding in some cold medicine to help. Nope. Still refusing to take it. If he were younger, I'd force him to take it but at almost 12 (in 3 weeks), I let him decide. He heads of to school, no meds (sorry teachers and is fellow classmates - but it's just a cold.)

I just don't get the resistance to taking something that will help you feel a little better. If you have a headache, you take Tylenol or Advil; if you have diarrhea, you take an Imodium; if you are having allergy issues, you take a Sudafed; if your throat hurts, suck on a fricking lozenge!!

Dreams

Dreams confuse me and yet there are many times I see the same pattern of dreams happening over and over with just a few subtle changes. For instance, due to my long-time low self-esteem, I have regularly dreamt about rejection. It's almost always the same kind of dream - usually just the boy changes. I want him, he rejects me for someone else (always faceless, thank goodness), I end up waking up sad and wondering what the hell I did wrong. Deep down inside, I know it's not always me and that it's just life. I just don't understand WHY I am still having the same dream after all these years.

FB

I think it's really funny that I have all these friends on facebook and yet when I turn on facebook chat, very few people ever actually pop up to say hi. I've asked a few other people and they say they've noticed the same thing. I just wonder why this is the case? Are people afraid of "interrupting" something? Why? What's the point of having all these friends on facebook if you're just going to stalk them and never say hi. If I didn't want to talk to anyone, I wouldn't turn on my chat. Just sayin'....

Fonts

I love fonts! I love that you can change the mood or emotion of what you're writing just by changing the font. My mother-in-law shared with me (thank you so much, by the way!!) the Creatingkeepsakes.com free font Friday awhile back and it's quickly becoming an obsession to get a new font every week. She doesn't even have to send me the emails anymore. :)

If you're interested, here's how to do it. Go to: http://www.creatingkeepsakes.com/ and clock on downloads and Free Font Friday. Download the font and click save. I created a folder for fonts so I would know where to go back and find it later. After you save it, go into (if using Windows; I can't help you if you're using a Mac) Control Panel and change to Classic View. From there you should find a main Font folder. Go to wherever you saved the font you downloaded and copy and paste it into the main Font folder. Voila! It's done. There may be an easier way to do this but every time I tried, it just wasn't happening. Enjoy!

P.S. Today's font is called CKGOod Dog and all the rounded letters look like paws - so cute!!

Frustrations

Husband: What are you guys having for dinner?
Me: Whole wheat penne with a little cheese and a big bowl of broccoli.
Husband: Really? That's your dinner?
Me: Yeah, what's wrong with that?
Husband: Well, it's not very healthy.
Me: It's not that unhealthy and nothing is defrosted because I was cleaning all day and forgot to take something out. Oh, and then I had to chase down the spa cover that blew all the way to the other side of the yard, dig a lawn chair out of the bottom of the pool, and put the rings in the bin before they all flew away all during a thunder and lightning storm. So, yeah, noodles, cheese, and broccoli.
Husband: Whatever.
Me: Are you fricking kidding me? I guess you'd rather we ate the leftover lasagna which is worse? Whatever is right.


Now, let me add that my husband works out of town Monday through Friday so do I cook major fancy meals when he's not around? No. The kids and I eat healthy, easy things, lots of chicken (not nuggets, either), fish - stuff that's easy to make. So, when he says something like this to me, I get extremely frustrated and defensive. Probably not the best way to handle things but I really don't need another adult telling me what to eat. Nothing pisses me off more than that.

And, don't even get me started on when he makes comments about me eating ice cream....

I'm pretty sure that there is something wrong with me. If I don't write every single thing that I need to do in my calendar, on a sticky note (love those new Super Sticky Sticky Notes!), on a scratch piece of paper, on my hand, anywhere, I will absolutely be sure to forget about it. I have forgotten more things since moving here to Scottsdale than any other time in my life (maybe my subconscious agreeing with me about not wanting to live here - but that's a whole other post for another time...) I have been late to even more things because people call me (thank god for that!) and remind me I'm supposed to be somewhere right now. So, then I run around crazy trying to get ready to leave and drag whatever child (poor Elizabeth - it's usually her stuff) out the door and drive like a bat out of hell to get wherever it is I'm supposed to be.

Last night I got a call from the parent hosting our 1st girl scout meeting asking me if I was coming or not. "Oh shit!" was my response because, again, I forgot that we were supposed to have a meeting to let the girls decide what badges they want to complete this year. I'm in the middle of making dinner, in my pajamas, face washed, really in no way ready to be seen in public. However, I throw on a pair of capris, tank top, close-toed shoes (because my toes are gross and I really need a pedicure), lip gloss, whip up a quick burrito for each child and throw Elizabeth in the car. The mom only lives 5 mnutes away thank goodnss but by the time we get there, the other girls had already done all their badges and the meeting was pretty much over (so why was it so important for me/us to be there if you weren't going to let Elizabeth be involved in any of the decision making anyway??? And that will be my next post because I am having serious issues about that.)

Anyway, my goal for this month is to try to NOT be late or miss any more appointments, meetings, activities, etc. I will put everything in my calendar, with a reminder, so I can be a more responsible person. We'll see how it goes. :)