Bad Karma

Today was one of THOSE days. A day that it would have been perfectly OK to just sleep an extra 24 hours and skip entirely. I woke up with some stupid news from my boss which put me in a bad mood instantly. And seriously, on a Saturday? Dumb. Have I mentioned I hate my job? Can´t someone find me a new one ASAP? The morning was hectic and I was taking Nora downtown (I was alone) and I felt 3 drops on my head. I was convinced it was just water from a tree since it has just stopped raining. Just to be sure I ran my hand over my head and looked at it. Birdshit. Sweet. Now what? I can´t just walk around with shit in my hair. So, I stopped this random girl and asked her if she could clean the birdshit out of my head with a towelette. I´m not even sure I´d do that for a stranger. I was alone with N because A was busy and I was filling up her bath and somehow the squirter thing came out of the tub. I opened the door and the b room was pretty much flooded. Awesome!!!!!!! After I got things cleaned up and put N to bed (which she has peed earlier so I had to take EVERYTHING off) I showered and as I was blow drying my hair it got caught. In the blowdryer. I´m pretty sure I have a bald spot back there but I´m afraid to look. And as I sat down to write this my computer died. So, Universe. I´m not sure what I´ve done to you lately but take this (A BIG MIDDLE FINGER STICKING IN YOUR FACE) Here´s to hoping that tomorrow is better. Don´t know how it could get much worse!

Un Poco De Todo

Hello blog readers. Are you still out there? My blog has been so blah as of late, my apologies! It seems like life is just kinda strolling along. No funny stories really. What have we been up to? Besides wanted to kill my daughter, nothing much. I feel like I didn´t get the mom gene. Like, really. I´m worried. I feel like so many moms are rocking having 7 kids, all calm and loving and I lose my shit on a daily basis. I can´t deal...with the whining and crying (about nothing) and so then I use the ole´¨I´ll give you something to cry about young lady!¨ I also notice myself saying ¨Then, knock it off.¨ Oh God, we do become our parents, don´t we? I feel like this is my reasoning for maybe sticking with the ¨One and done¨ motto. Although I feel like she´s crying 99.9 percent of the day, she did just stop and say ¨Mommy, I´m happy.¨ Go figure. Kids do say funny things at this age. ¨Mommy the sky is brewing¨ It was cloudy..ha! I´ve seen3 women in this past week wearing uniforms. (Nannies) I mean, really? This infuriates me every time I see it. What´s the point? What year is it again? 1923? I was a nanny way back when and if my boss would have told me to come wearing a uniform I would have told her to stick it where the sun don´t shine! It´s been rainy the past two days and the temp dropped from 90 to 70. Praise the Lord. No boob sweat! (For now). It has been back to the grind for me teaching and getting int he routine. I´ve gotten into running which has been kinda fun. I feel like all the skinny people I know are runners so I thought I´d give it a try. So far so good. I´m looking for things to put Nora in..,mainlyswimming lessons, but no luck yet. Oh America, I missyour over-achieving ways. I´ve been writing at night for some different companies to send in writing samples.We´ll see how that goes. I expect nothing but it´s been wonderful to get mywriting brain back in gear. Yee ha! So that´s it internet, a slight glimpse of heaven. ha! (jk) ta ta for now.

on Titles

I always wanted a fancy job title. I wanted to wear suites to work and walk in with a hot cup of starbucks in my hand, high heels, hair up, beautiful bag, back straight important me. I haven´t got that title yet. I just got done going through some linkedin things and I´m not gonne lie. I´m kinda depressed. 99.9 percent of my friends are so incredibly successful it´s amazing. Vice president this...director of operations that... I teach ESL. Anyone can do that! Am I going to be a retired ESL teacher? Is that the Lord´s plan for me?! I sure hope not. Until I find my perfect job title I guess I´ll just stick with Mommy. That has a nice ring to it. At least I get to wear comfortable shoes.

fashion blashion

I went shopping today and I felt like things were so ugly. 1) Everything had either an American or British flag on it. Why would I want to wear that? 2)I feel like everything was bedazzled with a magical wand. Jeans, shirt, bags...bedazzled. Ok gross... I´m not an 8 year old girl. 3)Too much zebra print. I´m kinda over it.

hmm

My daughter might be wearing diapers in college. I feel like we are back tracking here. She didn´t poop in her diaper ALL summer and she has twice since we´ve been back..hmm. Oh well, I suppose she will get there at some point. Girls have really short hair here. I´ve been noticing that all the girls Nora´s age are like, bald. ha. I think it´s because parents are obsessed about shaving their kids heads here when they are little because they are convinced it will ¨grow back stronger.¨ Have you ever heard about this before? I´m glad the girls have earrings because half of the time I think they are boys! We were at our friends the other day and they were giving their 2.5 year old and 4.5 year old daughters bottles. Talk about back tracking... I feel bad for all of Nora´s second string toys. You know the ones..that they NEVER want to play with. You kinda just want to go in there and snuggle them once in awhile. I´m trying to find activities for N to do but so far no luck. Blek!

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It´s stil in the upper 90´s which is a bit ridiculous. Fall weather starts around here like END of October. boo hiss. So, luckily a lot of my friends have pools so we´ve been rocking those out quite often. It´s fun for N because it´s like having ¨playdates¨ ha! Yesterday there was a mini fair in our friends town so we headed there for the evening. I´m usually a stickler about sticking to Nora´s schedule and keeping her naptime and bedtime the same. Yesterday I decided to be Spanish and not care at all. We got home at 1 a.m. GASP. But you know what? I was shocked (I don´t know why at this point) at HOW MANY KIDS are out at this hour. I mean, we´re talking from newborns on up. I just do not get it! Are we as Americans FREAKS about keeping schedules and bedtimes? Is this a good thing? For me personally, YES would be the answer. School has started and these kids go from 9 to 2 Mon to Fri...yes, it was a Saturday night, but you know if your kid goes to bed at 2am they are not going to sleep until 2pm..they will probably be awake by eight! I just dont think they are getting enough sleep! Anyways, so N went on a few rides and had a great time. I suppose once in awhile won´t hurt anyone, eh?

Woot

So far so good. Honestly, the transition from Spain to USA and USA to Spain has been way easy. She was adjusted to the new time zones the next day. Score. Its still probably going to be in the 90s all month which stinks I wish fall existed here. Anywho back to the grind!

We are back

and ready to attack. All good things must come to an end;( N did great on the flight(s) home thanks to a lil drug I like to call Melatonin. After three years of crazy flights we finally discovered something that works and is O Naturaaal. She slept for five hours on the airplane which is a record considering she has never slept more than 2. She had the occassional outbursts of ¨I WANT OUTTA HERE¨ (don´t we all sister!) and I also find it interesting how that kid could watch the i pad 24 hours in a row besides on an airplane when she doesn´t want anything to do with it! Go figure! We got back and of course handed her directly off to her g parents while I stayed up like a crazy lady (I usually fall asleep) and emptied all three suitcases and carry-ons not to mention cleaning and getting rid of old stuff to make room for the new! Too bad N forgot Span and her grandparents have no idea what she´s saying..ha! I bet by Fri she will be up to par. Kids are like sponges with languages ya know! N slept from 10pm to 2 pm the next day...16 hours! Today she was up at 8am...what a difference a day makes...ha! All of her toys are like new so that´s funny. If your kids are bored with their toys just go away for awhile...it´s like X mas around here! She´s getting re-adjusted to her bed etc but I think so far so good. Work starts next week and in the meantime...ENJOYING life! It´s still freaking hot here..boo Muah.