I hate working when my kids have the day off! I would have loved to have stayed home with them yesterday. Stay at home moms have a tough job -- but I would LOVE to be one of them. I find myself very jealous of them. It isn't meant to be for me since we are not financially stable enough to pull this off. I wish it were. I would even love to be part time. I know kids can drive you crazy, but I hate missing out on anything. Hopefully I'll stop craving that life. I hate myself when I'm a jealous person.

I am sorry, normally I don't get political -- but that damn Hillary Clinton with her "plantation" quote yesterday really fries me. I hope she spoils her chances at president because she is such a damn divider. You can make your points without inciting hate. You can be critical of whatever you want, but how about offering something better?

How can I be this fired up and this tired at the same time? My sleep prescription got screwed up at the pharmacy last night so I went another night without sleep. Maybe that is why I'm pretty damn cranky today!!! I want to go to my class tonight like I want to be kicked in the face. Hate it when I am like this. I promise to be more cheerful tomorrow!

Today is not a productive work day..... but the comment on this post somehow brought to mind a cute story about my kids and love interests. I agree that spending time with them is the key -- making time whenever is much more important than fancy clothes or trips in my book. Spending time with the kids is so much more important than a clean house or fancy dinner.

My kids Super Girl and Wonder Boy are 8 and 9 and are now the victims of love. Both have crushes and both have others kids who have a crush on them. It seems the elementary school is awash in love! This past weekend a boy (Hunter) came over to our house asking if Super Girl could come out to play. He was disappointed to learn she wasn't home but said he'd be back. So yesterday he came over in the morning while my kids were being watched by a sitter on their day off. He asked Super Girl if she could come out to play. She said no. Later he came back and asked again and the sitter told him no. What is crazy is that he is 9 and is roaming pretty far from home to woo our little Miss Super Girl. He told her that he looked her up in the school directory and decided to come over. Her first stalker. Funny to have a boy falling for my tomboy ;-) My son Wonder Boy also has a love situation. A first grader has declared her love for him. Wonder Boy is 3rd grader with a crush on a 5th grader.

I have reminded my kids that they are not allowed to date until they are 16. I also talked to them about the difference between LIKE and LOVE and how they are too young to LOVE someone that way. I love it that they both completely agree that they are too young for this stuff and that 16 might be a better age to start dating. So far they are open to logic -- wouldn't it be great if it stayed that way?

Crazy love -- I have to admit, this is getting fun! Both kids are SO cute talking about who has a crush on whom. Boy do I love chatting with my kids. I am finally learning to write down these stories. Even though they are not big deal stories they are fun to look back upon. My kids love hearing stories about when they were little. I'm glad I wrote some of them down. I'm working on writing the old ones down as they come to me. I don't trust my memory despite the fact I am only 37. Time slips by SO quickly!!

By the way, the different colors within the same post basically are indicators of how many times I came back to add something that same day. Apparently I have a lot of after thoughts. I'll miss being able to add thoughts when work sends me back on the road soon. Can't blog and drive at the same time. I need to stop smoking before I'm a road warrior again. Why do I love smoking and driving?