Came across a giveaway

I have never done an entry for one of these, but Krystyn mentioned it in her blog so I had to take a look. It's really a great giveaway so I'm trying to win! You can find it on Rachel's blog. Wish me luck ladies!!!

Oh and just to add I'm feeling MUCH better now just had to get a good cry out. Every once in a while I do that, and I'm sure I'm not the only one out there! I am excited today I'm going to Beaumont with my hubby, and my Mom's meeting us to go do some shopping and have lunch. I NEVER thought going to Beaumont, TX would be exciting to me, but then again I never in a MILLION years thought I would ever move to Lake Charles, LA!!! I'm thoroughly enjoying my long 4 day weekend (love living in Louisiana) for Mardi Gras. I even went to a parade Friday night with Elisabeth and her Mom. Hope you all are having a fabulous weekend :)

I'm having a bum week

So I know it's because my hormones are completely out of whack, but I am just extremely bummed out this week. I feel like so many things are right in my life, and for some reason I'm just bothered by things. For instance I cried my eyes out today because my hubby told me he probably wasn't going to work tonight, and then it turned out he had to go in. Ugh, I'm really not that much of a baby I swear!!

I have started tutoring for one of my students after school on Tuesday and Thursday until 4:30, which means I don't get home until 5:00ish on those days. It's been really great for this child, and I love seeing improvement in him from this. The only bummer is on Tuesdays and Thursdays I don't see my husband at ALL! I know later in our marriage (like 15 years or so) I might feel different about not seeing him for two days a week, but I still really like spending time with him. It just makes the night a little sad for me while he's at work.

I am also really missing my girls. I am getting friends out here now, but no one I would go hang with on a regular basis. I was thinking about coming to Houston this weekend, but I'm so behind on things at my house that I don't feel like it's the right time for me to come. Ugh!!

And then to top it off today I found out how hard my job can be at times. One of my kindergarten students told me this morning that he didn't get any sleep last night because his Mommy and Daddy were fighting. Then he told me that his Daddy was attacking his Mommy, and he went to ask them to stop. His Daddy told him he would stop, and then "C" said that his Daddy tricked him because he didn't stop. I went to the counselor with this information because it of course absolutely broke my heart, and it ended up that we couldn't do anything about it. Ugh this is the part of my job that sucks because it is our duty to report suspicions of abuse, but if it's out of our hands and we can't do anything it makes it really hard.

So I'm not trying to be a "Debby Downer" I'm just having an off day. Good news is that I am off for the next 4 days for Mardi Gras (one thing I love about living in Louisiana) so I should have time to get back to normal. I hope you guys are all doing well!!!

Having a case of the "Not Me Mondays"

Today has sure been a day!!

1. I did NOT get in a huge fight with Elisabeth this morning over the knots in her hair!
2. I did NOT call my Mom shortly after to apologize for being such a butt when I was a teenager, hoping that if I apologize enough God won't punish me like he should when Elisabeth (and our future kiddos) become teenagers!
3. I did NOT make some of my kids do extra work for fillers because I got behind on making some copies!
4. I did NOT wait to pick up the dog poop in our backyard so my husband would pick all of it up himself, oh no not me!!
5. We are NOT going to look at a house today because some extremely "ghetto" people were looking at the condo right next door.
6. We did not decide to go to Washington DC for our one year anniversary, and I'm NOT extremely excited about it!
7. I did NOT have to pick my child up from extended day care today because she didn't understand that her dad and I were picking on her when we told her she had to go after school today.
8. I did NOT have a great date night with my hubby on Saturday!
9. I did NOT give my husband all of my "little kid germs" and not get sick because I'm immune to them now.
10. I did NOT want to throw up myself when a teacher told me about one of her students having PROJECTILE vomit that went from one side of her room to the other! UGH!!!