Long Time No See

Okay, I admit it, I have not been taking very much time for me lately. I started a new job the same week the Anti-Hippie left for a 2 week stint with the Navy in New York. Leaving me at home with the 2 kiddos. That is all fine and good, except I am pregnant and full of those hormones and I just started a new job for pete's sake. When we planned this New York AT(Annual Training), #1 I was not pregnant and #2 I did not have a job, so when he called and asked how it was going, and I jumped down his throat, those are the 2 main reasons I did so.

So my new classroom is really tiny and I have 13 middle to upper class kindergartners through third graders. The community in which I teach does not acknowledge poverty, even though there is a trailer park directly across the street from the school, albeit, across the tracks too, but I digress. I came into this job because the person who had the classroom quit right after Christmas Break, there are rumors about why, but that is not my concern, my concern is getting this classroom into working order with structure and discipline.

So, the Anti-Hippie arrived back home last week and Gnat and I picked him up from the airport. He had to work the next day so I planned a girlie night with my girlie girls, in honor of the January birthdays. Mrs. Granola came, Earth Muffin was there, as was Aunt KiKi, and K. K is recently separated from her husband, and I barely recognize the woman she has become in the past 2 years of freedom. I am so proud of her for our life stories mirror one another's, and I knew she was the strong woman she is becoming!! (this is the only time I have taken for myself, I need to go get a massage and just learn to relax)

{Anyways, while the Anti-Hippie was gone, I learned that dogs who eat dirty diapers, puke up said dirty diapers and it is really gross!}

So this week was uneventful for the most part, I reconnected with an old friend on Facebook and he has been reading this blog, trying to catch up on my life for the past 14 years. Gnat got sick for the first time on Wednesday and the Anti-Hippie took such good care of her. By Thursday she felt much better, by early Friday morning I was as sick as a dog, and still had to go into work early to put sub plans out on my desk and to get my room prepped for the sub. I was sick all day Friday, UNTIL>>>>>>>> the Anti-Hippie got sick. Then I thought I better get better because who was really going to take care of stuff, now? So here it is 2pm in the afternoon, Gnat is running around the house and mama and papa are sick as dogs in bed. At 4pm I roused myself up to go get Eddy, so that he could entertain Gnat while I caught a few more winks. WRONG>>>>, Eddy wanted to eat, when Eddy wanted to eat so did Gnat, Gnat filled approximately 5 diapers with poo that night, at 7:30 I called Aunt KiKi and told her that I needed her, that the Anti-Hippie and I were dying, and that the kids were running amok. She came over, (from what I barely remember) and put jammies on the baby and rocked her to sleep, while Eddy fell asleep on the floor of the baby's room.
Now, Eddy was a champ that night, running between me and my puke bucket and the Anti-Hippie in the bathroom, updating us on each other and keeping a somewhat good eye on the baby. Saturday morning I woke up feeling much better, and started disinfecting the house. Knock on a huge piece of wood Eddy never got sick.
The Anti-Hippie is another story, I know I am dramatic, but WTF? He could win an Academy Award for his performances, yesterday and today. He actually said to me, 'how are you up moving around?", Well honey one of us has to be, because I am not reliving Friday night again, or DCFS will come and take our kids. And the house smells like sickness and I need to get it cleaned up for the week!!!!

Well, hope you enjoyed this installment stay tuned for more happenings here in V-Town, where the Mamas are pregnant and crazy!!!