Bed Wetting Frustrations

“Mommy?”

I heard her sweet little voice. Ugh. I knew right away why I was being poked in my face to wake from a sound sleep. My eyes twittered open to the face of my angel, my bed wetting angel. Another wet night to clean up.

Time to get moving. A 1 AM bath. Trying to track down clean PJ’s. Praying that I have dry, clean sheets to put back on her bed. Trying to stay really quiet without waking anyone, especially the crazy dogs. OK. The dark is not working. Where are the lights switches?

Yes. We have some hectic nights in our home. I would say at least once a month we have a bed wetting accident which is mild - compared to some families. Our accidents are usually a result of a late weekend night with too much to drink and not enough potty breaks before bedtime.

The crappy part is that sometimes she wakes up in the night and moves to the sofa, where an accident happens, so there goes a week of washing out the foam, drying, and all the other great stuff that comes along with peeing on mom’s couch.

So, the plastic is already on the mattress, wondering if I should put plastic on the sofa as a “just in case?” What really sucks about the sofa one - if she has her accident during a long week of rain. So much for sitting the cushions outside and washing / drying. Hmmm… idea!

I should just put plastic up all over - no pee, no food on the floors, no drinks spilt - heck covers the dogs too. I mean, no one listens to mom when she says, “No food or drinks out of the kitchen!”

TTFN ~

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bye, bye cell

My son is 12 going on 8 I sometimes think. I mean this is no joke. I sometimes think he is going back in age on some very basic things that he knew just fine a year ago. It frustrates me to no end to have to rewind and repeat basically everything that I say to him.

Well, the lovely cell phone bill came in the mail and I FREAKED! There were over $70.00 worth of charges for Internet, music, and just crap. You name it and it was on the bill. So, now all of the Internet is OFF for my son. He can use his cell for what is what designed for - to make calls.

He swears it is because the side buttons keep catching and dialing stuff on their own. Well, I could believe that if the side buttons weren’t only for column control. I mean I have the same freaking phone as him - I’m not stupid, I know how to use it!

He is responsible for the charges which means mom gets some work around the house that is not in his normal chore / routine. I am gonna work his butt off for that $70.00 worth of crap. He just doesn’t get the struggle we go through with the economy right now.

Well, his ass will understand over the next month!

I’m not gonna be mean, or work him like a dog. But he will work and he will come out of this a new guy with a clearer understanding of how life works.

Reminds me of my poor friend. He and his wife are struggling with his son from a first marriage. Apparently, his ex-wife is not paying attention to the cell phone usage and his son has racked up about $900 worth of 900 calls. A 15 year old calling “love” numbers. Oh, WOW!

Not quite sure how that got resolved trying to pay it off, but the son no longer has a phone and won’t get it back from what I hear. This is not his first time with trying to get long-distance love. There is no way I could keep calm if my son did that!

Wish me luck!

TTFN ~

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next on the agenda - braces

Well, not for me, my oldest. After years of battling bike accidents, that led to jaw and teeth surgeries, that led to major screwed up mouth issues, he has now reached the point to get braces on. Thankfully! In two weeks, the metal will be a shining in my son’s mouth.

It is sad, but I had to put off getting the braces for my son for about six months just so I could find an Orthodontist that would fit my budget. The good thing about it, I actually found the top Orthodontist in my area AND he was willing to work with the payments I can afford. There is something said for being patient.

Now, if I could only find someone to give me reduced prices on tires and free plastic surgery, I am good to go. Oh, did I mention I would REALLY love an iPhone? You know, I am a busy mom, have to keep a ton of schedules together!

Anywho, Mr C is thankful for the braces at last. He is truly the one that has kept me going trying to find someone that would work with us. He is embarrassed by his teeth and even his friends have made fun of them. He wants braces on and he now has gotten his wish.

Do you remember back when we were first getting braces on - like 20-some years ago? OMG! has it really been that long? We hated the thought of the metal, being called names like “train tracks,” all for the sake of some beauty. Back then, we were use to crooked teeth. That’s just how it was.

Today, it is second nature to have braces put on. Everyone does it, but stupid insurance still sees it as a cosmetic surgery, so they don’t cover near what they should on costs. Oh well. If they would take a gander at my son’s teeth, Orthodontics might get a big boost in coverage. They wouldn’t want any child’s teeth like that.

Trust me, his is to keep the bully’s from making fun, but also so that he can eat a tad bit normal.

So, wish us luck over the next few weeks, as he gets them on, and mom has to take care of the mouth as I listen to how much it hurts. I know. Been there. That is gonna suck and I will need to exercise some extreme patience with him.

Oh the joys of parenting. We LOVE it thought!

TTFN ~

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Some Relief

As most of you all know my sister is getting married in September and has asked that my daughter be her flower girl. Great! Awesome! No problem! But, I have to purchase all of her “things”; shoes, tights, dress, etc. Well, I have been to all of the gown stores within my area and there are several issues: one) flower girl dresses only come in white or ivory; two) they do not have even a close enough match to the color my sister wants; and three) the dresses are a bit too… um… not appropriate for a 7 year old.

There is one dress that is an option that will come in the color my sister wants, but it is a junior bridesmaid dress which means my daughter will have to have it to custom fit. OK, fine, I don’t mind, but the dress is over $150.00, plus with the shoes, died to match, another $50.00, then the tights which cost nothing.

I was freaking to spend over $200.00 on an outfit my daughter will wear once! My mom offered this weekend to pay for everything Miss K would need for the wedding. Heck yea! Normally, I wouldn’t accept money like this from my mom, but knowing the amount of money I have to fork out to fly home for the wedding, I am ready to take any help possible.

Airfare: $1,408.00; Hotel: $451.82; Car: $208.00; Total: $2,067.82 - OMG! This is just to get us there; no food, no nothing while we are there. I am going nuts. I mean it would have been one thing if I had some sort of idea, but going through all of my own family issues lately, our move, dental stuff for my son, I was drained of money before she had even asked. I could have said no, but considering I haven’t been home in forever, I figured going would kill two birds with one stone.

What irritated me most of all, was NO one in my family - and I have three sisters there within the same vicinity, plus my mom - offered to let us stay with them for the measly four days we will be in town. WTF? We are the only people coming in from out-of-state, but no one offered and I’m not going to ask. That might seem stupid to not ask, but one time I did and I was given the list of reasons why I couldn’t stay, so no need to bother with that.

I am thinking of starting a fund for people to donate to so that I can get home. How terrible is that. Oh *sigh* just another one of life’s little joys!

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New Class Underway

Well, I started a new class yesterday and with less than a year to go for the marketing degree, I am really second-guessing it all now. I am slowly (more like I AM ALREADY THERE) getting burned out on my current career path that I have been in for over ten years. I am fortunate to have both the background and experience in my career that I do, but I find absolutely no joy in anything associated with this career choice.

Yes, I have a lot of benefits with my company - working from home, extremely lax working hours, and so on, for normally a position that requires a lot of strict guidelines because of what I do. I love my company, I just want out of the job. It is because of the feelings towards what I do, that have me questioning the degree path I am on.

I usually work through the feelings and frustrations because I have a ton of time, energy, and money  invested in the degree, and lots of lost time with my kids. It is too late really for me to change my degree a whole lot and what ever I would decide, would still be in business, so it’s not like I can make a huge change and still be within a good time frame to successfully complete my degree. I’m not starting all over again.

So, really this is more of a vent to release some frustration because I know what I’ll do; I’ll keep going with this degree since I have such a little amount of time left. Then I will have a marketing degree and want out of business so bad that the bitter taste in my mouth won’t go away.

I ventured out at 18 to find the path no one else in my family took. I started off pretty good, then young and stupid, I got blinded by what I thought was love and my path skewed a bit. Well, love found and lost and two kids later - both reminding me they are the center of my world - I find myself age 34 and trying to get back on that path is frustrating to say the least.

OK, vent OFF!

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Kids and Back to School

Spring Break for my kiddos was last week. They stayed up late, they partied harder than mom, and now they hate returning to school. OK, so I was lax over the week, it was Spring Break for heaven’s sake., but no one can get back into the groove now. Tired and cranky is how the past few mornings have been, but usually once up, Miss K is ready to go. Not Mr C.

Sluggish and tired; no get-up and go, we all are still on Spring Break and want to sleep in, do what we want and forget time exists. Then I wake up from that day dream and realize we are in the real world again and sleeping in is a thing of the past. OK, I guess schedules win.

Today was just funny to hear nothing but, “I’m too tired to wake up.” ” No, I’m not going to school.” “Please don’t make me go!” Oh how I love the sound of tired in the morning, that means they will fall asleep at least on time, if not earlier, for bed tonight. Know what that means for mom? Yea, getting to go to bed early too! Hmm, what did you think I meant?

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