Dot to Dots, Dirty Diapers & Decisions

I was locked in some twisted version of a dot to dot experience today. Only, the dots did not connect to reveal a cool image. Rather, the image of a stressed out/tired/over caffeinated/mom with little to no memory skills. I am lucky to have returned home in one piece. Nothing went on my time schedule today, plans were thrown under the bus, and I feel as if I drove to freakin Maine and back in all of about 7 hours.

Thank my Guardian Angel who guided me back home after church and an appointment today. O needed a nap and I needed some nourishment, so we came home. Good thing we did. I forgot it was # 1 of the diaper study drop offs today. Frantically I filled in the bubbles (times are approximate as I hadn't filled the sheets in yet and it is day 4) I checked which diapers had pooh in them so I could accordingly mark that on the sheet (at least that part will be truthful). 2 diapers missing. CRAP! No punn intended. They were found, again with help from my guardian angel. One hadn't been used yet that should have been. It somehow made it outside the synchronized schedule of rotating diapers. Oh well, tore the fastener off and marked that I couldn't use it due to the fastener being "broken". Sounded good to me. As the worker lady checked my paperwork and bagged my smelly bag 'o diapers, I only got gently scolded for one teeny tiny mistake on my bubbling. Dangit. After how many years of teaching and standardized testing I made a bubble mistake. Coulda been worse.

Onto the beauty supply store. Oh, how I wish I could really buy more beauty there. Beauty that radiates from the soul inside. In actuality I had to return a pump I bought for my gigantic shampoo bottle at the salon. 2 pumps came with the s&c, but one pump was too small. Drove 30  minutes just to return a pump. After the last week of not having a fitting pump, that drive was worth it today.

I taught computers for a few years. Have always enjoyed dabbling in/on them, creating with them, etc. I can type wicked fast. Why is it then that this new device we bought last week could be upsetting my entire life so much? A tablet. Needed to use the "square" for processing credit. Supposed to be easy, everyone says. If you have the magic "i" devices of course. Mine is not, but said to be compatible, it is an ANDROID. That in itself sounds like a low budget movie about dead things gone wrong.Well, I am about ready to throw it into the river. There is no river close to my house. Another road trip today perhaps? Possibly.

About 6 hours have lapsed since I wrote the above excerpt. I still feel stressed out, tired and over caffeinated. Memory is slightly improved. 

The amazing chair! It's super comfy.

In these 6 hours I have shopped for an amazing chair for the salon studio (thank you Kirkland Home!), made a delicious dinner of gf oven fried chicken, zucchini, and gf spinach & cheese ravioli covered in a light maranara sauce. Garlic rolls would have topped the meal off, but you're dreaming if you think I could've gotten that accomplished in this cra.zy day! 


And, the piece de resistance . . . insert drum roll here . . . 
I decided to get an ipod touch. Screw the tablet 
and the Android it runs on. 
I have not been this stressed out in quite some time. 
It's not worth it. 
I want to throw it in the river. 
Maybe we will trade it for aguitar for my DH on Craig's list. 


I went to Big Lots tonight. Sometimes that is an escape for me. Generally it is filled with big lots of crapola, but sometimes I find some really unique things. I wished I'd have had my coupon notebook (yep, I have one) with me, I had some coupons for some items they had and they would have been SCREAMIN deals. Worth going back for. Note to self, check to make sure Big Lots accepts coupons. 


As I sit now, in a quiet house - filled only with "stuff" and the hum of an elderly hard drive and an air purifier . . . I notice there is an avocado perched next to me. In the living room. O was at it again. She tends to put her personal touch on our home by rearranging things. A lot of things. I also notice the tablet. I can't bear to look at it. There is a bottole of RedBridge - a tasty gf beer. There may or may not have been a few gf cinnoman/cinneman/cinnamon rolls on the plate next to me as well - I can't say for sure. My tummy feels real good though. 


My head is spinning a bit. Long a** day. I am grateful for mass this morning. We sit with the most adorable family (next to us of course). 3 kiddos and an incredibly beautiful momma. S, the youngest just loves to love on O. Sometimes bear hugging her to the ground. Tears are involved. She ends up in time out and O doesn't know what hit her. It's sort of cute. S also has the most glorious blond ringlets. I just want to run my fingers through them the entire mass. I think God would understand, he made that gorgeous hair in the first place! During mass, my little monkey just needed to run and squawk so we hung out in the back of the church for a while. She kept wanting to blow out the prayer candles, while saying "hot". Cute innocence.


After mass, they had an informal anointing of the sick. Beautiful sacrament. Came with some scolding today though. Fr. Sergio or was it Fr. Juan. I still can't tell who is who. Anyway - he sternly said that to repeat this sacrament over and over is inappropriate and that it must be a serious/grave disease to receive it. I felt the nudge to go so I went. O did great and I felt the power. Anxiously awaiting one more test result.  

Geesh, I had a lot to write today. Whoops! Been in my head to much lately with being so busy.

"God, it would be ok with me if I woke up tomorrow and my muffin top was gone. Really, I wouldn't mind if you took it. Just please don't move it somewhere else. I already have too much junk in the trunk, if you know what I mean!" Momma got back!