Earl and I are homing in on the same song this week, though not quite the same version. Right before Jamie’s group played Proud Mary the other night, while the band director was intruducing the song, I leaned over to the hubby and said, “This is how we do…Proud Mary.”

Well, what a week this has been! I sat around Sunday afternoon about to break down in tears because I just could not focus on my homework, and it was due that night by midnight. So I finally sent an email to my professor letting him know it would be late. As the evening dragged on I thought to myself, “What are you doing?” My stress level was unreal. So I spent a couple of days reassessing and asking myself why I thought I needed a master’s. As it turns out, I don’t need one. My job is not dependent on it. I’m not looking to find another job. I don’t want to be a manager. Then I looked at how the stress was affecting me. I was having trouble focusing at work, which I cannot be doing. I couldn’t focus on homework after work, so I was having to squeeze it in on weekends along with yardwork/housework/kids. I was limiting some of their time having friends over because I had homework. I thought about it, and I was literally working 7 days a week, which is no wonder I was having trouble focusing. My brain was not resting, and really I was only getting a break on Friday nights. Plus, I cannot unlearn what I learned in the classes I did take. So, I quit.

Now, without having to spend a good portion of my weekends on homework, I have time to do things I really want to do and enjoy doing like gardening. It’s still early enough that I can plant a small container garden with just a few veggies. Mittens is going to have to give up her dirt bed in the big planters, but I noticed she has taken to chillin’ on my kneeling pad that is a pain in the butt to use for gardening anyway. Anyway, I kept my old BDUs and DCUs for a reason. LOL

We can also build a connecting shed between the shed and the playhouse so we will have a sheltered area to park the riding mower in, and once I get James’ scraps out of MY shed (under the playhouse), I can have my woodshop.

And I can play my guitar more often. I’ll have another performance up sometime this weekend probably. I won’t do that every week, but I’ll do it enough to warrant posting the vids on YouTube. I mean, come on. Who doesn’t want to watch a 38 21-year-old fat woman play along with her cd’s like she is still a kid.

Y’all have a good weekend!

Bet that got your attention.

I dropped out of school tonight. Well, ok, just this term so far, but I’m done. Before the week’s out, I will be completely dropped out. More on that later.

Last band concert for the year tonight. Jamie’s grade did Proud Mary. I had to channel Tina. LOL

I’m exercising again. Not much, but I’m doing it at least 3 times a week.

Black kitty, which Jamie calls Shadow, got close enough this morning that I was able to touch him. He ran off as soon as I did, but he didn’t run far.

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I felt absolutely no difference.

But I pretend to be one on Friday nights.

I messed up a few riffs. 16 years ago, I could play this flawlessly.

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I need a vacation. I’m starting to feel a little burned out.

Went to the driving range today at lunch. It was so nice out. I didn’t want to go back to work, but having to leave early helped with incentive. I could tell I hadn’t swung a club in nearly 9 years, and I can sure feel it in my back.

I think MacBros was trying to goad me into another performance last week. I think I just might. Of course, sure as I commit, I won’t be able to play worth a flip. LOL I’ve considered doing it as a weekly feature, but at some point I would have to expand my repertoire to include something other than Fleetwood Mac songs.

I got 2 birthdays out of the way this week. My baby Chad is no longer in single digits. Still got Jamie yet to go this month. We’re going to go get her a new bike for an early birthday present tomorrow morning. After last week’s incident of her crashing and burning, which I know was caused by her knees hitting the handlebars, she needs a bigger bike.

Hope y’all have a great weekend!

Powerful winds, tornadoes possible tonight

And for an added bonus, storms likely tomorrow which means there goes another Friday lunch outing at the driving range cancelled. Granted, my clubs will remain in the trunk just in case…

It was graduation night at Ninja School and the kids got their yellow belts.

more cat pictures

Actually, I am having a much better week than last week and I am much busier. Not in such a mood though. Funny thing this morning. I sent an email to a guy that was a follow up to a teleconference. I cc’ed my co-workers, and one commented on how nice and courteous I wrote the email. I said “It comes in spurts.” (Go ahead and break that quote down, as we had quite the laugh over it.) A couple of emails later the guy sent one just to me. Now, his name was really familiar to me, and turns out mine was to him. We were stationed together overseas AND his wife was Jamie’s kindergarten teacher. Small world.

I got home, heated up a leftover steak and grabbed a bottle of wine. No, it wasn’t full. There was about a glass full left, and I didn’t want to get a glass dirty so I drunk it from the bottle. (Yes, I know that’s redneck/hick.Whatever.) Took off my work pants and threw on pajama shorts, and then it hit me. Today is the NC primary. Well, sorry but my butt was 1) not putting my clothes back on and 2) not driving to the polling place and sure as heck not walking 2 miles one-way at 77F after chugging a big glass of wine. Oh well. It was going to pain me to cast a vote for a Clinton, and I’m not voting for a Dem come November anyway. Yeah, McCain, you’re included in the Dem remark. I have 3 choices: Libertarian, Constitution, or write in.