A Bullet in the Foot Would be Less Painful Than This...

With three weeks until graduation, you'd think it would have all been done. Like I'd seen it all, done it all, dealt with it all and bought the t-shirt. But no. Apparently, there are some that are willing to just keep things going until everyone else around them is praying for their own horrific death's just so that they don't have to deal with this anymore.

I am at that point.

When the process started, there were a few blips on the radar - crazy mom's with crazy requests - but for the most part they were harmless. As the year has progressed I have witnessed behavior that has been shocking and honestly, if someone had been video taping, we could be a viral sensation on YouTube.

My mindset from the get-go was that this day is about the grads. Yes, we are homeschooler's and we, as the parents, have worked hard to get to this day, but you know what? WE ARE PARENTS! It is our JOB to work hard! I've mentioned in a previous post that I had one mom scream that this is HER day - not her son's. REALLY??? So now, same crazy-self-absorbed-self-righteous-pain-in-my-butt has a new mission: To ruin everyone's day. Seriously, it seems to be her goal. Because really, the 19 families that are graduating should really just be celebrating HER - no one else.

Her latest mission is on a 30-second (maybe less) of a song that is being considered as the recessional song. The kids were not allowed to choose ANYTHING in this ceremony so we compromised about their exit. They are going to personalize it and exit in a fun manner. Well, that was not acceptable to this woman. We nominated three songs and started the voting process. She did not like the song that was in the lead and so started contacting me to complain. After two e-mails and a phone call, she put it out there to the group with HER recommendations for music. Again, REALLY?

I handed in my resignation last night to our graduation mentor. I'm done. My son will graduate as planned but as for me as the coordinator, I'm done. We have a meeting on Monday and if I have to sit and look at this heinous excuse for a mother, someone better break out the video camera because I would have to let her know what a sorry human being she is and that she ruined 18 other families graduation by being selfish.

It IS a Manic Monday...I think

Okay, so let's re-cap a couple of things. First off, my brain never shuts down and so I take Melatonin to help me sleep at night. Here's a note to self...when you take said Melatonin and wake up two hours later coughing up a lung, do NOT take a shot of Nyquil. The result is that you will be in a coma for at least another 12-16 hours. NOT a good feeling.

I'm still unemployed. I'm trying not to get too down about this because so is a large portion of the population. I am not alone. Although, it is sort of a kick in the rear when I have 20 years of retail management experience and cannot get a job bagging groceries!! But it's okay. It's all in God's hands and when the time is right for me to work, He will provide.

I'm in homeschool mom mode this morning and was all set to pull out a can of whup-ass on my boy for being in his room playing his guitar when I had asked him to do his consumer math and wouldn't you know it, he was done with the whole daggone chapter already!! Go Nick!

Speaking of him playing the guitar, I'm sitting here kind of feeling like that dad in the old Twisted Sister video to "We're Not Gonna Take It" where he just yells at his son "You sit around here all day playing that sick, repulsive, electric twanger!! What do you want to DO with your life????" That can't be a good thing.

I did another explosive food shopping yesterday and saved $111 in coupons and store sales. You know, some people want to get their same amount of food for less, I want to spend the same amount of money and get more. When we're trying to save money, I'm not so sure that's the way to go. But my cabinets are very full - there's even lobster tails in the freezer because they were dirt cheap and...well, I like lobster and never get to have it. Again, probably not the smartest choice when trying to save money.

Frank and I went out to dinner alone Friday night because the kids were both sleeping out - miracle of miracles. We went to a steakhouse here in town that we both really enjoy and while the food was awesome, the service was not. So I wrote a letter to the company via their web-site and guess what? We get dinner on the house one night this week! See? It pays to speak up sometimes! Now, had it just been one thing about the service that we didn't like, I would have done nothing. But repeatedly throughout our meal, things went wrong and our waiter was never around! So we'll get to go out again this week. I'm unsure if we'll take the kids or not. Hee, hee.

It's raining.

I miss hanging out with my friends. We need a girls night out soon, ladies!!

All this planning for the Disney talk in October makes me want to go right now!

Now I have to go and beat someone with an electric guitar...have a good day!