Of Mice and Men

Apparently I don't have the heart of a hunter.
I set the traps again last night
(sounds like something Pa Ingalls would say,
doesn't it?),
but I have no dead rodent
to report about this morning.
I used peanut butter this time because I was told
that was supposed to be fool proof.
Evidently they didn't know what kind of a fool
they were dealing with here.
Oh well.
Tonight I am turning over the death traps
to Lloyd Dobbler and hopefully he will be able
to kill the beast.

Hey, Dear Reader,
it's actually NOT snowing here today.
Can you believe it?
I am so glad. I was beginning to think
somebody has secretly moved me to Alaska.
I thought I'd be able to see Sarah Palin from my house
(or is that Russia?).
But no.
Still Middle TN,
still God's country.


I started to tell you
what a good start we are off to this morning,
but I didn't want to ruin it.
Or "jinx us," if you are familiar with that term.
How good of a start can we be at, though,
since every single one of us is still in our jammies?
But I am pleased with this morning so far,
compared to the last eight weeks.
We've already had a bit of schooling done.
I caught up on grading math which was getting
ridiculously behind. Baby J has been placed in his bed
for his little nap....something I have got to get back
to doing. I used to be the Queen of putting a baby
on a schedule and with him I have not even been
in the royal family. But I'm taking steps in the
right direction with that.
We're starting to get all these ducks in a row.


It just seems like it has been so crazy here lately.
There's the normal craziness of life with four kids and
home schooling and adjusting to life with a newborn again when you've forgotten all that already.....but we've just had other craziness that has been, well, it's just been a lot. The thing about that is that it helps me put things in perspective.
What else can you do?
I have just been doing the things that had to be
done and not stressing about the rest.
It'll be this way for a few weeks more
(and then who knows if it will settle down!?!?)
and then it'll hopefully be
spring
(I can't wait!)
and that will help the world to be a better place.
The craziness may be here forever.
I just have to learn how to deal with everything,
keep all those plates spinning. It won't always be
like the way it is now. Baby J won't always be so small
with so many needs. Everything that is crazy
won't always be like this---hey, it may
get crazier, who knows?
But we are holding on
and putting one foot down after the other
and welcoming those new mercies every morning.

On the medical front,
I think I have decided
NOT to post pone
that sugar test any longer.
They told me
anytime after six weeks
it could be done.
My OB wanted it done
when I went to
him recently.
I have the paperwork.
All I have to do is show up at the lab one morning
having not eaten anything since midnight.
I have checked my blood sugar in the mornings
a few times and they are good.
I don't know why I dread having this test done,
but I do.
But I am thinking tomorrow will be
the day to do it
and just get it over with.

Okay...so instead of messing up
this productive morning myself
by getting sucked into
the computer wasteland,
(Isn't that what they sang at the Superbowl half time show?)
I think I will get off of here
and get back to productivity.

Later, DR.