How Many Tries...

does it take to write a post? I guess it's kind of like the Tootsie pop question, how many licks does it take to get to the middle. I wrote a post on Wednesday night and then when I tried to post it it didn't go through. Then I've started writing this several times over and of course I never was able to finish it and forgot to save it as a draft. So here I am writing the same thing over again for the umpteenth time. Here I go!

Mackenzie has been sick since last weekend. She stayed home on Monday and she seemed to be doing much better until she woke up on Tuesday. She said her throat still hurt really badly and her head hurt. It just so happened that Lee opened that morning so he couldn't stay at home with Mackenzie so she came with me to my office. I have to say she was amazing. She was so good and was quiet and watched her movies on the laptop and she colored. She was really good.

I took her to her appt. at 3:00 to see Dr. Mills. Her peds were all booked up so we saw the Dr. who works the immediate care part of the office. I really like him. He is my regular Dr. now. He's also from Toledo and is a huge OSU fan. Hmm... I wonder who else I know who loves OSU and is from Toledo? Anyhoo, while we were waiting for Dr. Mills I look at her tonsils and they are huge and swollen and had white pockets all over them. He came in and said that she had either tonsilitis or strep throat and an ear infection in her right ear. He said there is a slight chance that it is Mono but he didn't want to do the blook work unless the antibiotics didn't work. The reason he didn't do the throat culture on her is b/c the anitbiotics would work either way if it was strep or tonsilitis.

I am keeping my fingers crossed that it's not Mono. I don't think it is since she's feeling much better since being on the meds. The white pockets are gone. She's still swollen but other than that much better. She's a little tired every now and then but I think being out sick for a week and missing school for 4 days it's hard to get back in the swing of things.

Work this week has been much better. I've had my new help, Melissa, and she's good. She is having to be trained on all aspects of the business but she's doing the tidious stuff that I don't have time to do. We were suppose to have our approval with a major bank on Friday and if that finally went through then my office is going to be a whole lot busier. Oh yeah, to the point where a 3rd person will be needed. If/when this happens the 3rd person will have to know the business and know what she's doing.

I had a conference call with our FL manager and with my marketer. Bob and I are on the same page in a lot of ways. It's one of those love hate relationships. Well, he loves me all the time. He loves me because he tells me constantly that in all of the years of having his own company and working he has never had so many people consistantly tell him how much they like one person. It's hard for me to take compliments so I always blow him off. I told him Friday that he should know by now that everyone has been lying to him. One thing is I do pride myself on my work.

We have a major account with Countrywide and the people who work there I get along with so well. I guess it's b/c I know how to get everyone what they want/need and have a good time at the same time. I'm also a little wacky and my personality just brings smiles to everyone. I'm also a good person to do business with because when Katie was sick as a dog and Windie was too I sent them flowers. I make Bob bring them chocolate. The manager there has already tried to get me to come work for her if I quit my job. There is no way I'd do that in a million years b/c the mortgage business is just so hard and I've been there done that for 5 years and glad I'm out. If I was to ever do it though I'd definitely work for Countrywide. They seem to be the best of the best.

I've got a long weekend. Our offices are open on Monday but I'm taking off b/c everyone we do business with is closed and it's the only day for me to take time off. It'll give me a little more time with the kids too. I've got a to do list of things but I didn't quite get to do them yesterday. Things kinda went south yesterday afternoon. Our lives have been turned upside down once again and just when things finally got back on track. I don't want to go into details at this point but I swear we finally get things back to "normal" and then everything gets turned upside down again. It's so frustrating.

I've got a problem. It's a stupid problem but ever since watching the Grammy's and seeing Justin Timberlake perform and do an awesome job I've really taken an interest into his music. I don't want anyone giving me a hard time about it either since he was in a boy band. I think he'd really talented and ain't too hard on the eyes. I love the performance w/ Robin Troup who one the My Grammy Moment. I keep watching it on You Tube. Oh man, someone took the video that he did w/ Scarlett Johannson and made their own video to the song. She took clips from his prior videos and even matched up some of the words and then took clips from Britney's videos. It was so funny and of course in this girls version Britney's car blows up and she is killed like Scarlett was.

Oh and how about Britney shaving her head? That girl has some serious issues. I am really concerned aboutt her boys. She's constantly seen out partying and drinking and showing off her nether regions without panties on and where are the kids? With a nanny? Are they constantly with a nanny? When she's around is it just for a moment? I know so many rich people and celebrities don't really raise their kids. It's usually a nanny or caregiver but I feel so horrible for those kids. I know how much my kids enjoy me spending time with them that I'd hate to constantly shove them off on someone else.

Now don't get me wrong I'd love to have a babysitter for them sometimes but not all the time. I've only used Jana to sit for them and she's only done it 1 time in the past year or so for me and Lee to go out by ourselves. She's amazing though helping me with the kids and picking them up so I can work late when Lee is working late. If it wasn't for her I don't know what I'd do. She helps me so much. Jana is truly my best friend. We are both so crazy. We also will type the same things on IM at the same exact time and it'll be word for word. It's a little freaky. It just shows how in sync we are. We are both so different in personalities but alike in so many ways.

I know I posted this before but I want to thank everyone who sent in a donation to Mackenzie for her Jump Rope for Heart. Those who sent money were, Mom & Dad, Brad, Eileen & Bob, Neil & Laura and Grandmother Godfrey. Thank you! It is greatly appreciated and Mackenzie has been so excited with each donation. She even woke up this morning to remind me we have to turn it in on Friday.

Ohhhh... I cleaned my house all morning yesterday. It all started with a sink of dirty dishes and a dishwasher full of clean ones. I cleaned the kitchen and swept it all up. Then my wonderful Jackson decided to take a bag of Fruity Pebbles and pour them all of the hallway, den and his room. Yeah, it was great. While I was cleaning the kitchen Kenize vacuumed some of it up for me since she loves to vacuum. I then came and vacuumed his room and his hallway. So much fun. Then of couse I had to sweep the kitchen, vacuum the kitchen, and the den. Everything looked all nice and clean. Of course this morning everything is crazy messy again. It drives me nuts how I can clean everything up and bam! it's all messy again!!!

The kids are eating Fruity Pebbles with milk at the kitchen table. Apparently Jackson is making a mess while eating. Not too good. Kenzie keeps complaining about his mess. I'm off to go work it out.