This is my day after I leave work today.
I usually work until 4pm with my day job and get home by 4:30pm, I work about 30-35 minutes away from where I live. Today I have absolutely no free time at all today, not even after 11:30 when I finally get home from finishing shopping.
A few weeks ago I found out that I have a leak in my air valve on my front passenger side tire and it keeps losing air. I finally just put electrical tape around the air valve, it did help, but when it rains it looses it's sticky and it starts losing air more rapidly again. The only time I can get to the dealer is on Saturdays and they have no time until after Christmas to see me. Finally, I called Firestone and asked if they can do anything for me. Thankfully they said that they can replace the air valve for me instead of the whole sensor -- but my air pressure light will still be on my dashboard. Who cares about the damn light, I just don't want to have to constantly fill my damn tire with air every other day! I set up an appointment at 4:40pm for that, directly after I get home.
Yesterday my oldest, Alayna, woke up with a fever, horrible cough and very scratchy throat. I figured it was just a 24 hour thing and gave her Tylenol while she stayed home from school. Optimism is definitely my thing because I thought she would be better this morning. WRONG! She still had a fever this morning and felt even worse so I kept her home again and made a doctors appointment for her at 5:15 today. Now I have to run home from Firestone after that is done, get Alayna, my mom and Olivia and go to the doctors office. Why do I have to bring them all with me? I have a job interview at 5:45 with H&R Block.
For the past 7 years I have worked seasonally at H&R Block as a receptionist and this year will probably be no different. Yes, I do have a day job but unfortunately I need a second job to help catch up on the bills we were late on when I was unemployed. I figure that this seasonal job (jan-april) will help with paying those bills down so we are current on all of our bills. Right now we don't have too much leeway with money after paying bills and I wish we had some extra. So basically I have to leave my mom and the girls at the pediatrician's office while I run to the interview and then pick them back up.
After that (bored yet?) I have to finish Christmas shopping, I'm going out with one of my friends for a few hours of sanity tonight and then come home and make:
- 18 Christmas bags for Alayna's class
- 22 Christmas bags for Olivia's class
- 22 Birthday/Christmas cupcakes for Olivia's birthday tomorrow. (Class)
- 15 Birthday/Minnie Mouse cupcakes for Olivia's birthday party tomorrow night
- 15 Goody bags for Olivia's birthday party tomorrow night
I also have to prep her Birthday activity for her party since we are having a bunch of 4-5 year old making foam gingerbread houses at the party. I'm going to be up until probably 3 am doing all of this and I don't know how I'm going to do it. Nobody better bother me tomorrow, I'm sleeping for as long as I can before I have to do a million more things....
