Grown Woman

Okay if I'm going to be the grown woman I claim to be I must use my voice. Today I have a meeting scheduled with the director of my company regarding our proposed time changes. When I enter this meeting I'm speaking as a single parent, standing up for my daughters as well as the sanity of my mind. In the past no one ever spoke up for "us" the women and men as far as that goes who are not officers and for some reason no one else saw the benefit of having a happy support staff. With that said, again, I'm going in speaking from my point of view, not requesting preferential treatment but just consideration. We will see what happens. Either way it goes, I spoke up as a grown woman!!!! If I don't will I be able to look at myself in the mirror??

TGIF

It is Friday!!!! I'm looking forward to some real relaxing and getting my head on straight for next week. This week has been long for me.

Goals!

I have been so off track this week. I guess it takes about a week to recover from vacation. I'm contemplating some things and I need to get focused. I think I'm going to write down a 6 month goal plan because I definately have somethings that I want and need to do within the next 6 months which will help me with my long term goals. Focus, focus. One thing would be, CAN I PLEASE GET UP ON TIME AND OUT OF THE DOOR! That would be a good start because I have been rushing every morning this week.

Reality

Well, we are back from spring break and reality has set in. We were all back to school and to work today. We had a blast last week, NASA was awesome. My problem now is I need a little rest!!!!

Spring Break 2009

Well it is Friday and we are almost at the end of Spring Break 2009! We have had a ball so far. We went to the Dallas Museum of Art on Monday to see the King Tut exhibit. It was very nice. We had lunch at the West End, went to the Farmers Market. We had a full day to say the least. On Tuesday was the movies, Wednesday Chuck E. Cheese. Needless to say it was packed. Yesterday we went to Celebration Station for a birthday party and then to Disney on Ice. Kayla and Bria loved it. Well what I said I wasn't going to do, we will do today. Our family road trip! We are going to NASA again this year. We are riding with Jennifer and her crew. When we went last year we didn't see the full exhibit so I'm cool with going again. Plus Kayla and Bria loved it and was so fascinated by it. They are going to pass out when they find out we are going! This is sure to be another episode of "Are We There Yet?" We are going to stay with my cousin Howard so it will be fun..............

Spring Break 2009

Well it is finally here!!!!!! It is another rainy day but our spring break starts today at 5:00!!!! I am so happy! I have alot of fun things planned for our urban spring break. No travel this year. We are saving that plan for the summer. TGIF!!!

Dreaming

It's cold and rainy today. I am so much dreaming of a nice little get away to the BIG EASY!!! Shop a little, eat some good gumbo, have a nice margarita..............

Day Light Savings Time

LORD, this time change is about to kill me!!!! I feel soooooooooo sleepy. I have been groggy for the past two days. This morning I slept .30 minutes past my normal wake up time! Rushing!!! Maybe by Friday I will be okay.

A new week

I ran across this creed by the great Frederick Douglass----

" I believe-I believe in myself and my ability to do my best, for this day will not come anymore. I will think, I will listen, I will read, and I will write. I will do all these things with one purpose in mind. To not waste this day. For this day will not come anymore".

Isnt that beautiful and mind awakening??? I love that and I think this will be my mantra for the week. This is my last work week and my girlies last school week before spring break. With that said, I think we should really make this a productive week.

Can I get my groove back???

Last night I think I had a "aha moment". As most of you know I closed on my first home in August 2008. On the 22nd of this month we will have been here for 6 months. To be honest I had not emotionally attached to my home. I was just living. I think I had been so conditioned to believe that I could not do this, or do that, even when I was doing it, in my mind, I still felt like something was going to happen and someone would take it from me or someone would awake me from my dream. Okay I think that was a run on sentence.... Anyway I'm finally becoming comfortable saying it's okay, it is my home, this is my life and I can be happy and rejoice in it!!! Last night I was looking for a silver purse I had bought last summer. I still have boxes and bags in my garage that I need to unpack and organize. Still afraid to live. Well, I went out and starting digging in those bags finding all of my pretty stuff and I just felt happy!!! You could not tell me I had not been to the Galleria for a day full of shopping. I found four brand new pairs of dress sandles I have never worn, I found my purse still in the Dillards bag. I bought all of that stuff in and tried my shoes on, looked at my pretty legs and thought about how I was going to look when I step in each of them. Oh yes, I did say pretty legs! I just felt so happy, I started organizing my closet, put my shoe rack up and stack my shoes!!!!! It was all of 11:00 pm on a Wednesday night! I think I just might be getting my groove back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

New experiences #2

I'm at work but I'm busy trying to get out of here to get my oldest daughter home early. Tomorrow Kayla will be taking her first TAKS test which is required in Texas to pass to the next grade. Naturally my baby is smart :) but I want to make sure she is prepared due to a nice dinner, relaxing night and a good breakfast in the morning. Therefore, I'm on my Mommie mission!!!! I'm also going to the zoo with Bria tomorrow, busy, busy! After tomorrow, we can start dreaming of Spring Break 2009!!!!