NoJoMo Day 6-Freaking TIRED

Damn.  I went to bed around 3:20, after finalizing some downloads, and the baby woke up, and wanted to nurse, and nurse, and nurse.  FINALLY, at 5:30, I very grumpliy took her downstairs, put her on one couch with a bottle, and slept on the other couch.  FIVE FREAKING THIRTY in the morning.  Gees.  I woke up at 10, and I wasn’t in a good mood.  I got Sammi out of her room, but she wouldn’t come downstairs, so I hunted her down, changed her and fed her a piece of American cheese, and put her back in her room til 11.  I laid down, but I couldn’t sleep.  So then we watched tv, Dragon Tales and Word World, and while one of those was on, some guy, a realtor, came to the door with an offer on the house, as it’s back in default.  So I put the offer up for Jerry to look at later, and went back to watching tv.  At 1, put Sammi down for a nap after getting Alex to sleep, and laid there next to Alex, thinking I’d go to sleep… but all I could think of was what we could do, like buying an RV or something.  Yea right, but it was a thought.  Beats living out of the car, which when I asked Jerry if that’s what we would do, he was like "Yep, it’s got 6 upright beds."  I had to correct him…it’s got 7.  But whatever.  He then said he wants to go to Mexico… those people still owe us 100,000 dollars, so he thought we could go live there until we’d used our 100 grand up.  LOL… I said, how would you run your business, get internet, ho would we pay for food?  He’s winging it or something.  When I asked Becca tonight if she wants to live in Mexico, her answer was no way, she’s tired of moving every time she makes some friends.  It’s true too!  Every time she finally makes a few friends, we move to a different school, and she loses all her old friends.  Poor thing.  She also doesn’t like the fact that they speak Spanish in Mexico.  I’m not excited about it myself, and I really, REALLY want to keep this house.  I’m not ready to leave just yet.  But I’m not sure we’re going to have a choice, even IF we got jobs.  Lots of ifs.

Anyway, Jerry came home from the library around 1:30 or 2, and I heard him rattling around, so I got up and went to talk to him, when most of the conversation ensued.  We looked at the offer for the house, and it was 300,000.  We owe 468,000, so that’s QUITE a short sell the bank would have to agree to.  Jerry thinks the guy is just trying to drum up business… he brins by his "client" they decide they don’t want the house, so he offers to list it for us.  Problem is, we have two very good friends who are both brokers who would have a FIT if they didn’t get first dibs at it…well, maybe only Sharyn, but still.  Pat isn’t really doing real estate any more.  I’m not sure what he’s doing though… he was at a tech company, but last I’d heard, they’d laid him off, and he was going to school full time on the weekends.  So I don’t know.  We need to call them.  I aim to have a dinner party.  I’m just not sure what to serve… sweet steak?  That’s Jerry’s specialty of course.  Mine is probably broccoli and rice.  Oh, last night I made clam chowder, and it went over GREAT.  I haven’t made clam chowder in ages, like years, probably 8 or 9 years.  I’m glad it went over so well.  Tonight was leftovers.  Oh, and Jerry made  a sweet salmon last night… oh God, it was good, and I don’t particularly enjoy salmon, but this was Guh-oood.  But I was also thinking we could maybe do a lasanga or spaghetti or shrimp or something.  When it comes to food… we can have just about anything.

For some reason… that reminded me that tonight I had a girl scout leader orientation.  I enjoyed it, but it was two hours, and I am tired, so after the first hour, it was like… hard to follow I guess.  I was getting pretty brain dead.  I need to read through all the info I was given, and it was a LOT of info.  I told Syd and Shabree I would be leader for their troops, so I’ve got my work cut out for me.  REALLY.  I’m nuts.  But then, I’m a stay at home mom and I have SOME time on my hands.  Some.  Ha ha.  Well… so it’ll eat into my computer time, lol.  It’ll be fun to be a leader.  I wasn’t that great at it the first time, I THOUGHT, but Becca thought I did a great job, bless her heart.    I’m getting kind of a late start, but that’s all right.  It’ll be fine.  it’s funny though, because even Becca tonight was expressing interest in being in Girl Scouts again.  I just don’t think I can handle THREE troops.  I can’t see it.  Maybe as an assistant leader to her troop.  But leading three troops?  Oh my God…  woah.  That’s a LOT.

Well, Alex is crying… AGAIN.  I swear, she cries a lot…. and I cannot figure out why.  But lately, she’s been teething, so that could be a lot of it.  She hasn’t been sleeping well lately, last night I gave her some children’s tylenol, and half an hour later, she was out like a light… told me a lot.  She’s not feeling good.  So maybe it’s time for another dose.  Poor baby.  I can feel that tooth, it’s on top.  I’m NOT looking forward to her having a tooth and trying to breast feed with it.  That’s when I gave it up with Sammi… when she started biting me.

Gotta go.