It is Dooooone!!

  This entry title is brought to you by the sopranic vocal stylings of a Momma that’s finally FREE of the local City Schools!!!!  (Be thankful that you didn’t have to see the joyous, yet awkward, dance that took place shortly afterwards.)

Of course, since my voice is normally incapable of soprano (I’m more of an alto actually), it was most likely caused by the residual effect of the fright I had this morning when a dear almost ran into the side of our truck!  Holy-moly I nearly wet myself!

Anyhow….

I gathered up my courage, took a deep breath and called Wesley’s school.  I was hoping to get the answering machine – had my speech all planned out ready to tell them what I thought of them – but, lucky me, the secretary answered the phone.  *pish*  She sounded so nice and happy that I immediately switched gears and decided I wasn’t going to be mean.  So what if they’re a bunch of poo-poo-heads, I decided I wasn’t going to stoop to their level.  

Instead, I started out THANKING them for everything they’ve tried to do to help Wesley (Yes, it was very hard not to choke over it).  Once she was buttered up slicker than snot, I told her that we felt he needed more than what the schools were able to offer and have decided to go another rout.  I didn’t give out any information they didn’t need to know, she was very polite, she wished us much luck and we ended our call.  

I’M SO HAPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Liz will go down to the school on Friday to pick up Wesley’s things and drop off the books we have here, and that, as they say, will be the end of that!

Now…on to other things….

Sniffles threw up really bad yesterday (Nice image, huh?  You can thank me later.).  I couldn’t believe how much of the gross stuff came out of him!  Makes me wonder if it’s a fur-ball or tapeworm issue – though I didn’t see any hair in his vomit.  He’s still not doing too well but he did eat and drink this morning – which is a good thing.  He’s been sleeping a lot, which has me getting up every few minutes to make sure he’s still breathing.  I discussed with hubby last night what I found out about the clinic and then left him to think it over before falling asleep.  I think he, too, is worried about him, so, I’m pretty sure he’ll agree to let me take the poor thing in.  I’m just waiting right now to hear back from the clinic owner to see if we can negotiate an agreement about payment.  

I’m not a big fan of cats, as you all well know, but Sniffles is family and it tears me up knowing he’s in such poor shape.  Given our financial state, we really have no business owning any animals, but, getting rid of the two we have just isn’t an option.  God put them in our path for a reason so I don’t think we’re wrong in assuming it was because they needed a home.

Liz is the huge cat lover in the family, as is Allie and Wesley, and I tease her all the time about how she’s going to end up being the "Old Cat Lady" on her block when she’s old.  Sniffles is technically her cat – she’s the one that nursed him back to health when he was still just a kitten.  She’s at my Mom’s right now helping her and my niece paint the bedroom my niece will be living in.  I don’t know how I’ll break the news to her if this little guy dies on me.  She’s in complete denial that he could be that bad off and I really hope she’s right but I can’t deny a mother’s intuition, either.  I so hope I’m wrong.

Speaking of my niece, she’s my youngest sister’s oldest daughter.  She dropped out of school over the summer because she couldn’t take the public school system in KY.  Some of it was bullying issues, like what Cathy went through here, and the rest was the school itself.  I’m really so disgruntled over the state our schools are in!  It’s terrible.  What’s worse is that the school levies keep getting voted down.  I can understand that no one wants to pay extra taxes but we’re failing our kids when we don’t get these levies passed.  Someone needs to come up with a new way of dealing with these issues or we middle aged people are going to be doomed when it comes down to depending on these same kids to take care of us in our infirm years.  Do you want to be cared for by a person who didn’t get a proper education?  I don’t.  

Anyhow, my niece decided to move in with my parents to get away from everything down there and my sister enrolled her in ECOT.  Her and Liz are the two oldest, of the kids in the family, so Liz is thrilled to finally have her cousin around to do stuff with.  I’m happy about it because not only will my niece get her diploma this Spring, but she’ll be there to help out my Mom and Dad when they need it.  

Well, that’s about all for now.  The morning started out beautifully with the most gorgeous sunrise I’ve seen in many years.  Everything was set afire with a rich yellow/orange glow that had to be seen to be believed.  

It lifted my spirits and moved me to thank God for the wondrous gift of creation He’s given us.  I see it as a reminder to all of us that He’s always near and always watching.  …And that’s a good thing.  🙂  

Have a great morning!