Day 134

I am having a GREAT day! I know...you're wondering, is this Maija typing? Well it is. And I am happy. I'm also motivated. WOO! I'm fading fast...but I must stay awake for "Glee!"

I woke up after 3 and a half hours of sleep, and decided seeing as I still had last night's make up on...I didn't need to get up yet. I knew I wasn't showering before taking the boys to school, so I caught 15 more minutes. When I got up, I was more awake than ever! I went downstairs, still excited from last night, and I got a banana and a cup of tea. The boys came down and I was doing my crossword. I got some of their breakfast, but was clearly doing it wrong, so I sat down and continued working on my crossword. Then Josh read me some of his book, Nathaniel did his spellings, and then worked on his times tables. He shed some tears worried that he'd never be able to do them in under 2 minutes, and we had a talk about how some people are better at math than others. Me being one of the others. He cheered up a little, and we got through the homework. We were out of the house early, and walking down the street without any frustrations. What an improvement! I hope we can begin most of our upcoming days this way.

When we arrived at school it was 8:55. According to the new Head Masters rules, this is when you should get there, so learning can begin promptly at 9. We were 4 of probably 10 people there. Children and parents included. Ridiculous. We waited, and eventually the bell rang, and they all went in. Learning would not begin promptly today. Or any other day if you ask me. I walked home, and when I got here, I came right upstairs, changed into my PJ's, stretched out in my bed and thought of how relaxing it was to be able to have some peace and quiet. Without another thought, I was asleep. I woke up later to the vacuum. Monika was here. Oh well. I shut my eyes and let the whir of dirt send me into another dream.

I got a text from Toni just before 11:30 asking how I was. I text her back, reset my alarm for 11:45, and fell back to sleep. When I awoke the second time, I apologized for not answering her other text, and explained that I had fallen into a deep sleep again. I got out of bed, and did my wii fitness coach. After 15 minutes of that and collapsing during one warm up that had me in pain, I sat down and had my cereal. Now...this is where my motivation comes in. Are you ready for this? Beginning next week (Cuz I really want to enjoy it for the last time this week) I'm going to cut out cereal. I KNOW! I sound crazy. BUT, I'm not happy with the way I am looking, and know I'm not supposed to be eating it, so some sacrifices have to be made. I'm going to have my bowl of fruit in the mornings instead. Like I said though, that starts Monday. Anyway, I had my cereal and was checking my e-mails when Heloise came home. This ruined my plans for the day, but it was still kind of nice to be able to just sit there and relax. I sat on my laptop doing numerous things until about 2, when I decided I should jump in the shower. Then I came downstairs and wrote down all the things I want to get done tomorrow. Heloise had a few phone calls, and then the two of us went to pick up Nathaniel and Zach.

Standing there waiting for Zach, we were talking to Tina. Zoe came running out of the classroom, and instead of hugging her mom, she gave me a huge hug and jumped into my arms. She is SO cute! Zach came out, and with a huge smile on his face, gave Heloise a hug. I wasn't shocked. It was ok. At least I was getting love from someone. We then got Nathaniel who gave me a hug and held my hand as we walked to the car talking about what he did today.

At swimming Zach was in the funniest mood. He gave me what some might call a hug...without arms...and leaning over. Then we went out into the pool area while Heloise went to make a call, and sitting across the room from each other, we were making faces and playing peek a boo. Then, from the pool during his lesson he would put a huge smile on his face. I'd smile back, and then he'd wave. When Heloise sat down he did the same thing, waving at the two of us every couple of minutes. It was too cute. We looked over at Nathaniel and he waved as well. It was really nice. After their lesson, we drove to get Josh from football. The 3 of us waited in the car while Heloise jumped out to get him. Nathaniel has been asking questions about fainting lately, so we had a whole conversation about that. When Josh got in, we drove up to the grocery store. We listened to Hedley there while Heloise ran in to get some oranges for Nathaniel's class. Apparently they're sticking some cloves in them tomorrow.

When we got home I put "Bolt" on for Zach, and the two of us sat on the couch to watch. I was getting cuddles! We paused it for dinner, and watched the rest afterwards with Josh and Nathaniel half paying attention. They eventually went up to bed, and I sort of secretly, not quite, but complicated, made Josh a hot chocolate. He was so grateful. It was nice to see him smile. Sometimes, no, most times...he gets the raw end of the deal. I came back down and watched some of How I Met Your Mother and Friends, and then Heloise and I watched "Glee" together as Tim went off to soccer. He'll watch it, but he says when no one else will notice him watching it. I don't know why he can't just admit that it's good. Anyway, that ended and before getting sucked in to what looks like a good movie "Bride and Prejudice", I came upstairs to finish my blog and go to sleep. Tomorrow is an important day, so I need some rest. Plus! I'll be doing jazzercise, and I need my energy. Good Night xx