Okay, it’s going all right. I’m feeling a little better today – not great by anyone’s standards, but better. I think I will be able to handle both jobs, which is good. I’m reserving final judgment till this afternoon, which is when I usually start feeling really crappy. If I’m going to call in, I have to do it by 5, though.
But I’m eating well, and I’m pretty proud of that. Did some Christmas shopping last night, which was really nice – DH and I got to spend some time together with no kids, and that was just beautiful. Doesn’t happen very often. Makes me remember how much I love that man. 🙂
Life is looking very rosy this morning, maybe just because I actually got through a whole night without waking up coughing my empty little head off. I am starting to feel Christmasy; shopping is done for the kids other than the last-minute impulse stuff I will pick up (and that will end up either thrown away or in the bottom of the toy bins/closets). I’ve gotten at least a start on Scott – I’ll do most of his at the last minute, after I get my Christmas bonus. I’ve got the boss taken care of…Mom’s mostly done…and I get to spend time today making lists of what’s bought and what’s not. God, I love making lists. It’s pathetic how much I love that.
I also sent Scott my personal Christmas list yesterday, and inadvertently found out what my boss has gotten me for Christmas, which is very cool and so I’m excited about that. (I was telling him about something I found and told my husband about, and he got all exasperated and said, “Well, tell him not to get you that one!” because he had already ordered it for me. Funny. He knows my tastes pretty well!)
So anyway…there’s still a little snow on the ground, Christmas shopping is mostly done…I know I’m getting cool presents…the only blemish is that my daughter brought home her PSAT/NMSQT test scores yesterday and it’s looking bleak. Thank God we’ve still got two years before the SAT, because the girl needs to do some serious studying! I wouldn’t be all that upset except that she is now very down on herself and convinced that she will be, to quote her, “living in your basement at 30 and working part time at McDonald’s.” Silly girl. No way could she afford the rent I would charge, on a part-time McDonald’s salary! 🙂
So I feel bad for her and I need to start figuring out what to do to help her. However, she also brought home a report card with a 3.615 GPA, so I know she can do the work. She’s just a lousy test-taker. Also, she is only a sophomore and hasn’t encountered a LOT of that material yet. I wish I could convince her. Unfortunately, she is holding herself up to an unrealistic standard – she thinks, because I took the test as a junior and qualified for a National Merit Scholarship, that that is normal. I don’t know how to make her understand that it isn’t, without sounding like I think I’m “all that”. I have got to find a way to get through to her though, because I won’t have her thinking she’s stupid. She’s not.
Okay, wow, this really is random. I’m just putting off getting to work, which is bad…I have a ton to get done today. In addition to working on Christmas lists. 🙂 Did I mention how much I love lists?
ARGH. Shutting up.
OK, let’s see. Mom, wife, working two jobs, bronchitis….I think you need my blue tights because you are SUPERWOMAN! Now, give yourself some credit for doing all of these things and say, “I don’t have to be perfect.”
As for the coughing, can you ask your doctor to call in a prescription for Benzonatate? I’ve gotten it when I’ve had a bad sinus infection/bronchitis. Whenever I would lay down, I would start coughing. This stuff sort of numbs your throat and keeps you from coughing and then you get a good night’s sleep. I sometimes will keep coughing even after I’m better and this stuff really helps.
Your daughter sounds very smart and I would agree with you; it’s probably how she’s taking the test or reading the instructions. I’m sure that’s there some book or online thing that would help her out.
As for the Biggest Loser, Isabeau is annoying me too. I’m still rooting for Neil (even though if his team was the majority, they’ve vote out everyone else), Bill and Hollie. Julie’s okay too.
Get well and don’t work too hard.
LOL…thanks, Lori. I’m definitely not Superwoman but some days I wish I were. Maybe the blue tights would help!
Ok…coughing trick (or I should say, non-coughing trick)…weird, but it works…take vicks vaper rub and slather it all over the bottom of your feet before bed and then put socks on and go to sleep…it should keep the coughing at bay.
As for your daughter and the SAT’s coming up…a good GPA will help her no matter what her test scores are, and make sure that you apply for every scholarship possible (that’s what I did at the end of my Junior year/ beginning of my Senior year) and I ended up with 5 different scholarships to go to college on! It helps if she picks up civic volunteering like soup kitchens or children’s network help too…the scholarship people love that, and it helps hummanity…everyone wins 🙂
I did use the Vicks one night and it helped…I’m now at the point where it’s less coughing and more just feeling like my lungs are on fire all the time. I may try the Vicks again tonight anyway and see if it helps that.
You’re right about the volunteering, I need to remember to talk to her about that. Once she starts driving on her own, which will be in just a few months, she’ll have a lot more mobility to be able to do stuff like that. I need to get her started looking for stuff now though.
did you try the vicks on the bottom of the feet with socks before going to bed? you must try that version if you haven’t…beside it makes your feet nice and soft by morning 🙂
Yeah, that’s what I did – if I put it on my chest it burns. 😦 Does make the feet nice and soft, which is almost enough of a reason to do it right there, this time of year! 🙂