He's Off

Well, my little prince is off. I was so sad to see him go, but he was very confident and very observant. We spent two hours hanging out at the airport and he showed me where his gate was and when we were walking around he got a little agitated because we were not in the Delta section anymore. He said my plane might take off early and then they won't notice I'm missing until they are in the air. I assured him that there was no way in the world that they would take off early. I started to cry when it was almost time for him to board the plane and he just looked at me and said don't cry mom! He then offered me his favorite flavor of Starburst. He made it there and his dad reports that the airline steward (not stewardess) said he was one of the most well behaved kids that he had seen. I was so relieved that he was safe and that he had been well behaved. Now I have six weeks until another flight..

MAD

As some of you know I have an ex-husband who to put it nicely is a jackass. In less than twenty four hours my little prince will be on a plane all by himself, for a five hour flight. I get a phone call from said jackass' wife tonight telling me that I need to talk to my little princes' father. He gets on the phone and says that they got into an argument, a large argument and that he had fallen off the wagon yet again. I said of course you did. You know that my most prized possession will be flying out to stay for SIX long weeks and you must stick your head as far up your butt as you can. After about fourteen phone calls and about fourteen peoples good advice later I decide that my little prince will not be flying out to see said jackass. Then wifey poo calls back and says it was just a large argument and he did not really fall off the wagon he actually had some drinks on Saturday and has since climbed back on the wagon and has been sober since. Soooo, to make a long story short I had to argue with those two all evening because they cannot get along and must call me when things get real bad. Because you know that none of us have arguments or financial difficulties in our lives!! That brings me to my title. They made me MAD!! and I just wanted everyone to know that I am the only sane person involved in their lives.

NC School District

I had an interesting time today, trying to find out what the school boundaries are out here. We were planning on moving to a larger city before school started next year, but the kids caught wind of that plan and they were devastated. At first I was not caring about their two cents, but then I found the oldest crying about it. I took a second look at the situation and realized that all three kids have had the best year academically that they have ever had. They also did well socially. The town we live in is just very small and there is no mall for me to throw all of my money away. Soooo.. to make a long story short we decided that we would just stay put and find a place to live in the school district. Mind you I have moved twice this year and we now live on the second floor. We live in the "wrong" school area. I decided that I would look for a new place to rent. Well, I cannot just drive around and look for a place unless I know the boundaries for this said school. I called the school district and talked to five different people. The first lady passed me off to a lady that said she worked in the schools themselves and they had a map of the boundaries. My school said they do not have said map. She then passed me to transportation, because they have to have a map?! The lady in transportation said they did not have a map, but I could find a few houses and call her back with the address and she would look them up to see if they were in the school boundary. Now, this idea seems very lame to me. Why would I want to drive around and look at houses that I could maybe live in and then call and bug this lady constantly with new addresses? So, I told her nicely that I couldn't believe that no map existed. She then passed me off to another lady who would "know" if said map exists. This lady said they could not print out maps for everyone, because everyone would be coming down to get one. Instead everyone should call constantly when they found a house that "might " be in the schools boundaries. This make no sense to me. Then she passed me off to her supervisor and I tried to say as nicely as possible that it was nuts for me to drive around aimlessly and then call to see if the house I am looking at was in the school boundaries. He finally broke down and conceded that they do in fact have a map and I could come down to the district office and check it out. Of course I need to call first and see if someone is there because everyone has vacations to attend to in the next three weeks. All this just so the kids can go to the "good" school in town. I can't wait to go down and look at the map. It probably doesn't exist. Knowing my luck their pet raccoon will have eaten the only map they have right before I get to the office. Why oh why must everything be a trial for me???

Airlines

I have had it!! Last night I spent sixty minutes on hold, forty minutes talking to representatives, and eight hours to calm down. I spent the first twenty minutes calmly on hold, then had a long thirty minute conversation with someone who spoke English and was very pleasant. I had her save the reservation so that I could confirm with my little prince's father. I called back and waited twenty minutes and in that twenty minutes I fell asleep. I awoke to someone saying goodbye..I said I'm here about twenty times,but the representative hung up. I called right back and was on hold another twenty minutes. This time I had an oatmeal cookie and a glass of milk to keep me awake. I gave the representative my reference number and we started the booking process. Then when I was about to give my credit card info the lady says oh, he cannot fly on this flight because he is seven. He must fly non stop. I just about lost it. He has been seven for this whole conversation and the one I had with the previous person. All I could do was ask if there were ANY non stop flights from NC to LA. Of course NOT!!! I did not yell or scream I just said thanks and have a nice night. So, this morning I spent another twenty minutes on the phone and finally booked a non stop flight. Of course this airline that I spoke to this morning outsources all of its customer service, so I had to spell everything four times. I know that I am being rude, but I just don't like the outsourcing. And I don't have to like it!!!!!!! I need to go shopping, that will make my headache go away and I will be as good as new until I have to go to the airport!

The Rain

I am sitting out on my deck listening to the rain. It is so nice. Today it was very humid and I am not used to that. I come from a place where we have a dry heat, and this is certainly not a dry heat. In fact it is only eighty degrees and I was sweating to death. Tonight when I was saying bye to my hubby I realized that it was raining and I opened all the windows in the house. It cooled off and now I am just loving the sound of the rain coming down. I can light all of my millions of candles around the house, too! Now, I just need the perfect glass of wine...Oh, but I cannot order wine to be delivered here in NC!!! I am very upset about this. I have this certain wine that I love to order from Washington and now I'm lost out here and it cannot be delivered to me. What am I going to do?