Tuesday, Bad News Day...

Well, to start at the beginning...
Got everyone off on time. Lovely when that happens. I hate to be in a rush. Cici and I came back home and I did a few chores. Took her to the dentist for her braces @ 9:30. same song and dance. She hasn't been brushing well enough. She had 3 broken brackets. They said next time I will be charged 25.00 per bracket to fix them. UGH! They had to remind her to not eat chewy, crunchy or sticky things. Which I don't know of her eating (maybe Halloween candy recently). Her gums were bleeding when they were finished with her. she goes back for her cleaning on 12-18-09 and I just know they are gonna make me pay for that stupid deep scale cleaning. I am going to have to add to my list of crap to do each day, getting onto Cici about making sure she is brushing her teeth WELL enough to avoid gum disease.
Speaking of brushing... I am fighting with Bruiser each day about brushing her teeth. She smears the toothpaste on her fingers or clothes or the counter. She throws the toothbrush. I just can't get her to brush! Princess for the most part will brush but she has her days as well. And Pinky and Bubba... forget it. they snatch the toothbrush and chew on it but won't let you brush for anything! I just get tired of the fight and give up usually.
After the dentist, dropped Cici off at school. Went to pay my first installment on my seat belt ticket. I have 180.00 to go over 4 months. UGH! Hate that town that gave me the ticket! Then went to Best Buy and got the Aliens in the Attic movie for the kids for Xmas. Got soundtrack to New Moon (the sequel to Twilight) and the Black Eyed Peas CD. I am not opening the New Moon one til after I see the movie. I went out right after Twilight and bought the soundtrack last time. I loved the music from the movie. Lets hope this one is the same. There were some other CDs I wanted. But I was afraid I'd only like one song or two. Plus I am watching my budget, so I will wait on those.
Got to work by 12:35. Got a pleasant surprise. Chris, the guy who sits next to me and strangely enough has been on my team or seated next to me for the last few years no matter what, had his 10 year anniversary luncheon today. He invited me, Don B and the manager Stan went with us. We went to Salt Grass and I had the steak and shrimp with a Caesar salad and sweet tea. Yummy! So I was given another 1.5 hours off the phone. What a short day! I sold only one item during the time I was there. And it's not due til 12-16 so it won't be on the end of month sales report. Oh well.
Chris was kinda agonizing about his wife. They have been married 12 years and she has some kind of degenerative bone disorder and has had 3 back surgeries. She is scheduled for another one in a week or so. So for Thanksgiving, they are driving to Corpus Christi (that's where he was surplused from a few years back) so that her mom can take care of her after she has the new surgery down there. To completely fix her back they would have to do some kind of surgery to unfuse the previous bones they fixed and it would require they break her back. But she is at 93% risk of paralysis if they do that so she is trying something else. She totally seems to run their household. He ok's everything with her from his meals to what they watch on tv to purchases. That's good. Nice communication... but it seems from the outside looking in, he's always saying "I can't/couldn't do that because Shawna..." She seems like a nice person. She usually sends me a Christmas card signed by them both though I have never met her. But maybe she is trying to control what she can in life since there is so much (her health) that she can't control... I don't know. That's my Dr. Phil moment for today.
Came home from work and cleaned the twins room. Swept under the beds and mopped and organized the toys. then went and picked them up from daycare. I realized I'd forgotten to take something out and refused to buy fast food again so we had left over chicken (the orange marmalade one) with mac-n-cheese and some green beans. There was just enough left for the kids. I was still full from salt grass so none for me.
The twins are growing up and getting these little personalities. Man, I love them. They amaze me every day. Bruiser told me to help her write her "baby c's" the other night. Princess was singing the Beyonce "single ladies/put a ring on it" song and her version goes "all the chicken ladies, all the chicken ladies". I about busted a gut laughing at her singing that. They truly say the darnedest things. Cici and Elliebear, hmmm. Don't know what to say about them. Their Dad called tonight. He is wanting them for the Christmas break. I told him ok. can't keep them from each other. But dreading handling everything on my own for @ least a week. They are butt munches sometimes, but they can be helpful. So hubby, we haven't quite devised a plan but it's looking like they will go down on Saturday, probably after the FRG Christmas party, and will come back the weekend before New Years. We shall see.
Now, the bad news. We got an email from our ombudsman advising us that there had been IDF and I got my little safe zone bubble burst. I had put myself in the altered state of reality... Hubby is gone to work. All is well. We are communicating, other wives are communicating, I am getting gifts and flowers and mail. He is getting the same. Other wives too. What is this crap about them not being safe hitting me over the head. I am so glad my husband is safe and I definitely send my thoughts and prayers to those affected, whoever they may be. (we have no names) I have not heard from my hubby today, email or otherwise. I want my hubby home. I really do. In one piece, just as I sent him over there. But for now, I will hold on to one piece that was left here at home... his heart. I've got it protected, baby! You just worry about the rest of you! I love you!