Week 1 Jan. 1st-8th 2009

Boys
Dan and I brought Watermelon to his school today for his Birthday. We didn't get a chance to do anything for his Birthday at his school beforehand because of the snow. Teachers told us it was a big hit.

Jackson seems so grownup lately. He's been pretty well behaved for the most part. Don't get me wrong, he's had his moments where I just don't know what to do with him. He is so mean or bossy to Dan and the whining and crying over not getting his way is really frustrating.

Daniel on the other hand...he's 5 years old now, but most of the time he acts like he's 2 or 3 years old. I really don't know what to do about this. I have some numbers for doctors to call about his behavior. It's hard not to compare him to Jackson. There is a 2 year difference and I forget how Jack was at that age. Probably the same.

Work
Meh. Still have the GSA stuff to do for the next 2 weeks. I freaked out last week over a GSA shift. It's so freaking stressful, being pulled a million different directions. I didn't get a raise or anything extra for this. It's not worth it at all. This week I'll have only worked 2 days. Gonna hurt when this paycheck comes. But I just couldn't do another Tuesday.

Home
It seems like whenever I get something cleaned, I turn around and it's messed up again. It's a never ending battle and I just lose the battle most of the time. There is still the mess of boxes downstairs that need to be unpacked. But I did clean the toilets and the floors around the toilets this week. I have a small list of things that I need to do each and everyday to just make the place livable. I don't get to them all most days. It's something I'm working on this year.

Cat
This cat drives me crazy and cracks me up all the time. She won't stop trying to suckle on my ear. We blew some bubbles yesterday. She was so funny, trying to chase down the bubbles and pop them. She also discovered the awesomeness of a Paper Bag. I found out that the majority of toys that end up in our room isn't there because of the Boys. It's from her. When I left to pick Dan up from school today, there were no toys in here, but when we got back, she had dragged 2 things here. One from the hallway the other from downstairs.
She's learned out to get up and down the bunk bed.

Health
I need to get better at taking my medication. I still miss days and then suffer from headaches. I don't know how I am doing with depression lately. I seem to fluctuate day to day. Some are good, others not so good. One of the things I need to do this year is see a psychiatrist and get on a mood stabilizer along with the antidepressant. I really think it might help more than just upping my dosage of anit-d's.
Weight wise, I'm losing. Not allot and not fast, but steadily. I've gone down 2 pant sizes in the last couple of months. Allot of that is due to work. Allot of running around and nonstop movement.