well, i guess i wasn't over being hormonal just yet, because today was another roller coaster of a day. ugh. sometimes it's just really rough being me.

i worked in the library this morning with Mrs. Cobb. there wasn't  much for me to do, so i only stayed about half an hour. i did some grocery shopping after that. i'm an every other day grocery shopper. i could never go a week like most people do. i would miss it too much. so HEB and me, we spend a lot of time together.

i tried to clean house today, but was too tired. our busy life is catching up with  me, i guess. i feel asleep standing up leaning across my bed. only for a few minutes.

i had to drive out to the Girl Scout store to pick up some things for Margaret. what a fun place that is! makes me wish i'd been a Girl Scout.

i snapped this pic this afternoon of John and his two best friends, Keegan and Jose. they're standing in front of John's science project.


Keegan came home with us after school and all the kids played (fought) the wii together until i put a stop to it. then they went out and started a game of baseball in the front yard. not sure which was worse.

Karen and Joseph and Jules came in the evening to get Keegan, and stayed for awhile to visit. i think we're going to have them over to dinner tomorrow night. we see each other so much since i always drive Keegan home every day, but we haven't actually spent much real time together as families. they are an interesting pair. she comes from a (according to her) "real conservative" Catholic family that seem pretty wealthy. he comes from a wild, hippie Jewish family. she's tall, dark, and kind of tropical looking (she's half Mexican), and he's blond, blue eyed with shaggy long hair. he's one to always push the envelope, so to speak. it's funny how we've hit it off with them. they're a few years younger than us and on the surface we seem quite different. Joseph is an artist/carpenter to Brian's engineer/athlete, but here they are leading a boyscout pack together. Karen and i have a little more in common, both being stay at home moms who love thrift stores and Texas red dirt music. anyways, they are another one of those families that i think about when i question whether or not we've done the right thing in having the kids in public school. there are so many real folks that we've connected with this last year and a half.

i saw little Ricky Z. again today. he is so tiny, smaller than his younger brother, Jose. i had some cookies that one of the teachers, Mr. Kennedy had given me, so i gave him one. he seemed happy.

Brian's parents were supposed to come to town this weekend, but his mom got sick. so we have a weekend to just do stuff around here.

**Monday, Jan.31~

never got around to posting all that over the weekend. so there it is. another post coming shortly.