Calgon take me away!
Do they even make Calgon anymore? I never see commercials...but then again in this busy day and age, who has time for a bath with that kind of luxury.
I'm up, it's almost 4am, I have court today, late session though. I've got insomnia so I'm waiting for hubby to get home from the hospital. He had a surgery that got complicated, hopefully seeing him super tired will inspire me to sleep - for 15 minutes because inevitably that is when the little one will wake up. Figured I'd babble here a bit...
When I was a kid I wanted to be a veterinarian. To prove the point to my father (my mom died when I was young) I managed to find any animal I could to bring home and care for - I saved worms from puddles and rabbits from the stray cats. I fed the stray cats (much to the chagrin of the rabbits). I liberated mice from the pet store that would have been snake food. I had a chinchilla - but that was just because they were cool. Then there were the shelter animals - I used to volunteer there and animals were always coming home. How in the hell did my father put up with me?
And how the hell did I wind up in law school? I'm still trying to figure that out.
My son, takes after me in the animal regard - currently we are babysitting his school's guinea pigs for the summer - Bertha & Boris - and it appears to me that my son let them have a sleepover - Bertha is looking rather fat these days - and it ain't her diet...
One of my middle daughter's friends seems to have taken up residence at our house. Sad that her mother doesn't seem to mind...I casually mention that my daughter could sleep over at her home every so often, but I just realized she is rather good at changing subjects. At least my other middle daughter has a reasonable social calendar that gets her out of the house sometimes. Who am I kidding, our house is invaded with kids - they are like cockroaches with gym shoes.
I have one out of the house, 19, in college, studying to be a teacher. I forget her name (lol) - I hardly see or talk to her with the exception of an occasional e-mail. Kid graduated high school early and was off and running.
Then of course there is our surprise addition who turned 5 months old recently...she's too happy - I know she is plotting something. She has a squeal that can shatter crystal....I haven't tested the theory but I do keep her out of the formal dining area. She's a cuter version of the Gerber baby - according to several people at the grocery store anyway. I'll take that compliment and run with it - no problem!
All my kids are adorable - and I'm not biased in the slightest.
I have a happy, even if it is hectic as all hell, life, but you know something - my work forces me to. I see so many marriages fall apart, that you can't help but learn from them. My list of what not to do's is so long I do a lot right just by sheer elimination!
Then I have all of you, I've become very attached to this site, I'll be in court waiting for a case to be called and there I'll be, on my computer checking in on everyone here - answering a couple of questions when I'm not up doing my "thang". Thank whoever invented wireless web access. Other attorneys joke that D360 is my pro-bono satellite office.
Now that it is summer and my house and television sets aren't mine to control, I give those up to the kids and spend some evenings answering here then too. You can tell when I have the baby on my lap when I'm answering because I become the typo queen. I can only blame my possessed computer for 3/4 of my errors.
Ah ha - I hear his car - time to go make a couple of cups of sleepytime tea and sit outside by the pool and look at the stars for a bit while he unwinds and tells me about his night...my little bit of peace...
See you guys again in a few hours =)