Scuttlebutt

Thursday, Oct.22:

Gillian woke me up at 8am because she wanted me to drive the boys to school.
On the way back, I decided that I would treat myself to a croissant from the bakery. I got back to the house and ate it with a cup of coffee...mmm :)
Then I had a shower. Now I feel like pooey because for the millionth time today I have realized that my computer is out of remission. I think Future Shop should just give me a new one. That is what I think.

This afternoon I am going to make homemade play-doh, because I am a fun nanny...

The boys now think that I have been adopted by Fred and Jill. They call me 'my Laura' when reciting the names of people in their family. I don't think that they realize that someday I am going to leave...

I am excited now, because this week the boys are going to be staying at their grandparent's house, so I will be able to do lots of things. Tourist-y things... Maybe I will go make some friends...

I went to pick the boys up from school. Gillian is working from home all morning. I did some laundry, but I will finish it later. The boys ate sandwitches and I had leftover quiche for lunch. They are now in their room coloring Thomas the Tank Engine coloring pages, and singing. They are cute...most of the time.

Last night before I went to sleep, I took a gravol, because I was not feeling superb. I must not have shut my door tight, because I woke up at midnight to Nelly's green eyes staring at me. Then, I kicked her out of my room, as she knows very well by now, that she is not welcome to share my afghan with me.

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Wednesday, Oct.21:

Uggh, I just got Burt's Bees in my eye!!

anywho:
This morning, I woke up with the mindset that I was going to be happy, no matter what. It was raining pretty hard. I had some toast with Nutella and banana for breakfast, then I straightened my hair and was off to school. I was chilled to the bone, but when I got there my teacher, Sandrine, had tea and croissants and pain au chocolat waiting for me. It was so nice of her. We ate and warmed up, and then talked for most of my class. Gaining some communication skills. This is good!

I got home and basically spent the remainder of the day in my bedroom. I got the movie I'd rented from iTunes back, and watched it, and crocheted and listened to music, as it was raining cats and dogs and I wasn't feeling swell.

My computer crashed again. I called Dad almost in tears, and then talked to Mom for a bit after that. My computer is frustrating me to the max.

Took a gravol and an advil. Cold is starting again, and belly feels upset.

Oh, and my teacher also gave me a nice pen, and refillable ink cartilages in all sorts of colors, and a white out pen, and a case to hold it all! She is so nice to me :)

Right now, I am feeling discouraged and frustrated and sick.
I feel like God is telling me, "You should have bought the HP instead."
But no, what he is really saying is that this is just yet ANOTHER test of my patience.
...I just don't feel like being patient anymore....

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Tuesday, Oct.20:

Alex stayed home from school again today. I don't feel well either, actually. Alex watched Blue's Clues and Veggie Tales, again, and I cought up on my blog postings.
We ate leftover rice and chicken for lunch.
The neighbour kindly offered to pick Ben up from school so I didn't have to take Alex out in the rain.

I talked to mom and then had a quick shower.
Right now, I am listening to my ipod on shuffle while drinking chai tea and breakfast crackers. (Trying to ease my belly)

I read a bit from C.S.Lewis, and then Gillian came up and told me she would take me to a computer tech. We ended up calling Acer headquarters in Paris, and talked to a lady who took me through the process of putting my computer back to factory standards. She said a technician would have done the same thing, and that I would save myself money. So, now I am basically dealing with a brand new computer. It is annoying having to re-install everything, and my 3000 & some odd library of songs is gone. That is a huge bummer, since I really can't get it all back.