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Hi.
Too busy to get my roots done.
Things I’ve Been Up To These Days
1) working on law school applications which means
- contacting professors from 10 years ago asking for recommendations (BA UCLA 2003, MA Univ of London 2007)
- filling out a ton of paperwork (thank goodness it’s all online)
- requesting transcripts from myriad schools
- writing a personal statement that stresses me out beyond belief
- setting up interviews
- mailing stuff places that includes visiting Kinkos (fellow mothers, feel sorry for me)
- locating college essays
- revisiting the old trusty resume
- going to law school “fairs” like this one in SF:
This hardly qualifies as a “fair”. No rides, no cotton candy? Not a fair.
2) helping Pam out with musical theater projects (The Little Mermaid opens next weekend!!)
- brushing up choreography
- making Jellyfish costumes with glue gun
3) voting
- winning at voting
- being highly amused at the anger Obama (and I) winning stirs up
Are you going to stop reading me now because I voted Obama? You need to be more accepting. ;)
4) eating Halloween candy
- throwing away wrappers all over the house
- negotiating real food for the children who sneak candy
I don’t have any pictures of candy. You know what candy looks like.
5) obtaining bookshelf
- go to stupid Ikea
- heft that thing in and out of my car
- put together (much more difficult than anticipated, and I have plenty of Ikea experience, to my chagrin
I kind of want this, but not really.
6) Potty training my baby Silas
- Lots of time at home running to and from the potty
- talking about potty
- potty potty potty
- Attempting to cut out Silas’ naughty talk. He calls everybody “Poophead” like it is a term of endearment. It’s not even rude and he’s so casual about it. “Bye, Poophead.” “I yuv you too, Poophead.” He’s so sweet about it. He also says, “I hate this.” But more like “haIT” in a sing-song voice.
7) Teaching Mimi a little thing called Honesty.
- We had an incident at school involving Littlest Pet Shops. I will not recount, out of respect for the Mimi and her sticky fingers.
8) Preparing Mimi for her first audition
- Mimi is trying out for a local semi-pro production of ‘The Sound of Music”, just for fun. She had a singing lesson with Auntie Aubrey.
9) Cuddling with Jude after the other kids fall asleep
- Cubby waits until it’s quiet and then comes and spends quality time with me
10) Meeting up with friends old and new
- This is fun. I am enjoying making some new friends, but discovering that it’s rather difficult.
11) Attempting to keep my house clean, laundry done. Ha ha yeah right.
12) Catching up on my Hulu
Silas has started preschool. It’s his favorite thing in the WHOLE WORLD. He’s been waiting his whole life for this.
13) Attempting to decide if I really am ready to commit to law school. I am nervous.
Shopping for house stuff. I took the above picture. That chair is currently on sale at Home Goods down the street from me. What on earth is it’s purpose?
14) Group texting my sisters all day long. It’s like an all-day comedy routine.
15) Subbing over at the local prep school. SO MUCH FUN. I love being there.
16) Secretly envying everybody who is having babies. Grr. I hate when I feel baby envy.
By the way, I am somewhat tempted to turn off my blog while I’m waiting for school results. I don’t need people Googling me while I’m trying to get into schools.
Sorry this post isn’t well thought-out and up to snuff. My brain is on overload temporarily. Boo, even the format is a fail. I’ll get back on the nearly-daily wagon posting once apps are in.
Being busy makes me feel horrifically content.
5 comments:
Oh wow, I love that last picture/quote! Your life sounds horrifically wonderful and outrageously similar to mine in a weird way. GL with law school apps!
Make friends again with me. I miss you.
I have always loved how you call Jude, "Cubby".
I had sticky fingers in school (Kindergarten and 1st grade, I think). I grew out of it.
I think that chair would only serve as a conversation piece...but my kids would scale it regularly and jump down to the cushion below. Their own indoor rock climbing kind of deal.
When you wear your hair like you have it in the top picture you look like a beautiful present with a pink bow on top.
I voted Obama in 2008. I'm also a Mormon and a registered Democrat. But I see that things have not "changed" these last 4 years so I no longer support him. If you are all about free will, I'm perplexed at why you'd vote for Socialistic policies and a projected 20 trilion dollar national deficit by 2016. Debt is the ultimate slave master and Obama is only making it worse-- just as Bush did. The "cool" thing right now is to Vote Obama (especially if you're Mormon because it shows you go against the grain), but I fear our country will be sorry. I have no respect for anyone who puts out an ad saying that voting for them is like your first time in the bedroom. I'm sure you have good reasons. To each their own.
Anonymous -- I understand your grievances. I vote Democratically because I object to the Republican platform, specifically that they state they want to overturn Roe v. Wade. Perhaps I should have considered voting Independent, but I genuinely like Obama as the face of our country -- mostly because I find him articulate. Furthermore, it is NOT cool around here to go against the LDS grain.
What does get my goat, however, are the people who think the country is going to hell in a hand basket simply because one man is in charge and another is not. It's all going to be ok. Or not, if you believe the end is nigh.
I appreciate your comment and I respect your position. We Mormons are a more diverse group than is generally acknowledged.
(But I can't say I didn't want to throw a little Tea Party in delight that they didn't win. Tea Party people annoy the hell out of me.)
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