It's strange to be so grateful for temperatures that hover around freezing.

I'm sorry for the big blargh and awfulness, msbelle. It blows that you missed singing.

I worked yesterday and it was such a hole-suck of a day. I mean, really. I just can't. I also had to work until 6:30 the previous 2 nights (which wouldn't be a big deal in a regular office, but as it is, I was at work from 7:30 AM to 6:30 PM for two days straight). This week is the trailing off of finals week.

On the plus side, I made lemon curd, which K discovered she really liked. I've never understood why she would NOT like it as she adores lemon meringue pie. But for dessert there were Nilla wafers and lemon curd.

I also have packed the boxes for my family. All of my gifts this year, pretty much, are homemade. From candy, cookies and even legos (I have a lego fisherman for my brother). I'm super poor right now, I still have to figure out an insurance situation for Grace which is making my blood pressure rise each time I consider it and I can't afford to do anything except buy sugar to make candy. So if you get a box from me this year, it'll be sweets heavy.

Homemade gifts have the love baked right in, you know.

Well, I hope it's love and not despair, because I'm about halfway to despair.

Well, maybe not halfway. More like a few steps. Despair is sort of not my usual toolkit.

This week, we have half-days of school but finals week and grades are due. BLARGH. I have a cookie meeting for Girl Scouts on Tuesday. On Thursday my boss is having a work function holiday party at her place and I feel like, politically, I can't not go. Thursday afternoon I also have agreed to help at the twins' holiday parties. Perhaps cupcakes?

I am tired just thinking about this.

I'm tired just thinking about it. I hope your Christmas is full of rest and peacefulness and insurance solutions.

I haven't done any of the Holiday baking I wanted and I have more shopping to do and I need to mail. I am usually more on top of things. The grump is strong.

The Charlie Brown School of Dance [link]

Probably not. I'm working 3 days of my break (in January). I hope that it will help ease some of the crap.

In magical thinking land, I'd love to win the lottery. Then some of my nurse sitch would be solved!

OH DEAR GOD! I forgot to mention, the school district tried to fire Grace's nurse on Tuesday. They didn't want her back because Grace got hit in the face with a ball during kickball and the other kids swarmed her and made her go to the school nurse's office. The school nurse does Not Approve and Grace was afraid and hysterical (as she gets). So the head of nursing for the district calls me to tell me our nurse is being replaced but because we share time with her, she hopes that will be okay.

UGH. It was such a fucking mess to untangle. Suffice it to say our nurse is staying. And Grace can't play kickball now.

I also have had my eyebrows done which was my big goal for this weekend. DOH. I have procurred cute new eyeglass frames. In January or February, I'll replace the lenses.

Yikes! Poor Grace! And you.

The Charlie Brown School of Dance

"Unusually independent, parentless children." Heh.