I’m not going away to that degree, I swear. Just a glitch.
So…..
My car was recovered Friday night.  It was parked in a church parking lot about 8 blocks from my house. Hardly any gas had been used, and the only damage was the removed ignition column.
They stole my Mp3 [...]
So remember how my car breaking down in the middle of all that crap was so hard on me?
Last night my car was stolen.
I long for the days of a bad fuel pump.
[...]Well, Internet. It’s time we had a talk. I think we’ve both known this was coming for quite some time, but were unable to face the inevitable. I’m leaving you.*
It’s not you, Internet. It’s me. I’ve realized for a while now that I can’t put the time and energy [...]
I really did intend to be all “I’m back bitches!” and post frequently back there at the beginning of the month. And then the car broke down, the AC had to be repaired, and multiple crappy things in my personal life happened all one after the other, and then I [...]
In the midst of the maelstrom of my life right now are falling some noteworthy events.
Tomorrow is my 30th birthday. I’d been fairly confident that 30 wasn’t going to bother me unduly (and that I would not “Pull a Joey” as one of my friends put it) but the closer [...]
Man, you know what sucks? I’ll tell you.
What sucks is having broken AC when it’s over 90 degrees outside. And having windows in your house that don’t open properly and your landlord being fixated on going to this one specific AC guy who has not shown up for TWO WEEKS [...]
Oh, Hi there! Wow, I almost forgot you were there! Which is a total lie, I’ve just been REALLY lazy and enjoying not trying to come up with things to say. I’ve been going through some interesting processes since I moved up here to KC, and while some of it [...]
I will be taking a break from I Am Jack’s Raging Mommy. At this time I do not know how long it will be, but most likely at least a month.
I will still be online from time to time, and reading your blogs when I can, so I won’t completely [...]
I’d take it as a sign I am getting old that I fell asleep watching 3:10 to Yuma last night, except that it WAS 4 AM.
Maybe I’m just too old to stay up until 4 AM watching movies. I can live with that.
[...]Joe called me this morning because Jack had fallen, and not injured himself but it shook him up and he was asking for me. And I can only admit this since he wasn’t actually hurt, but it made me feel good that he was asking for me. Generally Jack only [...]
Jack is in Missouri with Joe for a week, and I’m really sort of lost without him here. The weekend was hardest, because there really was no structure to it without him here. Although being able to just take a nap whenever I wanted was kind of nice, I don’t [...]
The day started with me locking my keys in the car- with it running.
There was this whole thought process. “Why aren’t my keys in my pocket? Are they in my bag? Maybe they are in the car, but where would they be in the car except for… Oh Shit.”
And I [...]
So apparently Kansas City is the number seven city for porn searches in the nation. (See mom! It’s wholesome here, too!)
As such a local news team decided to do a story on how to protect yourself and your computer and interviewed Mike.
I CANNOT wait to see some of the phone [...]
My folks came up this weekend to see the house, and make sure I don’t have their grandchild living in a slum.
(I exaggerate.)
(A little)
The house passed muster, which was good, and they helped me get a bit more settled, which was even better. I now have a dresser in my [...]
It’s that time again boys and girls!
Observe as my hormones are raging and I am alternately angry as hell or weeping for no real reason!
Watch as I confuse and astound the poor boys who work with me as they experience first hand my mood swings!
Ooh and Aww with delight at [...]
May I just start by saying, I don’t drink all that much anymore. A few beers here and there, whatever, you know? So St. Patrick’s Day debauchery in Rolla ended up being more of a match for me than I realized.
On Saturday Mike and I drove down to Rolla [...]
Hi there! My name is Jack’s Raging Mommy and I’d like to give you a couple handy tips for when you are dealing with your computer techs.
First, I would like to say that we are not stupid. We have heard your story about a “friend” “giving” you your computer but [...]
Today I have a breakfast sandwich and a 440z Rooster Booster and am ready to take on the world! Well, maybe just Kansas. Actually, just the shop, and only if it stays quiet. But I’m ready for that!
My folks are coming to visit in a week and a half, so [...]
Lately the past has been knocking at my door in one way or another. Today I got a message on Facebook from the person who was my best friend from like 5th grade until 11th. (We lived in neighboring towns and life happened and we lost touch). So I’ve been [...]
I originally posted this on my Live Journal for all those people who know me, and remember the time period I was talking about. Then I figured what the hell, so here it is too.
Maybe it wasn’t the best idea to dredge up a ton of old memories, then drive [...]
So last night I was in a funk. Just planning on drinking a few beers and reading my book then going to bed, probably at some incredibly early time. The only reason I was still up at 9:30 was that I was waiting for Mike to come over and hook [...]
So, yeah. My baby-sitter was an ignorant twat.
There had been a few little things that bothered me pretty much from the start. For instance, I had taken over a thing of juice for him to have there, but when I’d arrive in the evening he’d be drinking Kool-Aid. It’s not [...]
When I have more time I’ll tell you why I fired my baby-sitter this morning.
[...]I keep having these not-quite-nightmare dreams about work. I’ll have huge piles of paperwork that I can’t make any progress on, and I wake up with this sense of anxiety. Drift back off, and there’s the dream again.
Or I’ll be walking around with urgent questions and it’s not that no [...]
The actual, honest-to-god flu. Which really does explain why I feel so bad. Unfortunately it doesn’t really get me out of work. Sure, I’d like nothing more than to go lie down under my giant wonderful comforter and not have to move, but with Jack I couldn’t do it anyway. [...]
I am no longer the number one Google hit for gorgeous nipples.
Mourn with me.
[...]Generally speaking I am not really fond of snow. It’s cold and wet. Once people start to drive in it, and it starts to melt it’s completely ugly. Driving is dangerous- because even though I’ve never had a problem with it I’ve seen way to many fools on the road [...]
Turns out Jack has the flu, ironic since he had a flu shot. I declined one when the doctor offered me one today at his appointment. I know I should take it, and that they aren’t made like they used to be where a shot had a very good chance [...]
that all the various and sundry drama and illness aside I’ve slept remarkably well the last two nights.
[...]Jack’s baby-sitter’s son is at the hospital. His temperature spiked really high this morning so she brought Jack to me at work and took him in. And normally this would be a post about how awkward it is to try to corral a two and a half year old at [...]
With as sick as we’ve been and not having internet at home I realized yesterday I haven’t read any blogs in a week. I have really got to get things back together or some kind of system going. it’s just hard when Jack has only been here a week, and [...]
See, when you ask the Universe to lay off for a while, it tends to come back with a vengeance. Said vengeance in this instance being a stomach virus that started with Jack, and ended up with half the shop vomiting. So very much vomit. The carpet has been shampooed [...]
Did anyone else’s Akismet crap out on them? It’s telling me my API key is invalid, and getting a new one has done no good. I uploaded another spam plugin but I’m being vomited on with crap comments. Help?
[...]Hello there! We haven’t chatted for a while, and perhaps I should keep in touch more often, but it’s mostly that I don’t think to talk to you until things start to get irritating. Maybe you’d be nicer if I touched base when things were well, but come on. I’m [...]
I didn’t take my computer with me to MO to pick up Jack this weekend because I wanted a couple of days off from the world. I am now back in KC with my Jack and very happy about that.
When I got to my parent’s house on Saturday Jack had [...]
This is the front. There are two really great trees by the sidewalk, and the porch is begging for a swing. The bedrooms are upstairs, that will be my room there in the front.
The dining room. The picture window on the side has a really wide [...]
Money has always been a stress-inducing thing for me, so now that I’m going to be on my own with a kid I’m a little paranoid about making sure my budget is going to work. With that in mind I’ve budgeted what I’m willing to pay in rent fairly tightly. [...]
I think that extremely buttered and salted popcorn would be in the running for my favorite food were it not for those damn kernels that get stuck in your gums.
ETA: Read Kate’s post that was inspired by this one. Just really don’t be eating popcorn when you do so.
[...]Today, internet? Today sucked.
I woke up with a fever and sore throat. Mike was nice enough to let me go back to bed, but once I got up again this afternoon everything just went to hell. Every last thing. I’ve been so on edge the past couple of days that [...]
I’m feeling rather poorly about myself today, internet. It’s just one of those days where you look in the mirror and don’t think you are attractive. When your hair looks stupid and those pants really do make you look fat.
It wasn’t triggered by anything in particular, which I think makes [...]
I talked to my Paw Paw just now, and he sounds amazing.
He had a follow-up appointment today, that included the removal of the 24 staples in his skull (again, ew) and was given a pretty clean bill of health. He’s gone from being allowed to lift 5 lbs to 20, [...]
Other than the boss’s mom who used to help out in the shop occasionally, I’m the first girl to have worked here. And it’s causing a bit of culture shock.
The guys are great, they aren’t chauvenistic or anything, but geeky women are kind of outside their realm of experience. So [...]
It’s 6:45 and for the second night in a row I am fighting with my old friend insomnia. It’s an odd creature, insomnia. After a point I just give up and get up. Since I am staying at the shop right now I just got up and started my paperwork [...]
So a while back my grandfather fell, and while he didn’t hit his head, he apparently jostled his brain and had been having headaches and issues since then.
Last week or so he started having TIAs, which are essentially baby strokes. They did a CT scan and found that he had [...]
My grandfather had surgery today to relieve bleeding on his brain.
He has come out fine, and was well enough to skip the ICU for his recovery time, but emotionally I am a wreck.
I’ll let you know more later.
[...]You’d think that me getting a job where my computer is right there would mean I would be online more, and posting regularly. I would have thought that. Wow were we wrong internet.
I think the main thing I’m having trouble with- other than missing Jack, which has given me a [...]
So I started work today, and while I’m not on my feet the whole time or anything, I am not really used to this long of a day. Eventually I am going to be working 4 eleven-hour days each week. I found child care though, which is great. It’s a [...]
Part of me in secretly convinced that were I to properly wiggle my nose work would be magically taken care of.
I just haven’t gotten it right yet, see?
[...]I had a good time last night, a statement I make with one caveat. And it’s a doozy of a caveat, one that I’m going to share with you, internet, and get your opinion on.
So there were about 8 of us over at my friend’s house last night, and we [...]
Trunk of Car- cleaned!
Engine of car- Examined! (Verdict: fine)
Laundry- done! (well, cleaned at least. Not folded or put away.)
Plans for today:
pack my laundry
put away Jack’s laundry
buy air mattress
assume that I have done enough at that point at go to C and J’s for New Year’s Eve.
[...]I was debating going up to KC this weekend to get some work serving at banquets for some extra cash, but ultimately decided I’d rather stay in town and hang out with C and J one last time before heading up. Since the shop isn’t going to be open on [...]
I feel like I am in a holding pattern until I leave town, so you don’t get a real post, just a list of movies I’ve recently seen for the first time.
Freddy Vs. Jason
Gridiron Gang
Torque
Biker Boyz
My Super Ex-Girlfriend
Hollywoodland
The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift
Rose Red
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
Eragon
Assault on [...]
I think that there are people in life that you are supposed to meet, for one reason or another. And maybe when you meet them you don’t even realize that you have, or what the lesson you are supposed to learn is. But you meet them, and you learn, and [...]
I am very sick of the look of my page, but I am far too lazy to code anything right now to fix it.
[...]I get kind of cyclical with my blog reading. I READ all the ones in my blogroll, not to mention that I am subscribed to with my feed reader, but some I will let go for a few days and others I check promptly everyday. The only strange thing about [...]
I have a feeling the next few weeks are going to be kind of weird round these parts. I quit my job early (they cut my hours when I gave my notice. They’ve known since SEPTEMBER I was leaving in January, but they are still being pissy about it, so [...]
It’s two o’clock in the morning and I’m sitting here eating summer sausage and feeling sorry for myself.
I love my life.
[...]You know how I said I was leaving on the 15th and that it was set and that was it?
I was kind of mistaken.
I went to give notice at work today and realized I had pay periods wrong in my head. I will now be leaving the first week of [...]
We had the work Christmas party tonight, which frankly, sucked.
I don’t know if it’s just the day that I’ve been having, or the mindset I’ve been stuck in but I felt really out of place. Not unwelcome mind you, but unable to just relax and be a part of the [...]
Jack just told me he loved me. Not his usual “shoo” or “vyoo” baby language that he fires off in response to my saying it.
No, this was three distinct words that HE offered up without me telling him first for the very first time. And it was CUTE.
Finally, a man [...]
My cyatic nerve has been acting up, so when I stood up from my chair earlier I let out a loud “Ow!”.
Jack immediately rushed over with concern in his eyes. ‘What happened, mama?”
I told him that my back just hurt, that I was okay.
“I kiss it” he cried out as [...]
So James Lipton has a Geico commercial now, which I find hilarious because I like James Lipton.
This reminded me of a disturbing fact I learned at some point this year. Not that he used to be a pimp in Paris, that just makes me love him all the more.
No, [...]
A little over a year ago I came up to KC to visit, and my friend Mike and I went out to play pool. I kicked his ass, which was okay because he wiped the floor with me at darts. It was just what our games were, no big deal.
The [...]
Oh internet.
I have NOT been a great person to know for several days now. I had my normal dose of PMS hormones when everything was still in the “P” stage, but now I am getting some funky new brand of hormones that are kicking my personality’s ass. I’m weepy, bitchy, [...]
Jack: bronchitis and a sinus infection
Me: Bronchitis, sinus infection, and double ear infections.
It’s fun time at my house!
[...]No matter what Twitter says my updates aren’t from a month ago. Silly Twitter.
I don’t have to work for a week. Naturally this is when I get sick.
My life is so fun sometimes :)
[...]I made it 24 days in a row posting for NaBloPoMo and crapped out yesterday due to a confluence of events and me being lazy.
As such I’m not going to bother trying to come up with a post, because frankly I haven’t had much to say for over a week [...]
The Science Center in St. Louis has human bodies right now. It the traveling “Body Worlds” exhibit, third in the series. Apparently it’s the most highly attended touring exhibition in the world.
This original and unprecedented exhibition of real human bodies features about 200 authentic human specimens, including whole-bodies, individual organs and [...]
When we were kids the Christmas tree never went up until December 9th so that it didn’t get combined with my brother’s birthday. So it still seems odd to me when I see people put up their trees and lights, especially before Thanksgiving. Which is a very boring way of [...]
For your holiday pleasure, and anecdote whereupon I put my foot in my mouth at the Library.
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I am about to check out my books at the library, when another patron’s little girl catches my attention. She is running around saying “Mommy! Bees! Bees Mommy!”. I remark that Jack is doing [...]
I don’t change my theme as often with Word Press as I did on Blogger. In some ways it’s a LOT easier, but if I want any customizations in the sidebars it takes a lot more coding. Which isn’t hard, really, because I’ve created a file with the necessary chunks [...]
These are my pants. They say that they are textured jeans.
I bought panties too, but I’m not going to post them [...]
My step-grandfather died today. He was my dad’s step-dad, but I never really knew him all that well. The grandparents that have been really present in my life are my MawMaw and PawPaw, my mom’s parents. (Well, there are steps there too, but it gets confusing)
I feel bad that I [...]
I was so proud of myself.
See, I have to work today from Noon until 4, and Joe will watch Jack after he and my parents get out of church. But since they were already gone and I have a couple of hours until work it would have been the perfect [...]
We’re working on weaning Jack off of his binky. He was actually almost completely done with it a long time ago, but then life happened and he got pretty attached again.
So now we’re really only letting him have it when he asks for it, and now only if he asks [...]
I get ingrown hairs on my legs. Well, not so much ingrown as just not outgrown. They are visible but don’t go through the final layer of skin and just lay there. I don’t know that I’m describing this well. Anyway, my follicles also tend to get infected, razor burn [...]
One of the things I have planned for my vacation/ apartment scouting week is going to have Indian food with my friend Allan and his girlfriend. In Indiana.
He lived there for a couple of years, and found a place he absolutely loves. Since it’s somewhat central for a few people [...]
Tonight was the last night I’m closing in about a week, which I am REALLY looking forward to. I have a short shift on Sunday, but outside of that I’m off until at least next Wednesday. Between my legs and back I’m just tired and achy and need a break.
Speaking [...]
Poor Jack has bronchitis. It’s really early on and we got his antibiotic, so he should be fine. He’s just cranky and doesn’t feel well, which I understand. I have what my mom has always referred to as “the creeping crud”. Other than waking up with my throat aching from [...]
I have a lot of secrets.
Secrets I know that no one knows I know.
Secrets one person knows I know, but no one else.
Secrets I have from the people in my life.
Years ago I had a pair of friends. One was in love with the other . (A and B for [...]
I am of the firm belief that if a small child asks if it’s time to go to bed, that it is indeed time. Maybe it’s just MY small child, but Jack has to be really tired to bring up bed himself.
He’s not feeling well, which is what has made [...]
I was lying in bed, starting to doze off, looking forward to a night of early sleep. Then I realized I hadn’t posted today. So I am now BACK up and posting. You all had better love me.
Today was a long day. Normally I don’t work Saturdays at all, since [...]
Yesterday my therapist told me I didn’t need therapy anymore.
She’s nutty.
I mean, sure. I’ve had a couple of good weeks, and I think I am making progress with this whole being “nice” thing. I feel like there’s a difference, I don’t know if other people agree. But screw them anyway [...]
I’m standing at the checkout counter digging through my purse for my wallet and I come out with a pair of Jack’s shoes.
ME: I wondered why my purse was so heavy.
GUY BEHIND ME IN LINE: Do you have the rest of the kid in there too?
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I fell at work last [...]
The age difference between me and the people I work with, as well as the people I was hanging out with at the dorms is getting to me.
I had a dream that I was back in high school the other night. Not as a teenager, but as my own parent/separated [...]
I got this pimple on my earlobe. Irritating enough on it’s own, but this was no simple pimple ON the earlobe. This was some monstrous core buried deep in the middle of my earlobe, enough so that I wasn’t sure if it wanted to come out the front or back.
After [...]
I’ve found an unexpected side effect of the DST change. I mean, I suppose it’s happened before, but this is the first time it’s been an issue.
I don’t know when to put Jack to bed. Last night it had been dark for over an hour by 6, which was 7 [...]
Today has been good, if a little odd as far as my mind goes. I got to sleep until after 9 this morning, and then I took a nap again this afternoon. It was amazing. Sleep really is a valuable commodity once you have children.
I’ve been all over the place [...]
Jack went with Joe to go visit Caleb at Joe’s parents’ house, so I had a Saturday night off. I briefly debated doing nothing, and just trying to enjoy a child-free night, then I thought “To hell with that” and called my friend The Dave.
Now, some of you may remember [...]
The cold weather is strange, because the inside of my nose dries out. Then when I sneeze I feel like it’s going to rip apart which is a very unpleasant sensation. Thus far no blood has sprayed out though, so that’s something.
Anyway- you know how I wasn’t so great at [...]
*I truly believe that the people who greenlight children’s shows pick the things they find most irritating, and use it as a gauge to what the kids will like. How else do you explain Yo Gabba Gabba? I mean, Jack LOVES this show. He interacts with it more than anything [...]
Which isn’t entirely true, but the EBM/custody drama isn’t really mine, and so I haven’t been absorbing it the way I have in the past.
People keep asking how I am, and I don’t know what to tell them. It’s not that I’m depressed, or even numb like I can be [...]
Alicia (TBFKA* the EBM) has been missing for a few days. Caleb and one of his brothers are on their way to Joe’s parents house.
I will let you know more when I do.
*The Bitch Formerly Known As
[...]Did you know Jon and Kate Gosselin don’t have a Wikipedia entry? I was watching the new episode Monday night and started doing my usual web searches to learn more about them. (Specifically I was wondering about the estrangement from both sets of parents). It just seems so [...]
You know, I’m not overly fond of semi trucks. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate them, and they don’t scare me nearly as much as they used to, but I still stay kind of wary. I make sure I can see their mirrors when I’m behind them, and when [...]
I don’t know how Jack does it. He goes to bed at his normal time. He’s had a normal day. But just when I get used to him waking up at 7 in the morning he decides he’s going to wake up at five. And if I know Jack (tee [...]
