Tuesday, April 11th

I will start with Yesterday

Monday morning Gary let me sleep in an extra 30 minutes. He had to take the van in for servicing so he offered to bring Darrelyn to school. It was so nice to get up, have a coffee and only have to worry about getting Darrelyn dressed, cleaned and polished. As apposed to getting myself, Breanna and Darrelyn ready.

After Darrelyn left, I started the laundry and put away a bunch left over from last week. Then I cleaned the kitchen (it was bad) and the living room (not so bad).

Just after lunch I received a call from Darrelyn's teacher. She said that Darrelyn was saying her tummy hurt for about the last 45 minutes. She had already eaten lunch and claimed it still hurt.

Before I go on, here's some history. She has asked the teacher to call me to get her about 3 times already. Each time, she is fine after being home for about 20 minutes. We figured that maybe it was because she was hungry and that is why the teacher made her eat first. So there it is... as early as 5 years old and Darrelyn is learning how to play the system.

Back to the story. Breanna and I walked to the school (Gary had the van you'll remember) As we arrived the children were going out to play. I saw Darrelyn's teacher and she told me that Darrelyn was feeling better now*sigh* I told her I was going to have a talk with Darrelyn. Her teacher felt bad about calling, but I'm glad she did. Its not the teacher's choice on whether or not my child is sick and its not up to her to tell my daughter she's faking In talking to Darrelyn I told her that the teacher was not allowed to call me unless Darrelyn actually sicks up. Even if her tummy hurts, she has to sit through school until its done.

After the lecture, Breanna and I brought Darrelyn to the playground and walked home. When I got home, Bre and I cuddled a bit and I crocheted a bit. Then, an hour later, we went back out to pick up Darrelyn. This time we brought Buddy, of course.

The girls played quite well in the afternoon and evening. Which is really good because Gary had to work until 10pm and I was feeling down. You know, that kind of detached feeling. When he came home, I was just heading to bed. I didn't want to unload on him after such a long day at work and I honestly didn't want him to unload on me. We talked this morning instead

So today....

This morning, after taking Darrelyn to school, Bre and I got the groceries (very badly needed) and she helped me put them away. Then I packed the "green bag" with her lunch and a snack for after school. I cleaned the kitchen and dropped her off at Sarah's house.

I went to volunteer for pizza day at the school. I messed up today, but it was quickly fixed and all was good. The student volunteers didn't come to do the milk trays so I stayed a bit later and filled them as well.

After picking up Breanna, and visiting with Sarah, we went back to the school and I filled the milk trays that were still missing earlier. After school, we headed to Rockwood Park.

Just as the girls started playing, a guy from the Telegraph Journal asked me if he could take their pictures. I didn't mind at all. Although, he probably didn't know Darrelyn had a dirty face at the time. Anyway, he took some pictures and got their names and said that he wasn't sure if they'd be in the paper or not, all he does is submit them.

The girls continued playing and I got a few pictures of my own. Then we left around 4pm to head home and make supper.

After supper, I cleaned up and headed to the gym. The lady at the desk commented that she hadn't seen me in awhile. Its nice to be missed I told her about falling down the stairs.

After my work out, I cleaned the pots that were soaking from supper and put the girls to bed. Now, here I am.