August 29, 2007 by dawnell.

Yesterday I was asked if I would help out and take a detail to the Grocery Managers Position.  My first reaction was wow…and then it was there is no way… I can’t work nights right now, I can not commit the hours the current manager is putting in, I have obligations to my son.  May sound strange but being a mom is a wonderful feeling (at times I would question that statement).  I have made a commitment to him, and my husband that I would be at home (as much as possible) at night to help with the homework, and care for “s”.

After I pleaded my case, Mr. T told me that he would not expect me to put in the hours that Judy does, and he would work with me with the schedule.  Once I heard this I told him I would do what I could to help Judy out.  I figured with the Workforce of the future coming to our store next June, and NSPS coming in April… might be a good thing to get as much information and knowledge so that when the changes do happen, I have more to work with on my resume…

“S” started school last week, and he started playing football… he is super excited about playing.  I guess he got tackled a couple times today and when I asked him if it hurt… he smiled and said no… He said that Jerad told him to knock his a** to the ground and not worry about hurting him.  This kid is notorious for not being tackled and he encourages other kids to knock him to the ground.

It is amazing what playing a school sport can do for a kid… He has more self esteem… and loves playing football…

Now if I could figure out a way to create a couple more hours at night for homework, or figure out a way to teach a teenager time management… he is going to be up forever doing homework tonight… which means a rough morning waking him up…

But that is a part of being a parent…. late nights and early mornings… guess partying as a High Schooler and early in your 20’s teaches you how to work with little to no sleep.

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August 29, 2007 by dawnell.

Today we went on the Fremont Dinner Train… We participated in a Murder Mystery…I really enjoyed it… it was nice to do something different as a family and with Ted’s mom.

“S” started school last week and also started playing football. He seems excited about both… I hope he enjoys football and can maybe get involved with other kids his age… and be able to do more things kids his age should be doing. He was a little bored over the summer since most of the kids around us were not home.

Next weekend we have a wedding to go to. This will be the first wedding Ted and I have been to together as a married couple. I am looking forward to it.

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August 17, 2007 by dawnell.

Just got through watching a segment on home security systems… and the way allot of them are inadequate, and how even having one a thief can still get in and out without tripping the alarm.  After watching this… I am thinking we need to take a look at our system and maybe add some more to it.

I got the results from my CT scan today… everything looked “normal” or within normal ranges.  Not that I really want something to be wrong… but there has to be a reason for what has been going on with me… Guess we will wait and see.

Anika keeps coming up to me and barking… she wants me to go to bed, yes she has a bed time, and I am not ready… It is amazing how animals get into a routine and if you deviate from it in any shape or form, it throughs them for a loop and takes a while for them to get over it… Usually Anika doesn’t… she just takes a crap and lets me know she is not a happy puppy… If she did not have such a big part of my heart… I am sure my husband would boot her to the sunroom and / or outside.

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August 4, 2007 by dawnell.

Working for the government you realize how spoiled the military spouses can be, and I grew up a military “brat” and later became a military wife.  Our store is going through quite a few construction changes, and upgrades.  Up until this week, none of the changes have really effected the patrons that shop our store… this week, the eisles have become only 5 feel wide… YES that is not enough room as far as I am concerned… but it is a temporary issue… Spoiled Military wives bitch and moan and you would have thought we removed an entire line of product…. It is unreal some of the complaints we get…

Our son has an issue with time…We give him specific instructions to be home at a specific time and most of the time we will here excuses as to why it did not happen… May not seem like a big deal especially since we sometimes will joke about Mormons being late and never on time… We have provided him 2 different watches, a cell phone… several clocks, several phones and various reminders… and still LATE!!!

Found out that the teens mouth, and ears are a little big and the messages while going to the brain, get totally screwed up, and the neurons and electrons are not functioning quite right… he was walking with the girl that lives on our street, when she asked him some questions about “w”… well, He decided he could answer those questions and make it like he knew what he was talking about…  using bits and pieces of things my husband and I talk about and put a little twist on them… He totally got stuff wrong, and I know that I will be hearing about everything later when I am asked a bunch of questions.  when I told him that the things he talks about will get back to others… he got big eyes and I think he realizes that he was in the wrong… and will have to live with the consequences of his actions…

life with a teen is a roller coaster…

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