38 posts tagged “the mister”
So, remember how the mister bailed his friend M out of jail a couple of months ago? Well, M died thursday night.
He was a major alcoholic (the mister bailed him out of jail for a DUI in July, actually). Apparently he was out Thursday drinking and made it home. No call, no show, at work on Friday. His girlfriend went over and broke into his house and found him in his car in the garage with the garage door closed. So it looks like carbon monoxide is the likely culprit. But we're unclear whether he was drunk and made it home and passed out in the car and forgot to turn off the engine or if he did it deliberately. Really, it could be either situation. He was 29. Incredible.
So that's where we are at the moment. I had major issues with him but it's just very sad to me. And makes me think a lot about my naivete about other people. My cluelessness about how messed up people are, what they can and can't handle, and the assumptions I make about them. And about being a parent and trying to take care of your children so that they live beyond 30.
I keep not believing that it's real. Doubting.
The mister to the boys: "Okay, I want everyone naked and in the pool. No ifs, ands, just BUTTS!"
What a good dad.
well, the mister made it back alright last night and then was out the door at 8 this morning to go get M out of jail. grand total $1,600. i'm deciding to not be as pissed as i was last night because i wasn't the one who had to drive all over the place and pay money and wait in the sun and deal with cops and bureaucrats. and the mister is mad enough and demoralized enough by the experience that it's plenty for both of us. i don't need to add to it. he's saying that he's planning to scale back the "friendship." we'll see. he's got to hold on to M until September 1 at least, because that's his court date and if he doesn't show up for court then the $8,000 debt he's incurred by with his dui, no registration, no insurance will default to the mister since he's the one who posted the bail. so, he's got to make it through august and get as much of his money back as possible and then he can ditch him for all i care. ridiculous. i felt really badly for my nice guy husband. he's just so nice.
Was awake with Moonpie until 5:30 or 6. 6:30 Monkey started screaming in his bed. The mister came in and reported that Monkey was burning up. So now I've got two kids with fevers. This is a first.
At least the big one is able to tell me what is wrong. Moonpie's fever responds to the Motrin. It's down to 99.1 now.
I can tell that I'm going to be taking two kids to the doctor in the morning.
Hopefully Monkey's fever will respond to the Motrin too.
That way we can avoid going to QuickCare today. Nice.
We had a busy end of week and weekend. The mister was an organizer and moderator of several panels at the Vegas Valley Book Festival. He was busy Friday and Saturday doing stuff. I didn't get to go to any of it but he said that it all went well. I think he was just trying to survive it. That stuff is hard.
To add to the insanity I did an interview for a yet-to-be-aired tv series on the History Channel. Will likely air in the spring sometime--march or april I think. It was fine. Totally strange. Nice people for the most part. I tried to sound smart even though the premise of the program (extreme long life and life expectancy) is kind of wacko and dumb. After it all I thought of a couple of points I should have made, but they probably wouldn't have used them anyway. I am still having a hard time with how I looked for it. I went shopping and got a new outfit and shoes, spent too much money really, but I just don't feel like myself or comfortable in this post-pregnancy body. I feel so thick in the middle it's hard to feel and look confident. It doesn't fit with my image of myself in my mind's eye.
Enough about my body. I will say one thing though...it would help a lot of I would stop eating so much sugar and junk. I just crave it. Need a sugar fix. I think I have a bonafide addiction to sugar. That's a big problem.
Moonpie is struggling with is teeth again. This time it's the top front. They're just sitting there tormenting him. Monkey is great. A rascal with me though. The mister gets his fair share of the rascal monkey but I get more. He really favors his dad. I am totally jealous. I'm starting to call monkey Mr. Defiant behind his back because he literally does the opposite of what I ask him to do. With a twinkle in his eye. I'm hoping that this will pass, right?
Gotta get some work done this morning. Signing off.
SOOOOO happy about our new President. I think it's so amazing and wonderful. I am thrilled that my sons will know him as their first President. I think that little tiny fact alone offers great possibilities for the future.
I don't envy the poor guy's job though. He's crazy to have wanted to be PoTUS with the state we're in.
Busy, tired, okay.
Doing a weird interview thing for a tv show this Saturday. The mister pushed me to do it. I never do these things. Never. Scared shitless. Can't even think about it.
Mister is involved in a book festival all weekend and is feeling overwhelmed by it. Just gotta get through it.
Moonpie WAS doing great sleeping and is now waking up every couple of hours again. I think it's his teeth. My guys teethe early on and it messes up their sleep. Still, he's SO cute.
Monkey is beautiful. Talking. Singing. Last night he loved the Tootsie Roll song. He was a dino for Halloween and had a great time.
Off to get the little dudes. I miss them.
I am so tired. The baby won't sleep. His second tooth came though yesterday. He wants to sleep in my bed with me all the time. I am so tired. He is so tired. The mister isn't any help. It's 2 in the afternoon and moonpie has been crying for over an hour now. I go in there and try and calm him down. He's hysterical. He's exhausted. I am so exhausted and ready to cry along with him. Apparently I don't get to take a nap either. And I don't get to sleep at night. I went to work almost all day yesterday and had two pretty intensive student projects I had to deal with. That wiped me out. And then I was on my own taking care of both kids last night while the mister was out. It's going to run me down again and I'm going to get sick. I know it.
No end in sight.
Got this cute little keychain for my brother for his birthday and I decided to get one for my mister as well. They're both great dads.
They're available with a ton of other cute stuff from this nice Etsy site: a passion for fashion. check it out!
We actually got out of the house last night. Well, for the early evening anyway. Went over to B & M's for happy hour around 5. Took Monkey and Moonpie. Monkey was great. Moonpie was more mercurial. Lots of people, lots of noise. It was hot. He hadn't napped much yesterday. He got passed around a lot though and that was nice and good for both him and me. It's nice that people want to hold my baby. I like that.
Anyway, it was nice to see a bunch of our friends and some new people in my department. It was nice to have our normal friday night routine momentarily disrupted.
And then we got home at 8. Monkey went to bed pretty much. Moonpie had a bath and was SO happy! Much happier than he had been at the party. And by 8:30 they were all asleep. Including the mister. Asleep AGAIN by 8:30 on a Friday night. Our usual routine I guess.
