Not-So-Normal Mom

I tried to put this cool evil thingy on my blog and it jacked everything up. So, I changed over to this look! Waddya think? I'm still trying to stay ahead on my homework, which is a chore. My kids went on vacation Friday which means we are going to be spending three glorious weeks together. Yeah. Hopefully, we'll be able to come up with some cool things to do. Right now, we're just being lazy. Tomorrow, we're going fishing with our friends. It should be fun!! I'll post pictures tomorrow! Random thoughts...

Trying to take too many classes...Kids working on projects...Working...Conferences...Cousin's quincenera...Fishing on Sunday...Last week was Randy's 12th birthday...Good God, I'm the mother of a tween...Took four 11-12 year old boys to the movies and dinner on Saturday and wanted to die...Maybe I can write more tomorrow...
Peace out,
Mom

I am making my way through the classic authors... I have read so much in my life that was just for fun, and also some stuff that was required reading. However, I have never really branched out to read authors that are legendary. I read Matthew Lewis' The Monk, and Jane Austin's Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice. I just picked up James Joyce's Dubliners, and John Steinbeck's The Winter of our Discontent. I decided that I shouldn't just read good books, I should read GREAT books. I also just finished Double Indemnity and The Grifters, both of which were required reading. Anyway...I am enjoying all of them. (Except Sense and Sensibility...OMG, it was killing me to finish that book. It was soooo proper. It made me crazy!)

Anyway...I have so much more time for myself and my family now that I'm not spending time with my sister. I knew that she demanded a lot of my time, but I didn't realize just how much. I actually have time to do my homework, and have time with my husband. I'm going out with my friend tonight to watch Brokeback Mountain in Hillcrest, and we're going out to dinner beforehand. Yeah! Grown-up time!!!! It's quite refreshing, and honestly, very nice...

Today, I am playing along with The Kept Woman(click the title to see her harrowing escape from a semi), and posting my experience with breaking the law.

I was mostly a good girl until I turned 18, then I discovered sex. That was fun. Then, I met the loser who I eventually married and later divorced. When I met him, he was living on the streets. I, being the good girl from a white bread family, thought it was wicked cool to live in hotels. So, I left the comforts of my home to hang around with him and his friends.

Eventually, we all ran out of money and had nowhere to go (yes, I could have gone home, but I was stupid). We started to stay in vacant houses. Houses for sale, rent, whatever. We never made a mess or anything, but we broke in after dark, and basically squatted there until the next morning. We also stayed in motor homes that were housed in a big lot by my house. There, we found canned goods that we did partake in. (I feel bad that they may have later gone camping thinking they were prepared, and then realized we ate all their chili.) There were many narrow escapes from homeowners, and stories about sliding down second story overhangs, but basically, it was all pretty stupid. That was my big crime spree. I eventually went home. Pregnant.

So that's it. If any of you want to remind me of other things I've done, feel free.