Yesterday I turned 23... 23! I think 25 is creeping upon me rather quickly. Lol
Thanks to facebook, my many friends and family remembered my birthday. However, my children didn't need facebook to remember for they had been reminding me every day since Sunday that my birthday was on Thursday and I was going to be 23 years old.
The morning of my birthday Joseph ran into my bathroom yelling at me:
"Mom! Mom! Guess what?!"
"What Joseph?"
"It's your birthday and you're 23 years old!!" (with a huge grin of excitement and surprise on his face)
"Yes Joseph, that's right. If you hadn't reminded me just now, I'd have definitely forgotten. Thanks for the reminder."
"You're welcome. I love you mom. Happy birthday."
"Thank you Joseph. I love you more."
Soon after all three ran and sang Happy Birthday once each, and then sang it once together. They were pretty proud to celebrate my birthday. And I was never happier having been sang Happy Birthday to four subsequent times.
Needless to say the day began rather well. Loaded the kids onto their buses and came home to try and sleep a little bit... Of course that didn't work out since I was already wide awake... Not long later I received a text from Jonathan telling me to be ready to leave at 11 o'clock. Being Jaclyn, I had to ask, "As in 11 this afternoon or tonight?" (Don't ask I have no idea what I was thinking!) "This afternoon! :)" was his response. So that scratched off my workout for the day since it was already 8:am and the workout was an hour and a half and I still had some school work to go over.
(Just a little FYI) I had quit the P90X after like 2 weeks because I started school, Jonathan's work schedule was getting weird with having to go lock up at night and all the kids were now home for the summer, so there really wasn't a whole lot of time to get it done. So I've finally started back on the P90X again since the kids have been back in school and it is going well. Wish me luck and completion this time around. ☺
At 10:am I start my workout, somehow forgetting that Jonathan told me to be ready to go at 11... I instantly freaked quit the workout and took a 3 minute (or less) shower and was dressed, hair and makeup done in 30 minutes... I had done it all with 30 minutes to spare. Then I get a text at 11:10, "Running late. On my way." All that rushing and he's now running late! Go figure!
Fifteen minutes later, Jonathan walked through the door redeeming himself for being late with some of the most beautiful lilies (my favorite flowers) I have ever seen. We went for lunch at a place called Sweet Peppers Deli. It was a first time for both of us and it was so delicious! We both ordered the Sicilian Panini, a grilled ciabatta bread with ham, pepperoni & salami, topped with provolone, red bell pepper, pepperoncini (not even really sure what that is lol), tomato & Italian dressing with a side of the pasta salad. The panini was so so so so so good! A tid bit spicy, but just enough. The pasta salad was okay... Seemed as though the noodles were maybe cooked too long or had been sitting in the fridge soaking up the sauce making them too soft, but the flavor was good. Then we headed next door to a place called Frosting. The place was SO cute! It was decked out in pinks, browns and greens and reminded me slightly of the Fairy Godparents! Lol They are a cupcake and pastry shop that had SO much to choose from! We missed happy hour (buy one get one free) by 30 minutes, but I did get a 10% discount for it being my birthday! ☺ I chose the white chocolate raspberry cupcake, and Jonathan got the very blueberry cupcake and if that wasn't enough we got a caramel hazelnut pastry that we have yet to try because we were so dang full! The white chocolate raspberry is a vanilla cupcake filled with raspberry cream, topped with butter cream frosting, white chocolate shavings and fresh raspberries! OMG!!! Not only were there probably a million calories in that thing, but it was so very delicious! The very blueberry, I will say was better since Jonathan let me try a bite :). It reminded me a lot of a blueberry streusel. It was filled with blueberries and topped with vanilla butter cream frosting and sugared blueberries. Yummm!!!!!! After we left, not only did I have to unbutton my pants, but I seriously wanted to vomit I had eaten so much and I still hadn't done my workout... Made it home without puking and laid on the couch.
At 10 minutes to 3 I got my shoes on to go get Joseph from the bus stop, only to find him at our window peeking in and walking away. What?! His bus dropped off early so he walked to the apartment and only peeked in the window and started walking away because he didn't see anyone (the windows are fairly tinted, so it's a little difficult to see anything from the outside.) He didn't even try to knock or open the door! Once I
"Lynda Lyons Head start, this is so & so speaking."
"Would you happen to know if the blue tag bus is running late?"
"All the buses have made it back."
Keep in mind that the head start does not let the kids off of the bus without a parents ID. So I start freaking!
"So where are my kids?!?!"
"Who are you looking for ma'am."
"Amaya and Tressa Nissen." All the while, I'm practically yelling at the lady because I'm so frantic...
"They're right here at the office waiting for you."
"What?! Why did they not get on the bus?"
"They were on the bus. They waited at the bus stop and you weren't there, so they called you and you said you were on your way."
Okay! Did this lady just say what I think she said?!
"Look lady, NOBODY ****ing called me." Unfortunately I have a bad potty mouth, let alone when I become upset or angry, so please excuse all of the expletives. :)
"Yes they did. They called and said you were on your way to pick them up 30 minutes ago."
This lady is clearly out of her mind!!!
I quickly drove to the school. Not thinking about anything but getting my babies as quickly as possible and thinking about all the things I was going to say to this lady. They were going to get a piece of my mind!
I ran into the school and see Mrs. Knight (Tressa's teacher for most of the summer) and the head of education.
*Warning: Expletives ahead. Beware.
"Why was I not called?"
"We called you. Said you were on your way."
"Look lady, (showing her my phone log) NOBODY ****ing called me! NOBODY! Nobody called my husband, my mother-in-law (I called her on my way to the school just in case) or my father-in-law. You definitely did not speak to any of us."
"Ma'am that's what so & so said."
"What number did she call?"
"I can find out for you tomorrow."
"No. I want to know NOW."
"Let me get the book."
They bring the book and all of the numbers they have listed for us are correct.
"I'm telling you right now, she miss dialed. But it still makes no sense. Who the hell else has two daughters named Amaya and Tressa, in Gulfport, that attend your school and supposedly is on their way to pick them up?? NO ONE!! And besides, if you had ****ing called me, why the hell would I have called your ***es asking if the bus was late because I wanted to know where the **** my kids were?! And if I was supposedly on my way 30 minutes ago why didn't anyone call me again to ask where the **** I was?! Answer me that lady!"
"I'm just telling you what the bus driver told me."
"Well, lady. The bus driver is ****ing crazy, because she didn't call anybody!"
Mrs. Knight then says "It's okay. They're here. Nothing happened to them."
"Don't try to console me. I am PISSED OFF!"
I just then realize that I'm making a complete fool of myself and talking to these ladies so disrespectfully all the while my girls are watching me. I was just so angry. I was trembling, I felt my blood pressure rising, my blood was boiling and I wanted to know how and why this happened...
"I was at the bus stop from 3:25-4:10..."
"We got there at 3:20. I went into the office (of the apartment complex) and walked right back out because I didn't know if they wanted me in their office or not."
"You guys are NEVER there before 3:30! Don't ever think you can't go into that office. If for whatever reason I am not out there, please go in there and have them call me or you call me. And make sure it's actually me. I am 2 seconds from the bus stop, you can wait that long for me to come to you."
"That's why we tell the parents to be at the bus stop at 2:30 because there are times when some kids don't show up and we don't have to travel those roads."
"I am not going to sit at the bus stop in the heat for an hour and a half because you "might" show up before 3:30! I'll see you at the bus stop tomorrow morning."
"Don't forget you need to sign them out at their classrooms."
Seriously?! I just walked out and took my babies home...
I'd never been so happy to see my kids in all my life!
I debated on whether or not to go to class that night because I was still so pissed off about the whole ordeal. I did end up going. I haven't missed a day yet, so why not just go?!
I eventually calmed down and some of the classmates remembered my birthday :)
Melina got me some eye shadow's because she knows how much I love makeup and Zrondia (pronounced Zon- druh, weird spelling for that pronunciation, I know) went to Krispy Kreme and got me four donuts! Lol
Overall, I think I had a good day and I definitely felt like an idiot looking at Mrs. Knight (she is often one of the two bus assistants) this morning when they picked the kids up, but she still gave me her sweet lady smile and talked to me as though we were best of friends....
Thank you to everyone that wished me happy birthday you all made it special.
-Jaclyn-
