Thursday Thirteen #51

It has been pointed out to me lately that this blog does not contain enough drama. Perhaps that's because this is a Mommy blog. Maybe Bear Gryllis has one that would be more exciting? And so, in a desperate attempt to keep my 5 readers, tonight's Thursday Thirteen will be a strictly tongue-in-cheek look at the 13 Most Dramatic Moments of this past week. Try to stay calm while you're reading them, OK?

1. On Monday morning, I was one of the first to arrive at work. Together with a co-worker, we put the key in the front door, turned the knob and...we were promptly hit by a blast of hot air that told us immediately there was something wrong with the AC. Indeed there was. It's been out since then. Today's inside office temp? 92 degrees. It's supposed to get fixed next Wednesday.
2. On Monday afternoon, after a day of  unending heat at work and annoying conflict in the car pool, I dropped those kids off and went to pick up my youngest at her school. Before I went inside, I opened the back of my car to pull out her super-huge car seat and LATCH it into place. But first...I dropped it on my big toe. I wanted to say #$%^&*, because when you drop a car seat of that size onto your big toe, such things are acceptable. BUT, in the presence of my three older children, I held my tongue.
3. On Monday evening, I posted something that garnered 18 Comments-about 18 more than I usually get for anything that I post. Yea me!
4. On Tuesday evening, I went to Ross and Kohl's. I found a pair of pants for less that $7 and I needed a smaller size than what I first tried on! And then...I went to the shoe section. While I saw many beloved pairs of white leather Keds in my size and on sale, I listened to my inner Lanie and bought my first pair of casual shoes in years that doesn't belong on the tennis court! (Black Mary Jane's a la Anne or Libby) Now if one of my more style conscious friends would tell me what to wear them with, I might actually put them to good use. I saw the Keds and I just said no. Amazing! (No really, it is.)
5. On Wednesday afternoon, a co-worker and I got to leave the steam bath work early for a grant writing class.It was held at OSU/OKC where they train police officers and fire fighters. There were lots of cute men in uniform all over the place. They called me "Ma'am." It made me smile. I was wearing my new $7 pants.
6. My husband picked up the kids after-school on Wednesday so I could finish my class! (That gets its own number!)
7. When I came home from my class and walked through the front door, all four of my children spontaneously melted down about what bad days they were having. They were also all in the midst of doing cleaning chores that their Dad had given them after he brought them home from school. Coincidence? I think not.
8. On Wednesday evening, I went to get a Food Handler's permit for PTA. At my age, I really thought that was a rite of passage I just might have permanently missed out on-but apparently, you're never too old for a Power Point followed by a Scantron quiz with a #2 pencil.
9. This morning, I got up early enough to toss dinner into the crockpot start laundry AND load the dishwasher before leaving the house!
10. And THEN, there was not one fender bender on I-35 North for the first time this week which means that I was also on time for work for the first time this week!
11. But wait! There's more! I left work early enough to come to the house first and...move the laundry from the washer to the dryer, start the dishwasher, AND check the crockpot and add more liquid. This means I came home with the kids to find dinner ready, clean dishes in the washer, and clean clothes in the dryer. You all may think "bo-ring!" But I'm thinking..."SCORE!"
12. When I got to the school this afternoon, I couldn't find the PTA mom to whom I needed to deliver a big stack of papers and, as I dropped off the car pool, guessed I would have to try and find her house. Not fun. But then, I backed out of the last kid's driveway and THERE SHE WAS driving right in front of me! I called her cell, we pulled over, and all was taken care of before 3 p.m.! Again "SCORE!"
13. But sadly, with those two triumphs, the powers-that-be evened the score by having me drop my barely-touched cherry Diet Coke from Sonic right into the driveway as I unloaded the car this afternoon. Alas...it just wasn't meant to be a perfect day. I think I had managed about two sips of it before I covered my drive in Sonic ice and diet cherry syrup goodness. Oh well...I'll get over it eventually.

And some of you think my life is dull...

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