Oy....

Time flies. I hate it.

School: School is great. Things are going well. I just need to get myself motivated to video tape myself for 4 sessions of 10 minutes of consultations (practice ones). I have to have it done by next week Thursday no matter what. my goal was last week Thursday, but that didn't happen obviously :) I was supposed to go...basically shadow...an itinterant tomorrow, but the car is not allowing that to happen (see below under life).

Work: Work is the same old same old, nothing is hardly ever new in this area.

my life: I suck. You would think I had things in order but I don't. I kind of overscheduled myself in several areas, and I'm now a complete slacker in some eyes I'm sure. Awhile ago I was supposed to go to an enrichment meeting. Now mind you, these girls probably think I'm non-existent, hate them or think I'm a flake. I had warned the bishopric when they called me on this that I wouldn't be making it to many meetings or activities. I have night classes. Every single semester I've had a Thursday night class (including this semester), which is when the meetings were typically held and when the activities generally are. The bishopric said that was fine, and I could still help out. Yeah, fliers :) I'm glad to help, really, I just feel like a dummy saying "hey, I can't come to meetings, but I can pass out some papers once a month..." Earlier this month, err last month, there was a meeting I could go to, so I said I would be there. I completely forgot about it, mostly cause I got sick. Then they had another this past Sunday, I made it! I signed up to do some things, including fliers for this week! So I think to myself all day after the meeting "fliers, fliers, fliers" I get home, do some homework (I'm behind...imagine that). And get super excited about making homemade lasagna, where I'm even making homemade sauce. So I start making it so Bryan doesn't have to prep everything the next day. Oh wait...what happened to fliers? Yeah...I just remembered. I'm a loser. I've got to look like a flake to everybody now.

As for the car. That was lovely. our car....is old :) It's a very humble car. 97, black, VW jetta. The only car we have, and she (yes she, her name is midnight...Bryan's thing not mine), has served us well. Awhile ago, the car stopped unlocking so the only way to get in was to climb through the window or go through the driver's door. This was before we got married, it got fixed, but it required Bry's dad to take off the inside of the door...it never got put back on for a variety of reasons. BUT all the doors open :) This is definitely a necessity now that we have a child with a ginormous carseat to fit into the car. Well, the passenger side is the one that has the gutted out door, the front passenger side. so some cords stick out and such, no big deal. You have to open it a certain way, no big deal. Today, we went on campus. Bryan had a class, I had a meeting and lugged Kiernan along (yes, lugged, the dude's getting heavy). the car alarm goes off....huh. It shouldn't have...considering we have to manually unlock and lock the car. We turn it off (we have to turn it off by unlocking the trunk since the internal locking system is no longer automatic). And go on our way to do the things we need to do. We come back, my door is slightly ajar...hmph, weird. We get in, leave, and go to the store. Get in the parking lot, Bryan gets out, shuts the door. The alarm goes off. Bryan turns it off, and waits for me to get out. I get out, the alarm goes off. Hmm...oh wait...car won't start. Bryan fiddles, the alarm goes on and off several times. then I hear "hey, why are the windows down?" what? Somehow, through this whole process, the car rolled down all the windows (which we avoid sinc ethe back two windows have fallen before!). Bryan sends me into the store with Kiernan to get the one item we needed, trash bags. I come out, he's still working on it. Then I see him fiddle with something inside the car. Turns out...some cord that is related to the alarm got shut in the door, which was why my door wasn't all the way shut all the way back at the campus parking lot. during all this, I decided to move my shadowing to next week just in case we couldn't get the car working by tomorrow. Throughout all this, I made Bryan really stressed out by reminding him we needed a babysitter for the shadowing thing, and he had forgotten or just somehow didn't hear me. So yeah, find a baby sitter for tomorrow morning at 7:45 AM? not happening, so that confirmed that I needed to reschedule. So I did, and luckily the girl was able to do it (many thanks to her).

In short, I'm a flake :)

Kiernan: he's doing great...most of the time. either he's teething, or he's had a bad stomach ache, or has got some nasty growing pains going on. He's been so fussy all day. Normally he takes several hour long naps throughout the day. Not today, he took two, and that's it. So he's tired...very tired. But something's bugging him. He's had fevers up and down ever since last night, but not high enough to take him to the doctor. He's also drooling as if old faithful is just spouting out of his mouth. Seriously, nothing is dry around him...nothing. So if you see me walking around with wet spots all over, it's his drool. I promise! He keeps sucking on things like no other, hates being put down at the moment, and just whines and whines and whines. this is very unusual for him. He's usually extremely happy all day, easy to distract, and takes many naps, especially in the mornings. Hopefully this thing will resolve itself soon so he can be happy again. :)

Otherwise, he's healthy. He's growing like no other though. I told Bryan today that I seriously think he grew a bunch overnight. He looks so much bigger today. This is part of why I think it might be growth spurt pains. But he also likes to have his gums rubbed, so it could be teething, but he also likes it when I do bicycle kicks with his legs, and that could be a tummy ache. He loves sucking, but won't take the binky right now. I know he's not constipated cause...yeah...we've got plenty of poopy diapers. Oh wait...I thought I moved on about complaining about this...

He's doing well :) he's healthy. We love him, he makes me smile, even when he's crying. he's just adorable. we love him.

There...that should be long enough for now :)