Wind down time

To quote a friend of mine, Ahhhh! It was a very long and trying week. I was looking forward to a three day weekend, and mom came down. While I love my mom, she is a judgemental person, who only sees that her way is the right way. I've always believed that any way that gets the results you want is the right way. That's probably why I didn't do well in math. Mom has not always been my greatest supporter, and often times I've felt like I've been a great disappointment to her. It was something I learned to deal with and finally get to the point where I could just enjoy her company and stop worrying that I had not gotten her approval. It just isn't that important. The pudding has set.

However, the Girl isn't there, and feels the same way I did, that I struggled with for years. I just wish I could convince her that she's just fine the way she is and that grandma's approval isn't the "my precious" that Gollum obsessed over. We all need to be buttered up, and sometimes it seems so much better if it's someone who loves you. It's days like those that makes me wonder why I never drank.

So, my new week started, and it's only day 2...yesterday morning was spent in Pine Valley doing a house inspection. It was stinking cold there! There was snow on the ground and it was freezing! I was not ready for that at all. Add to that, the house heater was not on, so the owner turned it on. The temperature reading was 40 degrees, and after an hour it had only risen 9 degrees. It took all day for the feeling to come back into my toes. This may look like a little bit, but it was so cold! I heard it was 4 inches, but was melting fast. I was very glad to get back to the city and to the warmth of the coast. Today was much warmer, spent the morning in a Fair Housing class and the afternoon catching up on phone calls and paper work. This week has more promise than last and ending well. Oh, except Stacey is sick and spent Tuesday hacking and coughing on everything and running a fever. Her words were, "if I go home the children will run me ragged". So now we all have been exposed to whatever kept her home today.... I checked my benefits to see how much sick time I have, just in case.