Friends? What Friends??

As single parents I know we can become very involved in our children and their activites...or as I learned yesterday...maybe too involved.  Between shuttling kids all around town to their basketball/volleyball practices and our out of town tournaments, it seems that there is NEVER time for anything else.  This is just one of the many reasons why I'm not dating....but that's another story!

So I'm over at our new department getting some training before our office moves next week when I was approached a soon-to-be fellow co-worker.  She's coming over to me all excited and smiley and says, "I know you from somewhere!   You look SO familiar.  Who are some of the friends you hang out with?"  Tell me why my first thought was....Jordan, Amaia, and Kennedy!!  My second thought was....I don't have friends I hang out with.  :-( *TEAR*  What is going on here?!?!  Now I know the life of a single parent can be pretty hectic, but so much that I have forgotten about myself??

I'm just so exhausted all of the time that I don't feel like doing anything so going out with friends isn't even on my mind!! I just wanna hit the pillow ASAP!!  Ya know?!  I really don't even talk to some of my best friends on the phone or by test!  I know....this is a sad, sad situation folks!  But for the past 9 months we have quite possibly spent more time in the car than at home.  Our car became our dinner table...and I still have the crumbs in the seats and floorboards to prove it...and we were practically living out of suitcases for the past 6 months because every time I turn around, Jordan has another volleyball tournament out of town.  Where and how do I find the time to hang out with people outside of my usual 12 & under crowd, when all I want to do is REST?!  *sigh*

So I guess maybe my best friends are my girls...but ya know what....I'm perfectly okay with that!  At least for now....check back in with me next week and see if I feel the same way.  LOL!  I have another 12 years until Kennedy is 18 and after that I'm FREE!!

By the way....Jordan will be 12 in about a week and a half so shoot some prayers up for me.  I'm feeling like I'm preparing for battle or something with this upcoming birthday!  LOL!


Peace, hearts, and rockets!

Super Mom

What is up with the outfit J???

So I do the usual…..wake everyone up…..put the TV on Spongebob since he’s the only one that can motivate my girls to get dressed for school…. Amaia’s dressed….hair fixed and ready to go.  Kennedy is dressed, has one sandal on, and I’m fixing her hair when I notice Jordan (my 12 yr old).  What does she have on?!?!  Tell me why my daughter chose to wear some faded plaid shorts with a black DC shirt, and some black Puma’s!!  I ask her why she has chosen this particular outfit…..now I didn’t quite say it like that….my exact words were, “Girl what in the hell are you wearing?!”  She’s looking at me like I’m the one with no fashion sense, which I admit to having a limited amount of, but I do know that what she has on does not match!  Man I should’ve taken a picture of this to include with this blog because I’m telling you….it was a mess.  **SMH**  She yells at me, “Mom!  Black goes with EVERYTHING!”  Now who told her this nonsense??

           (these are the socks she chose to wear out!)

Anyway, I tell her which shorts to grab to match that particular shirt and which shoes to wear with it.  I think I have the whole outfit issue under control UNTIL I walk past her room and see what she has on.   **SIGH**   Jordan had on those same ugly faded shorts (that I think I will throw away when I get home today)  and a white, long-sleeve, thermal looking shirt with those same darn black Puma’s.  Now…..we live in Texas and the high for today is 91 so WHY is she wearing a long–sleeve shirt?  The black shoes are a whole other issue now too because they definitely don’t go with her outfit!

(Aeropostale t-shirt, basketball shorts, and a thick DC sweater???)

Somebody help me out because I no matter what I say….she doesn’t listen.  We have arguments over her choice in outfits pretty much daily.  I cannot for the life of me understand why she would choose to wear basketball shorts everyday of the week with a casual Aeropostale or Hollister t-shirt.  What part of this screams out cute??  And don’t get me started on her hair.  The hair issue could almost start a whole other blog, but she wears her hair in a ponytail everyday….no lie!

Now don’t get me wrong…I’m glad I don’t have to worry about the booty shorts and low-cut, mid-drift, very little material type of tops.  But good Lord her current idea of how to create a cute outfit is so far left that I just cannot bring myself to allow her to walk out in public like that!!  Am I wrong here??   My poor daughter needs a fashion makeover!

Driving while thinking......

So as I was driving back to work from lunch today and randomly think back on the route I took.  I couldn't remember it!!!  Now....I can't tell you how many times a day this happens to me.  My mind is obviously going 1000 mph thinking about all of the things I need to do that I'm obviously not paying attention to the gosh darn road!! This is almost as bad as texting while driving....which by the way I confess to doing.  To my defense, I do try to limit it to red lights.


I've also figured out that Jordan can read and send my texts for me while I drive....I just have to make sure I keep the conversation clean.  LOL!  I'm telling you, as Jordan gets older I'm figuring out and saying to myself, "Hey....Jordan can do this for me!!" If I don't feel like pumping my own gas, ordering pizza, fixing Kennedy's hair, etc....I could go on, but I've learned to delegate these things to J.  I mean she can say no, but if I'm the mom she really can't because I told her to do it.  What I say goes, right?? And even though she doesn't want to do it she also doesn't want to lose any privileges, and possibly the use of a limb, so what choice does she have??  LOL!  This is definitely a mommy perk!  So maybe I'm being a tad bit selfish, but look on the bright side....I'm teaching her how to do things on her own instead of me doing it for her.  Well....at least that's what I'm telling myself that I'm teaching her.  LOL!  Hey it works for me!


Peace, hearts, rainbows, and rockets.....

Super Mom of 3

Day after Mothers Day.....

     Okay so Happy Mothers Day to all of us wonderful, stressed out, and under appreciated mothers out there.  I hope you all enjoyed it and received plenty of cute little homemade gifts that your kid(s) made at school.  Being a single parent....that's about all I receive every mothers day.  I cannot wait until they're old enough to get a job and take me out to breakfast, lunch, or dinner!  OR for that matter....until I get married or have a significant other to help them pay for it!  LoL!  Don't get me wrong....the stuff they give me is cute and all, but when your 5 year old hands it to you on the Friday before and simply says..."Here Mom," it sort of takes the Awwwww Sweet feeling out of it all.   Seriously...I know I can't be the only parent that feels this way....right??? I just think I'll enjoy Mothers Day a little more when I my girls aren't so needy and I can actually go get some rest and relaxation without them tagging along.  So speaking of my girls(aka-gremlins, grits, account deplete-ers, I could go on).....let me tell you a little bit about them....as I'm sure I will be writing about them all the time.

First we have Jordan.  Jordan is my 12 yr old, soon to be 13 but acts like she's 23, daughter.  Jordan is great, except for the fact that she's a pre-teen/teenager.  She plays basketball, club volleyball, plays percussion in the symphonic band at school, a member of National Junior Honor Society(NJHS), and she's in a magnet academy at her school.  Sounds great right?!?!  WRONG!! Deep down I know she's a good kid but boy has she been testing me this year!!!   I promise I have almost put her out of the house at least 3 times this year.  Write down this note to self parents......the 7th grade is no joke!!  If you can remember, it was rough for all of us but I never once thought about how difficult it was on our parents until I had a 7th grader of my own this year.  WOW!!

Jordan really is a great kid and certainly more mature than most of the other 12 yr olds I know.  I hate to admit it, but she is almost like the other parent in the house at times.  She has always done very well at helping out with her sisters and I depend on her a lot.  So she really is great when she's not hormonal!!  LOL!

Next we have Amaia !!  Amaia is 8 and in the 2nd grade.  She truly is a miniature version of myself.  OMG!!  Lord help us all!!  She is the sweetest child out of my three girls, but she is a handful....as can be expected since again...she is a miniature version of myself.  Amaia has more energy that a room full of kindergarteners after having birthday cupcakes with buttercream icing!!  While her older sister, Jordan is the outstanding athlete, my little ball of energy has certainly shown that she will be better than big sis.  Yaaaaay Amaia!

And finally we have the little one that tries to run everyone in the house....Miss Kennedy! This is my 5 yr old that will be starting kindergarten in the fall.  I'll be honest with you all....I'm still trying to figure this child out.  She's too cute for words but please do not be fooled; Kennedy is no angel by any means.  She is also the prissy-est girl I have given birth to.....being the tom-boy that I am.....this is no picnic for me.  More to be posted on Kennedy because like I said...I'm still trying to figure her little personality out!  LOL!

So now that you have some very, very brief intros to the subjects of my blogs.....let me just say that I am starting to write these blogs because....well...I seem to have a lot of stuff to say.  I can rant and rave about issues on my kids to my love life(or lack thereof) to my friends getting on my nerves with crazy decisions to pet peeves....let's just say this has the possibility of being slightly entertaining.  :-) I really should have my own reality show but this blog will have to do.  Ha ha! 

So until my next blog.......

Peace, hearts, rainbows, and rockets,

Super Mom of 3