An Update to the Progress

I've been told that there haven't been any new and interesting posts on my site to read, so I thought I'd try and entertain you guys with a few words this morning. There really isn't much to tell, but I'll go over what's happened in the past few days anyhow. It's a little mundane and filled with minor annoyances, but collectively they're a HUGE annoyance.

Anyway, here goes:

1. Mom and dad are still out of town. They called last night from Las Vegas, and although mom was dead-set on absolutely hating the place before she got there (a friend and neighbor went and hated it, therefore, she was gonna hate it, too), but she found that she actually thought it "pretty" and "interesting" and she was looking forward to going out last night and having dinner somewhere.

2. Tee ball remains to be a thorn in my side. Between trailor-trash parents and a coach who doesn't, I'm surprised that our team does anything at all out on the field. We've got one kid that's a total ball-hog (he'll be at shortstop and run all the way to first base to get a hit ball), two kids who are, at any given moment, either laying on the ground watching the clouds drift by or playing in the dirt, and another kid whose trailor-trash mom won't leave him alone long enough to let him actually play (he'll be "down and ready" and she'll scream his name until he turns around and then say, "Pay attention! Get ready!").

3. Tee-ball related - my parent t-shirt for our tee-ball team had one fan-freakin'-tastic feature I didn't count on - my son's name misspelled on the back. I paid my $10, spelled the name three times out loud and then wrote it down for the woman, and she still got it wrong. I waited 3 weeks for the shirt to get here, I suppose I'll have to wait 3 more weeks to get the new one. By then I suppose I can just have another t-shirt to wear, 'cause tee-ball will be almost over.

4. Since mom and dad are still out of town, my work schedule is still screwed up. I usually work Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, but I've had to shift days so that there will always be someone here to take care of Conman. This week, I work Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Next week it's Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The week after that it's the ELC and I only work on Tuesday, which leads us to...

5. The ELC party prep is going exceptionally slow, which isn't a good thing considering there are only two more weekends for DH before the party. We still have no wood chopped / split for the fire pit, the lights in the patio aren't fixed (that's a money issue), the computer room is nowhere near clean, the bathroom is partially clean, the kitchen is partially clean (veering back toward "messy"), I managed to get the dining room area and table cleaned up, but the stuff in the "keep" boxes is still in the middle of the floor, Conman's "playroom" (i.e., our living room) is veering back toward messy, and I've decided there's no hope for Conman's room. What's more, our laundry room is also a hopeless mess. That's just the in-house stuff; the t-shirts, stickers and magnets made it in for the party (they arrived yesterday, as did my couch slip-cover), but I still have to pick up the "item" that's at the screen printers', order Conman's birthday cake, confirm the bowling alley for the birthday party (if that's what I wanna do for the party), finish buying food (meats, meats, meats!) and get myself a few outfits to wear. I think that's it...I'm probably missing something.

6. My game time has been a little curtailed (gee, I wonder why?) and when I am in-game, I'm bored lately. I can't really sign up for anything because I'm never sure if (1) I'll be able to be there or (2) if I am able, whether or not I'll feel like playing. Maybe once this crazy month is over, I'll be able to do a little more gaming. However...

7. My admin duties haven't lessened. I'm still doing my best to help out on that aspect through chat and stuff.

Well, I still have to go to work yet, so I'm gonna close out. Still gotta apply the warpaint and lacquer. Have a good day, blog-readers!