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There is nothing more fun then your child making you look like a slacker, NOT! My son hands me a stack of paperwork to be read and signed last night. I didn't get to it last night and forgot about it this morning. No biggie, not like they could possibly expect all this paperwork back the next day right? Well he calls me about 15 minutes after he leaves on the bus to tell me, "You didn't sign my course selection for last year so you need to drive it down here now for my guidance counselor or she is picking my classes." I tell him no way did he just get this yesterday and they want it today or else. "No mom I got it awhile ago, I just need it today, right now." OK that is my problem how? I mean if he had given it to me "awhile" ago and I forgot, but he has had it for "awhile" and now it's my fault he didn't get it back from me instantly. Oh man, I am just annoyed. So I tell him fine I will drop it off today, then I hang up and call his counselor to see if I can fax it and send in the hard copy tomorrow. She tells me no need to fax it she is glad to know I have actually seen it though since it was due weeks ago. OK so glad he is at school because now I want to just shake him. She said she told all the kids 2 weeks ago that was their last chance she needed it by the end of that week. Then yesterday she threatened them with her choosing their classes to really scare them. OK so my kid isn't the only slack, but geez I am annoyed and once he gets home tonight he is going to hear about it.

Tomorrow is my doctor's appointment and I can honestly say this is the first time I have ever been eager to see a doctor. Last week pain started in my bad that is seriously worse then labor pain. It is on both sides of my back, about mid way between top half and bottom half. I am also having a similar pain in the exact same locations on the front of my body, the actual pain is a little different. No fever, no problems with urinating. I have been super nausea though and have gotten sick on and off all week long. I am thinking it is a kidney issue, but I am no doctor I just play one for my family. I have been pretty immobile all week and it is killing me. Driving is a task, it hurts to sit upright, it hurts to lay down. The only time I am not in some sort of pain is when I am standing perfectly still. Twisting in any direction is killer, reaching backwards is almost impossible. I just want to know what is wrong cause 5 days into this I am really really getting worried. I have been avoiding the ER like the plague, but have a feeling I may be sent in for some sort of tests. I should be quite a site to see going out Saturday because I am walking and moving slower then an 80 year old, but there is not a snowballs chance in hell I am staying home.

Chicken or Tuna? Buffalo!

We all remember Jessica Simpson's famous moment of not knowing if Chicken of The Sea was tuna or chicken, right? Well my darling little Carlos had a Jessica moment tonight at Applebee's. See Carlos has got to be one of the pickiest eaters you ever will encounter so I was sort of surprised when he asked for an appetizer of boneless buffalo wings. While eating them the conversation went something to this:

Carlos: So what are these chicken wings made of?
Us: What??? (imagine our puzzled looks)
Carlos: Well are they buffalo or chicken?
Us: Huh? (starting to seriously think he couldn't have gotten on honor roll on his own right?)
Carlos: Well they are buffalo.
Me: Actually they are mostly unicorn.
Carlos: Why do they call them buffalo.
Me: Hamburgers come from a ham.

Do buffalo's have wings? Did he really think he wasn't eating chicken but buffalo. He claims he knew all along it was *really chicken, he just didn't know why they were called buffalo. Yes Carlos and ditzy Jessica knew she was eating tuna not chicken.

Birthday Wrap Up!

How do you make a 13 year old boy happy? Give him a *real cell phone. Carlos has had a cell phone for a few years now, but it was a Migo. A "long range walkie talkie" according to him. Only 5 numbers could be called from it, and no one could call him. All my friends have cell phones. After hearing this for the last 2 years or so we decided this year he would graduate from the walkie talkie to a *real cell phone, and he literally spent all weekend on it. He texted, he took pictures, he texted some more, he played video games on speaker phone with friends in his room. Finally last night I told him turn the ringer down or off because I was ready to toss the thing out the window after a whooping 2 days. In any case his birthday was a hit despite the fact we celebrated it on Saturday instead of Friday because Friday was just too jam packed with things to do. He was woken up Saturday morning to a Happy Birthday ringtone on his new phone. Silly boy thught it was his alarm clock and tried turning it off, I should have had the video ready. Then for lunch his friend, my sister, 2 nieces, and all of us went to Applebee's. So all in all he was very pleased with his big ONE THREE!

13, what, what?!?!?!

Thirteen years ago today I had my first child. My only son. He has grown to be a good kid. He has his moments, who doesn't, especially a 13 year old boy. He made honor roll this marking period, he ran cross country for the first time this year and did pretty darn good for never having ran before, he has his first wrestling match coming up, he has found a recent passion for reading. My little Manny is a teenager. Wow.

Isn't He Lovely????

I have nothing to say. I am tired, cranky, and my head hurts. So I thought I would show everyone my son. He brought home his school pictures yesterday. He doesn't like them. But I do. He looks so grown up and dare I say cute? I know he reads here occasionally so if "cute" is not an acceptable word I am sure I will hear about it. 7th grade, middle school. Where did time go? This is the first time in a long time I am actually buying all my kids their school pictures. More expensive, but we never seem to make it anywhere else to get them taken.