The Daily Nusz

Once again, I’m a terrible blogger.  I just feel like I’m so busy, but I can’t for the life of me think of anything exciting that I’ve been doing.  Let’s see . . .

1.  For a couple days, I was being stalked by a law firm.  A former student of mine is involved in a lawsuit, and the defense wants me to give a deposition about the contents of a psych report I wrote several years ago.  The law firm even posted on this blog, pleading with me to contact them.  Sigh.   I’m about to be subpoened, apparently.  Let’s hope my dead body isn’t found in a trunk soon.

2.  Kevin is bummed because it looks like Declan is left-handed.  For your information, I am left-handed, Kevin is right-handed.  He’s convinced that Dec is going to have a harder life because “nothing is made for him”.  Whatever.  Aside from me being emotionally scarred from my mother never bothering to replace the left-handed scissors that I once had, I’m all good. And I think that worked out for the best, because I’d hate to have to whip out my left-handed scissors at random moments.  Although the bright side, according to Kevin, is that if Dec is athletic, maybe his “disability” (as Kevin refers to it) can be used to his advantage.  Whatever that means. 

3.  Dec’s new game is to run up to Savannah, grab the back of her shirt, and hold on for dear life.  She tears around the house, trying to escape his stealy grasp, to no avail.  She screeches in frustration, he cackles in glee, and Mommy gets a terrible headache.

4.  We have two hand-me-down Halloween costumes for Dec—what do you think—the cutest little bumblebee that you ever did see?  Or the cutest little alligator that you ever did see?  I have a picture of him in part of the alligator one.  Ignore the fact that he isn’t wearing pants, and try to keep yourself from spending hours admiring his juicy thighs.

Close-up of the thighs:

5.  My dissertation is done.  Handed in yesterday. 

6.  We updated our landscaping.  Our roses are still blooming (they’ve been blooming since we planted them in April), our daylilies are waning, and I just planted some mums and pansies (can you believe that pansies are “winter” flowers down here?).  I also sat a scarecrow on our bench, alongside a pumpkin.  Pictures forthcoming.

7.  Commentary overheard today (while Savannah and Kevin were watching The Little Mermaid):

     Savannah:  I love Ariel.

     Daddy:  Oh, yeah?

     Savannah (sigh):  Yeah . . . the red hair, the boobs, the tail (another sigh).

Boy O boy, my blogging has been seriously negligent lately.  What’s been going on around here?

1.  My job situation has been resolved.  I will be working for Union County Public Schools, as a half-time school psychologist, in a very nice elementary school less than 15 minutes from my house.  I am very excited about it.  My first day is in about two weeks. 

2.  Decky started daycare on Tuesday.  He and Savannah will be going on Tuesday, Thursday, and every other Friday.  Decky started off with just a half-day, and did fantastic.  No crying, ate like a horse, and played nicely with the other kids.  We have been “visiting” his new class a couple times a week for the last few weeks, so I think it helped that everything was familiar.  Let’s hope that his second day, which is tomorrow, goes as well. 

3.  Savannah had a moment today which caused me to laugh.  We were out in the garage, and Decky was swinging in the swing that is suspended from the ceiling.  Savannah was pushing him.  Mid-push, she decides to get on her tricycle and then ride it directly in the path of the swinging swing.  Well, before I was able to intervene, she got smacked into once as the swing came forward, then smacked into again as the swing swung back, then smacked into a final time as it came forward again.  She wasn’t hurt, mainly disgusted by the indignity of it, but it caused both kids to cry for about 2 minutes (Decky was mainly crying because Savannah was crying–he in no way was harmed).  Is it awful that I laughed, which made Savannah even more mad?  Oh, and sorry Lindsey, I was on the phone with you at the time, and had to hang up to deal with all the screaming.

Okay, I promise next time I will post some pictures! 

Peace out.

I am a terrible sleeper.  Like, if I get 4-5 hours a night, that’s amazing.  So now it’s 1:19 am, no signs of sleep, despite the assistance of a mild sleep aid.  I’m reading a book for my book club called, The Shack, by William P. Young.  In it, a 6 year-old girl is murdered by a serial killer while on a camping trip with her father and siblings.  In a quest for healing, God summons the father to the place the murder took place.  I’m about half-way through, and it’s just starting to get a bit . . . silly.  But the gruesome tale has succeeded in making me afraid of camping, and I’ve checked on the kids a couple of times now.

News in the Nusz household . . .

1.  While backing out of the garage, I succeeded in severely damaging both the passenger side mirror AND the track to the garage door.  This is not a uncharacteristic behavior for me.  I freely admit that I should never be allowed to drive nice cars.  Kevin handles my lapses in driving ability with good humor, thankfully.  He purchased a new mirror off of ebay, and bent the track back on the garage door.  The funny part was that when the mirror arrived in the mail, he fussed because it had a couple of light scratches on it.  Um, did you see what I just did to the old mirror?  Now I won’t have to break in the new mirror; someone else did it for me.

2.  Dec is walking!  Well, he’s taking three or four steps at a time.  He then gets intimidated and falls to the floor.  But it’s a start.  Savannah keeps shrieking, “He’s walking, he’s walking!”, which contributes to his leeriness. 

3.  Declan had his twelve-month well baby check-up a couple of days ago.  He weighs 22.5 pounds, and falls in the 50th percentile for both height and weight.  Savannah had her 3 year check-up, and she weighs 30 pounds.  She falls in the 30th percentile for height, and 50th percentile for weight.  Both were very upset when they got their shots.  Much screaming ensued. 

4.  Dissertation defense:  Thursday, July 31, at 11:30am.  Think good thoughts.

5.  Job possibilites:  looking up!  More later, when things are finalized.

So, that’s what’s going on in the Nusz household, as noted from my perceptions at . . . 1:35 am. 

Peace out.  Maybe I should say, “good night”; it might put me in the mood to sleep.

A while back I wrote a post called “random stuff”.  I thought I’d follow up on some of that stuff, and maybe add some more. 

1.  Kevin put Savannah to bed the other night.  When he did so, he saw her put her thumb in her mouth.  If you remember, we just got rid of her pacifier.  If I see her doing it again, we are faced with the question:  Do we give her back her pacifier so she doesn’t get attached to her thumb? 

2.  I was offered as job as a half-time school psychologist in a nearby school district, working in an elementary school.  I don’t know which school yet, but once I find out, I will probably accept the position.  I’ll then be faced with putting Decky in daycare for a couple days a week.  Eeek!  He’s kind of a momma’s boy, so he’ll probably be one of those kids who cries alot. 

3.  Well, Stephanie still doesn’t recycle.  She refuses.  Lou, however, has started recycling.  Good job, Lou.

4.  Dissertation is going very well.  I’m really almost Dr. Tara now.

5.  Today is my father-in-law’s birthday.  Happy Birthday, John!

6.  Dec and I are having a battle of wills. Everytime he eats (which is often, cause he’s a little piggy), he goes “sppppfffftttttt” and food goes everywhere.  When I scold him, he grins and then says “sppppppffffftttt” again.  The other day, I looked in the mirror and I had dots of green beans all over my face.  I’m going to include a video, during which you will see the origins of this behavior.  Yes, bad mommy moment.  I taught him how to do the behavior about which I am now complaining.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjTPfl90Njc