Today's prompt is " How could today have been better?" It couldn't have been. I was as active as I could be given the high temperatures.
I kept waking up. It is now 12:25 am here. I cleared off my new bed in my bedroom, and moved all my sleeping supplies to my bedroom. I tried to sleep in the new bed, but it was hot in my bedroom. Caleb kept waking me up because he couldn't sleep. Change is hard for both of us. No one has slept on the new bed until tonight. I bought it last Fall. Sooo.... yeah. I have been sleeping on the couch for years, but I woke up with awful back pain yesterday. Mathew and Nichole have been telling me to sleep in a bed, and I know I should.
Caleb moved the heavy portable air conditioner to my bedroom, along with the new fan we bought today for me. He can be sweet. He knows I get hot and stay hot even when he is cold. He also brought the dvd player and hooked it up and put on Harry Potter for me. I decided to get up as my back was hurting, and I wanted to drink a Dew. I am so thirsty!
It cooled off immediately once the exhaust hose was put out of the bedroom. Thank God! The bed is nice and thick and soft. It has an adjustable base, which I am trying the Zero G feature. I think I am in pain because of my fibromyalgia. I am just sensitive. It sucks!
Yesterday we went to Lowe's to buy a few things. I did buy the water knob for the shower. I also bought a fan and a kit for the portable air conditioner. Caleb wanted a bamboo plant, and I wanted an air plant and a succulent, so we bought one of each! Yay! I have been looking for cheap ways to buy some house plants, and I never have the extra money. I had to use my credit card, that I just paid off. Ugh. I think it was necessary though. I need to be able to cool off in my own house.
I finally got Caleb to bring in all the groceries. I don't know why he leaves groceries in the car. There were 2 12 pack boxes of Dew in there, along with a bunch of cans of soups. I bought the soups so we could eat them if we have a hurricane and can't cook for awhile. I think I just need gallons of water now.
The photo shoot is in about 5 hours. It figures that I can't sleep. I hope I don't look tired in my photos.
Bella can jump on the new bed just fine. I was surprised when Caleb and I laid down, she jumped right up there by herself, no problem. I think she likes the bed better than the couch. I know I do. It is higher up, so I don't have to force myself getting up. I can just roll off the bed.
There were so many house plants at Lowe's , if I had not already decided that I wanted an air plant and a succulent, it would have been hard to decide! I love plants, but I do not have a green thumb.
I was suppose to be cleaning this weekend, and I did very little cleaning at all. Shaking my head. Well, I can only do what I can do. It was over 90 degrees outside today, and the Weather Channel says it felt like 100 degrees. It read 99 degrees in the Mazda.
I struggle everyday with one thing or another. I wonder if life is this hard for other people. I don't consider myself normal, so I'm guessing not.
Caleb is bothering me to go watch Harry Potter with him. He was bothering me to get up and write my blog when I was sleeping. Apparently I can't work fast enough. Writing is is a process which takes thought. My thoughts don't usually occur quickly because I am sleep deprived and because I am on a lot of medications which inhibit the firing of neurons in my brain.
Caleb cut us up some cucumbers for a snack. Yum! Nice and cold going down. I'm hot in here. I can't wait to take a shower and cool down in my room. It is now 1:02 am here. I wonder if Nichole is sleeping well tonight. She worked hard all day. She has trouble getting enough sleep too. She wakes up really early in the morning and just can't sleep anymore.
Caleb painted my toe nails for me yesterday! Whoop whoop! They are painted a gold like color.
Caleb says he misses his papa, and that he was a good man. I am proud of him for saying that. It's hard to get passed that my dad choked Caleb on 2 different occasions. Caleb is healing and growing up. My dad can be a good man. He was a good man, relatively speaking. He did do his best. I know he did. He is broken and can only fix himself with professional help.
I wish I could function in the heat, but I can't. I might have to wait for cooler weather to be able to do the long list of chores I have waiting for me. I can only do a little at a time because I get overheated. I sweat just from sitting here, typing. It's really uncomfortable.
I hope it doesn't rain during our photo shoot appointment.
I found a free homeschool planner, that I printed out. I am looking to find as many free homeschooling resources as I can. I don't want to have another thing I have to spend a lot of money on.
Caleb wants one of my assault back packs. I am thinking he might be able to earn one, as I bought multiple at once, and they are smaller than I imagined. I'm into collecting survival gear. When I have extra money, I like to buy stuff like first aid, emergency food packs, water filter straws, and multi-tools.
Caleb is way more active than I am in this heat. I can't keep up with him on a good day, so imagine how I must feel on bad days! I feel like I am not enough. He wants to be entertained every second of the day. I am no entertainer. I am a work-a-holic. He has no work ethic. We are working on it. I am going to create a new schedule that includes the things he likes, like going for a walk, with his chores, and his schooling. I have to go through the summer workbooks I have collected to see where he needs help exactly. I think we will start off with stuff that should build his confidence because they are "so easy."
I want to influence him to read his books more often. I bought him this incredible library, and he doesn't read any of the books! Man, I would have loved to have so many books to choose from and learn different stuff. I have a lot of the National Geographic books for kids. I think we will use them as school books to learn from. I have science and history in there. He has a lot of fiction for his age group too. I bought mysteries and action packed books. He would love the books if he ever read them!
I think I might look into buying a student desk for him to work at. As of right now, we only have the dinner table to work at. This house is increasingly too small for us. There is a lot of clutter everywhere because there is no where to put all these knick-knacks.
We have cable tv too. He has options, but he chooses to stick with Sponge Bob most times. He has recently started watching "River Monsters", which I also find fascinating.
Caleb brought the assault back pack out and asked to have it again. I am trying to negotiate with him. I want my living room cleaned in exchange for the back pack. No arguments. Hmm... The living room must be cleaned before he gets the back pack. he doesn't like that. He thinks it will take a long time to clean up his messes. I think he could be done if he gave it a whole work day. I hope this motivates him to clean the living room for me.
I am wide awake. It is 1:35 am here. I don't think I will be able to go to sleep tonight.
I am looking into a massage roller that helps break down cellulite. I think I will buy one soon. When I had a flare up, I wanted to massage my aches and pains. It might be too much pain to massage, but I won't know if I don't try.
I have a good camera that I would like to start using on a regular basis. It's bulky and expensive, but the pictures usually look better, in higher definition, than that from the iphone I use.
I went through the trouble of securing a spot in that year long program, and haven't started yet. SMH. I don't know. I don't have enough energy to accomplish everything I want. I'm hot and I'm going to retreat to the air conditioning in my room. I hope it cools down in here fast. It's just too damn hot for me!
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