SUCKER!

If I could take a picture of myself. You would see me here, mouth hanging slightly open, face contorted with one eyebrow cocked to my hairline (I'm sure) and a vacant deer caught in the headlights stare.

I hear kids talking and I know the wind is blowing outside but what in the world did I just do today?

My girls showed up to sell Girl Scout Cookies and the next thing I know our wonderful Girl Scout leader is leaving this Sunday forever and ever. I wasn't shocked about the why, but the look on my girl's faces. Especially the oldest... I couldn't bear it. I cried as I climbed silently back in the van by myself.

Their leader is the best leader and an awesome role model. She is doing the absolute right thing for her circumstances and I am so proud of her. But my kids, they are kids and they don't really understand. To them, it's just another adult that they loved and trusted who is abandoning them. I tried to explain to them how strong and courageous this woman is for doing what she is doing and how it is the right thing and best thing for her. Be happy for her. But I know, right now, they can't understand. It's all adult stuff.

The troop basically was going to dissolve without a leader. No more Girl Scouts. The only positive thing my girls had going for them in terms of female role models out in the world. I kept seeing my oldest girl's face and I couldn't even explain it to Hubs without crying.

When I picked up my girls from the sales. I found myself volunteering to be the next leader. Someone had to keep these girls together and busy and well...positive.

Since then all of my "gusto" has turned into more of an "oh $%^&!". Because yes, I was thinking of my girls and those other girls but I didn't really realize that those other girls were a troop of Daisies AND Brownies AND some Juniors. 42 girls to be exact.

I can do this... I think. Right?

Finally!

I've been trying to post on blogger for 3 hours! I just cleared my cookies and cache and here I am...wish I would have done that sooner.


Oh well!


Today, I wasn't feeling so great. I was really tired and I'm sad because I've lost all my Tetras and sharks and my albino catfish over the past 4 days. We had 16 tetras, 2 Bala sharks, and Snowball:the sequel. They died of Ick. I feel so bad. I've been treating them but I guess it was too late. It put a strain on me physically to see each one dead. I tried to keep up with them throughout the days so the kids wouldn't have to see them dead.


But around 4 pm when the last one died. I was beat. I had cleaned up everything around the kitchen sink because that is the biggest sink I have. I don't like to use it but I have no choice. I use comet and bleach to clean up. For some reason I left the (Clean) net beside the sink. It was near the crock pot but not next to it. I guess I just forgot to put it away.


Well, at 4 pm I decided I needed a break and I went to lie down for a bit. I woke up at 5:11 pm panicked because I was in such a deep sleep, I hadn't heard ANYTHING. Not hubs, not any of the kids. Apparently they weren't any quieter than usual and I was just really out of it.


I trudge into the kitchen,worried that I might have overcooked the stuffing for the bell peppers to see this...Perfect huh?



I smiled to myself as I slid to the side and reached to pick up what I thought to be the spoon. I start to mix it up and think "Wow, this smells yummy...but why is it gathering like that?" Still not getting it..I step back for a minute because I am short and I wanted to get a better position on my tip toes to see what exactly was going on and that is when I see the spoon resting on the spoon rest.


Let me tell you that it STILL took me a minute to figure it out and then a minute to say "Awww $#$% HUBS! Guess what I just did?"


Of course he couldn't because not even I could've guessed it. Before I could answer I bent over in laughter because I had USED THE FISHING NET TO MIX THE BELL PEPPER'S STUFFING~!


Kid you not. I alternated between being grossed out, laughing and being slightly upset. Maybe I was in shock or hysterics but after about ten minutes I calmly asked Hubs what he wanted for dinner and I went out and bought take out.


I was surprised that I wasn't so upset about it. Of course, now I have new meat in the crockpot and I've started over because I still have bell peppers that need to be used.


Am I the only one who does such stupid things? *shaking my head*

Oops...

Ok, so yesterday and last night I tried and tried to log in to blogger. It was so sloooooow...

I finally figured it out this morning.

I inadvertently screwed everything up when I was trying to set up FTP to share the labels.

I deleted that out and now here I am.

I know in the next post,which I wrote last night I thought I had fixed it but alas, it didn't really work and I had to give up...

Another episode of The Stupids with me as the main character!

Now back to our regular scheduled blogging....