I'm glad I managed to entertain some of you with the "Special Wishes" a couple days ago.
The kid and the Mom in question were both standing there and weren't budging. He had already told them they could have the number. When I walked up to the group, I heard the coach say, "Just pick a number -- any number." I asked what was up, he told me what happened, I replied "But Jake has had that number his whole soccer life and he had it on the Titans in the Fall. The witch Mom said her kid had the number for years and wasn't budging. I guess this is what made me the most mad and frustrated -- the trashy mom!
When we got home, I e-mailed my friend who wasn't there, whose child plays on the team. This coach is her future BIL. I just told her it looked like he knew his soccer, we appreciate him taking the team, told her what happened with the number etc. Not an hour later I took a call from the coach to Jake apologizing. He felt terrible and wanted to talk to Jake. He wanted to thank him for being the nicer kid and taking a different number. I think he's young and just didn't realize what he was doing. He didn't know the number was already taken and handled it badly. I did want to ask him to give the number to Jake but I decided taking the high road was ultimately the right thing, but not the easiest thing.
I'm sorry this happened, Marci.

This definitely sounds like a rookie mistake, and I bet that coach never makes that error again. I know I made tons of mistakes my first couple of years of teaching, and I tried my best to learn from each one of them. Hopefully, it will be a great season for everyone!
This has been an interesting day.
We got back a counter on our house. Looks like we have a bingo! Waiting for all the paperwork for us to sign. They are a cute couple with their 1st baby on the way.
House 1,2, &3 did not work out as far as our searches.
#1 was just too overpriced for the neighborhood.
#2 needed work but is in a beautiful subdivision with a pool & tennis court. However the negotiations with the seller did not go very well.
#3, We were faxing in our offer for that just last night when the realtor called & told us it went to contract yesterday morning!
So plan #4, we had seen a home back in November that was taken off the market while we were looking. Well now it is back on so we made an offer on that one tonight. This one is very cookie cutter & not my style but the price, schools, & location were great...
Good price = more trips to Disney!
Have a great night.
Congratulations on the offer on your house. I'm praying that nothing falls through!

I hope #4 ends up feeling like the right home for you!
Fingers crossed that your house sells and that you are able to purchase one that you like. Maybe you'll have to take another trip to view some more? I'm sure the perfect one is out there, maybe you haven't seen it yet.
Debbie how is your daughter doing?
Jennifer how is Elise?
Amy is everyone healthy yet?
I'm off to bed. Talk with you tomorrow.
Congratulations, Deb, on surviving your whirlwind weekend and passing everything with flying colors! I hope you have a great first day of work today!
And no, not everyone is healthy. Noah is congested again, and he woke up yesterday with his whole face caked in boogers (lovely image, huh?

). After his second nap, he woke up with goopy eyes. I used warm compresses and I encouraged him to nurse as much as possible, so I'm hoping this is something we can work out of his system, without another trip to the doctor. He was still goopy when he woke up at 11 p.m. but not nearly as much so at 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. (Yep, three wake-ups last night). I think I'll go insane if the whole house ends up with pink eye!
the top 20 test #'s go on to the hiring manager and they will take 3 or more to interview. (I have applied to another position where my test score will go in there without me taking the test again).
You know we are cheering you on, Theresa!

I'm sorry about dufus. I wish I could kick him in the leg for you.
I just wrote on Diva's Facebook wall and she deleted it!

That was rude!
She does not understand that she can not let her life be defined by boys. She whines that the boys she likes don't like her, and the ones that like her aren't good enough.

I have told her before that she CAN NOT let the boys have that kind of power over her. But she doesn't listen. She is setting herself up to be miserable, and I tried to point that out. She HAS TO toughen up a little and set some new priorities. But that's not the answer she wanted.
So she deleted me!
That's pretty funny, Elizabeth!

I let boys rule my world for way too long, never listening to my mother's wonderful advice, because I never thought it was so wonderful at the time.

Luckily, she prayed for me to find someone like Kevin, and thankfully, I finally got some sense knocked into me after dating yet another loser...one who stole and maxed out one of my credit cards. Hopefully Diva will find her own happy ending.
Good Morning,
It's back to work for me today, hopefully my DD will be feeling better today, I'll wait until later to check in case she's sleeping.
Anne Marie - Congrats on the pending sale, hopefully house #4 will turn out to be a perfect fit.
Deb - Good Luck at work today.
I hope your DD is feeling much better today, Debbie!
I hope you all have a great day!
