One game down....

1st playoff game won!... and they advance to the next round. Won 11-7. M. pitched a couple of the innings and injured her shoulder. Worried about that, and hope it's not serious. It was another freezing cold night, windy and brrrrrrrr! Is it really June 1st? Sure doesn't feel like summer yet! M.'s team plays again tomorrow afternoon, and C. plays their first game tomorrow morning. Brianna came with me to the game tonight! First time all season. Wish she'd come more, but yay to my girl.

Giants are winning 13-0 against the Phillys. Bye Bye Armando Benitez! Good riddance! What did the Marlins do to deserve you? Dunno.... just glad you are finally outta-here!

Play-Off Bound

Last softball game of the regular season tonight. The ump was 45 min late. It was freezing out. The game was tied 2-2, and they lost 3-2. Bummer. But the silver lining is despite the loss, they ARE going to play-offs this weekend! We thought they were out, if they lost tonight. So the girls pepped right back up, just as one would expect of a bunch of giggly 5th grade girls. Went to Pizza for their end of the season celebration- fun was had by all. Got home at 9:30, which is pretty dang late for us on a school night! I'm super exhausted.

So both my girls teams are going to playoff-s this weekend. Should be loads of fun- provided I don't have conflicts with games, but of course I know that will happen.

I think M. will also be chosen for All-Stars, but the "official" call will be coming Sunday night... so I'm told.. but I "don't " know anything about it! It's all so cryptic whatever. just tell us so we can make plans for summer.

Summer! Man that's a weird thought! It's almost upon us....... School is out next Friday! WOW!

Just me and my buddy

Saturday. Memorial Day Weekend. Today it's just me and my buddy, C. The two older ones are gone for the day-- one at work, the other at a birthday party at Raging Waters. It's supposed to be a beautiful weekend, but it's drippy and cold here so far. No big plans of any kind for the weekend. C. and I are going to do something today... not sure what yet. Still in coffee mode here, despite being up early to start up the Mom Taxi. If it doesn't get sunny maybe we'll hit the movies. Can't actually remember the last movie I saw at the movie theatre.

Cierra made the All-Star Softball team. So softball continues for awhile. Whoot!

Sickness and Assorted BS

So C. came home from camp a week ago with some cold symptoms. It's finally kicked in big- and she's been home 2 days from school sick. I knew it was only a matter of time before I'd start feeling it too. I guess today is my lucky day... woke up with that slight itch in the back of my throat along with a swollen feeling. Joy.

M. came home yesterday complaining about having horrible cramps. Proceeded to be in a less than pleasant attitude for the remainder of the day. What a cruel twist of nature- that a 12 year old has to endure the bodily torture of assorted menstrual pains. It's bad enough as an adult, I think it royally sucks that my 12 year old has to endure this now too. Advil and a heating pad didn't really help her.

Took B. to her regular appt with her psychiatrist yesterday. No med changes but a complete blood work up ordered. She is doing "ok" but never really seems "good" to me. She writes constantly on her blog about how unhappy she is, how much she hates life, etc etc. She wrote recently about purging in the shower and how she cried and shook afterward. I can't let her know I know- obviously, or she'll close her site down. I feel helpless to help her- and I can't even alert her doctor, as he's "her" doc and I don't have an opportunity to talk to him privately. It's an awful feeling, like being an observer on the sidelines- unable to intervene. An interesting aside- on the paperwork for the blood draw he wrote "bipolar depressive disorder" as the diagnosis. He refers to bipolar with her frequently, I know he believes her to be bipolar (as do I ) but he doesn't give her an official diagnosis of BP- because of the problems this may cause for her in her adult life... getting insurance, medical privacy, etc. Our insurance pays nothing for any of her visits and little for her meds- and we are slowly being bankrupt with all the bills. The ironic things is that if she were given an official diagnosis of BP, then we could get some reimbursement. They will pay for "serious" psychological disorders: BP, schizophrenia, and something else which I don't recall. What a catch-22! Push for the diagnosis so we can get some reimbursement? or hold out in order to hopefully not adversely effect or limit her future. Obviously I haven't pushed to have her labeled officially, but it simply SUCKS! The stress over the money is contributing to physical issues of my own.

Ho Hum

Hmmm.... feeling kind of out of sorts, and I'm not sure why. Haven't been posting as I don't really have anything to say. Kind of feeling blue and at lose ends.

Softball is wrapping up. C.'s team lost last Sat., which was a crushing blow to her. Her team made a ton of errors in the field though. Last night both girls had games and both won. M.'s team is undefeated for the season. They won it 15-0. Last game for the regular season is Thursday. C's team still has 2 games, 1 tonight and last one next week.

School is out 2 weeks from Friday, and I can't believe how fast the year flew by. Unreal.

Not much else to say. Hopefully I can shake this ho-hum feeling soon.

Softball game tonight , a smashing 16-5 victory. Lots of walks by the other team. C.'s shoulder hurts-- not sure what to do about that other than ice? First time all season it's bothered her. Hope it doesn't last since she has another game Sat morning at 9am.

Gas is up 4c since Sunday. 4 days = 4c increase. I took a picture but I'm to tired to go get my camera.

Not much else to say really. Have been out every night this week.... I'm more tired than usual and looking forward to R&R on Sunday. I've been DVRing the Giants games and they've been losing which sucks! But the pitchers have been awesome lately. To bad the team can't rally behind them. I'd love to go see the Giants and the Yankees.... but the game has been sold out for months! bummer.

How much higher will it go?

This is the cheapest gas around for about 10 miles. I snapped this pic on the way home from taking B. to work this morning. I don't even buy gas at this station- the lines are usually out into the road backing up traffic. The last station I went to fill up at, last week sometime was about 4c higher. Cost me $82 to fill my tank. OUCH! When will the madness end?