150 views!

WOW! Last time I checked my counter, I was at about 120-ish hits. I checked tonight...150!!! Holy cow!!! I checked a few little stats and discovered that I have readers from all over....and some how popped up on search engines for "crampies." What else can I get "hit on" with? Plethera? Fish Ich? Boink? :) I'm silly :)
I am...something...this week. I have been short tempered, especially with the kids. I am just cranky and critical and just a bitch. Right now I just want to chuck the laptop at Hubby....just for exsisting!!! Probably PMS, which would suck.
Have I mentioned that we have been trying to conceive baby #1 since September of 2002? Off and on....life has gotten in the way from time to time, but even still I have lost count of exactly how many months out of the last 29 we have actively tried. Maybe 18? Now Hubby's insurance has changed (currently covered by COBRA, but in a few months he'll be on a new plan), and it's pretty much a debit/reimbursment plan, so getting any "boy tests" done is pretty much out of the question unless we budget for it (he also takes advair, and that runs about $165 every two months, so he'll need to deposit that into his health savings account each month so he can get his meds). For some reason, this "infertility" (I refuse to call myself or Hubby "infertile") has really bothered me this week more than other weeks in the past. The Russian (who has been bugging the hell out of me lately) brought in an hearbal health catalog yesterday so I could look at it and read about all the people that started taking their product and got pregnant. Yeah, if I wanted to try that I would have done it years ago! Then, another co-worker (I can't think of a good nickname...) said, conversationaly, "So you heard that Lazy is pregnant, right?" Ummm...no, and it's not her place to tell everyone the news...especially since she ("Lazy") had a miscarriage in October. She may not want people knowing yet.
On top of all this baby stuff, The co-worker without a nickname revealed yesterday that she is retiring in June. AND, our assistant is retiring this spring as well. I was going to ask about applying for the assistant job, but was waiting to hear the "official" resignation news to ask about it (rather than saying that I heard it through the grapevine, which our director frowns upon)...well, she has already started interviewing people for the position!! Why would you not tell your staff so they can apply....wouldn't you want to hire from within? I'm just bitter about something I never even had a chance at.....even though I was thinking that if I am going to be doing all the assessment stuff for the whole center, I really should be in the classroom to use it. I would miss being with the children and would go stir crazy be used and abused by the director.
Oh, did I tell you I'm presenting an inservice on assessment for the staff...and then developing an assessment tool for each classroom?! I made one for our room...we haven't used it but will next month for our Spring conferences. I am excited, and PLAN on getting paid for the work!! Hopefully I can get out of the classroom now and then in May and June to work on this....I'll just have to know in advance so I could bring in the computer, since my LIFE is on this thing.
Well, I think it's time to get some ice cream and check on the dryer.