Nikki
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I can actually laugh over this now, but earlier, I was NOT laughing!
Today was the 3rd day of classes. The traffic is getting WORSE. I can't figure it out!!!
Class starts at 11:00. I left the house at 10:00. I got to the parking lot at 10:30. PLENTY of time. NOT.
BTW, I had to leave the kids at home. They haven't started school yet (Tomorrow...YAY!). Hubby was home, but was sleeping. He had the bedroom door open, so I figured they'd be fine. I gave them the lecture of not opening any doors, if anyone calls, tell them I'm busy....don't tell them I'm not home and that daddy is sleeping...., no playing with anything that plugs in, no makeup, no food, etc. Our house is small and one level, so it's not like he wouldn't be able to hear them if something happened.
That stupid school has too many people going there and not enough parking spaces. I had to park about 4 blocks away. I was late to class because I spent 30 minutes driving through every single parking lot there trying to find a space. About 300 other people were doing the same thing and that ended up causing a major traffic jam in the parking lots. There were absolutely NO parking spaces. I wasn't trying to park close either. I was at the FARTHEST ones there are. I ended up having to wait for the 10:55 classes to let out in order to get a space. (the 300 other people were having to do the same thing). It was like Christmastime fighting over spaces. I was finally able to squeeze my minivan into a tiny parking space. Why do they call them MINI in the first place? There's nothing mini about them when trying to pull them into a parking space that a tiny civic pulled out of and the cars on each side were about to smoosh the civic! AT that point, I didn't care WHO's car I scratched or who scratched mine. Thankfully, nobodys got scratched. But if they had, I really wouldn't have cared at this point.
So, I head to class RUNNING. Little, out of shape me was about to DIE. My calves were burning so bad that I could just visualize muscles ripping to pieces. I head the way I knew to go. Well go figure that they're doing construction and by time I get to the end, it's all gated with 8 foot chain link fencing. I wanted to cry by this time. Some other girl was behind me and she was pretty much in the same mood as me. We both wanted to cry. I ended up finding out she was headed to the same class. So, we're running around and have to take a MAJOR detour. We couldn't even talk by time we got to the class.
Class was ok. There are the typical ignorant talkers that have no business even being there. I've got good instructor though and she really got onto a few people and won't hesitate to throw them out. A lot of stuff we covered came back to me from the first time I took the class, so I feel better prepared this time and know what to expect.
I get out of class, and walk the several blocks to my van. "I'm finally getting the exercise that I've needed for a long time now" is what I kept telling myself so I wouldn't be mad at the world.
I call the kids as soon as I get on the highway, make sure everything is ok, no messes (so they said....grrrrr :evil: ), tell them to get dressed and brush their teeth, etc.
Get home and walk into the house. Toys are EVERYWHERE. They had gotten into party bags that i had put away for birthday parties, party bag treats, etc. Oh, "but they were having a brithday party for their baby dolls" they said! As if that makes it ok. There were blankets, shoes, pillows, etc all over the place. Mommy was on the verge of going postal by this point!!!!
So, it's now 2:00. Just finished eating lunch and still have to go grocery shopping because I have nothing for their school lunches and they start school tomorrow (THANK YOU GOD!!!!!!!!!). I don't even have their backpacks ready or all the paperwork filled out (car rider info, emergency contact info, etc). Right now, I could really care less.
I've got to get them to my moms before 4:30 so I can grab a bite to eat before I have to leave a 5:00 for my evening class.
That's another thing!!! I had my first math class Monday night. I thought evenings would be a lot less crowded. HA!!! What a fool I was to think that. I left at 5:00 the other night. There were cops EVERYWHERE trying to direct traffic at the school, but somehow the traffic got so jammed up, that there was nowhere to direct them! I sat in line for almost an HOUR. I finally decided to risk getting a ticket and I drove on the wrong side of the road making cars have to pull over until I got to a parking lot that had some parking spaces avaliable. I didn't get to my 6:00 class until almost 6:30. There were some people that were OVER an hour late. They didn't arrive until after 7pm because they were stuck in the middle of the jam.
Now do you see WHY I hate the school I go to??!!!
Today was the 3rd day of classes. The traffic is getting WORSE. I can't figure it out!!!
Class starts at 11:00. I left the house at 10:00. I got to the parking lot at 10:30. PLENTY of time. NOT.
BTW, I had to leave the kids at home. They haven't started school yet (Tomorrow...YAY!). Hubby was home, but was sleeping. He had the bedroom door open, so I figured they'd be fine. I gave them the lecture of not opening any doors, if anyone calls, tell them I'm busy....don't tell them I'm not home and that daddy is sleeping...., no playing with anything that plugs in, no makeup, no food, etc. Our house is small and one level, so it's not like he wouldn't be able to hear them if something happened.
That stupid school has too many people going there and not enough parking spaces. I had to park about 4 blocks away. I was late to class because I spent 30 minutes driving through every single parking lot there trying to find a space. About 300 other people were doing the same thing and that ended up causing a major traffic jam in the parking lots. There were absolutely NO parking spaces. I wasn't trying to park close either. I was at the FARTHEST ones there are. I ended up having to wait for the 10:55 classes to let out in order to get a space. (the 300 other people were having to do the same thing). It was like Christmastime fighting over spaces. I was finally able to squeeze my minivan into a tiny parking space. Why do they call them MINI in the first place? There's nothing mini about them when trying to pull them into a parking space that a tiny civic pulled out of and the cars on each side were about to smoosh the civic! AT that point, I didn't care WHO's car I scratched or who scratched mine. Thankfully, nobodys got scratched. But if they had, I really wouldn't have cared at this point.
So, I head to class RUNNING. Little, out of shape me was about to DIE. My calves were burning so bad that I could just visualize muscles ripping to pieces. I head the way I knew to go. Well go figure that they're doing construction and by time I get to the end, it's all gated with 8 foot chain link fencing. I wanted to cry by this time. Some other girl was behind me and she was pretty much in the same mood as me. We both wanted to cry. I ended up finding out she was headed to the same class. So, we're running around and have to take a MAJOR detour. We couldn't even talk by time we got to the class.
Class was ok. There are the typical ignorant talkers that have no business even being there. I've got good instructor though and she really got onto a few people and won't hesitate to throw them out. A lot of stuff we covered came back to me from the first time I took the class, so I feel better prepared this time and know what to expect.
I get out of class, and walk the several blocks to my van. "I'm finally getting the exercise that I've needed for a long time now" is what I kept telling myself so I wouldn't be mad at the world.
I call the kids as soon as I get on the highway, make sure everything is ok, no messes (so they said....grrrrr :evil: ), tell them to get dressed and brush their teeth, etc.
Get home and walk into the house. Toys are EVERYWHERE. They had gotten into party bags that i had put away for birthday parties, party bag treats, etc. Oh, "but they were having a brithday party for their baby dolls" they said! As if that makes it ok. There were blankets, shoes, pillows, etc all over the place. Mommy was on the verge of going postal by this point!!!!
So, it's now 2:00. Just finished eating lunch and still have to go grocery shopping because I have nothing for their school lunches and they start school tomorrow (THANK YOU GOD!!!!!!!!!). I don't even have their backpacks ready or all the paperwork filled out (car rider info, emergency contact info, etc). Right now, I could really care less.
I've got to get them to my moms before 4:30 so I can grab a bite to eat before I have to leave a 5:00 for my evening class.
That's another thing!!! I had my first math class Monday night. I thought evenings would be a lot less crowded. HA!!! What a fool I was to think that. I left at 5:00 the other night. There were cops EVERYWHERE trying to direct traffic at the school, but somehow the traffic got so jammed up, that there was nowhere to direct them! I sat in line for almost an HOUR. I finally decided to risk getting a ticket and I drove on the wrong side of the road making cars have to pull over until I got to a parking lot that had some parking spaces avaliable. I didn't get to my 6:00 class until almost 6:30. There were some people that were OVER an hour late. They didn't arrive until after 7pm because they were stuck in the middle of the jam.
Now do you see WHY I hate the school I go to??!!!
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