Sometimes Life Can Be So Unfair

As adults, we're often confronted with things that need changing, that we feel the necessity to change, but that are out of our hands. Last night, Dh told me a story that was just so sad.

There is a girl in his class - or rather she used to be in his class - and he had her moved out. The child was very disruptive, that's describing her behavior lightly. She was suspended several times and it was just 3 months into the school year. Anyway, you get the picture..the girl was bad.

Well, it turns out both she (5th grader) and her 1st grade sister are being molested by the mother's boyfriend. The mother, doesn't believe the daughter. I'm so sick I'd like to cry. When he told me this last night I was incensed. I really was. I couldn't believe it. Even now, I tried hard to get it out of my mind, and I guess that's why I decided to blog about it, because maybe if I wrote about it, it would leave my mental space.

You'd think that in my job, because I hear about child molestations frequently, I'd be someone used to hearing it, but trust me, it never ever gets easy to hear. Ever. Never ever.

I wish so much that there was something I could do to help this girl...but there isn't anything I can do. Thanks for listening to me vent about a situation that I can't even begin to help with.

Blpg Prompt 11/2/06, If You Were Queen For A Day:

I'd wake up early - just because I always do. The firs thing I'd do is order my Royal Alchemists & Sorcerors to devise a way to lengthen this single day. THEN.... I'd make sure there were 'royal caretakers' to get everyone (including dh) ready for their day. I'd take as much of the morning as I needed (because my day has TOTALLY been extended because of the royal people listed above) to finish the severalkits I have cooking in my designer's oven. Then...I'd take the most bubbly hottest water bath and read my book - nice and leisurely.

of course, I'd go shopping. I'd have the royal jet fly me to 5th avenue...not the one here in Orlando, the one in NYC. Then to Rodeo Drive - yep, the one in LA. It'd be like in Pretty Woman. Except I would throw wads of cash at the royal hotel manager. What would I buy?

1 - THE BEST DIGITAL CAMERA ON THE MARKET
2 - Bookshelves enough to cover my entire livingroom wall
3 - clothese - lots and lots of them for everyone (me, dh, and little dds both)
4 - A New Super Graphics Computer complete with the following programs to compliment my PSCS2: PSP - newest version, Photo Impact
5 - A super shelves/racks closet organizer and get one of those organizing people to set it all up for me.

I can't even think of how I'd finish the day...this is too good already. Maybe I'd have some royal cooks make me some mild but super good wings and cheese fries with seasoning. Oh, and a rootbeer float. The good kind made from hand dipped ice cream.

i think there's much more left...but I'll stop here....

Prompt 11/1/06, Halloween Memories:

tpubThe halloween's of my youth were typical. The only thing about them worth really "remembering' is that whenI was older I could wear a costume to work.

Now...I have to contend with my personal (influenced by history & my religious beliefs) halloween and my children. I so don't want to be an ogre about halloween and my kids, but I have to tell them why our family doesn't 'do' halloween. I am normally a good joe (jane? lol) about this and it doesn't bother me. They understand. Well, last night I totally fell off the horse - but I'm not that upset about it because regardless of last night, I feel they understand what we've told them about this particular holiday and I don't think I've become an overnight hypocrite.

When we got home last night and checked the mail the notice was posted about the community halloween party - that being a gathering of all the people that would like to come to the 'party' that live in our apt. complex. Well, I TOTALLY didn't feel like cooking and the fare was posted as pizza and wings. Dh thought it would be okay if we went and in fact, he mentioned maybe I could find somethin to dress them up in. HELLO!!!!!! I am not that great at costume creationg from nothing and I surely wasn't about to go out ane buy a princess (make that two princesses) costumes.



So, he mentioned maybe they could don something old and I could dress them up - maybe that would work if they weren't so small. So...I decided there was something I could do. I have facial mask on my vanity. I have black mascara in my bag. I have tons of paint - washable, skin safe, non toxic - in our art corner (which is really just 2 shelves in the hall closet lol) and the girls have an absolute HORDE of old clothing.

I quickly cut up 2 shirts and gave them 2 pairs of old shorts to wear. I painted the shirts with spashes and swipes of red paint and covered those cute little faces in 'pore cleansing masque'. I ruined my favorite red lipstick on their faces and used my limited supply of mascara on their beautifully big eyes.

This took me all of 10 minutes...


Did I mention that Dh is a huge fan of any zombie movie ever made?