Not feeling so bad today

Although there is no good day for me to take some much-needed mental health days off this week b/c I just have too many events scheduled (some I actually want to attend), I'm hoping maybe I won't need a mental health day after all. This a.m. we had a dept. meeting to discuss the candidates to replace our wonderful ex-boss. It came up that one of my colleagues also had her job threatened about a year ago when Psycho Director got mad at her too. Now, I doubt she was screamed at the way I was, but still, it helps to know that I'm not alone in this boat. And my colleague is still here, a year later. Today makes 2 weeks that I sent off my resume to another job that I really do want, but as R. said last night, these things take time. I know they do, but my resignation letter will have more impact the sooner I can send it off. Still--maybe it won't be so bad to bide my time a little longer here until I can get gone! Maybe. I'll be gone all day this Friday anyway; they're sending me up north to another county to teach 2 classes at 2 separate libraries. I'm getting mileage and a $15 per diem for lunch. I'm going to eat somewhere groovy AND order dessert!!!

Had a pretty good weekend w/the baby. After work on Sat. I picked her up from my mom's and we went to the hospital to see my grandfather and bring him a balloon. Then on Sat. night when S got home she was preferring to be with him b/c that's some kind of little ploy she pulls--especially after I made him only give her a few chips and queso with her dinner b/c if you give her the whole bag that's all she'll eat and ignore her chicken quesadillas!!!--but that was fine w/me since I knew I'd be dealing with her all day on Sunday. While they played in her room, I did laundry, read my book, and hung out in my bedroom and watched tv.

Sunday morning she was being bad, not coming upstairs and deliberately dawdling getting dresssed, and I had to lay down the law and threaten her with not going to the zoo. After she's bad I always make her apologize to me and S. I demand good behavior in my house. S went to work and she and I went to church and she got to go up the altar with all the other kids for "Children's Time." Then she had to give the pastor a hug after service like she did the last time. We went to Shipley's, got provisions, and headed to the zoo, which was insanity since this weekend was the beginning of Spring Break. I just ended up parking my car at work since the Med. center is right next to the zoo, and we walked over. In fact, a lot of folks were paying to park at the Med. center since parking was at such a premium due to the crowds! There was a looooooong line at the zoo entrance but fortunately, since we are zoo members (one of the smartest things I have ever done!--that membership has well paid for itself several times over) we just waltzed on it! And we just had so much fun. The water park has reopened for the season and I had brought her bathing suit so she suited up and frolicked away. Auntie R. was supposed to meet us there later but the traffic madness sent her home in defeat!

After 4 hours of zoo time, my dogs were barking loudly. We went to pick up R. and meet S and drop off the baby. I didn't even have the energy to get out of the car so R. handed the baby over to dickhead for us. Then we took R. to eat seafood to celebrate her birthday, just a couple of weeks late.

When S and I got home we tried to watch a stupid movie, Let's Go To Prison, or something like that, but I passed out, exhausted.