ISO Parenting Position

It just occurred to me today... I'm applying for a job as a parent. My home study is my resume. The caseworkers are HR employees, responsible for collecting resumes and interviewing the best candidates. We send out our resume, hope for some kind of call back, contemplate calling the caseworker from time to time, just to make sure she knows we're committed to this thing, let her know that we really do want this. Of course, the job will cost us money and make us utilize the health benefits that we already have... Isn't that kind of a lot of proof that we really want it? Job hunting always sucks, but this? This is just cruel and unusual.

Anyway, today has been a most boring day. I went out and got drive-thru for lunch and that was seriously about the extent of the day. I griped at my husband, but he deserved it. And he went in search of a self-cleaning litter pan because I think he understands that I'm going to divorce him (and his cats) if I have to smell cat shit for much longer. I'm a woman on the edge - he totally gets that.

Another winter storm warning... More snow... Meh. It's cold and it makes my bones hurt and I don't like it at all. It is pretty to look at from inside my relatively warm house, but I just know I'll have to go out in it for something and that part sucks.

I'm full of random tonight. Can you tell?

We ordered Mom's birthday present today. We were going to get her an accessory pack (case, cleaning kit, batteries, table-top tripod that she'd never use, etc) and memory card at the same time, but Amazon wanted to ship it in three separate shipments. Which meant, of course, 3 separate shipping charges. The shipping on said orders added up to almost more than the memory card and accessory kit together. I checked around at some other places, but no one could beat Amazon's price on the camera (even with shipping), so I didn't really want to buy it anywhere else. I decided to just order the camera from Amazon, then we'll go to Wal Mart or something and get a case, batteries, and memory card. It'll be cheaper in the long run. I teased Mom tonight that someone's birthday present was ordered. This was met with "I really wish you guys wouldn't do that." What she means is that she doesn't have a lot of money right now and she feels bad when we buy her presents. But, I'm pretty sure she gets over the bad feeling pretty quickly because hey, look! A new camera! She can't afford to do much for Christmas this year and she's feeling all guilty for that, too. I still plan to buy her gifts, even though I know she won't be able to buy them for us. It's just the way we are... You would be hard pressed to find anyone who loves their mama as much as Baby Brother and I love ours. Anyway, she needs a set of drinking glasses. I HATE drinking out of plastic cups and that's kind of all she has. Wal Mart has some really great glassware for cheap, so I think that's what she's getting. She might get a new mixer too. I think I don't feel bad about buying her gifts (that she doesn't want me to buy) if they're things she needs. Does that make sense? I'm thinking we might get her a new winter coat for her birthday as well, but I need to take her shopping to do that. Coats are hard to buy if you can't try them on. But, getting her to go shopping (and then pick out a coat) will be like pulling teeth... Maybe I'll just go buy one and then she can exchange it if it doesn't fit. THAT might work.

I'm off for now. I've rambled quite enough randomness for one evening. If you have any spectacular ideas about winter coats or self-cleaning litter boxes or what the hell to do when you're on CD37 of a 30 day cycle, let me know. I'm all ears.