Mid-week, and all sorts of things going on

Can I just say that I H-A-T-E to be woken up without knowing about it before hand? I had my alarm set for 8 am, as I knew I'd sleep in if I didn't, and DD14 needed to get caught up on some work today. I wanted an early start. At 7:45, DD12 woke me up!!!!!! I was so angry! I told her that my alarm was set for 8, and that she'd better go away pronto! I went back to sleep until 8. LOL 

If I know someone is going to wake me up, it's ok. Or if I set my alarm, it's ok. But when someone just wakes me up out of the blue, I wake up angry....and I tend to stay that way for a while, just can't shake it. I don't know why.???

My new steam mop arrived today!!! I haven't had a chance to even take it out of the box, but it's got tons of attachments, and from the outside of the box I can see that it will clean absolutely everything. I think the only thing it won't do is laundry, and us. LOL Maybe I can try it out tomorrow.

The girls' Waterpiks arrived as well, and those things are AWESOME! They have 6  attachments...there's two for rinsing, one for brushing, one for brushing under the braces, one for flossing, and even a tongue cleaner attachment. The water really shoots out. I helped DD14 with hers, and she couldn't handle it higher than a medium setting--it hurt because the pressure was too high. It's going to take some practice to learn to use it without shooting water all over the place. We were wet everywhere. LOL DD12 used hers on her own, and she really liked it as well. DD14 likes that she won't have to use toothpaste. She HATES toothpaste--any flavor, any brand, any type. We've tried them all.

The girls and I had a good day, DD14 got the rough draft for her research paper turned in. She worked on it for several hours.

I went out to get a few things---TP, A&W, and something besides turkey for dinner. LOL I guess I never turned the sound back on for my phone...or something??? But when I looked at it, I saw that hubby had called me several times, and he'd sent texts...and DD12 had sent texts. I was only gone for about 1 hour! Stepson was suspended from school today for 3 days. He is in 8th grade, and a pretty big boy. He was talking and playing around with 2 6th graders yesterday at the end of the day. The 6th grade boy playfully smacked him, and stepson punched him in the face, giving him a bloody nose.

The ex called hubby flipping out, and yelling. (as usual) She said he did it because we told him he could hit someone back if they hit him. And, she said it was all our fault, and not his fault at all. Well, he didn't tell her the entire story. Later in the day he did tell her that the conversation we had was much different--that he could defend himself if physically attacked and injured by someone. Not that he could just haul off and punch anyone who does anything. She actually called hubby back and apologized! That was a huge shocker. She said that once stepson told her the entire story, she understood better. It looks like school will be canceled tomorrow for snow, so he likely won't go back until Tuesday.

Because of that, hubby and I can't go grocery shopping on Friday. We don't leave stepson home alone with the girls as he can't be trusted. Hubby surprised me by taking tomorrow off so we can do the shopping. We want to go to the commissary, and my military ID isn't valid, so he has to go with me. But...we're supposed to get 2 inches of snow overnight and through tomorrow morning.That's really gonna make things yucky, and we may not be able to get up the driveway. Might have to take the truck...the truck gets up the driveway.

DD14 will be having her blood work in the morning-finally! Meds were taken at the right time tonight, and the lab opens at 8 am tomorrow, so we plan to be there then. Might be hubby taking her--due to snow--but it's going to get done. Let's just hope she remembers to pee in the cup when she wakes up...they gave us cups last time, because she can never do it there, and she has to have urine tests as well.

I worked on the Excel project for a while today...it frustrated me greatly, and I gave up. I don't know if it's a good idea to continue, because I don't have the time that I need to get it done. And, it's extremely frustrating to me. It's a great idea, and something that people will definitely use...but I just don't think I can do it. :( Marsha has put a lot of work into it, and says it's "fun"! LOL I don't understand that...I don't find it fun at all.