This has been the longest day

I kid you not, this has been the longest day ever. It began when I woke up at 5:15 a.m. (actually 5 a.m. but who's counting the snooze button?). This is always the case. I set the clock only to wake up the rest of the family, particularly my husband because he doesn't believe in setting his alarm clock. What a schmuck...so I become his instant human alarm clock. (boo!)

Next, I had to make breakfast for the entire neighborhood (or so it seemed), when all I wanted to do was go right back to bed. Aaron (my 10 year old twin boy) did just that. He inhaled his pancakes and snuggled back up with his blanket and it was snoozeville until about 10:30 a.m. I was envious!

After I get Steve (husband) and Christopher (that would be my oldest son) out the door on their way to their baseball tournament in about 10 cities or more away from here, I just couldn't get myself to go back to sleep. I was afraid I would sleep through dinner or something I guess. So I stayed up.

I made the decision NOT to go to Algebra class although I'll probably shoot myself in the foot later for doing so. I had emailed my professor the night before explaining that I would more than likely be missing class. So, it's not like I didn't tell him (my justification), right? With this the second-to-the-last class before finals...I think I goofed! Oh well too late.

So then the twins and I got ready to go to the Fullerton Museum for some extra credit for my photo class. I wouldn't have had to go to this museum to write an extra credit paper had I not done better on my photography final -- and I'm a photographer for crying out loud. I mixed up the days. I could have sworn my professor said we were going to have the final this coming Monday, Dec. 11 but instead we had the final last Monday, Dec. 4. I briefly thumbed through my spiral notebook for key items but nothing too serious to boot as studying! Gads! I was surprised.

Back to the museum...I get there and I find out the cover cost was more than I had expected and for some people $5 is chump-change -- not for me! I need every bit I can get. When you're poor and have no income coming in, you can't afford some $5 cover charge for some cheap museum (sorry). But think about it -- feed my kids or go to a museum? Feed my kids or museum? Feed my kids....what am I doing?

I fed the kids.

Yummy Taco Bell -- you know you love it too. Especially when you're starvin' Marvin...you take what you can get. Taco Bell is great bang for your buck and quite frankly I don't care to know what poly-urith-ismssss they use in their food -- as long as I can consume and it can be mass wasted, I'm fine!

So afterwards it was homeward bound for about 30 minutes. Steve and Christopher arrived back home after two games earlier in the day. Darn! Now the house is going to be noisy! But they told me they would be heading back to Chino Hills for an 8 p.m. game! Joy!!!!!

Aaron decided to go to the game so Ariana (my twin daughter) stayed with me. We went to church, I sang and then I rehearsed some Christmas play I don't ever remember auditioning for. Odd.

Then Ariana and I headed back home to see if perhaps my warden left me some money (that would be my husband -- laugh!). He did. Now what do we eat? We went to Busy Bee to order some Ramen Soup and what a rip-off -- $3.99 for bowl of soup. That's highway robbery. Who cares...Ariana needed it, she was starting to sneeze and cough -- the beginning stages of a cold, I assume. I didn't want Busy Bee for some reason, so I drove by Jack n' the Box and picked up some odd-shaped and odd-tasting tacos. Interesting combination -- Ramen Soup and Tacos. Don't ask.

By the time we arrived at home, our Ramen Soup was a solid mass of "wet noodles." The broth was completely gone -- zilch, evaporated. I was so upset. Then the tacos were grossing me out too. It wasn't a good eating experience.

And now I sit before my laptop writing in my blog when what should I really be doing? Homework! Arrrghhh! I'm only on question #6 in my study guide. Just 64 more to go!!!

This has been the longest day ever.