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So I usually have something on my mind or otherwise important (to me at least) to share here. Today I just feel like writing. My apologies if it comes out like word vomit.

The husband and I leave in two days for our honeymoon, and time could not be moving more s-l-o-w-l-y. This is getting painful. Really, only 2pm right now? I feel like I've been awake for days. Bring on the vacation. I plan to load up my iPod with awesome podcasts (currently loving This American Life) and my Kindle with a few good books. But mostly I plan to drink and eat a lot. And sleep. I feel like these are good goals.

I'm here because I am also avoiding studying for the TEAS - Test of Essential Academic Skills - which is a pre-test for nursing school. They really should name it the "Did you go to high school and some college?" test. I feel like I've got most of the it down. The only part is the chemistry and physics. Everything else I know and remember. You only have to get a 67% - seriously? If I do much much better than that, can they move me up on the waiting list? So, I think I'm good to go on this, but I still get nervous. Still thinking that this would be a great chance to study the math part, but instead I am procrastinating on a million other things. I can't wait to go back to school and make procrastinating my full-time job. :-)

BM is being a nightmare. She's very clueless. L was supposed to take his costume for the school play to school on Monday. The kids were with her over the weekend. Husband gave her the paper, said, "You'll need to take care of this," and she said she would. Then we get an email from the teacher yesterday asking about the costume -- since she didn't do it! Arg. She flips a bitch, acting like no one told her this was her job, ASSUMED that we did it and then blamed husband for not being clear. She wrote a ranting email about how she's a good mom, how the children were "ripped" from her body and how much she worked for them. Are you kidding me? Seriously? She is a big reason why they are so far behind in school. She's the one without a thermometer at her house to check them when they are feeling feverish. She's the one who doesn't have kid books at her house and leaves the TV on all the time for them. She also wrote in the email that she was up until almost 10pm with M (age 12) working on her homework with her. Really? I doubt that it took that long. Either M isn't taking responsibility for getting her work done or BM is too stupid to actually be any help. Arg. What a witch.

Okay enough negative energy. I'm going to study... or possibly procrastinate more.

husband quote

"Her reality is unimportant."

Good thought - I'm tired of thinking and worrying about what BM thinks of me. She doesn't know me. She doesn't know how attached the kids are to me. Her thoughts about entitlement etc are meaningless to me. All I have to do is love my husband and the kids. Simple as that.

Sanda Bullock

If you missed the Oscars last night, google Sanda Bullock's acceptance speech. I LOVED her statement about mothers on the someecard.com card above. She's a step-mom who's been dealing with a porn star, drug addict BM (this one actually sounds worse than the one I deal with).

The kiddos were in bed by the time her award came up, but I plan to show them her acceptance speech, along with Katherine Bigelow's win for the first female Best Director honoree.