The New

*blowing off the dust*

Been a long time. But after much decisions, this is where I want to be, need to be. I started this blog for a different reason than probably most. I started "blogging" (if you choose to call it that) to more journal. The remember the funny little things. The sad. The important. I was here for me. Not for others, not for comments, but for me. That is what I want again. A place to write my feelings, hopes and dreams. Maybe blogger isn't where I should be. Possible a private journal is what I should really look into. When I started "blogging" USB drives were not all the rage, and I just wanted to place my "journal" where it could not be lost in a system crash. So that is still in the air. Possible another route to go, but placing on the back burner for now.

I do know I have outgrown the name of Baseball Mom. That is not a right fit for me any longer. Teen is not playing, and really it just doesn't fit in the direction I am hoping to head. To change. To grow. But that will be on the burner as well,as I think about it.

So now marching forward .. last year I had set goals for myself (see below) that I failed to even put a dent in. That is not acceptable.

2011 TO DO LIST (BOLD IS COMPLETED)
Complain Less
Cook more
Learn/Try Something New.
Reconnect With Friends
Reduce the amounts of soda every day
Replace My 15 Year Old Glasses
Spend More Time With The Husband
Stop Letting The Small Stuff Over Come Me
Take More Photos

Yeah, no that is not good. So besides sitting down to catch myself up on the comings and goings of 2011, I need to sit down and make goals for this new year. 2012. How am I going to change the pattern of events that keep reoccurring over and over, with no new outcome? There is so much that needs to change - it is time to help that along.



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Died ..

... Or so it seems. What can I say? Been a murderous March & April. I really need to catch up.

But until then ..








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Day In The Life

I've never done one of these, so I'm going to give it a shot. I saw this on The Adventures of the Headless Family.

3:00 Woke up starving, tried to ignore and go back to sleep
3:35 Gave up ~ went to kitchen had a bowl cereal.
4:00 Tried to go back to sleep. Watched Good Wife & Doogie Howser.
4:45 Said Screw it, got up got dressed
5:02 Started writing this post
5:10 Put clean dishes away in dishwasher/reload dishwasher
5:30 check emails
5:35 CDD gets home
5:36 Talk to him for a bit while I pick stuff up around living room
5:45 Take Dakota out to pee wiping up blood drips as we go
5:52 Call into CD to start getting up
5:55 Log into Facebook (Farmville actually)
6:01 Go in to get CD up
6:02 Taking his temp
6:03 Fever 101.3
6:05 Start fighting with CD & CDD that he can not go to school
6:10 Lost fight.
6:14 Finally get CD to take some medicine and eat something
6:21 FINALLY pulled CD away from hockey game CDD & him are watching
6:35 Start Dishwasher
6:44 Leaving to drop CD off at school
6:57 Drop CD off
6:59 Return checked out items to library
7:10 Arrive back home - sat down to watch last of AI with CDD before he goes off to bed for the day
7:27 Take out Ground Beef for CD's Sloppy Joe's tonight's dinner
7:29 Pour Cranberry Juice and go back to reading Google Reader, Facebook, blogs, and emails.
8:14 Go start load of laundry
8:20 Back to Farmville
8:45 Decided hungry again, made Cinnamon Rolls
8:50 Change laundry around, realizing there is blood all over CD's white short (from the dog) CRAP! Treated washing again.
9:15 Eat Cinnamon Rolls while watching Hellcats
9:30 More laundry .. still trying to get blood out ..
10:00 Folding and finishing up Hellcats
10:15-11:30 Talk to mom on phone
11:45 Hang up more laundry, put away clothes
12:10 Laid back down
2:15 CDD & I got up.
2:30 Made lunch for CDD & watched TV together
3:15 Make CDD lunch/dinner to take to work.
3:30 Leave to take CDD to catch his ride to work
4:00 Back Home. Check Emails, Facebook, Farmville
4:20 Start frying hamburger meat for sloppy Joes for CD.
5:00 Dinner completed. Dishes put away in dishwasher. Started reloading
5:20 Leave to pick up CD from after school. Third day of baseball tryouts
5:45 Serve up dinner for CD
6:37 CD shower, Back to laundry have to wash & dry baseball clothes for yet another day of tryouts tomorrow.
7:15 Back to email, Farmville
8:19 Baseball clothes in dryer
8:23 Throw remaining dishes in washer
8:45 Change into PJ's going to watch TV until fall sleep ..

Okay so that is about a typical day. Actually a earlier nite than usual for (1)CD is in middle tryouts so no extra activities to do. (2)CD is not feeling well and tired from all the workouts this week.

This was actually a PITA to do. I almost quit mid-day. ha!





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One Year Later

I can not believe one year has past since this day was here. High School Baseball Tryouts. It is hard to believe how fast time goes by.


So Big question. Am I as nervous today as I was last March 1-5? Not for the same reasons. Knowing more about what position players they have. I feel some sense of security. Plus when he asked about what would happen if he wasn't ready by today the coach simply said,


"But you will by end of March, correct?"

giving impression, they were not worried about t/o, but the season. So *shrug* who knows.

What does give me anxiety? After all the yelling, and phone calls, name calling, fits, etc .. the school could hold a grudge and simple not let the coaches place him

on the team. What? like that is not unheard of. I knew going into that fight I was pushing CD's luck. But unlike the XC incident, the broken finger fight, was the battle and chance. Like I always say, "Pick your battles."

I feel I did.

So we will See.



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EOM Catcher's Report

End Of The Month
Catcher's Report
The Final A$$ Clown Report/Update

I am doing my last update wrap up of this whole finger/a$$ clown/school/ drama. I would like to say this month was a better month. I would like to say there were no other school or a$$ clown issues. I would like to say there were no other Dr appointments. As I would like to say all that .. It would be a lie ..

But what I can say is CD has now been released (2/7) from surgeon. He is done at the rehab center. (Thank goodness stay tuned for vent on that one) He seems to be doing well. Looks like motion is almost 100%. I am very HAPPY with the results of the surgery. Best thing to come out of it was the surgeon we got. Thank You So Much Dr. Golden!! You Rock!!

Let's just hope it has had enough recovery time it will not snap at the first sign of using it for baseball. x(--)x <-- fingers crossed.

I ended up at the Chiropractors because my neck, back, and head were killing me. I had (have) so many knots it was not even funny.

Sadly I did spend much of February fighting school. It was a nightmare. On the 15th a$$ clown came up behind (he loves coming from behind .. lil b!tch a$$ coward) pushing CD into lockers and almost to floor. Of course it was the right hand that plowed into the lockers. Lucky nothing more serious than a bump happened. A$$ clown's favorite thing to be annoying is to open the door to the Chem Class CD is in and shout in there. Anyone else read that & think the teacher should be doing something about that? Hmm? Yah! My thoughts to!

I talked to so many people this month. ABC Principal, Counsellors, Social Workers, SSD teacher, Asst Superintendent (well I tried, he never called me back but did call the head Principal and told him to fix this issue) The main trouble was they were seeing this as a P.E. accident, and not what it was. Grrr!!

But the last conversation I had with Principal finally something took. Only took 2 months, 3 days to get it clear. He spoke with CD once again, and the a$$ clowns mother was finally called, told to come pick her "child" up and was removed for whatever guide lines allowed for the offense of Bullying & Dangerous Behavior. (*cue choir*) hallelujah!! hallelujah!!

In the last few days I have found out more than I care to about this "a$$ clown"

* He failed every class (minus p.e. got an A) from first semester.
* Is currently failing all classes this semester.
* Does have multiply suspensions (in & out of school), & Saturday Detentions
* Many write ups in class room (one even had CD's name from Sept where A$$ Clown knocked CD's backpack across room)
* His mother works for the school board (yep! A little bell go off as a warning sign on this one? All made sense .. all puzzle pieces fit nicely there)

But the school was attesting he was a good boy, just a small pest, never in trouble. Ha! Yeah, so I can never throw in faces I know the true facts about the record of this kid. But least I know. I am at peace now. Because I WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG He IS AN A$$ CLOWN!!


The sun seems to be peeking out right now, so we will see. Possible the darkest days are over. Now is the time to drop the subject. Heal CD. Move on. But NOT FORGET. Time for Spring ..

Time for ...



BASEBALL ... BAAAA BEEEE!!


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Twitter & Real Life Cross Over ..

Tonight I had a chance to meet up with a Twitter & Facebook friend. Avgchick. It was really nice to finally get to put a person to the words. It was really a great time. We met up for dinner, and had the restaurant not been closing we could have sat for a much longer time catching up and enjoying each others company.

Hopefully her business will bring her back to town soon, or even better we can meet up this summer close to her house. Because I really would like to go on vacation as I talked about earlier.

All in all it was a good night. I stepped out of my comfort zone, and did something new. I do not regret it one bit. Had a blast.




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