thickle thursday

k, i don't know yet what 'thickle' means or if it's a word, but i've determined that's the kind of day i'm having... it ryhms with 'fickle', which i still don't think is the right word, but i'm forcing it into appropriateness for today anyway... it sounds like pickle and sick and ick!

the day sorta trickled over from yesterday when as i was headed out the door for the day with kids, i hear cooper cry-whining (NOTHING unusual) and discover he's puked his milk all over himself. so i send jonah across the street to catch a ride to school with his cousins and i clean cooper up and call the appropriate people. craig was able to come home and stay with coop and i left for work. but still only an hour into my day, craig was a bit concerned because cooper hadn't stopped throwing up, he had nothing more to throw up and was now dry-heaving. so i head home with all the necessary 'juices' to baby my baby. he carried on until 2pm, throwing up every 30min- hour until he was finally able to rest for a nap. now i remember jonah being pukey sick, but never this bad. and with cooper's sensibility that he can command things of this world to simply be or not be- (gravity or really any other laws of nature that he's continually frustrated at not being able to control as he wishes), chasing my wild 2yo around with a large kitchen pot, trying to hold him up to it like a limp doll, all the while he's screaming 'NO, not yet'.. really made for an exhausting day!

and plug in 'dad' who calls me about a mysterious check that's showed up at his house. since he couldn't figure out how to tell me what he was looking at, i went over there only to discover it's a check that i wrote for his newpaper subscription that's been tacked to the bulletin board for over a month. it's for the paper boy. aauugh.

so moving on to today, cooper seems to be back to his full throttle self and i come to work ready to plug away- only for my boss to share a 'funny' that happened after he notified the other staff of my absence from work yesterday. one of my in-direct co-workers replied to my boss, suggesting that he never hire my kids since they're always so sick!! @*&^#**$ how dare he!?? needless to say, i was a taken aback but was able to reply with a chuckle. however, it completely ruined my mood for the day and the progress i felt i was making in keeping a good, positive attitude about my working situation... even though i'm going absolutely nuts! so because i am angela hear me roar- i decided to politely and respectfully communicate to this co-worker to please consider other people's lives and situations before making such observations. i found that i was genuinly offended, given all the other issues i currently have with work.

i'm hitting up monster.com tonight!

here we are!

i don't think we have a family picture! so this is what we come up with instead

... and the boys. gosh, seeing them side by side really shows off their different features. i think the eyes say it, Jonah's are sweet and demure and Cooper's are wide and ready! yup.. that sums it up

and Mikey, the cat. he's not as mean as he looks- he's a lover not a fighter! his girl Lucy didn't make the blogger cut this time but you'll meet her later.

i don't have much update on the kiddos, except that cooper will be switching daycare soon. his current sitter, Roxanne is due for a c-section at the end of Feb. and along with that, i need someone closer to our side of town, etc. i took his moment of mild rage, as we left the interview and walk-through of Julie's daycare, as a sign that he's going to like it!

and my school update is that i'm bailing on my math class. not completely, but kinda. since my last passing grade in math was 13yrs ago and my attempts between then and now have been fruitless, i've decided to re-take the class i barely passed so that i can refresh myself and be better prepared to move forward. fortunately, the class is with the same teacher, same book, same time- but different day. so the last minute switcharoo was fairly easy. i swear i'm reliving the recurring bad dream i've had since high school math though! i'm haunted by the fact that i blew it off towards the end of my senior year and never 'finished' the class. so it's time to suck it up and get it done! argh.

i know what i want to be when i grow up!

so i mentioned my A in english. (did i also mention how stoked i was and still kinda am over this!?) before i carry on, i wanted to give a little background.

i've been a secretary pretty much my whole professional 'career'. and while i've been a darn good one, i've increasingly found myself bored with my various positions (fortunate for me, i work in a hospital where clerical support is needed all over, so i've been able to transfer within departments as positions have opened up). Well about a year ago as i was trying to determine why i was so unhappy and bored, i happened to walk pass a co-worker in an adjoining department as he was tinkering away on a pc that looked completely gutted. i thought to myself, wow- that's something you might find any given person doing at home- i bet he really enjoys this. and it occurred to me that i should also be doing something i really like. so in a semi-desperate effort for quick guidance (i'm all about immediate gratification!), i did one of those online job personality quizzes. while the results amused me a little (police officer!?), i was also determined to be possibly a good fit in the social worker arena. hmmmm. if you know me, you know that i usually love handing out my 2cents of advice in any given situation, even unfortunately in times when it wasn't asked for. i like to think of myself as a bit of a fixer or problem solver. at any rate, i finally (and kinda) have decided what i want to be when i grow up! i say this because i know what i don't want to do, and that is to be some mindless clerk working for the county, or working with terribly troubled children (mildly troubled- i might be able to handle! lol). i know that i have a lot more to offer than clerical support, but at the same time i have a lot of training to do in order to perfect what i feel i can offer.

phew! soooooo all that said, my goal is to achieve my associates degree at COS (again with the sooner than later gratification- i need something to hold in my hands!). from there i plan to obtain my bachelors and maybe even my masters in human/social services/work. i've already interviewed for a social worker asst. at the hospital, but so goes my luck; we're in the middle of a flippin hiring freeze, which naturally includes the position i applied for. i just hope that my interview went well enough for the powers that be to remember me when we've 'thawed' out. it was perfect, i'd be following around the real social workers, acting as a patient advocate, making sure their various social needs are met while they're patients in the hospital, etc.

So this semester i'm taking intermed. algebra (omg, the first day scared me!) and art appreciation (which i feel i have a lot of already, so that will be a fun class). my time will come though. and until then i'm re-discovering the joys of learning. which feels a little odd for me. who'da thunk me of all people would take an interest in reading and actually finishing a novel!? turns out to be quite an adventure, that reading is! lol..

craig and angela having a little dancing fun

yeah, we can shake it!

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Gotta start somewhere!

so here we are. The Edwards. i figured everyone else was 'doing it'- blogging that is! ;) so must we! and i think this place is a little more reputable than Myspace! so grown up I've become!hehe.

If you're visiting me, you probably know me and mine. but here's a run-down in case you forgot! Craig and I just celebrated 12 years of marital bliss in December! =)~ Our oldest son, Jonah turned 8 in December and our youngest, Cooper, turned 2 this month. (now throw in christmas, new years and a couple other random family birthdays, and you can see why the holidays aren't necessarily a 'relaxing' time for us! =)

this years holidays actually sat really well with me. For those who know, i sometimes experience 'winter blues'- with last year being exceptionally tough, considering the death of my grandma and me taking over legal conservatorship of my dad (who of course ALSO has a December birthday! =) needless to say, I was a little sad to see the Christmas decos come down this year, Here are pics of both kids celebrating birthdays and christmas.

first there was Jonah's birthday.

Then there was Christmas. Jonah scored a wii and Cooper scored a Tonka truck!

Then it was Cooper's birthday but he was so sad at the thought of turning 2, grandma Liz had to comfort him (ok, well first we all laughed at him ;)

So the year ended well and so far i can't complain about 2008. That could also be due to the A i got in English this last semester- yay me!!!- so here we go in 2008! until next time...