Be prepared for a long entry. Sorry! I have a lot of catching up to do. ^_^Just want to first say thank you everyone who complimented the new layout. Glad to see everyone likes it. ^_^ I think I’ll be spending the day fine tweaking things here and there. Basically I keep coming across some stuff I want to make even better on my CSS. I also have to reinstall/download some cutenews hacks and such. That’s my plan for today regarding the site; I might update some pages too though.

So, last night, I was online until 2:30am!!! O.O Yea. WTF was I thinking?! Anyways, I was still trying to get that $1 for any hotel deal from that site. [The one I'm not going to name again because they piss me off; Quite frankly, they don't need anymore hits.] Anyways, I was on the site until wee hours of the morning trying to win a “free” hotel stay for 7 nights in Walt Disney World. Might I add, I absolutely hate this site!!! When I thought all was lost and there was no longer any hope, I saw the video. (There’s a video that pops-up randomly that lets you know that the promotion is in effect. You have to watch it, then book your hotel stay.) So, I watch the video and after it was done the countdown begins… I have three minutes and forty-five seconds to book the hotel! I can do this!!! So, I get the listing of the hotels available, they all say $1. Here’s a photo of what it looked like. I clicked the “book-it” button. A new window pops-up… Did I get it?! NOPE! The bull shit opened in a new window, but never loaded. It was a damn glitch. O-M-F-G!!! Yea, needless to say, I’m effin done with that promotion, site, and non-sense. I am so very tired. I know, its my own fault; I really wanted that hotel room.

Moving along… Nickolas came home from being at Matt’s house yesterday. He was there from Monday until yesterday (again). It seems Matt decided that’s his new thing, take him for four days then bring him home. I guess I really shouldn’t complain because he is taking him again. I still wouldn’t give him the father of the year award. I got in to an argument with him though. You see, last week when he had dropped off Nickolas, Nick did something that, well, quite frankly, floored me. You know how you put your fingers in front of your mouth like when you do the “peace sign” and then flick your tongue as though you’re eating out a female…?! Guess what Matt taught Nickolas??? Yea! I am so not fucking kidding. You’re probably wondering, “Nikki, why the hell do you let him take him after he pulls shit like that?!” Well, because he is father; I have no choice (right now). [Alright, quick background of what else happened... I registered Nickolas for school on Tuesday. The thing about it; Matt's mom is friends with the principle. So, Matt found out that his name was never put on Nick's birth certificate. What the hell ever happened to confidentiality laws? Family or not; you don't disclose information regarding any paperwork with anyone aside from the people that give it to you!!!] So I yell at Matt for this when he drops off Nickolas. I tell him that it is completely inappropriate and asked what the hell was going on in his head to think that it would be a GOOD thing to teach his five year old son this. He said that no matter what he said, it didn’t matter because, ‘I’d win the fight’ anyways. So, I ask him, “Alright, so when Nickolas does this at school, and teaches his new friends how to also do this, are you going to be the one that tries to explain to the parents as to WHY their children are doing something one hundred percent inappropriate?!” He basically told me that he had did it on accident and Nickolas picked it up and memorized it instantly. Ugh! He also began to explain that Mrs. Whateverhernameis is “cool” and won’t mind it. ;;Insert major eye roll here;; I want to know what the hell I was thinking when I was 16 years old!?

So, I find out on Monday what’s going on with work. They’re going to give me a call regarding when (and if) I’ll be returning back to work. Honestly, I am so not looking forward to this. I mean, sure, it will be great to return to work. Get my ass off the couch and actually doing something during the day. I just don’t want to send the boys to daycare, especially Mikhail. I didn’t have Nickolas go until he was two years old. Putting a baby in daycare scares the living daylights out of me! You hear so many different stories about babies being injured and even dying!!! Ugh! It just churns my stomach thinking about it. God, I so badly wish I could just stay home and be a stay at home mom and housewife. The way I also see it… I’m returning to work to just pay bills. Meaning, I will have daycare to pay for (which will be 40% of my paycheck – which is a lot!). Also, my rent will increase because it is based on my income. I will not receive food stamps anymore either. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to spend the rest of my life on state assistance… but going back to work in my eyes is just paying for stuff I get for free now. My paycheck is going directly towards those three things; Three things that wouldn’t be a problem if I wasn’t working to begin with. I don’t know… call me lazy, but I’d rather be home with the kids than at work 40+ hours a week, then come home to rush to cook dinner, clean the house, get some other work done, spend little time with the kids before they’re off to bed, and then try to get some time in for myself. ;;Shrugs;; Guess there’s no other say in the matter; There’s bills that need paying. Speaking of money and bills, I’ll be getting my tax money soon!!! I filed last week Friday, so I should get it within the next week or so. This is the first year that I haven’t been excited about my tax money. I think it’s due to the fact that I have a lot of bills to pay off from the past year of being off work. I also really don’t want nothing major… Aside from the camera we’re buying… (Canon Rebel XS or XSI – Fancy!) I have a lot of stuff I need to buy for myself and the boys… Mainly Mikhail, he needs some more clothes because the ones he has that are 3-6 months either don’t fit right, suck, or are a pain in the ass. Hmm, what else? I believe that might be all (for now). I have some things I want to do, so I had better get to it. I’ll be updating stuff here and there around the site. If it is anything major, I’ll post an edit. Until then…

Written on Friday February 6th, 2009 at 12:07pm || Filed under: Parenting, Site Updates ||