Last night, I started to clean up some dishes, and I helped Mark pack his lunch for work since our Scrabble game went into to "overtime", and he had to run around and get ready to leave. As I was coming out of the garage with a water bottle for his lunchbox, I witnessed what was the most unusual dog-vomit incident I have seen since Milo projectiled all over my mom in the car when we were going to Petsmart once.
Hmm...how can I describe this? Well, Milo sort of did this half coughing-half sneezing thing, but instead of spit or snot coming out with the sneeze/cough, it was puke. An even, instantaneous circular puddle of dog vomit. The sneeze/cough part reminded me of Morla from The Neverending Story:
Just picture vomit knocking Atreyu over...
It was ridiculous, is the point I'm trying to make here...and it would have to happen just as I was about to head up to bed with the baby, who, by the way, was sick yesterday and EXTREMELY miserable.
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| I said I don't want to fucking cuddle!!! |
In other news, I applied for a job, but we'll see if I hear anything back. It's an easy position which would require me to work with babies all day in the infant room of a learning facility. They're seeking people with a degree/certification (which I happen to possess) and they pay very well for being a day care. Some people have said to me, "Why would you want to waste your degree working in a day care?" See, the thing is, my degree/certification is N-3. That means I am certified to teach from infancy-3rd grade. It's called Early Childhood Education. Duh. Some people just don't understand that even infants can be taught and learn things. Take my 5 month old daughter, for example. Kid's a genius! No, really. She is. At 2 months old she could already identify her feet. When asked "where are your feet?" She put them up. Now she can reach them, so when asked the same question, she will grab her feet and hold them up for you to see. At 4 months old, she can identify nose and mouth. At 10 days old she could hold her bottle all by herself, and now she's an expert. What I'm saying is, infants learn very quickly. They're like little sponges, and so long as you keep working with them, they can absorb so much knowledge. Babies amaze me. I adore them, so why wouldn't I want to work with them? I'm not wasting my degree because that's where my degree begins...with infancy. The learning center is seeking ONLY people with degrees, so that says a lot.
But you know, if I don't get the job, that will be ok too. I debated for a couple days before applying. I really enjoy being a stay at home mom, but I do miss having my own income. Before I could chip in with the bills, and have my own mad money, but now I have to rely on Mark's money. He says he doesn't mind this at all, but it doesn't make me feel any less guilty. He says I do a lot with taking care of Chase and our home, yet I can't help but feel useless sometimes. I made great money when I taught preschool. I made way more $ with that than I did when I substitute taught. If I get this infant teaching position, I'd be making the same as I did when I taught preschool, which isn't too shabby, considering. People assume that teaching preschool is just coloring and nap time, but believe me, there was way more too it than that. I taught math, science, literature, social studies, etc. Those kids learned a lot from me, and we hardly ever colored. It really depends on what type of learning center you teach in. It's not just macaroni necklaces and handprint art any more. Even for infants! I think you get the point now. I'm just trying to educate those who look down on these types of teaching jobs. It just really grinds my gears! It's insulting, really.
Anywho, since I've been doing this housewife gig, I decided I needed a hobby. I finally took one up, and I found I'm actually pretty good at it. I've been sewing a lot lately, mostly making stuff for baby girls like hair accessories, dress up tutus, and pacifier clips. Yesterday I made something different, though. I made a makeup bag entirely by hand and wouldn't you know, it came out great! I was surprised. It really is amazing what you can accomplish if you believe in yourself.
Wooow, that sounded mega lame and cheesy, but you know what I mean. I always had an interest in sewing, and I used to do it all the time when I was a kid, but my work was mediocre at best. I had no idea I was capable of hand sewing a zipper on to something, but I put one in the makeup bag, no sewing machine necessary. I used fabric for breast cancer awareness and decided I am going to sell these bags to help raise money for the walk I'm going to be doing in October. I need to raise $2300 in order to walk for the cure, so I think selling these bags will help. I already have 3 buyers, and I just posted the info. last night! Not bad, right?
So here comes the sales pitch part of my blog. If any of my readers are interested, leave me a comment and we can work out the details. The large makeup bags are $5 and the small are $2. Large bags are roughly 8.5"X16", and smalls are 4X8. If I need to mail it to you, I will need to charge a small shipping&handling fee.
This is the large bag for $5. Also available in another design...all pink fabric with small, pink ribbons. :)Alright, so there ya have it. If you want to help me raise money for the cure, I would greatly appreciate it. It's a great cause, and it's something that's close to my heart as I lost my grandmom to breast cancer, and my aunt is a survivor.
Ok, sensitive moment/sales pitch over. End scene.
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