They shot! They scored! They lost. in A day in the life...

Yeah, my Blackhawks lost in the 7th game of the series against the L.A. Kings. I was disappointed, but hey, it was a helluva season and they fought the good fight....and we still have 2 Stanley Cups since 2010, so HA! The Blackhawks are and always will be #1 in my book.

This past Friday we drove to Ohio and spent the night at a hotel so we could be at Michaela's high school graduation on Saturday morning, which was at 9:00 a.m. Afterward the ceremony we all went to Bob Evans for lunch (Michaela's choice). It was a really nice time. During lunch Tony (my hubby) decided he wanted to stay another night so he could go to the party that Cheryl (Tony's ex-wife) and Dieter (Cheryl's very wealthy man) were having for Michaela on Sunday, and Pat (Cheryl's mom) agreed to drive Tony to Findlay, Ohio the next day and I could pick him up there. I was like, cool, whatever you want. So after lunch Tony and I went back to Cheryl and Dieter's house and I hung out for a little bit longer before heading to my uncle's house (he also lives in Ohio) and hanging out there for several hours with him and his wife and their kids, as well as my dad and stepmom and granny (my dad and stepmom were also at Michaela's graduation and went to lunch with us all afterwards). We had a blast! I haven't seen my uncle Pat (he's only a year and a half older than me) in a long time and we all sat and talk and laughed and ate and just had a great time. I told Tony he missed a really good time, but I understand him wanting to spend time with his kids, especially as they get older because the older they get, the less important dad's standing in their life is. I left my uncle's house at about 8:30 p.m. and got home at around midnight. I had to come home because baby Ben was going to be here at 7:30 on Sunday morning. Man, now that he's walking he is into EVERYTHING! But you can't get mad at him because he's got the sweetest smile and he just laughs and babbles and it just melts your heart. :-)

I went back to the nasty kitchen house to clean again today. The kitchen was in rough shape again, but nowhere near the catastrophe it was the first time I went. I spent a little over two hours on the kitchen, then three more in the dining/living room area. It looked damn good when I got done, if I do say so myself. I'm going back again next Monday and probably every Monday from now on. I'm sure I'll have to put in some work in the kitchen each week but oh well....as long as I'm getting paid for it I don't care. Next time I also want to get into the bathroom and get that cleaned, then move into the two older girls' room (they share a room) and start tackling that. Poor Alayna (the mom)....pregnant with her fourth child, already has three girls, and just found out last week she's having yet another girl. I could tell she was disappointed and when she was talking to a friend of hers on the phone it sounded like her husband was a little bummed as well. I can understand that, but it is what it is. And I know they're going to love this little girl just as much as they do the other three.

I'll be cleaning the husband's office once every two weeks. I'm thinking I'll do it on Saturdays after I get done babysitting because I get done at 2 p.m. on Saturdays. I have my own key card thingy so I can get into the office when no one is there and get busy. I prefer cleaning when the office is empty so I'm not disturbing anyone and so no one is in my way.

I have a request to make of you fine people....pray I get more cleaning jobs, because I really don't want to keep babysitting Benny and Paulo. I know that might sound mean, but I got out of the corporate world because I didn't want to deal with the stress anymore and little Benny stresses me out almost as much as working for Elaine did! I also just cannot deal with the stench of their house much longer....it reeks of dog piss and it's just gross. Not all the Febreze in the world will touch the smell and trust me, I spray it numerous times a day, every day! I also open the windows and keep the ceiling fan running. I think I'll have to start burning smell-good candles as well. Honestly, how can they not notice how bad their house and furniture smell? I guess when you live in it day in and day out you don't notice it anymore? I also have a very delicate sense of smell....if I walk into a store that smells too strongly of perfume or cologne I start sneezing my brains out.

I see my shrink and my therapist tomorrow. My short-term disability ran out on May 11 and my shrink had told the STD insurance company for AAA that I was only being released to work part-time. Well, I need her to change that. Right now AAA has me on "lay-off status" and on that you get 30 days to find another position within the company. Well, there are only two part-time positions open and neither of them are jobs that I'm qualified for. I need the shrink to say I can work full time again because I know that even if there are positions at AAA I'm qualified for they most likely won't give me one because of the lawsuit and then when the 30 days is up I can file for unemployment. It turns out that if I'm only released to work part time and don't get a part time position at AAA (or anywhere else) within the 30 days then I can't apply for unemployment because you have to be able to work full time and be searching for full-time work to qualify for unemployment. Oy....what a mess.

I've got a company called Citizen's Disability calling me and offering to file for SSD for me. I'm not sure if I should do it or not. They said I could still work while collecting it as long as I don't make over a certain amount each month but....I don't know. The guy said with the diabetes and the bipolar and the panic disorder I have a good case for it. He said the claim would most likely be rejected at first because 99% of them are, but that it would most likely get approved when it was appealed. I'm not sure what to do. What do you guys think?

Well, hubby wants to go to the grocery store and I need to check the amount on my credit card, so I must bid you all farewell. Don't cry....I'll be back, I promise.

Much love...xoxo