long week, thank goodness it is over...

Well thank goodness it is Saturday, but I feel like my last week is just the beginning of my future weeks to come. Today, I had to get up early to take my daughter to her game. We are trying to relax now until the next game where we will leave in about 30 minutes. I'm definitely tired. My eyes feel heavy and overall my body just feels worn down. Being a mom during the school year with seasons of sports & year long commitment to music, of course we can't forget the exceptional grade average. I have a rule and I know it may be somewhat "extreme" but it has worked for me. My daughter has to bring home all A's. If not, her hair gets cut up to her ears. That is about the worse type of punishment that she has ever sustained. She got her hair cut for one B. She was quite upset, but I had to follow through. I have to say I was disappointed that she received it. And I kind of knew it wasn't totally her fault since her teacher seemed somewhat biased towards her because she would miss his class quite a bit for sporting activities.

physical therapy

I just had my last physical therapy session for the year 2008. Apparently because of my insurance there is a cap for twenty visits. I still have pool therapy because that's about the only exercise I really get. I can't even find my one-piece swimming suit. I might have to brace them with my bikini. I just try not to do that to anyone because I wouldn't want someone else to do that with me. My mother spent time with me today and the whole hour and a half was enough. She is over again for a few minutes and she is driving me nuts! Why does she have to insist on everything -- her opinions of people on tv to where my daughter is supposed to go to college is driving me CRAZY. Argh, hopefully I don't bite her head off.

Dog

Today is my doggy's birthday. I generally get him a special treat from a bakery in Boulder. But today I don't have any plans to drive into Boulder. I am not sure what we will do, but every year I take pictures of my "loved" mutt with his birthday dish. He has already opened his gifts. Who knows if dogs even love those things?? I got him a new doggie bowl, stuffed animal, & a kong kind of thing to wrestle with. He turns 8 today, which means 56 in doggie years. I hope he has many more years left...because I don't know where I would be without him. I never thought I would ever have a dog, but he is almost like my best friend. He is my companion for majority of the day when I am alone and sleeps with us at night. So in reality I am never alone. I may pester him or do silly things to him, but I guess that's how I show my love? Sometimes I wonder what do our dogs think of us? It was silly of me, but one time I did ask about a "dog whisperer" - and have heard strange things about it. They don't even need to see your dog or that it could just be done over the phone, etc. Like fortune telling at a festival.

I have physical therapy today in the pool. That's majority of my exercise so I try to keep up with it at least twice a week. Ideally, it should be three times a week.