My Week in Facebook Status Updates

Friday JUNE 12th:
Jamie Smith Dooley: Also, one more thing: I have to do this assessment for my class, where I record everything my children say and do for a certain period of time, and try to be completely objective and not make any judgements or assumptions... And I think that today (since I woke up feeling paranoid that my children are "out to get me") is not the day for objectivity. I am feeling VERY subjective when it comes to my children today!
Jamie Smith Dooley: loves her children dearly but does not understand why when it is 90 something degrees out they can possibly still want to snuggle. We are all 3 wedged together on 1.5 squares of couch. I am all hot because I just had to cut Jonathan out of a laundry hamper he got himself stuck in. IN SIX MORE DAYS Dave and I are outta here for our three day getaway! I can make it until then. Right?
Jamie Smith Dooley:
OK, America: deep breath. You can do this. You can handle the switch from analog TV. Jonathan is concerned that we don't have an attenae because of all the endless reminders and preparations on TV! I told him because we don't have to worry about it! And he said, well the TV told me to be worrying.
Jamie Smith Dooley is tired.
Thursday:
Jamie Smith Dooley: WHATEVER!
Jamie Smith Dooley:Doesn't it seem like it should be Friday night? I seriously thought it was, until I looked at the clock and saw Thursday.
is going to watch Paul Blart with Dave and then The Office. Right now we are watching Smallville even though we have not watched it in years and can't follow one bit of it!
just thinks bedtime should be now, this day could not possibly have four more hours in it.
Thursday afternoon:
Plan: Deliver Avon, get lunch, go to Lowe's to get paint, go to Drs appt in Palm Bay. Reality: Delivered AVON, got to Chick-fil-a when Jon started vomiting (quite skillfully into an empty newspaper bag... major puking and not a drop in my car!), no lunch, got home in about 6-7 minutes (took Hollywood to Eber to Minton, and yes, I sped a little, because newspaper bag was full) cancelled my Dr. appt on way home.
Thursday AM:
bought walkie talkies for Anna last night (princess so she can play with Henry when he comes this week!) and she said, Now I can be like me teachers at school. You know, when they say my name to each other? She is referring to car loop pickup. She is making Jonathan call her Mrs. Dooley (Prounounced Dewey)because she wants to be like Mrs. Smith(one of her teachers)& Mrs. Choo-choo-rol-o the director of her preschool!
Tonight's wake up call involved Anna falling out of her big girl bed into her toddler bed. She did not get hurt, thank goodness! All of her fancy pillows and stuffed animals must have braced her fall. She did not really even wake up, just doing a little half-hearted cry in her sleep, which, to me, sounded SUPER loud. I jumped out of the bed and flew into her room! Now I can't go back to sleep! (3:14 AM)
WEDNESDAY
If Dominoes.com says that your pizza was put in the oven by Larry at 9:27 PM, DO NOT TAKE a bite of it at 9:43 PM. My mouth is burnt!
Jamie is wondering what good a Facebook username will do. How will that more easily direct friends and family to my profile than my actual name and photo? Please explain.
Not counting today, only EIGHT MORE DAYS until Dave and I ESCAPE!!!! I think we will drop the kids off at my Mom's at 4 AM that morning. What do you think, Honey???
I will never eat Slim Jims again. Seriously. (this is in regards to the tragic Slim Jim factory explosion)
only had one wake-up call last night but it was just at 5:30 and a request for ice-water. Not too bad!
TUESDAY
OK, the firecrackers seem to be quiet. Both of my children are asleep. Tonight will be the night where I will finally get some sleep. I am praying that I will go to bed now and not wake up until at least 7 in the morning. No peeing the bed, change the sheets, feverish and needs Tylenol, crying and needs Benedryl for huge skeeter bites, no crazy birds trying to attack my cat who is crying hysterically at window. Shhh!
Jamie Smith Dooley: is trying to think loving thoughts towards her neighbors with the fireworks. I am sure they have a really good reason, or maybe this is just their annual head start on July 4th. Normally they start fireworks before my birthday and keep them going until after the 4th. Jamie H. I love you, don't know what I would do without my normal neighbors (you and Mike) to balance out my more interesting ones!
Jamie Smith Dooley: has had a surprisingly delightful day!
Jamie Smith Dooley: is hoping she gets packed up, everyone sunscreened, gets over the causeway, gets down to the beach, unpacks her stuff, and stays for at least a half hour before thunderstorms roll in. 30 minutes, that's all I'm asking for... If I get 4 kids down to the sand, and all unpacked, and then the thunder comes right away, I might throw myself down in the sand and have a fit. Not really, but the thought will cross my mind.
up since 4 AM with a very hyper feverish Anna. Tylenol, ice water. Ugh. She is like on super speed. Fever's not too high and she seems to feel OUTSTANDING!!! I am sooooo tired! Then Jonathan woke up and came into our bed... must have had bad dream? He never does this anymore... So I am out here on Facebook with crazy girl Anna.
MONDAY
Jonathan is trying to figure out what age he will be when he can get a gerbil, drive a car, when T and Anna will be able to drive a car, and how old Justine will be when he can get a gerbil. Also, how old will he be when Justine drives a car, will he be old enough to have a gerbil? I am thinking it is too late for all this math.
is starting to plan a trip to Kansas. Gonna bring kids to see my g-ma/pa, aunts/uncles and cousins. (Brandi! Julie! Must see you!)
Anna started running a fever this afternoon and I have one too and I am achy (achier than usual) and chilled.
I have finally made up my mind: I really don't like Jelly Belly jelly beans, or any other jelly beans. I have been trying to decide this for a very long time (like 20 years!), and I have made a decision. I hate them, all of them.
ONLY 10 MORE DAYS UNTIL DAVE AND I ARE OUT OF HERE! for an ENTIRE weekend, leave Friday AM come back Sunday night! (just in case anyone wants to rob our house!) I'm not counting today!
is so tired from her wierd, sleepless night but also has the strongest urge to scour her house and clean out closets. It's like I have all this frantic cleaning energy in my mind but my body is too tired to act on it. So I am going to go watch SuperWhy with Anna instead.
Why am I awake? Why am I watching the Steve Wilkos Show? Why did I wait to find out if the dude was lying? They ALWAYS fail the lie detector test! Sigh.
SUNDAY:
How many more days till school starts again?
is listening to Dave and Anna deliberate over the Chinese takeout menu. Chicken and Brocoli combination platter with steamed rice and wonton soup for kids... General Tso's chicken for Dave with steamed rice. Vegetable lo mein for me.
is playing The Backyardigans game with Anna and Dave. Jon is over at Trystan's for a boys only play date.
SATURDAY:
thinks her frantic, frequent status updates are reaching the level of near-obsession and may require a psychological intervention of some sort! Might need to go on one of my Facebook fasts.
FRIDAY:
thinks she will attempt to go to bed now. I am very tired. I am praying that I won't fall asleep only to wake up 10 minutes later to a vomiting child. I would rather just stay up all night than to have to keep waking up. My beloved is so going to need to go get me a grande nonfat latte from Sbucks tomorrow. (David, you are my beloved. Althought I am sure that was obvious.)
is in for a very long night: 2:35 AM and still not asleep. For past hour, Jonathan has been thrashing around and crying in his sleep. He says his tummy hurts and he feels like he is going to throw up... I am hoping that he just ate too much junk food at Nona's house tonight or something, but I know there are tummy bugs going around... Gave him Tylenol and Benedryl hoping to help w/pain, unstuff his nose (allergies).
has a very bad headache and can't go to sleep, even though sleep is what I need to do to make the headache go away.
just watched big Dooley and lil Dooley catch a moth that was in the house. It was pretty cool. Now Jonathan is staring at it in his bughouse instead of watching his movie.
had a happy evening with her Uncle Leroy and his delightful girlfriend Sue (they are visiting my Mom from Texas.) Friday evening
Jonathan just caught one of those rare "two-headed lovebugs." He is so very proud. I wonder if we should call the Smithsonian or something? A bug with TWO heads? Wow!
Friday afternoon, June 5th