Adventures in a padded room (if only...)

I've had better weeks....

As if our poor pluming system hasn't been through enough, Orion decided to flush 3 full rolls of toilet paper down our brand new toilet, and thus clogging it up. Goodbye, $236! It was good knowing you! He's been on a destructive rampage lately, just in time to sell our house! I just love my son's impeccable timing...

Mother's Day came and went, and it was definitely way too short. I definitely had a great time with a book, a turkey sandwich, some peanut butter ice cream, and a Hills marathon (thank you TV Guide Network! It's like you read my mind). Only 362 more days until the next Mother's Day. I'll be counting down the days.

For the last five weeks, I've been an officially graduate student, after searching for a school for almost a full year. I really enjoy it, which is surprising, because I never though of myself as an MBA graduate. Hopefully I will actually be employable (which apparently I am not, maybe because of this shitty job market, maybe because I haven't worked in five years. Who knows.) In the mealtime, when I am not pounding out essays, raising children, or cleaning something, I've taken up crochet. It's super addicting. As sketchy as I am with it, it is my ambition to one day be able to make these:

I know, I know. Why make baby booties when there is no baby in the house (and by the time I learn how to make these, we probably won't have any kids, period, in the house.)? Well, baby shoes are adorable, even if there's no baby in them.