Well it’s here, the boys 4 day weekend. Yesterday the boys had their Valentine’s Day parties in their classrooms. Of course Lori went over the top preparing for each of them. She’s room Mom as no other Mom or parent ever steps up. This means she does all the work and we pay for most of the things throughout the year for all the kids in each classroom. I don’t know how other parents can stand by and not contribute, time or money, and let someone else do everything. It’s one thing not to chip in any cash, if you don’t have any, but they could always volunteer to help out, which few do. Don’t get me wrong, some contribute and help but most don’t. Lucky I was there as the pizza man showed up and they didn’t have enough money. So I paid, and when I was getting change from the office, I asked one Mom who was helping, how much do you need. She took $20 from me for the pizza man and then $5 that she put in her own pocket. I didn’t think twice about it but when I told Lori later, she said “what”? Oh well, its for the kids right. $25 might not sound like a lot but when you give it every month or so times two (for two kids), it’s over $500 for the year!
Prior to the parties, Lori had another dramatic day at the office dealing with the office manager who shouldn’t be there! Turns out she was fired late in the day yesterday and now with Dr Rodgers in surgery all day, Lori has to go down and supervise her cleaning out her desk so she doesn’t steal anything. Lori will also have to get back the keys, de-brief her and figure out how to process payroll for the staff today. It should be already done but who knows as the lady walked out yesterday afternoon. Lori is a little bit nervous but I’m coaching her up on how to handle it. She’ll be fine.
I need to run to the distributor first and be back by 8:30 for Lori to get to work so I need to get moving. Here’s a comment from Eleanor,
For about 2 weeks my name on the address was gone, tried to put it back, gone, our prayers for Lori are sent: we receive your blog, thank god for that, Bob is so excited for next month to see the boys. You and Lori have two great boys and we are proud of them. Next Saturday, I and my children from Bakersfield are going to bottle the wine that I help pick. I wish you could stay longer, I want to take you the winery and try some of their wine, it is very good wine, they have different kinds of wines in their vineyard, Â until we see you again, GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
Hope everyone is well, we’re planning on winning the lottery this weekend so keep you fingers crossed! We need to for all our bills. I should have been a doctor so I could be paying myself. I would have specialized in orthopedics, gynecology, and pain management, then we’d have zero doctor bills!
That’s it, I need to get in the shower and get moving, hope all’s well, take care and God Bless.