Losing My Brain, Going Insane, or Just a Bad Week??

Where has my brain gone this week? Was it the week from hell for others? You may be asking, "What the hell is she talking about now?" And, of course, I am going to tell you, whether or not you are asking that question.

The week began badly. I had a migrane from hell. I don't get them too often, though I've had several in recent weeks. I actually had to go to the dr. to have a shot (needle, not vodka) Thursday. The pain was THAT bad. The headache has been with me on and off all week long, though today I wouldn't call what I had a migraine, just what felt like the beginnings of one. Then I took an Imitrex, which seemed to stop it in its tracks. I'm glad of that - I didn't want anymore pain!!

Last week was also confusion in marriage week. Charles and I didn't seem to be on the same page about anything at anytime last week and we basically drove one another nuts. I pissed him off, he pissed me off. I didn't understand him, he didn't understand me. It's a new week, so hopefully the strain we both experienced does not continue. Today I found out that another woman and her husband got on one another's nerves last week too, and he said he didn't understand why she was mad, she didn't get why he was doing what he was doing, and so on and so forth. Arguments happened, feelings were hurt. I hope they are fine this week too.

Last week the dog drove us nuts also. He is whining about everything. He howls in the middle of the night. He won't go out when we want him to go out. He won't come in at night. He won't eat his dog food. He paces the house for hours each night for no discernable reason. He cries at the bottom of the stairs at 6:30 each morning. He barks at nothing in the middle of the night. Basically, I believe he is going insane, and he's leading us to the brink of insanity with him.

Dylan was quite well-behaved last week. He listened to most things we told him to do or not to do without questioning us. He didn't get in arguments with his friends twenty times a day. He was reasonable and respectful MOST of the week. These behaviors usually aren't ones I associate with Dylan. I'm not complaining, but it was quite out of the ordinary and mind-boggling.

I did a self-analysis last week. I think too much. My mind is constantly working. I am using more and more space in my brain. I know we humans don't use anywhere near the brain capacity we actually have, but I feel as though many times my brain can explode (or maybe implode) at any moment from absorbing too much, feeling too much, thinking too much. I missed doing 2 things I was supposed to do last week with PTA, and it was on my calendar. I was sick, so rescheduling or rearranging how things were to be done was necessary, but I completely FORGOT about 2 things and didn't even look at my calendar, which I usually rely on daily to know what I have to do, what the kids are doing, what Charles is doing, and what "deadline" is pending for some project. I'm usually not over-scheduled, but when juggling a variety of things, I need to have the calendar so things don't overlap and so I know what I'm doing when. My mind was gone. Can I blame it on the migraine? Or the medication? Or the stress of so many "weird" happenings last week? Or Friday the 13th?

At least this week began better. Saturday morning was a bit stressful, with another misunderstanding or miscommunication between Charles and I. But it got better when Dylan went to a birthday party for a friend from school in the afternoon. While he was there, Charles and I took Alyssa to see 'Princess Diaries 2: A Royal Engagement". I usually go alone with her to "girlie" movies, but she really wanted Daddy to come this time, so he did. She loves hanging out with Daddy. I don't care what the critics say - we liked the movie and Alyssa wants to own it when it comes to DVD. After the movie and picking up Dylan, we watched 13 Going On 30. Alyssa and I had already seen it, but this time Charles watched it with us. Dylan chose to watch a Tony Hawk skateboarding DVD in the back room. Now, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE 13 Going On 30. Nevermind that the 13 year old Jenna in the movie is 13 in 1987 and the music, clothes, and videos were popular in 1981 and 1982 (I should know - I was actually close to 13 at that time). The producer and director and writer were well aware of that - it just served their purpose in the movie. Suspend a little reality and you've got a funny movie, not your typical romantic comedy ending, plus my favorite ass-kicking super spy Syd from Alias, Jennifer Garner. Gotta get the soundtrack. So many "cool" 80's tunes.

Later, Dylan had a friend who was going to spend the night. There was an amusing little poopie situation surrounding that, which I won't go into, but then the kid left at 10:40 pm because he was a little "homesick" - he's only spent the night away from home once before. After dealing with the poopie and the "sickness", we put the kids to bed and we watched 'Cold Creek Manor". OhmiGod - such horrible editing. Choppy, choppy, choppy. And was I supposed to be scared? I never was. Bad story. Or bad directing. Or bad editing. Not sure which was the primary reason the movie was so tedious to watch.

Today, off to a good start. I woke at 10 am. With no headache. Very good start. We left at 11:45am to got to Kelly and Stacey's house for a soundcheck "party" the band is having. The women decided that we could not handle such a hobby as playing in a band - the set up of equipment, the sound checks, the wires here, there, and everywhere, was excrutiatingly long. We fixed food and drank spda and beer. We ate. Set up continued until 3:30pm. First song was played and sang at that time. Jim had to leave at 4 pm - he had a solo gig at a pub. But the rest of the guys, Charles, Rick, Kelly, and Tom, plowed forth. For hours. They finally stopped playing at 7pm and took some time to disassemble.

Kids had a fun day. Alyssa played inside in Stacey's back room many times through the day, setting up horse stables, having dolls ride pretend horse, acting out a dream world. Dylan was outside all day riding bikes around the property (its a wooded area with a lot of open play space). He swam. He explored the club house. He even rode a horse on his own - they have 4 horses. Alyssa also rode a pony for a few minutes. It was exciting for her, something scary she overcame her fear in order to do. She swam in the pool later in the day while a bunch of the women used plastic PVC pipes to shoot mini marshmallows at the band members at the end of the day.

Finally, we got home. Watched a bit of the Olympics with the kids - woman's gymnastics and men's swimming. They went to bed. Now we're off to bed. Nightie night. I'm already in la-la land.

Comments

[Rick]

I can't believe I sat through that whole movie. "Cold Creek Manor" had to be the most cliched, pointless, suspense-less suspense thriller I've seen in a while. Last night I watched all the blood in people's body's spurt out as they were disemboweled and had their extremities sliced off, a la Kill Bill. Good times for all! Dodgeball has to be the best movie I've seen this year, however.

[Keena]

LOVE Kill Bill. Saw Vol. 1 - I'm waiting for Vol. 2 to arrive in the mail, hopefully this week. Have not seen Dodgeball. It's on my list. Though movie time gets cut down some when new shows start, kids have homework, kids have extracurricular activities, Keena adds substituting as her 2nd job, Keena gets new Target store account in October, Keena plans Halloween Dance for kids, Keena plans Breakfast with Santa for kids, Keena goes to Ocean City for PTA State Conference in November. Ahhh...Candice says I need to slow down. But I say you only get one life, you do things you enjoy, you try your best to make a difference to others in the community and the world, to leave the world a better place, to raise your kids right, to spend your time enjoying tv shows, music, movies, food, having fun. I hate the times I'm sick and can't leave home so I live life the way I like during the times I can. No one give away the ending of Kill Bill, Vol. 2. It will drastically alter the fun factor in my life.