Dear Diary. starts Jan 28 2001.
snow. slick. called my strong handsome hero to pick me up from work in the Blazer. computer won't connect. can't check email. finally did connect and guess what? no email.
29Jan Kevin was taking shots at his wild turkey from the back porch. he and Katie were target practicing on coyotes the other day.
31Jan KJ had the only 100% on the science test AND NO HOMEWORK!
1FEb. had to put blanket in front of LR door to cut down on draft.
2Feb Day 12 Exaustion has set in. dozing in chair and growling at kids. Koren to Tina's.
3FEb. The Torrey Boys are coming for the wekend. their mom gave me money to bring her home groceries when I bring the boys back. she doesn't drive. had a sweeper demo from a cold phone call, but when they got here we both had to watch it, and Kevin was asleep, so they left and didn't clean my carpet. got an overdraw in mail. (those days sucked. by the time you realized you were overdrawn, you were in big bad trouble.) now Kj has ANOTHER friend spending the night in addition to the 2 we already had. I'm thinking it can't get any worse. Katie climbs up on the bed and peed on my side. so it's 8p.m. and I'm stripping the bed. drank another pepsi and got a grip. Kate pooped in the potty hugging her Shop-n-bop baby telling her 'sorry you can't go in KJ's room, sweetie. they'll make you cry.' had a 3rd pepsi and then watched SNL. (2022 update. on a good day I only drink 3 pepsis now.)
4Feb. there was a cold pepsi on garage floor so I drank it. you know your kids friends have stayed too damn long when you don't want to just take them home---you want to take them out to the woods and get rid off them and tell their moms they ran away and then they'll never ever spend the night at your house again. Kate made a kind of Stone Henge thing with my bag of potatoes and wanted to sit in a real chair at McDonalds and picked up her HB like a pro.
6Feb Kevin went to work at Lije's as soon as I got home. I picked up boys for Scouts and Kevin was at the church when we got there. Lije is getting the ground readyu to move that doublewide.
8Feb took girls to Larissa's. KJ refused to go. we were gone about an hour and it got dark and I felt real shitty. he has a backache. KAtie is hoarse, c/o throat pain.
9Feb the ice hit. no school. Koren is at a friends so Katie gets to help Daddy drive Mommy to and from work on icy slick roads. I gave KJ a big hug and he was crying that I hurt his bac and he needs to see Dr. Alyssa. Kevin has a headache he can't get rid of. and I just need a long fucking nap. the electric went out about midnight when we'd just settled down to rock. Kate gave me her bottle, hid under the blankets, clung to me and quivered. she fell asleep that way. everytime the elect came back on I thought I should get up and put her to bed and electric would go off again. I never did get up and light a candle and call Grundy Electric but somebody else apparently did.
11FEb. Katie's cold worse. KJ is bawling because his Rugrats game keeps locking up computer. the world is icy and frozen.
12FEb Kevin tired to get Katie dr. appt but it was only the PA we don't like available so no. KJ brought home a note about Valentines' Day Box contest. I scrubbed bathroom ceiling with bleach water.
13FEb Katie up 3 a.m. coughing, puking, congested. Bronchitis? Kevin took her to Dr . ear infection. and sinus infection. and bronchitis.
