Tired with a broken phone

I have been going to bed too late this week and today it really caught up with me. I was so tired and cranky with the wee ones. My computer has crashed again, but thankfully we were able to get it working again in safe mode but the bad one is that my phone is broken.

It fell out of my back pocket into the toilet. I found a second hand one for £30 so I have ordered that. I need to make sure that the camera does not get scratched this time. Hopefully this one will last just as well as the other one. If I had have been careful though the other one would still be working. I am sad that it is not working though.

I am feeling better now though. When my partner got home I had a nap. I still need to make sure that I do not go to bed too late though. I have a lot of stuff that I would like to do tomorrow so I do not want to get up too late.

Too much time on the computer

Oops I spent far too much time on the computer today. Sadly I did not do any of the things that I needed to do either. I just spent it playing games on Facebook. I know that I am getting a lot of enjoyment from them but I need to sort through my flat and I need to get rid of the clutter.

Though speaking of the game. One of the games that I play is called Farmville. I was not fussed about it to begin with and I only started it so that I could become a neighbor to one of my friends. But now I have stated playing it I really enjoy it.

Today in the game I upgraded my Spa. I am really pleased with it. It looks so funky. If only things were that easy in real life though.

This is what it looked like before:

This is what it looks like now:

Getting to bed late

Oops I have started getting to bed late again.

Last night was another late one. By the time that I had done my Japanese lesson and then watched my daily episode of Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's it was late and then by the time that I had cleaned up and got into bed it was around two in the morning.

Thankfully I was able to get a lie in but once they are back at school next week I will not have that luxury. I need to make sure that I do not get into the late nights too much. I need to start making sure that I am in bed for twelve. Though at least once they are back at school I will be able to do my Japanese lesson in the morning.

I will admit that I am really proud of myself for keeping doing the lessons while they are off school. When I was learning French I stopped doing the lessons while they were off school and that really did not help when it came to the summer holidays (that was the time when I stopped doing them) Hopefully I will be able to keep at the lessons. It would really be great to become really good at speaking Japanese. Even better will be the day when I can read Japanese writing as well.

Getting better

My daughter is much better today. She has not been getting any bother at night and thankfully she does not seem to be getting any worse. The same is for my youngest son as well.

My eldest does not seem to be affected at all.

Hopefully that is how it will stay until they are totally better. I will still keep them off school though.

Cleaning up

I made the most of the time in the morning when my partner was having a lie in. I find that if I let the wee ones go on the computer then it gives me a good chance to get some housework done in peace.

I managed to make good progress and I cleaned out one of the cupboards. It was not looking good at all. It is of course looking lovely and clean now.

I did find something when I was cleaning the living room later (my partner took the wee ones out for a walk) when I said that I was not ready for lesson six with the Japanese, I discovered that I was wrong and that I am in fact ready for lesson six. I did both lesson five and six today. While I did struggle with lesson six, I found that I did pretty well considering that it was only the second time that I have listened to it.

Not too bad

Considering that the wee ones have got chicken pox that it.

My daughter seems to be managing fine with it and my youngest has only got a few spots. My eldest seems to not be affected at all by it but that could be because his spots have not appeared yet. that reminds me, I must get him to do his homework soon. I also need to cover his homework books.

The boys have been acting up. they have bounced off each other which has ended up getting them both in trouble. I really was snippy with them as they were really annoying me. I do need to be able to find a better way of dealing with them other than losing my temper. The only thing that will come out of that is that I will teach them what I was taught when I was a child (my parents were hot tempered like how I am)

I can see some of my traits in my boys and that is a sign that I have to stop as soon as possible so that they can learn to act differently to how I do. I am not sure how I am going to do it but I must find a way.

My Japanese learning is going well though. I am on lesson five and I had a listen to lesson six today. I had a lot of cleaning to do in the living room so that was why I listened to it. I do not think I am ready to move onto it yet but I am just glad to be making progress.

Thursday 23rd - My poor wee girl

Awe bless her, she is not very well at all.

My mother brought some calamine lotion over though in the morning. Hopefully that will help her. Bless her but she did have a disturbed sleep.

I phoned up the school to let them know that none of the wee ones will be going in. I was told by them that it would be better if we stayed off next week as well.

Chicken pox

Eek the twins have got it, bless them.

We have done well to avoid it so far, but it has eventually caught up with us.

Decorating

My mum and dad are up in the area to help us decorate some of the rooms in the flat.

today they painted the hall and the wee ones room. It looks so much better now :)

Getting prepared

I have started to get prepared for my mum and dad arriving on Monday to start the decorating. Once again I have left things until last minute. I am sure I will manage though.

My partner was not able to take the wee ones to his mums but he did take them out for a long walk. I was able to get some cleaning done and my Japanese lesson done.

Calming myself down

Yesterday gave me a good reason to make sure that I deal with my short temper. I really snapped at the wee ones. I was not happy with myself. I managed to make it up to them but I do not want to be like that.

I am sure that my lack of sleep has made me worse.

Early to bed

And early to bed, makes a person healthy, weathy and wise.

I think i should be following that rather than following the late to bed, early to rise, which of course makes me rough feeling, cranky and tired.

Ooh I really do feel tired today. I really, really must get to bed early tonight. I have got into a rut though and when it is night time it does not take long before it is a silly time and then I have still got jobs to do before I crash.

I think it would help if I set myself a time limit when I have to be off the computer.

Ow,ow,ow

That is what it is like now that I have repierced my ears.

I ordered some piercing studs as there were a few holes in my ears without rings in them. I have found them expensive to buy but I saw 12 pairs in E-Bay for £8. They arrived today. I needed eight studs to fill the holes and seven of them had to be repierced. I know that my ears will be feeling better in the next few days but for now they feel sore. It actually was not that bad repiercing them, it was after that it was the worst.

Sleeping tonight will be interesting as I normally sleep on my side. This will not be possible as it will be too sore to do so. It will be worth it though.

Going shopping

Even though it was raining my partner needed some things so I went shopping. Thankfully it was not too bad.

I was able to get a winter coat for my eldest son. Even though it is not his age group it fits pretty well. I am hoping that I will be able tog et a couple of years out of it.

I also treated myself to some things. I was able to get some rings for my piercings. They only cost £1 each. One went in my bellybutton and the other went in my ear. They are normally expensive to buy, so I think I will get some more when I go shopping on Friday. They look pretty funky and it will be nice to eventually have all of my piercings filled again.

I would love to have another tattoo at some point. I would like to have something added to the original tatoo that I got in 95. I will need to have that one touched up as well so it does not look odd. I am going to start looking for designs that could go with it. I would like something black. I think some patterns. I will see what Japanese artwork there is.

My partner is also planning on getting another tattoo. I think it will be a while before we can afford to get it done though.

Better day today

Thankfully today has been a much better day than yesterday. I am really tired though, so I am looking forward to getting my lie in tomorrow.

I spent a bit of time in the bedroom today as my partner did not take the wee ones to him mums house. I thought it would be a good alternative. He is hoping to take them across tomorrow though.

Though our water has been cut off today. They were doing some work upstairs so I think it is related to that. If it is not back on tomorrow then we will have to phone up the water company and see what they say. I got some bottles of water from the shop so at least we have got a good supply. I do need the water back on soon as I really need to get some washing done (keeping on top of the school uniform is a challenge, it will be more so next year when the twins start)

Crankyness all round

Well the day was going pretty well until I got home for lunch. I went to visit my friend this morning. It was nice to get around. I did not get the opportunity to go around during the holidays and this has been the first chance since the school opened.

My firend told me about the Tai-kwan-do lessons that they are giving locally. I would love to take the younglings to that. I think it would be really good for them.

Things just got bad when I got home. My partner was once again in a grumpy mood and once again was taking it out on me. I have just had about enough of it.

He went out for a short while to get something worted out but it all seemed to get worse when he got back. I collected my eldest and went to the shops.

I do know know what he had been doing while I was out but the wee ones really seemed to have been messing around.

Though he did wash the dishes, make the dinner and do some cleaning, so it is not all bad. Though it not enough to make up for his bad mood. It is not nice living with him. I am also worried about the negative effect it will have on the wee ones.

Thankfully he is out for the night tonight.

Though I know that I do need to spend less time on the computer and keep an eye on them better. The boys did something gross today. They both went to the toilet in the neighbors garden (our fence is broke so they have easy access. I am not happy about it at all, but once again my partner totally over reacted. I have had enough.

Tired and Eurotrash

It is my fault for not getting enough sleep. I am getting to ed a bit earlier but still not early enough.

The twins have been pests at the moment. When they play in the garden they just will not stay in the garden. They hve today managed to run across to the park and then play in someone else's garden. Even my eldest has never been that bad. Will will have to do something about it to make sure that it does not happen again.

I entered my first photography competition recently. Sadly my pictures did not do that well. I am happy with them but I think that it did not help that the judge specialized in taking pictures of fungi. He told me that the depth of field was too shallow, but that is how I like to take the pictures. Ahh well hopefully I will have better luck next time.

When I got home though I remembered something that I was talking to my friend about. I had a quick look on the Internet and found that the first season of Eurotrash is available to watch for free. It was great fun to see it. I loved to watch it when it was first on the TV. Though it has meant that I am not going to bed too late again.

Being cranky

Ooh I was really cranky with the wee ones this morning. I really should learn how to handle being stressed better.

It started when I could not find something in the morning and then my youngest son did not put on his bag like I had asked him to. I had to run home and fetch it. I told them to go on ahead while I got it. I was catching them up when they disappeared. They had decided to go for a wander off in the wrong direction at the top of the steps. That made us late. I was not happy with them. I do not like getting that mad with them.

I also do not like it when they do not listen to me.

Tired and cranky

It is totally my fault. I really must make sure that I do not get caught up in watching fun videos on You Tube and get to bed at a decent time.

I have been snippy with all of them today and that is not good at all.

The day did not start off well though. We had to walk to school in the rain. Bless the wee ones, they were soaked by the time that we got there. I will be better prepared tomorrow and put them in their wellies strait away instead of waiting until their shoes are wet.

My eldest came home today with his new learning book. I like reading it to see how he is getting on. It looks like he is settling into P2 really well and is doing well.

Getting organized

I really need to get myself sorted out. I just keep getting distracted.

Crankyness all round

I have been affected by my partners crankyness. I have been cranky, he has been cranky and the wee ones have also been cranky (though it did not help that I have been short with them, so maybe I am to blame for them)

Getting organized

I managed to get some work done today. I am very pleased with myself as I have not been very good recently. I have been trying to motivate myself for a while but it has not been working. I know it has not helped that I ave been ill, but it is still good to get the motivation back.

Cranky partner

Well I think that would be an understatement.

It started off first thing when I asked him to do the school run today instead of tomorrow. He was also late leaving the flat (his own fault for going on the computer)

Throughout the day he has been grumpy but it hit a peak in the late afternoon when his computer started acting up. I was telling him off for getting my step daughter to dress our daughter when she should have been eating her dinner (she was out when we were eating ours) that resulted in him throwing his phone agains the wall and breaking it.

I know that he is getting anxious about going back to college but he is not nice to live with when he is like this. It is times like this that I wish we had separate bedrooms. Well actually I think that would be good all of the time to be honest. I think sharing a bedroom is vastly overrated.

I am looking forward to him getting back to college and settled in. Though this year is going to be a tough one for him so who knows when he will get settled in.

My eldest son though at night is getting better. He has started waking up to take himself to the toilet. Bless him though he is not waking before he has a slight accident but he is getting much better and I think it will not be long before he wakes before he wets his trousers (there is not much at the moment but just a little wet patch) But it is great to see him making progress.