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First, I would like to point out, for those of you who haven't picked up on it... I am a pessimist. I tend to be grateful for my half empty glass, but yet I have the problem of pointing out that half of it is missing. My eternal companion and love of my life is the opposite. He could be given an empty glass and he could still be blissfully happy. He wouldn't complain he would just get up and fill it up. Though he does complain a bit that I drink his water too much and he spends a long time filling it up. I tend to be a drag on his optimism occasionally.

I like to complain about all the crappy things Nate does, but when it comes down to it, I love him to LIFE. He is the bright spot it my day! We tend to fight like siblings, part of that is that we kind of grew up together. We married young and we have gone through all our trials together. Or shall I say he has dragged me through them, most the time unwillingly, but they always make me a stronger person. He says I dog on him too much, and that may be true, but he is my life, my light, my joy. I love him for better or worse. I hope he realizes that!

... BUT he has done something that must be added to the stupid list…. It was a pretty stupid thing to do... those can't go unstupified.

Today Nate wanted to sleep in a bit. I got up at my usual M,W,F time of 5:45 AM and took my shower so that Nate could take his at 6 am when he usually gets up, but little Nate didn't want to get up yet so he slept in a few minutes claiming he would take a later bus. A few minutes later he gets up and goes about his morning ritual while I was going about mine. I was putting on my makeup when all of a sudden he starts saying that he wants to make the first bus and to jump in the car and we will hurry down to the stop and see if he can make it (because he doesn't want to wait 20 more minutes for the second bus he wants to be to work earlier... blah blah). I am a pessimist so I was of course telling him there was NO WAY, but he was insistent, so I grab him his I-pod and a set of keys and HE drives like a mad man down to the bus stop (I was a long for the ride to drive my car back home). He misses the first bus at the first stop, but Nate is an optimist so he drives like an even scarier mad man to a bus stop about 2 1/2 miles away to beat the bus there. He arrives with seconds to spare, jumps out of the car like a mad man and jumps on the bus.

I get out of the car and pick up his "special tie" which he accidentally dropped on his mad dash to the bus and get in the car to start on my trek home. BUT when I get in the driver’s seat I see that he didn't leave the keys in the ignition like he usually does. They aren't on the seat either. No keys and I am 2 1/2 miles from home so that he could save himself 20 minutes of waiting around for the next bus. You could say I was a little mad. I also had no purse and no cell phone (I had had less than a minute to get in the car and I had pointed out to him that I didn't bring my purse when he decided to take the long trek down to the other bus stop because I don't like driving without my driver’s license. Well he at the time told me to stop worrying and it wasn't a big deal. I guess that was because I was going to get to run home with my FEET).

As I start on my trek I soon realize that I am suppose to take a car full of Junior High kids to school in a little less than 40 minutes. I am ashamed to say that I don't run often. I am not in shape at all. My 2 1/2 mile trek in 40 minutes was almost the death of me. The good thing about it is exercising is very stress relieving. Though when I was stranded 45 minutes earlier I could have beat Nate with a stick and still been pretty mad at him when I was done... my long trek home had given me ample time to cool off over it. What was done was done. Life must go on (I was even thinking that maybe I should take a nice run/walk every morning. It might make me an optimist??? Yeah, I don't think so either.)

All in all, the Junior High kids made it to school on time. The Orchestra kids were only about 8 minutes late to orchestra. Ashlee made it to the bus stop with her hair done and her lunch made. I made it to school only slightly wheezing and only slightly sore. Nate didn't lose his beloved tie and he feels like he owes me big time... So we are all happy! :-) I did seem to hurt something in my leg that send sharp pains all over the place every time I move, but that will go away in a few days (hopefully). The rest of the day I spent at school.

... and I did attempt to take the girls out to get costumes for Halloween. It turned out like all the shopping trips I take with the girls, though Emmy was WAY better than usual because she could tell I was in a lot of pain. Ashlee still just whined about how she never gets anything she wants and blah blah whaaa whaaa. It is always fun!

Well it is now extremely late at night and I have to go to bed. I have a pretty darn good life! Hope You all do to!