coping skills.

this morning i forgot hollis's lunch and bag o' gear and didn't realize it until i got all the way to their school.  so i dropped them off, drove home, got his stuff, drove back.  as i was heading to the office on track to be an hour late (love our new house - rough times being 3+ miles from school instead of less than one), i got a speeding ticket for going 48 in a 35.  the speed limit just lowered to 35 from 45 and apparently i didn't see the new sign.

so.  i sat in the car after the cop gave me my ticket, crying like a goon.  i drove like 44 miles before 9a.m. today and went absolutely nowhere.  then i began to mentally berate myself because what the hell.  can i not cope with just a little bit of inconvenience without losing it?  apparently not.  i need a personal assistant.

anyway...on a lighter note, we survived snowmageddon round 1 on friday.  the kids' school was closed, so we played inside and hung out.  my parents came in after a 12-hour drive (compared to the usual 6) because of the ice over.  it was back into the 70s saturday and sunday, so we lived it up with lots of backyard and wagon time.  tuesday is supposed to be snowy again.  oh, texas.