The new job

I started a new job on Monday, I am in the legal field and had been in government for almost 7 years. Great flexibility but no perks and no money. So I decided to accept an offer with a private firm. Zero flexibility but perks and money are there. I know it's a big trade off for a mother of 5 but I just thought it was time. I figured people would realize I am pretty normal. hee hee.

So Monday-Thursday was training, my kids normally call me when they get home from school atleast the older 3 do. I told them I would be in training all week and to call their dad and not me. They also have selective hearing, a trait inheritated from their father, and didn't hear me. Everyday around 3:00 pm my phone would start buzzing. By Tuesday they are all saying "Must be one of your kids calling you again!" DUH, who else would it be? Then there would be the occasional "Do you need to take they call? They seem to just keep calling!". I would answer and they all would hear the "WHAT DO YOU NEED??? I TOLD YOU I WAS IN TRAINING?" "Well mom the sports junkie won't stop sticking his tongue out at me." Now how do I answer this in a normal situation I would just tell him to stop looking at the other one and go outside and play, but..... I am in training in a professional firm with a bunch of people so this isn't in option. I politely and sweetly say, "It will be ok sweetie mommy will be home soon." At this moment they must all think I am the nicest mother in the world.

Thursday comes and the buzzing begins again. This time it's the drama queen and the potty mouth won't get out of her room. THIS IS IT!!! So I tell him " HEY GET OUT OF HER ROOM OR YOUR DAD IS GOING TO BUST YOUR BUTT, THIS IS RIDICULOUS, YOU KNOW I AM IN TRAINING STOP ACTING LIKE AN IDIOT AND BEHAVE OR ELSE!!!"

Sometimes as a mother you lose control and forget where you are. I hang up feeling satisfied not realizing at that moment I have mulitple sets of eyes starting at me like I am this terrible person. So I just laugh and tell them they will get used to hearing it and this huge conversation breaks out about everyone's mothers and what they used to do to them. GREAT!!! Glad I could lighten everyone's day.

Today, Friday I can't tell you how many people where roaming by where I sit around 3:00 probably hearing the rumor about how you have to hear this woman handles ALL these children she has and hoping to get an earful of what it is like and what do you know it happens.

This time my office line rings since I refuse to answer the buzzing. It's the sports junkie calling on behalf of the drama queen as she is to scared to call to see when I will be home. So I loudly say " THE SAME TIME I AM HOME EVERY DAY!!!" I turn around and of course there is a group giggling until they see me staring and possibly afraid they also will get yelled at they disappear quickly. I am sure I am now know as the yeller and I have only been there a week. Wait til they hear me really upset with one of them, they will for sure love me then.

The ROOM

My house only had 3 bedrooms. With 5 children that just wasn't enough room. We had a loft upstairs with half walls around part of it so I convince my hubby to make this another bedroom by adding full walls, a door, etc. He used to do construction so he thought it might take him two or three days and about $300.00 as we are on a tight tight budget with a family this large. HA!!

He started on this room on the 22nd of September, it isn't finished yet. Saturday, the 22nd, he had a friend over and I convinced them of starting this room. With two of them they could finish this by Sunday evening, the 23rd. They went to Lowes to get lumber, a door, a lock for the door, nails, measuring tapes (I don't know why they needed new ones or two of them), a electric saw (again I don't know why he needed this either the old fashion one works just fine). $232.00. Ok that is a start. It took them until about midnight to get the frame up on three of the four walls. So hubby has to go and play golf Sunday morning of course and his friend just stayed over. 5:00 pm on the Sunday the 23rd. The door is now up, THAT's IT!!! They decide they will do more another day, they are to tired. I try really hard to convince them to put the dryway up. YES it worked after making promises I knew I wouldn't keep in order to talk them into it. Lowes again, drywall, drywall nails. $120.00 more. So they start the drywall and about 10:00 pm get the drywall, hung, well most of it. Ok, this isn't going to bad. Hubby is off all week on vacation so he is going to work on it during the week. Monday, does nothing, Tuesday ( I take work off) back to Lowes to get drywall mud, more drywall, drywall tape, a little stupid contraption to hold the tape, a drywall knife, a sanding pole and corner bead. $109.00 more dollars. He put on one coat of the mud. Wednesday ( I take off work again). Sands the drywall and puts up another coat of mud, I think we are getting close now. HA!!!

Thursday nothing, Friday (home from work early) sands and last coat of mud. We got the carpet back down, after getting carpet tape and a seam fitter thing ($32.00). Saturday the 29th back to Lowes to get trim, paint, primer, moulding, some contraption paint pole that is supposed to make it easier to paint and a stud finder for some dumb reason ($247.00). Molding is on, trim is up (except one piece, we didn't get enough) back to Lowes again ($8.50). Sunday the 30th. Paint, it's my turn to start, crap I need masking tape. I decide that I don't care I am a good painter I can do it without the tape.

I load up the paint stick with paint this is after about 15 minutes of trying to get it to suck up the paint. Here we go, it sort of works if you take the little splatter cover off which just hits the wall all the time. GREAT covered in paint splatter now but that's ok. I paint and paint and paint and it's almost like the paint isn't sticking. It's terrible after about 4 coats on two little walls and a gallon of paint later it is working. I finish the million coats of paint, it is almost 6:00 pm. I feel like I haven't seen the kids in weeks. No one has clean clothes, I haven't been to the grocery, my house is like a maze of things everywhere, this room has consummed me. Room is painted besides the random spots on the ceiling since I had to no tape and I would be interrupted on a minute by minute basis.

I don't care. Let's move the confused one and the princess in!!!! I know there is no food, eat a sandwich, oh wait we don't have bread, ok a bowl of cereal, no milk? I guess I have to go to the store and get something in which I was a vision of loveliness I am sure. Hair a mess, paint everywhere, and stinking to high heaven. Ok here is dinner, here is a few clean pairs of underwear. Leave me alone now.

It is Wednesday the 3rd of October, my house is trashed, the trim still needs painted in the room, the princess is partially moved in and the confused one is still in my room. So much for a few days and a few hundred dollars. 1.5 weeks and counting and almost $900.00 and counting. I sure do LOVE that extra room. :)