Not Smoking Makes Me An Angry Person

It really does. Once again, I haven't quit because I actually want to, I quit just till Friday because I don't have the $$ to buy any. I hate every single person I work with today and though I'm trying to stay in my cubicle and not talk to anyone, they keep coming over here and bothering me. Ugg.....

In other news, I'm getting over what little Ev had last week. Apparently it was some sort of stomach virus that he had, because Sunday night Brandon came in my room saying that he didn't feel well. Not half an hour later he pukes all over, again and again. Not an hour after that Gavin starts. At midnight, I start. Do you know how hard it is to have three people barfing in two bathrooms all night long? Needless to say, there was barf pretty much all over the house and little Ev didn't sleep because there was too much noise with everyone retching their guts out all night. Fun Shit. I wake up yesterday morning to see if Gavin is going to school and he says no, so I go back to bed. Waking up at 10, I remember I have a ton of shit that has to be done at work, so I get Ev dressed and to daycare, then head to work. I manage to get my shit done and head back home to bed around 2:30. I get up at 5 and go get the little one. Gavin seems to be feeling better, but Brandon is still sick. Not puking anymore, but pretty lethargic and just laying around sleeping. I clean up the mess the best I can still having a slightly upset stomach and say that I'll clean all the carpets this weekend. I'm back in bed by 8:30 last night.

Today I wake up feeling pretty much normal, but in an incredibly foul mood. Did you notice that I didn't ask Brandon if he was going to school Monday morning? Yeah, that was the post that I started last week, but then with everyone getting "workforce reduced" had to stop. Brandon is suspended from school for 10 days. Why? Because he had his pocket knife in his jacket pocket and when he put it in his locker, it fell out in front of a teacher. Being as all schools have a zero tolerance policy for weapons and drugs B got in a lot of trouble.

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for keeping kids safe at school. I don't want some gun toting kid coming in and shooting up the school. I don't want a crack dealer coming in and selling my kids drugs. This situation is just ridiculous though. I got the call at about 10:00 on Thursday. The assistant principal was very upset while he was telling me what was going on. I had to go down to the school and meet with him, Brandon and the police. FUCK. I get down there to find my already emotionally unstable 13 year old in the assistant principal's office with the police officer. My kid is sobbing. Like the kind of sobs that happen when you're so upset you might just throw up. I try to comfort him and he starts beating his head on the desk. The officer just stared. The assistant principal goes over everything having to do with being suspended, you know, no ski club, no work allowed to go home, no nothing for 10 days and depending on how the expulsion board feels, he might not get let back to school.

The good news is that since it was under a 3" blade, and he's never had any discipline problems, he probably won't get expelled and he probably won't be prosecuted. Whewww.... The bad news is that an already fragile child is totally broken. I had to basically put him on suicide watch for 2 days, not leaving him home alone at all. I think now he realizes that it could have happened to anyone and that it's really not THAT big of a deal. I can't tell you how many guys told me that it's happened to them or their kid. That makes me feel better. It really was an innocent thing. The kid likes to whittle sticks and shit and had it in there from over the weekend. He didn't notice it there until it fell out. Unfortunately him not being able to do any work for 10 days means he'll pretty much fail this grading period. We're working on moving on. He doesn't want to go back to school because we all know how evil kids are. Luckily he's got a few good friends that have worked on squashing all of the rumors that are going around and anyone who's said anything on Facebook has had to deal with me setting the record straight.

What else? I just got an instant message from Kyle. His grandmother passed away this morning. That's a bummer. She was super sick and they've been expecting it for a couple of months now, but that doesn't make it any less hard. He'll be on his way home for a few days as soon as they get to a place they can dock and let him off tonight. As sad as it is, I'm a little happy because I get to spend a little time with him :) I thought him being gone would start to get easier at some point in time. It hasn't.

He told me to plan a mini-vacation for the two of us when he gets home. We're heading to Vegas, which is my favorite place in the entire world. I know, I know, with him being underage and all that takes some of the fun out of it. You're right, it does, but it was the cheapest vacation we could possibly do. Who's going to say no to a vacation that costs only one person's airfare? Monte Carlo is hooking me up with three nights free in a suite, $350 in resort credit and $200 in Freeplay. Sorry NYNY, Monte Carlo's offer was better. I'm all about being loyal to a place that hooks you up, but whatever. My last stay at NYNY was horrific to say the least.

Vacation is what's keeping me going right now. Kyle will get off the boat on the 17th of Feb and on the 18th we will be hopping on a plane. I can't think of a better way to spend a slightly delayed Valentine's Day. Plus, maybe I'll get to check out all the "other" things Vegas has to offer because I won't be spending 12 hours at a blackjack table every day. Degenerate gambler? Why yes I am. Columbus is getting a casino soon and I CAN'T WAIT. Actually, I might try and get a job there part-time. That would be fun!

Anyways, that's about all I've got today. I'm gonna go to lunch. I gotta get out of this place, even if it's only for an hour. These people are just plain stupid....

In the meantime, I'm thinking of blackjacks and jackpots.....