Much Better

Well it seems like it is getting better.  The Bus Strike has ended and no one is more happier than I!  The hustle and bustle of taking two kids two school by 8 am is such a task.  But who am I to complain when working mothers do it everyday, and still have to make it to their job by 9 am - to work a long day for eight hours.  Then the real work begins after 6 pm - picking up the kids from their after school programs or sitter, taking them home, fixing supper, helping with homework, bath time and then bed.  And all a mother really wants to do when she arrives home is curl up on the couch and take a nap!  :))  I literally take my hat off to all the working mothers and give them a round of applause!!...

When all I have to do is go downstairs to put my son on his bus by 7 am and then walk ten blocks to take my other son to school.  I am usually home by 8:30 am where I have a morning ritual and perhaps some computer time to check my thousand e-mails which pile up after a few days when I can get to them on a daily basis.  Now perhaps I will not be so exhausted or have any physical pain from the arthritis in both knees, gout on the right foot, a heel problem in my left foot (which I've had for twenty years), or the anxiety of running the kids around on time.  And maybe now I can commit myself to an exercise routine.  With all the walking I do picking the kids up and dropping them off, I feel that is enough exercise - in which my doctor does not agree with.

I am just glad that the Bus Strike is over and all our Special Needs children can get back to "their normal" routine!  As I watched the parents of physically disabled children board the public bus (MTA), one can not help to notice the despair, grief, sadness on their faces;  and the ignorant stares of the passengers.  Now those parents can rest easily - hopefully...  

Winter Blues...

I think this is probably one of the worst time of the year - winter!  Yeah the snow is pretty when is falling and snow-angels are fun to make with the kids, but...After the Blizzard then what?  The kids are constantly coming home with a cough or cold.  (And when the kids are miserable they try to make mommy miserable.)  There is not really much for a mom to do but eat, read, sleep (which I desperately need), and perhaps exercise.  Well there is the Superbowl, the Grammy's, Chinese New Years, and Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras.  Is anyone participating in these events?  With the exception of the Superbowl party and/or the Grammy's on TV - really?

All I know that this is February and I am so DONE with the cold and winter!  I think the fact that my forty  something year old body is not the same as it once was, I now know how old people feel.  I hope my mother realizes how much WE NEED to move to a warmer climate.  {Global Warming - I don't know about that in NYC?}  This is the time of year in which I complain a lot and do not want to talk.  Surprisingly I always have something to say and now?........