What up

Clearly I haven't posted in looong time. Time to play catch-up:

-My feelings about my boss have not changed. She is still awful in every regard.

-I made spaghetti, homemade meatballs and homemade marinara sauce for dinner tonight. It was pretty good but the sauce wasn't as thick as I wanted it to be. I did see one of the girls go back for seconds :)

-I can drive again! HOORAY! It is great to be able to drive.

-I realized that my tolerance for the girls' (occasionally) bad attitudes is directly proportional to how many days of work I've had in a row. Here's a chart:

---Day 1------------Day 2-------------Day 3-------Day 4------Day 5-------Day 6---
..Cheery....Ignores bad attitudes....Tolerant...Intolerant...Frusturated...Furious

With this chart in mind, may I reiterate how difficult it must be to be an actual parent, with no days off from raising their child. Perhaps the chart is a little less linear and a little more chaotic for real parents. Which is even more annoying, in a way, because at least this way, I can prepare for the girls' bad moods to rub off on me. Plus some weeks I never even get to day/level 6 because I have a day off in the middle of the week. Like this week goes: Cheery, Ignores, Cheery, Cheery, Ignores. But next week: Cheery, Ignores, Tolerant, Intolerant, Frusturated, Furious. And then I get a 3 day weekend :D

-Everyone, including the girls, has noticed how much I've grown since the beginning of the year. One of the houseparents said I have gotten a lot firmer and better at standing my ground.

That's really all that's going on. Love and miss you all!

Love,
Rebecca