Mindy's Non-Adventures

       Thankfully, I have NOT been a crazy person (at least in public) so I've already made progress as a person since my last post. =)  Things continue to be busy. Mr. Incredible started his new schedule a couple of weeks ago, but last week was the first week I got to really experience the freedom...I mean...the emptiness of him being gone all day.  Honestly, I feel like I've been given an extra 5 hours in my day. Can you imagine what you would do if you suddenly had an extra 5 hours in your day?!?    Well, I can tell you what I've been doing with my "extra" time. Last week we also started back to school. *Poof*  Time gone.  This year is my first year officially homeschooling two kids. On the surface, even I think to myself, "Two kids? What's the big deal! Teachers have 25+ students everyday!"  But then I remember that I have to teach 2 math lessons, 2 grammar lessons, 2 writing lessons, 2 sets of literature, plus scienc...

   Let me start off by saying that I'm a little concerned that I'm becoming "that" mom. You know, the crazy one that people look at with a mixture of pity and smugness.  Twice in the last few weeks, I've identified myself as "that" mom which begs the question: How many times have I been "that" mom and not even realized it?!?        For the past week, we had the pleasure of having Mr. Logical's very best friend stay with us, and today I finally had to return him to his mom.  The 1.5 hour drive was filled with whining, crying, and yelling from BBE (today known as Average Toddler-and that's being gracious).  Miss Firecracker was frustrated with me because I didn't bring ear buds for the ipod, and she couldn't listen to her music.  The drive took longer because the 18 wheeler in the right lane and the silver car in the left lane insisted on driving the SAME SPEED from I95 to somewhere close ...