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it’s been okay today. Yesterday, I was just exhausted. Sleepy all day. Went to go see Charlie and Claire for a little bit.  hee hee…those munchkins are soo cute! Got some hugs from Charlie thrugh devious means. He had two dollars near him as he was playing Bespelled online with my older cousin. I took it and here’s what happened:

Me: wow! Two dollars for me! Yay!
Charlie : Hey! That’s my two dollars!!!
Me : oh?!?! *big smile* if you give me a hug and a kiss, I’ll give them back! 
Charlie : no!!! *runs around and tries to get the dollars back for 5 minutes*
Me : heehee…hug hug kiss kiss, Charlie!
Charlie : *after a few moments* ooooo-kay…*quick hug and kiss on the cheek*
Me : *gives back the money* There! That wasn’t too hard!

So Charlie goes back to play the game with his uncle….and accidentally drops a dollar. *evil laughter* so I picked it up….

Me: oooh! Look! Another dollar!
Charlie : aww man, I dropped it!
Me : you know the price, Charlie! Hug hug!!!
Charlie : *no hesitation…he hugs me and gives me a cute smile*
Me : There ya go! *hands the dollar*
Uncle Bao : man, Charlie. You should hold on to your money! Or you’re going to be giving hugs forever!!!
Me : shhhhh Bao! Don’t give my secrets away!

Cute huh….it’s a random cute thing that these kids do….

So…after seeing the kids, off to work I went. Boy was I sleepy!!! I just wanted to get out of there, take a shower and relax. I was stressing the entire time I was at work. I was trying to get everything done on my list that my DM gave me. Stress, stress, stress. The good thing that happened at work was that I got to switch shifts with my coworker. I got to come in at 8am today and effect all the changes needed so that the night shift had to do was clean and get the store pretty spiffy looking.

I got a call from my mom asking when I was coming home. I told her that would be home within an hour since I will be leaving work pretty soon. She wanted me to tutor my baby cousins…Jennifer and Kathy. I was tired but agreed anyways. I was still tripping over the fact that my mom sounds totally different when she’s talking to strangers and then becomes the mom I know and love after she knows she has me on the line, despite the fact that she didn’t recognize my voice and the fact that I had said my name. It was pretty funny actually. I am also constantly amazed at the vocal changes. Parents can be yelling at you with a hard angry voice, a stern dictatorial voice, or a “I want answers now, young lady” voice and then change into a sweet, friendly, SOFT voice when they pick up the phone in the middle of their tirade and you’re just sitting there in awe of their skills. So I get home and help Jennifer with her homework while Kathy just drew on a sheet of paper. Good thing I had bought color pencils 6 months ago. I wouldn’t have used them anytime soon…except during my scrapbook hours. They are two of the quietest kids….when Jennifer was two, she went through it like a little loud tyrant and Charlie was the quiet one. My, how things have changed. She’s the quiet one and Charlie is loud and boisterous. And they are both cute as buttons.

So I was watching boston public…..and the proposal at the end made me cry….it was soo cute! So touching. It’s a pretty good show. It touches a lot of serious issues that is prevalent within various school systems. Granted real life isn’t as dramatic but the problems are realistic. Especially for inner-city school districts. They have a lot of problems to deal with and the huge budget cuts in education will only hamper the schools’ efforts to educate the future movers and shakers in the world. I wonder what will become of the future if we don’t take care of them while they are growing. Isn’t that the point of working towards a better future? To let them have all the benefits of a rewarding life that includes good health care and a high quality education? What if we are working for if the present just keeps our future generation ignorant about the opportunites and resources available to them and unable to access them? How are we going to benefit the future generations if our children cannot receive the education they deserve?

Back to today….i was going to go out and hang out with friends for cinco de mayo…but I’m pretty tired…..kinda on the exhausted side. Besides, I’m LAZY. I don’t want to drive all the way where they are just to drink. I must be getting old. I just refused to party on a Monday nite….and I don’t even work tomorrow! Oh well…I’d rather sleep and get as much shut eye as possible. And that’s what I’m about to do...Nite everyone.