2nd Shift Stint

I'm totally on my own this morning and I have to say, it's kind of peaceful. No pups wanting to go outside then right back in only to want right back out...and in! Jim's not here flipping channels and seeing stupid shit that he feels I MUST see so he rewinds and can never land where he needs to be and then fast fowards only to go too far. UGH! Jim's up in bed snoozing and the pups ditched me for cuddling. Not that I blame them...I'd be up there too if I could. Jim started his 2nd shift stint yesterday, which should go about a week and a half. He actually worked for 4 hours in the morning yesterday and then came home, only to go back downtown around 5:00. He got home around midnight. When he's on 2nd shift, 7 hours is considered a full day so that's the plus side of the whole thing. The other plus side is that the pups will have constant company and not need to be caged. This means that when I get home to exercise, they won't be all wound up. Bright side!

Jim being on 2nd shift will take some getting used to in terms of sleeping.  I woke up at midnight, right before he got home and couldn't get back to sleep until he was in bed. That will hopefully go away after a couple nights. The dogs did well, however. Usually when he isn't home, they're really restless and constantly get up to look out the window and growl at nothing. Annoying.

Ooh, my neighbor had a coyote in her front yard the other day. Scary. I knew they were around (I've heard them) but I've never seen them near my house. Freaks me out even with a 6 foot tall privacy fence. I hate letting the boys out when it's dark. And we have two different groups of deer in the area and I wonder if that keeps the coyotes nearby. Hmm...I told Cari - one of my other neighbors - that she needs to have her husband get his gun and hunt that damn thing down. Kill it! Jim said he was going to get a gun and kill it but you know he'd end up shooting himself or me, "accidentally".

School. It's fine. I feel bad for one of our aides. She spends most of her day with a downs syndrome girl who is completely misplaced. She's basically uncommunicative and gets nothing out of where she's currently placed. She's new to our district this year and the paperwork was a bunch of bullshit. It said she was reading on a 4th grade level which is a LAUGH! At most she's at a 1st grade level. And she's stubborn as hell. Well, yesterday she shit her pants and the aide ended up having to clean it all up. Now this pisses me off because in the latest evaluation (done about 2 weeks ago) it said she had independent toileting habits. BULLSHIT! She won't go to the bathroom at school unless she's told to. This isn't the first time she's shit herself. And when she has her period, well, you can imagine the mess and hassle that is. Maybe she can wipe herself (I question how well that even happens) but everything else? She's not independent.

And that's all I've got for today. Happy Tuesday! Later!