Test will be Testimony

My mind keeps slipping back to the words I heard on the radio, on the night when I drove to Lowe's all by myself, just so I could escape.  Had some returns, but its a hour drive there.  Lowe's is my favorite store.  Listening to "The Message" on sirius and the advice was "let today's test, become tomorrow's testimony".  Well, the tests are coming but I haven't reached the testimony part.  I usually don't like the word "hate" but if I were to type out "strongly dislike" it would take entirely too much time so just for reference I'm substituting hate for strongly dislike.  I hate homeschool.  I hate my children and I probably hate my husband too.  I hate our ski cabin, I hate the cold.  I continue to hate my dog.  I hate muddy boots but I'd probably hate fresh snow even worse.  I hate our contractor.  I hate the plumber.  I still hate verizon.  I hate the postal service. I hate the 30 minute drive I have to make back and forth to the cabin on a daily basis.  Ok, I think that's it.  Glad to get that off my chest.  Oh, wait, I hate Madeline being gone from us so long, but at least she didn't make my hate list.
Starting with the negative.  Homeschool.  Books haven't arrived for Camille yet.  Partially because our mail that was on hold won't be delivered for 10-15 days.  Did they mention that to me the 4 times I called? No.  We have also had technology issues.  Trying to print papers for Lucas, and his computer doesn't have the printer drive on it, have to stop to do that.  Wi-fi doesn't work.  have to stop.  Can't login to the school.  Have to continually watch to make sure that he isn't sneaking minecraft in when I'm not watching.  He can't sit in the same room as Camille because she likes to chat and be social.  Any sound that comes out of her mouth is like fingers scraping down the chalkboard to Lucas's ears.  It doesn't help that we still haven't gotten a routine and probably won't for at least another week.  Suppose to move in this weekend.  My fingers are crossed!!
Finally cut off my email service from verizon.  It took another 45 minutes for them to locate my account to shut it off.  On the positive, I've already noticed a big difference in not getting junky emails.
The cabin continues to be a daily problem.  Toilet not fitting, trying to track down another one, lights too big, track lighting delayed, contractor getting the flu.  We worked until 8:00 last night just cleaning up the work site.  I had my sunglasses on top of my head while we were working and when I took them off I couldn't see through them from all the dust.  Nasty.
Another positive, Lucas decided to take up skiing.  His snowboard instructor says it will be better for him to get a job at the ski school school next year if he can board & ski.  I haven't stopped to process what that means for next year.
I took Camille to ski school today just so she would have a fun day.  No fun hanging out at the house being yelled at by Lucas, and not having any formal school work to do.  Everything I give her to do is stupid.  Yep, my bachelors in education and master's degree in elementary administration, have no clout with her.  The dust at the cabin is horrible for her to breathe in.  One of the charter schools from Taos is at ski school today so she was joining up with one of their classes.  So hopefully a great day for her.
Lucas caught the shuttle to the ski valley.  He probably has too much freedom there but it's better than having him hang out with me!  Of course, he forgot his gloves, so I'm not sure what he will do.  Another bad part of not being in the cabin.
Yeah!  Just got a call from the ski school and Madeline has an interview on Sunday!  So hopeful that she gets a job there.  Every time I am there I meet such nice people and know she would benefit from working there as well as they enjoying her!
Ok, so maybe I really don't hate, or even strongly dislike everything.  We are off to a somewhat rocky start but I'm optimistic that our test will be our testimony soon enough.