The good news for these past few days is the tears that come with school days seem to have finally stopped. Veronica's good friend, Abby, had her birthday party on Saturday, and I had resorted to threatening her with not going to the party if she couldn't get it together. Needless to say, she put her big girl pants on and had all good days at school. The weekend was fun, with Abby's party being Saturday, but when Sunday night rolled around and bedtime came, she started with the tears again. I quickly had to think of something else to hold over her head, and the tears stopped again. Thankfully, there have been no more bus episodes since the one. She happily boards the bus every morning, briefly turning to say "bye mom!" before hopping on and taking her seat.
Yesterday was the beginning of another college semester for me. I have 5 classes (16 credits) this time, and I'm eager to get into some sort of groove. My attitude toward school this time around has been less than desirable so I'm fighting to change that. Unfortunately, my day yesterday did not seem to go as well as I had hoped. My biggest issue is I'm still fighting to obtain all the books I need for my classes. I try to never pay full price for a book as they are so expensive, but buying discounted has it's challenges. I've had one book I paid for not show up at all, one book I paid for I have been informed is out of stock with a refund having been issued but will take a few more days to show back up in my account, one book I haven't been able to find that great of a deal on so I've procrastinated buying it, and one book I sold from last semester that supposedly hasn't been received by the buyer, so I'm waiting for the inevitable debit of the funds from the sale--no book and no money. In addition, the book that was refunded to me is the one I need the most, the first assignment being due tomorrow. While I'm busy stressing out about all this, Evan decided to have a bad day also. It seems nothing was able to make him happy yesterday, and he was arguing with everything I had to say. To top it all off, I was fighting some abnormally intense fatigue, and I finally gave up and decided to lay down for a nap. I was jolted awake when Evan came into my room screaming about something that he wasn't happy about and figured I guess I needed to get up and get back to my list of things to do. I noticed the "check filter" light on the A/C unit was on so I went to check it out. I was having trouble getting the door open on the front and kneeled down to have a closer look...and that's when I saw it. MOLD!!! Our unit in the bedroom was covered in it all over the inside. It was lining the vent where the air blows into the room as well. Instantly, I got online to research mold on A/C units and whether it's a normal issue and what to do about it. We've never dealt with window units before so I wasn't sure if this should be something to be expected or if we were neglecting to do something to prevent it. I also came across many articles detailing the symptoms of sickness caused by ingesting the mold. It seemed logical that the persistent cold symptoms and chronic fatigue I've been dealing with can probably be explained by our mold problem. I waited for Jon to get home, and we pulled the unit from the window and thoroughly cleaned it out. I thought a little too late that we probably should have worn masks while we were dealing with the mold, and I woke this morning with sinus problems, a massive headache, and some body aches. But at least the problem is taken care of, and we know to look out for it in the future.
Overall, things seem to have worked out. I was able to get my books straightened out, and my parents were kind enough to help out with the purchase of one of the more expensive ones. I was also very touched by their showing of kind support for this school journey I am on. Obviously, I'm not feeling very physically well this morning, but I'm glad we got the issue taken care of last night instead of putting it off. I got most of my "chores" done yesterday despite everything, so I should be able to focus on hopefully getting a little bit of a head start in my classes. I knew this wouldn't be easy, but it seems like my summer break went by too quickly. I'm going to keep my eye on the prize, though. One day at a time...
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