Today was just an average day. Nothing too exciting happened. Chloe did sleep in her bed all night last night until about 7:30 am this morning. She went to bed tonight without a fight, thankfully. And, she's starting school tomorrow. 

I take her to school at 11 am, and Grandma will be picking her up because I have an appointment at 2:30 pm. So, I don't even get to ask the teachers about her first day :(. 

I am excited and worried at the same time, about Chloe staring school. I've been very protective of her in not letting anyone but family take care of her. So, Chloe going to school for a few hours a day without me is going to feel weird, and my anxiety is going to be through the roof.

But, all of that happens tomorrow. I just need to get through the rest of tonight and then worry about tomorrow. 

I spent the better part of my day writing code, again. I do this sort of thing a lot. But, today, I had an issue that I just couldn't seem to fix. I was trying to get some buttons to show in a custom user profile, and no matter what I did, those buttons wouldn't show up. After spending about an hour and a half trying to figure out the root problem, I reached out to the ProBoards support staff for some guidance. It turns out it was a stupid easy fix. I wasn't paying attention to the tab I was editing, and therefore I was adding the wrong variables to the template.

I'm a firm believer that when you fix one problem in a code, you create a million more. Hence the shirt pictured above. My buddy Chris in the U.K. sent me that shirt almost two years ago now. We use to code and create things together all the time, talk on skype, and yell at each other when one of those "it worked fine yesterday" moments came around. 

Anyway, I got a good bit of work done on the Harry Potter project today. Custom Profiles and Mini Profiles are set up, changed some color issues with that chat box at the bottom of the site, created and modified a news page and four common room areas for each Hogwarts House, and wrote up and uploaded two site guides to DropBox for April to go over. It was an entirely productive day in that regard.

Today, one of my closest friends has a birthday. So, Happy Birthday CJ! I miss your face! ~ I've been so worried about him because he was diagnosed with two inoperable brain tumors not too long ago. Sometimes, he disappears and I don't hear from him. It worries me. But, after talking with someone about it, I've learned there is a reason I don't hear from him. I just do my best to check in and make sure he's doing alright from time to time.

Well, nothing else is going on over here tonight. I need to finish up a few things then head to bed as I have to get up super early in the morning to drop my husband off in Atlanta for work. Until tomorrow ...

I have had a killer headache for the better part of the day. I feel sick to my stomach, and all the pain is in the frontal left and right areas. It's starting to drive me crazy. I guess that's what happens when you spend the majority of the day staring at the computer screen writing and modifying the previously written code on a project.

At any rate, yes ... I am talking about Harry Potter again. That project I keep telling you about is the source of the code I've been wracking my brain to write, modify, and fix today. I decided to give you all a little preview. You can see it in this post's image at the top.

I'm looking forward to tomorrow and dreading it at the same time. We're going to South Carolina to visit Torrey and Wyatt--our oldest two children. I love seeing them and spending time with them, but I hate the long ride there and back and everything in between.

When it's cold out, it's hard to find things to do with them. But, at the same time, we don't like to take them to a whole bunch of fun places because then they get used to it and expect it all of the time. They need to learn that mommy and daddy aren't made of money, and we can't always do the fun expensive things when we visit.

I am not sure what the plan is as far as what we're going to do tomorrow. I suppose we'll figure that out on the drive up like we usually do.

Anyways, today wasn't too shabby except for a headache. My husband is coming down with a cold or a sinus infection. It sounds more sinus related to me. I cleaned up a bit around the house and had some play time with miss Chloe. She's such a mess, but I love her so much. I love all my kids for those who'd feel the need to ask.

There are many birthdays this month. I'm really surprised that I can remember most of them. But, then again, most of them are family members and super close friends, so maybe that's why I rarely forget the dates. 

I remembered earlier today that I need to run out to my mom's house at some point. I purchased three name necklaces two weeks before Christmas. One for my sister, Destiny. Another necklace for my other sister, Ashli (Shlee). And, the last one was for my eldest daughter, Torrey. Torrey will get hers tomorrow. I'll just have to make some time this upcoming week to get out to my mom's to drop off the other two.

As this week is ending, we're getting closer and closer to Chloe's first day of school. She starts a special education preschool on January 9th. I don't think I'm ready for her to go to school, but that's a discussion for another time. 

I need to get to bed, kick this headache and get some sleep before the long haul to South Carolina in the morning. Until Tomorrow ...

As the title suggests, I had a pretty productive day today. I woke up around 9 am. After the kid ate breakfast, we migrated upstairs so she could watch Frozen and I could get some things done on the computer after we played some games and read a book.

I've been working on this ProBoards theme for a Harry Potter forum. I got most of the new profile layout completed in PhotoShop. The next thing I have to do is code it and put it on to the live forum. That should be easy enough (not) ... 

After I finished the designing stuff, it was lunchtime, so I gave the kiddo some mac and cheese with some green beans and proceeded to clean up around the house. I cleaned the kitchen, dining room, and living room. And, I even got in two loads of laundry. After lunch, Chloe took a nap, and I played around in PhotoShop for a while longer.

At some point, I took the time to write out a guide for an area of my Harry Potter forum, get my classes registered for next semester (starting January 10th), have a FaceTime conversation with my sister, and post around on some forums. I even set up a discord server with a ton of text and voice channels as a bonus for members of my Harry Potter site. 

Yes, yes, Harry Potter. I'm a total nerd. You'll either learn to love my obsession with Potter or hate it. Either way, when the site is ready for the public, you'll be hearing about it, and I'll share the link with you all. No worries.

Anyways, we (the kiddo and I) also made it to the grocery store and picked up some stuff for meals the rest of the week which brings me to the photo in this post. I made bacon wrapped, parmesan breaded chicken tenders for dinner. Of course, no meal is complete without mashed potatoes and some other vegetable, so I threw in some of both.

The meals I've planned out this week include Chicken Alfredo, Pot Roast, and Teriyaki Chicken and Rice. We're a family that loves chicken. Too bad my kiddo isn't eating solids very well yet. She has to stick to all the super soft stuff. I think she'd love my cooking if she could eat it.

After getting to sleep in for a little while this morning, all the running around and cleaning, as well as laundry and cooking dinner, I am super tired. Hence the title, Productive Days Are Tiring. 

Nothing fascinating happened today. Maybe tomorrow I'll have better luck, and you won't just get stuck with a horrid rundown of my entire day. 

On that note, I will write again tomorrow.