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Just One More Day to Go Before We Leave on Vacation!!! -
I can't believe I only have one more work day to go before we leave for good ole NOLA!!! Yippee!!!
Hmmm, wonder what I will have to look forward to after this? Well anyway, I am sooooo excited!!! Last night I made reservations for us to do a swim with the dolphins in Cozumel. Now if your an animal right's activist, please do not get on your 
soap box and give me any crap about Free Willy, cruelty to animals, etc! I DO NOT want to hear it! So just keep your trap shut, please.We made our reservation with Dolphin Discovery in Cozumel. I have actually had an experience once before with dolphins. When I was 19 my then-boyfriend Anthony and I took a trip to Key West. On one of the Keys...which one I forget now, they had a place called Theater by the Sea. You could swim with the dolphins for like $25.00. That was the good ole days. It's a hell of a lot more expensive now. That was like in 1989 or something. Anyway, we practically had the entire place to ourselves. It was very cool. Believe it or not, we were sooooo poor that we didn't even have the $50 to do the swim, but the people there were really nice and let us touch them and get some pictures, etc. How cool was that. Damn, it's wild to remember that we were so poor we didn't have enough money to do much on our trip. I think we ate out at a restaurant once and the rest of the time we ate like bags of potato chips and crackers. Ah, those were the good ole days, eh? Anthony if your reading this, the memories, huh?
Actually I still keep in touch with Anthony. I think I have mentioned him once before in this journal. He is happily married with two children and one on the way, so don't start getting any stupid ideas though!
Anyway, back to the cruise.... I also made a reservation with Captain Marvin's in Grand Cayman. Last time we went to Stingray City with the ship. The crowds on the boat were horrendous, so I thought we would try it on our own this time. There really isn't much to do in Grand Cayman other than snorkel or go to some beach somewhere. Jonathan is ont much of a beach person. Believe it or not when we go to Cancun if we walk out on the beach twice, I would kiss your butt. I'm sure all that will change once the kids get bigger and want to go to the beach though.
Did I mention that I like to "pre-plan" everything? I have been reading the forums on the cruise message boards. My favorite is Cruisemate. Last year when we took a cruise I saw a recommendation for this guy who gives tours in St. Thomas. His name was Godfrey and we used him and he was absolutely AWESOME! So I think I can trust a lot of what they say on the boards and use some of their recommendations. The only port I don't have plans for so far is Montego Bay. Everyone of the boards says that Jamaica is horrendous. The people are really pushy and try to sell you drugs and the vendors are pushy and scary. So we will probably not venture out on our own there and just do something safe with the cruise line.
Well enough about my wonderful vacation plans. I'm sure you are just dying to hear more of our fun in the sun while you guys are back here freezing your booties off in the cold months of winter! Ha! Aren't ya just jealous?
Well the sh-- hit the fan at work today. I won't even bother going into detail about it here because if by chance there are people at work (or any of the 32,000 members we represent) read this thing, I could get into some deep doo-doo. Let's just say my life is probably going to be changing at work real soon to. Kind of like when I went on maternity leave when I had Skyler. I was hired to do one job and when I came back from maternity leave, I had a whole new job. In addition to the job I already had, of course. I'm just afraid I may come back from vacation and have another new job or something! Now wouldn't that be fun. At least it's refreshing to know that my bosses can give me more work and they know I can handle it. Hmmm, that is a good thing isn't it?
Oh yeah, I remember mentioning yesterday about the big screw-up with the DVD of the commercials I was waiting on... Well would you believe that the guys out in CA actually finally got their act together and got the puppy to me. They actually sent two. One they mistakenly sent to arrive in the afternoon and so they stuck another one in to arrive in the a.m. But unbelievably the one that was supposed to arrive in the afternoon (which btw, was Fed^Ex) actually arrived before the UP^S one did. Go figure that one, huh? So needless to say, I received my DVD with the three all important 30 second commercials in time for the Exec. Comm. meeting this morning. If our President only knew what "hoops" I had to jump through just to get that sucker here.
Did I mention I love my job? No seriously, I do. I feel very fortunate for the job I have and the people I work with. They are basically a good group. At least I don't dread getting up in the mornings and heading to work or anything.
Well I am still in the middle of washing a crap load of clothes. I never knew 4 people could dirty up so many dang clothes! I think the main reason why I have so many clothes to wash up is when I started getting out some of my summer stuff that had been in the closet for the last 6 months or so, well you know they just kind of smelled stale. I like for my clothes to smell fresh and flowery and after hanging there for so long, well they just smell awful. So I decided to wash them up. I mean who wants to go no a cruise smelling like your grandma's closet!
As I was throwing the clothes off the second story balcony that looks down into our living room, Jonathan was like,
"What the hell are you doing?"
"Why I'm washing my clothes, of course." I said.
"Well how come you aren't washing my summer clothes." He asked.
"Um, because your a big frigging boy and you can do it your damn self!" I replied.
Men. Sometimes don't you just feel like throwing their ass off of a cliff somewhere? Ah the times that has crossed my mind in the last few years, let me tell you. No perfect marriage for this bitch. You won't hear me saying sweet nothings about my dear hubby too often. He is good in a lot of ways, but he sucks in many other ways. Just your typical male, I suppose. Remind me to raise my son to NOT be like his daddy in too many ways!
One of our members who is from the mountains of NC is the nicest man/husband. He is so courteous to his wife. He opens doors, calls her "dear", pulls out her chair at the dinner table, etc. He is really soft spoken and he treats his wife like a Queen. He has also trained his sons the same way. Ah, to have a husband like that. How wonderful would that be. I often tell Jonathan that he was "raised in a barn." He gets pissed, but he knows it's true.
I once heard one of my bosses at work say, "There are two kinds of people in this world. Your "golf" people and your "NASCAR" people." Hmmm, well my hubby plays golf and he likes NASCAR. So where the he-- does that leave him?
Okay, off my rant about my dear ole hubby. I wonder if anyone out there actually reads this journal. I know, it takes years to build up a following on your journal. It still amazes me how so many journalers have so many people who are actually interested in reading about their lives. Well my life certainly isn't very exciting or anything. If the Internet had been around back when Jonathan and I were living overseas.... Oh the stories I could have told. I mean I know the Internet was "around" back then, but it wasn't really big. Just look at how the www has changed the world. If e-mail had been around while we lived in Germany, and instant messaging, digital photos, etc. Our lives would have been so much better. We wouldn't have had to depend on the PX for EVERYTHING (because God knows you couldn't afford to buy crap on the German economy). You could have logged on to Old Navy, JCPenneys or whoever and ordered your clothes. You could have logged online and ordered Christmas presents. Life would have been so much different that's for sure.
Well I need to get off my arse and finish up these clothes. Jonathan and I are going out for an enjoyable "alone" dinner tonight. Japanese sounds good to me. I love going to those Japanese steakhouses where they cook the food in front of you. Yummy. Well I will try and update one last time before we leave on our trip. But if I don't.... Well you will survive without me for a week or so. I know you will. I'm outta here!!!
I Must Pack!!! - Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Ah now the stress begins.... I don't know why I always get stressed before a vacation. Hmmm, maybe it's because I'm the one who does ALL of the planning to include shopping for the vacation to find the best deal, making the reservations, getting the airline tickets, hotel, transportation, etc. Then after I have completely planned the vacation, I must then make the lists of things we must not forget... I.e., cruise documents, airline tickets, money, etc. Then I must wash up the clothes for the vacation, make all arrangements to be away, i.e., house sitter, babysitter for kids, mail pick up... Then there is the packing. In the days before the kids, I did the packing for not only myself, but Jonathan to. I no longer pack for him, he is a big boy and can do it himself. Anyway, you get the idea. Hell, by the time I have prepared for my vacation, I NEED a damn vacation! It must be nice to be Jonathan and just have everything planned out for you. All he has to do is slam his clothes into a suitcase and he is on his way. I worry about everything else... Ah, I need a break.
I have made myself a list that I usually just update from year to year. Tonight I must begin the task of packing. Packing is such a pain in the ass. It seems we always end up forgetting something or another. I give Jonathan just a few tasks to do, i.e., pick up the hotel discount tickets from his GM (Jonathan get's an employee rate for us to stay at the Day*s I*nn), get the money I am owed for typing up his company's business plan, etc. And I have to remind and remind and remind him over and over and over again to finish those two simple tasks. Geeze, what a waste of time. Are all men this way? Or just my husband? Someone please tell me!
Do I sound stressed? Well I am. We have a lot going on at work this week. I had the task of getting these commercials from Chicago to show at our Executive Committee meeting tomorrow. I asked for the DVD last Tuesday. They were supposed overnight them to me, but by Friday, no DVD. So I called on Friday and no one ever called me back. So yesterday I'm really pissed and I called Chicago again. "Oh someone must have dropped the ball," I was told. "No shit Sherlock!" So they PROMISE to overnight the commercials to me yesterday and I should have them by noon today. Do they get here? Oh hell no! Now I lied and said our meeting was today, so they would get their butts in gear and get them to me today, but obviously that didn't work. So now I am hoping and praying and praying and hoping that they will arrive tomorrow morning before our 10:00 a.m. meeting. I have a feeling they won't. So my EVP is going to think that I dropped the bomb! Geeze. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they do arrive in the morning, or I am toast.
I have bookoo PowerPoints to do for tomorrow to. I don't know how I ever got roped into being the "computer guru", but somehow I am. I am definitely not a computer geek. I've never had a class on anything computer related really. I just can read a manual and pick things up like any other normal human being should be able to do. But at least it makes me useful at work. So I guess that is a good thing.
I will probably be freaking by tomorrow. Tonight I am going to wash up some clothes and start my packing. I am so excited, but I will be so tired by the time I leave that I probably won't know what to do with myself for the first couple of days. We are going to spend two nights in New Orleans before the cruise, so that should be fine. I went out and bought myself this nifty Fodor's book on New Orleans, but I haven't even had the time to read the damn thing. Go figure, huh?
My hubby says I try to plan things out too much sometimes. But somebody has to at least be semi-organized. Organization is definitely not one of Jonathan's strong points. I think he would be a much better Manager if he would at least attempt to organize himself better. He even admits he needs better organization skills, but he refuses to take the time to try and do it.
Well I guess I better end my bitch session
for now and get my hiney upstairs and start packing for this trip. The bad thing about cruises are you need so many clothes. You need your "resort casual" clothes. Then you need your "dining room" clothes. You need your shorts and t-shirts. Then you also need dress-up clothes for those horrid dress up nights. Well, you get the picture. It's too much crap to pack in one suitcase! Now the airlines have this 50 pound rule for each suitcase. It used to be 70 pounds, but now it's 50! I guess we will just take two smaller suitcases each instead of the one giant one each we normally take.Well I'm off to pack. Wish me luck that I won't forget something of vital importance! I'm outta here!
Countdown to our Cruise!!
What, No Kids!?!?! - Monday, February 14, 2005
I still can't believe the kids are gone!!! Today after work I went to the mall. Yes to the mall on Valentine's Day. It actually wasn't too bad. I think by the time I got there at 5:30 p.m., everyone was finished with their shopping and they were off to take their significant other out to dinner. So it was great shopping without a crowd. Our mall is always packed. I despise to go there during the Christmas season. That's probably why I have 90% of my Christmas shopping done by October. It was so refreshing to head to the mall without worrying about who was going to pick up Chase from his babysitter's or who was going to pick up Skyler from school. Yes, I just "mozied" on over to the mall, took my time looking around, did a bit of shopping for myself, a bit of shopping for my hubby.... And yes! I also bought a Christmas present for this year!!! That's pretty sad isn't it? But when you can find stuff like 90% off, how can you not resist to shop for this Christmas!
I bought 3 Docker stain defender shirts for my stepdad. He absolutely loves them. I bought him one this year for Christmas and paid like $29.99 for the thing. They had them on sale for $9.00! What a deal! And then I bought my hubby a Greg Norman golf jacket that was normally like $79.00 and was on sale for $16.00. Score! I also bought my hubby a few Ralph Lauren, Tommy shirts that was like 85% off. So I totally got some good deals today.
But then I bought myself two pairs of shoes that I had to pay full price for. I'm flat footed and I have to buy good shoes or my feet kill me. I've been eyeing these Clark sandals for like 3 months. Just waiting to see if those puppies would go on sale. But alas, they are the latest style and probably won't go on sale until summer sometime. So I broke down and bought them today. I mean we must have some nice comfy stylish shoes for our cruise, no? But of course!
I bought Jonathan several Valentine's presents. A jacket, some shirts, a long sleeved Tennessee t-shirt, some golf balls... and let's not forget the card! I think he has probably bought me like 3 gifts for Valentine's Day since we have been married. He doesn't buy birthday, Valentine's or Christmas presents often. I pretty much had to threaten him with bodily injury if he didn't buy me a gift this past Christmas. I mean I actually printed a picture out of the Tiffany necklace I wanted. How hard was that? And he did buy me two trips to our local spa with facials and massages for my birthday. So he did right by me in 2004. But he has definitely let me down in the past.
I should have known from the beginning how our marriage was going to go when the first year we were married and we were a young military couple living in Germany. I woke up that first Valentine's morning expecting a big kiss, a Happy Valentine's Day Honey, some flowers, a card, something.... Well nothing was mentioned that morning and off to work he went. I got up and headed to my job in Heidelberg (I was working for JAG at the time). No call for his loving wife that day while I was at work or anything. I headed home after work and no flowers awaiting my arrival. No home-cooked meal was prepared, etc. Hubby came home from work, no mention of the day or anything.... Needless to say, I went to bed pretty well pissed! When I woke up the next morning I told him how disappointed and upset I was. And he was like, "But didn't you see the card I put under your pillow for you?" Well duh! Like I know to look under my frigging pillow for a card!! Geeze! From that moment on, I should have known I was in trouble!
And then that first Christmas we were together. We were definitely poor. I mean dirt poor! I wasn't working yet that first Christmas and we didn't have two pennies to rub together. Jonathan was still a private and we were living on about $600.00 a month. I had a car payment, etc. It was not fun. Anyway, I was wondering if he was going to buy me anything because we lived in a 2 room apartment on top of a piano store and there really wasn't anywhere to hide a gift or anything. But come Christmas morning, Jonathan headed to our landlord's house (we were connected to their house) and came back with some wrapped gifts. It was kind of funny because he didn't know how to wrap a gift (and still doesn't to this day), so he had taken them to our landlord's wife, Sabina, and asked her to wrap them. Now Sabina didn't even speak English, but somehow he made her understand what he wanted. He didn't have any tape or anything so poor Sabina wrapped the gifts in paper and then tied them up with yarn to make the paper stay on. It was pretty funny to look at. I would give anything if I had taken a few photos of the gifts. I will never forget that first Christmas together. So far away from family, a world apart. But we had great friends and it was a wonderful time.
Well Jonathan arrived home and no Valentine's gift for me. Oh well, maybe next year, huh?
Tonight we watched The Terminal. It was a long movie. It was pretty good, but definitely long. We were both sitting there wondering how they could drag out a 2 hours 10 minute long movie when the guy never even left the airport terminal. It was a good movie, but not one I would watch again.
Jonathan watched Catwoman last night. He said he should have turned it off after the first hour. I guess that tells me he didn't think it was very good, huh? It still seems weird that we sat here and watched an entire movie all the way through with no interruptions. I don't think we have known what that felt like for at least the last 3 1/2 years.
I called mom to see how the babies were doing. My dad and stepmom picked them up this evening and took them to McDonald's. They said they were both really good. I really miss them. I especially miss Chase's cute little grin and Skyler's big hugs. They may drive you batty while they are here, but when they are gone, you wonder how you can live without them.
Well it's getting late and I better end for now. We spent most of the evening watching the movie. Tomorrow I MUST start packing for our cruise. We leave at 10:00 a.m. on Friday for our trip to New Orleans and then the cruise leaves on Sunday. Wooohoooo!!!!! I'm outta here!
Countdown to our Cruise!!
Bold All That Apply - Sunday, February 13, 2005
I "borrowed" this from Mallard...
i have a cell phone.
i have friends that use me.
i am an only child.
i am a shopoholic.
i love dangly earrings.
i love cold weather.
i'm obsessed with the computer.
i have shot a gun before.
i can't live without music.
i have no tolerance of ignorant people.
i have ridden on a motorcycle before.
i'll be in this town forever.
i've been to 5 other countries.
i get annoyed easily.
i have kids.
i have neat handwriting.
i have more than a few horrible memories.
i am addicted to chocolate.
i am an atheist.
i love airplane rides.
i love taking pictures.
i hate people who are fake.
i can be mean when i want to.
one of my best friends is a guy.
i have way too many purses.
i'm obsessed with lip gloss.
i am easy to talk to.
i would never eat raw fish.
i cry easily.
i hate when people are late.
i procrastinate.
i love winter.
i have too many clothes for my closet/dresser.
i love to sleep.
i wish i were smarter.
i'm afraid of flying.
i hate drama.
i bite my nails.
i have been on an 8 hour drive.
i love the beach.
i have never had the chicken pox.
i have gone out in public in my pajamas.
i can't control my emotions.
i have a best friend.
i have moved more than once.
i truly love my friends.
i have braces.
i have never broken a bone.
i hate my computer.
i love guys that play the drums.
i state the obvious.
i'm a happy person.
i love to dance.
i love to sing.
i love cleaning my room.
i tend to get jealous very easily.
i love cute underwear.
i love night better than day.
i don't like to study for tests.
i have been on the phone for over 5 hours.
i am too forgiving.
i have horrible sense in direction.
i miss elementary school.
i'm a daddy's girl.
i love kisses on my forehead.
i love the color pink.
i love to sew.
my eye color changes.
i should see a therapist.
i played on a guys sports team.
i become stressed easily.
i hate liars.
i like comfy sweatpants.
i can play the piano.
i love the smell of rain.
i love my family.
i hate needles.
i am a perfectionist.
i always wanted to learn to play the drums.
i hate the feeling of failure.
i have friends in other countries.
i know how to cook.
i can be quite selfish.
at times, i still act like a little kid.
i have food allergies.
i love to read.
i love getting stuff in the mail.
i have problems with letting go of old feelings.
i hate being alone.
i love summer.
i love the weekends.
i love black eyeliner.
i think im pretty.
i type with one hand.
i live in a one story house.
i wear make-up.
i have never rode on an underground subway.
i can't swim.
i have bad memories.
i go to church.
i sing in the shower.
i have never been camping.
i hate cheerleaders.
i usually get what i want.
i have been on stage before.
i love roller coasters.
no one knows my full story of my life.
i am close with my parents.
I also took this "nerd" test. Guess I'm not much of a nerd! I guess that's a good thing!
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The Babies Are Gone!!!! -
I can't believe the babies are going to be gone for two whole weeks! This will be the longest I have ever been away from either of them. Skyler has been gone for a week or so before, but never two whole weeks. I won't know what to do with myself. Don't get me wrong, I have a whole lot to do this week to get ready for our trip. Not to mention I will be working all this week to, but it is going to seem really weird with them not here.
I just called my mother a few minutes ago to see if she was getting ready to put the kids to bed. I talked to her for about 30 seconds and immediately realized that her sugar was low. Sometimes she acts and says the weirdest things when her sugar is low. I'm a little worried about the kids. I'm just afraid one day she will be holding Chase and her sugar will go low and she will drop him or something. If my stepdad wasn't there, I definitely would not feel comfortable leaving them with her. I told her to put my stepdad on the phone and I told him her sugar was low. Sometimes he doesn't pay any attention and he doesn't even realize her sugar is low. I can just talk to her for a few seconds and I can tell when it's low.
While we were home today Jonathan and I checked our sugar with mom's meter. Jonathan was a big baby. He can't stand to have his finger pricked or see blood. It's amazing sometimes how a grown 270 lb man can be squeamish at the sight of a little blood from themselves, but can see other things and it doesn't bother them at all. Men are weinies sometimes!! Can you see a man going through childbirth. Ha! Anyway, both of our sugar was fine. Mine ran 90 and Jonathan's ran 94. So it was good.
So we went to the stepniece's wedding yesterday. It was very nice. I still can't believe she is getting married though. It really makes me feel old. I remember when my sister and her husband got married Amber was only 9 years old. She had big glasses, short scraggly hair and was very homely. Now she has turned into a very beautiful young woman. But she is still only 19 years old. Just a baby! She and her husband looked like babies up there. I wish them the best of luck and hope they have a wonderful and happy life together.
Skyler did excellent at the wedding. She sat perfectly still (other than asking a few questions. One of which was, "Mommy, but where is the cake? Isn't there supposed to be cake here?") Yup, leave it up to the 3 year old to figure out where the sweets were. I think she watches too much tv or something!
She was very excited to see her cousin Sienna who was in the wedding. I took a few pictures. Sienna looked like a little angel in her flower girl dress. Skyler wanted to be dressed up like Sienna so bad. I was afraid that Skyler wouldn't understand why she couldn't go up front and stand with Sienna during the wedding. I was having horrible thoughts of her running up front and grabbing Sienna's hand or something. But she did great, and stayed in her seat and was very quiet. Well except for the part about asking where the cake was.
Aren't they little angels! Skyler absolutely adores Sienna. She calls her "my sister." They are really close. I just wish we lived closer to them so they could spend more time together. Becky (my stepsister and Sienna's mother) and I fought like cats and dogs while we were growing up. There was only 6 months difference in our ages (I was 6 months older) and we were always competing against each other for one reason or another. We weren't really close at all until we were adults and had children, etc. I'm glad we are closer now. I just wish she lived closer to us.
Skyler is almost completely recovered from being sick. She is doing so much better. I can't believe she recovered so quickly. Girlfriend definitely "milked" being sick though. She acted like her life was coming to an end and wanted Jonathan and I to wait on her hand and foot. She was laying in the floor in the downstairs bedroom watching television and I had a glass of water and a glass of Gator*ade sitting right beside her.
She would holler and say, "Mommy, I need a drink."
I'd say, "Skyler, it's laying right beside you."
"But Mommy, I caaaaaan't reach it!"
So I would walk my happy go lucky butt in there and give her a drink of water. I handed her the glass and she said, "But Mommy, I need fresh water."
"What! Fresh water! I just poured you that glass 5 minutes ago!"
Girlfriend was waited on hand and foot by her daddy and I. She milked it for two whole days before we told her she needed to get over herself. I know, I know, you say but she is only 3 years old! But girlfriend can milk it like a teenager, let me tell you. She definitely knows how to milk my mom and stepdad. She can get them to wait on her hand and foot. Ah, but I have memories of doing my poor grandmother the same way. I didn't like chicken noodle soup when I was young. Well I didn't like the chicken in the chicken noodle soup. So my mamaw would stand there and pick every single piece of chicken out of the soup before I would even touch it. Can you even imagine? Hmm, wonder where Skyler gets her stubbornness, temper, spoiled, bitchiness from..... Hmm, I dunno.
Jonathan and I went out and had a dinner alone. It was quite nice. As we were walking into the restaurant I said, "It sure does feel strange to be walking into a restaurant without holding a toddler's hand and carrying an infant carrier."
Tonight we are going to sit down and actually watch an entire movie without being disturbed once! What will we ever do with ourselves. We are going to watch The Terminal. Ever since we joined the Wal*Mart version of Net*Flix, we have been watching movies again. That is the coolest thing ever. No more running out to the video store and then having to run back to turn in movies. You can keep a movie as long as you like with no late fees. It's totally the way to go.
Well I better end for now. I'm outta here!!!
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Feeling Better! - Thursday, February 10, 2005
Well the good news is Skyler is feeling much better today. I stayed home with her this morning and Jonathan came around 1:00 p.m. to spend the afternoon with her. That way I could go to work for at least a few hours. He took her to the doctor around 2:30 and she was doing much better. She hasn't vomited since yesteday afternoon at the doctor. The doctor said that if she hadn't shown any improvement from yesterday he was going to hospitalize her!! But luckily she was doing much better. She is up and moving about, watching cartoons, playing some games and eating Jello as we speak. She has moved from liquids only to things like Jello, crackers, popsicles, etc. So that's good news. I know she is probably starving. I know I would be. And we found out that she only weighs 28 pounds! She is a little shrimp. I thought for sure she weighed more than that.
Tomorrow Chase has to go to the doctor for his 6 month check-up. He was 6 months old yesterday! So Happy 6-Month Old Birthday!!! He is getting so big so fast. It's hard to believe that he was born 6 months ago. Babies grow up right before your eyes. He has changed so much. It's exciting in one way and sad in another. He is our last baby, so I know I won't be doing a lot of baby things after this. I guess we will just have to wait on the grandbabies. And hopefully those won't come for at least another 25 or so years.
I didn't get much accomplished at work today. I didn't get there until 1:30 this afternoon. Work is going good. I have my two programs next month and then another two the month after. It looks like I will be doing quite a bit of traveling for the next couple of months. I really like it, but Jonathan doesn't because he has to take care of the kids while I'm gone.
Well sorry this is such a short post, but Chase is screaming bloody murder, it's time for Skyler's bedtime and we havne't even eaten our supper yet. So until tomorrow...
Feeling Better! Monica;
Sick, Sick, Sick... - Wednesday, February 09, 2005
Last night was a HORRIBLE night. It all started about 2:00 a.m. I heard Jonathan screaming at the top of his lungs and then I heard a door slam. Apparently Skyler had woken up at 1:00 a.m. and said it was time to get up and she was hungry and wanted a bowl of cereal. And yes, we did feed the child supper! Anyway, as I've mentioned on this blog before, Jonathan covets his rest.... If he doesn't get his beauty sleep he is a total bear. He has been sleeping downstairs for a couple of months because of his absolutely annoying snoring. So since I have the baby in my room, I let Jonathan deal with Skyler most of the time. She usually doesn't have any problems, but all toddlers wake up and have bad dreams every once in awhile. So I guess he had been messing with her for over an hour and he finally had it and turned off her nightlight and shut the door. Well that totally set Skyler off and she went into a hissy fit. I went in there to make sure she was okay and she was fine. I told her that if she didn't calm down I was going to leave and shut the door to. She didn't calm down so I quietly walked out and closed the door behind me. She screamed for some time and then finally fell asleep. I went back to her room after she fell asleep and opened her door. I can't stand the thought of not being able to hear her in case she really needed something.
About an hour later I heard her hollering for me. It's amazing I heard her, I rolled over (Jonathan had gone back to sleep in our bed this time) and said, "Did you hear something?" He of course said, "No, I was asleep." Well I listened for a bit longer and I heard her yelling for me. You just know the difference between a "I'm pissed" scream and "Help me!" scream. So I went running in there and girlfriend had puked
all over the bed . Yuck! Well I knew she was sick, but Jonathan kept on saying she had just puked because she had screamed so long. So he took off her sheets while I threw her in the tub for an ultra-quick bath. We put her back to bed and were in bed for no more than 1/2 hour when she started crying again. This time she had puked and pooped in her pants! It was nasty. So I knew right then she had some kind of "bug" because she was throwing up and had diarrhea. Double Yuck! Jonathan felt pretty bad by this time because he had no idea she was sick earlier. She never said she felt bad, she just kept on telling him it was time to get up.
So I threw her in the bath for the second time that night and it just got worse. I stayed home from work today and she puked no less than 20 times. I have tried keeping liquids down her, but when she drinks anything, it just comes back up. So we made a doctor's
appointment and headed there around 4:00 p.m. (the soonest we could get in). Well let me begin to tell you what all she has wrong with her...
1. An ear infection (what the he--, she hadn't been complaining about her ear)
2. A stomach virus/bug (no kidding!)
3. A cold/cough (she has had this since she began school in August)
4. A viral infection (ooh, that doesn't sound good)
5. And get this.... Pneumonia in her right lung!!
Good God, my child is going to die! Of course I totally freak out, but the doctor assures me it's only a mild case of pneumonia and everything else is easily treatable. So they load girlfriend up with some major antibiotics. And luckily they gave them to her via shots because she couldn't hold down any medicine (even if we could get the dang stuff down her). So poor little baby has two boo-boos on her legs from the shots, a prick on her finger from them taking blood and puke on her shirt where she threw up while we are at the doctor's office. What a day.
So I'm home with her now. Jonathan came home for a bit and went out to get us something to eat. He had plans to go watch the Duke/NC game tonight somewhere. He didn't offer to stay home, but I knew if I had asked him, he would have stayed home with me. She has been asleep since 6:30 anyway with no vomits since we put the lovely "suppository" up her little booty. I'm hoping she will sleep all night, but knowing my luck she will be up at 1:00 a.m. thinking she has had plenty of sleep to last her. I just hope she gets to feeling better.
I'm going to stay home with her tomorrow morning and then Jonathan is going to take a 1/2 day off and come home and stay with her so I can get some stuff done at work. Chase's babysitter offered to let him stay with them tonight so we could focus on Skyler and so he wouldn't be around her and catch what she has. I need to call and check on the little booger and see how he is doing. This will be the first time he has stayed all night anywhere other than my mom's house in TN. I'm sure he will do fine. He is such a good baby. We are really lucky to have such a good babysitter. She would keep Skyler overnight if I was sick or something so I could rest. We are lucky. Since we don't really have any family around, it's nice to have someone like that to lean on when you need them. She is like a second grandmother to the kids.
Well enough of the sick story. That's about all I have done today is clean up vomit and roam around the house trying to pack up the kids' stuff. I didn't realize Skyler was so sick and I have been packing their stuff up thinking we are heading to TN on Friday for Amber's wedding. If Skyler isn't better then I guess we won't be going. Jonathan said I should take Chase on to TN and leave him so he won't be around Skyler. That way I could attend the wedding and then come home to be with Skyler.
As you know, we are supposed to leave for our cruise at the end of next week. I hope Skyler is well by then. Otherwise, I guess we won't be going. I couldn't leave her knowing she was that sick. And it is so difficult to get in touch with someone who is on a ship in the middle of the ocean. We also aren't going to any port where my cell phone will work. Last year we went to St. Thomas and I had perfect Spr*int service there. How cool was that?
Last year I was 4 months pregnant when we went on the cruise. I didn't have any problems or anything. It was a rough sea week. There were really big waves and the boat went from side to side. Anyone who tells you those ships don't do that is full of sh--. They don't usually do it, but it can happen. It didn't bother me, other than me hitting the sides of the walls every once in awhile while I was walking. But it obviously bothered some other people as there were "doggie bags" laying down the hallways (clean ones of course for people to pick up if needed) and outside the elevators. I thought that was pretty funny. I guess I know for sure that I don't get seasick if I didn't get seasick then, huh?
So I am thinking of having a "professional" design my blog and move it to Word*press. I mean I think I have done a decent job so far, but I would love to make it look much better. I also really want a calendar on the page that has links to the days you have posts. I think that is totally cool. I would also like the blog to show only one post per day instead of all of them down a row like it is now. I mean that isn't bad, but I would prefer it the other way.
Does anyone know anyone who does decent blog designs at affordable prices? I also want to get my own domain, but I am having a rough time thinking of what I would want it to be... Do you ever get that way sometimes? I have come up with one I really like, but it kind of sounds like someone else's journal, so I don't want them to think I'm copying them or anything.
I never realized how hard html was. I did figure out that I can do things in Front*page and then paste it into my html on the blog. I was trying to write html myself when my friend Sam at work said, "Hey dumba--, why don't you just use Front*page and just paste it into the blog." Well duh! Why didn't I think of that?
Well I guess I better end for now. Skyler is awake and I need to sit with her for awhile before I put her to bed. Hopefully she will be feeling better by tomorrow. Wish us luck. Well I'm outtahere!!
Can You Believe How Much He Has Grown???
Time to Register for School Already? - Tuesday, February 08, 2005
Ugh, last night I had to go to Skyler's school to attend this "mandatory" meeting to register for the upcoming school year. As I've mentioned before, she goes to a private Christian school. The ONLY reason we are sending her to this school is because its less than a mile from our house and it is very economical. It's much cheaper than sending her to daycare. Daycare is like $500 a month around here and the Christian school is like $280. Big difference! And not to mention the fact that she is actually in a "school" setting and not just playing at daycare. Don't get me wrong, this school has taught her a lot, including discipline, how to interact with others, etc. But sometimes the place just makes me want to scream!
I'm all for her going to a Christian school, but some of the things they believe I think is just absolutely ridiculous. I mean the boys can wear t-shirts, jeans, etc. But the girls have to wear dresses down to their ankles practically and to beat it all, they even have to wear shorts under the dresses! Now how stupid is that? It's fine, Skyler likes wearing cute little dresses that "twirl." You know how 3 year old girls are.
But last night at the meeting they have come up with this big bright idea to have the kids wear uniforms. Ah, the dreaded uniform. Now I would be all for uniforms, but their idea of a uniform is a polo shirt with the name of the school on the front. Boring! The bad thing about that would be, the boys still get to wear their jeans, but the girls would have to wear a skirt EVERY day! No way! No more dresses that "twirl." I don't think so. I think it is so biased that the boys can wear jeans, but the girls have to be dressed up.
I don't plan on sending Skyler to school there after next year anyway though. I'm going to try and get her into a Magnet School and if that doesn't work out, then I'll just send her to the local public school which isn't so bad. It's about 5 miles from the house, so it's not really far away or anything. It's silly that I'm already worry about where the poor child is going to go to school and girlfriend is only 3! I'm sure I will be horrible when it's time for her to pick a college!
I made the mistake of taking Skyler with me to the meeting last night. They had it in the chapel which is next to the school. Girlfriend cannot sit still for an entire hour. She wasn't too bad, but she was definitely getting on my nerves. Not to mention the fact that stupid me sat on the second row. You would think that I had enough sense to at least sit in the back or something. I left Chase with Jonathan. He bathed him and was giving him his night time bottle when we got home. I basically threw Skyler at him and told him to give me the baby because if I had one more minute with her I was going to strangle her. I know she and I are really going to bump heads when she gets older. Hell, we already bump heads and she is only 3!
This morning started out on a bad note to. I usually get up around 5:45 and get my shower taken and start getting ready for work. About 6:30 I wake Jonathan up. It takes an "act of Congress" to get the man up. He definitely is NOT a morning person. I mean you would think that after 10 years in the Army he wouldn't be so hard to get his a-- out of bed. But no! You have to turn on the light and practically bang on pans, etc. to get him up. The man would sleep for 12 to 15 hours a day if you would let him. I like my rest, don't get me wrong, but he really needs his. How he made it for so long in the military without being late, I will never know.
I will give him one thing, he is pretty helpful in the mornings. I get up and get dressed and then I wake Skyler up and get her dressed. After he has taken his shower he takes her downstairs and fixes her breakfast and packs her lunch and snacks for the day. Then I wake "little man" up and get him dressed. I place him in his carseat and pack his diaper bag and Jonathan takes him to the babysitter and I take Skyler to school. In the afternoons I pick both of them up, because Jonathan doesn't usually get home from work until an hour or two after I do. That's basically how our routine goes.
On Tuesdays and Thursdays I take Skyler to gymnastics and dance class and Jonathan stays home with Chase. So he is very helpful when it comes to the kids. I will give him that. Of course, he SHOULD be helpful because they are his kids to and I work just like he does. N0thing makes me angrier than to hear a woman who works say that her husband doesn't help with the kids. I made sure as soon as our first child was born that I included Jonathan on everything. I wanted him to know how to do everything so he could help me out. I have a friend whose husband doesn't do anything with their daughter and I think that is just ridiculous. What would happen if she died or something? The man wouldn't even know how to take care of his own kid.
I can't believe we are little more than a week away from our cruise! Woohoo! I know I keep on talking about it and you are going to be sick of hearing about it, but I am really looking forward to it. I'm also looking forward to our days in New Orleans before the cruise. I am really going to miss the kids though. I have a lot to do before we leave for TN on Friday. It's a pain in the a-- to pack for the kids for two weeks. Skyler is fairly easy, but Chase is a real pain. I still have to pack bottles, formula, pampers, sassies (pacifiers), spoons, bowls, baby food, strollers... Well you get the picture. There is so much to take when you have a baby. Ah, but he is well worth the hard work. He is the most precious baby in the whole
Time to Register for School Already? Monica;
It's Gonna Be A Long Day.... - Sunday, February 06, 2005
Well yesterday was great! I left the house about 2:00 p.m. and went to pick up my friend Sam at her house. We then proceeded to the mall and shopped until we dropped! I had dropped off some of the kids' clothes at the consignment shop on my way to Sam's house and after we finished up at the mall, we headed back to pick up the money. This consignment shop is so picky. They only take about 10% of what you take. And don't get me wrong, most of Skyler's clothes are Gap, Gymboree, Ralph Lauren, etc. I can't figure out why the place is so picky.
Anyway, we had a great time. Let's see here, what all did I buy.... Well I bought about 6 shirts at Belk's because they are having their winter clearance sale, you know. I mean we absolutely can't buy anything at full price. No, if it's not 70% or more off, then no shopping for us. Why you say? Because we are cheaper than hell, of course! Sam and I always kid because we are both overweight and it is impossible to find anything to fit us. I'm short and stubby and she is tall. So she can't find things long enough to fit her and I can't find things short enough to fit me. Go figure, huh?
It amazes me that stores only sell things in teeny teeny sizes. I mean when are these people going to figure out that 60% of women are a size 14 and above. HELLO RETAILERS!! Get your heads out of your ass and figure it out already. I told Sam that we should open a store called "Fat Girls R Us" and we would be millionaires. We would shun those skinny little waifs who come in and ask for clothing. HA!
I also had to buy a gift for my step-sister's daughter who is getting married next weekend. She didn't bother to register anywhere, so how the heck am I supposed to know what to buy her? I asked my sister and she said just buy her whatever. Now don't you just hate that. I mean in this day and age it really pays to go to Target, Walmart or somewhere and actually register for what you would LIKE to receive. It just makes things so much easier.
I bought absolutely nothing for the kids or my husband. Yesterday was for ME! Yessiree. I probably haven't bought myself clothes in 2 or 3 years. So it was nice to actually go out and shop for myself. And when you can get good deals to boot. Well you just have to! Not to mention that I wanted a few dressier things for the cruise. I despise to dress up. I mean just give me a pair of jeans and a sweatshirt any day. Even when I was really small (my wedding dress was a size 3), I didn't like to dress up. I like comfort and don't really care about how things look.
After we shopped at the mall I could barely walk. We had probably 8 bags between the two of us and actually had to have someone from Belk's come and bring a flatbed cart and take our stuff out to the car! I knew I liked shopping at Belk's for some reason. The main reason I probably shop there is they have free gift wrap. What a timesaver that is! Nah, the reason we really had to have someone help us out with our stuff is because the gifts I had bought for my step-niece were really heavy. But it is nice that they offer that service. I wasn't sure if I was supposed to tip or not, but when the lady took us out and she just kind of turned and said, "Thank you for shopping at Belk." I kind of assumed I wasn't supposed to. Don't you just hate it in this day and age when you don't know who you are and who you aren't supposed to tip? It's really a pain trying to figure that out when I travel for business.
After we left Belk and picked up the credit at the children's consignment shop we headed to a local restaurant to eat. Neither of us had ever eaten there before and I must say, it was very, very good. We waited for about 45 minutes for a table and then one became available in the bar, so we sat down there. The service wasn't that great and I despise eating in a smoke-filled room, but at least the food was good. I think the service would have been much better if we were eating in the actual dining room. It was one of the drink waitresses that was waiting on us and she was so busy with the customers who needed a drink that she didn't really have time to deal with us much.
I had "she crab" soup and a spinach salad that was absolutely divine! It was the best spinach salad I have ever had in my entire lift. And the "she crab" soup was to die for. Yum! My mouth is watering just thinking about it! I ordered a shrimp dinner, but by the time I had eaten the spinach salad and "she crab" soup, I was full! So I ended up getting the shrimp in a to-go box and Sam took it with her to have for lunch today.
I'm really glad that I am getting out with my friends again. Another one of our friends was supposed to go with us, but at the last minute her mother decided she didn't want to babysit her kids, so she couldn't go. Bummers.
After gorging ourselves at dinner we headed to the movies to see The Wedding Date. It was a TOTAL chick flick!! I mean it was lovey-dovey-sappy. Right up our alley! I mean you can never get the dear old hubby to see those sappy chick flicks! So it's great to go out with the girls and just indulge yourself a bit. I'm glad it wasn't one of those tear-jerkers, or I would have lost my stuff.
By the time the movie let out it was after 11:00 p.m. This is probably the latest I have been out in years. I called Jonathan to let him know I was on the way home and what do I hear?!?! Miss Skyler is still up! Oh hell no! What is girlfriend doing up at 11:00 p.m.? I normally put her to bed at 8:00 p.m. She had been sick all day and laid in bed watching Annie over and over again. I bought her Annie last week while I was at Target. My dad took me to see the movie when I was 12 and I just loved it. I knew Skyler would love it because of the singing. But girlfriend has become obsessed with it! Jonathan said she watched it completely through 4 times yesterday! Geeze! Maybe I need to buy her some more show tunes, huh? It was quite enjoyable for Jonathan because she just laid in bed and watched tv all day. I never let her watch tv that long. But when it's a day with daddy, well girlfriend gets to do whatever she wants as long as she lets daddy watch his ballgames! he he he he
So I come strolling in the door at 11:30 and Skyler is in bed and screaming at the top of her lungs. Jonathan said he has tried every way in the world to get her to bed, but she just kept on screaming and hollering so he basically spanked her bottom and put her to bed and she was screaming her head off. So I head upstairs, rub the sweat off of her forehead, talk a little sweetness to her, kiss her good night and walk out the door and we don't hear another peep out of her. Jonathan was like, "How the hell did you do that?" I guess he just didn't have the "mommy touch" last night.
Today was my day to sleep in. Chase got up around 7:15 a.m. and Jonathan took him downstairs with him. He fed him his breakfast and a bottle and then Skyler got up. They played down here until about 9:30 when Jonathan sent her upstairs to wake me up. Not that I had been asleep the whole time or anything, but sometimes its just nice to lay in bed and not have to deal with the kids. We really should start getting up and going to church. Especially since Skyler has been asking to go to church. But it just seems like there aren't enough hours in the weekend to get much done and if we went to church there would be less. I know that's a bullsh-- answer, and we REALLY need to start going. Note to self: Get your a-- out of bed and find a church for the family.
Jonathan has already left to go party with his boss for the Super Bowl. Ugh, 12 hours of guys drinking, watching football, gambling and slapping each other on the back. Yuck! Why do guys have to do this "male bonding" thing? I know, its just an excuse to get out of the house and avoid the kids. Both kids are taking a nap right now, so I have a few minutes of down time to write an entry. Not that many people find my life very interesting or anything. But it's good therapy to write sometimes.
Well I guess I will end for now. I only have like 15 loads of laundry to do and only half a day to do it in.
Until tomorrow.....
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