Long Break

Have been super busy lately...school is more time consuming than I thought it would be but so far so good. Oh what I wouldn't give to go back and go to school sans kids, marriage, and responsibility! Those kids have it made and don't even know it!!!!

Took DJ to an endocrinologist yesterday and it was a complete waste of time! I have no idea why they sent us to one but oh well! We spent 5 looong hours in the car...on the way back we stopped and picked up a set of dual dvd players because I was NOT having a repeat of the trip up there on the way back! Plus, with the move to Florida coming up they are a definite NEED lol.

Cleaning and going to class today but just wanted to jump on here and say HELLO!!!!!

In Bed

I've been in bed for the past four days. I'm wondering if I have some weird strain of the swine flu! We had to take DJ to the ER the other day (more about that in a sec) and I think I picked something up there even though I was the crazy lady pulling out my sanitizer every 5 seconds! I would even sanitize my hands before I touched a door know, sanitize the knob, then re-sanitize my hands! I really don't know how this happened! BUT...the only thing really wrong w/ me is my whole ENTIRE body aches and it feels like I have been weighted down with lead. It's horrible.

So, got a call from the school on Friday when I was on break from my classes and it was the nurse. "Hi, this is so and so and we have DJ in the office w/ a bump on his head." Um, ok..you're calling me for a bump on his head...whatever! But so I'd look like the awesome parent I am (lol) I ran up to the school to see it and it was HUGE! I've never seen anything like it..seriously. It stuck out a good 2 1/2-3" from his head. So we decided to take him home and watch him. And then we noticed that his speech was slow and slurred and he was looking a bit like a lunatic! So off to the ER we went. Let me go on record that I.Hate.The.ER. They didn't seem very concerned and we sat there for THREE hours and still did not get seen. I got pissed off and left and just decided to keep a close eye on DJ. After 3 hours he was acting normal again and NO WAY was I going to continue sitting there for another god knows how long and wait for a doctor to come in and say "oh he's fine...just a bump on the head."

I am NOT one of those mom's that freak out over every little thing and I hate the ER, did you get that yet, so unless I think something could be SERIOUSLY wrong with my child I won't step foot into one. DJ seems fine now..we are still watching him some but he's back to his old self thank God!

Looks like I'm headed back to bed now...I'm worn out from typing!

It's Official

I'm now officially a college "kid" lol! Well, technically, I will be when I go to my first class in about an hour lol! I'm excited and really looking forward to back to school shopping for myself! New clothes, new makeup, new hair stuff, new purse...new whatever I want lol..I can't wait!!!!

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Absent

I took a vacation I guess. I kinda got into a funk and didn't feel like writing about anything. We've been so busy my head is spinning.

We've moved next door to our old house which would seem like it would be easier than moving across country or even across town but it is the biggest pain in the ass ever. I can't wait to pick up and move across country to Florida in a few months.

Despite my earlier feelings of being terrified I'm now ecstatic. I need to get away from here. My kids deserve all that I can offer them and I think Florida has a whole lot more to offer for my family than Arkansas.

What's weird is one of my biggest hangups about moving was...don't laugh......the funreals I was going to miss. I am not a morbid person and no I do not enjoy funreals at all BUT there are just some funreals I never thought I wouuldn't be at....like my 91 year old neighbor. I've known her since I was just a kid. She fell not long ago and broke her hip and she's still not walking well and probably never will again..it hit me then that I'll be gone when she dies and won't be able to say a final goodbye. That makes me sad. Then there are my two great aunts...both well into their 80's...I know I won't be back for those either. There are a few others and it makes me sad but we have a life to live in Florida.

Among the moving Jer has been gone for a week in Little Rock doing some drill time for the reserves. He goes back this tuesday for another week and then he's done 'til Sept. He's also reenlisting while he's there...not really out of want but out of need. We NEED the money...being unemployed has hurt us badly.

Lucky for us college starts the week after and we'll get our student loans which will carry us the next few months and help with our move to Florida. Plus...I have decided to go back to school. So Jer and I both start the Monday after next. I'm taking a bunch of classes he's already taken so we don't have to buy books!!! I'm going to get my teaching degree in history and hopefully will be able to coach highschool softball in a few years.

Is teaching for me? I'm not really sure but I love softball and I want to coach but more importantly, I want to be home with my kids during the summers and holidays. The way this will all work out is by the time Spencer is ready to go to school, I'll have my degree and can start working. He won't ever have to go to daycare because Jer and I are going to classes opposite hours. Fingers crossed this all works out the way we want it to.

On top of everything else, I had to get the kids registered for school last week. BUT I had none of their paperwork. So I had to go on a search for shot records, go to the social security office to have new cards made for all of us ( I think the kids buried our old ones in the back yard grrrr) and basically run around like a chicken with my head cut off.

My house went all to hell last week so I am busy cleaning it today! I start watching a new baby tomorrow for a friend. We need the money and I'm giving her a great deal so it works out for all of us.

And soccer starts in 2 weeks. And like an idiot I signed up to coach again. What was I thinking???? I sign up to coach every season so I can get my kids pictures half off at picture time lol. Oh well, this will be the last season I coach for sure but I am totally looking forward to watching the kids play again. Get ready for lots of pics and videos!

Well for now I'm outta here....gotta go clean clean clean!!!!!

We're Moving

To Florida. Excuse why I go throw up now. NO, not because I don't want to move to FL but I'm terrified of change. The move is about a month away and already the anxiety is KILLING me. Where are we going to live, where will the kids go to school, where will we work, where will we go to school, can we survive financially in florida???? I'm absoultely terrified. Petrified. But that is where Jer wants to go, his family lives mostly in florida, so thats where we are going. It's a good time I think...the kids are just starting school so its not like they have to change schools. The weather down there is absolutely amazing and we plan on getting season tickets to either disney world or busch gardens and the kids will love that. On top of all that there is a lot more culture down in florida...there are museums and outdoor concerts, aquariums, art shows...I'm sure there is more that I don't even know about. Even though I can see all the positives I'm still FREAKING out. I think I may go hide in my closet until moving day gets here!

Anyone who lives in florida or who has lived in florida tell me why you LOVE it!!!!

Hi, My Name Is Jaime,

And I'm Uninsured. And I'm Pissed! I don't care that he got fired damnit!!! I just want my health insurance back! Kids can be covered by the state and hubs can be covered by the VA but lil' 'ole me is SCREWED. NO INSURANCE AND I TAKE LIKE 10 MEDS.A.DAY! What am I going to do??? Ughhhh.

In other news, I went for a second walk today and I feel wonderful. I walked in flip flops too, lol. Don't worry I won't be doing that again. But I HATE wearing real shoes...I'm a member of the year round flip flop club. Yes folks, even when its snowing I've got my flops on! But from now on I will grudgingly don my tennis shoes before I walk...*sigh*...I better lose at least 20 lbs doing this!!!!

Fired

This sucks!

Life Change!

I have decided to lose 20 lbs as quickly as possible! I don't know how many times I've promised myself that I would get up and go walking or get up and go to the gym and I never do it. Last night was different...I made no promises to myself. But this morning I got up, planted my farm on farm town (the most addicting game ever I swear) and then decided to go for a walk. I put Spence in his stroller and put Murphy on his leash and off we went! We were only gone about 20 minutes BUT those 20 minutes kicked my butt...it's mostly up hill I swear! And now, I feel great! I always do after I work out.

AND I'm going to try to quit smoking AGAIN AND cut waaaay down on the booze AGAIN. Sigh...I just don't know what my life will be like without the nicoine and booze BUT I'll be a hell of a lot richer I'm sure!

And all that extra money will help in hubs does in fact get fired today. He will find out at 11am...so like an hour and a half. I'm nervous but I know that we'll make it through whatever happens!

Hope everyone had a great fourth! I had a REALLY loooonnnng weekend...I'll post about it later!

Busy Around Here Lately

I haven't been posting much but we've been crazy busy....

1. We put our house on the market. Fingers crossed it sells quickly. And no, not because we are trying to buy another house or anything like that...I need it to sell quickly because do you know how hard it is to keep a house SHOW ready with 3 kids, 2 dogs, 2 cats, AND a husband. DANG HARD!

2. We've spent the past two weekends at my mom's which is an hour and a half away. She has a huge pool and my kids have taken to swimming like white on rice.

3. T-ball has ended thank GOD. I love watching him play but it is sooo dang hot! And Spencer is always all over the place so I spend half the game chasing after him. Last game he made it onto the field and was playing with bats WHILE a batter was hitting before I noticed..Bad Mommy Moment. It scared the shit out of me.

4. We are trying to buy a new Surburban and we can't find one that we LOVE and that eats up a lot of our time.

5. My MIL and her husband came to visit us for a few days and we were going going going the ENTIRE time they were here!

Summer is just busy busy busy! We are packing up to head to my moms again and to the lake for 4 days. Next weekend Jer has Drill so we will probably head back to my moms AGAIN lol.

Bad news is Jer may be getting fired. Shitty shitty news. He got called in on Sunday night at 2am to go do some emergency surgery. He has to be there w/in 30 minutes. We were an hour and a half away and didn't have a clue that he was on call. So, its considered a no-show which is grounds for termination. He went to work on Tuesday and was called into the bigWigs office and placed on a 3 day suspension. We are praying that they don't fire him but he says he is 99% sure he is fired.

I don't understand why they would suspend him for 3 days if they planned on firing him all along...why not just fire him. Oh well I guess we'll find out next monday....everyone keep your fingers crossed!

Grammy came to visit and wore the Big Kids OUT!!!

Wordless Wednesday

Can't Believe June Is Almost OVER

In the past few years, June has not been an easy month for me. I get depressed and start crying for no reason around the end of may and have no idea why. Then it dawns on me. June is approaching. At that point I just try to survive the month.

June used to be such an exciting month for me when I was growing up..HELLO it was my birth month! Then on June 10th 2002 my dad passed away suddenly from a rare form of leukemia. We found out on Saturday that he was sick and he died that Monday.

Two years later my Grandmom passed away on my birthday. Hubs and I were living in North Carolina and we were coming home for my birthday. When we got to Memphis, TN my mom called and told me that Grandmom was in the hospital but that "she would be okay." I got off the phone and started bawling because somehow I KNEW she wasn't going to be okay. We of couse sped the entire way to Fort Smith and when we got to the hospital I was able to talk to her and she got to see DJ and rubbed my belly (I was pregnant with Mads) and told me how much she loved all of us. I held her hand as she slipped away and then stayed in the room while the nurses took out all the IV's and cleaned her up.

I miss them both terribly but this June has been different. I think because of all that's going on with DJ I've been distracted and busy enough not to dwell on it. That is a good thing!

On the DJ front, the doctor called us today and he has been referred to an ENT at children's hospital in Little Rock. It will probably be a few weeks before we get an appointment though but we are still very hopeful!