I can't even tell you why I would care that it's Friday. Really it's just another day of doing what I do. The weekends don't do a lot for me, since I do all the day to day things no matter what day it may be. Welcome to the glorious life of a STAY AT HOME MOMMY.....
There was nothing really to interesting today that happened..... Except I went to the River Walk here with a friend. Always a great time, and we both LOVE photography, so we always get together to take some pics. I am not a professional, but I REALLY like doing it in my spare moments. Photos of anything really.... I wanted some fall pics, so thats what we set out to do. I was really bummed when I realized, Kansas is nothing like Minnesota. There is not a red leaf for miles (literally) and when you find one... that's exactly what you find... ONE! The orange leaves are very few and far between. So that leaves (<--HEHE leaves..Ok im done) you with green, yellow, and brown. Not my Fav! We all know Minnesota is Land of the COLD and only for the BRAVE.... but winters there are spectacular! The huge trees with inches of snow, where everything is really white, and no matter what, you know you will always have this beauty for Christmas (and MANY MANY months after) Yes, it's cold, grow a pair, it's still pretty! I never really did appreciate the beauty of the fall there though till today. Wish I was there to see the pretty trees! BLAH!!!! Major plus sides to this adventure, Colton took a nap, and I got some exercise. A work out I am now paying the price for... I hate my stupid body lately....
Speaking of my body that sucks all together, I got my lab results in. They told me it was either my thyroid, or that fibromyelgia stuff... Results to the blood test say that my thyroid (though Large) is working just fine, and I am not anemic. So I guess I get to go in and see what the future may hold for me. Either way, I don't know what to think about it at this time, rather than it blows. I mean in reality, I don't care what the doctors call it, I call it painful... So hopefully we can manage that part of it.
I think I did get a glimpse into the future today. I may now be having to face the reality of living with 2 young boys, and I can only imagine when the 3rd gets home. To put it in a short, not so graphic story, here it goes.... Sitting in a silent house, while the boys are off in another room being pretty quiet for boys. Oldest one Farts, and they BOTH laughed for like ten minutes. Not a giggle, full blown belly laugh. What do you say to that? There was nothing I could do but laugh myself. I assume that as long as they think I didn't hear it, and they didn't hear me laughing I was in the clear. I didn't know what else to do! It was tickling me to hear them so tickled! They do have cute laughs :)
Other than that it was a little bit of everything. We went out back this morning to get some leaves for Dallas' show and share at school (he needed to bring in something that reminded him of fall), He did his homework, played a little catch with the big ball in the kitchen (SHHHHHH Don't tell dad :) I LOVE YOU DAVEY) OHHHH...who am i Kidding he is usually the one to start all that anyways :) We colored a little and practiced Dallas' name for a bit. I did get to talk to my husband for awhile as well.... which always make me smile for the rest of the day! Now if he could find that webcam of his..... DAVE! Spaghetti was requested for dinner. If you want to win the way to Dallas' heart feed him pizza and spaghetti EVERYDAY! (im saving this for when he get's married) Future Dallas Wife contestants.... GET LEARNING!
Not a bad day if I do say so myself... Hopefully we can continue in this pattern for awhile now. I'm WAY WAY over all the bad days. More appointments next week so we shall see how it all goes. If we can all stay in one piece I think that we will be fine, because it seems that even that is getting harder to do lately!
HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GREAT DAY AND ANOTHER ON THE WAY!!! NIGHT
Friday, October 7, 2011
Thursday, October 6, 2011
I feel like im at the bottom
You know when you feel like you have gotten to the end of the line, and that everything is working against you? I feel like that for sure. I can't say through-out this deployment that I have yet felt this way. There have been many days and sometimes weeks where i have to ask myself what the hell is going on. Nothing compared to how I am feeling now.
Let me start at the beginning. A long long time ago when I was still in school, I played volleyball awhile. Well in doing so, I hurt my knees pretty bad. They told me all the time that I had Tendinitis. So of course I went with it. They gave me nothing for it, and it really didnt bother me all the time so it wasn't a big deal. Around the same time, they would ALWAYS tell me the second the doctor walked into the room, that I had an enlarged Thyroid. They never told me what it ment or what to do about it till I was pregnant with the second child and I started to deal with a private practice doctor. She reffered me an hour away to see a specialist. However, they wouldn't do anything because I was pregnant. So they just monitored it a lot. After I had Colton, we moved here and I knew I couldnt go straight to a specialist, I would have to start the process all over. So I never did get that far.
Now days my knees are always hurting! Up until the last couple weeks. All of a sudden it seems like it spread all over. Its hard to really explain. I just hurt everywhere almost like my muscles are all bruised though I have done nothing to make them feel that way. Aside from that there are spots where they hurt the most. Like the back of my neck, lower back, knees, and feet. NOW everything is popping! I sound like a bowl of rice crispies when i do anything. This never happened. So I went to see the doctor yesterday and he said he is certain that it is Fibromyalgia. However there is a chance that it could be linked to my thyroid. So this morning I had to go in and let them take all my blood. On the 17th I can go back in and talk to the dr about the results. Obviously there is something wrong.
Yesterday morning his speech lady was suppose to come and check his ears. She was a no show. So of course I was mad from the start. Then, before my appointment in the evening, I had some errands to run while Dallas was in school. So Colton and I went about it. It started out ok for the first 5 minutes. Then I could smell there was a diaper change in my future. I was too far from home to go and change him, and he was to smelly to take into any place. SO there I was in the parking lot of the shopping center. All doors closed, while Colton and I are changing this nasty thing in the back. Finally rid the truck and Colton of that nasty thing. We get to where I need to be, and we are about to go inside when suddenly he falls. Not just a fall as one would suspect. I mean a fall like no other because thats how we roll! He seemed ok from the looks of him till he opened his mouth. A mouth full of blood. I had nothing. He cried and spit blood for like 10 minutes. Finally when he stopped I looked and he had bit his tongue. Not like nipped it and was hurt, because again thats just not how this family seems to go about things. No, this was like whole front tooth in the tongue. I took him back to the truck and cleaned him up the best that I could. No change of clothes just some wet wipes. So he stopped bleeding and crying, but still had blood all over his shirt. I had to take him anyways into dave's work to pick up some things.
So, now you think its all over and all is well. YOUR SO WRONG. I went to get Dallas and he got a cut on his elbow at school. Then I had the kids at a friends house while I went to my appointment. When I got back the kids were playing a little. He got smacked in the head with a metal gate. Nice big egg to add to all the other issues. So then we finally make it home and we all go to sleep FINALLY! Of course, it doesn't end there though.
This morning I did like the Doctor told me. Do not eat or drink anything in the morning, come right in and go to the lab to get your bloodwork done. So no coffee, which is already a fail, and 2 kids in tote, i get to the lab about 8:30. When I get there she tells me there is no reason that I couldn't eat or drink anything, this was not that kind of test. So I was mad about that right away this morning, but I got over it. I knew I had to wait for the results of the test anyways and it was over and done with anyways. So why be mad? The Coltons therapist decides she finally has time and actually wants to show up. She went to his daycare while he was there and checked his ears. In which he failed MISERABLY once again. Due to fluid in the ears, he can not hear well again. His ears both left and right were pretty much flat lined when they should be pretty high.
I don't know where this will put us again, buts it's been more than a month since his last ear infection and he still had fluid. So I am hoping that I can call the Eyes, ears, nose, and throat, and make an appointment without having to go through his primary doctor. Normally you need a referal, but he already had one last time this happened. So I am crossing my fingers that they will let me just make an appointment with them
Right now I feel like everything is on the line and just hanging there. I am not sure where to start at this point, and everything rides on something else. I don't like this feeling at all. I feel like there is nothing that I can do for any of this. I guess I don't even know how to explain this all, but I know that there is so much going on and it's a lot to take on and process. i mean all this doesn't even include those day to day things. House cleaning, oil changes, dog grooming, dishes, homework.... the list goes one.
I know that this will all end at some point, but for right now, i feel like there is no light at the end of the tunnel. It's time for me to hibernate for while. Even though that is not possible, i just want to shut it all off! IM OVER IT ALL
Let me start at the beginning. A long long time ago when I was still in school, I played volleyball awhile. Well in doing so, I hurt my knees pretty bad. They told me all the time that I had Tendinitis. So of course I went with it. They gave me nothing for it, and it really didnt bother me all the time so it wasn't a big deal. Around the same time, they would ALWAYS tell me the second the doctor walked into the room, that I had an enlarged Thyroid. They never told me what it ment or what to do about it till I was pregnant with the second child and I started to deal with a private practice doctor. She reffered me an hour away to see a specialist. However, they wouldn't do anything because I was pregnant. So they just monitored it a lot. After I had Colton, we moved here and I knew I couldnt go straight to a specialist, I would have to start the process all over. So I never did get that far.
Now days my knees are always hurting! Up until the last couple weeks. All of a sudden it seems like it spread all over. Its hard to really explain. I just hurt everywhere almost like my muscles are all bruised though I have done nothing to make them feel that way. Aside from that there are spots where they hurt the most. Like the back of my neck, lower back, knees, and feet. NOW everything is popping! I sound like a bowl of rice crispies when i do anything. This never happened. So I went to see the doctor yesterday and he said he is certain that it is Fibromyalgia. However there is a chance that it could be linked to my thyroid. So this morning I had to go in and let them take all my blood. On the 17th I can go back in and talk to the dr about the results. Obviously there is something wrong.
Yesterday morning his speech lady was suppose to come and check his ears. She was a no show. So of course I was mad from the start. Then, before my appointment in the evening, I had some errands to run while Dallas was in school. So Colton and I went about it. It started out ok for the first 5 minutes. Then I could smell there was a diaper change in my future. I was too far from home to go and change him, and he was to smelly to take into any place. SO there I was in the parking lot of the shopping center. All doors closed, while Colton and I are changing this nasty thing in the back. Finally rid the truck and Colton of that nasty thing. We get to where I need to be, and we are about to go inside when suddenly he falls. Not just a fall as one would suspect. I mean a fall like no other because thats how we roll! He seemed ok from the looks of him till he opened his mouth. A mouth full of blood. I had nothing. He cried and spit blood for like 10 minutes. Finally when he stopped I looked and he had bit his tongue. Not like nipped it and was hurt, because again thats just not how this family seems to go about things. No, this was like whole front tooth in the tongue. I took him back to the truck and cleaned him up the best that I could. No change of clothes just some wet wipes. So he stopped bleeding and crying, but still had blood all over his shirt. I had to take him anyways into dave's work to pick up some things.
So, now you think its all over and all is well. YOUR SO WRONG. I went to get Dallas and he got a cut on his elbow at school. Then I had the kids at a friends house while I went to my appointment. When I got back the kids were playing a little. He got smacked in the head with a metal gate. Nice big egg to add to all the other issues. So then we finally make it home and we all go to sleep FINALLY! Of course, it doesn't end there though.
This morning I did like the Doctor told me. Do not eat or drink anything in the morning, come right in and go to the lab to get your bloodwork done. So no coffee, which is already a fail, and 2 kids in tote, i get to the lab about 8:30. When I get there she tells me there is no reason that I couldn't eat or drink anything, this was not that kind of test. So I was mad about that right away this morning, but I got over it. I knew I had to wait for the results of the test anyways and it was over and done with anyways. So why be mad? The Coltons therapist decides she finally has time and actually wants to show up. She went to his daycare while he was there and checked his ears. In which he failed MISERABLY once again. Due to fluid in the ears, he can not hear well again. His ears both left and right were pretty much flat lined when they should be pretty high.
I don't know where this will put us again, buts it's been more than a month since his last ear infection and he still had fluid. So I am hoping that I can call the Eyes, ears, nose, and throat, and make an appointment without having to go through his primary doctor. Normally you need a referal, but he already had one last time this happened. So I am crossing my fingers that they will let me just make an appointment with them
Right now I feel like everything is on the line and just hanging there. I am not sure where to start at this point, and everything rides on something else. I don't like this feeling at all. I feel like there is nothing that I can do for any of this. I guess I don't even know how to explain this all, but I know that there is so much going on and it's a lot to take on and process. i mean all this doesn't even include those day to day things. House cleaning, oil changes, dog grooming, dishes, homework.... the list goes one.
I know that this will all end at some point, but for right now, i feel like there is no light at the end of the tunnel. It's time for me to hibernate for while. Even though that is not possible, i just want to shut it all off! IM OVER IT ALL
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Starting the fall
So it's fall! Kansas has been pretty good about the weather and I've been terrible about posting. With the weather, it seems like some people's attitudes are starting to fall as well. It is reaching the end of the deployment and so I can see where nerves start to kick in. I am getting that way myself. 3/4 through this and you start to think about what it's all going to be like. I'll hit on those emotions and what I mean another day.
For today I figured I'd just let you up to speed. Davey is back out in the field and he loves it. He just called. So when he is happy, so am I.
Dallas has been doing good at school but I've not gotten Colton into daycare as much as I should. I noticed that last night. I dropped him off for a meeting and he didn't like it to much. He got over it lol. We will change that. I can always use a few more hours to myself.
I've been managing to get to my school work done little by little each night. I'm proud of myself. I've pulled straight a's. So that's a good thing. I know it's not always hard it's just hard to actually keep up. Tonight I had a 2 hour movie to watch. Which is fine, except it followed with 5 questions. Like really??!!! 2 hours for 5 questions. You would think that they could have summed it up a little better. I was so frustrated with that. In the end I got a 100% so I worked out. After I swore at the computer for about 20 minutes then I felt better. Nothing like looking like an idiot cusin out an object. Good thing no one was here to witness it.
A funny thing happened once. I had a large spider behind my tv and called my friend to come and help me
Kill it. I don't do spiders. So we didn't know how to kill it. I gave her a can of hairspray. Lmao. Well in the end it was stiff as a board and dead. So today she had a friend post on her Facebook page " I tried to kill a spider with hairspray. He is still alive, but his hair looks fantastic.". It was so funny. And a total relief that we are not the only nut balls around.
Aside from that the battalion work with Daves unit is picking up. Poster making and figuring out all the homecoming details. A ball is also in our future. It will take a lot of planning, but I'm sure will be so worth it after words. Aside from that the guys deserve it for all their hard work, and so do the women that got this far! Also planning the re deployment briefings and financial briefings. That's really exciting. I truly thought at this point, I'd be in the nut house!!! Glad im not. They would never let me leave for sure. Though there are many days I question my sanity and ability to make it any farther. But I'm still kicking.
I think that's the latest.
God took the strongest women and paired them up with soldiers.
Have a good night
For today I figured I'd just let you up to speed. Davey is back out in the field and he loves it. He just called. So when he is happy, so am I.
Dallas has been doing good at school but I've not gotten Colton into daycare as much as I should. I noticed that last night. I dropped him off for a meeting and he didn't like it to much. He got over it lol. We will change that. I can always use a few more hours to myself.
I've been managing to get to my school work done little by little each night. I'm proud of myself. I've pulled straight a's. So that's a good thing. I know it's not always hard it's just hard to actually keep up. Tonight I had a 2 hour movie to watch. Which is fine, except it followed with 5 questions. Like really??!!! 2 hours for 5 questions. You would think that they could have summed it up a little better. I was so frustrated with that. In the end I got a 100% so I worked out. After I swore at the computer for about 20 minutes then I felt better. Nothing like looking like an idiot cusin out an object. Good thing no one was here to witness it.
A funny thing happened once. I had a large spider behind my tv and called my friend to come and help me
Kill it. I don't do spiders. So we didn't know how to kill it. I gave her a can of hairspray. Lmao. Well in the end it was stiff as a board and dead. So today she had a friend post on her Facebook page " I tried to kill a spider with hairspray. He is still alive, but his hair looks fantastic.". It was so funny. And a total relief that we are not the only nut balls around.
Aside from that the battalion work with Daves unit is picking up. Poster making and figuring out all the homecoming details. A ball is also in our future. It will take a lot of planning, but I'm sure will be so worth it after words. Aside from that the guys deserve it for all their hard work, and so do the women that got this far! Also planning the re deployment briefings and financial briefings. That's really exciting. I truly thought at this point, I'd be in the nut house!!! Glad im not. They would never let me leave for sure. Though there are many days I question my sanity and ability to make it any farther. But I'm still kicking.
I think that's the latest.
God took the strongest women and paired them up with soldiers.
Have a good night
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Military VS Civilian Friends
OK, so this was one of those little repost and post again things on Facebook today. With that being said, I am sure that you have probably seen it before. I can't imagine there are many people left in the world without a facebook page. My blog is all about the military life and the ins and outs. There is one thing that I have always felt i can't describe enough, and thats the value of friendship here in this life. I know that I have tried before but I can't say I was really successful. So here is the post with my remarks inputted in them.
In all reality these girls are the best. This is not to say that I don't have civilian friends that would do anything for me, but sometimes thats hard. Here, we are all in the same situation, or have been at one time. We know deep down that without our friends, we don't have anything when we end up facing deployment. Friendship has become the most valuable thing to me aside from the communication I get from my husband, because that is surley a given! I was so scared to come here and worried about the girls that I would meet, or the fact that I wouldn't have friends. This has been the best group of friends and I cant say that I would trade this life and I am so damn glad I came. NOTHING will top this group there is just no way.
On a more personal note though, I was able to talk to dave on the webcam yesterday. I love seeing his face. I like the phone calls and the instant messaging too, but aside from seeing him in person thats the next best thing. I know that he would tell me if he was not ok, but just seeing his face is the most amazing feeling. Im so thankful of what i can have. You take for granted all the little things in life sometimes, but this has tought me to appreciate the smaller things, and don't sweat the small things. Dallas also had a treasure hunt at his school today, where the parents come in about a half hour before the end of the day and they get to take you around the room. They give you a paper and you and your child get to go around and show and tell you about all his stations in this class. He gets to show you what he does in all of them. When you find a station you get a sticker, and when you fill all the stations, the kids get to go to the class treasure chest and get a prize. We got one, he did so great and I was so proud I know that daddy would too. I would have loved to tape it for dave, but there was so many kids and parents all over the place, that would have been a giant task. Dave will be home before he is done with school so hopefully they will get to share of these things as well. Every Friday in his class, they have something called show and share. So they have to bring in something to the school that they can show and share with the kids. Each week there is a theme to what they need to bring. Tomorrow is bring something that reminds you of your family. Dallas mentioned that he wants to bring his daddy doll to class. I am sure that he is not the only lid either. But I am so happy thats what he choose. I told dave about it and he was so happy too. He said that if he had to bring something into work that was important to him, he would bring in the train that dallas sent to him.
I don't know if I ever told this on here, but when dave first left, Dallas sent him a little pocket sized Thomas the train that Dave could carry around with him, and Colton sent daddy his nook when he got him off of it. So he has something from each of them to take with him in his pocket whenever he has to go out. I know that they are special to him and I am glad that they all share that connection, because any connection is not easy to maintain while across an ocean.
I think that is all for the day, and I hope to write more soon. Have a great night... TIme for bed !!!! NIGHT
(now by doing something stupid, we don't totally mean breaking the law, but when you are a spouse of a soldier, you need to have some time to unwind. This is when things get crazy. I don't know about other groups of friends, but for us this means totally letting loose, talking like we were gitty little schoolgirls, and dancing like we wouldn't dance in public. aka ballerina or step bump step bump bump LOL. In other terms.... being a total and complete nerd, and we all love each other a little more for doing it that way :)
(Keep in mind that we all come from different parts of the US. The one thing that we don't get to see all that often is how family interacts. I can tell you with the interactions that we have had, they do become like your mom and dad real fast. I think this happens mostly because of the fact that you know they are supportive. I mean there child is here and they are here for a visit, so you can see they support you. I do know that when family comes to visit, i think they earn a new respect for us... Our group is a silly one! If you can survive us, you can survive any group of people.)
(it has been almost a year since we all went out and had a ladies night. I can tell you though that this is so true. Here in Fort Riley, Manhattan Kansas is about 15 minutes away. Manhattan is also a college town that happens to have a few blocks dedicated to nothing but bars for the entertainment of the college kids. Those days were so fun and I hope that we get a few more before people start PCSing after deployment. I know those were some of the first few times that I had that much fun in a long time. Wouldn't trade it for the world. The other fun part is that for some reason college kids make it easy to have a good time. You can start the night out thinking your in a normal spot, and then someone dressed in a vikings costume, totally waisted appears. They provide all the entertainment and you can sit in the same seat, and laugh and laugh and laugh.)
(this has yet to happen, and I think I speak for everyone when I say that its not going to. I think we are all better behaved then that, and aside from that without the guys here and having kids, It would be a little irresponsible to let it go that far. I DO know that if this was "back in the younger days" we would all be screaming "Hold my beer and watch this shit!" Then laughing about how dumb whatever we just did was. But this is not the case, and I know my husband would break my fingers if I attempted. But it's funny to talk about the scenarios LOL.)
(This is beyond true. You see when we get together its generally a big event. There tends to be anywhere from 3-8 families at your house at one time. When that happens you can imagine its hard to cook and accompany that many people. Someone always brings something, and no one complains about sharing stuff. So there is always something that you find and you have no idea where it came from. )
(As was mentioned to me earlier when a friend of mine was reading this to me, there is no way she is going on a road march... But she is always there to listen. This is true for all of us. It never has mattered what time of night it is, or what we are in the middle of, when we see a call from a friend we all drop it all. We are always there to listen no matter what we have going on or how many things we are trying to get done. It's like an unspoken rule. We are all just there. We may not all do road marches, but we all do coffee, hotchoclate, breakfast, dinner, or a glass of wine.)
(This is the truest statement. I can tell you a few quotes or funny stories about each and every one of the girls that I am close to here. No one around us would know what we were talking about, but we do. We share the most embarrassing stories with each other. By most embarrassing, I mean the MOST. I don't think there is anything that we don't know about each other. We do it because we know that we can trust eachother, and because most of those stories are so embarrassing that they always make us all laugh.)
(After about 2.5 years in the Military life, I really thought this was a joke. Just something they say to get a giggle. However I have learned that for some this is SO TRUE. When you think about it, what else would you do when your freezing in a tent. It's not like your camping. You cant just go into the car and get warm, or decide it's too cold to camp and go home. Your there and you can't leave. Body heat is the best heat so I can't say that I blame them. It is survival skills and I would probably do the same thing!)
(I don't think that anyone knocks on my door, but that is all ok with me. I answer the door for guests. None of them are guests anymore, they are WAY WAY WAY past that point!)
(the most amazing feeling is to know that if I have a bad day there is someone there who is going to bring me some chocolate, someone who will bring me a bottle of wine, someone who will make me dinner, someone to help with the kids, and someone to make you laugh. It's fail proof and it makes me feel that much more fortunate each and every time.)
(this is the same as the items. We all had a rummage sale awhile ago, and within minutes, no one cared about the money, we were having a blast. Even if we were buying each others things LMAO, We don't worry about the small details.)
(We all just cross our fingers that this one never has to happen to prove it! It is a fact however, that I am close enough to these girls, to want to do anything to take any pain away. there are some of us that don't get to talk to our husbands as much as the others. There are so many times that we have had something bad happen or just a crappy stressful day with kids. With all of that there is not one of us that doesn't try and step in and make the day a little brighter or have encouraging words. We all know that our husbands would do it if they were here instead. Bascially we are all helping the men out at the same time. I really think this takes a little more stress off them when they are gone to know that there is always someone there for you no matter what.)
In all reality these girls are the best. This is not to say that I don't have civilian friends that would do anything for me, but sometimes thats hard. Here, we are all in the same situation, or have been at one time. We know deep down that without our friends, we don't have anything when we end up facing deployment. Friendship has become the most valuable thing to me aside from the communication I get from my husband, because that is surley a given! I was so scared to come here and worried about the girls that I would meet, or the fact that I wouldn't have friends. This has been the best group of friends and I cant say that I would trade this life and I am so damn glad I came. NOTHING will top this group there is just no way.
On a more personal note though, I was able to talk to dave on the webcam yesterday. I love seeing his face. I like the phone calls and the instant messaging too, but aside from seeing him in person thats the next best thing. I know that he would tell me if he was not ok, but just seeing his face is the most amazing feeling. Im so thankful of what i can have. You take for granted all the little things in life sometimes, but this has tought me to appreciate the smaller things, and don't sweat the small things. Dallas also had a treasure hunt at his school today, where the parents come in about a half hour before the end of the day and they get to take you around the room. They give you a paper and you and your child get to go around and show and tell you about all his stations in this class. He gets to show you what he does in all of them. When you find a station you get a sticker, and when you fill all the stations, the kids get to go to the class treasure chest and get a prize. We got one, he did so great and I was so proud I know that daddy would too. I would have loved to tape it for dave, but there was so many kids and parents all over the place, that would have been a giant task. Dave will be home before he is done with school so hopefully they will get to share of these things as well. Every Friday in his class, they have something called show and share. So they have to bring in something to the school that they can show and share with the kids. Each week there is a theme to what they need to bring. Tomorrow is bring something that reminds you of your family. Dallas mentioned that he wants to bring his daddy doll to class. I am sure that he is not the only lid either. But I am so happy thats what he choose. I told dave about it and he was so happy too. He said that if he had to bring something into work that was important to him, he would bring in the train that dallas sent to him.
I don't know if I ever told this on here, but when dave first left, Dallas sent him a little pocket sized Thomas the train that Dave could carry around with him, and Colton sent daddy his nook when he got him off of it. So he has something from each of them to take with him in his pocket whenever he has to go out. I know that they are special to him and I am glad that they all share that connection, because any connection is not easy to maintain while across an ocean.
I think that is all for the day, and I hope to write more soon. Have a great night... TIme for bed !!!! NIGHT
Monday, September 19, 2011
This and that
I don't have a specific purpose to this blog, but i planned to write anyways. I guess I feel like my head is full, and it all really needs somewhere to go. Lets start with the weather. I don't know what it is doing actually. It's the most indecisive thing there is right now. It doesn't know what it wants to do. Now don't forget i spent 22 years in Minnesota. Northern Minnesota at that. It goes from hot to freezing there in hours. You can be out in your swimsuit and then all of a sudden its snowing. That is the sad truth. I really thought that getting out of there, I would be able to experience the slow progress that most are used to when the weather cools or heats up. WOW I was wrong. Mother nature is clearly Bi-polar this year with Kansas. Went from 105-90's to 55! Really. Now I know I was complaining that it was too hot before. 55 Was a little lower than I was hoping for. What happened to the 80, 70, 60. Well finally after a week of the cold it was back up to 79 again today. I still wish it would make up it's mind before I end up getting sick because of the constant changes.
On a more personal level, Dallas is doing so much better with his school. It is so hectic when we first get in there. They need to put their bags away, wash their hands, find there name on the table, sign in, and sit on the color rug. Reminder that this all has to be done while 40 parents sign them into one sheet and try to get through the room to help the child with their names. On top of that we all know I have Colton with. I'm usually out of there in 15 minutes, but its a chore thats for sure. So, I have to help him with his name. When he started this one month ago, he couldn't write his name AT ALL. I work with him everyone (which is just a few minutes at a time in class) with his name, and he is doing great. I just make the little dots for him to follow and today, he pretty much did it all by himself!!! I was so happy. Well worth the money we put into it already. He does listen better there in that setting then he does when I am one on one with him at home. There is so much more for him to want to do here at home lol. So that part of life is going well.
You all probably know that was colton was sick a little while ago. I don't know if the fluid has drained in his ears yet, but I know they are no longer red, he doesn't complain about them anymore. I know that I need to get his ears checked, but before you all jump down my throat, they told me to wait 3-4 weeks at the least to see. So that is what I am doing since last time i went in earlier and i kind of screwed myself. So I am going to call this week and get that out of the way.
I have also told myself more than one time, that I was going to go in and see what they can do about my smoking. I mean well they can't do anything, but there was a time that I was taking meds and had to stop taking them. So they were working. I am scared now though. SO many of those things have side effects that include things like nightmares. Id really hate to have those and be alone with the kids. Hopefully they can get me something that doesn't do that if it even exists. My point with mentioning this is that there is just not enough time in the day.
Aside from that though there is nothing to much that has gone on. Been hanging with the girls more often the usual I guess. Which is a good thing. They ALWAYS make me smile no matter what kind of mood. Very Thankful for all that I have. Even at 8 am when a friend who is back home for awhile calls me and yells good morning at me. (We all know I don't like mornings!) But I love her anyways. There is a friend who i might adopt as a second mommy to my kids since we always have our kids together anyways. I don't know even really how to say it all. Its just weird how so many people from so many parts of the us, in one place, can get a long SO WELL. I do know how though, we are all in the same situation and without eachother we have nothing.
I have a 6.5 hour day in class tomorrow. I only have to do 2 of those every so often. Its never that bad, I always come out of there feeling like i really got a lot done, and sometimes a little smarter. It's not that great when your kids are in, you made plans for tomorrow and you then realize you won't be doing anything except sitting in class staring at the computer. That was a major bummer. Ill get through though. This is not just for me, this is for my husband and my kids. My husband has done such a wonderful job taking care of us for the last 5 years, I want to be able to get a GOOD job and help a little. Plus with Dallas going to school, and colton can go to Pre school next year, it's about time. At the same time I know this is the last time in my life that I will probably be a stay at home mom and so I am trying to enjoy that as well. As time gets closer to Dave coming home I get more and more excited and nervous. I never thought that I would be nervous to have my husband home, but I actually am. Just hoping for smooth sailing I guess.
There are so many downsides to having your husband gone. I miss out on so much more that a couple that is not in the military. BUT check this out, there is something that I can do, that they can't.... I get to fall in love with the same man more than one time :) Pretty excited to do it all over again.....
Anyways this was a ton of babble and now its time to munch on a caramel apple and head to the bath... MAMA needs one...
NIGHT!!!!
On a more personal level, Dallas is doing so much better with his school. It is so hectic when we first get in there. They need to put their bags away, wash their hands, find there name on the table, sign in, and sit on the color rug. Reminder that this all has to be done while 40 parents sign them into one sheet and try to get through the room to help the child with their names. On top of that we all know I have Colton with. I'm usually out of there in 15 minutes, but its a chore thats for sure. So, I have to help him with his name. When he started this one month ago, he couldn't write his name AT ALL. I work with him everyone (which is just a few minutes at a time in class) with his name, and he is doing great. I just make the little dots for him to follow and today, he pretty much did it all by himself!!! I was so happy. Well worth the money we put into it already. He does listen better there in that setting then he does when I am one on one with him at home. There is so much more for him to want to do here at home lol. So that part of life is going well.
You all probably know that was colton was sick a little while ago. I don't know if the fluid has drained in his ears yet, but I know they are no longer red, he doesn't complain about them anymore. I know that I need to get his ears checked, but before you all jump down my throat, they told me to wait 3-4 weeks at the least to see. So that is what I am doing since last time i went in earlier and i kind of screwed myself. So I am going to call this week and get that out of the way.
I have also told myself more than one time, that I was going to go in and see what they can do about my smoking. I mean well they can't do anything, but there was a time that I was taking meds and had to stop taking them. So they were working. I am scared now though. SO many of those things have side effects that include things like nightmares. Id really hate to have those and be alone with the kids. Hopefully they can get me something that doesn't do that if it even exists. My point with mentioning this is that there is just not enough time in the day.
Aside from that though there is nothing to much that has gone on. Been hanging with the girls more often the usual I guess. Which is a good thing. They ALWAYS make me smile no matter what kind of mood. Very Thankful for all that I have. Even at 8 am when a friend who is back home for awhile calls me and yells good morning at me. (We all know I don't like mornings!) But I love her anyways. There is a friend who i might adopt as a second mommy to my kids since we always have our kids together anyways. I don't know even really how to say it all. Its just weird how so many people from so many parts of the us, in one place, can get a long SO WELL. I do know how though, we are all in the same situation and without eachother we have nothing.
I have a 6.5 hour day in class tomorrow. I only have to do 2 of those every so often. Its never that bad, I always come out of there feeling like i really got a lot done, and sometimes a little smarter. It's not that great when your kids are in, you made plans for tomorrow and you then realize you won't be doing anything except sitting in class staring at the computer. That was a major bummer. Ill get through though. This is not just for me, this is for my husband and my kids. My husband has done such a wonderful job taking care of us for the last 5 years, I want to be able to get a GOOD job and help a little. Plus with Dallas going to school, and colton can go to Pre school next year, it's about time. At the same time I know this is the last time in my life that I will probably be a stay at home mom and so I am trying to enjoy that as well. As time gets closer to Dave coming home I get more and more excited and nervous. I never thought that I would be nervous to have my husband home, but I actually am. Just hoping for smooth sailing I guess.
There are so many downsides to having your husband gone. I miss out on so much more that a couple that is not in the military. BUT check this out, there is something that I can do, that they can't.... I get to fall in love with the same man more than one time :) Pretty excited to do it all over again.....
Anyways this was a ton of babble and now its time to munch on a caramel apple and head to the bath... MAMA needs one...
NIGHT!!!!
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