Last night I was informed that I have two weeks to prepare for an ice fishing trip with Gazelle and his friends. What I cannot remember is, when did I agree to take part in this excursion? Because quite honestly, I am pretty positive I never did. Something about chubby girls on a frozen lake just doesn’t settle right in my bones. I am already envisioning myself falling through the ice and Gazelle panicking because “OH MY GOD! ARE YOU OKAY? I TOTALLY DID NOT SEE THAT COMING!” Yeah, sure you didn’t buddy.
Either way, I was asked to go sit on the sidelines in a lawn chair and look pretty, while reading a book and marvel at the size of the fish he may or may not snag. Oh, Gazelle. You know I love you, but something tells me that you are losing your mind.
Ethan and Addison went to stay with their father this evening and now the house is too quiet. Despite Addison’s horrible mood swings, I am missing them like crazy and it has been just shy of two hours.
I should be doing something productive during their time away and yet, here I am. Holed up in front of the computer, trying desperately to catch up on emails and work that needs to be done on Pj Mommy. In all fairness to myself though, the house is clean, laundry is caught up and I managed to finally balance my checkbook, after neglecting it for almost two weeks. I have a list of things to do around the house still, but am lacking the motivation to get anything done. They are not necessities, but would be much easier to do while the kids are not here is what I guess I am trying to say. But for the moment, I am going to try to enjoy the peace and quiet, to get caught up on things I have been neglecting online and then move onto the little things around the house.
Monday will be the beginning of a long week for me, as I’ve vowed to drag my butt out of the house and look for a job. I am desperately trying to find a new, full-time job. My current employer is currently upset with me, having been taken off from work for two weeks due to my knee and honestly, after being treated the way I was over the phone, I am not sure I really want to go back. It’s not as though I deliberately injured my knee to get out of work. If I had my way, I would still be working and trying to apply for a full-time run on the 11-7 shift so that I can finally get every aspect of my life back on track. I may not necessarily love every person that I work with, but I do love my job and the residents. And it’s not as though I don’t understand their frustrations because I do, but I already feel bad enough about all of this and would change things if I could.
Speaking of my knee, the doctor finally found the cause to my pain and swelling. I have torn the meniscus in my knee and am currently undergoing nonsurgical treatment. After these two weeks are over, I will go in for an MRI of my knee if the pain and swelling persists to see just how much damage has been done. I may or may not need surgery, which hey, let’s be honest. I am praying that I will be able to avoid surgery if at all possible.
Here’s to hoping the day/evening passes quickly so that I can snuggle up with the kids soon!
You know those moments in life when you take a step back and realize that something has to change? I am at that point in my life. I spent several years in college, just to realize I no longer want to do what I was going to school for. Debt was accumulated and I am now miserable, trying desperately to figure out the quickest way to pay it all back.
And the way this week has been going, I feel as though I am completely losing my bearings. Stressed to the max. It’s so hard to explain everything that is going on right now in my personal life, so I figured that beginning with the financial aspects would be best. Therefore, I am inviting everyone to follow along on my goal to becoming mostly debt free in 2012. It’s going to be a long road to travel, but one I am excited about tackling head on! Life is too short to continue worrying about money.
Thanks for the guest post by Donn Schroeder
Moving to a really remote location with my husband due to his service in the military was tough. Being a “military wife” is hard enough as it is, and having to leave all of our family and friends behind to move with him was even tougher. He was deployed almost as soon as we relocated, unfortunately, so we’ve been forced to remain in touchwith not only our friends and family but each other through email. Lots and lots of email, to be specific. I send him an email every morning to say hello and one again every night to recap my day with the kids. We’re so lucky that he’s able to respond to email fairly frequently; I’d go crazy without being able to communicate that way. We did hit a bit of a snag trying to get internet service hooked up, since none of the major internet service providers actually provide service in our location. Fortunately, one of the other “military wives” was familiar with a company that provided internet even in our little tiny town. We checked out Satellite Internet, got set up, and are now able to email to our heart’s contents. It’s not the same as having him here, but it’s the next best thing.
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