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| The end is near!!!
Of this damn deployment that is, finally. It is very promising to know that in the near future I will be able to grocery shop in peace and maybe, just maybe, I can get out of the house to do something FUN! I actually planned a girl's trip to Vegas with Sarah from April 25-28 and I am out of my mind excited. We are going to see the Goo Goo Dolls and Sugar Ray on Saturday the 26th which will be like 1999 all over again. Well maybe without the bad clothes and mom chaperoning (I was in 9th grade, I needed someone to get me there!).
So nothing much has happened lately, I had to put my doggie to sleep on the 9th totally out of the blue. She was only 3 years old and all of the sudden started acting sick. To make a long sad story short, I ended up having to take her to the emergency vet where they found her spleen was enlarged and her blood cell counts were extremely low. When they told me that she would need a blood transfusion and that might not even get her through the night I had to stop. I can't put a price tag on any of my pet's lives but I knew that she was in pain and there was no guarantee that she would ever be the same rambunctious little leg humping dog that we had all grown to think of as another family member. So $550 later, my poor Maggie was no longer with us. That was NOT a good week.
After all of that madness I totally stopped my exercise routine (Maggie used to sit right next to me when I used the treadmill at night) which was okay for the first week. I wasn't really eating because I was depressed so I got down to the lowest weight I have been in about 9 years but as soon as I started eating again it came right back. Last night I got back into my routine and my Vegas trip is a sure motivator for me to lose a couple more pounds and tone up, after all I believe that it will be warm enough to sit by the pool. I SO deserve this trip.... less than a month to go!!!
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| It has only snowed one other time this winter and it was the day that I had arranged a sitter and was supposed to go out and see a movie for the first time in eons. Of course today, being Natalie's first birthday and seeing that I HAD plans, it snows. It still is snowing actually. I can't stand the snow and cold weather anyways but it is killing me that this is happening. I guess I should just shut my whiny ass mouth and enjoy it as much as I can. Maybe I will make some sorry ass Papa John's delivery guy trek out here later on to deliver me some greasy ass comfort food. His misery might make me feel better... and the cake I made will make me feel a bit better too I think, even if it isn't chocolate.
So to be completely random, the other day I was at BJ's and wanted to pick up some Infant's Tylenol for Natalie. I found some and looked on the box to see that it was not recommended for infants under the age of 2. Uh, okay... so I am guessing that there are infants over the age of 2 now? Aren't infants usually less than a year old? WTF? And I was looking at the right box. Actually, to make sure I wasn't completely insane, I picked up a box of Children's Tylenol and saw the same guidelines. Child, infant, it's all the same I suppose.
In other news, I leave for Texas in a week and will be out there SANS KIDS for 3 glorious days. I am so effing excited, I had no idea that my brother's graduation from boot camp would merit me a vacation! If anyone knows anything that I have to do or see in the short time that I am in San Antonio, drop me a line! I don't know where to start honestly.
Of course I have to end with pics from Xmas Eve, Xmas Day and a few days before:
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| Christmas thoughts and a random rant
I really can't believe how quickly Christmas is coming up this year. Probably because I am not finished buying gifts yet. I only have some gift cards to buy, but I am not looking forward to going out and getting them.
Christmas is always something that I have a love/hate relationship with (along with many other things). First of all, I do love getting gifts. Whether it sounds selfish or not, they are few and far between once you are in your twenties and married with kids, so I will gladly take what I can get.
I also love giving really cool gifts and seeing the reaction. This year should really be fun because Alexis gives a big dramatic reaction to everything.
I HATE the temptation. From the holiday drinks and cookies, cakes, homemade appetizers, main courses, any of it really. The days are few and far between when I have self control. Lately I have been on the cycle of overeating and gaining 2-3 pound in a few days and then really being strict for a couple more days so that I lose it again. I really don't know why I do that to myself, I feel so much better when I cut out the sweets completely.
There is also the temptation in buying myself sympathy gifts because they are things that I know nobody will end up buying me. SJP's perfume Covet? Or how about a Burberry scarf? Maybe even Nina Ricci's Nina perfume? Or maybe a Dooney and Bourke purse? I haven't done any sympathy buying for myself this year and I am pretty damn proud of that. After all, WTF would I do with any of the above stuff seeing that I never get out of the house? Dinner and a movie used to be so fun...
Hopefully my parents are coming up tonight so that we can take the kids to see the lights in Carlisle. I know that we could go after Xmas but it isn't really the same. Plus I made a shit load of cookies and they need to get them out of my possession.
Random Rant:
WHY are we all making a big damn deal over Jamie Lynn Spears being pregnant? Plenty of 16 year olds are getting knocked up everyday, at least that chick has some cash. I really love when I see the polls that ask if you think she and the baby's daddy should get married. Uhm what exactly would that be helping? The rising divorce rate? if 16 is "too young" to have a baby then isn't it too young to get married?
I think that is all for me today. Wish me luck, I put an offer in on another house today. We most likely wont hear anything until after Christmas which is rather lame since I am impatient but tough titties.
Merry Christmas if i don't post again before all of that.
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| My Life is Effed Up
It is frustrating that most times I write that I excited for something, something else fucks it up.
I had fun fun plans for Wednesday and what does it do? Freaking snow. The weather report had said that we would get about inches max and it was going to start late so I thought it would be no big deal. Wednesday morning I woke up to see big ass flakes falling. It turns out we got about 6 inches so plans were canceled.
Thursday I also had plans and I woke up that morning feeling like I was going to die. I guess it was about time, I haven't been sick in a while.
I am coming to the conclusion that I am completely focused on things falling apart, but that is all that they seem to do anyway. My kids are driving me fucking crazy... I swear people are not supposed to be together 24/7 EVER. I don't care how old you are or what relationship you have, it is not meant to be. As much as I love my daughters I really just need a break from them.
The fact that when I try to vent to my husband and he just ignores me and whines about his life really pisses me off. HE SIGNED UP FOR THIS! He told ME that there was pretty much no chance that he was going to get deployed and that he was going to be done with the military in May of 2007. WTF. And I really appreciate that he doesn't give a rats ass that I am stuck here taking care of his kids without even a break to get a damned hair cut every 2 months or so.
I am sick of the bullshit and I am beginning to think that this will be the end of everything.
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