Thread: Just Another Day in Paradise

Its been 11 days since my last entry, our monitor bit the dust last friday and it has taken us a week to replace it, so I have been going through mega withdrawls, this journal has really helped me out and I missed writing in it.

Okay on to better things. We are moving!! We got the trailer and will be moving in two weeks. It is a nice two bedroom out in the country and not too far from my grandparents. We will have a huge lawn and some storage, and the best part is that there are laundry hookups, so that means, no laundramat!!! We have to find a used washer and dryer and a refrigerator, there is one in in the trailer but its small, and I want a bigger one. I am excited about moving and scared all at the same time, I am gonna miss mil and fil, but I think that they will be moving up that way soon anyways.

I am also going back to work, not thrilled about it, but it is what we have to do. I am going to be getting my old job back I believe, and now I just have to worry about a sitter and such for Alex.

Steve is going to college, and I am really happy for him, he has wanted this for so long and I don't have a problem with him going. It is for our future. Alex shouldn't have to be at a sitter very much, which is good, the way our schedules will be so that will be a big help.

I have so much racing through my mind, but I get to have my own place at last, and this will be our first official place together as a family too. So much to do, I report back to work on August 12.

Here it is the first of August and we will be moving in 8 days!!!! Dh has is last appointment with the neurosurgeon on the 8th and we leave that day after his appointment to move into our own place. I am supposed to start work onthe 12th, but I don't think its gonna give me enough time to get everything together that we still have to do, so I think that I may change it to the 19th, it really shouldn't be too much of a big deal, they need me badly so one more week won't make a difference.

Alex is developing quite the temper. He has started banging his head on anything and everything that he can touch with his head. He is going to go through quite a shock when his Nanny isn't around everyday like she is now. Alex is going to be spending the first few weeks with his daddy all day, until he goes back to college. We will than have to find a sitter, it may be my sis, but we will see.

Steve is getting ansy now that the move is so close and so am I, I am excited that we will finally be in our own home. I look forward to sitting in my living room at night and watching tv on my furniture. We have been hanging out in Steve's old bedroom since we moved here and its kind of getting cramped and cluttered. I go to bed every night thinking of what its gonna be like to be in our own home. I get to cook meals in our kitchen, although I don't know how many meals that will be, I have no idea what kind of schedule I am gonna have. I am sort of looking forward to going back to work, it will mean some sort of a schedule for me now, and maybe it will help me with my weight loss. I have decided that I don't want to be skinny minnie, I want to be me and I was never skinny except for a few short years. I know that I need to lose some weight, but its not gonna be as much as I orginally planned on. I need to be happy and I know what its gonna take now, I have half of it and will have the other half soon.

Gosh so many things and not enough time. Steve called about having the power turned on next week and now the trailer has to go through an inspection because the landlord hasn't had it rented out in a year. I am NOT gonna pay for that, as it is we have to go and get a propane tank and a mail box before we can move and change our address. We have to get a credit check before they will deliver the tank so we will know if we qualify for auto delivery or not. What a pain, from the looks of things its gonna put me off going to work another week, no biggie, I don't care, lol.

We went looking for some things that we need to pick up for our move. I also get to do some clothes shopping for going back to work, yippee!!! I also have to stop by the craft store too, we won't have one close by when we move so I need to stock up on a few things.

Kind of a quiet day today, not much going on, just looking forward to moving and unpacking all my stuff that has been in storage for almost 2 years!

Well I called work on Friday and told them that it would be at least another week till I could get in there for some retraining. Of course, I get asked the same old question, any hours, well no, acutally I can't work Mondays at all dh is in college all day and I prefer to work nights(sick ain't I?), to my surprise she says even better, they have a hard time with the night shifts and I prefer them myself, so if it all works out than we won't have to have a sitter except for the occasional time. YIPPPPEEEE!!!! We got a bit of shopping done, I got some new clothes and sneakers, I feel like I am starting school again. We have picked up a few more things for the house and trying to round up a used washer and dryer and a fridge. My ggil has a couple of bags of curtains and some rods for us so I shouldn't need any of those. Dh has to reservet the moving truck on Monday, Tuesday we start packing and Wednesday we pick up the truck and start to load it up, Thursday, we move! We will probably be up there two days and come back on Saturday to pick up Alex. We may have to stay with my dad for a couple of days because of the electric issue, but at least we will be

As I was sitting here writing this, I finally heard from the girl that I babysat for. She misscarried her baby, she said she did it on purpose because her boyfriend was put in jail. He was put in jail for child molestation, part of it was for her and the other was for someone else. I have such a lump in my stomach, I knew that this 25 yo man was up to no good with a 15 year old. I just don't know what to think right now.

Well the packing has started and is almost done. We pick up the truck and pack it tomorrow. It is also dh's 21st birthday tomorrow, Happy Birthday sweetie! Today was a fun day of running mil back an fourth to the drs' Alex scratched her eye the night before and it was really hurting her badly. I took her this morning and her dr coudln't do anything for her,so it was late afternoon before anything could be done. I stayed home and dh took her to the drs. I got a lot of pakcing done, and had most of it done a long time ago. I have to finish packing up the bedroom and we have to pick up our washer and dryer tomorrow with the truck. I am getting excited and nervous, we are taking a huge step and I look forward to our new beginning.

Well the packing has started and is almost done. We pick up the truck and pack it tomorrow. It is also dh's 21st birthday tomorrow, Happy Birthday sweetie! Today was a fun day of running mil back an fourth to the drs' Alex scratched her eye the night before and it was really hurting her badly. I took her this morning and her dr coudln't do anything for her,so it was late afternoon before anything could be done. I stayed home and dh took her to the drs. I got a lot of pakcing done, and had most of it done a long time ago. I have to finish packing up the bedroom and we have to pick up our washer and dryer tomorrow with the truck. I am getting excited and nervous, we are taking a huge step and I look forward to our new beginning.

Well our furniture is home, too bad we aren't. The electric was the least of our worries. The power was turned on along with the propane delivery on Monday. This is where it gets fun, we stayed Monday night at dads and we where gonna finall move in Tuesday, well that didn't work out. Tuesday morning we go over and find out that the toilet is broken, the water leaked all over the floor the night before and ruined the new carpet in the bathroom, the kitchen sink wouldn't drain at all and the washer and dryer where not working either. The landlord had to find a plumber which was easier said than done, he found one that would come out that night, but than the plumber changed his mind when he found out it was trailer. This was all after my 3 year old AWIA stereo melted, a crate broke and my tubby pic fell into the potty. We found a plumber to come out today to install the new toilet, fix the dryer problem and the sink. The sink had four clogs that where in the middle of the trailer and in the process of plunging out the sink the wetted down my whole kitchen with sewage,ewwwwwwwwwwwwww. So the sink is fixed, I just have to clean up my kitchen all over again. Onto the dryer, the cord was unhooked in the wall, all fixed. The toilet is installed but no water, why? The new hotwater heater that was installed last year is no good and the LL doesn't have the warranty papers from it because the tenant didnt give them to him after he installed it. Okay so the LL goes and gets a new HWH, it gets installed and guess what? The water pump is burnt out now! So now we have to wait another day to have a different plumber come out to fix it and hopefull tomorrow my house will be complete, the phone is being turned on...maybe, the LL cut all the phone lines and I didn't know it when I made the phone call to set up service. My Direct TV is also supposed to be setup and than I can h ave my internet access turned back on. Mil called tonight, they have taken our moving out really hard. They have decided to move up here to be closer to us. Mil isn't cleaning, which is odd for her and fil isn't feeding the fish anymore, and these where things that they did all the time with Alex. Steve told them tonight we where gonna move back in and she said fine. Took steve to college, that was a waste of time, they basically told him that they won't be offering his choice of study anymore and the conselor just yanked him around. I have had such a tiring day and work starts in just a few more days, ugh.

We are finally in our house. The LL is great, after all our troubles for the past week he told STeve that we wouldn't have to pay rent this month, just start on the first of September, so we won't have to pay rent till the 1st of March. In other news, I am gonna be an aunt again, my little sis is gonna have another one on the way, she is due in April sometime. She will be going to the dr's next week sometime. I am so excited for her.

We also have a new addition to our family. Salem, the cat. We adopted him from the Humane Society and he is a pure black domestic short hair with gorgeous green eyes. He and Alex are getting along great, and since there have been some major thunderstorms lately I think the cat has been handeling them quite well too. I have one more free day before work starts up for me, I am so not looking forward to this and I will be looking into other options. I don't want to work, but maybe I will change my mind by the time I have to go back and when I finally get there, maybe it will be better. I think it may be good for me and I need some "me" time even if it is only at work with a million other people,lol. Not much else going on, we are all moved in and I am trying to decide if I really like my living room or if I want to rearrange it again. I have some paintint to do, have no idea when that will happen, but I know that I want to do it. Not much more to report, have to get a veggie platter ready for the birthday party tomorrow.

Here I sit all bruised and sore, I started work on Monday and boy not working for almost two years really puts a hurtin on your body. It seems so weird right now, I am a cashier again, not a customer service manager, and all the cashiers and new CSM's think its funny and weird that they are coming to me know instead of the other way around, in a way its nice,less stress and I am only out about 13 cents of my old pay, not too bad I think.

We are getting our brand new stove delivered on Saturday, this LL is a great LL he has done nothing but good for us. The driveway was leveled out Sunday morning so that we can use it as circular driveway, didn't think it would happen, because Steve asked about it but than he went and did it!

Steve hates being home alone with Alex. They are getting some much needed time together which is great! Mil and fil are coming for a visit next weekend, I can't wait to seem them I know mil misses Alex like crazy and she has been calling us almost everyday.

I think I have adjusted to going back to work better than I thought I would, I am getting some sort of schedule to my days now even though they are wacky. Only five more days till I have a day off!!

Here I sit all bruised and sore, I started work on Monday and boy not working for almost two years really puts a hurtin on your body. It seems so weird right now, I am a cashier again, not a customer service manager, and all the cashiers and new CSM's think its funny and weird that they are coming to me know instead of the other way around, in a way its nice,less stress and I am only out about 13 cents of my old pay, not too bad I think.

We are getting our brand new stove delivered on Saturday, this LL is a great LL he has done nothing but good for us. The driveway was leveled out Sunday morning so that we can use it as circular driveway, didn't think it would happen, because Steve asked about it but than he went and did it!

Steve hates being home alone with Alex. They are getting some much needed time together which is great! Mil and fil are coming for a visit next weekend, I can't wait to seem them I know mil misses Alex like crazy and she has been calling us almost everyday.

I think I have adjusted to going back to work better than I thought I would, I am getting some sort of schedule to my days now even though they are wacky. Only five more days till I have a day off!!