Keep a prayer open

Hello!! It has been awhile and I promise I will update you on the move later. But for now, I have a more pressing matter. Martini's mom had a bad fall and broke her arm. Her mom had a bad reaction to the meds and ended up in the ICU at a hospital in CowTown. Please do me a favor and say a prayer for her. This woman is responsible for E and I being together and has been like a second mom to E all through high school. Martini is holding up well but I am concerned for her and her family. Thanks!!

Anyone for Chocolate Martini's???

Last night, we spent a lovely night over at Flexigirl's house with her and her family. As the children ran wild and the husbands talked we shared our night over Chocolate Martini's. We had first heard about them when we were in a step aerobics class together and our instructor had mentioned about having them for Valentine's Day. Since then the search was on to find the recipe. Flexigirl finally found it and had her husband, CoachMan make them for us. We just sat around sipping the martini's and talking. I will miss time that I have had just talking with her. I am blessed to have her in my life.

We have already discussed purchasing headsets for our phones so we can scrapbook on Football Widow Nights over the phone. Have to have the hands free to work on our stuff. Anyone have any suggestions?

I will be away from the computer for another few days with the move. I will be back soon with I am sure many fun stories. Take care!

The ice has thawed and the move is on

Well, the heat has melted the ice and I am back to being me. Came back Friday and continued with the packing monstrosity. My Interview GOD came over to help load the trailer and take us for a spin in his super snazzy sportscar. NICE!! Got too overwhelmed with the rest of the packing so we all went to dinner at a super yummy Chinese buffet. We have not been out to eat like that for a while. If it does not have arches or a crown over something, we have not been there for food. B was okay in the restaurant but could have been better. I was counting my blessings as he could have been rowdier like some other children around us. Stopped at Meijers to pick up a few things and back home with us for bedtime for a little B and nighty night snuggles for E and myself ;)

Saturday consisted of more packing and loading out into the yard and truck. BossMan and Mr. J came over to help pack some more and load in a lot. They busted their humps and earned their keep with some Great Steak Escape and cold beer. Best way to keep the men happy!!! They each took off around 3 PM and we took a half hour break. We felt like official white trash with all of our stuff all over the yard. We even had a pregnant teen come down to inspect our baby stuff to buy. YIKES!!! More neighbors and their kids came down to load more stuff in. It moved and there was very little to pack up the next morning. Invited quite a number of people to come over for a Farewell Potluck Dinner. Only about 10 showed up which was nice. We were worn out but enjoyed the company. Especially from my sweetheart, Miss Teen Dublin. She is wonderful at massages and we were treated to a back and foot massage. Pure heaven. She is now wanting to take a trip to Texas and possibly go to University of Texas. YEAH!! She is such an amazing young woman!!!

Sunday we were backed to scanning the rooms and finsihing up loading in the van. I was a little sick in the morning but that went away after a few hours. Since my father is unable to travel further than 30 minutes from the house we decided to take a trip to Bedford to see them. Before we went we made a quick stop at Once Upon A Child to buy our niece her school wardrobe. Nine outfits and $70 later we were on the road north. Mom called to see if we didn't mind our cousins stopping by. As long as it was not stressful we were good. My brother was there are we lucked out as he had our niece in tow. His soon to be ex-wife actually came off of her broomstick to allow us the opportunity to see our niece before we left. BONUS!! The kids had a blast playing together and it was a good visit all around. Uncle K got B the cutest Superman pajamas complete with a red cape. They were on about 30 seconds after he brought them out. It was hard to say goodbye to the parents but knowing that I am coming back next month made it a little easier. Not much, but a little bit.

All in all, not bad for a chaotic weekend.

Great day, night sucked!!

Yesterday was a pretty strong day for good things. BossMan has asked me to come back for one week to cover the office. He will fly me into Cleveland to see my family then I will drive down and stay with Flexigirl for the week. Scrapbooking galore will be going on. YEAH!!! He even cleared it with the new BossLady. Then he bought me lunch at O'Charley's so I could have my yummy Pecan Chicken Tender Salad. That was wonderful. And the day flew by. Finished work and returned to packing. Had a visit from BossMan's daughter to pick up scrapbookign stuff that I was giving her. That was a pleasurable visit. Then it was off to the airport to pick up E.

B and I waited for a half an hour at the airport for the flight to come in. It was precious to see B screaming "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy!!" and run to him to be hugged and kissed but for me it was gut wrenching. It had finally hit me at that time that it was really going to happen. And I shut down. I allowed E to kiss me but it felt all wrong. We got back to the house and gave B a letter that the new house wrote to him. B was all excited about it. Then E put him down to bed trying to learn his nighttime routine. After that E wanted to cuddle into me. Something inside me will not let him near me. It may be some resentment but I am not fully sure. I felt my entire body turn to ice and it was extremely uncomfortable.

This morning was not all that much better. My escape from reality is a sleep coping mechanism. Kind of hard to do when you have to get up from work. Just still feel like a block of ice and have a horrible headache. Here is hoping that it will go away through out the day!

13 more hours and my honey is with us to stay!!!

I am busting at the seams today!! My E will be home at 10:38 PM!! It has been six weeks since I last saw him and it will be great to have him back with me again.

The down side of it is that the move will officially happen. I knew that it will but it is hard to say goodbye! We have many dinners and parties planned for the next few days. It will be a whirlwind of activity that I am not looking forward to. I know that E's co-workers in Texas are excited to have us down there but it will not be the same. A whole lot of adjusting will be going on....

Have been trying to pack successfully the past few days but it has been difficult. I swear that I am ADD and cannot focus on one task for too long. Between keeping tabs on B to make sure that he is not causing trouble OR unpacking everything that I have packed, the reality shows keep my away from the necessary packing to be done. I am addicted to reality TV!! Last night was Brat Camp. Bravo to ABC for taking the show on and bravo to the counselors who take so much upon themselves to help teens that are on a very destructive path. I give them two thumbs up!!

And one last correction. TLF would rather be referred to as Flexigirl!! It is my nickname for her as she is extremely flexible. I am jealous!!!

Life Lesson: Do NOT upset the wife of an employee who is uprooting her life and family to move 1300 miles away!!

Yesterday was very much a roller coaster day. It had it's ups and downs. Morning started off great with B actually listening to me and doing everything I asked. Weird. Work was running very smoothly and went to lunch with BossMan and TLF (who is my best friend and co-worker). We went to Fujiyama and it was excellent as usual. Day went fairly steady from there until the end of day. Then the call from Mom came in.

Dad's procedure went okay but they found that two of his major arteries had collapsed since the emergency triple bypass in November of 2000. Not good. They had to send him home and will see him in two weeks. Then they will go over better options. Worst part, he cannot be further than 30 minutes from his house until that time. Which means they can't come to see me one more time before moving to Texas.

Went back to Walgreens and they did exchange the Gummi-Vites. A good note in my day. Don't even want to know what was said about me after I left.

Went to volunteer for the last time at The Center for Eating Disorders in Worthington. It was bittersweet to say goodbye to all of the people that I have had the chance to get to know through the support groups and the Group Facilitators.

Talked to E on the way home from volunteering at The Center. We talked over his workday and what was going on for his return trip home to move us out to Texas. This trip along with another business trip that he had to take last week to California will have taken him out of the office for half of the month. Boss J made the comment to E that he really can't afford to have him out of the office that much. After the day that I had that comment was the straw that broke the camel's back. I went off. I asked E if my size 8 1/2's and Boss J's butt needed to have an executive meeting, no memos necessary. E told me to simmer down as he had it under control and they have a plan in place.

Life Lesson: Don't tick off the wife of an employee who is uprooting her life and family to move 1300 miles away. It is not a pretty sight. I am still seething.

Lesson Learned. Sun and Gummi Bears do NOT go together

Here is a good one. I went to Walgreens yesterday to purchase some vitamins and other products. Intelligent me bought my son the Gummi-Vites gummi bears. He loves those and will take his vitamins easily if that is what he can have. I went back to work and left my bag from Walgreens in the car. Got home and took everything out. All of the Gummi-Vites melted together and made one big Gummi item. How gross. My good friend Martini suggested that I just cut the Gummi item up and still give them to him. Unfortunately that is not working. I will be making another trip to Walgreens to return the item. Hopefully, they will take it back.

Life lesson: Don't leave Gummi items in a hot car.

I seriously think I lost some of my brain with the aspect of moving and the fact that I am the mother of a 3 year old.

On a more serious note: my father is going into the hospital for a cath to his heart. He has Coronary Heart Disease and his arteries to the heart can collapse easily. It is extremely scary since we almost lost him twice in 2000. Please keep a prayer open for my father. Thank you!

Welcome to my first Blog!!!

Hello!! This is the first time that I have ever done this. Thanks to my trusty sidekick, Martini, I have learned about blogs and have now decided to try my own. I am a 30 year old queen from Ohio and will be transferring to Texas due to my husbands job. I have a three year old son who is too smart for his own good. And now I have starting on the next journey of my life. I welcome you into the next big adventure of my life and will be accompanied by many more big adventures.