It was one of THOSE weeks...

You know the type of week I am talking about.  The type of week that you are glad is over because if it could go wrong it would.  It was the type of week where you are glad it is over, and you just pray that the next week will be better even though you are not expecting it too, but you sure can hope and pray right.
Sunday was a great day except the coming home part.  Monday was unexceptional.  Forgot to pay for KG's dance class, so I'm going to get hit with a late fee when I do pay it.  Oops.  Tuesday was where it all started to turn dreadfully wrong.  Hubster called me Tuesday afternoon with some news that we had to pay a bill that I wasn't expecting, and it had to be paid that day.  It was imperative, and that meant coming up with nearly $400 out of thin air.  I was so distracted by trying to figure out where money was going to appear from, that I laid my phone down at the grocery store.  It walked out of the store with the help of somebody other than me.  There goes another $130 that I'm going to have to fork over to buy a new phone.  Wednesday was another uneventful day.  We made it to church.  Then Thursday happened.  Thursday KB had some issues at school that I found out about.  He is really missing Hubster, and Hubster and I decided that maybe we need to figure out a way for us to make it to California. There is not a support system in place for military spouses at the church we go to.  I only know of one other spouse in our church that has a husband in the military.  Even though my husband is only in the reserves, he has been gone a lot this year.  Maybe it is God's way of telling me that I really need to work to put together that type of ministry because I feel really strongly that there is a ministry there that is being missed.  I don't know.  All I do know is that I feel alone and adrift right now, and I want nothing more than to have somebody call, text, or email me and see if I need anything when Hubster is gone.  I would love for somebody to call and say "Hey, would you like to meet for lunch or dinner.  Can I stop by for a chat?  What day can I take the girls or the boys for a few hours?"  I don't feel like there is anybody I can turn to.  Then I feel bad for even wishing that somebody would notice that hey I need a friend here.  I'm strong.  I should be able to do two months with my eyes closed and my hands tied behind my back.  I have retreated back into myself, and that is where I will remain until Hubster gets home in December.  Anybody wants to find me, they know how to get a hold of me.  Didn't even talk to Hubster on Friday.  He was too busy to call.  Saturday KG started getting sick, KB hurt his foot, and we went to supper for my mom's birthday.  I can't afford to take either one to the doctor until Tuesday when Hubster gets paid.  I have started hurting again like I did before my hysterectomy, and I just feel awful.  I can't even lay on my right side because of the pain.  I go to the doctor on Friday to start the process of seeing what is going on yet again.  Yesterday, I figured out the finances, and it doesn't look like a trip to California is doable.  I just don't see it happening unless a way opens up.  I haven't even told KB yet.  He has been on cloud nine with the hope that we get to go.  I don't have the heart to tell him yet that it doesn't look possible.

Sitting in the LAX Airport

waiting to go home after a weekend with the Hubster in Port Hueneme.  I love it out here so much.  I could live out here.  I will try and get some pictures posted soon.  I flew Virgin America, and I must say what a ride.  I got upgraded to first class on both portions of the flight.  I'm spoiled because that is the way to fly.  We had a 90 minute couples massage yesterday, and that was heavenly.  We walked around Channel Harbor and ate at a seafood place there.  Food was okay, but it isn't anything that I would write home about.  I was looking for something a little more spectacular based on the reviews, but it was bland.  I love driving the PCH.  It is such a beautiful drive.

It was very hard to leave Hubster.  I held my tears in check until I got into the security line, and then I let a few fall.  I consider that pretty good.  I am ready to see the kids.  They stayed with my parents, and went to visit my newest great niece who was born on Tuesday.  What a great birthday to have...11/1/11.  She is adorable, and I can't wait to snuggle and kiss on her.  Hopefully soon.  Flight should be boarding in less than thirty minutes.  I'm as ready as I'm ever going to be to get home.  I'm praying still for a miracle of someway getting to come and see Hubster for Thanksgiving, but I just don't see it happening.  I would love nothing more than to do that.

2 posts in 1 week...WOW

BG and I took Hubster to the airport yesterday for his flight to Port Hueneme.  She cried and cried and asked him to take her with him.  It was awful to say the least.  I was hoping to get out for a weekend to see him, but it doesn't look like that will happen.  I don't have anybody to watch the kids for me.  I might try to swing a road trip out to California for Thanksgiving, but I'm not sure if that will happen either.  I'm having a hard time justifying the cost, and the cost is pretty steep.  That money could go towards Christmas, but I can't stand the thought of being apart.  I will probably just suck it up and be apart.

I'm not dealing with this all that well either.  I need a couple of hours to wallow in self-pity, and then I will be fine.  For some reason I didn't expect him to actually go, so when he called me at 1030 yesterday morning to tell me that his flight left at 115 yesterday afternoon it threw me for a loop.  I certainly didn't sleep well at all last night, so today I'm draggy.  I have lots of school work to do, and I need to be doing that instead of being on here.  Ready for the semester to be over.  Next week is the halfway point.  YEA!

I have a full rest of the week except for Friday.  I'm thinking Friday might just be a relax and chill at home kind of day.  KG has her first fieldtrip, and BG and I are going with her.  I can't wait because it is actually one of those places that I love to go to personally.  I can't wait.  

Amazed at how quickly things can change...

Hubster is scheduled to leave for a two month class to Port Hueneme on Tuesday.  That is if his orders get funded on Tuesday.  Big, huge mess on Friday concerning his orders.  He wasn't happy.  It looks like we won't be together, yet again, for another holiday unless something amazing happens to make it happen.  

The two places that he talked to last week told him to call them when he gets back from Hueneme.  One of them will for sure have a job, and the other one will have one for him if they have a slot open.  We really want a slot to be open for him, but we will take whatever we can get.  

It Seems Like if it Can Go Wrong...

it will.  Hubster got laid off from his job last Wednesday.  We weren't shocked, but it is still not a pleasant experience.  Hubster went to apply for unemployment, and we got another bombshell.  It seems that they overpaid him last year when he was unemployed by four weeks, so until we pay back $1600 no unemployment.  They are nice enough to let us pay them back at a rate of $120 per month, but considering that we have zero money coming in that looks like a huge number.  We are trying to fight it, but we don't know if it will do any good.  Hubster has been on 4 job interviews so far.  He has two interviews today.  I'm just hoping that he hears something tomorrow.  Our van also broke down, but thankfully Hubster was able to fix it enough until he gets a job.  Then last night we got home from church to a big mess.  They are building a Walmart across the street from our subdivision, and the water has been turned off every afternoon this week for hours on end.  KG wanted to take a bath, so she turned the water faucets on in the bathtub.  Needless to say that when the water came back on, so did the water in the tub.  It overflowed into the downstairs.  I told Hubster last night on the way home from church that I'm beginning to wonder just what in the world we have done wrong because I want to fix it.  I'm so stressed right now, and I'm trying not to worry.  Just need prayers that everything works out quickly.

Wow..It has been nearly a month

The family has been so busy that I hardly have a time to turn around. I can not imagine doing school full time and working. It just would not be possible. I am already overwhelmed with school without adding that to the mix. I keep telling myself that eventually I will get into a routine, and then I will have weeks like this week where I have 5 papers to turn in. I should be doing those instead of sitting on here blogging, but here I sit.

KG is loving school, and she is absorbing so much right now. I love how that we can be anywhere, and she starts pointing out numbers and letters to me. She is growing up so much. I did not have any problem the first day of school dropping her off, but yesterday I teared up. She told me that I didn't have to walk her to class any more because she is a big girl. She knows where her class is. Nothing like watching your child walk into a building all by herself. She is loving flip and dance. She is learning how to do handstands. One of these days she is going to learn how to do a cartwheel. Let me just say that she isn't exactly the most coordinated kid, but as long as she is loving it and having fun, then we will keep going. She has her first dance recital on October 29. She has to wear a Halloween costume for that one.

 BG is getting used to being at home with just Mommy. I think she is really liking it. She turned 3 on September 4. I still can't believe my baby is 3 years old. I don't know where time has flown. She is growing up so fast.

 The boys are doing pretty good. They are both enjoying football, and the more that TB gets to play the more he seems to like it. They had him running the ball yesterday, and he was saying that he dragged the biggest boy (He is actually the biggest, so it is the next biggest boy.) 3 yards, and coaches were hollering at him to go. This is a big deal because LTrain (that is what the kid is called) is a really good football player. TB missed last weeks game because he had bronchitis. Coach and doctor told him no practicing or playing until he could run without coughing up a lung. KB got to play a bit, and he loved it. He did get hurt yesterday. He and another boy hit helmets, and it bent his neck back. One of the other moms is a nurse practioner, so she checked him out. Said that it would be sore a few days, but otherwise he should be fine. He rotated between ice and heat last night. He said it was stiff this morning, but at least it felt better. KB is doing pretty good in school. All of his grades are passing, so we will take that. He had a few issues at the beginning of the year with not turning in work. Coach cured him of that at least until football season is over. They get a copy of progress reports every Tuesday afternoon, and if they have a zero, they run "reminders". Those are horrible, and he found out real quick he didn't want to do that again. TB is struggling in school. He was failing 3 classes, but two of his teachers gave him extra credit work to make up the test grades. Hopefully that will put him back over the passing. A test taker he is not. The other class he just needed to turn two papers in, and that should get his grade back into the passing realm. He started out the year so great, and then I don't know what happened. I'm still trying to figure out what to do. He does have a 99 average right now in math. His teacher is so proud of him. She is one of the teachers that he is failing a class in, so she is really trying to work with him. I asked him if we need to get him a tutor if that might help him with spelling. The dysgraphia kills his English grade because it has spelling. Hopefully his grades have been brought up because next week is eligibility week, and he wants to play.

 Hubster went on a Navy funded trip to California back in August, and he was trying to go on a four month funded trip starting in October. His CO has put a halt on all classes until after July. He wants all hands on deck for FEX. Training told him that he might still be able to take a class, but only if he signs a waiver stating he will go in July. He has no problem doing that, but the CO has to sign off on the class and waiver business. Hopefully he can get this done because his job right now is SLOOOOOOOOOOW. They told him that they would like for him to take a 3 to 4 month class that way they don't have to lay anybody off. I really do like this company he works for. We are praying that either work picks back up, or that he gets a waiver and a class.

 Health wise I'm doing okay. I'm still having issues from the surgery. I am being referred to another doctor to see if my problem can be fixed with medicine, have to live with it, or requires surgery. She told me that I will have multiple tests ran, and that one of them is a potassium test that hurts. They are going to do a biopsy of my bladder. I have to check today to see if the referral has been approved, and when my appointment is.

School...

School started this week for 3 of the 4 kids. KG is loving Pre-K. She loves her teacher, and I do to. I'm a little concerned that all she does is color and sing. I will give it a few more weeks.

The boys are liking school and football. We really start to get into the swing of things in a few weeks.

I start to school in 2 weeks, and I'm worried that I can't do it. I'm sure I will be fine though.