Day 23

It has been twenty-three days since I have been on Facebook.  It has been twelve days since the last update and a lot of stuff has happened.  Mostly little things that wouldn't matter in anyone's life, but have had an effect on me.  I have gotten a lot more sleep lately and my phone's battery stays charged much longer.

Two weekend ago, Meredith and I used our last pass day at Disney World.  We managed to go to all four parks in one day and ride at least 3 rides in each park.  It was a lot of fun, but we were definitely tired when one o'clock in the morning rolled around and we trudged out to our car.

"It's Tough to be A Bug" Ride

On Thursday of this past week, John swore in to the military.  He is now considered an E-3 in the Air Force and will be leaving for Basic Training probably within the next month.  I worked out my emotions through retail therapy that night and bought a really cute pair of heals.  John's recruiter actually called him today and told him a job was opened for him and he could leave...on Thursday (two days from today).  Needless to say, neither of us is quite ready for him to leave.  We haven't prepared any of the financial stuff and I don't have a power of attorney yet.  It was also a job that John isn't interested in, but it certainly brought a lot of things in to focus for us.  Looks like tonight and tomorrow we are going to be spending A LOT of time getting things in to order.  Just in case a job he wants comes open and he has to leave quickly.



This past Saturday was a lot of fun.  John and I went to a friends house for St. Patrick's Day.  We had a good time with our friends.  We played a dance game on our friend's Kinect and I won 5 out of 6 of the games I played.  We also played Taboo - which turned out to be quite hilarious.  And of course, what would St. Patrick's Day be without some kind of green liquid.  Mine looks a bit neon green in the picture, but it wasn't actually quite as bright as it looks in the picture.




Kaiden had surgery done today.  Not major surgery, just had his tear ducts cleaned out because they were blocked.  His is doing well.  A little sluggish, but I mean who wouldn't be.  He is as cute as ever though and was laughing and crawling around.  Pretty sure he'll be fine by the time he comes back to the house the evening.  His first birthday is in three weeks.  :)

Now I would like to be not so positive about things.  I would suggest that if you'd prefer not to read my negativity, you stop reading now.

It has been a really tough eight months.  I'm having a tough time in both my personal and my professional life.  I don't live with my husband and haven't lived with my husband in the eight months we've been married.  The first month of our marriage was spent packing and moving out of our apartment, him being in Ohio while I was in Texas and then coming back to Florida with my parents so he could move me in to the house and then leave for Ohio.  We live together for very short stints when I'm back in Ohio for a visit.

Several of his family members and my family members have had really terrible things happen.  From cancer to car accidents.  It is difficult being a thousand miles away from the people you care about and not being able to come home to be with them because you can't afford it.

In my professional life I feel like even though I am doing everything I can do to teach my kids, I'm not being encouraged.  It seems like every time I turn around I'm being told I'm doing something wrong.  It makes it difficult to enjoy what I do.  I love the people I work with and my kids, but with everything else going on...it makes it really hard to function.

I'm a tough person.  I'm very strong, but without support and encouragement...it is making it much harder to be positive.  I've always been a person who can drop my personal problems in the professional world, but it is starting to prove to be quite difficult right now.