Sunday at the Lake

We were so blessed to have spent this past Sunday at the Lake with the Etzlers. We ate BBQ and just hung out for the day. The kids all played in the water and got to go out on the jetski and in the evening we all went on a boat ride. What a great day!!

Zoloft....take me away

Okay, I'm so stressed out that not even the Zoloft is touching my anxiety!! I feel that the house is a weight that can't be lifted from my shoulders. The cleaning is never ending...the children make mess after mess and the animals have hair all over the house...it just makes me want to scream. How can I keep this place clean, work 40 hours a week, take care of kids, try to paint and do other repairs all while my husband is out of town........AAAHHHHH!!!!!
So, that is my blog for today...one of stress!!

I know it will all work out but right now on Tuesday, July 8 at 4:46pm....I'M STRESSED!!!

Stress. stress. stress

I recently read that moving is the 3 largest cause of stress in America, after death and divorce. Boy, today I'm feeling that stress!!! Tomorrow the realtor is coming over to the house and I'm not ready....but if we don't get the ball rolling, Thomas and I are going to have to live apart longer then we want to. The house is some-what clean, I'll freshen up tonight but things won't get real clean until the kids go up North to my in-laws and my father-in-law comes here to help us out for a few days. We did get a storage until which I'm thankful for because I can now store stuff that we currently aren't using and it also help make the house look a little larger. I pray that it doesn't take long for it to sell but in this market, who knows. Our house is a great starter house and is very homey (yes, its small). We've had four great years there and I hope that another couple will enjoy it as much as we have. So, keep us in your prayers....we'll need it!

I love to Copy.....NOT!!

Don't take this blog the wrong way....I love my job BUT there are also some duties that I'm not overly fond of....one would be coping. First off, you have to understand that I work for Engineers, and Engineers seem to like paper and different sizes of paper at that!! So, this morning I had one of my Engineers hand me a huge pile of papers and he asked me if I could make him, "just one copy"!! So, for the next hour, I removed staples and then re-stapled, unfolded and refolded drawings, had to go to a special copier to print the drawing and then copy over two thousand pages of Engineering stuff. When I handed it to the Engineer he commented on how fast I got it done and I told him is was one of my least favorite things to do, so I got it done right away so it wasn't sitting on my desk. He did thanked me but I wonder if he stopped to think about the hour worth of work I lost just to copy his paperwork. I doubt it!!!

With this up-coming move, I've thought a lot of my career and what direction I want it to go. I am so thankful to have a job and also to be employeed by the Government, I am blessed but I think its time for a change. Because Ft. McCoy is a smaller base, I can't be too picky so I might have to take a secretarial type job but once I get my foot in the door, I'm going to try something different. There are so many unknown right now; were we are going to live, are we going to be able to sell our house, how long with Thomas and I have to live apart, will I find job!!!! I'm sure we'll look back at this time in our lives and being able to have a good laugh and look what we got out of the whole experience. But as of today, I feel a little stressed and overwhelmed but I'm thankful for my husband & children, good health and my job....even if it does involve coping.

Disney on the Brain

Okay, I have to admit that I have Disney on the Brain. I can't get any work done and I still have a whole day of work tomorrow....

Total random thought from Callie

So, I was getting out of the shower this morning and I said to myself, "I can't wait to brush my teeth, my mouth tastes awful". So, as I'm brushing my teeth I can't help but think of two of my co-workers who have to worse smelling breath ever. I wonder if they get out of the shower and say, hmmm, my mouth tastes awful, I better brush my teeth. Then I wonder if its a medical condition but I would think they would have it check out or at least chew on mints or gum. I have a phobia about bad breath so I alwasy have gum or mints with me. I really wish other people would do the same.
So, that it my totally randome thought for the day!!

Very Mad

I was so made last night!!! At 9:30 the doorbell rings and its a young man wanting me to fill out a survey. Excuse me, I have two babies that were sleeping but woke up because the dog was barking. So, I tried to be nice and said that I'm busy with my boys and then shut the door. Then Matthew was very upset that he cried for the next hour and then I had to rock him back to sleep, it was 11 by the time he was back to sleep. Poor Kevin couldn't sleep because Matt was crying and he went to bed around 11 as well. Both boys didn't want to wake up this morning and were a little on the cranky side but Spiderman fruit-snacks seemed to help a little.