It's been a while...

So it’s been a little bit since I have written. It’s been a hectic last couple of weeks…So let me start back with Saturday, 3/5. We had a birthday party for a dear friends child over in NJ. We were all there and having a great time, towards the end of the night P started to look tired. Well as he was sitting on J’s lap he threw up all over…Kinda priceless actually..So J and P went into the bathroom to get cleaned up luckily I had a complete extra outfit for P. J had to borrow our friends extra set of pants he had. Nothing is funnier than seeing grown men gag at the smell of vomit..I know gross but it made me almost wet my pants..I had to scrub both the couch and floor they were sitting on. After that debacle P acted like nothing happened and started dancing and laughing…This kid just cracks me up..Travel baseball tryouts were Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and J had 24 kids show up. He had a VERY tough decision when picking his team…But he managed to narrow the team down to 14. That is still a pretty big team but he just couldn’t pick 12…This past Saturday we went over and had dinner with some friends that we had been neglecting over this past 3 months with the preparations of the benefit. I watch the movie “ Life As We Know It”. It was a tearjerker but also had me laughing so hard..There are things in that movie that as parents made us look at each other and just say yup we’ve done that..Sunday was the whole spring ahead thing..Let me first say that we should be able to spring ahead in 15 minute increments….This way your body had time to adjust instead of a slap in the face…It didn’t through the kids off to bad..But it sure did through me off…Not to mention J had baseball practice from 11am-3pm that day..Those poor kids..LOL Then I had the lovely pleasure of going to work and not getting home till well after 10pm. I also had requested off back in January for this coming Sunday off for my cousins daughters 1^st birthday. So I take a look at the schedule and find that I was on to work..Well I was not happy to say the least. So Monday morning I marched my ass right into there and talked with our awesome manager. She helped me out and said that they must of “overlooked” it…Well whatever the reason I am now off Sunday for the party…That day also was a little hectic…My dad had what he thinks is the flu. It all started Friday for him and only got worse.. So I played get myself showered, P up and fed, C showered, dressed and fed…I do not like that feeling of being rushed around..So my father-in-law came over and took C to school and I took P to the sitters..Then had to leave work early at about 3:15 to get C from school and P from the sitters..For some reason when I got home I got really domestic. I cleaned/swept/mopped the kitchen floor all the while baking brownies and preparing stuff shells for dinner…J came home and thought he was in the wrong house...LOL Yesterday was a long ass day..My dad decided that he was well enough to take C to school but not to have P all day so off to the sitters I went at our normal time. I then had to work the second job last night and didn’t leave until 10:30pm..So if anyone is keeping track that is a 15-hour day…I am so tired…But let me rant as to why I didn’t leave until then..I had a table of 2 people come in around 7:13 to be exact…They ordered drinks and appetizer then proceeded to take about 20 minutes to order their food and also change everything around with don’t add this, sub this…So everything came out perfect cause I rock…pat myself on the back…WELL they decided to chat it up ALL night long…When I left they were still sitting at the table…God Bless the closing server who offered to clean it for me when they left…I mean you see that you are the only one in that section and still feel the need to stay?? I mean I get it maybe they wanted to catch up…But I mean for 3 hours and then some…UGH!! Plus they didn’t even tip me good!! But anyway I hope everyone has had a great couple of weeks…

Happy Wednesday!!

Jaime

Sick Again...

I am sick again...P had the puking bug, J had it last night...I wake up today with what seems to be another sinus infection...I really can't take this much more...This weather needs to break so I can open my windows and let the fresh air in..I am sick and tired of being sick and tired!!! But I need to be at work to get the month closed...J is home with P today from work...Oh and C has this really bad cough that I am watching to make sure it doesn't turn into anything serious....I need spring here now!!

Jaime

Holy Hell.....

Where to start….It’s been a rough week to say the least….The father-in-law was admitted back into the hospital on Thursday, the day before the benefit!! His calcium levels were over the top. His liver was in a small failure and his kidney function was not were it should have been!!  So apparently they had him taking 2000mg of calcium a day, but his body started to produce it so it was on overload…After many bags of fluid and some tweaking of his meds he seems to be doing good enough to be released today...The benefit went off without a hitch…The compliments that myself, Nikki & J received was awesome…We raised a ton of cash, a S%$# ton of cash!! Everyone was so generous and the staff at the hall were incredible! I have realized over these past couple days that I truly, madly and deeply love my family..My husband is my saving grace and my rock…I wake up every morning for my kids and to see their smiles…My mother-in-law is in a league all her own..She is a wonderful woman who takes EVERYTHING in stride!! She manages to keep her head level and make sure that she is doing what’s best for her. I will say this, my mom & dad are so important to me, without them I really don’t know where I would be…If anything ever happened to them like this I would fall to pieces..But not my hubby, he has remained strong and positive through this all…He stands by me and does what is right…His family has welcomed me into theirs like I was their own…To them I will always be grateful…With that being said, I must also do what is best for my family…After putting everything on hold for the past 12 weeks with this benefit it is now time for my family and I to get some alone time and get back to being a family…J and I have not been hanging out with the kids like we used to. We were so focused on this benefit being great that we really lost sight of our “family life”.  We are going to take a break from our friends and really get down to being with C & P…We of course will still be seeing our usual people that we have to interact with everyday but mostly just us focusing on our family...Our friends who have been seeing us on a daily basis understand what has to be done…This post is just me really realizing that the stress and drama that had taken over our lives because of this benefit, was starting to have negative outcomes on J and my marriage and home…During the benefit we would disagree about something I said, but Nikki could say the same thing only change a few words and it would be great…It was actually an inside joke between us, but just goes to show that the stress level between J and I was getting to the breaking point…Of course we would never go to bed angry or take it out in front of anyone but it was just getting to that point…Nikki has now filed for legal separation from us..LOL Until we get back into the swing of things…J and I need to find some alone time for dinner or a nice walk sometime coming up….These past 3 months have tested us…God knows it has tested us…But I think that it only has brought us closer and stronger in our marriage..It has proven that we can really make it through what would have been one of our darkest hours..That I was able to be there for my mother in law and stand strong without him by my side..But when push comes to shove J, C, P and I are all that matters in this world..They are what sustains my everyday life and why I take each breath every second of everyday. So for that I am grateful to the man upstairs…

In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony.

- Eva Burrows

Unconditional love is loving your kids for who they are, not for what they do ... it isn't something you will achieve every minute of every day. But it is the thought we must hold in our hearts every day.

- Stephanie Marston

Jaime