Sunday, May 20, 2012

Lazy Sunday

Joel & I were both exhausted, so we decided to sleep in today.  That never happens!  Unfortunately, we both woke up at 6:26 wide eyed and bushy tailed.  We managed to toss and turn and doze until about 9.  We had a cereal breakfast and just returned from the grocery store.  Not sure what our plans are for the rest of today other than going to the Durham Bulls game with good friends Laura & Brian tonight.  I'm going to enjoy every second of time with my husband today!  Although he is still rubbing it in my face that he beat me by 5 at putt-putt last night! 

Friday, May 18, 2012

Back Again!

I thought I'd really get into this whole blogging thing, but I've really struggled with making time to do it consistently.  I hoped I would update every few days, just so I could document everything in our crazy life.

 I'm sitting home alone tonight & have already had my cry it out moment.  Joel & I have hardly seen each other the past few weeks.  Our work schedules have been the exact opposite and we both went out of town.  Yet again, I'm home tonight while he had to work overtime.  I had a huge list of things I wanted to get done tonight around the house.   (Laundry, Dishes, Water Flowers, Clean, etc)  I did wash a few dishes and have one load of laundry finished, but now I have lost all motivation.  I'm catching up on DVR, hoping that it'll put me in a better mood.

 I really hate to be so sour about the way things are because I'm extremely lucky.  Everything seems to have happened at once here lately, and I wasn't prepared to handle it.  I've always considered myself to be a very independent and strong person, but this has taken its toll on me.  Our crunch time at work has just now ended.  That in itself had me stressed to the max.  Training new employees & having way too many responsibilites and not enough hours in the day, made for a very long spring.  I don't think I've work less than 9.5 hrs since March.

Joel was switched to a different shift and that took some getting used to.  It affected all the days I had scheduled to work part time and some time we had planned to spend together.  Such is life! 

I had a steroid injection in my lower spine on April 6.  It was the most painful thing I'd ever done, but it was a miracle drug.  I chose to go through with it so that I could make it through the spring season at work.  It did just that!  I started hurting again last Thursday.  I'm very thankful that it kept me pain free for a little over a month.  I do wish it would have worked longer, but we'll see what happens.  I did get a bill yesterday for the anesthesia and it's outrageous.  I haven't even paid for it all, and the pain is already back.  This is yet another thing that I'm stressing about, because my insurance has a $7500 deductible, so I'm having to pay for this and it's expensive.  I had been spending anywhere from $25-$100 a week on chiropractor services for about a year and a half.  After the injection, I stopped going and had just started to save some money.  I wiped my savings out on the wedding and was super excited to start saving again.  We are taking a beach trip for Memorial Day, and an anniversary trip in August, beach trip for Labor Day, and a Disney trip with friends in December.  I really need the extra money, hence the part time job, but now I'm back to paying all these medical bills. 

Oh, and did I mention that some maniac hit me on the way to work back in March and totaled my Acura.  So now I have to drive the Kia to work.  We bought it to be our nice car and to keep nice and to keep FOREVER.  Now I'm putting lots of miles on it and taking it down a long gravel driveway everyday and putting my nasty self in it after work everyday.  Ugh!

I think I've vented enough for now.  I shed a few tears, and watched some of my fav tv shows.  Hopefully things will start to turn around soon.  I want some quality time with my husband, some time away from home, to see my parents and friends more often when I get lonely, to find a decent used car, to save some money, and to make the most of this life that God has blessed me with!