Running On Low

I was suppose to be done babysitting for one of the two families I babysit for last week and I am scheduled into next week. It's my own fault and it's really not horrible because I need the money and I don't mind helping someone out, but there are reasons that I decided to give my notice. One of those reasons is that I can't sleep the night before I have to watch these kids. Last night I got four hours of sleep, I am a robot. I'm having dinner at the Manning's house for the second night in a row. Sam isn't the happiest with me because I drove our car into a small river... Not really, it was just a road that was incredibly flooded. I failed to notice something amiss and yeah, things that are not suppose to get water in them got water in them. That'll teach me to go out driving during tropical storms. My cousin was born August 9th. It's cool. My baby and my cousin are going to be born the same year. One of my baby showers is this Saturday. I'm SO excited. I'm not really expecting anything. I'm just glad I'll have a bunch of my Virginia friends in one place at one time. Sam hasn't ever really thrown a party inviting a bunch of my girl friends. It's always his navy buddies. Not that I mind them a ton... just a little. Especially last Friday night! They were driving me nuts! Sam decided to invite a "few" people over at 10:30pm and nobody was going to get really drunk or anything, so what happens? There's like 12 people in our apartment, someone waving their knife around outside, and a fridge full of beer and no food. Oy! I shouldn't complain too much. Sam has been great for this whole month, and when I say great I mean helping with housework, seeming interested in me and things having to do with the baby, and other stuff. I've liked being around him. Hopefully the car is fixed soon and he can stop stressing about that. As for me, finding an apartment in Cali and booking hotels along the way is what I need to be worrying about.

**EDIT:(8/16/10)

I realize now Sam was probably SO ticked about the dumb car cuz he was worried about visiting his girlfriend who lived in Richmond, two hours away.  *END EDIT

COMMENTS:
mychrysalis wrote:

Aug. 16th, 2004 05:29 pm (local)

Just so you know, Rocco, Kris, and Renee all agree that it's entirely not your fault that you drove through a deeper-than-you-realized puddle and there is no reason for your husband to be mad at you about it. And your shower will be kick-ass, as much as a baby shower can be kick-ass.

Work!

That's right, I wrote it... WORK. I did it today! Babysitting is/isn't work. It is work because there are two little boys who take a lot of energy to entertain. Not that I have to entertain them, but I figure since I have them I might as well enjoy them. When I got to the house where I'm babysitting every Thursday and every other Friday the five year old little girl, Julianna, was crying, then her mom had her tell me this morning there was an elephant in her backyard and i said "really?" and she said "april fools!" Then she wasn't crying anymore. And, before she went to school she gave me a great big hug and said that she hoped she'd get to see me after school.

Kelly, the mom, got home roughly around two. I was at the house until 3:30. First of all she had to bring in groceries and then she asked me to wait 15-30 minutes longer so Julianna could see me. It was no problem. Matter, 22 months, and Ethan, 3 years, are SO sweet and cute. When I say sweet I mean little devils that can't be left alone, but it's all good. I adore them.

So, other than work, my friend Shannon called me in the middle of the day, it was an unexpected surprise and Sam called me around 3pm, but I missed the call. He said he might need a ride home. I'm waiting for him to call again. We were suppose to go to Cali for a few days to celebrate his mothers birthday, but he is stuck here waiting to find out if he's going to get sent to SAR (Search and Rescue) School in Floride... for a MONTH! Arg. His family said I could live with them for the month, but I have WoRk... SO I wouldn't be able to stay that long, ahh, but time in Cali sounds delicious.

The weather around here has been horrible. Rain and Clouds for the past five days. This place is suppose to have warm weather. I still love it here. Well, I should go, maybe I'll go home and clean before Sam gets there. I can work on being "the good wife." -I'd rather watch Pocahontas.- Guess that shows where my maturity level is... hahaha. Chao!

COMMENTS:
yoshi_rose wrote:

Apr. 1st, 2004 07:45 am (local)
Typo
His name is Matthew, not Matter.

mychrysalis wrote:

Apr. 1st, 2004 10:08 am (local)
Yay!
I'm glad you like your new job. Sounds like you are going to have your hands full!

summer_mommy wrote:

Apr. 1st, 2004 11:28 am (local)
I'd rather watch Pocahontas than work, too. lol. But then again, now that I'm getting big... my feet hurt so bad that I would rather do anything than work.

hopeathy wrote:

Apr. 1st, 2004 11:36 am (local)
I'm glad that you enjoy your new job. And there's nothing wrong with wanting to watch a Disney movie. I personally wouldn't choose Pocahantas, but that's okay. lol I'll call you later to catch up on all the details. Luv ya!

Poor Best Friend

Hi... My best friend is sad, and yes, best friend, I know you're reading this. Anyway, before I go on about how I want to be there for my best friend I'm going to talk about a few other things. Sam has unexpectedly come home early for the past two days. This is really good in my opinion because recently, like the past two or three weeks I have been really depressed. Anyway, him coming home when I don't expect him to makes me happy. I think my new found happiness could also be due to the 80 degree temperatures that have been coming on so generously. I do believe this summer will be a good one. Hmmm, lemme see, recently, I broke down three nights ago, but that seems common for me, so no big deal. Um, I think enough about me... On to my favorite person, "best friend." I want her to come live by me, but I know that's selfish and I should go live by her just as much as she should come live by me. I wish air fair was inexpensive.... Then I would be by her as much as I could... And on nice and sunny days she could come by me. Actually, I could write more about everything, but I want to talk to her, so I'm going to go. Someday, when I get internet at my house I'll write more.

COMMENTS:
hopeathy wrote:

Mar. 6th, 2004 07:47 am (local)

I love it! You're like the big sister that I've never had. You know I'd move down there in a heartbeat if I could, but we both know that that's not really an option for me right now. Miss you!

(Anonymous) wrote:

Mar. 7th, 2004 11:55 pm (local)
Ahh! 80 degrees! lol. You suck. I thought it was great when it hit 60 degrees here last week. Now it's only in the 30's and it's windy on campus and I'm freezing cold :( *sniffles* Oh well. April is fast approaching. Maybe it'll warm up soon.

_Jen_