I miss my husband!

So this week has been HARD. Probably not the best time for me to be blogging. I have a very bad attitude and should really be in time-out right now. But since no one's in charge of me...I'm not. I'll just vent for you instead (come back for tomorrow's post if you're not in the mood for a grown-up tantrum)...

Friday:
I don't hear from Justin at all...which is unusual.

Saturday:
I get an email telling me the internet is down, and he's going off base for 3-4 days..."don't worry".
Whatever!
Abbie was late for her soccer game because there was thunder & lightening just 15 min. before it started. Silly me assumed they would cancel, but apparently not. She missed the 1st quarter, but probably played the best she ever has for the remainder of the game. She had some serious hustle, and got pretty close to scoring--twice!
She was pretty excited.


Ellie's game was good. She also almost scored. She's always a good hustler, and is really fun to watch. Anytime she hears you cheering for her, she stops what she's doing and looks up to wave. Not so good for the game, but definitely cute. She cracks me up!


After the games we went straight to Justin's parents' house. Grandma took the girls to Build-a-Bear for their Christmas presents. That was fun. Then we had a yummy dinner & family home evening w/all our local family. It went a little late, so we didn't get home until after 9pm, and then I still had to bathe the kids for church. They don't seem to understand the meaning of the word "hurry". Does anyone else have this problem?
It was a late night.

Sunday:
We did make it to church...late, as always. But hey, better late than never, right? Ammon went right into nursery (his first week) with no problem, and so did Eden (which was surprising). We came home, had lunch, picked up a little, then went to my sister Ruth's for dinner. She has such a great family. The kids had a great time, and Corinn even made sugar cookies with them...
which they LOVED.

Monday:
I felt really awful. There is seriously something wrong with me. My body is falling apart. I'm glad my mom was here to help. (Thanks, Mom!) She took the girls to dance. Eden and I made a chocolate pudding pie while Abbie & Ellie were gone. It was so fun--for me! She is such a cute girl. It cracks me up when these big words come out of her little mouth.

Tuesday:
Well, by 10:30am I was ready for the day to be done! Abbie had the other side of her mouth worked on. Back up...a few weeks ago, she had an abscess tooth pulled...following a very traumatic toothache & an even more traumatic experience trying to get it pulled.


All I can say is that sedation is a miracle from heaven. Anyhow, it was suppose to just be sealants and 2 fillings, but ended up being 2 root canals & 2 crowns. It really was awful. Then, to top it all off, she had an accident in the recovery room...remember--sedated (she'll love me for including that bit of information).


We made my mom late for work, and Ellie late for school.
We had chocolate pie for lunch--
not with lunch--for lunch.
Now tues. is usually a bath night, but I thought we needed some fun more than we needed to be clean, so we spent the evening making princess crowns.
Aren't I a great, cool, fun mom?!


Wednesday:
I learned the hard way that being a great, cool, fun mom can come back to bite you in the booty! We were up late tues. night, and I fell asleep without setting the alarm. We woke up 30 min. late, and Abbie casually informs me that it's picture day. "What?! Are you sure?" She was sure. I stood there trying to blink the morning blurriness away, as I'm thinking 'they're not that dirty, I can make this work'...until I notice food from last night's dinner stuck in Ellie's hair.
I throw them in the tub, and proceed to turn into some scary mommy sergeant type. (Once again, they do not understand the meaning of the word "hurry".) By the time we get to school, we are all in tears. The girls are crying, "we miss daddy...why can't daddy be here?" Which really meant 'we wish dad was here, cuz you're a mean mom'. On the way home, I notice (through my tears) the bright orange there-is-no-gas-left-in-your-car light...for the 3rd time. "Hmmm...I wonder how long that's been on." I stop at my sister's to borrow her credit card to buy some gas (thanks Marie).
That night, I'm still in my pajamas, so I watch Abbie's soccer practice from the car and pray no one comes over to talk to me. No one did. No one ever talks to me.

Thursday:
Well, that's today. Justin called early this morning to tell me he's back on base & the internet is still not working. They have 2 phones for all these guys. 2 phones! Do they not realize that being able to communicate with family is the only thing that keeps these poor guys going?! He'll be there for about a week (during which, I'm sure the internet will not be working), then he'll be traveling the week after that. That means 3 weeks without seeing his face! The kids think he's disappeared. I didn't realize what a difference it makes to be able to see him...even if it's just a few minutes a day. We all seem to have melted down this week without him.

I'm tired.
I miss my husband.

Okay, okay...I just had to get that all out. I don't want to get a slew of phone calls because you all think I'm in the depths of despair. I'm fine...or I will be tomorrow.
All together...


"The sun will come out tomorrow. Bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow...there'll be sun."
(Of course there will be, because it's freakin' 85 degrees all week--at the END OF SEPTEMBER. Where, oh where, is my favorite Fall season?)

That's all. I'm done complaining. And just to prove it, I'll end on a very happy note...


I saw this idea in Family Fun for bite-size carmel apples, and I have this killer carmel apple recipe (stop drooling, Erin), so I thought I'd give it a try.
YUMMO!

good things...

1. see above picture
2. Fall is just around the corner...I think
3. taking a step back--life always looks better that way