Monday, July 6, 2009

i'm back




so, i feel like i haven't posted in forever, but we have had a busy couple of weeks here. the week before last, tommy's brother (who lives in california) was home for a visit, so we had lots of family type "get the kids together as much as possible before they have to leave again" things to do. all of which was very...hmmm...fun. i guess. fun in the "it's good to see these people but life becomes totally crazy and stressful" sense.

anywho...i was very busy last week getting things ready for september...when i go back to school. i spent a good part of tuesday at community talking to advisors and people in the transcript office figuring out what the best courses would be for me to take so that i can apply to nursing school. i also filed my fafsa forms and am trying to get everything in order. it's all a little nerve wracking, but i am actually excited. i look forward to being able to use my brain again for something other than reading textsfromlastnight. i also, really look forward to the day when i am able to go out and function as an independent adult and be compensated for it. i really really miss getting a paycheck. now...i'll i have to do is get through a half million science classes. sigh. i went and met with an admissions person at a nursing school in our area, too, to help me figure out what to take. overall, it was a pretty productive week.

on friday, the kids and i (and tommy's cousin lizzie) got ourselves in the car at 7am (yes. you read that right. 7AM!) and drove to wildwood to spend the day at the water park with the rest of the family. it was a great day. my mom has this theory that if kids are crabby, put them in water. as usual, she is right. we got to the water park at 9am and left at 3pm and my kids were good. all day. maybe it's the sea air or something. i don't know. but whatever it is, it works for us. by the way, i don't have any pictures because last time i was at the beach, i dropped my camera in the sand and it is still not working. sigh.

on saturday, we had a family barbecue. actually, before we got to the bbq, cara and i spent a little time at the er of children's hospital. she keeps getting really bad abscesses on her body that burst and then drain pus and blood and are in general, really horrible. we went there to have it drained and cultured. i am waiting to get test results back and hoping it's not mrsa. we shall see. so, back to the bbq. we went to tommy's uncle's house where there is a killer pool (which sucked a little because cara was not allowed to go in, it, so i kept katie out, too) and a dog (which totally sucks as the three youngest hate dogs and become clinging spider monkeys of fear whenever the dog is near them). there is also a raft race in their town where at least 4 people have to compete in a race on the river on a raft that is completely homemade (the theme of tommy's uncle's raft this year was "the justice league" hence superman and the green lantern in the picture with the boys). it's so very "small town america" and i love it. we all walk down to the river to watch the race with all the kiddies past all of the old victorian homes. it's a really good day (although, i do admit to being pretty crabby this year based on a total lack of sleep, er visit and keeping two small children out of a pool that they really wanted to go in). i've posted some pictures from saturday with the gang in their 4th finery (not thomas, however. since i was at the hospital all morning, it didn't occur to either tommy or thomas that thomas needed to get showered and dressed. the other 4 were dressed before i left. i guess the outfit that matched jack's that was laying on the side of thomas' bed was not a strong enough clue for them. sigh).

sunday was a NOTHING day and it was awesome. i love days when there is nothing to do. nobody even got changed out of their pj's on sunday and we totally needed it. today was a day with a tremendous surprise in it. thomas was to start camp this morning at one of the local rec centers. we got there early and everyone was playing in the playground when the women that ran the camp asked how many of the kids were here for camp. ummm...how many will you keep?!?! it turns out that they also have a tot camp for 3 to 6 year olds, so ALL THREE OF THE BOYS ARE AT DAY CAMP FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS! i don't even know what to do with myself! it's just me and the girls here now! i should probably clean something or do something like that, but i am catching up on blogs instead. haha. maybe tomorrow i'll be motivated.




11 comments:

  1. Ok, YAY for day camp and sanity for mom!! NAY for the abscess, poor girl. YAY again for PJ day on Sunday, YAY for family gone and life gets back to normal and SUPER YAY you are going back to school to be a nurse!! HOW FREAKING AWESOME ARE YOU!!! So awesome Beth!!

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  2. I think it's so awesome that you are going to become a nurse. I still big puffy heart my L&D nurse. She rocked!

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  3. I wanted to thank you for stopping by my blog yesterday. :) Your little girl is so cute!!! Love that hair!

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  4. Their hair is just oh so cute!

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  5. I don't know if you read my post a while back on Adam's lack of hygiene that maybe resulted in a mrsa like infection. Sounds like what your daughter has. I hope they gave you some good drugs while your waiting for the culture to come back.

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  6. wow, you guys have been busy. that is exciting you are gonna go back to school to be a nurse.

    thank goodness for camp, i think that was the only thing that kept my mom sane in the summer.

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  7. Good luck on becoming a nurse, totally cool!! I hope your daughter is/will be ok :( And congrats on losing a few kids for a couple weeks!! Whatever you do, don't clean...enjoy the time..unless you enjoy cleaning, but come on..people like that only exist in fairytales :)

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  8. cute pictures!! i'm worn out just reading the post, you haven't stopped for a minute! and i'm so jealous your boys are going to daycamp...how i wish mine could go...

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  9. good for you for going back to school sister!!!! KICK ASS!!!!!

    and holy cow at your activities. it made me sleepy.

    ps? your kids? ADORABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  10. "clinging spider monkeys of fear" - HAHAHAHA! Like Nolan in a swimming pool...

    It cracks me up that a week home with two two-year-old girls feels like a vacation...but I totally get it.

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  11. Miss!!! Whoa!!! I go away for a week to relax and you've been going NON STOP!!!! No wonder you can't wait for your vacay!!!!!!!! I KNOW you'll be feeling overwhelmed the day before you leave....like I did!... but it will be soooooooooooo worth it!! Make sure you get your camera fixed!! :)

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