So much…So fast…So cute…

Well busy season is coming to an end for Brad. He’s home around 9:30 most days! Still working 7 days a week. But he’s seen how much stress it put me through this year, and he’s tried his best to help pull me through. The other day he said something that meant the world to me. “Just cause I can’t be there with you, your not alone, I love you!” He knew I was getting very overwhelmed trying to keep the world spinning in the right direction. I was trying to keep the kids happy and on schedual, the house clean, homework done, and get my own butt to work. Well when things finally did give and I took a day off work to do nothing but sleep. (I did end up doing some housework, but that was because I wanted to!) He realized what I was going through a bit more. And has been more then happy to just step in an offer to be at least someone to talk to.

It’s been a very relaxing weekend this weekend. My EMTech licence came Friday. So I should be doing that by next weekend! A girl that I took my course with was posted in our town station for Saturday so the kids and I went to meet up with her in the morning and showed her around. She then hung out for the rest of the day with me. MIL took the twins around noon yesterday. They headed up to the lake today. I should get them back at bedtime tomorrow. Hunter went for a sleep over at Jenna’s last night. She thought that I could use a day to sleep in. Man that was nice to sleep in until 10:30am instead of 4am. It’s been a day spent cuddling with Hunter on the couch (3 hour nap this afternoon) now just catching up on CPO time, and then tidying before Brad gets home. Oh and Country Music awards are on in the background. Tomorrow’s plans are to go into Brandon. My mom is taking Hunter while my sister and I go for lunch. Then do some shopping. Completly a day to relax.

All of this relaxing jumps me nicely into a busy week though. Tuesday Caleb and Hunter are in to see the E.N.T. in Winnipeg. So that’ll be a long drive in the car for us. (3.5 hour drive each way). Wednesday the cats have their rabies shots in Shoal Lake (20minutes away) in the morning. Then the twins are off to Minnedosa (1hour away) in the afternoon for speech. Then I have to hand in some school work while I am there. - That reminds me I have to get it done before then. LOL. Thursday and Friday are regular work days for me. Then off to another weekend. Wow the time fly’s by fast.

Well I am back at the blogging. For some reason my password wasn’t working so I couldn’t get in for a while. But now I have been shown how to fix the problem. And I am back! A lot has happened in the last little while. I have decided to take a one month leave of absence from the restaurant to get caught up on my education stuff. And my EMTech license has showed up so I started my hours as last Saturday! And even got my first call today! I’m still  a little nervous and learning as we go. But everyone has been really good and helping me through and helping me learn as we go along. Brad has been off work for two weeks now due to a knee injury that happened at work. He goes back to the doctor today to get the clearance he needs to go back to work. We are thinking he’ll be back at work tomorrow. Caleb and Hunter have been in to see the E.N.T and they are both scheduled to get tubes put in their ears on July 10th. Seth is doing well. Still our little bitter but we’re working on that. We are considering a move to Souris. Don’t ask where that came from it’s been an interesting couple of days figuring out where we are moving to. I am hoping we get it all sorted out soon. That’s everything in a nut shell.

Yes BF actually remembered that it is mothers day. It was 10:45am when he called to wish me Happy Mothers Day! No presents, but that’s ok. I didn’t want anything more then time with my kids, and him to actually remember. I took all three kids for a walk when I got to MIL’s. They all seemed to have a blast riding in the wagon together. It was so nice to have a chance of just me and the kids with no fighting. It meant so much to me. Supper went over well. And Brad even made it home early. He got off at 9pm. He went over to his mom’s for an hour to do the whole Happy Mothers Day thing with his Mom. But to have him actually in the house at 10pm (Watching Extreme Makeover:Home Edition with me) is great. He even went out and rented me two movies that he thought I’d like. So overall a good Happy Mothers Day here!

Happy Mother’s Day to all that will read this, and to myself of course. It’s started off as a tired day. But we’re doing good. Caleb and Seth spent last night at Grandma’s. So it’s just me and Hunter for now. We are to head over to Grandma’s after Hunters lunch time nap. Both Great Grandma’s will be there for supper tonight. So far Brad has forgotten it’s mothers day. That would mean two years in a row. I know it’s still early (8:15am). But then again, I also know Brad. I can’t see it being more then last years “oh ya, happy mommies day good night”(at 11:45pm)Wow feel the love. Lol.

AHHH….What a week. I don’t even know where to start. The car has broken down, the kids (mainly Caleb) are sick. Brad’s grumpy. I’m getting grumpy…and worst off Busy season just started. How am I going to last until the end of June without going mentally insane? The car couldn’t have broken down at a worse time. We were supposed to be in Minnedosa today (Caleb, Seth and I) for their speech therapy. But we didn’t make it there. Amber was able to reschedule us for May 21st though. It is a while away. But at least she wasn’t mad. I have to have Caleb in Brandon for his Behavioral Hearing Assessment. Fortunately a friend of mine out here is going to take me in. And she’s coming for lunch with me and my sister…added bonus since it’s Trish’s Birthday. The car is in the shop now. I have no idea what we’re looking at for cost. I am hoping to find out tomorrow. And of course, I am hoping it is not much. Poor Caleb has such a bad cold. He got sent home today with a fever from daycare. Him and I ended up napping most of the afternoon together. He is coughing so much he ends up throwing up. Poor kid. So on top of this assessment that can’t be rescheduled we’ll be off to the doctor for him as well. Seth and Hunter just still have the same cold. Brad is just grumpy from work. It’s not really that he’s grumpy. He’s just tired and wants alone time. And with my world falling apart I’m needing him and well it’s just not working. I’m just getting overwhelmed more then anything. Trying to figure out how to be a part-time Single Mom yet still keep Brad involved is a little hard to do some days. And well I’m trying to keep the kids calm. They are taking it a bit hard with no daddy around. Seth is taking it the hardest I think. Well off to bed.

Well my kid-less night didn’t work out as planned. I got a call at 1:45 saying that Seth was getting really sick and Gramma wanted to bring him home. So I was up most the night trying to cuddle/sleep with a coughing kid all night. He slept well (it must be a kid thing to cough that much and still be able to sleep). Saturday neither MIL or I had much sleep so we roughed through Saturday together. I was able to get in a 2 hour nap during the afternoon with the kids though. That was nice. I took all three kids home for the night which again was very restless since all three kids were sick. But fortunatly FIL had Sunday off so all three kids off to MIL/FIL’s for the Day! I napped, cleaned and did more homework.

Monday was back to work for me and back to daycare for the kids. Nothing interesting.

Tuesday again nothing interesting

Wednesday woke up with a migraine so had a friend come over and help me with the kids until it was time for daycare. By the time I got home from getting the kids to daycare I tought I was going to puke so I called in sick. Ended up passing out on the couch from 8:15am-12:45pm. Completly dead to the world (I didn’t even hear the phone ringing beside my head).

Thursday, back to work for me. I felt much better! Gramma had Caleb and Seth for the evening. Orrigionally it was just going to be seth overnight. But when I got home I took Caleb out of the car and leaned in to grab Hunter. As soon as I got back out of the car theres caleb walking down the side yard. I ask him where he’s going “Gamma’s”
“why not come in for some milk”
“no…seth…Gamma’s” and off he’s walking in the direction on MIL’s saying “Gamma’s Gamma’s Gamma’s” So I follow about 4 feet behind him and he actually leads me right to Gamma’s. She says she take both for the night. I get a call at 7 saying Nana has a fever and may end up going into the hospital tonight so she wanted to bring the twins home in case she needed to take Nana to the hospital. Everyone is in bed. I’m writing quickly while Brad showers. Then off to bed. So it may not seem that interesting. But we’re alive and that’s an accomplishment for us.

Wow, I didn’t think I would ever be so happy to say I am KID-LESS tonight. But here I am, KID-LESS and happy!! Now what’s on the agenda, well house cleaning and homework. So not exactly the most exciting thing I can think of. But to have a clean house, and get some homework done and just not have kids screaming at me sounds like a great idea to me.

I have to announce that I am one of the three winners to the Crest Blog Contest! I am so excited for my package to show up!

So now, off to cleaning, homework and eating my own supper (wow it’s been a while since I didn’t have little hands to share with)

Wow, what a day. It was the final day of rodeo weekend here. And it was the High School events. No serious injuries. (Possibility of a couple broken ribs, and a dislocated shoulder, but that’s not serious in my books). The kids seemed to be having such a rough morning, I was so worried for what the sitters would have to deal with today. But when I got home from working the kids were so happy to see me home! Seth and Caleb came running to great me. It took Caleb a few minutes to realize that I was actually at the doorway as he just stood and stared at me as if it was all a dream. I guess that’s what I get for being gone most of the weekend. And Hunter was non-stop jumping in his jumper with an ear-to-ear grin. It was defiantly great to be greeted so well. The babysitters said they had no problems, they even managed to spend 3 hours at the park and had to peel the kids away even after that long. Since they spent so much time outside everyone was in bed early tonight! Caleb and Seth were asleep by 7:15 with no arguing (which is really good for Seth as he’s usually not in bed until 8:30). Poor Hunter feel asleep in his high chair with his bottle. I didn’t even have enough time to pull the baby food out of the fridge he was so tired. So even though we had a bit of a rough morning, my coming home to all their smiles was more then worth it in my books. Now off to my homework.

Well this week has had it’s share of up’s and down’s…even through a nervous break down in the middle of it. But we survived. Everyone is still breathing and holding on which I would say is good. Brad seemed to have a good week at work. He’s still getting done at 6 so far. But if it warms up around here it will be getting later fast. The boys seem to be adjusting well to him working so far. But they do still see him every night. I am sure it will be a bit more rough when they don’t get to see him for a few weeks. I finished my EMTech papers yesterday and they will get sent off for approval on Monday. They should be into Winnipeg by the end of the month, and hopefully my licence will be here within the next week or two. I am tired of all this work and no pay. I know the experience is good. But it’s still a pain having to wait. The kids are feeling better. Caleb has a referal to the E.N.T and I am taking Hunter to the Dr to get his referal put through as well. We might as well make one pre-op appointment into winnipeg instead of two. That’s the gist of it so far.

Well, we have successfully made it through 3 days of Brad working. This week he gets off at 6pm. So it hasn’t been so bad. He gets home in time to help me get the kids into bed, and still have a few minutes to play with them!! Work for Brad is going well. He’s putting in 10.5 hour days already.

The downside, the kids and I all have colds. Hunter is just getting over his eye infection. Caleb has an ear invection on top of a runny nose. And Seth and I have the nose that just keeps running.

My EMTech licensing papers showed up on Tuesday! So now I am one ride-along away from being fully licensed! I can’t wait to get it over with.