So for the first time, well I think ever, I will not be spending Christmas with my mother, and my sisters. Especially my mother. I have spent well, the number is not what is important just the knowledge that we have always been together on Christmas. I was kind of sad about it, but I am getting through I guess. I think depending on how the kids are if Daddy is around, and not exhausted from the snow I have been praying for (don't tell him!), maybe we can take the boys to the Mall of America. They can ride rides and maybe have a picture with Santa. Then maybe Tucker can put the Christmas Tree together with Santa, and Santa with presents.......Right now he thinks the tree just comes with "his" presents. Boy this birthday being so close to Christmas is a tough one now that he has found value in presents.
This past 4-5 days has been really rough. Roger has been gone, and the boys have been on their worst behavior. Literally driving me to the brink of insanity. I told my mom that I think they are worst when we are apart. They seperate, search and destroy. At one point the castle I thought would be in flames, and then the indians would surround the wagons.......
As we speak, I am trying to keep the kids quiet so Roger can get a mere 2 hours of sleep. That is working real good as you can imagine. The quieter you try to keep them the louder they are, Ben is pulling his pants down, though I am not sure why, and Tucker has conceded to sit in poop until tomorrow because he will not use the potty. Only at Miss Annette's house he tells me.........what the hell??? This kid is almost 15 and he is still in a pull up??? Do they make them in sizes that refer to their waste?
They have just run to the other room. So I am going to take this opp to actually think. I have a big day tomorrow and I am hoping that the drive is not bad because I will obviously be taking the kids to daycare, and then going on to work. I need time to prepare for my meeting with the CEO, could be a good opening for me.....I did something he really liked today, and I am hoping to build trust to more responsibility and pay! I am also hoping to be able to do more of what I was hired to do. I feel like I am being pulled in 20 different directions and I am not getting anything sound accomplished. Plus I need to be able to provide a home for the kids, and I cannot do it driving 60 miles a day on what I make. Time is catching up to money, and I need to start making better and more sound money decisions. I am getting good with sticking to budgets, I have not been to Target in OVER a week, and I ran to Coburns (grocery) simply to get Milk and Eggs and I left with spending $30....I got Tucker cookies!! I could not resist, he loves them!
So Roger is off to plow, and if you are reading this and you have time to pray please pray that our men, (Roger and Joel), and our equipment operates as it should and makes it through the long snowfall. We are having issues with Roger's truck after a bad repair job has left us in debt, and still having major issues with the truck which cost $300 just to LOOK at folks, that doesn't include the fixing.
PRAY. Pray they stay safe, pray they get a chance to rest, and pray that our trucks work through the entire snowfall and clean up process until we can get it back in!!!
PS It took me 2.5 hours to write this......so as we speak now, Taken is on HBO HD, and my house is dark and quiet.........just as it should be..I am off to prep for my meeting tomorrow and go to bed!!
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