One reason I can't wait to move home: That extra nudge of help, peace, and sanity that comes with having family near. Granted I will lose a little sanity....I still fell it will be more like 1 step back, 3 forwardish....depending on the day :)
Among other things, we had a giant spill (my very full and large Styrofoam cup broke when I picked it up and fell to the floor, drenched me, the love seat, and my iPhone) which lead to a streaking little boy coming through at impeccable timing and slipping on the water...yay it wasn't tea or something and luckily he laughed about it! I should also say, yes I'm on my fourth iPhone, but you see what they go through.
We have been doing a little bit of shopping. I have set a somewhat tight budget now since we are gearing up to leave the army (hooah)! However, Target is a good place for popcorn and clearance this time of year so I think we are OK.
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| I wish they had this in a 3T |
Who doesn't like a family trip to the doctor with Mommy? I think it is safe to say that Jackson has conquered his fear of the doctor's office!
I have an entire other post to write this week about my doctor experiences....particularly how I want to go to Ireland Army hospital at Ft. Knox and find the 8 doctors I saw and say "Hey thanks for the Nexium and Prozac that you gave me for acid reflux and anxiety (AKA an autoimmune disease...same difference apparently) that I fortunately never took....and thanks for totally ignoring the fact that when I tell you something is wrong, it is wrong, and thanks for letting my thyroid go an extra year being attacked and eaten away by my own antibodies...I really appreciate you telling me that I am just looking for a problem". This weekend I will be writing all about it, and feel free to ignore because I know it will be pretty boring. However I will be tagging them in the post so that when anyone searches for the hospital, my blog will show up along with their other pages. If there are any other army families doing research they will see my post and know that their family care clinic AND pediatrics (come to think of it) =sorry excuse for medical treatment.
Firehouse for lunch afterwards. Yum! I forgot how much I like that place
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| This poor child went from being carried like a football to bounced all around by his "crazy momma". I can't stand to see this stuff. His neck was nowhere near strong enough for the slinging she was doing. |
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| From the other night somehow mixed in with my Piggly Wiggly outing. Jammies and some good conversation |
Aside from random dizziness, headaches, and mood/energy swings, my challenge has really been Jackson this week. His sweetness is through the roof but he is a handful! What do you do when you have a boy that wants to jump off everything? Originally, I constantly was right there to prevent injuries, but I can't dedicate 100% of my time to being a parachute. He hasn't hurt himself at all, but he just has a ton of energy. Typical summertime problem for 2 year olds I would imagine. So he probably wouldn't wear knee pads and a helmet for long, and I can't chase him 24/7, I do not want to put him in front of the t.v. any more than I have to, and I am running out of ideas. Plus, we would stay outside in the heat anyway if it weren't for the mosquitoes being bad at times. He gets plenty of exercise in the evenings and sleeps well. I think he is just bored, so is his Mommy. Jeremy going back to work is really affecting us! We are just so used to going and doing! Soon we will be home and around family and I know he needs it badly. He has never asked so many times to go to Arkansas before. So in other words.... 2 year olds get in ruts too, and right now we are all in one.
I'm thinking starting next week, we will be in fast forward mode! Jeremy sees the doctor August 2nd for the big med board appointment.
At some point in August, depending on my appointments, I am going to Arkansas to start getting ready for us to move back and to go to my 10 year reunion.
I (supposedly) find out tomorrow when my endocrinologist and ENT appointments are to happen.
He finds out tomorrow news about the transition unit he is going to and how that is all supposed to work. He has such a sweet lady in his office that transferred down to his unit from the Warrior in Transition office and she has been a huge help. So thankful for her!
I think I have covered everything :) I have been working out after the boys go to bed and man am I sore!
One last thing! I think a plane almost crashed on our house tonight! I had just finished my workout when I hear a loud noise that sounded like a super loud motorcycle coming down the street at first. It kept getting louder...to the point where I froze and braced myself. Never have I EVER heard something that loud fly over any house I have ever lived in. Keep in mind that at Ft. Knox, our house was practically on the airstrip where C130s flew extremely close overhead probably 10 times a day and night. It was so loud that when I gained the courage to run out the back door to see what in the world was going on, Jeremy comes dashing though the living room with Jackson. Jackson had fallen asleep in our bed, and it was so loud that Jeremy panicked and took off running with him....sheet and all! I asked where he thought they were going, and Jeremy said he wasn't sure but he was confident a plane was about to crash on our bedroom so he was headed for the front door. OK, That part was hilarious when it was all said and done. Somehow Jackson never woke up.
Jeremy spent 15 months in Iraq hearing all kinds of sounds from air crafts and other uncomfortable loud noises overhead while he was trying to sleep. He even said he has never heard anything so loud and extreme. This is no exaggeration! We were baffled for about a half hour trying to think of what possibly could have happened. It is our goal tomorrow to find out what monster grazed over our home in the late night sky. Jeremy is going to make some calls on post (we are that curious!) because our suspicion is a night drop or something army related. We just have to know!
Now if you will excuse me, I need to check our local news for some airplane headlines...
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