Another Day, Another Tomorrow

Hey all, its been a few days since I've been on here, (once again, the laptop has had a hard week at work with ben) I have wanted to blog all week and now that I am here, I can't think of a single thing to write about. I am sure that by the end of this blog that I will have found plenty of things to babble about. Lets See. Hmmmm

We'll start with Daily Life. Oh wait, thats the most boring subject of all. LOL

I do want to tell you all that Carl called the other day (this is his weekend) to tell me that he is going to take the kids all next week starting on Sunday. Well Bailey is going up north with my mom so he will have Hunter all week next week. I'm a little nervous. I have not been away from them that long in a long time, usually they are at my moms and I am ok with it. But I have never sent either of them to their dads for a week. The kids normally go on Friday night at 6 and come home Sunday night at 6. Never for a week. I think Hunter will do fine, its just been a long time since Carl had to deal with them for that long. I really hope he does not get irritated.

Bailey on the other hand is so excited to go to her Grandma Pam's for a week. She will get to help Grandma in the store, go shopping, do crafts, and eat Grandma Pams cooking all week. Hey wait a minute! I want to go to Grandma's!! I am sure she will have a blast.

Ethan is home with me all week. Just the two of us while Ben works. I think he is going to Grandma Poff's for a few nights in the middle of the week. He loves to go to his Grandma Poffs. She lets him bake, and eat sweets. (Just what he needs) they read, do puzzles and go on shopping trips. Ethan loves to shop.

I on the other hand am going to welcome the break with open arms. Theresa and I are joining some friends on Wednesday night for a girls night out at Maxi's. I am so excited. I can't remember the last time I went out with the girls. I'm not a big drinker, so Maxi's will be a blast. They have a huge dancefloor and great music. I love it there!!!

Ben and I are going to try to find some Ben and Heather time real soon. Things have been a little tense around here with our money situation. I have been broke before but never at an isolated time. This is a different broke. All through the summer Ben makes really good money. I thank the Lord everyday that he has found a job that he can rely on while living in Michigan. Heres the deal. Ben is a General Contractor. So during the late fall months (Oct, Nov) he starts to slow down and wrap up all of the jobs he started in the early fall, which also means collecting large paychecks. So early winter (Dec, Jan) we do just fine although there is no work. So that leads us to late winter (Feb, Mar) we are dead broke. I am so used to having money at my disposal that I am not sure how to handle this being broke situation. ( My goodness I sound greedy!) I know how to be broke I just think that I got spoiled before. So that leads us to early Spring (April, May) things really start to pick up and Ben works between 80 and 90 hours a week. Which before I was used to having him home everyday at 4. So I think Sprink is going to be a big adjustment for me every year if he stays in this line of work. I know I have to work through this and be patient. Its just hard. So every spring we are still dead broke until mid april and he is gone 90 hours a week. A huge change from having money just two months ago and him being home all the time.
I just need to be thankful for what I have. I know I know. Sometimes that is just really hard. I'll do it. I swear I am gonna work on it. I need him to know how much I appreciate the hard work he does. And I am trying.

Ok, enough about that. What else can I ramble about??? Hmm...ooh this is hard today.

SCHOOL!! Oh yeah, I almost forgot to tell you all. I am signing up for college real soon, I hope to start at the end of April. I am going to go to American Medical Careers. I am taking a PCT course. Patient Care Technition. I will be learning, EKG procedures, Nurses Aide procedures and my favorite Phlebotomy procedures (drawing blood) I am so excited. Finally I get to do something I can enjoy. Not that I dont' enjoy being a Stay at Home Mom, but the kids are going to be in school full time here real soon. Only a year and a half for Ethan. I need something to do while they are away. I am very excited to be able to help offer some money towards our everyday living. The course is 6 weeks long M-F from 8 to 4. Starting at the end of April, as long as I can get my financial aide taken care of. So wish me luck!

Ok, I told you I could find alot to ramble about today. And I did. I hope you all have a great weekend and I will be posting again soon!

Until Later
Heather