Crazy People

I am convinced that 90% of the people that live in this little town are CrAzY drivers. The most insane, crazy, rude, annoying people are driving around here and now it's making me crazygrumpy. People in WV complain about people from Ohio all the time with their horrible driving. Ohio gets a gold star. I don't know what it is. Is it in the water? How have I not noticed this before? Hubby has been telling me for a long time. A really long time. Just about every time I get in the car, my good mood goes out the window. Geesh. Everyone here needs a lesson in driving etiquette. STAT! In other news, I'm about to go full time with work. Like serious full time work. I haven't done this in 4 years....I was home sick today, and I realized how much I miss being home. How lazy, I know. I hang my head in shame, really I do. I am going to miss being home for the kids after school. I miss not volunteering at their schools. I am worried beyond comprehension about how Zack will get from one school to the other with out getting lost and/or freaking out. I miss not having to worry about after school care at all! I miss having house work taken care of during the week. Hello, I need some cheese with my wine tonight. It's all new. Everything. Old and new. New home. Old town. New Job...actually Old job. New schools. New friends. New adjustments. My kids are amazing at handling all of this. I couldn't be prouder of them. Me? I miss the previous chapter of our life. I'm working on it.

Testing.........

Is this thing on? I haven't written in forever. When did it become September?? Not that anyone really reads my drivel...but anywhoo, I am alive and kicking and busy all hell. I have forgotten what being a working mom is like. I am so exhausted at the end of the day! I don't remember myself being so tired when I worked previously. Maybe it's just that I'm a few years older now? lol So we have been here for almost 3 months now. Time has gone by pretty fast. Our house is finally starting to take shape and looks pretty good. We have odds and ends that need to be done, but all in all, it's so much better now than when we bought it. The kids have started school. Zack is doing really well. I still can't believe he's in the 4th grade. He has made some good friends and likes his school. On the first day I asked how it went, and he said "GREAT!!" "We get 3 recesses!" lol He has done so well and constantly surprises me at how well he has taken all of the changes we have thrown at him. Taylor likes her school and her teacher also. (They are in separate schools) I am a little more concerned about her though. She seems to be having a harder time with it all. I know she has fun once she gets there. And when I pick her up she is usually in good spirits and says her day has gone well....but getting her up and ready in the mornings is a tougher situation. I don't know if it's because she's really tired, or if she's really unhappy. Time will tell, right? I am to start full time by the end of the month. I hope I can work it all out. The after school care program at Zack's school seems to be a joke, and he's not old enough to be by himself. Not that he would anyway! I've always been a fly by the seat of my pants kind of gal....I'll just wing it per usual. :)

Comedy of Errors

Installing the wood floor has been a comedy of errors lately....and one would expect no less when it's your first time to do such a thing.

We started out with an automatic nail gun bought from Home Depot....it fell apart when hubby whacked it with the hammer to drive in the nail. So back to Home Depot it went. Hubby came back with a new one. Guess what? It did the same thing. I don't know if it was user error or if there is seriously something wrong with Bostitch QC. Who knows, but it went back too. By then steam was rolling out of hubby's ears, and he doesn't get upset that easily. If it were me, I would have thrown it across the room, drug it outside and driven over it a few times. ;)

After this return it was off to the local rental place. Where hubby rented a pneumatic nail gun...which you need an air compressor for. Both were rented on Sunday afternoon right before they closed for the day.

Guess what? They didn't check the hose attachments and the hose didn't fit the nail gun. Apparently Sunday was not meant to be. Monday I got it squared away, brought it back home and guess what?

The air compressor wouldn't work. We plugged it in to a direct power source. It ran long enough to test it out and then wouldn't turn back on.

Are you noticing a pattern yet?

I took the compressor back, they gave us a new one....

And it works. My one complaint is that the compressor, while plugged into a direct power source, only works for a minute at best. You have to keep turning it off and on, and then after a few times let the air out of it. It's pretty inconvenient.

BUT-It works! And is doing a great job so far. Hubby is about half way done...and it looks great. I can't wait to get it all finished! :)

I have this itch. It's pretty bad. It's a vacation itch. We haven't gone on a vacation in a loooooong time, and it's starting to cause a nasty itch to get the heck outta town. It's sort of hard to leave with your house all torn up...or maybe that's why the itch is getting so bad, no? I want to go sit my butt in the sand with a good book. I want to watch the kids play in the sand and make sandcastles. I want the warmth of the sun to bring a smile to my face. I would give my left arm and then some to be able to go tomorrow.

I'm not a patient person. Have I mentioned that?

Here is the issue. I am now living on the West Coast, where there really aren't any "warm" beaches. It's pretty windy and cold, and swimming in the water isn't something most people do. I grew up going to the Oregon Coast...we always went right before school started and it was always chilly.

Then, I grew up met hubby and he introduced me to a real beach. Myrtle Beach. Nearly everyone where we used to live vacations there, or somewhere near.

I have been spoiled!

I miss the East Coast....being long day's drive from the Atlantic sounds like a dream! Does anyone else wish you had the power of Samantha on "Bewitched? That would come in really handy right about now!!

Alas, while we are re doing our floors, it's too hard to get away. Not to mention the cost of a ticket, car and a place to stay is a little too out of reach...maybe I can convince myself a chilly beach would be just as good?

I think I'm deaf now

Hubby is installing new flooring right now as we speak. He's actually doing the prep right now. The people who lived here previously had a tile entry and then carpet. Welll......in order to make things level they had to add shims and some leveling stuff, that's similar to grout to go from the carpet to the tile. In order to get rid of that stuff he's using a little mini jack hammer thing. (I'm really technical, I know) IT'S LOUD! Thank GOD I don't have a headache right now..... He's breaking up the grout that was under the tile with it too.....Ohhhhhh my. I hope this goes fast!

Working girl

I've started a new job in the time that we have moved here.....it's a new/old job. I've worked for this company before when I was in high school and in college. The people are great to work for, and most of the people, if not all, that I worked with before are still there. I think that says a lot. A lot can happen in 10 years. People change. People move on. For me, it speaks volumes.

The other day it was a little slow and my computer wasn't working, so while an IT guy came and tinkered around with it, my boss, myself and the girl I'm going to be taking over for chatted and giggled like little girls. It was so FUN! What a great day, and what a great thing to be able to enjoy the people you work with. That was unfortunately not so much the case in my last job. People at my new company are a great group of people. My little group is so funny! I don't think I've been able to laugh like that for quite a while. It was so refreshing to have adult conversation and lots of laughs! It sure makes getting up early worth it. :)

Extended Vacation?

I still feel like this isn't my house. I feel like I'm on an extended vacation. Living in a roomy vacation home, waiting to pack up and head out at a moments notice. All of our worldy possessions fill this house, and yet it doesn't feel like we belong here.......yet. I know we will, but at the moment it's a strange feeling to have.

I've come full circle. I was born and raised here. When I left I always wanted to come back. Now I'm finally back and it feels incredibly surreal. Almost like I don't belong here. Hubby's aunt once said you can always go home again, but it's never the same. She was speaking of personal experience, and she's right. I'm working where I previously worked, doing the same thing, with some added responsibilities. I'm living in the same area. My current question is, at what point will this feel like home again? Part of me is waiting for the vacation to end and head back East. I wonder at what point does that go away? It's not that I'm not happy....I'm content...it's just a weird feeling.