Blogspiration Lost

Disclaimer: this post may be a lot tad on the whiny side.  don't judge.

I've lost my blogspiration.  I have been in such a funk the last couple weeks.  Between the car being sick, Bobby working all the time, house in shambles with no time or energy to clean it up, bad sleep and Jack being sick, my blogging inspiration has flown out the window.  I actually stared at the computer screen for about 5 minutes trying to think of what to say next.  I am way behind in reading any other blogs.  I love all the fabulous things you al have to say, but I don't want to go read them.  Nothing personal, I swear.

I am ready for this deployment to be over.  It could be much worse though.  Bobby could be gone.  I am so thankful he's home, but it doesn't make it any easier with him here.  I can't rely on him for anything.  He works super long hours (he went into work at 2:00am yesterday) so I feel so guilty asking him to do anything.  I feel like we are in this holding pattern that is never ending.  We have no idea what will happen with us next.  I know in the Army you never know for sure either, but at least you have an idea.  If we were to stay in, we would be going to Career Course next.  But our next step is for Bobby to go interview for jobs at a career conference.  And we won't have any idea what companies until we get there.  And we have already done this once.  Which did turn out how we expected.  I know Bobby will get a great job, he is a great leader and will be such a huge asset to any company, I just want to know that everything will turn out ok.  And I want to know where the heck we will be. I hate the waiting. 

Bobby's parents are coming into town this weekend.  We have a wedding in Charleston to go to that has a "no kids" clause, so they are coming to watch Jack.  Who has a wedding on a holiday and doesn't allow kids?  Bobby was supposed to be in this wedding, which is a long story in itself, and now that he's not, both of us are kinda not excited to go. 

Oh, my sandals came in the mail on Monday.  Totally not the same color as in the picture.  They are basically lime green.  I don't mind them, they weren't what I was hoping they would be, but I don't want to send them back.  I'm still hoping the blue color will magically appear at my house. (I wear a 9.5 if anyone wants to send them to me)

Well sorry for the Debbie Downer post.  Hopefully I can kick this funk and get back blogging about happy things like puppies, babies and rainbows.

What a Morning!

 Jack woke up with a fever.  And when I tried to give him tylenol, he threw it up.  The vomitted two more times, all over me.  And this happens as I am running around the living room, in my underwear, with no glasses on trying to find my phone to call, well someone!  I really didn't know who to call first.  Bobby? The hospital (who wouldn't have answered the phone for another 10 minutes anyway)? My mom?  My neighbor who has kids and would know what to do?  Why don't you get like a checklist when you have a baby on what to do in these situations?  And then, my phone dies. Ugg, why aren't you self charging phone...

Of course situations like this make me want to call and scream at Tricare.  Let's see Jack will be 7 months on Saturday, so for 7 months on Saturday I have been trying to get him seen at a pediatrian in the town that I live in.  Doesn't sound too much to ask right?  Ha! Well it is.  And the fact that there are TWO Army bases here doesn't help.  But BOTH Army bases are at least a 35-40 minute drive for me.  I was scared to load a baby up in the car who has been vomitting.  What if he aspirated while I was driving?  I know there are plenty of moms who have been referred off post to see pediatrians in this town, who have Tricare Prime like me.  I even know moms who live 5 minutes outside of post and were referred off post!  Why can't they just do the same for everyone?!?!  It drives me nuts!

Friday night, I was talking with another wife whose husband is on Rear D also.  She shared with me this fabulous thing she learned.  What she did was call the pediatrians office in town and asked if they were accepting new patients.  One pediatrian was so she called Tricare up and said this is where I want to go.  All they needed was a letter of acceptance and voila! she now has her child seen in our town and not 40 minutes away!  I had all intention of doing this today, well I still am but we had a slight detour through the ER on post.

Ok so back to Jack, I got both of us changed, loaded him in the car and drove to post.  Checking on him like every oh, 15 seconds or so.  Bobby had called the appointment line and gotten an appointment for 10:15am, but I wasn't waiting over 2 hours.  So we went into the ER.  We got in fairly (40 minutes) quickly and when they got a rectal temp on Jack, it was 101.3F.  Poor little man was so sad, but still was flirting with the nurse.  Since he had thrown up, he got a tylenol suppository.  An hour later, his temp went down a degree and we were sent home.  He's still pretty cranky but is sleeping away right now.  Hopefully we can get Jack's pedi changed once and for all and not have to deal with the long drive to post with a sick baby.  Not fun...

Button, Button Whose Got a Button

I DO!!  Isn't she so cute??

Mrs. Gambizzle over at Life as a Sailor's Girl was feeling generous and made this for me!  Super talented that girl is.  She even makes her own jewels!  You really need to go check her out, maybe if you are lucky she will make one for you!  In the mean time, you can grab my button over there on the left and add it to your blog!  Thanks Mrs. Gambizzle!

Bucket List, Savannah Edition

We won't be here forever.  This will hopefully be our last year in the Army.  When this deployment is over, Bobby will be getting out and making moves for the business world.  Which still leaves us with no idea where we will end up next.  That makes me anxious.  I dream of searching the internet for houses for sale and clinics I might want to work at. Oh well, I should get at least 2 weeks notice where we will go next.  That's plenty of time...

There are still so many things I want to do while we are here.  Who knows if our next town will be as amazing as living in a place with so much history?!?  So I'm starting my Savannah Bucket List.  I'm going to keep it up there next to my about me page, so if you have any suggestions I would love to hear them. 

1.  Stay in a bed and breakfast
2.  Complete the Savannah Bridge Run
3.  Eat at 'our list' of restaurants we haven't tried yet

• 700 Drayton
• Ele
• Elizabeth on 37th
• The Chart House
• Saigon
• Sapphire Grill
• B. Matthews

4.  Go crabbing again
5.  Camp on Cumberland Island
6.  Take Jack to St. Simon Island
7.  Go to the aquarium in Atlanta
8.  Take a carriage tour now that we know more about the city
9.  Bike from downtown Savannah to Tybee Island
10. Soak up the sun for a day on Tybee
11. Race the dogs in the wiener dog races
12. Go to the mountains in North Georgia
13. Visit the Georgia Sea Turtle Center
14. Have family beach pictures taken
15. Visit the Telfair museum
16. Visit the Mighty 8th museum

Well that's all I can think of right now.  I know there are more I've come up with before, at least now I have a place to put them when I remember them!

Our 1st Father's Day

Good thing I'm a planner.  I had Bobby's father's day cards and gift before the car got sick.  Don't worry, she's all better now, a week and a half later... Bobby is pretty easy to shop for.  Bike parts. The problem with that is, bike parts are expensive.  Well you know, the good carbon fiber kinds...  And while my stay-at-home mom gig pays really well in slobbery kisses, you can't get too many bike parts with those.  So we got Bobby a Road ID ankle ID.  Now when Bobby goes out on his 25+ mile bike rides, I have a little comfort knowing if anything happens, at least someone will know who to call!  These are really great products for any athlete.  If you wanna buy one for someone, I have coupons they sent me to give to friends, just let me know!

We also got him Alton Browns "cookbook."  It doesn't really have recipes, but the who, what, when, where, why and how of cooking!  We love watching Alton and learning all about food.  My aunt actually went to culinary school with him too!  Bobby's only request for father's day was a steak.  So I got him the hugest (yes, it's a word) bone in ribeye I could find.  The ribeye is his fav and bone in makes it extra yummy!  A couple weekends ago, Bobby used an Alton Brown technique to cook these awesome "steakhouse" steaks on our grill, so he modified the technique a little and grilled a great ribeye!  They had that crust on them you only seem to get at a restaurant.  Sorry, I really can't share his secret with you...  When we first got together, Bobby's grilling skills were, well lacking, sorry babe, I still love you but he has come a loooong way.  He pretty much gets the steak perfect every time now!

Jack is so lucky to have Bobby as a Daddy.  I just can't get over how much he loves Jack.  It melts my heart every time I see them together.  I can't wait to watch Jack grow up and interact with his Dad.  I am one lucky girl to have two of the best guys in my life...

Shoe Envy

  I want this shoe.  In this color.  In my size.

I cannot find it ANYWHERE!!

Well actually today I found it on a website called Camping For Life.  But when I try to add it to the cart, it just says shopping cart empty.  And of course the website has no way to contact anyone there.  They are an Amazon affiliate so I called Amazon.  No help.  The chick couldn't figure out what the heck was going on or how to get ahold of anyone either. Umm...hello?  You are affiliated with this company and don't know how to get ahold of them?  Thanks...

So I think I might settle for this color.

I like this color too, but I just really wanted the blue.  At least they are on sale for $64.95...

I have a confession...

 I may have become a Twilight-a-holic.  Well not like full blown cause I haven't read the books and I don't like swoon over all the cast members.  I really want to read the books, but the whole raising an almost 7 month old occupies a large chunk of my life right now.

When Jack was still a wee little guy who didn't move and would fall asleep if I put him in his swing, I rented Twilight on demand.  Then like two days later rented New Moon.  I am hooked.  I think I am really hooked because I want to know what's gonna happen.  And now I want to go see Eclipse when it comes out.  I don't really have any friends who are into them though.  So, I asked Bobby if he would go with me.  He said sure, but movies are just a $9 nap for him anyway.  There have been like two movies we've seen together that he actually stayed awake through.  Is it like illegal to bring him to this movie?  I'm not up on the Twilight-a-holic rules.  I'm still a new addict.

I am also a Jacob fan.  I like werewolves better than vampires.  Totally think Bella should chose him over Edward.  Not to mention that Jacobs skin looks way better than Edwards. 

Bytheway... can you believe I have an almost 7 month old??!?!  Yeah, I'll probably say that every month, get used to it...