Random

I guess it's been a while since I've posted anything. It's so hard working 4 days a week to find the time to keep this updated :)
This is going to be a hodgepodge of things I've wanted to blog about, but have managed to squander my time doing something else.

I LOVE shopping at the comissary (grocery store on base). As long as you don't shop there on payday (to avoid everyone that lives literally paycheck to paycheck) it's normally not terribly crowded and the prices are awesome. I mean I can get 2 new york strip steaks for about $6. Totally worth weaving through navy wives in sweatpants and sweatshirts. When you go to check out though, you'll notice signs that say their baggers only work for tips. Seriously you want me to tip you for bagging my food?? Something that I'm going to assume is your main job responsibility. At home, they even take the bags to your car, no tip required. So when you're checking out, if you don't speak up fast enough, they'll put all of your bags into a cart that can only be taken outside by a worker. I've had to have them remove them before and put them in my own basket so I could take them outside. I NEVER have cash on me, ever. So I can't really let them take the bags out for free... The other day Matt and I went to buy a few groceries and before we knew it, they were bagged and in the mans cart ready to go outside. I didn't feel like having him move them to our cart so I hoped matt had a couple of dollars on him.. He didn't and I didn't... So I had to find something cheap to buy with my debit card so I could get cash back... Gum, no just bought some, chapstick, no.. I wasted probably 2 minutes looking for something cheap to buy so I could tip the bagger for pushing my bags 20ft to my car. I finally decided on altoids... So frustrating.. I don't get tipped for giving my patients extra warm blankets, or doing a timeout to make sure we're operating on the correct limb/location....

Another thing I'm getting tired of..... Smokers.. I can't stand walking behind or close by someone pulling their last drag before they go into a store. Lately I've become very irritated. I'll hold my nose the whole time until I'm free and clear of cigarette smoke. The other day I even said out loud so the man could hear me how much I hated walking through cigarette smoke and how you weren't supposed to even smoke 50 feet of buildings. ( I'm not exactly sure of the distance) I'm afraid I'm going to get beat up one day, but I don't care. Why should I or my children (whenever I have them) be exposed to something like that by the choice of a stranger???

My last gripe.
I'm getting really tired of getting up everyday at 5:15, putting on a face, and then climbing into my car at 3:30 when I'm done working to realize it's long gone. Really I look like a smurf in my blue scrubs and without hair at work, your face is really all you have. It's very frustrating.

On a happier note, I get to come home!!!! Matt will be out to sea so he won't be able to come :(
but I'm coming home for Sean's graduation. Where does the time go??? I'm so excited. I can't wait to see everybody and give baby Myka a real hug! I hear someone was a baby hog over Easter, surely she'll let me hold her more than a few minutes!

Happy Thursday!!

Growing Like a Weed

I don't think I've posted any new pictures of Leo since we got him. I was looking back at old ones today and I can't believe how much hes grown. He'll be 15 weeks old this week and he already weighs 42lbs!!

Leo at 12 weeks old

Leo at 12 weeks with the red stool

Leo today, 15 weeks with the red stool

Mona my love and Leo. This was today, it's hard trying to get them to pose without taking a finger off to get the treat.

My little family minus Matt, the picture taker!!

Tex-Mex

Whats worse than going through coke withdrawl??? Tex-Mex withdrawl. While living here I've tried no less than 5 restaurants where people have SWORN they have good mexican food. Sadly it's a disappointment everytime. I could get something that tastes better at Taco Bell. How do these people live without flavor?? For Valentine's Day I had pizza fedexed from Pennsylvania for Matt, I'm thinking it's time to do the same for me. I emailed Joe T Garcia's and Abuelos seeing if they could do something for me. Keep your fingers crossed.
Tasteless in Seattle.........

8 Days Sober

Thats right. I'm 8 days sober. Free from coke and I don't mean powder, I mean coca-cola. I don't remember when my addiction started, but boy what a tasty one it was. It's not like I drank a ton of coke a day, but I always had to have 1.
I'll miss you coke. Your delicious, golden, bubbly burn on the back of my throat.

Snowboarding

Matt is a really good snowboarder.. I've wanted to try it for a couple of years, esp since some of the family goes on snowboarding trips and has a great time. So yesterday Matt and I got up at 5:20 and headed out to Crystal Mountain. It's about 2 1/2 hours away from where we live. Matt checked their website and it said conditions were a 9 out of 10! How exciting. We get there, get my board and boots rented and we're on our way. Let me remind you I've never even been skiing. We get in line to catch the ski lift, I'm suppressing my fear of heights and prepare to catch the lift. The first one hits me on the side and knocks me out of the way. Matt catches it along with some other guy. Ok, no time to recover here comes the next one, hits me again. Finally I get on the next one, throw the bar down, pray I don't fall out and laugh out loud because that could only happen to me. I'm too sore to remember most of the day. It went a little something like this. Up down up down up down up down up down up down. Sometimes I'd finally stand up only to fall right back down. Matt was such a gentleman, trying to teach me. The funniest part I think was after Matt wiped snot off my face. I wasn't aware it was there and he said something like he didn't know he was taking his 6 year old snowboarding! haha I only made it down twice. That took about 3 1/2 hours. I should have kept going, but my body was so beat up and it was getting colder. I don't know if Matt will ever take me again, but I hope so- the times I was able to go about 4 seconds without falling were really fun!

Insurance.....For pets

So I probably have officially been in the Pacific Northwest for too long now because I am contemplating getting pet insurance for Mona and Leo. To me it seems like a really good concept. For about $50 a month, Mona and Leo would be covered for emergencies, routine vaccinations, flea and tick medication, and heart worm meds. Just the flea/tick/heartworm meds alone a month would be about $50. It also covers microchipping and spay/neuter/teeth cleaning.. Matt thinks its ludacris, but I think it would be worth having if something ever happened. Here is the company I'm thinking about going with www.petinsurance.com
What do y'all think???

Hair

I have no idea how I've gone 25 years and gotten a college degree and still have no clue how to fix my "natural" hair.
2 genes from the Whitehorn strand skipped me. The first gene being tall, skinny, and shapeless. I've finally come to terms with my hips and mom butt (sans children).
The 2nd gene and most annoying at the moment that seems to have skipped me is straight as a board hair. I have curly hair. Would you have known it??? Probably not since I've only just realized in the last few years and straighten the heck out of it everytime I wash it....Problem is I have no idea how to fix curly hair. I've tried all kinds of products even gone to a salon to have them show me how to do it. The ladies idea was hot rollers. Ok, tard is what I wanted to say.
If it were Taylor Swift curly it might be easier, I would say it's more of a mix between wavy and curly with the super curly being the bottom layers and the hideous on the top. ugh I'm ready to perm it only I'm not really sure I even like curly hair.
I use to think the Chi was the greatest invention, now I'm just tired of being a slave to it.

On a happier note- Leo knows how to sit now!!! If only he could take his treat for sitting without taking off skin from my hand.