Just another day in paradise!

Is it Friday yet???

Monday was a great day! Our washing machine, TV, and Marks truck broke, washing machine is still functional though I don't know for how long, TV is done for now and Marks truck is still in the shop. We're debating whether to get a new TV or get it repaired, it all depends on Marks bonus that we just found out is not going to be what is was supposed to be, its going to be much less so we'll probably get the TV fixed. What sucks is that if it wasn't broken it wouldn't even be worth the cost of the repair, however we don't have $600+ to throw down on a new TV. Everywhere I've looked all they have now are flat screen LCD or Plasma's, or the projection TV's. Tube TV's are a thing of the past, even Target doesn't sell any over 19 inches. The washing machine isn't ours, it came with the house. The problem is the owner of the house, who is also one of Marks best friends, isn't keeping this house as a rental, he sort of got stuck with it and we're just helping him out. As soon as the economy gets better and the real estate market picks back up he's putting it up for sale (by then we should be long gone ;) Needless to say he's not going to fix the washer if it goes, he hasn't said this flat out but basically insinuated that if it goes we have his permission to get rid of it and get our own. Which is fabulous considering we don't have the money to buy a new one so our only option will be to fix a washing machine that's not ours. Mark is going to see if he can fix it himself, that should be a site to see! I have to say though, this DIY attitude Mark has recently is very sexy! I'm likin' it! :0)~ About Marks truck, the good thing is that 1) he wasn't hurt and 2) its doesn't cost us for the repairs. The brakes went out, he pulled out of his shop and the brakes went to the floor. They were fine when he drove to work, they were fine earlier in the day when he ran errands, sometime that day one of the brake lines cracked and leaked fluid out, thankfully this did not happen while he was on the interstate! He was just mins away from getting on I-75... it could have been much worse. The only sucky thing is that now I don't have a car while he's at work since he has to use mine. His truck should be done this afternoon, still it sucks, that's 2 days without a vehicle for me, suck at home, with 2 very hyper boys who already have cabin fever! Oh and yesterday when Mark got home, I took off to go to Target just to get out, I barely made it down the road when I hear BEEEEP... My damn engine light came on! My freaking goodness, when it rains it pours! I know its nothing serious, its some stupid sensor that is known to have "hiccups" and needs to be reset. I went and took care of that immediately but still, what else could possibly go wrong, or dare I ask!

So as for today, I have a dr's appt today to find out what the heck is wrong with me. It all started 2weeks ago, I started feeling crappy thanks to that mother who brought her sick kid into MMO. I started with a weird sore throat that felt like tonsillitis but my tonsils looked fine. My sore throat disappeared right as my cold started, my cold disappeared and now I've got the sore throat again! I don't know what's wrong but something has got to give. I don't have any redness, my tonsils look fine, my glands feel normal, no white patches, just lots of pain. I've tried everything from sinus medication (not much I can take) to gargling with salt water, but nothing works. My throat doesn't hurt when I'm just sitting here doing nothing, but dare I swallow some saliva and holy hell brakes lose! Hopefully I'll get some answers soon. After my dr appt I have to run home, pick up Mark and the boys, drive an hour north to get his truck, an hour south to get home, and then cook dinner. Was supposed to have girls night tonight but looks like I'll have to cancel, really sucks cause at this point I really needed it... I also really need some Tequila but I'll have to pass on that too!

My new mantra in life...

"I'm not going to get mad anymore; I just have to expect the lowest from the people I think the lowest of. "Unknown"

Yet more family drama

I'm going to keep this short because not only am I sure that you all are tired of reading about it, I am tired of talking about it.

Last night I received a myspace email from my oldest sister, she titled it to all her sisters but the entire letter was about the situations she and I are in, so basically it was her passive aggressive way of attacking me, once again. She basically stated that she's tired of walking on eggshells around me, she thinks we should all just get along for our kids sake and our parents sake and that I should look in the mirror because its not her, its me. I didn't reply, I have no words for her that would change anything, that is obvious. I wish she didn't have to walk on eggshells around me but in order for her to not do that she would have to learn how to be respectful of others and to not be so selfish and insensitive. That goes for the little sister as well. When all this shit started around Christmas time I decided then that I would no longer just let all the crap they dish out go away. They're mad that I am actually standing up for myself for once. They can't push me around anymore. I won't let it and they don't know how to deal with it. My response to that is "Learn how to deal with it or learn how to treat people with respect!" Doesn't seem like such a hard task to accomplish but for them it apparently is. I will not say that to them because it will do no good, that's pretty damn obvious. They don't see themselves as the problem, they think they can do no wrong, I think otherwise. I have to love them because they are family, I don't have to like them and because of their actions, I don't. I've never disrespected them, I just simply stopped putting up with their crap.

So anyway, onto better things! I had another u/s yesterday that went great! Got to see our little man and he's doing wonderfully! They got the pics of his heart that they didn't get at our 20wk scan because he was being a little booger and had himself curled into a ball facing my spine. Right away they got the pics they needed so the rest of the u/s was just watching him, I got to see him yawn and stretch... that was just too cute! Its just the most awesome thing getting to see what he's doing, I feel him moving everyday but getting not feel and see the movements at the same time is just amazing! Since everything looks so great this will likely be my last u/s. Unless I measure large toward the end of my pregnancy, which I did with both boys so there's a good chance I will again! I hope so, Mark didn't get to make it to this appt so it would be nice to have one last u/s so that he can attend it as well, especially since this is most likely our last baby.

You may also notice that that I'm referring to the baby as "the baby" or "little man" because I don't think I like Brady anymore! I know I know... I need to make up my mind!! Mark is happy about that, he never really liked Brady. I wish he would be honest with me for once and tell me what he does and does not like! When I said Brady all he said was that it was better than my other choices and to chose whatever I wanted. He never gives me any reasonable idea's, he'll say things like Clifford, Heathcliff, Fielding, Fritz...etc. Names you give to animals not babies! He's totally joking, he just doesn't have any legitimate suggestions so he tries to be funny about it. His mother thinks I need to let him have the say in this baby since I chose Carter and Nolan's name. If Mark had any reasonable suggestions I would, he doesn't. I'm back to liking Sawyer and Wesley again, more so Sawyer but I really don't know. This is just so frustrating, I knew what I wanted to name Nolan before he was even conceived, I wish it was the same for this baby, at this rate his permanent name is going to end up being Little Man!

M-I-S-E-R-Y!

Uggh! I am so freaking sick of being sick! All because some ignorant mother decided it would be ok to bring her extremly sick child into moms morning out on a day we all went. First Nolan got sick, then Carter, now me. And to no surprise we have the same symptoms the sick child had a MMO. We ended up having to call the mother, and by the way the dad is an RN so you know they knew he was contagious, because he was so ill. Green snot pouring from his nose and he almost threw up on us a few times. He was just miserable and thanks to his insensitive and ignorant mother, so are we. Thankfully the boys are better, but not me and when preggo there's really not much you can take, just got to suffer through it and that's what I've been doing. Just when I thought it was over now I have this horrible cough, its like this big block of something stuck in my chest, I have to cough, nothing comes up, and now my entire body aches from coughing so much. This just sucks!