the holidays
Live was pretty hectic over the holidays and I’m glad they are over. I usually get excited for Christmas time but not the last couple years. I find it difficult to do the holidays with the husband’s family. They usually sit around complaining or bitching about eachother or watching TV. I got a 24 hour stomach bug on the 23rd so I missed doing anything on Christmas eve. Sadly I wasn’t too disappointed to just stay home with the little one and watch movies. We also had out daughters 3rd birthday and he best friend’s party. We did new years eve and all that jazz. My husband had 3 weeks off of work and it was alright but he was super stressed out because they didn’t give him his exam marks over the holidays so he didn’t know if he passed for the year or not. (if he didn’t pass he would need to retest and wouldn’t get the $6 an hour raise we were waiting for) So he was stressed and it was FREAKING COLD and blizzarding so not much of anything thrilling happened with all the time off.
We did finally talk about not wanting to live here anymore. We want to move back to the coast within the next 2 years and that took a giant weight off of me. I am so unhappy here and so is he. We’re just going to wait for him to finish school and get his ticket so we can move on. I hate living in the freaking middle of nowhere winter land. I’ve tried to make the best of it the last 2 1/2 years but it is getting wearing on my soul. Plus not being able to take the kids outside for months out of the year is not the way I want to live. We are out doors kind of people and we LOVE to hike and swim and just go for walks but that is not possible here. Plus people here are sooooo sheltered and dare I say, stupid. I have been asked numerous times by cashiers “what the heck is this, I’ve never seen one of these” (talking about an avocado and even one time about a cabbage) SERIOUSLY?? Ugh, I could go on and on but I won’t.
My youngest turned 7 months on the first. She learned to clap and wave and say hi and give high fives. She is SO proud of herself. She is so sweet and happy and calm. She really quite the opposite in so many way from her older sister. But I can’t imagine life without her. Her big sister loves her SO SO much it’s insane. We’ve never had jealousy issues so far and she basically just wants to hug her and hang out with her constantly. I can’t wait to see them when they’re older and can chat with eachother. Well sounds like they both just woke up…..
