2/4/09

Just got back from Urgent Care an hour ago.  I have another UTI, and after almost four days of progressively worse symptoms, I gave in and went after some antibiotics.  I drank upwards of 70ozs of 100% cranberry juice yesterday hoping it would help flush my kidneys, etc, but no such luck.  And, what’s worse, I can’t take the anti-spasmodics (you know, the ones that turn your pee radioactive orange?) while breastfeeding, so I’m stuck with the pain until the antibiotics clear up the infection.

Yay! Or not.

Don’t have school tonight, though, which is a blessing.  First of all because I haven’t managed to do my homework yet, and second of all because Ben had a very rough morning while I was gone at the doctor’s and I really appreciate having the evening to snuggle and cuddle and love on him.  I was going to go visit Courtney and Zane after class, but I’m going to call and see if I can swing by sometime on Saturday. 

It feels like I’ve been so busy the last couple days, but I have no idea on earth why.  I haven’t gotten anything accomplished, other than a few loads of laundry and a good cleaning on the living room.  Maybe it’s because the kids haven’t been napping at the same time the past few days and I’m also with one of them.  I’m telling you, having five minutes out the day to yourself really helps. 

Last Sunday, after Aaron finished up his nine days working in a row, I got a phone call from his boss (who is also my aunt) wanted to know if I wanted to come in and work a few hours slinging pizzas.  It was Superbowl Sunday and they had three call offs.  So, I went in and worked.  It was nice to get out of the house, and I got 20 bucks and a free dinner for my trouble.  It definitely reaffirmed my desire NOT to reenter the workforce unless it is as a business owner, or something actually in my field of interest.  I’m done working crap jobs just so I have a paycheck to keep the bills paid. 

Aaron and I are finally in an okay place, financially.  I paid off my house and my car last week, so the only monthly expenses we have to deal with are my land rent and utilities.  So, with where we are right now, I don’t have to look at going back to work until I graduate, which was the goal to start with.  And hopefully, I won’t need to work full time very long, because Aaron will be entering driving school as soon as I find a job, and once he graduates, he’ll be making upward of 50K a year.  That’s almost three times what we’re living on now, so I’ll definitely be able to choose being a stay at home mom if I want. 

That’s the goal I’m working toward right now – getting him into and out of driving school so we have that bigger income that will allow us to finally build the home we want to live in until our kids are grown.