Friends, The Croods, Potty training***
Jamie is home sick from work again today. I’m not sure he has the flu, as he hasn’t ran a fever, but he says he feels bad. He called in sick Friday, Monday and Today. It’s been weird having him home for so many days. Our schedule is all out of whack. Hopefully I can get the kids back on track today. I am babysitting for the first time since last Monday, which is when all of the flu/sickness started. I think Izabel is sick cuz she is really whiney/grouchy and has a cough and runny nose. I’m hoping it isn’t a new illness that my kids can catch 🙁 I’ve had just about enough of them being sick for the past few months.
Is it weird that OD diarists sometimes make an appearance in my dreams? I think I need more friends 🙁 I’m really picky about who I am friends with it seems. It is hard to find people in the same place as Jamie and I are with similar morals and values. I don’t know why. We don’t lie, cheat or steal. We work for what we have and don’t ask for help or handouts. We believe you should treat everyone with respect and basically just do the right thing. You’d think there would be plenty of people like that but, not many here 🙁 I’ve even been getting frustrated with my best friend lately and find myself avoiding her to an extent. Back story: She recently just met her husband and got married. They were engaged and married after only knowing each other for about 6 months. The reason behind the rush? Religion of course. They had to be married to have sex. Obviously I don’t think they should have rushed getting married so quickly because they barely knew each other, but to each their own. That’s not the part that is bothering me. It is the fact, that as a 27 year old, married adult (he is 29 or 30), she is refusing to act like an adult! Her and her husband live with her mom and dad. The don’t pay any bills, and just expect to be taken care of. What really got me was that the last time we were hanging out, they told us that her dad buys all of the groceries, and even does their laundry. Are you kidding me? I’m just frustrated with the fact that they are still acting like children. I was excited at the prospect of having an adult couple to hang out with, but I’m finding it difficult to relate to them when we are on such different pages in our life. I’m trying to get over this and just try to hang out with them. I need to stop judging how they are living. I don’t think it is so much that I am judging them, I’m just more disappointed that we can’t relate on an adult level. Also, lately when we hang out she has been making me really uncomfortable with how she is treating her husband. She is very vocal about wanting him to get a better job and make more money. I’m embarassed for him, and it’s funny because she doesn’t even have a part time job, with her excuse being that she is in school – but she is only taking 1 class that is 1 day a week! Also, she tries to make it obvious that she wears the pants in their relationship. When they are joking around, she will say things like "Who won?" and will keep repeating it until he replies "you did". It’s embarrassing to watch. I don’t know. Maybe it will get better with time. I still want to be her friend and spend time with her. I just need to get over the issues I am annoyed with.
I need to find some women I can relate to or just talk to. I’m a very lonely person. I basically have my husband to talk to and the kids. I need some interaction outside of family. I just don’t know how to go about making new friends. I am so shy and a bit awkward from being so cooped up all of the time. There aren’t any mom groups or anything in our area. Even just someone to text back and forth with would be a start!
Owen is on Spring Break this week. We took the kids to the movies yesterday afternoon to see The Croods. It was pretty good, but we didn’t get to watch the very end. Ethan got a little rowdy for some reason, so we decided to leave. I found myself laughing a lot and the scenery was pretty. I ate more popcorn than I should have, and I am pretty bloated from all of the sodium today. I way over ate on my calories yesterday, so I am going to attempt to make up for it over the next few days by cutting 200 – 300 calories to even it out. I am excited for all of the movies coming out this summer. I love taking the kids to the movies!
I don’t know what to do with Ethan and potty training. He just has absolutely NO interest in it. Getting him to sit on the potty is a challenge. Do I just wait and try again later? Or do I keep pushing it, hoping that he will catch on. He is 2 1/2, will be 3 in July. We potty trained Owen right as he turned 3, and he caught on very easily. The doctor was surprised that he even wakes up in the middle of the night to use the potty, as most kids have problems with wetting the bed. I think Ethan is going to be more difficult to potty train. I was hoping to have him potty trained before we go to the beach, but I’m not sure I can do it in 2 months.
