Random Tuesday Thoughts

Usually, my two year old LB will play outside on the driveway while I clean the kitchen or whatever with the front door open. Today, he decided to take a nap on the kitchen floor. Random, but I'm so glad he did because after he woke up, I noticed a FUCKING 30 POUND BOBCAT walking across my driveway, 20 feet from the front door that would have been open. Animal Control said to not let our kids play outside any more. I'm so terrified of living here now.

On a related note, I'm getting a bow and arrow.

Mmmm, chinese food for dinner tonight, yummy.

Hubby will be in Vegas this weekend. I'm trying to think of what to do with the boys while he's gone. I'm thinking it definitely won't involve playing out in the driveway.

Adam Sandler is wearing a UNH t-shirt in his new movie- go Wildcats!

I met someone at the park today. She had a boy LB's age and we were pushing our kids on the swings next to each other. It would be nice to get to know her but she's moving away in a month.... and she also breastfeeds her kid. Her two and a half year old kid. Is that strange? It seems strange to me...

I'm going to swim laps tomorrow at 5am. Yup, I'm nuts.

Hubby is making me watch the NBA finals. I'm soooo not into basketball. I don't really know what's going on, and I honestly don't care to know. Besides, I thought the basketball season was supposed to be over in spring.

I'm not anti-sports. I actually love football more than Hubby does. And I really enjoy baseball and hockey. Uh, as far as playing, I'm not so talented- I'm more of a ski person. Water and snow.

I had the strangest dreams last night, but I can't remember them. I just know that I woke up thinking, WTF??

I know I'm usually shy (without liquor, ha), but I'm trying to make an effort to keep in touch. I'm pretty sure my shyness comes across as standoffish or bitchy. Oh well.

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In a mood

Today is a cool, sunny day. I got a good workout in and this morning went just smoothly with the boys.

But I'm in a bad mood because of a few things. After over a week of hearing nothing, I finally called my doc and asked what was up with that x-ray I had done. Apparently, nothing. It looked normal. Of course it did, because my body has a funny way of being messed up and not showing it. But clearly my pelvis is not right, because it shouldn't be achy just standing (like right this minute). So she ordered an MRI. I know what the outcome will be: it will be normal. Just like every other test I've had done. Maybe I really AM crazy...

Also, Hubby sent me this email that started "Don't take this the wrong way, but...". Any email with that will probably be taken the wrong way. Besides, did he really want to pick a fight over something so stupid right before finals?? For the sake of his grades, I'm not going to make a big deal out of it (it was about me not stocking the fridge with veggies enough... I suppose it would be impossible for him to add to the endless grocery list in the kitchen....), but it pissed me off big time. He's going to grocery shop for his own groceries now. Whatever. If that's how he wants it, then fine. If I'm damned if I do, and damned if I don't, then I just give up.

I kicked my ass this morning in the gym, and now my pelvis is all achy. I HATE THIS. I want this to be over!! Why can't I have gone back to the way I was pre-babies? And if my doc tells me again that there is nothing wrong with me, I'm going to piss on my chart and smack her upside the head with it. Clearly something is not right- I just wish I could do something about it.

I love to hate it.

My new favorite show: "You're Cut Off" on VH1. Spoiled girls get thrown into an average house to learn some humility and life skills and to quit mooching off their parents. LOVE it. Hate it, but love to hate it.

Just another guilty pleasure! :)

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Hubby and I have been discussing our future, specifically where we might get stationed after departmenthead school and which bases we'd like. I was pretty sure that the next few years of our lives were planned, but now things are so indefinite (not that they ever weren't, really) and I HATE that.

One option is Bangor, WA. We both want to experience the northwest, and the crime rate is low and the schools are good (generally speaking). Any time I take the quiz on www.findyourspot.com (try it, you'll love it!), my first place is Medina, WA. And out of my top five, there are always three in WA (the other two are usually Arkansas.... really? Arkansas? No thanks).

The other option is Kings Bay, GA. There are only two options if Hubby gets back on boomers (which is definitely what we want... shorter deployments and rotating crews, heck yes!), and GA is the other one. I was strongly opposed to ever living in the south again, but he pointed out a lot of good things about that area. First, we wouldn't actually live in GA- we'd live just over the border in Fernandina Beach, FL. It's a nice area, apparently. It's close (relatively speaking) to Disney World, my cousin & her family, my grandmother, and my aunt and uncle. The town is affluent, so the schools are probably good, and for FL it will also probably have a low rate of white trash.

So there are the two options... if he goes boomer. If he gets put on a fast attack sub again (long deployments and even longer hours in port), he'll be at work so much that it won't matter where we live. So Groton, CT is obviously at the top of my list. It's close to both of our families and I already know the area (kind of). I know what there is to do and I like what there is to do up there. The boys would be able to see their families so much more, and when we have a rare weekend where Hubby isn't at work, we might actually get a family member to watch the kids so we could have a date night.

After CT, the other bases are distant seconds (or fourths?). I wouldn't mind Pearl Harbor again, as long as we didn't also do a shore tour there. I can take about a few years until I'm ready to leave the island! San Diego and Norfolk are neck-and-neck for being last, but I think VA has a little advantage over SD. We'd be within driving distance to NH, we know the area already (I'm getting sick of moving to a new place and having to learn the geography every year or two), and the illegal immigration population is much less than San Diego. The last thing I want to do is live within a half hour from Mexico!

So, our lives are looking more and more unsure. Ugh. I absolutely hate that. I want to know where we'll be and what we'll be doing two years from now.

Only 6 more years in the Navy until retirement....

WE BOOKED OUR FLIGHTS!!

So yeah, we have our itinerary and everything for this big NH/Spain trip. Woo hoo!!

We're going to be leaving here and arriving in Boston on Dec 19, then Hubby and I depart the 25th for Spain. Then we are coming back from Spain on Jan 1, then Hubby leaves on the 2nd because classes start up again for him on the 3rd. The boys and I will be hanging out in NH until the 8th... Um, I think I need to call my mom and actually tell her that we're staying an extra week. Somehow, I don't think she'll mind. :)

SO EXCITED!!! The boys need to see their families and I'm just itching to be back in NH during the winter. I know, I'm crazy. But I miss it!

I'm gonna kill it, I know it.

Our dill weed died. We have been growing herbs on our kitchen window sill, and it just withered away. Correction: Hubby has been taking care of them. Me, I kill anything green.

But I love lavender. There is wild lavender growing all over the CA wilderness, and I love the smell of it. So it inspired me to give it another go with the whole green thumb thing. I yanked the dill this afternoon and planted the lavender seeds.

We'll see what happens...

I'm sure I'll be turning to Hubby when they a) don't sprout at all, or b) sprout but have no flowers, or c) get to frustrated trying to figure this whole how-much-water-and-sun-should-it-get thing.

I'm optimistic, but I think I'm being falsely optimistic. Given my track record, I'm gonna say option a) is the likely outcome!

Random Tuesday Thoughts

I'm probably the last person to do this, considering I'm in pacific coast time. But I always have something random on my mind.

What do you do with the crappy-junk-I-don't-know-where-it-came-from-or-where-it-belongs drawer? You know what I mean, the drawer filled with rubber bands and batteries and rubber door stops? Do I hang on to this crap because someday I'll need it, or do I throw it away to simplify all my stuff?

I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day and didn't forget why it's such an important holiday. And I hope no one drove drunk.

I don't think I'll ever get tired of watching talentless people audition for talent shows.

There should be breakfast, lunch, dinner, and chocolate time.

I know I'm a little behind on this, but I'm learning a lot about what went on with Enron. Those greedy pieces of shit.

June is shaping up to be busy.

I've been feeling the need to bake, but I don't want a bunch of cakes or cookies or pies laying around because *ahem* they'd mysteriously disappear... into my tummy.

Is it childish of me to actually look forward to the next Twilight movie? I really want to know what happens next. (But don't anybody dare spoil it for me!)

Ugh, I have to dress better. I'd like a personal shopper or something.

I got a new car, a Jetta Sportwagen TDI. It's my first stick shift and it's diesel- very different from my other cars! But I'm in love with it. I was getting 50 mpg on the highway.

"It's America's Got Talent... not Frenchie's Got Dance-y" -Hubby