I'M IN!!

So although the last few days have been completely stressful and crappy due to all of us being sick, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. I got accepted to the law school I was hoping for which offered online classes so I will be an official law student this fall. With only one week left til my master's program is over, I was beginning to get a bit nervous at the thought of actually going back into the workforce to get a real job. But the stress of the last year of applying to schools is over. I have to say I am completely excited and a bit nervous too. This will be actual work as opposed to my master's program which consisted of writing papers every week. But it will be worth it when I can put J.D. at the end of my name.

Dr. Update

So it is official....Vanna has strep just like her mama. The poor child puked all over the lab when they did her throat culture. There were no appointments available when I called this morning (a typical problem with military hospitals, especially on a Monday) but they were nice enough to see us in the lab to do a test and if she had strep they would call in some medicine. Well since she puked all over their lab they decided to see us later this afternoon. She threw up 3 more times after that and once again when we got into the examination room at the doctor's office. So she has strep and for whatever reason can't keep anything down, which is not usually a side effect of strep. She has thrown up 3 more times since we got home to include her medicine. So after multiple washings and baths I am trying to get her to eat some plain toast in hopes that her stomach will settle enough to keep her medicine down because I sure do not want her to feel as bad as I do now.

By the way I finished my paper...lord knows how with all the trips to the doctor today. It was a struggle I have to say so who knows how well I did. So next stop is the bed for both of us surrounded by buckets and a date with Young and the Restless (gotta love nighttime soaps on soapnet which I can only indulge in when the old man is gone).

Superstitious Believer....

So I have never really been a superstitious person...I mean if a black cat crosses my path I will think about it or if we break a mirror then I will joke about having 7 yrs bad luck, but I am really not that superstitious. But apparently my feelings are changing. I think I have jinxed myself. First I will give you some background: I typically don't get sick with the exception of having strep throat. I will catch strep if someone is within 20 feet of me. I did not start getting strep until we moved to Ft. Campbell in TN, but once we got there it became my nemisis. Every year I would get strep at least 2-3 times and be out of work for a week minimum. And I would not just get the sore throat...along with it comes the high fever and the swollen throat, the white spots and pain that goes up my neck and into my head which makes it almost impossible to move....sounds lovely right? Well the last time I had strep in TN the Dr. told me the reason I got strep so much was because I had such bad allergies and if I fixed the allergies the strep would go away. Made sense to me and shortly after that we moved away from the allergies of TN. Since we have left TN I have not had any allergies or strep throat, espeically since we got to WA. So here's where the jinx comes in:

Right before Donnie left, we took a long walk with the dog and were talking about all the things we would miss about Washington after we left and my biggest one was that I would miss not having any allergies or strep throat since it had been 2 yrs since my last episode. Well unfortunately here I am sick as a dog with strep throat. It came on out of the blue this weekend while I was at a friend's birthday party. I left early and by the time I got home I was done. I was going to wait until Monday to go to the Dr. but when I woke up on Sunday morning, my throat was almost swollen shut and I had a 102 fever and could not swallow. So off to the ER I went with the kids and all. 5 hours later they confirmed what I told them to begin with....I had strep. They wanted to give me pills to take for 10 days but I have a marathon in 10 days so that is really not going to work for me. I told them I was a pro at strep and to give me a shot in the butt, which they so nicely obliged. So I still feel like crap, my throat hurts and I have a 2500 word paper due tonight which I have not started on. Oh and by the way, Savannah woke up this morning with a sore throat so back to the Dr. we are headed now.

So the moral of this story is I think I am a believer now, unless there is wood around to knock on!

You Gotta Love Mom!

So with the upcoming move having no definite dates, our living situation is a bit in limbo. We don't know when, where, how long...you get the point. So I have been trying to steamline the things we have going on at the moment, including my graduation ceremony. Originally, the kids and I were flying to Phoenix, AZ in July for my ceremony. Donnie will be deployed still so he will miss all the fun in the sun. But with the uncertainty of us moving at a moment's notice, I figured it would be better to save the money of the trip, especially since the kids and I are flying to New York this summer as well. I am now attending the ceremony here at the Washington campus, which is fine except I will not have the opportunity to meet the 2 girls who have been in my group since 2006....but hey that's what myspace is for right? Anyway, my mother has graciously decided to fly up to attend the ceremony with me. Of course it's not like I had to twist her arm, the weather here in June is a bit more comfortable than the heat of Kansas. So we are excited because it does get a wee bit lonely when the hubby is gone for so long and you spend the majority of your days talking about Dora and Yugio.

Just other stuff..... So we have a bye week for soccer this week, which I am kinda glad of. The weather has been so crappy here literally since October. I used to be a fan of rainy days, but since living here I don't care if I don't see another drop of rain for the rest of my life. I absolutely hate it. And the sad part is I am not exaggerating when I say it has been raining since October. We had one nice day about 2 weeks ago and back to rain...it even snowed this past weekend. And the forecast for the next 10 days - Surprise (LOL) RAIN!!! From what I hear, spring is almost 2 months late here - well that figures since we live here now. I can completely see why this city has the most depression in the country and why everyone is addicted to Starbucks... a habit I have not picked up, but maybe I should - it may make staring at the clouds more interesting.

OK - enough of the ranting about Washington. I am sure my feelings are mostly because I know we are leaving and I want nothing more than to get back to the south. We are looking for homes in TN right now that we can buy now since the housing market is slow and that way when our tour is done in Alabama we can just move home and never move again. House hunting has proven to be challenging because this is the house we want to retire in so we are being a bit picky. We want a big house with lots of acres for Donnie's toys (dirt bikes, motorcycles 4-wheelers) but it still needs to be close enough to the city so I can work. We have found some but its not the house yet.....So the house hunting continues.

Law School Bound!!!

Well I just received my first acceptance letter for law school, which I am completely excited about. I probably won't go to the school because it is in Michigan. The only reason I applied is because they sent me a brochure in the mail and there was no application fee to apply. I never thought I would get accepted so I did not really give it a 2nd thought after I applied, but I got accepted for the Jan 09 class. I have until October to reserve my spot so at least I know I have options now. I am really setting my hopes on Concord Law because they offer online classes which would be great since we will be moving in the near future. I aced the entrance exam and the interviews so they are just waiting on my transcripts. I am keeping my fingers crossed and hopefully by next month sometime I will know so I will keep you posted!

Just Ranting!

Wow I must be setting a record for blogging 2x in one day but I had to vent about this. Santa brought Savannah a Dora the Explorer Megahut playhouse for xmas which is made by Playhut. If you are not familiar with playhut it is the company that makes those groovy nylon playhouses which are "supposed" to fold down flat and fit nicely in their carrying case. Well this particular MEGAHOUSE is 5ft x 5ft - the thing is huge to say the least. Well about a month after xmas it started leaning forward and now it has completely fallen over. So I called QVC where Santa shops and they told me to send it back and I could get a new one. Sounds easy right? Ha!! This thing took us 2 days to get folded up and put back in its case. I lost the directions so I had to go to playhut.com to find the instructions to fold it down. Tyler and I wrestled with this thing for a while and then I gave up until last night when I realized that Donnie was going to be gone and I still had not gotten the darn thing folded yet. So Donnie, Tyler and I struggled to get the thing back in the case. If I had a video camera we would have looked like the crocodile hunter wrestling a croc....I'm sure it was a sight to see. However - we won and got the thing folded so now my next problem is finding a box to fit the thing because I did not think I would be returning it so now I am boxless. Hopefully the lovely people at the UPS store can hook me up. So as my ranting comes to a close - beware of the playhut trap....it is not as simple as 1-2-3...or of course it could just be user error :)

Actual News!!

Okay so I realize that I am always complaining that I have nothing to blog about - especially compared to the exciting lives of my friends in TX with their new babies (hopefully baby Gates will be here in a few hours). But we actually have some news now.... the family and I will be leaving the rain and cold of Washington state. We have got orders to re-locate either to Ft. Rucker, Alabama or Ft. Eustis, Virginia. We are not sure which one yet, but hubby should be able to choose between the two. We are leaning towards Alabama just because it is close to our families and back in the south. The base is actually only and 1hr and a half away from Donnie's grandmother who lives in Pensicola, FL and we have been trying to get back home because she has been sick with cancer and we are just too far away here. She is doing great now and the cancer is gone, but it will make us feel better just to be closer. So we don't have any time frames yet, but more than likely within the next 8-12 months. Seems like a long time but it will be here before we know it, especially since he will be gone most of the rest of the year.

Donnie is deployed again and will be home for a few weeks this summer and a few weeks in the fall and that is about it so I have the pleasure of getting the house ready for moving. We are pretty excited to be going back. We do like Washington - it is so beautiful and green and the weather is great from about June to September, but I can't deal with all the rain. It has literally been raining since October. I completely understand why everyone up here is addicted to coffee because it is truly depressing when you see that much rain. I used to think it rained alot in the spring in TN and TX but it is nothing compared to this. I have seen enough rain to last a lifetime.

So tonight is my last soccer game for the season. We are in 2nd place so we should be in good shape for the tournament depending on what happens tonight. Tomorrow I have to take an entrance exam for another law school so that will be another post.

It's been a while

OK so I know it has been awhile since I last posted, but honestly I was waiting for some things to blog about since not a whole lot goes on up here in the rain. But we are getting ready for dad to leave yet again. He will be gone a while on this one. But this has become a typical part of our lives so we will once again adjust and go about our daily business as usual.

We are in second place in my soccer league. We have one more season game left and then the tounament. It has been a blast. I have been playing goalie since our goalie is hurt but she actually played one half of goalie this week so that left me playing forward which was cool. I think after the season I am going to continue to play with the team on the indoor team.

Still training for the marathon. It will be here in a few short weeks. Donnie and I got fitted for running shoes at a place called Fleet Feet. It was quite an adventure. They put you on a treadmill and make you run barefoot while recording how your feet work. It was pretty weird seeing my feet on camera in slow motion. Anyway we both got shoes and arch supports and it actually helped. I ran today and did not have nearly as much problems as I usually do. But I guess after running 13 miles I should expect some pain. Next weekend is a 5K run to support a lady in our unit. Her son has a severe case of autism and she has organized the run to raise money for autism research. So the kids and I will be participating in that next weekend. Another think I am thinking about tackling is the 3 day walk for Breast Cancer research in September. My neighbor has put together a team and it is a 3 day walk of 60 miles to raise money for B.C. Each day is a set number of miles to walk and then we camp in tents at night. Sounds pretty interesting but I think each person has to raise like $2000 so I am not sure I am up to that. And I don't know if Donnie will be back to stay with the kids so I guess I will have to wait and see.