Anyways, here's an update of the past whirlwind week. AJ left home for Boise last Tuesday. Thank you Army for once again taking my dear husband away. AJ rode over with another guy in the Guard and was then stranded on post all week. I spent Wednesday and Thursday cleaning up our house a little bit. As much as I could handle with the bean on board, anyway. Smells are still an ever constant battle. I did get our bathrooms cleaned (they needed it so badly) and all the dishes done. Which was quite the feat, had you seen our mountains piled in/around the sink. I also got the counters in the kitchen cleared off and scrubbed down. Also quite the feat. I'm pretty proud. P.S. that photo isn't of our kitchen. We don't actually own that many dishes. But all the ones we do own... they were all pretty much dirty...
Friday, however, was my 'break day'. I did a few little things, but mostly decided to just chill. I showered (which probably also needed to be done pretty badly...) and then went out for a little socializing. AKA: shopping. I was running out of fresh fruit and that's one of the things I can almost always keep in my stomach. So, I went and got some more. I also got supplies to make curtains for a few windows in our house. Namely, the family room, the back doors, and our bedroom. We have a projector in our bedroom that we watch movies on sometimes. Occasionally, even at noon... but it's hard to see the picture since the room is flooded with sunlight. Enter red curtains. They block out the sunlight enough to see the movies... and isn't red an aphrodisiac?? P.S. these aren't our curtains. And ours look nothing like this, other than the fact that they are red. And hanging in front of a window. But, pictures make a blog, right?
I then decided to stop at the dollar store and get some picture frames to change things up on our walls. My theory: it's the pictures that are the important things so I can deal with cheap frames. Well, on my way back home my mom called, just to check up on things. We talked for a while and I told her how I'd even showered and gotten dressed and made an appearance in public. Out of nowhere she asked if I wanted to come to Reno. I was a little taken aback, in fact my exact response was: "Uhm, like now?" I told her she could check on airfare if she wanted to, but that I really was doing ok by myself. Although it was harder to go from being with AJ almost 24/7 for the past month and a half to being all alone 24/7 than other times when he's been gone before. But I had a whole list of things to do to keep me busy.
Well, my mom got excited and found a plane ticket that would work. I was able to get things arranged with AJ so that I could leave the car with him and fly out of Boise. He jumped at the idea for two reasons: 1. he felt better that I wouldn't be all alone for the next week and a half and 2. he really like the idea of being able to leave post every once in a while. So, in about three hours my plans for the next week and a half went from making curtains and punching even more holes in our walls to flying to Reno. By the way, I still made and hung two sets of curtains before I left...
On Sunday I drove to Boise (on the most boring road ever, I might add) and met up with AJ. We were able to spend a few hours together before he dropped me off at the airport. He went back to playing soldier and I took our little bean for it's first airplane ride. See the previous post for details on that... My parent's picked me up at the airport in Reno and we've just been hanging out the past few days.
Monday was Kimme's Birthday. Happy Sweet 16th! She's pretty anxious to grow up, and although dating isn't at the bottom of her list it is at least sitting behind getting her driver's license. However, she still has another 20 hours to log on her permit... and she's gotta convince Mom (I think she may slowly be winning that battle though). We ate In-N-Out for dinner, per Kim's choice. My parents got her a keyboard for Christmas and they got a sustain pedal for it for her birthday. They also got her a software program that lets you compose your own songs. I'm secretly hoping it'll get here before I leave so I can check it out. =]
Tuesday, Kim had a late start for school and got out early. So, she, my mom and I went and took advantage of the free pancakes IHOP was giving a way in honor of National Pancake Day. Less then $10 for the 3 of us to stuff ourselves, we thought we did pretty good. Kim had a bowling competition that afternoon. Her team won and they are competing next week for 1st place against Carson City High School. Kimme bowled her highest score ever, a 199. Congratulations to her on that. She bowled a 140 and 143 in the other two games, making her average that competition 160... which is way more than I could probably bowl out of three games combined.
Today, Kaiti got to have a play date with her friend Brennin. The rest of us girls watched a couple episodes of NCIS. Kim fell asleep on the couch and before too terribly long I joined her in dreamland. I didn't sleep long, but long enough to feel slightly more energy when I woke up. Kim and Kaiti both had activities for church tonight. My mom and I dropped them off and then she took me to tour the new Target. There was a few things I couldn't get into my bags, so I had get them here. I hadn't thought about making a trip to the store and left my wallet at home. Promising to pay her back, I let my mom pay for everything. But, being the fabulous mom she is, she wouldn't let me. I did get a couple of BellaBands for my prego belly.
I'm pretty excited about those. Especially since I didn't have to fork out the cash for them. THANKS MOM! And the bean says, thanks too, grandma. Funny how an elasticized piece of material can make one so giddy, but I can feel the stretching on my tummy and a little extra support will be soo nice. They say you appreciate things more if you have to work and earn the money to pay for them. I have to disagree. You are still pretty appreciative of things you wish you could afford, but realize you can't, when someone else is kind enough to get them for you. She also got me some toothpaste, but that may have been for other, more selfish reasons. =]
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