Always trying to get caught up.
I haven't written anything here in a while. It's funny how quickly time can fly by. Every single time I start writing here again, I tell myself that I'm going to get better about writing more frequently. But it just doesn't happen. Life happens, I suppose. I get busy or distracted and then never get around to writing here again. Bummer. Anyway, a lot has changed so I supposed I should get started.
I've gone back to work. I'm caring for my great-grandmother during the day Monday thru Friday for about 3-4 hours a day and then closing at Taco Bell on Monday, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Between the two of them, it only comes up to about 40 hours a week, but it's all together rather exhausting. Closing means I go in around 10 pm and get off between 5 and 7 am. On Mondays and Fridays, I normally get up around 6:30 am, take Evan to school, come home and do some cleaning or laundry whiling hanging out with Emily, pick Evan up from school, take the kids to my grandmother's house who watches them, then go to my great-grandmother's house (where I do light cleaning, laundry, take her to the store/doctor...whatever she needs, really), pick the kids up, come home and feed them dinner, Danny comes home from work around that time so we spend about an hour together visiting, then I take my shower and head to taco bell. By the time I get off work at Taco Bell, I've been up for almost 24 hours straight and the whole thing is just exhausting...but I'm doing my best. Wednesdays are much better because Danny is home and so I am able to squeeze a nap in.
Honestly, the biggest adjustment is getting the kids used to my not being with them all the time. Evan cries every night when I leave for work and it absolutely breaks my heart. BREAKS MY HEART. Most of the time when I get home in the mornings, he's awake and just hanging out on the couch waiting for me. Hopefully, it'll get better as time goes on and we all adjust. Adjusting is hard on everyone and it really just sucks. It SUCKS.
Recently I got the kids a bunch of clothing off of craigslist and I'm really excited about it. I was able to get Emily like 2 HUGE trash bags full of clothing for only $10. Some of it is too big or note for this season, but overall it works well and it'll give me a good start to her spring/summer wardrobe when the time comes. For Evan, I was able to get like 20-something t-shirts and 5 pair of jeans for less than $20. I'm super happy about the jeans because it's really hard to find little boy's jeans used or for cheap because they're generally so freaking hard on the knees of them. Craigslist for the win.
I had been crocheting a lot and selling several of the pieces that I made, but that has slowed down a lot since I've been back at work. I just don't have the time to accomplish as mush as I used to, obviously. The kids really enjoyed when I was crocheting a lot though because I made them several hats and things.
Emily is currently trolling me while I try to do this and it's very much getting on my nerves. She is supposed to be taking a nap.
We lost 6 chickens since the last time I posted. We had a problem with a possum. We had no idea what was getting into the coop and killing them until one night I went out to lock the chickens up in their coop and found the damn thing. Danny killed the possum and we haven't lost another chicken since then. We also secured their fencing better and I make sure they're locked up before dark every night.They haven't started laying eggs yet, but that should be just about any time now. I call them freeloaders every time I feed them, which entertains Evan and Emily.
Emily has now managed to knock both the dog's food and water over during the time that I've been writing this. She makes me crazy, I freaking swear. I suppose that this is enough for today and I will try to update again soon when Emily isn't trolling me and making me a crazy person. I suppose it's a good thing because I really need to do some laundry and figure out what Evan is doing...he's been for far too long so I'm sure that means that he is causing trouble somewhere. Ugh kids.
I've gone back to work. I'm caring for my great-grandmother during the day Monday thru Friday for about 3-4 hours a day and then closing at Taco Bell on Monday, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Between the two of them, it only comes up to about 40 hours a week, but it's all together rather exhausting. Closing means I go in around 10 pm and get off between 5 and 7 am. On Mondays and Fridays, I normally get up around 6:30 am, take Evan to school, come home and do some cleaning or laundry whiling hanging out with Emily, pick Evan up from school, take the kids to my grandmother's house who watches them, then go to my great-grandmother's house (where I do light cleaning, laundry, take her to the store/doctor...whatever she needs, really), pick the kids up, come home and feed them dinner, Danny comes home from work around that time so we spend about an hour together visiting, then I take my shower and head to taco bell. By the time I get off work at Taco Bell, I've been up for almost 24 hours straight and the whole thing is just exhausting...but I'm doing my best. Wednesdays are much better because Danny is home and so I am able to squeeze a nap in.
Honestly, the biggest adjustment is getting the kids used to my not being with them all the time. Evan cries every night when I leave for work and it absolutely breaks my heart. BREAKS MY HEART. Most of the time when I get home in the mornings, he's awake and just hanging out on the couch waiting for me. Hopefully, it'll get better as time goes on and we all adjust. Adjusting is hard on everyone and it really just sucks. It SUCKS.
Recently I got the kids a bunch of clothing off of craigslist and I'm really excited about it. I was able to get Emily like 2 HUGE trash bags full of clothing for only $10. Some of it is too big or note for this season, but overall it works well and it'll give me a good start to her spring/summer wardrobe when the time comes. For Evan, I was able to get like 20-something t-shirts and 5 pair of jeans for less than $20. I'm super happy about the jeans because it's really hard to find little boy's jeans used or for cheap because they're generally so freaking hard on the knees of them. Craigslist for the win.
I had been crocheting a lot and selling several of the pieces that I made, but that has slowed down a lot since I've been back at work. I just don't have the time to accomplish as mush as I used to, obviously. The kids really enjoyed when I was crocheting a lot though because I made them several hats and things.
Emily is currently trolling me while I try to do this and it's very much getting on my nerves. She is supposed to be taking a nap.
We lost 6 chickens since the last time I posted. We had a problem with a possum. We had no idea what was getting into the coop and killing them until one night I went out to lock the chickens up in their coop and found the damn thing. Danny killed the possum and we haven't lost another chicken since then. We also secured their fencing better and I make sure they're locked up before dark every night.They haven't started laying eggs yet, but that should be just about any time now. I call them freeloaders every time I feed them, which entertains Evan and Emily.
Emily has now managed to knock both the dog's food and water over during the time that I've been writing this. She makes me crazy, I freaking swear. I suppose that this is enough for today and I will try to update again soon when Emily isn't trolling me and making me a crazy person. I suppose it's a good thing because I really need to do some laundry and figure out what Evan is doing...he's been for far too long so I'm sure that means that he is causing trouble somewhere. Ugh kids.