Out of Sight, out of Mind OR Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder?

I know that I have been "off the grid" so to speak for awhile. Frankly, I have no real excuse, but of course that won't stop me from providing you with one. So, before I get to the updates on what has been going on, I am going to get the excuses out of the way.

Frankly, I am TIRED...tired like I haven't been tired before. I work long days, work is EXHAUSTING physically and emotionally, I am basically a single mother who is tapped out. So, the LAST thing I wanted to do was to drive home, make dinner for Caiden (and Dave if he was home), get him ready for bed and then log on. Nope. I wanted to lay down and watch TV. That's right. I have been quite the couch potato since my last posting. I have watched a number of movies and logged countless hours of pointless TV time (that is, when Caiden is asleep - which to be honest is not that often).

Now for the updates:

Let's start with the good news. I'm Pregnant!! That's right. I’m going to have baby #2. At this point I am about 12 weeks along. No, I did not wait intentionally until the 3 month safety mark hit to declare my glorious news. Frankly, like I said in my earlier excuse section - I was too tired and lazy to log on and give an update. Plus, to be honest, early on in this pregnancy I had a few complications (all have worked themselves out thanks to the grace of God) and became a bit of a paranoid wreck. You wouldn’t have wanted to hear me in my state of self pity anyway. Trust me. To be honest, most everyone knows anyway. My friends and family and work people…pretty much anyone who encountered me knows. I had to give some reason for my neurotic behavior, now didn’t I?

Well, tomorrow I go to a High Risk OBGYN specialist. I think they asked if I wanted to go because I have reached the ripe old age of 30 and being this age I am now a higher risk candidate for Downs Syndrome and other fun things. My appointment is tomorrow and what better person to have by your side then your mother – I mean, it could be a scary adventure and who better to have than your trusty sidekick, right? Before you ask where Dave is, I will tell you. He is working. He was deployed to that big fire that is going on in Bishop…he is unable to attend the scary, I mean…fun appointment. I am not quite sure what to expect at this appointment. I know that they are going to test for Down Syndrome and Trichromosy 18 (or something like that), there is going to be a fancier Ultrasound that might actually predict the gender, and I am sure that I am in store for quite a few blood draws (hence the need for the trusty sidekick…I HATE needles). So, just say a few prayers for me tomorrow, and I will hopefully feel good enough with my news to update everyone after the appt.

Pool Project:
I almost don’t want to talk about this. I will try my best to make is short and sweet (which you know, probably means incredibly long and uninteresting). Dave has been handling this, but frankly it is out of our control. Kevin the pool guy said he paid George (the concrete guy) some money to do our concrete. We were so excited, but then George kept telling us he was waiting until he finished this big project to fit us in. 3 weeks later, I was miffed and threatened to call them if Dave didn’t. Dave then finds out that George has no intention of doing our concrete. His excuse: he is going through a divorce and his assets are frozen (or at least that is the story he gave Dave). Kevin said he has the rest of the money to pay George, but didn’t want to give it to him since he hasn’t done the part that he promised. Dave said, “Fine, Kevin. Give me the money”. Kevin’s response: “I can’t. I can’t actually access it right now”. What does that mean? Kevin then launched into some sob story about how his wife kicked him out and he doesn’t know what to do, and he is sitting at a park with a gun to his head. Seeing that he has already pulled a gun on David, I am not sure if the latter part of what he says is true, but my response “Tell him before he pulls the trigger to give us our money back”. I blame the hormones. Well, to make a long story longer…the pool is at a standstill. Dave and I are assessing our options and trying think about what we can do to get these people to actually fulfill the contract and do their jobs. Seriously, how do you think it would fly if I said to my customers “sorry, I’m not going to do my job because I am having personal problems”? I’ll tell you how…not very well. Well, I am done with that story…I am feeling the frustration boil again.

There are work frustrations too, but none that I can really talk about in this free form.

Sigh. I think those may be the BIG updates. I will now try and lighten the mood by posting pictures of past events that I have yet to record and comment on.

I leave you with one last comment…was my absence a matter of “out of sight, out of mind”, or “Absence makes the heart grow fonder”?